At seven o'clock in the evening, hundreds of officers were sitting under the hall.

Li Mingyuan took a sip of tea, straightened out his thinking, stood up and said, "The content of Sun Tzu's Art of War has been finished, and this time I will explain to you the tactical changes in modern warfare. ”

Li Mingyuan started and paused, and the officers below immediately concentrated and prepared to listen carefully.

"The history of human civilization is a history of constantly evolving wars, before the Ming and Qing dynasties, the mode of war was still white-knuckle fighting, and the key to determining the victory of the war was the combat effectiveness of the soldiers on both sides.

However, since the advent of firearms, the war has entered the era of hot weapons, and although the soldier's individual combat ability still plays a great role in the war, the key to determining the outcome of the war has become the quality of weapons and equipment. ”

Li Mingyuan picked up the wooden stick and pointed to the place that represented the mainland, "The battle of Bali Bridge is a typical duel between hot weapons and cold weapons.

In this battle, the Manchu slave chieftain Gerinqin led more than 30,000 Qing soldiers to meet the 6,000 British and French troops, of which 30,000 Qing troops, 10,000 Qing court leaned on the Mongol cavalry as pillars.

At the beginning of the war, Seng Gelinqin ordered the cavalry to assault the enemy position, and 10,000 Mongolian cavalry all charged, but in the face of the Anglo-French allied army in a comprehensive rifle and artillery formation, the cavalry charge that 10,000 Mongolian cavalry was proud of was useless, and the whole battle was over, more than half of the Qing army suffered casualties, and the British and French troops lost a total of 12 people.

Wang Xiaoshan, if you were the chief general of the Qing army, how would you command this battle? After talking about the battle of Bali Bridge, Li Mingyuan asked.

"Shizi, the gap between the weapons and equipment of the enemy and us is too large, if it is my command, I will let the troops retreat without making meaningless sacrifices."

Wang Xiaoshan thought for a while, then stood up and replied.

"Knowing that there is no enemy, retreating to preserve strength is the safest way, but if it were my command, I wouldn't do it."

The officers below all looked at Li Mingyuan, wanting to hear what he had to say.

"War is based on the balance of strength between the enemy and the enemy,

The Qing army was more than 30,000, and the British and French troops were 6,000, and the Qing army had the upper hand in numbers.

In terms of weapons and equipment, the Qing army was equipped with sabers, bows and arrows, and a small number of backward firearms, while the British and French forces were equipped with muskets and cannons, and the British and French forces were completely superior in weapons. In this case, if they want to thwart the attack of the British and French forces, what should the Qing army do? Li Mingyuan sold a pass and asked the officers rhetorically.

The officers below pondered for a long time, and it was obvious that there was no good way.

"The weapons and equipment of the Qing army are inferior to the Anglo-French army, and it is unlikely that the Anglo-French army will be annihilated, but it is still possible to inflict heavy damage on the enemy army and prevent them from invading the capital.

First of all, select 1,000 elite cavalry and 3,000 elite infantry, and then concentrate all the firearms of the whole army on the selected 4,000 people.

3,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry, according to the basis of 200 cavalry and 600 infantry, to form five mixed troops,

After the formation of the troops was completed, the remaining 9,000 cavalry assembled and stood by, and the 20,000 infantry set up multiple lines of defense to block layer by layer, not to fight a tough battle with the enemy, once the enemy launched a strong attack, the slightest resistance will retreat to the next line of defense.

When the Anglo-French army attacked the infantry defense line, five teams of cavalry wandered around the coalition army, looking for the enemy's defensive void, once the enemy showed a flaw, the selected cavalry used the musket in his hand and the cavalry breakthrough ability to quickly break through the enemy's defense line, and then 9,000 cavalry immediately followed up to expand the scope of the breakthrough, so that the Qing army was blocked in front, and the cavalry broke into the defense line in the rear, and the British and French troops were bound to suffer heavy losses. ”

After Li Mingyuan finished speaking, he put down the wooden stick and waited for the officers in the hall to digest the knowledge he had taught.

The officers below exchanged heads and discussed for more than ten minutes, and one officer raised his hand and asked, "Shizi, if it is changed to our army to defend the Bali Bridge, will it be better than the Qing army?" ”

"Your name is Qian Jianyu, I remember that you gave me advice before." Li Mingyuan did not answer his words, but talked about his past.

"Hehe, I didn't know anything before I was lowly, don't be surprised." Qian Jianyu said embarrassedly.

At a meeting, Qian Jianyu once despised the Peruvian army and was taught a lesson by Li Mingyuan, so Li Mingyuan had an impression of him.

"After the attack on the Duraya mine, I remember that you were the deputy company commander, what position is it now?"

"Humble and talented, now he is the commander of the second battalion of the third regiment of the town martial arts division."

"I became a battalion commander at a young age, yes, work hard, and strive to become a regiment commander as soon as possible." Li Mingyuan nodded and encouraged.

Li Mingyuan's attitude towards every Chinese officer or soldier was very gentle, and he did not treat the other party differently because he was a petty officer or soldier, so Li Mingyuan was also loyal and loved by the independence army.

"If you follow the teachings of the son of the world, you will definitely strive for meritorious service and promotion." Qian Jianyu said loudly.

"Young people are energetic and energetic, which is very good." Li Mingyuan nodded with a smile.

Qian Jianyu has a spirit of not admitting defeat and daring to take risks, and Li Mingyuan admires young people like him very much.

"Qian Jianyu, do you want to change your position in the army?" Li Mingyuan said with a smile.

Qian Jianyu's eyes lit up, and he just wanted to say yes, but his eyes rolled, and he said slyly, "I don't know what position the prince arranged for me?" ”

"Hehe, you still pick and choose with me, I originally wanted you to be the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, but forget it depending on your attitude."

"Don't be like this, I'm willing to be the commander of the reconnaissance battalion." As soon as he heard that Li Mingyuan planned to make him the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, Qian Jianyu said eagerly.

"Okay, I won't tease you, the reconnaissance battalion commander Feng Changqing has just been transferred to the Yulin Praetorian Guard Brigade Flying Cavalry Regiment as the regiment commander, the position of the reconnaissance battalion commander is vacant, you will go to the special forces headquarters tomorrow morning to report."

"Xie Shizi." Qian Jianyu said excitedly.

"Hehe, don't be busy thanking me, I'll answer your question first."

"If it were the current Chinese Independent Army, I would order the special forces to raid the enemy's headquarters, and then let the Yulin Praetorian Brigade assault the enemy's flank, and finally use two divisions to give the enemy the final blow and annihilate the enemy." Li Mingyuan drank in one go.

"The son of the world is wise." The officers below said in unison.

"Do you know what the core of my tactics is?"

The officers below looked at each other, and only felt that the tactical arrangements Li Mingyuan said were reasonable, but when it came to the core tactics, they didn't understand what they were.

"Shizi, we are all big and coarse, and we don't know a lot of words, so you can tell us directly."

"Yes, Shizi, you can speak quickly."

The Chinese officers thought about it for a long time but didn't figure it out, and asked one after another.

Li Mingyuan estimated that after waiting for a while, they could not understand the crux of the problem, and directly said, "Firepower intensity, mobility, and assault are the core tactics of war."

When there is not much difference in the number of troops and the intensity of soldier training between the two armies, the greater the firepower intensity of the two armies, the greater the chance of victory for the armies of the two sides.

However, when the strength of the two armies is generally balanced in all aspects, what determines the success or failure of a war is the comprehensive use of firepower, mobility, and assault.

The intensity of firepower is well understood, and mobility at this stage is mainly achieved by cavalry, while assault may not be well understood. Speaking of excitement, Li Mingyuan picked up a pen and wrote a few words on the paper, held it up and said, "Assault has a special tactical system, which I named infiltration tactics." ”

The infiltration tactic was invented by the German army in World War I, and was invented here by Li Mingyuan more than half a century in advance.

"The core of infiltration tactics is to use small combat units to infiltrate the opponent's defense system by using the gaps and joints of the opponent's defense, striking at important targets, cutting off lines of communication, and severing the relationship between defense deployments, so as to create conditions for a frontal attack.

Specifically, there are 4 parts:

1: Short and violent shelling: The purpose of this shelling is to suppress the enemy and not to try to destroy it, which effectively reduces the shelling time.

2。 Under the cover of the barrage, the assault troops set off and penetrated into the weak points of the enemy lines. They try to avoid fighting until they destroy enemy artillery units and command structures.

3. When the assault troops complete their tasks, the follow-up units equipped with artillery attack the enemy strongholds bypassed by the assault troops.

4. At the final stage of the assault, it is the ordinary infantry that begins to clear the last resistance of enemy units. ”

Using infiltration tactics, assault units are much better equipped and combated than ordinary soldiers because they have to break through enemy lines and fight without support.

In Lee's plan, the assault soldiers were armed with grenades, light machine guns, rifles, and pistols.

The grenade has a long history, first invented by the Chinese.

In the 15th century, primary grenades appeared in Europe, and in the middle of the 17th century, some European countries equipped their elite units with field grenades, and soldiers who were specially trained to use such ammunition were called grenadiers.

By the 19th century, with the development of guns and the reduction of castle offensive and defensive battles, grenades were once given a cold reception.

In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904, grenades played a role on the battlefield again. In World War I, grenades were widely used due to the rise of trench trenches.

The Chinese Independence Army is not yet equipped with hand grenades, and among the weapons traded between Li Mingyuan and Prussia, in addition to rifles, artillery, and machine guns, Li Mingyuan also specially customized 30,000 grenades, ready to be used to equip commando soldiers.

"A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, although most of you are ordinary lieutenants now, but you must also conscientiously study military theories and lay the foundation for commanding large troops in the future." After introducing the infiltration tactics, Li Mingyuan concluded.

"Yes."

"Go back tonight and think about the military content I said, and tomorrow night I will hand over everyone's experience and understanding to the leader of the group, and I will talk about so much tonight and disband." ……