Chapter 79: The Great Drill 3
86_86695 Wang Shuhui's view of war is macroscopic. He saw war as a means of ideological fulfillment. It is for this reason that there is a famous saying of a great man, "A war is a bloodless war, and a war is a bloody government." โ
Wang Shuhui's view of specific battles is a microscopic and mechanical view. He believes that what determines the outcome of a specific war is determined by Cheng Dรน, whose ideology on both sides of the war is in line with the actual situation of the country. The outcome of the battle is completely determined by both objective and subjective factors.
He mechanically believed that the victory or defeat of a battle must depend on the comparison of two objective conditions and one subjective condition of the armies of the two sides participating in the battle. Two objective conditions are, the level of training and the level of weapons. A subjective condition is the ideological education received by the commanders and fighters of the troops.
Wang Shuhui regarded the concrete battle as an objective process. In his opinion, achieving victory in the battle must be carried out in accordance with the "seven steps".
The so-called "seven-step process" refers to the fact that in a qiฤ battle, no matter who the enemy is or under what circumstances, the troops must complete the battle in accordance with the seven steps of "reconnaissance of the enemy's situation," "setting up the battlefield," "long-range strike," "melee killing," "treating the wounded," "preventing the epidemic and clearing the field," and "summing up experience."
Wang Shuhui believes that China's military culture, from the Battle of Hanquan initiated by Emperor Yan and Huang in ancient times to the historical stage of the last years of the Ming Dynasty, because of the sharp rise in the level of productive forces, the factors that determine war have become more and more objective and practical. Although the situation of defeating the strong with the weak and winning more with less still exists, the factor that determines the outcome of the war has become a completely objective contest of strength between the two sides.
Wang Shuhui felt that after firearms were produced and began to be applied to the army, there was no longer a need for specific commanders of war, and in the era when firearms were completely cold, it was necessary to have the superb military talent of Sun Wu and Wu Qi in order to be able to lead the army to victory in battle.
He believes that in the era of hot weapons, the commander of the army does not need outstanding military talent, as long as he can lead well-trained soldiers, have a clear understanding of the characteristics and advantages and disadvantages of each branch, and then command the battle according to the requirements of the "seven steps." As for the outcome of the battle, it is a principle of "three minutes on the stage and 10 years of work off the stage," which is determined by two objective factors and a subjective factor, namely, the daily training and equipment level of the soldiers on both sides of the battle and the will to fight.
In fact, this is also true. As one of Wang Shuhui's personal disciples, Han Liang is also a believer in the mechanical combat theory who was completely brainwashed by his own master Wang Shuhui. The scouts had already made a detailed report to him on the enemy's situation, and according to the report, he set up a battlefield on the side of the road and spread out a formation according to the actual situation. When the enemy, a group of bandits dressed like refugees, rushed out of the woods, Han Liang gave the first order, "Five steps forward." โ
Tan Jiachong's two militia teams, led by a horizontal column composed of members of the working group, took five steps forward according to the password and the beat of the heralds' drums. After the establishment was made, the squad leaders who stood at the head of each row immediately ordered the ranks to be organized.
This is the characteristic of warfare in the era of queue shooting. Although Wang Shuhui had not yet equipped his troops with muskets, he trained all the troops under his command in accordance with the requirements of the musket troops. Under the tactical requirement of lining up to shoot, in the course of the battle, the ranks of the troops must be as uniform as possible.
Han Liang looked at the march of the militia and couldn't help but pout. Speaking of which, these militiamen, who have only been trained for about a month, are quite remarkable in the eyes of anyone in this era. After taking five steps forward, the militia of more than 60 people formed two horizontal phalanxes with a row of 10 people, which were really quite neat.
However, in the eyes of Han Liang, who has received more than a year of military training in Wangfu Town, the militia phalanx after five steps has become a little messy. You must know that those armed personnel in Wangfu Town, whether they are members of the original family battalion as professional soldiers or members of the agricultural and industrial battalion as auxiliary armed forces, can basically ensure that after twenty marches, the queue is still tightly and uniform.
Even though there was a special stone-throwing group in front of them, made up of children, who were constantly throwing stones and garbage at the marching procession, the armament of the large battalion continued to advance in an orderly manner. The armament of the large battalion, but twenty steps forward does not require a whole formation. And the current situation of the militia is that they have to form a formation five steps forward, otherwise the array will not be able to reach neatness.
Even in the eyes of South Korea, the situation of the militia is quite unsatisfactory. However, in the eyes of the former head of the Jingzhou Mansion Guard, the current bandit leader Bald Sancang, the militia under the command of Han Liang is definitely a strong army. Because, in the years when he was the regular army of the Ming Dynasty government, he had never seen any troops that could march in line silently and without being disturbed when facing bandits.
The more than 20 bandits under the command of the bald three cannons were also affected by this neat and silent atmosphere of slaughter. As the troops moved forward, the bandits wavered, and quite a few of them took a few steps back as the militia advanced.
After observing the situation on the battlefield, Han Liang continued to order the troops to advance. In this way, the militia marched five steps at a time, and then the whole team was formed; After that, move forward five steps again and then form a team. After seven advances, the distance between the two sides was shortened to about a hundred meters.
Han Liang took a visual look at the distance and then ordered the members of the team to fire crossbow arrows.
Modern, sophisticated, mechanical crossbows that can continuously fire crossbow arrows and steel balls, not only have a long range but also have high accuracy. More than a dozen members of the work group only fired three salvos, and only five or six of the more than twenty bandits who were less than a hundred meters away from the opposite side were left. The five or six people were stunned by the sudden long-range strike. They stood in place and watched the opposite trotting forward, and the militia captain faced the gun array, and he didn't even have the consciousness to escape.
Han Liang sighed after giving the order to attack freely and after seeing the militia attack the bandits in groups of three. Originally, it was intended that these militiamen would see blood on the battlefield, but now it seems that it can only be accomplished by stabbing the dead bodies of bandits.
Because he received a certain amount of military training, even when Jingzhou Wei was a junior officer, he also participated in several actual operations against small bandits near Jingzhou Mansion. After firing the first round of crossbow arrows from the group in front of the militia phalanx, the bald artillery turned and fled into the woods behind them.
However, the bald cannon did not escape, and he was captured by the scouts who followed him less than three minutes after he ran out.
According to the requirements of the "Post-War Handling Manual," bandit leaders like the Bald Third Artillery who took the initiative to attack Wang Shuhui's armed forces must be sent to the camp to be interrogated by the interrogation center under the Military Commission. Therefore, the bald cannon was not immediately beheaded, as he himself feared, but followed the team with his hands tied.
Bald San Pao did not have the excitement of escaping the catastrophe in his heart. Because he witnessed the blood-seeing-action of the Korean Liang organization. More than twenty bandits, among which there were a dozen or so who were panting and not completely dead, were all tied to trees. Then more than sixty militiamen, under the command of the working group, repeatedly stabbed these dead and half-dead bandits with large guns. After that, he took part in a "unique" session in which the health workers of the working group dissected the bodies of dead bandits and gave a physiological education class to the militiamen.
This terrifying scene like Senluo's hell not only frightened many militiamen who had just vomited on the ground because of the stabbing of the bandits' corpses. After seeing this scene, Bald Sanpao first peed his pants, and then kowtowed like pounding garlic. When he saw the hygienists organizing the militia to burn the corpses of the bandits, the bald cannon became completely desperate. After that, as if he had lost his soul, he followed the team without saying a word.
Not only did the bald three guns not dare to run away now, but they didn't even dare to die. If he was stabbed by more than 60 people after his death, and then he had to crush his bones and scatter ashes, he would rather be a eunuch than have such an end.
Because the distance of more than 30 base villages is different, the militia teams of each base village also arrived in Wangfu Town at different times. When they arrived at Wangfu Town, they were greeted by the fortress-like walls of Wangfu Town, which were more peculiar in the eyes of people of this era. The tall red brick wall brought a lot of impact to the village soldiers who had just arrived.
The militiamen's camp is located near the Tulou-style barracks of the Renaissance Security Corps outside the city walls. Many militiamen were taken aback by the two tulou-style barracks. You know, in this era, the buildings themselves are a rare thing, let alone the red brick buildings that form a large courtyard and form a closed complex.
More than 1,300 militiamen from 32 base villages reached Wangfu Town one after another within three days. Because these militias were marching in Zhijiang County, and they did not reach Zhijiang County. Therefore, the people in Zhijiang County did not know that there were more than 2,000 military personnel between the ages of 18 and 35 gathered near their city.
The militia training camp is made up of prefabricated houses. Thirteen prefabricated houses enclose a closed compound. In the middle of the compound is the training ground and two rows of prefabricated houses that serve as classrooms. Each prefabricated house has two rooms, and each room accommodates six people.
After receiving the disinfection and epidemic prevention bath and taking medicine, the militia members entered the prefabricated houses arranged by the village as a unit and under the leadership of the working groups of each village. After a day's rest, they saw the parade.
It was the first time that many people had seen more than a thousand people wearing gray uniforms, carrying spears and steel crossbows, marching in formation. Of the more than 1,000 militiamen, the vast majority had some slight panic.
After the review ceremony, Wang Shuhui ascended to the review stand and made a brief speech to the soldiers of the Fuxing Regiment and the militia of the villages in various bases. He didn't say anything complicated about the soldiers, who had only been educated at the literacy level for a few days. In his speech, he only emphasized, "The purpose of military training is to protect everyone's own interests; Only by training well can we defend the land we have been allocated".
Although Wang Shuhui really wanted to talk to these people about his political ideas, he also knew that it was a complete waste of energy to talk about revolutionary ideals and anything to these ancient people who had not received much education, and it would not produce any results. His current demand for instructors at all levels is only to instill in the current militia the idea of "defending the fruits of victory with your own hands" and the idea of "defending your own wages and salaries with your own hands" into the soldiers of the Reconstruction Security Corps