733 Iron Fist Exercises

"Rush!" After advancing about 600 steps, the Qi officer gave a loud order. Then a neatly formed army began to disperse, rushing towards the Yan garrison like a tide.

The distance between the Qi army and the Yan army was about a thousand paces, and this was the starting position of the infantry. After six hundred steps. The distance between the two sides is kept between three hundred and four hundred. This distance is considered a suitable distance for the charge of the army. The physical strength of the soldiers of the Warring States period far surpassed that of later generations. Because of long-term manual labor. So in terms of physical strength, there is no big difficulty. In later generations, because they were engaged in industrial production and commercial activities, their physical requirements became lower and lower, so the same long distance was not very difficult for the heavily armed Qi soldiers. Moreover, after a fast run, the Qi soldiers still had a certain amount of physical strength to fight.

"The Qi army rushed over. We can't fight. Yan Jun shouted a little nervously when he saw the Qi army who was overwhelming and shouting loudly.

"Hit, what to fight, can you shoot with this broken gun?" The old-fashioned flintlock pistol in the Yan army's hand shot within fifty paces. Its range was inferior to that of the trap rifles, which were commonly equipped in the hands of the opposing Qi army, and the firing distance of the rifle was between 80 and 100 paces. Moreover, the shooting accuracy and operability far exceed the weapons equipped in the hands of the Yan army.

"Kill." The desperate charge of the Qi soldiers. The soldiers held their guns in both hands and bayonets in advance. Run fast. To boost morale, they all shouted "Kill." Words such as "rushing". This is very important for boosting morale.

And Yan Jun could only watch as Qi Jun rushed over. They couldn't shoot if they wanted to. Their guns could not fire because they were rusty, and even if they weren't, they were difficult to fire because of poor shell preparation.

In terms of rifles, they are in very bad condition with their rifles. Less than 2 percent of the division's equipment could be fired. This ratio is quite small. And machine guns, because they need to be operated by professional machine gunners. I didn't even take it out directly. Even if there is, it's just for show.

"The Qi army rushed over. Fucking learn from me. The officer of the Yan Army shouted loudly. The other soldiers were even more nervous, looking at the Qi army rushing over at a loss. They don't know what's next. Whether it is to fight, or, they themselves do not know.

"Hurry up, take the white flag. We are ready to surrender. The officer of the Yan Army shouted loudly. The officers had already thought of a countermeasure before the artillery was fired, that is, not to resist and to surrender directly. Only if you surrender can you live, and if you fight, you have no chance of living at all.

You know, this is war, and bullets don't have eyes. The bayonet said come over. Shells are even more deadly.

"Rush." The soldiers of the Qi army came as they said.

"We surrender. We surrendered, and the white flags were raised. "The white flag was passed from the Qin army. Because there is an article in the infantry manual that it is stated that flying a white flag can avoid being killed. The role of the white flag is mainly used for battlefield negotiations and surrender. As for why the white flag was raised, they also don't know. And this one, Qin Jun himself never learned, they thought it was useless.

But for Yan Jun, this is a home. They think it's for them. But they didn't know that the person who formulated this article was Shang Wen, and when compiling the infantry manual, there was no such article, because few Qin troops surrendered on their own initiative. And Shang Wen believes that surrender is not a big deal, and the value of people, especially in the time of industrial civilization, this value is more and more obvious, in order to effectively preserve the value of his own country, Shang Wen in the last time, in the infantry manual added this article. In other manuals, especially those of the Celestial and Naval Forces, it is expressly stated that soldiers may surrender after destroying their weapons, without any chance of survival, and without any pointless resistance. Flying the white flag is more from the habitual practice of the West.

Yan Jun didn't know why he was flying the white flag at all, and he didn't know why he wanted to play the white flag, they only knew. Flying a white flag can keep you alive.

"We surrender, we surrender." When the Qi army rushed over, almost all the soldiers of the Yan army raised their hands, and the officers still waved white flags in their hands, signaling surrender.

"We surrender. We don't fight. We surrender. Don't kill us. The officer looked nervously at the Qi soldiers who rushed over.

"What surrender. Go to hell. A Qi soldier rushed towards the officer with a rifle with a bayonet on it.

"Bang." A gunshot rang out. An officer of the Qi army, with one shot, took out the officer holding the white flag. For the officers of the Qi Army, the officer with the white flag really had no military temperament, panicked, fearful, timid, and very annoyed at first sight.

"We surrender, don't kill us." Seeing this scene, the other Yan soldiers all looked nervously at the Qi army who rushed over.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me, don't kill me." The soldiers of the Yan army all shook their heads and begged the soldiers of the Qi army.

Such a scene overwhelmed Qi Jun. The Qi soldiers rushed over murderously, but the Yan army was about to surrender without the slightest resistance, which made the Qi soldiers not know what to do.

More and more Qi soldiers rushed over, their steps slowing down, looking at these nervousness with their bayonet rifles, and their mouths kept saying, "Don't kill me." "The soldiers of the Yan Army." Shut up, shut up for me. A veteran of the Qi Army, who was still panting, stepped forward with a gun and smashed a nearby Yan soldier to the ground with the butt of a gun. Then there was a kick.

"Shut up." The veteran constantly smashed it with his feet, or with the butt of his gun.

"Enough. Don't hit. The Qi officer intercepted. The other Yan soldiers were even more frightened. It was the first time they had experienced such a scene. Qi Jun murderously held a rifle with a bayonet and looked at the Yan army prisoners of war with their hands raised.

"Alright. We don't fight. The officer intercepted.

"Take all these prisoners of war away." The officer looked around, and now the priority was to deal with these prisoners of war. Instead of spurring these POWs to pick up their guns again for a second round of resistance.

"Collect all the guns of these prisoners of war." The Qi officer commanded loudly.

And Yan Jun's guns were all on the ground at this time. They have long since thrown away their rifles.

The Qi soldiers began to search their bodies one after another, and then grouped the Yan prisoners of war into groups and took them into custody. However, it is not that the Yan army has no resistance, but that this resistance is very meaningless.

Even when the Qi soldiers were searching for prisoners of war, some soldiers of the Yan army still spontaneously opened fire. But their resistance was quickly suppressed. The Yan army, which had a large weapon generation gap in terms of firepower, firing speed, and lethality, was not an opponent of the Qi army at all.

"If we had known, we should have let our infantry rush through." A Qi army officer said dissatisfiedly.

"Not necessarily, if we don't have a burst of artillery bombardment, it is estimated that the Yan army will choose to resist." Another officer argued.

Whichever view is correct, the fact at hand is that more and more Yan prisoners of war have become long lines moving forward. And there are many more people in between. This army of Yan no longer exists. The Qi army was victorious.

On the day the Yan army surrendered. The Qin army and the Zhao army respectively started large-scale military exercises in their respective preset exercise areas. The exercises of the Qin and Zhao armies were codenamed "Iron Fist".

The "Iron Fist" military exercise had been planned as early as when Qin and Zhao jointly hollowed out Yan's finances.

"We should complete the mobilization of troops for the Yan war as soon as possible. In this way, we will be able to take the initiative and be in a good position in the future. It will not allow our two countries to enter a state of helplessness and let the people of Qi form facts. Li Mu wrote such a report to the general staff of the Qin State.

Wang Jian also has this view. Only the existence of military force can prove the common attitude of the two countries, and in this way, they can take the initiative in the strategic situation. So Wang Jian immediately agreed with Li Mu's opinion. And began to discuss some details in detail.

After five days of heated discussions, Qin and Zhao jointly formulated a plan for the "Iron Fist" military exercise. The purpose of the exercise is not only to test military combat capabilities. At the same time, it is also the completion of military deployment, and at present, the completion of military deployment is far greater than the former.

With the help of the plan of military exercises, the Qin State mobilized the 1st Infantry Division, the 1st Cavalry Brigade, two infantry regiments of the 2nd Infantry Division, and an artillery regiment to the northern border of Yan and the western border of Zhao, that is, the location of Taiyuan, respectively.

If you are mobilized here, you can use a well-developed railway network to complete the projection of troops. As long as the Qin State gave an order, the large army could be dispatched on a large scale, maneuvering to Handan of the Zhao State, and then from Handan to the east, it could launch an attack from the flank to attack the flank of the Qi army.

It's not just Qin Jun. The Zhao army also launched an exercise unit, and the elite troops from the west began to incorporate a large number of new recruits. It will take some time for these units to re-equip before they can go on the offensive. And on the other side. The Zhao army not only mobilized a large number of direct combat forces. At the same time, a large number of engineering units were mobilized into the east.

Li Mu's order to the engineering unit was simple. That's road building. We are constantly building various roads. Because, only after the road is built, the next logistics supply can be completed. After equipping a large number of gunpowder weapons. Logistics is becoming more and more important.

Therefore, the first problem of war is to solve the problem of logistics and supply. For this reason, Li Mu took this opportunity to integrate the engineering units of Zhao State, which were originally small, and this integration was to integrate the engineering units of the original small units into a regimental scale, and by taking this opportunity, the engineering forces of Zhao State would greatly develop. Li Mu is an all-rounder, and he knows that in future wars, the ability of these auxiliary arms to exert is huge.