Chapter 243: Infantry vs. Cavalry
Feng Jian looked at this group of soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion with high morale, after experiencing a battle of blood and fire yesterday, he felt that the soldiers had more calmness and self-confidence, a sense of maturity after fighting on the real battlefield, and this was exactly what Feng Jian wanted to see.
Each soldier in the Zhenshan battalion is strictly selected, there is nothing to say about personal physical fitness, after strict tactical battle formation training, and then after fighting with the enemy on the battlefield again and again, it is inevitable that the Zhenshan battalion will grow and grow, in Feng Jian's view, Kong Youde's rebels are just a whetstone for the development and growth of the Zhenshan battalion to maturity, and the enemies that the Zhenshan battalion will face in the future are only those alien races who have brutalized China.
In Feng Jian's mind, any foreign nation that has invaded the Chinese nation and made the Chinese nation suffer is a foreign race, and you will have to repay me twice as much as if they invaded me and hurt me.
I want to let the sun shine everywhere to the map of China! I want to spread the glory of China to every corner of the world!
"Commander"
"Hmm"
Zhao Shougang's call interrupted Feng Jian's conjecture, and looked at Zhao Shougang, Fan Li, Huang Jinjiang, Qin Mazi and others looking at him with puzzled expressions, and asked, "Are you ready?" ”
Zhao Shougang said loudly: "One thousand soldiers from the second thousand headquarters of the Zhenshan Battalion, and two thousand soldiers from the Zhenshan Battalion Teaching Regiment have finished marching, please instruct the commander!" ”
Feng Jian's current official position is a military attache and general from Sanpin, but the officers and soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion are still accustomed to calling Feng Jian the commander from top to bottom, and this title has now become a symbol to distinguish the original people of Huluyan and the new people of Huluyan.
No matter how old Feng Jian was an official, the old Huluyan people always used to call Feng Jian the commander. And the new people who join Huluyan can only call Feng Jian an adult, so the old Huluyan people always feel a sense of superiority compared with the new Huluyan people.
Yesterday, the rebels attacked the city and suffered very few casualties in the camp of the earthquake mountain. The soldiers heard from their superiors that the rebels had fled and that they were going out of the city to pursue them along the way. One by one, the soldiers were gearing up and their morale was high.
Feng Jian looked at the energetic faces under the torch, and waved his hand: "Let's go!" ”
The sky was slightly bright, the north gate of Pingdu City suddenly opened, the suspension bridge in front of the urn city slowly fell, the city gate of the urn city had not yet had time to rest, and nearly three thousand soldiers of the Zhenshan battalion walked out of the city through the suspension bridge.
The battlefield outside the city has been cleaned up by Ding Zhuang, who was stopped by Zhizhou Fang Zengwei, and all the wounded soldiers of the rebels who can be treated have been carried back to the city for treatment, and the bodies of the dead have been collected and directly incinerated with fire oil. In this summer, corpses are exposed and are most likely to cause epidemics.
During the day, all the chariots captured by the rebels set out with the army, including 20 chariots, 8 rocket vehicles, and 8 generals' chariots.
The archer in the car is played by the bird gunners of the earthquake mountain battalion, the artillery crew in the general's car is played by the Western gunners under Xilao, and the rocket chariot is temporarily used as a gunpowder cart, and some soldiers with strong arms act as demomen, and when the rebel cavalry approaches, they throw gunpowder packets outward.
To the sound of drums and trumpets, 3,000 men began to quickly march in the direction of the rebel camp!
The 3,000 men were divided into two armies to advance, with the 2,000th headquarters of the Zhenshan Battalion as the front army and the newly established teaching regiment as the rear army. The two armies did not distance themselves, so that they could unite against the enemy in the event of a rebel raid.
In this battle to defend the city, Fan Li and his teaching group performed impressively, and only 500 people rushed out of the gate of the urn city under the leadership of Fan Li. Through artillery bombardment, the rebel long-range firearms unit suppressed the defenders at the head of the city, so that the defenders calmly threw gunpowder packs to bombard the rebels besieging the city, which opened the prelude to the rebels' rout. It was this mere 500 people who did not hurry and calmly dealt with the onslaught of the rebels' 2,000 cavalry. Instead of being annihilated, the rebel cavalry was forced to abandon their armor and return home.
The soldiers of this unit are all from the logistics unit of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion, although they have been trained in paramilitarization before. However, in terms of training, equipment, welfare and other aspects, it cannot be compared with the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion.
In the entire Huluyan system, the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion are not only well paid and well-paid. And extremely respected, almost every Huluyan young man's dream is to join the Earthquake Mountain Battalion and become a member of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion soldiers.
Therefore, when these soldiers were transformed from soldiers of the logistics force to soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion, they burst out with unparalleled enthusiasm, coupled with the training under the Zhenshan Battalion system and the propaganda and supervision of supervisors at all levels, the newly formed teaching regiment made rapid progress in all aspects such as tactical literacy, soldiers' military regulations, and military discipline, so that they could calmly deal with the rebels without being arrogant or discouraged, and forced back the rebel cavalry several times their size.
All the officers above the captain level of the teaching regiment are from Feng Jian's personal guard battalion, and have been taught and trained by Feng Jian for more than a year, so it is needless to say that his loyalty is naturally needless to say, and the most important thing is that Feng Jian wants to train a large number of generals with both knowledge and battlefield experience through this army, as the cornerstone of the future development and growth of the Zhenshan Battalion.
Because on the battlefield, force alone sometimes cannot solve problems, and an army can win more victorious in war if it has generals who can write and fight, so in the Zhenshan Battalion, the basic rule for soldiers to be promoted to officers is that they must be literate and hyphenated, and if officers want to continue to be promoted, they must also learn to analyze and consider the pros and cons of the battlefield and make targeted choices.
There is no doubt that after this battle, a large number of people in the Zhenshan Battalion will be promoted, and the soldiers of the teaching regiment who repelled the rebel cavalry are naturally the group of people who have made the greatest meritorious contributions, which is a huge incentive for other soldiers, prompting all the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion to be more brave and better at analyzing the battlefield situation and finding effective means to attack the enemy on the battlefield.
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The 3,000 soldiers walked forward for about five miles, and before the news of the sentinels who had dispersed out to investigate had returned, suddenly the sound of galloping horses' hooves sounded from the rebel camp, and bursts of brown smoke and dust filled the air, and in the morning light, a large number of rebel cavalry were seen roaring towards the array of the earthquake mountain camp.
A drum and trumpet sounded, and the marching queue of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion suddenly stopped, followed by the sound of drums and trumpets again, and the three thousand people quickly lined up in a defensive formation.
Thirty-six chariots were quickly pushed to the forefront of the camp of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion, and the soldiers in the chariots began to prepare to defend themselves against the attack of the rebel cavalry.
The swordsmen and shields, pikemen, and bird-gunned soldiers of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion followed closely behind the chariots, ready to fight the rebel cavalry at any time.
Feng Jianze's horse stayed at a mountain bag position. Followed by Huang Jinjiang, Qin Mazi and other personal guards, Zhao Shougang and Fan Li stayed in their respective units at this time to organize the attack on the sudden rebel cavalry.
Looking at the black pressed rebel cavalry on the opposite side. It does give people a strong sense of oppression. Qin Mazi sighed: "The brother who was sent to investigate the enemy's situation has not returned at this time, I am afraid that he has been killed by the rebels." It seems that these rebels are bound to win the earthquake mountain battalion, and they plan to storm the earthquake mountain battalion array in one fell swoop. ”
Huang Jinjiang said indignantly: "These rabbit cubs really don't give up in the Yellow River, I hope that the brothers who went out to investigate are safe and sound." Our infantry has no advantage in the face of cavalry, so we can only defend passively, and with the combat power of our earthquake camp, we can only repel the opponent at most but not annihilate the opponent. Hey, when would it be nice if the Zhenshan Battalion could have a cavalry of thousands of people! ”
Qin Mazi pointed to the rebel cavalry on the opposite side and said: "This is not simple, the rebel cavalry on the opposite side is the best source of cavalry, and the rebel cavalry really has to rush up with a long eye." Naturally they are unlucky, there are two thousand rebel cavalry here, enough for my Zhenshan battalion to form a cavalry battalion! ”
Feng Jian quietly listened to the two henchmen's answers, and felt very relieved in his heart, these people who have been following him for a long time have been influenced by their own ears and eyes, and their vision is naturally higher than ordinary people, but Feng Jian is happy because they have this vision, but they are happy that they are always thinking about the Zhenshan camp.
With such a group of loyal subordinates, backed by the Huluyan Mutual Aid Association, which produces abundant food. There is also a strong military force of the Zhenshan Battalion, so he doesn't have to snort and whisper from now on.
"The qi will be 30,000 miles long, and the light of a sword will chill 19 continents." The earthquake camp is a sharp sword in his own hands. You can be like an arm, you can overcome obstacles and move forward, maybe one day you can really make the world a more exciting place!
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The rebel cavalry stopped their horses half a mile away from the camp array. In this position, let the war horse rest and breathe, and then the next step is to really enter the sprint fighting stage.
Oddly enough. In the face of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion array, the rebel cavalry uncharacteristically confronted the Earthquake Mountain Battalion. Obviously, this is also a conscious tactical arrangement. The aim was to hold back the Quake Mountain Battalion and create an opportunity for the main rebel forces to retreat.
Feng Jian sneered in his heart, thinking that he could use the cavalry to block the advance of the Zhenshan Battalion, it was really a dream! The rebel cavalry was obviously afraid of the power of the firearms of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion, so let the rebel cavalry taste the power of the artillery of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion......
Feng Jian instructed Huang Jinjiang: "Order Xilao, the tiger squat cannon and the Franco machine gun on the general's chariot to aim at the rebel cavalry, give me a damn blow!" ”
Huang Jinjiang agreed and rode directly in the direction of the artillery camp in front of the formation, the enemy and us were about half a mile apart, and the tiger squat cannon carried by the Zhenshan battalion could just exert great power.
After receiving the order, Silao and his artillery men quickly calibrated the gun angle, and the muzzle of the black hole was quickly aimed at the rebel cavalry line.
Cao Shaozhong rode his horse in the center of the rebel column, his heart was somewhat full of uneasiness, the main force of the rebels had just begun to withdraw, and the defenders in Pingdu City began to follow and pursue, it was obvious that the defenders in the city had been ambushed by sentinels on the left side of the camp and quickly passed to the defenders of Pingdu City.
It can be inferred from this that the defenders of Pingdu City and the defenders of Xiaohuakou should belong to the same family, and now that the army is retreating, this is preparing to flank the front and rear of the army, so whether they can block or even repel the defenders of Pingdu City is very important to the battle situation, and the defenders of Pingdu City must not be allowed to break through.
Originally, Cao Shaozhong was full of plans to use the cavalry speed to directly disperse the pursuit of the defenders of Pingdu City, but yesterday's cavalry did not take down the opponent's defenders by pure fragmentation, this time the other party did not have the help of the city's artillery, and he could definitely use the cavalry speed advantage to crush the opponent.
I wanted to be caught off guard by the other party, but I didn't expect the earthquake mountain battalion to react very quickly, and quickly formed a battle formation and pushed the chariot that had just been captured in front of the formation.
Cao Shaozhong naturally knew the power of these chariots, and his cavalry could only be beaten passively in the face of chariots, but they could not cause the slightest damage to chariots.
In the many wars between the Ming army and the Mongolian cavalry, the Ming army formed a set of effective tactics in the chariot battalion according to the characteristics of the chariot and the advantages of large lethality and long range of firearms.
Therefore, as soon as he saw these chariots, Cao Shao changed his mind about attacking the battle formation of the Zhenshan camp when he was neutral, he was not a fool, obviously the other party already knew to prepare a trap, how could he rush up hard, and lose the lives of his cavalry in vain.
So he immediately changed his mind, thinking that as long as he dragged the other party and didn't let the other party move forward, he would complete the task assigned by Kong Youde.
The best way is to form a confrontation with the opponent, the opponent will not move, and once you start to line up, you can seize the opportunity to give the opponent a fatal blow.!! (To be continued......)