Chapter 177: Training of the Combat Regiment

The baggage regiment is an important support force of the Pingnan Army, for this reason, Li An first focused on the baggage regiment, and used two full days to guide and correct the training of the baggage regiment, until the baggage regiment was completely on the right track, then he put his mind at ease, and urged the instructors of the Longwu Army to carry out strict training on the baggage regiment. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the next few days, Li An continued to lead his generals to inspect the combat regiment in Zhonggu, these eight combat regiments are the core combat force of the Pingnan Army and the cornerstone of the strong combat effectiveness of the Pingnan Army.

In order to prevent the interference of training, Li An asked Luzhou Minfu to open up eight large training bases, however, the training facilities in each place are different, and the eight combat regiments need to take turns to go to different training grounds for training, so that the soldiers of the combat regiment have the strength to fight in various situations.

Li An took his henchmen and generals to the first training ground first, and more than 300 soldiers of the first regiment of the Pingnan Army were training.

There is nothing special about this training ground, it is a large open space, and the recruits and soldiers of the six teams first conducted assassination training in a unified manner, and after discovering that Li An and others had arrived, they were immediately divided into three groups and launched a confrontation drill.

The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd teams confronted the 4th, 5th, and 6th teams respectively, with the generals of the Longwu Army commanding in front and the recruits and soldiers in the rear immediately launching confrontation exercises.

Among the fifty recruits, ten shieldmen were in front, raising their shields to protect their companions behind them, and twenty pikemen stood behind the shieldmen, holding their spears in their hands obliquely, and the remaining twenty crossbowmen stood at the end, bending their bows and arrows, shooting at each other.

Of course, because it was a drill, the spears in the hands of the soldiers were all without spear heads, and they were also wrapped in a layer of cotton cloth, and the arrows fired by the crossbowmen were all wrapped in cotton felt training arrows to prevent the confrontation from causing substantial damage to the recruits.

Forward, forward, forward, the two opposing teams slowly approached, shields clashing together, spears stabbing at each other, bows and crossbows flying like locusts towards the opposing team, and most of them were blocked by the opponent's shields.

This kind of very confrontational training, which is closer to actual combat, can make the recruits and soldiers more familiar with the battlefield environment, so that they will be more effective in future battles.

Of course, such training will inevitably cause accidental injuries to soldiers, although the trained recruits and soldiers are wearing heavy armor, and all weapons have been bladed, but it is still difficult to avoid injuries, in terms of enhancing combat effectiveness and ensuring absolute safety, Li An chose the former.

"How's it going, does it hurt?"

A pikeman in training was shot in the right eye by the opponent's crossbow, but fortunately, the arrow had been specially treated, and the soldier's eyes were fine, but the area around the eyes was completely bruised, which looked like panda eyes.

"It doesn't hurt, General."

The recruits are very stubborn, obviously very painful, but they say that they don't hurt, which makes Li An quite satisfied, such a soldier is a good soldier.

"What instructions does the general have?"

Instructor Long Wujun asked.

"That's good, let the soldiers strengthen their training, and if there are injured soldiers who need treatment, they will be sent to the medical team immediately."

"Yes, General."

In order to reduce losses, it is necessary to form a huge formation, based on regiments and teams, and use shield soldiers to form a security wall to block the enemy's arrow attacks.

And what these soldiers are training is how to block as many arrows as possible from the opponent, and at the same time, inflict as many huge blows as possible on the opponent.

In the southern water network zone, there are ravines and ravines, high mountains and dense forests, and there are not many large-scale open areas, so the officers and men of the Pingnan Army must learn to fight in narrow areas in addition to learning to fight in open areas.

The second training ground is to simulate a narrow mountain forest area, the terrain of the training ground is made into an undulating state, and a large number of trees are planted on these undulating hills, making the entire training ground like a jungle battlefield.

In order to increase the mobility and flexibility of the troops, during training, each team of officers and men will be divided into five or 10 groups according to the specific terrain characteristics to carry out more flexible training.

The five groups are a group of ten soldiers, with two sword and shield soldiers in the front, four pikemen, two archers and two crossbowmen in the middle, and ten groups of five soldiers, the number of which is halved on the basis of five groups.

This kind of mobile and flexible configuration is more suitable for the dense wooded jungle, so that the soldiers can fight more freely, and the complete range of small units allows them to deal with all kinds of emergencies and deal with all kinds of enemies.

Of course, as a strong force, the Pingnan Army must not only adapt to field operations, but also adapt to urban operations.

At this time, it will test the ability of the soldiers to fight in the streets, the street battles are similar to the jungle battles, they are carried out in a relatively narrow area, but their situation is not exactly the same, the jungle area, there are gaps between the trees, and they can find each other in a distant position, and the street battles are all high walls and buildings, and the blocking of the line of sight is more powerful, which puts forward higher requirements for the soldiers.

In order to train the soldiers in street fighting, a third training ground came into being, with a large number of simple houses, broken walls, and high walls.

The passages between the houses, some wider, some narrower, can allow ten soldiers to move forward, while the narrower places can only allow five soldiers to pass in a single row.

During the training, there were still two teams facing each other, one of the recruits and soldiers was divided into five to ten groups and hid in various buildings, ready to attack at any time, while the recruits and soldiers of the other team were also divided into five to ten groups to clear the soldiers of the first team.

The soldiers on both sides competed in perseverance and perseverance, and of course, skill and wisdom.

Because the training has just begun, the recruits and soldiers seem a little clumsy, and even the instructors of the Long Wu Army who are responsible for teaching are a little uncomfortable, these are all Li An decided to train this way based on the experience of street battles in later generations, and the soldiers of the Long Wu Army have not been trained in this area, so they naturally have a headache, so they can only strictly follow Li An's requirements, and teach while learning, after all, they have many years of experience as soldiers, and they must learn faster than these recruits.

The training in street fighting is intense and exciting, and behind every broken wall, there is a high probability that the enemy will be hidden, of course, there may not be, which requires accurate judgment by recruits and soldiers.

At the corner of the training ground here, a ten-zhang high platform was built, and Li An and more than a dozen henchmen and colonels climbed the high platform to watch the soldiers training street battles.

"Big brother, look, there are five recruits hidden under the broken wall over there, and the ten recruits who are searching outside will be attacked as long as they take a few more steps, and they will lose at least half of them at that time."

"That's right, but as soon as the recruits outside notice that there is an ambush behind this broken wall, the situation will be reversed."

"These five recruits are so well hidden, the recruits outside will definitely not be able to find out."

"Not necessarily, not necessarily."

"Do you dare to gamble?"

"Bet on it, I'll bet on the five soldiers inside to win."

"I'm betting on the ten soldiers out there to win."

Li An smiled faintly: "Don't gamble, the situation has changed again, another group of five recruits has gone around to the back of the broken wall, and these five recruits will soon be found hiding from the other direction." ”

The situation in the training ground has been changing, and while several henchmen are betting on the colonel, another group of five recruits suddenly came into everyone's sight, so that the number of soldiers cleared reached fifteen, and it was two copies, while the defensive recruits hiding under the broken wall were only five, and the ratio of troops was three to one, and the victory seemed to be in no suspense.

"It's over, I'm afraid these five people are going to be caught in the urn."

Almost everyone thought that the five recruits hiding under the broken wall would be wiped out immediately, and their destruction would be almost instantaneous.

"On the battlefield, accidents can happen at any time, so don't jump to conclusions too early."

Ang Lee carefully observed the surrounding terrain and felt that there might be an accident.

"Big brother, with a three-to-one ratio of troops, and it's two breads, can these five recruits hiding under the broken wall still have a chance of winning?"

"Everything is possible, this is street fighting, there are many situations, even if we stand on such a high place, we can't see clearly, and we can't understand the overall situation, so naturally we can't jump to conclusions too early."

Ang Lee earnestly educates.

Sure enough, before the five recruits who went around the back could find the recruits hiding under the broken wall, ten recruits suddenly rushed out from a room farther away, launched a fierce surprise attack on the five recruits, and took them down in one fell swoop. At the same time, ten recruits also rushed out of the room on the other side, rushing towards the enemy who was equal to them, and the five recruits who had been hiding under the broken wall jumped up and launched a surprise attack from the gap in the broken wall, fifteen to ten, and the defender won the victory, eliminating the fifteen attacking recruits in one fell swoop.

"Big brother, it's really a god, how do you know that the situation will be reversed, did you already find out that there is an ambush in the house on both sides?"

All the henchmen and generals also cast adoring eyes at Ang Lee, and threw themselves on the five bodies that Ang Lee admired.

"It's not a discovery, it's a guess, firstly, the houses on both sides can hide people, and secondly, the five soldiers hiding under the broken wall can't have no strategy, of course, these are just guesses, it's Ben General's luck, just guessed right, haha!"

In fact, even if it is a guess, it is based on reasonable judgment, and Ang Lee won the guess, but it cannot be completely regarded as luck, and subjective judgment also plays a big role.

"General, the soldiers are training, what instructions do you have?"

The instructor of Long Wujun quickly climbed onto the high platform and saluted Li An.

"Is it every training session where the defender wins?"

"Yes, General, indeed."

Li An pointed to the officers and soldiers of the Pingnan Army who were training, and said: "To clear the remnants of the enemy in the city, it is generally to send several times, or even dozens of times the number of troops to carry out operations, this one-to-one training, the defender has the advantage, which is not in line with the facts of the battlefield, you can try to let two teams attack, one team defends, and see how the effect is?" ”

"Yes, General, I understand."

Ang Lee's arrangement is to balance the strength of the offensive and defensive sides as much as possible, so that the training can be closer to actual combat, so that the recruits and soldiers can exert greater combat effectiveness in future operations.

The fourth training ground is the siege, the attack here is not the siege, but the attack on the simple enemy camp, in the middle of the training ground, built a mouth-shaped camp, surrounded by a wall up to two zhang, the recruits who are responsible for the defense, standing on the wall with weapons in hand, looking around vigilantly, and the surrounding is the siege of the new soldiers.

Due to the geographical advantage of the defenders, for this reason, one team is responsible for defending and five teams are responsible for attacking.

In order to prevent too many injuries during the training, the rolling wood and stones on the wall were all replaced with grass balls and grass bundles, and as long as the attacking recruits below were hit by the vital point, they should immediately lie on the ground to indicate that they had been killed, and if they were shot by the bow and arrow that had been handled, they should also lie still and see the death in battle.

The weapons used to attack the city were very rudimentary, except for the equipment of the soldiers themselves, only some large shields and ladders were equipped, and there were no heavy siege equipment.

In this case, the defender's geographical advantage is too obvious, even if the attacker has a five-fold advantage in strength, it can't help the defending soldiers, and a battle is a heavy loss.

"General, the recruits and soldiers are very brave, but the terrain advantage of the defender is too obvious, and there is no attack equipment, so such a strong attack will definitely not succeed, and such training is meaningless."

One lieutenant made his own opinion.

"Big brother, it seems that this is really the case, the five-fold advantage in strength is completely offset by the opponent's advantageous terrain, if you really encounter such a situation on the battlefield, you must not let the soldiers go up and send them to death!"

Li An smiled and nodded: "You are right, the attacking soldiers have no siege weapons, and the losses are extremely serious, but this kind of training is not meaningless, and it is of great significance." ”’

The confidants and generals obviously didn't understand what Li An meant, and they all cast inquiring glances at Li An.

Li An stretched out a finger and said loudly: "First, this kind of training is not only training to tackle tough problems, but also training defense, and defensive soldiers can master defensive skills in such training." Second, the attacking soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses, which can make the attacking soldiers understand that in case of such a situation on the battlefield, they must not rush up indiscriminately to send them to death, and they must wait for the siege troops in the rear. Third, at this time, the siege training was carried out without the participation of the siege troops, and the soldiers could master the siege skills through this kind of training, and as long as the siege troops were added at any time, the situation would be immediately reversed. Fourth, through such battles, the soldiers can understand the cruelty of the siege and understand the importance of the siege troops, which is conducive to uniting the siege troops. (To be continued.) )