Li Hui's crossing has made many words appear in the world in advance, "abusing vegetables" is one of them, Li Hui is not surprised that Bai Lang said this word, but this does not mean that he agrees with Bai Lang's point of view, "The rise of Mongolia does coincide with the weakening of the world's major civilized countries, but if the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian cavalry is greatly reduced, it can still crush the enemy, it is too exaggerated, right?" ”

"Führer, you don't understand cavalry...... For an all-cavalry army, it is not necessary to outperform the opponent in terms of overall strength, because cavalry is far easier to concentrate than infantry. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 When the ratio of men to horses reaches such an exaggerated level as 1:8, the infantry should not try to keep up with them no matter what, and the so-called infantry can surpass the cavalry in long-distance marching, which refers to the ordinary situation of one man and one horse, at most one man and two horses. Bai Lang has always been open-mouthed, and subconsciously said disrespectful words, and his face suddenly changed, and after noticing that Li Hui didn't care, he relaxed and continued, "Once the infantry can't keep up with the cavalry on a long-distance march, what does it mean? This meant that all tactically squeezing the space for cavalry movement became no longer feasible, if the terrain was not too fragmented. ”

Seeing that Li Hui didn't understand very well, Bai Lang simply used the cups and bowls on the table as battle chess to demonstrate, "And Genghis Khan's Western Expedition Army also has an advantage that ordinary cavalry does not have, that is, they are not inferior to the infantry's siege ability. On the one hand, the Western Expedition brought with them many Han craftsmen who were captured when they entered the Central Plains, and they could make siege equipment with the world's advanced level; On the other hand, the configuration of one person and eight horses brings a strong carrying ability. All in all, it was impossible to hold any city on the way to the west at that time, as long as the Mongols were determined to attack......"

In this way, a pattern of victory has been formed, if the Western countries cannot hold on, the Western Expeditionary Army can directly attack the city, and when the major cities are taken one by one, the country will be finished. And what if they choose to fight directly in the field? Bai Lang said this, spread his hands, and said in silence, "Because the speed of the Western Expedition is faster, they don't want to follow behind all the time, so they can only use all the cavalry, but at that time, whether in Central Asia or Europe, the strength of the cavalry was far inferior to the Mongolian cavalry, and the Mongolian heavy cavalry had no less than 100,000 people, more than the sum of all the enemies they had encountered during the Western Expedition, and the weapons and equipment were more advanced than those in the WestThe quality of personnel is also far beyond that of the West. Everything is far inferior to the army of the Western Expedition, and the field will only die faster. And as long as the cavalry is killed, the enemy who only has infantry left can win in the field by cutting off the supply line......"

"Now you understand, no matter how those countries fight, they can't get rid of the fate of defeat, you say, if this situation is not abuse of vegetables, then how much advantage can be called abuse?" At this point, Li Hui finally agreed with Bai Lang's conclusion, but he still had one more question, "It's true that it's abusing vegetables, but the Western Expedition still only hit the Danube, how to say?" ”

"As I said before, Genghis Khan's tactics of the Western Expedition are particularly suitable for abusing vegetables, and abusing vegetables must be won, and the advantage can only be reflected in their own losses, but small losses do not mean that there are no losses at all, when they fought for several years and advanced to the banks of the Danube, even if the losses in each battle are small, the accumulation is not a small amount. In particular, the loss of horses is greater, we all know that the beast is much more delicate than people, even if it is not killed by the enemy, it will also cause losses due to fatigue and illness, especially the expedition of the Western Expeditionary Army, the climate on the road is diverse, it is very easy to adapt to the soil and water, even if it is a Mongolian horse with strong adaptability, the loss will never be small, once the number of horses is reduced to a certain extent, this method of war will naturally not be able to continue, and the Western Expedition will be difficult to continue. Of course, at that time, there were many castles in Europe, it was time-consuming and laborious to fight, and there was no oil or water to rob, which was also an important reason. Bai Lang knew that he had to talk to the layman in detail, so he took the trouble to explain carefully, so that Li Hui finally fully understood and realized that to deal with a strong enemy like the United States with this tactic, he could only rely entirely on the doppelganger as a mobile supply depot.

However, if the system only directly provides supplies, the size of the troops will inevitably be seriously limited, and how to explain the source of supplies to the officers and soldiers also makes Li Hui a headache......

However, Li Hui's original idea was not completely abandoned, thanks to Bai Lang's few additions at the time, "In fact, the Western Expedition was able to fight so far, and it was also thanks to the fact that there were also large grasslands in Central Asia, which could be supplemented by horses on the spot, but although the United States also had a lot of pastures, it was mainly cattle and sheep that were raised, and the horses were mainly used for service purposes, unlike the herdsmen in the East who preferred to use both horse breeds, so it was difficult to maintain a huge number of horses by raising war, and this method of warfare was even more difficult to use." ”

Compared with the United States, which is already an advanced industrial country, Tsarist Russia is still only a backward agricultural country, and the government is both corrupt and incompetent, although the Tsarist Russian Army is numerous, it is not as good as the US Army in terms of current combat effectiveness and future growth, especially the latter, looking at the history of World War I, the US Army is getting stronger and stronger, and the Russian Army was very weak at the beginning, and it was even weaker later.

Another point is that, unlike the animal husbandry industry in the United States, which has been highly commercialized, the time for Tsarist Russia to conquer Central Asia is still short, not to mention that it is not advanced itself, so the animal husbandry on the steppes of Central Asia is still largely laissez-faire, and the proportion of horses is much higher, so the cavalry troops of China's westward expedition in the future can completely replenish horses from the local area, which is also a great advantage.

And unlike the American Indians, who have only 200,000 left (250,000 in 1890) and have no other purpose than to lead the way, the inhabitants of Central Asia are still mainly locals, and they have a strong anti-Russian consciousness, and because of their lifestyle, they are easily converted into cavalry...... (To be continued.) )