Chapter 71: Night Attack
The cavalry of this era basically chose the soldiers of the steppe peoples, these steppe soldiers were not only born knights, but more importantly, they had one more advantage than the soldiers of the plains, that is, the people on the steppe rarely had night blindness.
The reason why this is the case, this has to start from the dietary structure of this era, the soldiers of the plains basically come from poor families, most of the diet is based on coarse grains, and the intake of meat is very small, resulting in a serious lack of vitamin A in the body, so it causes many civilian soldiers to be unable to see at night.
However, the diet of the steppe peoples is dominated by meat and dairy products. In particular, animal liver, which is rich in vitamin A, is exclusive to all young and middle-aged men on the grassland.
From the analysis of the previous situation, this high priest should also be a guy who knows how to use soldiers very well, and will never give up this big advantage of the steppe cavalry, so Major General Oprah judged that the high priest's troops will attack by night attack.
"Then what to do, General, although we now have heavy machine guns, many of our soldiers can't see too far at night, plus it's a snowy night and there is no moonlight, if the enemy really uses a night attack at this time, it will be very disadvantageous to us."
Hearing Major Opral's judgment, Major Davis said worriedly.
"Yes, if this problem is not solved, all our efforts may be in vain."
Thinking of this, Major General Oprah's brows were also furrowed.
"Brother Terry, what do you think?"
Lieutenant Sean, who was on the side, suddenly looked at Terry and asked in an expectant tone.
Terry's magical performance has always been felt most deeply by Sean, so at this time, he naturally thought of Terry for the first time, hoping that he could create a miracle again.
"This ......"
Terry does have a way, and there are many.
There are many weapons in the system exchange screen that can solve this problem, such as night vision devices, such as mines, such as barbed wire......
Unfortunately, these prerequisites require the consumption of gold coins, but after exchanging the heavy machine gun and a large number of bullets, Terry's gold coins are now empty, and the system cannot be credited, so he can only shake his head and sigh.
"If you build some campfires in the direction of the enemy......"
Seeing that Terry was also frowning, everyone knew that Terry couldn't think of a way for a while, and Major Davis suddenly made a suggestion.
"It's a good idea, but it doesn't work very well."
Major General Oprah immediately rejected the approach.
Because of Major Davis's method, although it has a certain effect, the first does not know the specific time of the enemy's attack now, and if the bonfire is lit all the time, there is not so much fuel.
Second, the enemy is not stupid, and when he finds a bonfire, he will definitely send sentry cavalry to extinguish it first and then launch a general attack, so the problem is back to square one.
"General, I still have a lighting device here, but it can't last too long, about half an hour."
Hearing Major Davis's proposal, Terry's eyes lit up, and he thought of the spotlight that he had exchanged for the magic stick before, knowing that the spotlight exchanged by the system was not only a function of heating, as long as the power of the multi-functional lampshade and spotlight was converted, it could be turned into a searchlight.
"There really is such a thing! That's good, as long as the fighters can see the enemy, half an hour is enough to repel the enemy. ”
When Terry explained the function and function of the searchlight, the major general's frowning brow instantly relaxed, and he said happily.
Of course, there is another point that Terry didn't say, but there is still a diesel generator in his space that he exchanged for when he used to use the induction cooker in front of Nabu, as long as the heavy machine gun can annihilate the enemy and get a gold reward, then he can always exchange it for diesel fuel for power generation, and the price of this material is very cheap.
After looking at the time, there was still a little time before dark, so the major general thought for a while, and for the sake of safety, he asked Terry to ask the serfs to help dig a large number of traps around the position, leaving only about 200 meters in front of the heavy machine gun, so as to concentrate the enemy's density most effectively and create a better killing effect for the heavy machine gun.
In the next time, everyone began to prepare in an orderly manner, as the sky became darker and darker, and the atmosphere of the coming war became more and more tense, the soldiers all clenched the steel guns in their hands, and sat on their combat posts one by one to close their eyes and recuperate, waiting for the arrival of the enemy, for a while, the whole position was quiet.
From the watchtower, Major General Oprah is watching Terry assemble a strange object.
A large boxy box with a height-adjustable stand attached to the top of the large box.
And above this bracket, Terry is replacing a trumpet-shaped semi-circular sphere.
"Kid, is this what you call a searchlight? Does he emit a beam of light like the flashlight you used earlier? ”
Although he had never seen such a device, Major General Oprah was quick to tell him that the semi-sphere was associated with a flashlight he had seen before.
"Well, General, you guessed it right, in fact, the principle is the same, but the power of the searchlight is much greater than that of the flashlight, so the distance can be as long as several kilometers."
At this time, Terry has completed the modification of the spotlight head, and the next step is to connect the diesel generator and the electric control box together.
There wasn't much diesel left in the space, and there were no gold coins to exchange for at this time, so Terry didn't experiment immediately after connecting, anyway, he had used a diesel generator before, so he didn't need to experiment again.
After answering Major General Oprah's words, Terry placed the searchlight bracket directly in the center of the watchtower, which can be turned 360 degrees, and as long as someone controls the direction of the searchlight, the enemy within a few kilometers will have nothing to hide.
Everything is ready and waiting for the enemy to attack.
Sure enough, without letting everyone wait long, the commander of the reconnaissance company who had stayed behind to monitor the enemy situation rushed back with his subordinates and brought back the latest enemy situation.
"The number of enemies is quite a little smaller than expected. There are probably only more than 600 rides. ”
As soon as the lieutenant company commander entered the temporary headquarters (watchtower), he reported the detected enemy situation.
"Well, did you find the lead priest?"
In the battle plan arranged by the previous major general, this big sacrifice is the focus, you must know that in fighting these cavalry who come and go like the wind, the big difficulty is to completely annihilate the enemy.
In the present situation, it is not much difficulty to hold the position, but if the enemy cannot be completely annihilated, as long as the high priest is still alive, then these remaining cavalry will bite the leather army like a dog's skin plaster.
And the Revolutionary Army can't be consumed here for a long time, not to mention the problem of supply, it is estimated that after such a long time, the Imperial army should have been aware of their movements. At that time, as soon as the pursuers of the empire arrived, the revolutionary army would face annihilation.