Chapter 358: The Life of a Literati
In fact, when the Polar Powers fought against these southern island countries, although it was hundreds of years ago, it was still relatively completely recorded in the history books, and an objective evaluation of this overall war was made.
Of course, this kind of work is still the work of the literati, and an objective evaluation is the first factor that can restore the situation of such a war, and in fact, there are very few literati in other countries other than the extreme countries who can make such an objective evaluation.
Although it is said that the mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan, but the polar country still does a very good job in this regard, but the mouth of the people is indeed a thing that has to be done, and it is easy to accept the people provoked by others.
In fact, there is no win-win situation, there is always some price to pay to get some victory, and the choice is to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to test the correctness of some things, and punish and criticize very wrong behavior, which leads to this situation.
That is to say, it is not only to prevent the people, but also to let the people know the original facts, and the price paid is a lot of manpower and material resources.
A lot of manpower and material resources were used to verify this matter, but the results obtained were still very good, the literati flourished, and various theories emerged in an endless stream, which did promote development to a certain extent.
Most of the descriptions of the battle were at sea, which means that there was not actually a land battle.
The description of that time was that the Polar Kingdom had lost a large number of men, and there was no shortage of some elite troops.
This kind of history book is not generally studied in schools, the main reason is to take care of the country's face, of course, if you want to learn it, there is almost no one to stop it.
Mo Yu was also very interested in that battle, although the casualty rate was relatively high, but it had to be said to be a war that was very worthy of reference, which provided some experience for future development and became a turning point for the Polar Navy.
So the more significant thing is that the price paid is indeed a bit big.
At that time, the power of the ship-to-ship collision was not particularly large, which means that it could not be a fatal defeat factor, although many ships at that time were crashed, but most of them still existed.
In other words, the combat capability is still completely there, and the commander's command is also relatively in place, and failure is a failure on the basis of a basic quality.
The latter is also a memory of the soldiers at that time, so it can be regarded as a more convincing book, the real situation is relatively high, and the credibility is relatively large.
The soldiers at the time recalled that the opposing ship was very large, and when it collided with it for the first time, there was a violent shock, and a small number of boats were directly destroyed.
This is the first loss, and the loss is relatively small compared to the whole, and there are some casualties, but not so many.
The most basic combat units still exist.
After the ship collided with each other, the opponent first charged, placing a plank between the two boats and letting the chain hold the two boats tightly.
At this time, there was a situation of hand-to-hand combat, basically in this combat situation, the effect of crossbowmen and archers is not particularly great, because when the opponent fights, it is basically in the cabin, that is to say, it does not cause much damage.
The only useful point is when the opponent starts to rush over, but this effect is also very limited, because rushing over is almost a momentary thing, and the few people in front can resist a large number of bows and arrows.
When the opponent's camp rushes in, you can't release arrows indiscriminately, because it is easy to cause casualties on your own side, that is to say, it is easy to cause accidental injuries, so at this time it depends on the combat effectiveness of the grassroots soldiers on both sides.
The difference between being on a ship and on land is not particularly big, and if the wind is calm, so when the fight starts, it basically depends on this basic ability.
The most important casualties this time are that those who fell into the water were not rescued in time, and the rest was five or five, and the opponent's combat capability at sea was not as strong as imagined.
Therefore, the casualty rate in the first battle situation is basically about the same, and even slightly better if it is not just knocked into the water at the beginning.
However, with the subsequent battles, the casualty rate finally began to rise, and the other side found that the combat ability of the soldiers of the Polar Kingdom was very strong, so they began to avoid short-handed combat.
On the one hand, the speed of the ships is fast, the ships are relatively large and strong, and the familiarity with the place makes it easy to encircle several ships.
Put rockets, first let the ship catch fire to cause panic, after the panic, someone will definitely come up to extinguish the fire, at this time and then release the arrow, with the collision between the ships to hit all the ships of the polar country, several times such a situation, almost all of them are bloodless.
But on the other hand, on the other hand, put some rockets on the other side, but the ships are not on fire or are very small, plus the other party's ships are relatively high, and there is a certain gap between the effective range, so it has caused a certain amount of trouble, so the casualty rate has greatly increased.
The commander could not afford such losses, so he reported a retreat, and the people of the entire polar country began to retreat, which in fact meant that there was no real land battle at all.
was beaten back in the middle of the road, and it was a bit embarrassing to say it, and it was also a loss of face for the extreme country, but this number was still released, in fact, it is estimated that some high-level officials announced these figures.
Otherwise, how could ordinary people possibly get these casualties?
The time of the battle was not particularly long, only about a month, but the casualties were very high, the number of soldiers killed was more than 2,000, more than 4,000 were lightly wounded, and more than 500 were seriously wounded.
Because in terms of this number of casualties, even if it is a big battle on the main battlefield on land, it is estimated that it will not reach this number of casualties, not to mention the naval battle with a relatively small casualty rate, although it lasted for about a month, but this number is indeed a bit high.
Therefore, the commander could not bear this pressure and reported the retreat of the upper peak, otherwise the losses may be higher, in fact, according to the narrative of the soldiers at that time, combined with the modern geographical location.
The process is a little funny, but in fact, the real process of travel is one-third of the journey, which means that one-third of the way is for people to call back.
Of course, we can still draw a conclusion from this matter, that is, because the ships of the other party are relatively large, the radiation area of intelligence is relatively large, and the speed of the ships is quite fast, otherwise it would not have blocked the army of the extreme country in a third of the place, and from this place, those people are still more afraid of the landing of these troops, so they will block it as soon as possible from the beginning.
Of course, the description of this book is still very long, these descriptions are only some approximations, and there are many specific descriptions, such as the appearance of the other party, the number of troops of the other party, the number of ships of the other side, the combat methods of the other party, and so on, etc., are clearly written in the book.
This kind of book can become a widely circulated book, it must have its uniqueness, either it is very specific, or it has its own opinions, otherwise it is impossible to be appreciated by so many people.
Mo Yu likes this book very much, but the reason why I like this book is because this book is explained very clearly, and according to the author's point of view, it is very objective, and the author has also added some of his own ideas.
As far as the author is concerned, this battle was a very irrational battle, at that time only thinking about expanding the land, without thinking about the actual situation, which is why such huge casualties were caused.
However, this battle is also an important experience in urging the polar countries to develop their navy, and when they attack the polar countries head-on, they also reduce the arrogance of the polar countries' armies, so that the polar countries once again recognize their own advantages and disadvantages, so they have reduced the demand for territory, and also consolidated the rule of the polar countries in another aspect.
This is the author's assessment of this battle, and it can be seen between the lines that this statement is a very, very sensitive statement, and maybe this statement is true, maybe this statement is wrong.
And with some criticism, and finally said that some benefits are also that kind of coincidence and luck, that is, as long as this kind of thing happens, such benefits may exist, according to the interpretation of ordinary people, then this war is some irrational battles of the Kyrgyzstan high-level, but there is a strong sense of criticism, and the benefits and sycophants behind it are just to make this criticism seem so light.
Maybe it's because the author himself doesn't dare to say something more powerful, so he patted the ass a little, but this kind of explanation is very, very charming, and it makes people look very fascinated, because this unique point of view is something that many literati dare not write.
So Mo Yu likes to read this book, read it several times, and borrowed a lot of notes, of course, if he has this book at home, in order to prevent his private collection from going to the school or the library in the city to find it, he directly found a bookstore and bought the book, which did cost a lot of money.
After all, the control of culture in the extreme country is still relatively serious, and it is also a distressing thing for ordinary people to buy books, at least a matter of cutting meat.
So Mo Yu also spent a lot of pocket money to buy this book, and cherished this book very much, even when taking notes, he made notes on some blank paper, and then stuffed them into the book.
This matter was given to Mo Yu by Mo Changji, not the matter of taking notes on a blank sheet of paper, but just the matter of taking notes, so that Mo Yu wrote some of his own thoughts and opinions more or less when reading each book, especially those who are more interested, or where the author's opinions are not consistent.
The next time I read it, I may have different opinions from myself, so this book looks very meaningful, but Mo Yu is reluctant to use white paper to put it in this book, although it seems a little difficult, but this book is still very well preserved.
In other words, you can still look at it from time to time, and Mo Yu feels very comfortable.
In fact, if this is really a ship, there are no less than 20,000 soldiers who can live in these private rooms.