(New books for collections, recommended votes, please, please!) Your attention is the motivation for my writing, thank you! ）

Although this is said to be an exercise, it is very necessary for the current Mawei Army. Although the two thousand foot soldiers were in formation, they were still timid in the face of the terrifying two thousand cavalry. Although the soldiers in the formation have also been on the battlefield, they have always fought in a downwind battle, such as the suppression of bandits in Fujian, the overseas landing on the island to fight pirates and the battle of conquest, and there are very few opportunities for the two armies to fight against each other and get entangled together. There has never been a simple infantry battle like this.

The appearance of the infantry soldiers, Geng Jingzhong and other major generals who had been holding binoculars in the distance could see it clearly. Although the formation is not chaotic, the feet of the soldiers are already unstable, and they are unconsciously moving backwards, although it is only a very small amplitude, but it can be seen at a glance under the observation of those who care. If this was a real battle, the infantry soldiers of the Marine Army would have been able to shoot a long time ago, but there were no bullets in their muskets at the moment, Geng Jingzhong just wanted them to experience the power of the cavalry charging into battle.

The reason why the fighters were not allowed to carry bullets was due to two considerations. One of them is to avoid damage to the soldiers, so they use fixed ammunition, and there are no empty ammunition for later exercises. The other is the problem of the cavalry on the opposite side. The two thousand cavalry were improvised, not real cavalry, but soldiers who could simply ride horses, and their riding skills were extremely average. What's more, these war horses are not specially trained, if there is a sudden burst of gunfire, these war horses will definitely be frightened and blow up the group, then it will be a big deal. It is not known how many "cavalrymen" will fall off their horses. More likely to lose their lives.

Two thousand "cavalry" were already less than 100 meters away from the infantry phalanx. But they had no intention of slowing down. A few dozen meters further, a large number of "cavalry" and the smoke and dust carried by them covered like Mount Tai, and the two thousand foot soldiers were finally in chaos. About half of the soldiers began to retreat, and the amplitude became larger and larger, and the other soldiers looked at the faces of the people around them, and they themselves did the same, and turned around and retreated. However, the "cavalry" in front of them did not directly attack them, but divided into two groups when they reached a position of about thirty meters in front of them. One left and one right turned and left. All that was left was smoke and dust, and stunned foot soldiers. The soldiers who reacted were ashamed of their cousins just now, especially the commanders of the two battalions, who each gave themselves a slap in the face.

"Damn, this is the elite of our Marine Army? Did you just learn to pinch soft persimmons, and you won't come to the real thing? Do you still have training? Zeng Yangxing looked at the table on the exercise ground, and glared angrily at Jiang Yuanxun, the commander of the first division on the side. The appearance of the soldiers on the field made him, the supreme commander of the Marine Army, lose face. In fact, the faces of every high-ranking Marine Army officer present were not good-looking, especially the commander of the First Division, Jiang Yuanxun.

The commander of the Marine Corps is now a person who has been raised (Ma Jiuyu retired from illness). Xu Wenyao, chief of staff of the corps, and the first and second divisions under the jurisdiction of the infantry corps, the commander of the first division is Jiang Yuanxun, and the commander of the second division is Jiang Dehong. Each division has a total of 11,000 men, and the divisional units are divided into brigades, each with three brigades and three battalions under each brigade. The two extra battalions were divided into four guard brigades. In addition to the officers and men of the Second Division, who are now on Pingtan Island, several thousand officers and men have also been stationed on various transportation arteries in Fujian. Three battalions of 3,000 men in the 1st Division remained on Luzon. Now on the field are the 4th and 5th battalions of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division.

Zeng Yang's roar made the surrounding generals speechless, and this result was somewhat unexpected by them. At first, they all thought that this exercise should be like this, and the soldiers had also fought against the cavalry of the Shimazu family when they were conscripting, and it was not the same as beating the enemy, and it should not be difficult to face the impact of thousands of cavalry here. It's just that they ignored a very important thing, that is, when they fought against the Japanese Invaders, the first artillery rang out, and the little ponies of the Japanese who had already fought exploded the group, and there was no power at all, plus thousands of soldiers fired musket volleys, so how could the Japanese invaders be enough to fight. And now, the simple cavalry impact, and basically all high-headed horses, are neatly arranged to attack, and the power is quite amazing, and it is no wonder that the soldiers can't stand it.

"Uncle Zeng, don't be angry, this qiē is all in my expectation. It is already commendable that the warriors were able to hold out until the cavalry had rushed to a hundred meters before they began to stir, and that they did not retreat until they were almost fifty or sixty meters in sight. You are also people who have been fighting on the battlefield for a long time, think about the time when a thousand battles, if a large number of cavalry rush into battle, how will the ordinary infantry phalanx behave? Geng Jingzhong waved his hand to stop Zeng Yang's roar, there is no need to be angry about this matter, today is just the first attempt, what you want is to find out the weaknesses and make improvements.

"Well, the prince taught me a lesson." Zeng Yangxing just felt a little embarrassed, in fact, he also knew how terrible it was for the cavalry to impact in front of him. Think about the tens of thousands of cavalry of the Manchu Eight Banners back then, rushing into the 100,000 phalanx of the Ming border army, and rushing away the infantry phalanx with a single impact. "These little cubs have never experienced a battle with cavalry at all, if this is on the battlefield, the two armies meet urgently, and meet the enemy in this state, needless to say, the whole army will definitely be annihilated! This is still the wisdom of the prince, knowing that these little cubs lack training in this area, he discovered this problem early, and it is not too late to start training. ”

The cavalry turned around and retreated to the same place, which was improvised and took a quarter of an hour to rearrange the cavalry phalanx. If this is a trained elite cavalry, such as the Guanning Iron Cavalry, it only takes two or three minutes for the original military formation to be restored to its original state. And the chaotic phalanx of foot soldiers on this side, after the cavalry turned and left, this slowly returned to normal. However, with the previous cousin, now the soldiers in these infantry phalanxes are like defeated roosters, bowing their heads one by one, and the cousins just now make them ashamed and ashamed, and they can't wait to find a crack in the ground now.

"The phalanx here is trained like this, and the cavalry rushes into battle, and the focus is on momentum. Against the opposing phalanx of infantry, it was a form of intimidation. Breathtaking. As long as the warriors can get familiar with the momentum of this cavalry charge. In the future, when you face the enemy, there will be nothing. In fact, even if there is a battle in the future, there will rarely be such a solo duel on horseback. However, cavalry is a mobile force, and there will always be times when cavalry raids infantry, so these days we will focus on training infantry on how to deal with cavalry! "On the side of the viewing platform, Geng Jingzhong has already got the result he wants. It's not about staying in this one place. On the other side of the training ground a little to the south, Jiang Dejun was still presiding over the drill of the infantry formation, and he also had to take a look. At the same time, artillery units are also involved, and the coordinated operation of infantry and artillery is the king. And here, with so many horses, the sound of cannons will frighten them. If you want to familiarize these horses with the sound of artillery, it is enough to set up the horse barn not far from the artillery training ground.

"Yes, my lord! The subordinates immediately adjusted the training plan, and then practiced the formation of the infantry and cavalry matchup. It also familiarizes the fighters with the promise that it will not be the same as it is today. Jiang Yuanxun puffed out his chest and promised.

Geng Jingzhong nodded. Without saying anything more, he rode away, followed by the guards. As soon as Geng Jingzhong left, Zeng Yangxing roared loudly again: "What are you still doing, don't let other battalions come over to gather?" Lao Tzu wants to take a look at the table of each battalion today. Go, and give the order to the cavalry to prepare again, and do it again as it was. "I wanted to find something to sit down, but this was the viewing platform, and there was only a teapot and a few cups on one table, and nothing else. After discovering that this was not in the barracks, he poured himself a cup of tea and drank it all. Then he continued: "By the way, when I go to give the order, I am not allowed to tell them the content of the training, I want to see the real form, if anyone leaks out, the military law will deal with it!"

"Yes!" The surrounding soldiers, whether they were sent to give orders or not, replied in unison.

It can be said that the training time of the Mawei Marine Army has been very long, and the longest is the veterans among them, who have been counted for six years. After six years of continuous training, it can be said that there are few military skills in the whole world that are stronger than them. But this is really the first time that this riding duel is really the first time, and it is not strict to have an accident. Today's table shows that the training of the warriors in the will is not enough, and now that this problem has been discovered, the next step is to make up for the shortcomings

"See the prince!" On Jiang Dejun's side, Geng Jingzhong had just arrived, and the distance between the two places was not short, and it took ten minutes to ride a horse, and the distance was almost four kilometers.

"Well, how's the training?" Geng Jingzhong got off the horse and came to the viewing platform set up in the middle of the mountain. This is a dirt mountain, there is no tree to block it, and the viewing platform is set up on a long slope, and when the command is issued, the flag order can be seen clearly.

"I have just finished the drill of the fish scale formation, and now we are about to conduct the drill of the two armies against each other and the formation change." Jiang Dejun replied.

"I've also practiced against and changed formations, so I'll stop for a while. Yang Jian is already waiting over there, going to pass on my order, asking him to bring the artillery division and marine artillery over for joint training! ”

Geng Jingzhong had just seen the formation drill under Jiang Dejun's command, and the soldiers were already very familiar with several formations commonly used in the army, even if they changed other formations or deformed during the battle, there was no problem in changing them, after all, the uninterrupted training in the past few years was not given in vain. Geng Jingzhong himself was well aware of this and was quite satisfied with this, so he ordered the artillery division to join in. In fact, this is also Geng Jingzhong's notice a long time ago.

Geng Jingzhong, who was on the side of the 1st Division, had confirmed that although the Marine Army had fought bravely before, it could be seen from the cavalry charge just now that their psychological quality was still a step behind. And the simple infantry is obviously not able to effectively prevent the approach of the enemy's cavalry, after all, the lethality of the new musket is still limited, the shooting speed is not fast, and if you want the infantry to resist the cavalry, unless you set up a machine gun. And in this era, machine guns are not to be thought about, in order to more effectively block and destroy the enemy's cavalry, it is still necessary to deploy a large number of artillery. 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. (To be continued......)