Chapter 661: Infantry and Artillery Coordinated Combat Drill

The formation of the Qinglong Legion is based on the Chuangzi Battalion as the core, and the Chuangzi Battalion is basically one of the oldest qualifications and strongest combat effectiveness of the Tiger Army.

The first thing to complete is to set up the vertical array. At that time, the Ming army mainly fought in a linear queue, and the most commonly used was the three-row shooting, which was the three-stage shooting invented by Mu Ying, which could effectively exert the power of the firecracker. But for the Tiger Army, two platoons were enough. Because of the long range and great power of the Tiger Hammer, if they are arranged in three rows, the people in front may block the shots of their companions behind them, causing accidental injuries.

What the Tiger Army has to do now is a hollow phalanx. The vacated central position was the artillery camp. According to Yang Zhiyuan's setting, the quadrilateral shape of the hollow phalanx has a total of seven squads on each side, about 400 people. There are a total of twenty-five squads in the Word Breaking Battalion, and it seems that there are not enough people. In fact, due to the overlapping relationship between the four corners of the phalanx, twenty-five squads were just enough.

Each squad is arranged in two rows, each row has about thirty people, and the seven squads are connected to each other, and each row has about two hundred people. According to the calculation of one tiger gun per person, one shot can shoot 200 rounds of Mini bullets. If the back row also shoots, it can shoot 400 rounds of mini rounds.

At a range of 300 meters, the lethal effect of the Mini bullet is already quite obvious. Especially for such obvious targets as shooting cavalry, the hit rate can basically be guaranteed to be more than 10%. In other words, the enemy's cavalry, after entering the range of 300 meters, may be directly knocked to the ground by Mini bullets. Generally, the charging speed of the Tartar cavalry is about eight meters per second, and the distance of three hundred meters is about thirty-five seconds under normal circumstances.

[Author's note: When the light cavalry charges, the speed can reach as fast as 60 kilometers per hour, that is, more than 15 meters per second.] However, this speed is absolute. A single cavalry may be able to do this, but if a large number of cavalry gather together and launch a charge together, it is unlikely. If there is a disturbance in the middle of the way, the speed will be slower. 】

In 35 seconds, each soldier of the Tiger Army can shoot three or four Mini rounds, and 400 people can fire 1,200 to 1,600 Mini rounds. How many Tartar cavalry can be killed is difficult to speculate for the time being. But if there were no accidents, at least a few hundred Tartar cavalry should have fallen to the ground.

Of course, after the Tartar has entered a distance of sixty meters, it can shoot arrows. This may cause some casualties to the Tiger Army, or cause confusion, which will affect the density of Mini bullets. But the impact will not be great. In other words, as long as the Tiger Army troops were not in great confusion, they would have to take at least a thousand rounds of Mini before the Tartar cavalry could rush up. And that's not counting the other weapons.

"Your Excellency, look ......"

After Yang Zhiyuan finished arranging the phalanx, he asked Zhang Zhun for instructions.

"The key is to be familiar."

Zhang Zhun said with a solemn expression.

Coming from later generations, he was well aware of the psychological pressure of infantry in the face of cavalry. The condescending nature of the cavalry, the tall men and horses, the speed of the galloping wind, and the rumbling hooves of the horses will cause great psychological pressure on the infantry. Even if the infantry is very brave, if they have not received strict training against cavalry beforehand, they may have psychological abnormalities when facing a large number of cavalry.

Once the psychology is abnormal, the level will be unbalanced. Once the level is unbalanced, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. Can't stop the enemy from approaching, the problem is not big, the most feared psychological collapse, in extreme panic, involuntarily turn around and run. The most taboo thing about such an infantry phalanx is that someone turns around and runs away. Once someone collapses, the entire phalanx is equivalent to opening a crack, and it will also collapse quickly. Therefore, it is very important to train the psychological endurance of soldiers.

Throughout history, the best way to prevent problems in soldiers has been through brutal training combined with ruthless discipline. Brutal training, training day and night, repeated training, and training all the time, can turn a person's nerves into a state of numbness. And the cold discipline made every soldier dare not have the idea of running away at all. If you train all the soldiers to be robots, you don't have to worry about that.

Of course, everyone knows that it is not easy to train a flesh-and-blood person into a robot who only knows killing, does not know danger, does not know pain, and does not know fear. However, in order to have the last laugh, no matter how difficult it is, it must be done. In such a troubled era at the end of the Ming Dynasty, everything is false, and only force is true. If you want to survive, you have to make yourself stronger.

What's more, Zhang Zhun in his previous life was originally a trained killing machine, and through his hands, there were more killing machines that were trained. For this, Zhang Zhun is fully confident. Aren't the ancient Qin army and the ancient Roman legions all brutally trained in this way? No matter how cruel the training is, it can't compare to the cruelty of the battlefield! It's better to shed blood and sweat in training than to lose your life on the battlefield.

In front of Zhang Zhun, there are multiple pennants, which are of different colors, and each pennant represents the enemy attacking from a different direction. The phalanx has to deal with attacks from all directions, so it is important to skillfully switch between queues. It is also very important for commanders to actively deploy troops according to the situation on the battlefield.

Now, what Zhang Zhun wants to study is this most basic reaction ability.

Brigadier Zhang raised the red pennant.

"The enemy is coming from the east!"

The officer on duty immediately shouted.

The red flag in the middle of the phalanx flew rapidly.

The soldiers on the east side of the phalanx, seeing the red flag flying, immediately turned to the east. The tiger guns in their hands are all bayonets. And the soldiers to the south and north, the last platoon, were reinforced to the east to prevent the eastern queue from being breached. In fact, the soldiers in the last row of each direction are in reserve, and if necessary, can be reinforced in any other direction.

The purpose of this is, of course, to prevent the positive queue from being breached. At the most brutal stage of the battle, even with bayonets and human bodies, the enemy's cavalry had to be left behind. If the enemy's cavalry rushes into the middle of the phalanx, the phalanx is completely finished.

"The enemy is coming from the west!"

"The enemy is coming from the south!"

"The enemy is coming from the north!"

Zhang Zhun kept changing the pennant.

The soldiers of the Chuang Zi Battalion also constantly changed their formations according to the big flag in the middle of the phalanx. At the beginning, everyone was quite calm, and when they changed formations, the movements were still fast, and there was no confusion. However, by the time of the seventh transformation, confusion arose.

When Zhang Zhun raised two pennants to indicate that the enemy was attacking from two different directions, the formation of the Chuang Zi Battalion was completely chaotic. Some soldiers ran to the east, and some ran to the west, and they collided with each other and were in chaos. Many officers such as team leaders and assistant leaders were also confused and didn't know how to react.

When Zhang Zhun raised three pennants to indicate that there were enemies in all three directions, the phalanx was even more chaotic. The enemy appeared in three directions, and the reserve, the only free one, basically ran wildly. Even an officer of the rank of co-leader did not know how to deal with it.

Under such high pressure, some soldiers also panicked. Although they have not yet reached the point of turning and running away, looking at their appearance, they are already in a state of panic. It is mainly manifested in the inability to operate calmly, where there are many people, they will crowd everywhere, and as a result, they forget their tasks and responsibilities. In general, it's just four words, a mess.

"Stop!"

Zhang Zhun had to order the drill to be stopped.

The chaotic phalanx slowly returned to normal.

There is no way, the training time is too short, and neither soldiers nor officers can adapt to it. This fully shows that the current Tiger Ben army still has great difficulties in fighting with the Tartars. It is said that the phalanx of the Roman legions will take three years to train, and even if the tiger army is talented, it will take three months.

Time doesn't matter much, until the training is completed, the Tiger Ben Army will not easily fight the Tartars. Huang Taiji's main task at present should be to burn, kill and loot, and by the way, get oil and water from the hands of the Ming army. Sun Chengzong was killed, Lu Xiangsheng was imprisoned, Baoding Mansion and other places were attacked, and even if the Ming army wanted to watch from the wall, I am afraid it would be impossible. Let the Tartars and the Ming army be entangled for a while.

"Order Liu Chenzi to bring the Ben Thunder Cannon over!"

"Let's practice together!"

Zhang Zhun was quite satisfied with the response of the Chuangzi battalion, so he ordered the artillery to join in.

Only the pure infantry of the Chuang Zi Battalion was obviously unable to effectively stop the approach of the enemy's cavalry, because the lethality of the Tiger Gun was limited and the firing speed was not fast. In order to more effectively block and destroy the enemy's cavalry, it is also necessary to deploy a large number of artillery in the center of the phalanx. With the development of the war, the position of artillery will become more and more important, and before the tank comes out, the lethality of artillery is a veritable king of land warfare.

In the past two days, the artillery battalion has received the first batch, a total of twelve Thunder guns. The so-called thunder cannon is the Napoleon gun, with a caliber of about 120 mm and a maximum range of about 2,000 meters, but the general range of use is within 1,000 meters. If you go beyond the range of 1000 meters, the accuracy is not very good.

The point is that the Thunderbolt is fully mounted on the gun carriage and can be easily converted. There is no problem at all with the daily march of the field corps. According to Sun Qinkai's introduction, this kind of thunder cannon, from marching to launching, the transition process in the middle only takes about 30 seconds. If the gunners had trained hard, this time could have been shortened a little.

"My lord! Artillery battalion report! ”

After Liu Chenzi received the order, he arrived quickly.

He brought four thunder cannons and prepared to practice with the Chuang Zi Battalion.

"You'll show you individually!"

"From the march to the battle!"

Zhang Zhun said expectantly.

"Understood!"

Liu Chenzi took the order and went.

The artillery team he led, with a total of four thunder cannons, was dragged by four war horses and marched slowly. The gun carriage of the Benlei cannon was set up according to the basic structure of the Napoleonic cannon, with enlarged and widened wheels, mainly to adapt to the complex terrain and roads of China. The vicinity of the central barracks is a plain, and most of the places in Beizhili are plains, and when the artillery trucks are moving, there are no problems for the time being, and it looks quite safe.

"Doot toot!"

Zhang Zhun blew the whistle.

"There are enemies!"

Liu Chenzi hurriedly shouted.

The artillery fighters immediately followed the procedure, divided labor and cooperated, and operated at the same time. A warrior pulls a tool from his horse and pulls it to the back. The other two fighters quickly lowered the gun carriage of the Thunder Cannon and smashed it to the ground as a support point. The other two fighters took the ammunition packs and divided them, one quickly pushing the shells from the front of the Thunder Cannon into the chamber, and the other loading the projectile into the powder pool. Several gunners were busy with different jobs, in an orderly manner. All the work was carried out almost simultaneously.

Zhang Zhun stared at them with sparkling eyes beside him, silently estimating the time. As warfare became more and more professional, time became a very critical element. In ancient times, a battle often lasted months or even years. However, now, a battle, at most, ends in two or three days. And the crucial battle may not take two hours.

"Ready!"

"Can be fired!"

After the ammunition was loaded, Liu Chenzi reported loudly.

"Good!"

Zhang Zhun nodded with satisfaction.

Because he didn't have an accurate timekeeping tool, he could only estimate and calculate, and it was indeed only about thirty seconds. For this time, Zhang Zhun is still quite satisfied.

If the enemy's cavalry attacked, thirty seconds would not be able to advance a long distance, at most three or four hundred meters. With the scouts of the Blue Dragon Legion, as well as reconnaissance tools such as clairvoyant mirrors, in the plain area, it should be possible to find traces of the enemy's cavalry two or three thousand meters away. As for the mountains...... Who would be stupid enough to use cavalry in the mountains?

In other words, as long as there are no accidents, the Thunder Cannon has enough time to react. No matter how fast the speed of the war horse is, it will take about five minutes to complete the distance of two thousand meters. A single cavalry may be faster, but a large-scale cavalry operation, capable of advancing forty kilometers per hour, is already very fast, even when a charge is launched.

Each thunder cannon can fire at least twice a minute, and in a five-minute period, it can fire ten times. If there are enough Thunder Cannons, the power is still good. The main thing that the artillery causes to the enemy is a huge psychological strain. The consequences of being hit by a solid projectile are completely different from being hit by a Minnie bullet. The damage caused by the former is much greater than that of the latter, and the deterrent effect is even more incomparable.

If the thunder cannon shoots directly, the large iron ball with a diameter of 120 mm is enough to knock out at least twenty or thirty enemies in a straight line. If the enemy's cavalry is too dense, it is possible to defeat even fifty or sixty men. During the American Civil War, there was a Napoleonic cannon that reimbursed half a company of the enemy. It sounds incredible, but it does exist, mainly because the enemy is lined up in a straight line and the ranks are dense.

Artillery also has a very important effect on the enemy's cavalry, that is, it frightens the enemy's war horses. Not all horses are completely accustomed to the roar of cannons. Especially when there is confusion. A considerable number of war horses, in fact, like people, will also be frightened after suffering a terrible blow. Once the horse is in a state of panic, the power of the enemy's cavalry will be further reduced.

"Goal! Due South! ”

"Ready!"

"Put!"

Zhang Zhun personally gave the order.

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

The gunners lit the fuse, and a moment later, the sound of the cannon rang out.

The sound of the thunder cannon is a bit like a flying dragon cannon. Ordinary people can't tell the difference at all. The projectile flew out and hit a place of about 1,500 meters, smashing a huge hole in the dirt. The soldiers who came to inspect needed to dig down about two feet with shovels to dig out the large iron ball.

The power of a large iron ball with a diameter of 120 mm is indeed extraordinary. Any target that stands in its way has the potential to be ruthlessly shredded. In addition to the power of direct shooting, if it is on relatively hard ground, the round projectile will also produce a violent beat, resulting in secondary damage. If the enemy's team is dense, the secondary damage is also very serious.

"Grape bombs!"

"Ready!"

"Put!"

Zhang Zhun shouted again.

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

Artillery rang out again.

A large number of marbles were thrown out and landed five hundred meters away.

Because of the design, the range of the Thunder Cannon is about 500 meters, which is basically the same as the Wyvern Cannon. The most basic reason is that in order to reduce the weight, the barrel of the Thunder Cannon is much thinner and shorter than that of the Red Cannon, which means that the bore pressure it can withstand is much lower. Since the chamber pressure is low, the firing range is naturally closer. However, due to the relatively large caliber of the cannon, at the same time, much more marbles were fired than the Wyvern cannon.

At a distance of five hundred meters, the use of grapeshot against the enemy's cavalry is still very impressive. Grapeshells spread over a large area and can cause a large number of enemy cavalry to fall at the same time. Once a large number of enemy cavalry falls, the enemy's charging line will inevitably cause confusion and reduce the speed of the impact. If a large number of horses fall to the ground, they can even stop the enemy's cavalry from continuing to advance. In this way, the Tiger Army has more time to fight back.

In fact, grapeshots also have a great effect, that is, like a sieve, they filter all the enemies first. As long as they are properly coordinated, twenty or thirty thunder guns can form a continuous and uninterrupted blockade of bullets 500 meters ahead. As long as the cavalry passes through this rain of bullets, it is possible to be damaged. If the number of thunder cannons is higher, at a position of 500 meters, it can weaken the enemy's attack force by more than 30%. The power of the god of war cannot be underestimated.