Xiao Zhenlei looked at Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Xiaozhun's expressions and knew that the two of them thought that the army they had trained haphazardly after only reading a few military books must be tofu scum, so he asked: "Do the two brothers think that I have not gone to a military school, and I have learned something by relying on a few military books that I read indiscriminately, which is not enough to train an army with strong combat effectiveness?" I have never gone to a military school, nor have I entered the regular army for training and study, but I am not alone, I still have friends, my friends understand military affairs, and their military skills are also quite outstanding! ”

Jiang Fangzhen shook his head and said: "No, I see that you have not gone through a military school, nor have you not been trained in the army, on the contrary, we can see from your temperament that you must have undergone strict training, otherwise, your military temperament will not be so tomorrow, although I don't know where you have served, but I am sure of this!" I'm a little surprised that you and your friends can train an army in such a short period of time, and that's where I wonder, are they reliable in combat? ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded, he didn't expect these two people to be able to see that they had the temperament of a soldier, since he crossed over, he tried his best to hide this temperament on his body, so as not to be traced back to the source by others, and it would be too troublesome to explain in the future, because a lie needs countless lies to complete.

"Brother Baili guessed well, I have indeed experienced military training, although my forty-six standards have undergone strict training at the beginning, the intensity is much greater than that of the new army, but neither soldiers nor officers have ever fought a war, so just now I let these troops adapt to the battlefield, we went to suppress bandits, and used the opportunity to suppress bandits to hone the combat skills of soldiers and the command ability of officers. The two eldest brothers also knew that the combat effectiveness of the bandits was very poor, and even so, we were still suffering heavy casualties at the beginning due to our inexperience, until after a few battles. With battlefield experience, we're just starting to get started, but there's still a lot to learn! ”

Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Xiaozhun couldn't help but nod when they heard Xiao Zhenlei's words, thinking that this was right, the army has been from top to bottom, and only a few people have studied military affairs. And it's all half-baked, how can the army brought out be combative? It turned out that he had experienced actual combat tempering.

Zhang Xiaozhun asked: "Huanyu, what experience have you gained in commanding battles?" Can you tell us about it? ”

This question is also what Jiang Fangzhen wants to know, although both of them are from regular military academies. It's an academy, but he has only studied in school, Jiang Fangzhen has been interning in the company for a few years, but none of them have experienced real battles, and the theories they have learned are often very different from reality, so I want to ask Xiao Zhenlei, a person with actual combat experience.

Xiao Zhenlei suddenly became interested, and he was very happy to be able to discuss military face-to-face things with Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Xiaozhun. He didn't first say what experience he had gained, but asked, "The two eldest brothers know that if there is a large-scale war now, they will be in the field and face the battlefield. What are the offensive tactics used by the attackers? And what tactics did the defenders use? ”

The two glanced at each other when they heard this, and Jiang Fangzhen said: "Let's not talk about it, let's just say that there have been two large-scale wars in the world in the past ten years, the first is the Second Boer War, the second is the Russo-Japanese War, we only talk about the land and ground battlefields. In the Boer War and the Russo-Japanese War, the attackers used tactics such as marching in large groups to the beat of drums. There is also an assault tactic that takes advantage of late night or enemy fatigue, and infantry is generally equipped with artillery fire to carry out infantry and artillery coordination tactics when attacking. That is, to clear the enemy's position with artillery for a period of time, and then the infantry to attack, when the infantry rushed to the front of the enemy's position, the artillery fire began to extend to the depth of the enemy's position, which requires the infantry and artillery to coordinate the drill very skillfully, but also to pinch the time, otherwise the shells are easy to hit their own heads. In the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese also used a wave offensive tactic, also known as the pig burst tactic or the crowd tactic, that is, the attacking force was divided into several parts, and each part launched a suicidal charge against the enemy position at a certain interval, just like the waves, wave after wave, endless!

These wars, including the previous American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War, in addition to the use of natural barriers such as hills, woods and rivers for defense, in the field on flat ground, the opposing sides used trench warfare in the defense to prevent the other side from attacking, but due to the firepower of the previous weapons and some other factors, trench warfare was not widely used in these wars, but I conclude that in future wars, once the war is delayed or lasts too long, trench warfare will be used on a large scale. Especially now that barbed wire and heavy machine guns have been invented, the defenders have also built defensive pillboxes in front of the battle, set up obstacles for infantry attacks, such as Horse Rejection and Deer Rock, and so on! ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded, as long as people who study military affairs will inevitably study the wars that have happened before, he asked: "Do the two eldest brothers have any research on trench warfare?" For example, how can trenches be built to best fit the current pattern of warfare? So that the casualties of your own soldiers are greatly reduced? And how to equip firepower and increase the intensity of strikes against the attacking enemy? ”

The two of them lit up when they heard this, and asked at the same time: "This is not true, could it be that Huanyu has some research on this?" ”

"It's not a research, it's just a few experiences!" Xiao Zhenlei smiled and said: "After actual combat, I found that the trench must not be dug too straight, it is best to dig it into a zigzag shape, do not dig a continuous trench, it is best to dig into a series of isolated positions, and when digging a trench, it is necessary to determine how deep to dig according to the terrain and needs, which is conducive to concealing and protecting the deep trench of the soldiers, the soldiers generally stand and shoot, and the shallow trenches that are conducive to the flexible movements of the soldiers, generally speaking, if it is a large-scale war, and the two sides have been facing each other for a long time, digging deep trenches is of course the best, If the artillery fire of the attacking side is strong, the ground of the back wall should be higher than the ground of the chest wall, and the two walls should be reinforced with sandbags, wooden frames, planks and wires, and if the confrontation is very long, it should be maintained from time to time to prevent the weather or artillery fire from reducing its intensity ??????".

Xiao Zhenlei hasn't finished speaking. Jiang Fangzhen hurriedly interrupted and asked, "Brother Huanyu, can you tell me why the trenches are dug into a zigzag shape, not into a continuous trench, but a series of isolated trench positions?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei was not annoyed after being interrupted, and explained: "Dig a zigzag trench. This meant that a soldier could not see anything ten meters away from a trench. A trench of this shape will protect the infantry inside it when the enemy attacks from the flank, and if the trench is a straight line, all the troops inside will be exposed to enemy fire from the flank, and the casualties will be heavy. If a shell falls into a trench, its shrenchnel will not fly far before it will be blocked! ”

In fact, for a long time before this, there had been some trench warfare in various wars. However, countries do not have much research on trench warfare, because the conditions are not yet ripe, only when a series of military equipment such as heavy machine guns and barbed wire appeared, trench warfare naturally became popular on a large scale, and the large-scale use of trench warfare in history was in the First World War. Although Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Xiaozhun both knew this kind of defensive tactics, they had not entered into in-depth research.

Now the two of them listened to Xiao Zhenlei talk about the excavation method of the trench and the matters to be paid attention to, this is the experience of using human life, and the two of them thought about his words carefully, and felt that it was extremely reasonable, when Xiao Zhenlei finished speaking, both of them were very happy, and hurriedly urged: "So that's the case." You go on, go on! ”

Xiao Zhenlei said: "The reason why we can't dig a continuous trench in a straight line, but have to dig a series of isolated trenches. This is because each position can provide fire support to its adjacent positions. Although the attackers can move freely between positions, they will still be subject to the defender's fire! ”

"Got it!" Zhang Xiaozhun asked again: "Then why does the ground on the back wall be higher than the breast wall?" ”

"This is mainly the role of anti-shells, you think about it, when the shell explodes, the shrapnel flies diagonally upwards from the point of explosion, and the point of explosion is much higher than the breastwork. Shrapnel is much less likely to hit a soldier's back or back of the head, but the back wall is higher than the chest wall. There is a significant drawback, that is, if this trench is occupied by enemy troops. The enemy can immediately turn the back wall into their breast wall and shoot at the second line of defense of the defender, but this is a matter of later, in order to prevent this from happening, there is no need for the back wall, if the enemy occupies this trench, the defenders in the second line of defense can directly see the enemy soldiers in the first trench, and they can open fire, but at the beginning the defenders did not lose this trench and the casualties must be greater when hit by enemy artillery fire, so there are pros and cons to using not using the back wall! ”

Jiang Fangzhen nodded and said, "Yes, it makes sense!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei said: "To dig a trench, we must first choose the location of the defensive position, if there is a slightly higher place is the best, because no one can guarantee whether the weather will change, once it rains, if your trench is dug in a lower place, there must be a large amount of water in the trench, which is extremely inconvenient for combat, so no matter whether the terrain is high or low, this must be taken into account, and the drainage outlet should be dug to introduce the water in the trench into a lower terrain, and it is best to lay a layer of wooden planks on the ground of the trench in general, when digging the trench, but also to dig support trenches behind the position, this is a place to hide reserves, between the front trenches and the support trenches to dig communication trenches, in order to prevent a massive artillery strike by the enemy, it is necessary to dig anti-artillery holes and shelters. The anti-artillery hole can be built on the back wall of the first-line trench, and the shelter hole is built behind the support trench, but it must be dug deep, ten meters deep is not deep, and strengthen the hole to prevent the enemy's shells from blowing up the mouth of the cave and bury all the soldiers in the shelter, if the enemy carries out a large-scale artillery strike, only the observation post can be arranged on the position, and the soldiers of the first-line trench are all hiding in the anti-artillery hole, and the reserve in the support trench is hidden in the shelter. Once the enemy artillery fire stops, then the enemy infantry will soon rush up, and the soldiers hiding in the anti-artillery holes should rush out and run to their posts to participate in the battle as quickly as possible! (To be continued) R640