Volume II: West River White Boyan Section 29 Equipment
"Big brother!" Wang Ming, who was sitting closer to Zhao Hong, also put forward his opinion, but he looked dazed and asked with a puzzled expression.
"Why are the most elite soldiers armed with spearmen? In these battles, the enemy's horses, lances, and other weapons simply could not pose a threat to our troops with door panels. Their long-pole weapons are the object of abuse in front of our door panels and short swords, why do you configure this kind of troops? ”
Wang Ming's implication is obvious - this Baibo elite infantry is the target of the sword and shield explosion, it is better to configure the whole army as a sword and shield soldier.
"Little brother, your consideration of fighting between infantry is correct, but you can't expect the enemy to be all infantry on the battlefield, and the elite infantry of Baibo is mainly responsible for the heavy responsibility of anti-cavalry." Zhao Hong, who felt very helpless, shook his head in anticipation, and then said to Wang Ming earnestly.
"Our sword and shield soldiers encounter enemy cavalry in an emergency, and it is no problem to resist the cavalry's charge with door panels for a while, but once they get into hand-to-hand combat, it is difficult for our army with short swords to pose a threat to the knights who are high above. That's why I had to deploy pikemen! ”
Although the era spans thousands of years, there are many similar ancient and modern commonalities. In World War II in Zhao Hong's previous life, there was also a similar situation. Ordinary infantry who are unfortunate enough to encounter enemy tanks is almost a dead end. Often a team of hundreds of people may not be able to beat a tank, so the equipment of anti-tank weapons has become a necessary need for infantry, in the establishment of infantry is generally equipped with all kinds of anti-tank weapons of flat-firing guns, in order to deal with this situation, the lightweight rocket launcher has become the standard equipment of anti-tank soldiers after the invention, which greatly reduces the threat of tanks on the battlefield.
In this era of cold weapons at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the cavalry unit played a role similar to that of the tank in later generations, and the cavalry unit always brought a great threat to the infantry in the rapid mobility and powerful cavalry force on the battlefield. It is obviously important for an army to have some ability to resist cavalry.
In Zhao Hong's planning, the Baibo elite infantry is obviously a good hand against the enemy's infantry and cavalry------- "Baibo anti-tank soldiers". It's just that the anti-tank weapons of this era have been changed from shoulder-fired bazookas to spears, but the principle is still the same.
"Brother Hong, I think it's better to use a halberd than a heavy spear." Recently, Zhao Hong, as the leader of the group, became obsessed with the so-called Great Qin Barbarian State in the west, and began to learn the military system of this barbarian country. However, just like the superiority of socialism in later generations, Cao Peng was also a staunch member of the superiority of the Han Dynasty, and he was enthusiastic that except for China, which was a civilization, all other countries in the world were barbarian countries. And Zhao Hong's admiration for this barbarian country of Great Qin made Cao Peng, whose ancestors had followed Huo Quai, feel very sad. I saw Cao Peng gesturing with his hands, and then a solemn expression appeared on his face, and while his hands kept gesturing, he began to say to Zhao Hong in a solemn tone.
"The halberds of our Han Dynasty are much better than the spears of their Great Qin Kingdom. Halberds can be stabbed like spears. After speaking, he clenched his hands into fists, held his halberd in front of him and back, and after thrusting forward, he jerked back sharply, making a posture of hooking the enemy back to the horse.
"You can also use a halberd to peck the enemy cavalry hook under the horse from the side, which is most effective against cavalry."
Hearing Cao Peng say this, Zhao Hong couldn't help but be a little shaken, he looked at Ma Yao, Ma Yao had a nonchalant expression at this moment.
Is a halberd better than a spear? This will take time to test, but Zhao Hong, who only has a few halberds in hand, does not have to worry about this problem for the time being.
Out of the heart of appeasing the old courtier, Zhao Hong, who was like a stream, decided to accept this suggestion on the surface, only to see that he first showed a slightly thoughtful expression, and then smiled at Cao Peng, who was full of anticipation.
"The Baibo elite infantry temporarily adopts the mode of mixing spears and halberds, and then use halberds when the weapons are sufficient."
Cao Peng, who felt that he had saved a lot of face for the military weapons of the East, glanced at Ma Yao, who seemed a little overwhelmed, with contempt, and then it took him a long time before he restrained his smug expression.
"If there is no opinion, just settle it." After glancing at the complicated expressions of his subordinates, Zhao Hong stood up from the chair suddenly, raised his hand and slammed it down.
"Adjournment!"
……
Although Zhao Hong planned very well, it is obviously wishful thinking to realize all the plans at present. Now for Zhao Hong's department, which is seriously short of materials, there is not even enough winter clothes at present, let alone weapons and armor in this situation.
During this time, Liu Song, a carpenter, organized a leisure Zhuang Ding to build a door panel, as long as there is wood and manpower, it is not difficult to manufacture the door panel with simple structure, and after a period of busyness, dozens of door panels have been built. Zhao Hong checked the slightly wet brand new door panels, which were heavier than those doors that had been in the past for many years, and they did feel quite good.
Dozens of short swords and hundreds of short spear heads were also produced by Cao Peng, who was born as a blacksmith, and the source of these iron materials was the long knives and axes captured by the cavalry of the county. In general, short swords are still very economical, a long knife can make more than five short swords, nearly twenty short spear heads, so those captured weapons except for long-pole weapons such as horse lances have all become the standard equipment of Zhao Hong's department. Needless to say, the short spear head is mainly used to make javelins, in this case, the armed personnel under Zhao Hong finally have standard equipment according to the standard.
Although Zhao Hong had never seen such shoddy iron tools in his previous life, the black short sword was obviously pig iron. But this era is not in the previous life, when the world's largest steel-producing country was flooded with steel, and the price of 100 steels in this era was ridiculously expensive, and some could even be comparable to the same weight of gold. This can't help but make Zhao Hong cherish the fruit knife he carries with him------ this pure steel is expensive in this era, and under such material production conditions, Zhao Hong is not too harsh on Cao Peng.
"It's better for people to wait for equipment than for equipment to wait for people." This sentence is obviously inappropriate for Zhao Hong's department. First, it takes a lot of manpower to build equipment, and it is obviously impossible to invest in training in advance. Second, so many people are exposed to the wild on a cold day, and it is obvious that a lot of food is needed to carry out rotation training with bare hands, which is an extremely wasteful behavior. The capital is still very small, and Zhao Hong doesn't dare to squander it like this.
****************************************************************************************
Thank you for your collection and red ticket, your click, collection and red ticket are the driving force for the creation of this layman, thank you for the love of this book.