Chapter 636: Change
With the common sense of modern people, the cavalry hedged against each other after the encounter, and took it as a fierce general to come out of the formation and grab the flag and seize the commander, and take this as a sign of victory. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info In fact, Zhao Yu came here to understand that everyone was deceived by the storytelling, and what can really reflect the quality of a cavalry is the retreating cavalry, which can often quickly find their commanders and military flags, complete the reorganization and re-enter the battle in a very short time.
Now Zhao Yu also understands that in addition to the words of storytellers, they can't be trusted, and the words of some 'populist' celebrities are also worthy of scrutiny, but the posts that are always sprayed wildly in the polemics are close to the truth. However, it has broadened his horizons in the confrontation, and he is now able to look at the war with a cautious eye. Who would have thought that the boring 'not doing business' that day would also give him a foundation in the world, at least grasp the trend of history, and be able to choose the most appropriate means.
In fact, in all the wars of modern times, Britain, France and other European countries have clashed with nomads in the struggle for colonies, although there were victories and defeats, but the final result was the victory of the colonizers. But some will say that they relied on muskets and cannons, rather than swords and horses, but in fact this is not the case with cavalry.
The tough opponents that France faced in colonial wars were mainly in the Rim of the Mediterranean, while North Africa and the Near East were traditionally known for their cavalry. At the Battle of Aboukir Bay, Napoleon's French infantry was locked in a stalemate with the large Ottoman Turkish army, when General Murat led the French cavalry reserve to charge all the lines, the Turkish army collapsed, and the French cavalry drove the Turkish infantry army into the sea with their sabers.
In the history of colonial expansion, the European powers relied on advanced weapons to defeat all the ancient peoples, but their cavalry, like the defeated opponents, used cold weapons instead of guns. Marx once said: Gunpowder blows the knightly class to pieces. However, the cavalry did not disappear because of gunpowder weapons, but increasingly became the backbone of the battlefield assault force.
In the early modern period, cavalry also used the musket tactic known as "semi-swirl", but soon firearms were reduced to auxiliary weapons. During the Napoleonic Wars, the French cavalry repeatedly drew their guns and fired in an attempt to stop the charge of the opposing regular cavalry, but most of them were still overturned. Actual combat proved that compared to the less reliable musket, the sword is the decisive weapon of the cavalry.
The cavalry that was defeated by the European powers was usually far more skilled in horse movement than the European cavalry, but their horse killing skills relied on generations of attack and self-exploration. However, the combat movements of modern European cavalry rely on the combination of actual combat experience and calculation, constantly rationalize and standardize, and eliminate all superfluous actions. If someone thinks that the defeat of the Mongol cavalry at the hands of the British and French cavalry was just accidental, and that the Mongol cavalry in the era of Genghis Khan would not have been like this, then he must study Chairman Mao's quotation carefully: "An army without culture is a stupid army, and a stupid army cannot defeat the enemy......"
The reason is this, Zhao Hao understands it, but how to operate, he is slightly stronger than the two opposite, and he is crossing the river by feeling the stones. But he can't show it yet, but this has nothing to do with face, if he doesn't have confidence, these people will be even more negative. So despite the lack of confidence, Zhao Yu also has to bulge his stomach, don't care if it's a treasure or inside.
Now that the topic has been discussed, Zhao Hao has to try to tell these two people his ideas and goals, what makes him embarrassed is that there is a generation gap between himself and them for nearly a thousand years, and it is really difficult to explain it in the current language, and if he can't do it, he has to treat himself as a demon. So he can only change his thinking, change time and space, and use 'today' for ancient use, and the war examples occurred on another continent tens of thousands of miles away from the Great Song Dynasty, anyway, no one in the Great Song Dynasty has been that far, and the content is the classic war examples in the colonial wars of modern countries such as Britain and France and the war ideas of famous generals, so as to broaden their thinking......
Zhao Yu talked about the fighting methods and qualities of modern cavalry and nomadic cavalry. Napoleon encountered the famous Mamluk cavalry during the invasion of Egypt. He admits that one French cavalry will definitely not be able to defeat one Mamluk cavalry, but he goes on to say the following: three French cavalry can tie with three Mamluk cavalry, a hundred French cavalry can defeat a hundred Mamluk cavalry, and a thousand French cavalry can completely defeat two thousand Mamluk cavalry in one fell swoop.
As it turned out, Napoleon was right, since the nineteenth century, Britain and France have been frantically competing for colonies all over the world, and the two countries have fought against almost all the armies famous for their cavalry, and the cavalry has countless combat power against cavalry, and the British and French cavalry have shown a clear advantage over traditional cavalry. Why can they do it? Because they found that what can truly reflect the tactical literacy of cavalry is mainly the rapid transformation of the battle formation; Short recovery after the rout, the whole team, and superb infantry artillery coordination, etc.
What are the roots of modern cavalry control in Europe? The contrast between Britain and France, the two most striking cavalry in the colonial war, is perhaps the best key to unlocking the control and combat effectiveness of cavalry. Wellington, a famous British general during the Napoleonic Wars, once said: "One of our squadrons [of cavalry] is worth two of the French, but four squadrons are inferior to four of them, and the more numerous they are, the less they can match." The British cavalry has always been known in Europe for its excellent horses and individual skills, but when it rose to a certain size, it was inferior to the French army, due to the difference in cavalry control between the two sides.
At that time, the entire queue of the French cavalry squadron was firmly controlled by a large number of officers and non-commissioned officers, and was divided into three parts: the front row command, the main body of the squadron and the ranks of the queue officers. Each of the four parts of the main body of the squadron has officers to control the front rows, and the two wings have their own non-commissioned officers to ensure the control of the flanks. The formation is used as a cage and officers and non-commissioned officers are locked, which effectively prevents soldiers from scattering and escaping during combat.
The British cavalry also has a large number of officers and non-commissioned officers on both flanks of the squadron, and the number of officers in the rear guard queue is also dense, but the front row commander of the squadron is only the squadron leader, will this cause the front row command to be weak? This is evidenced by the abundance of examples in the Napoleonic Wars – the British cavalry could not stop once they charged. They were able to defeat several squadrons of French cavalry in a number of battles, but then almost invariably spiraled out of control, and the soldiers were desperate to charge and pursue, and the order was disorganized, resulting in a combined massacre of the French cavalry reserves and the reorganized cavalry after the rout.
It can be deduced from this that the number and position of officers and non-commissioned officers directly determine the strength of modern cavalry control and maintain the discipline and morale of the troops. The stable and efficient training of officers and non-commissioned officers has benefited from modern European military education and military discipline codes, which has distanced them from the military quality of the traditional army leaders and commanders. Since the Renaissance era, the non-commissioned officer level needs to know a certain amount of mathematics in order to master the slide rule, and the camera changes formations according to the battlefield situation.
In the British cavalry drill code of the Napoleonic Wars, the operation of changing the queue of four squadrons of a cavalry regiment about 45 degrees of direction required about 30 individual verbal commands. In addition to riding and swordsmanship drills, officers should regularly practice formation changes or larger-scale coordinated training with the assistance of non-commissioned officers.
Modern cavalry can ensure the full development of squadron and regimental level cooperative training, so as to cultivate organizational coordination and organizational control capabilities. For warfare, this is much more important than the so-called "horseback riding" and individual martial arts. Systematic tactical training based on modern scientific calculations and the formation of timely and powerful control are the "generation gap" that is difficult to cross between traditional cavalry and modern cavalry......
"Your Majesty wants to rebuild the army of the Great Song Dynasty on the basis of the new army?" Lin Zhiwu listened to it for a long time, although he didn't understand everything His Majesty said, but he also understood that His Majesty wanted to play bigger this time.
"Well, that's exactly what I meant!" Seeing that they finally got their senses, even if they didn't talk in vain for a long time, they nodded and said with a straight face.
"Your Majesty, if this army is trained, it will be invincible in the world, sweep through the four corners, and achieve a great cause!" Chen Shishi listened to it for a long time, and he was quite excited.
"Yes, but this requires the joint efforts of our monarchs and ministers, this matter is an unprecedented feat, which will create a new history of the Great Song Dynasty and reshape the country, and you will definitely live forever in history!" Zhao Yu said with pride, he knows that young people need not only praise, but also passion, although this pie is a bit big, but it is also necessary, which makes them not see much better hope.
"My subordinates are willing to serve their lives and help Your Majesty to make meritorious contributions and achieve immortal achievements!" The two of them had been washed by Zhao Yu for a long time, and they were also enthusiastic when they heard it, and they got up and saluted together.
"Okay, let's make history!" Zhao Yu also stood up and stretched out his hands to say, but unfortunately the two didn't understand what they meant, and they didn't mean to high-five and swear with themselves at all, so they had to retract their hands in embarrassment.
"Your Majesty, it's past the third watch, rest early, and I'll accompany the Queen Mother to incense tomorrow!" At this time, Su Lan said.
"Your Majesty, your subordinates are retiring, and the revised regulations will be submitted within three days!" When Lin Zhiwu heard this, he knew that this was an eviction order, and hurriedly retreated.
"Oh, there's one more thing to be aware of!" Zhao Yu stopped them who were retreating.
"What else does Your Majesty command?" The two of them could only stop and salute again.
"Most of the sergeants have never been to school, and when writing regulations and regulations, we must be careful not to use those sour and difficult words, but to be straightforward and easy to understand, concise and to the point, and easy to remember." Zhao Yu said that he has been in this society for more than three years, but he is still not used to those who are not used to it, and prefers the vernacular. And the guard battalion and the old camp were also influenced by him, and the literacy and teaching were mostly in the vernacular, so that people could understand it as soon as they listened, and it was difficult for others to speak.
"Your Majesty......" Su Lan said in a deep voice.
"Okay, Sister Su is angry, I'm going to rest!" Zhao Hao said with a wry smile, and hurriedly waved his hand to let the two of them retire.
After watching the two leave, Zhao Hao yawned a few times before he felt tired, and he wanted to spend the night in the study, but Su Lan insisted that he return to the bedroom, lest he secretly get up and be busy with official business. And Zhao Yu stared at him in a daze, washed, changed, and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, but he didn't know how long he slept before he was woken up by the sound of more drums, and counted that it was now three minutes of ugliness, and he had slept for more than an hour, and there was still more than an hour before dawn.
Zhao Yu wanted to try to sleep, but he couldn't sleep anyway, so he wanted to get up and go to the study, but he could open the curtain and see that Su Lan, who was sleeping at the foot of the bed, was sleeping soundly. Thinking about how busy he has been in black and white for a while, the people he got have also followed him. And Su Lan, as a personal maid, accompanies her all the time, and she can only sleep peacefully if she rests by herself, so she dispelled the idea of getting up.
Since I couldn't fall asleep and couldn't get up, I had to lie in bed and think. He suddenly felt that people were really interesting, at first he was busy with his life, but now that he has won this battle, he can at least keep him safe for a few years, and if he is lucky, he can talk to Kublai Khan about the conditions and become an overseas vassal king, and spend this life in peace. But with several victories, he also became the emperor, but he was restless, thinking about restoring the glory of the Great Song Dynasty and returning to the Central Plains. But what if this goal is achieved? Will you want to think about conquering Eurasia and becoming an emperor through the ages?
"Hehe......" Zhao Yu suddenly felt a little stupid when he thought of this, and couldn't help laughing out loud. I want to be able to do something in my previous life, realize my desire to buy a house and a car in this second-tier city, and be able to earn the first pot of gold in a position in the company's senior management, finance and start a business, and create my own world, which is very satisfying.
"Your Majesty......"
Hearing Su Lan's soft cry, Zhao Hao realized that her dry laughter woke her up, so she didn't say anything, just turned over and pretended to sleep, otherwise she would have to get up and check again. After a while, when she heard Su Lan snoring softly, she turned over and pillowed her arms again, thinking that if she really started her own business in her previous life, would she one day blindly expand like a 'boss' when the market was good, exhaust her funds, and lose all her money as soon as the market moves?
"Definitely!" After only thinking about it for a while, Zhao Yu was sure that he would, because he didn't believe that he was a saint, and his desires would never be satisfied, just like the current self saved his life, became the emperor, and controlled the government, but in the name of recovering the country, he wanted to get more, and he could find enough reasons to support his desires. When someone makes the right move, they will try to avoid it, and even use their private power to pursue their own desires.
After some careful consideration, Zhao Yu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, feeling that he was not too eager to achieve results, which would not only break the course of history, but also trigger a new revolution, would this subvert the current social structure, destroy the class order, and then lead to the collapse of concepts......