251, Synthetic Force (II)
"Next, it's the bow and crossbow company, who wants to be the company commander of this bow and crossbow company?" Jingwen asked.
That Zhu Dan immediately said, "I'll come!" β
When Jingwen checked the combat mode of the Tang Dynasty army in later generations, he found that this bow and crossbow company was actually a combat support unit. In fact, strictly speaking, there were no professional crossbow soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, because the crossbow equipment of the soldiers in the Tang Dynasty was 120%, that is, everyone had a bow and crossbow. And this bow and crossbow company is actually a bow and crossbow at a distance, and a spear at close range, they can fight from afar and in close combat. But next, Jingwen is going to transform them into professional crossbowmen, because Chen Yu has a new brain.
"How do you fire your crossbows?" Jingwen asked.
"Isn't that just the launch? Under the order of the general, shoot the bow and crossbow together! Zhu Dan said.
"Didn't you shoot in three rows and then alternately shoot?" Jingwen asked.
"No? Where did this method come from? Zhu Dan asked.
Jingwen touched his face with his hand and said, "Oh, the one who sells cut cakes." The army of the Qin Dynasty used this method, but you didn't know how to use it? β
Jingwen couldn't understand that many traversers had returned to ancient times, why did they have to shoot with muskets if they wanted to shoot three stacks? In fact, the bow and crossbow can also use three-stack shooting, and now Jingwen just wants to make this kind of three-stack shooting. Jingwen also wanted to try to see if he could use the bow and crossbow to play a three-stack shot, so maybe it could have an effect.
Triple stack shooting is a very good way to restrain the enemy's cavalry, but why not use it in ancient times? Even the triple shot of a crossbow can be useful, and even the crossbow is more powerful than many early muskets. However, so many traversers did not use the three-fold shooting on the bow and crossbow in ancient times, which has to be said to be a pity. Jingwen wanted to make up for this regret, so he planned to make a three-fold shot of this bow and crossbow. That's for yourself. That's a great way to do that! At that time, I'm afraid Zhang Shigui's cavalry will cry.
"Okay, then I'll teach you what you call three-fold shooting, and you'll be able to watch it." Jingwen said.
Next, it's about the heavy infantry and the light infantry. Heavy infantry and light infantry are mainly used to charge the main combat forces. According to the plan, the cavalry was responsible for making tactical detours to attack the enemy's rear. The Mo Dao Soldier is responsible for breaking the enemy's formation, and the next chaotic enemy is to rely on heavy infantry and light infantry to strangle, and finally defeat the enemy. And this is the tactics of the vast majority of generals in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, which can deal with the vast majority of nomads. In fact, many people say that ancient times attached great importance to the strategy of generals. And without paying attention to the tactics of the soldiers. In fact, this is a miscommunication, the tactics of the Tang Dynasty are already the pinnacle of cold weapons in the Central Plains, the pinnacle of being able to take the initiative to attack. If you want to break through, unless it is a hot weapon, there is no further tactic at all.
But now it is the early Tang Dynasty, and various tactics have not really been invented, and most of the generals who transformed these tactics have not been born, so now only Jingwen understands this set of tactics. This set of tactics was also designed to restrain the light cavalry of the nomads, and the effect was very good. However, the only downside of this tactic is that it costs too much money. Because it needs cavalry in it, and cavalry costs a lot of money. Moreover, all kinds of weapons are also very advanced, and without advanced weapons, it would not be possible to achieve such tactical results.
"Your Excellency. Can we make such a group? Moreover, such a grouping has raised the requirements for army generals a lot! Feng Yong said.
After all, Feng Yong was an officer. So he knew that such a synthetic force would be much more difficult to command. And synthetic troops are not easy to command, because different soldiers have different requirements. For all kinds of logistics, there are also all kinds of management is much more difficult. Therefore, playing like this, you are simply looking for trouble by yourself.
"Of course, the more senior the army, the more difficult it is to command. And, as you should see, the setup is very flexible. Now we are at the company level, and the above is directly at the level. In the future, we can also assemble different levels of troops and then combine them into a division-level composite force. So if we're dealing with a small unit, we'll send regimental troops to meet it, and if the enemy numbers tens of thousands, we'll send divisional composite forces to meet it. Even, we can group in different ways according to different situations, so that we can adapt to various battles. Jingwen said.
And Feng Yong couldn't help but admit that this method of organizing troops should be much more flexible than the original one. It can be grouped at any time according to the needs without temporary transfer. And this kind of deployment without breaking up the establishment can maintain combat effectiveness as much as possible. The original method of transfer was to draw some indefinite number of people from a group of people, so that a group of unknown people formed a temporary force to fight. This is a problem in many places, and if they don't work together, it can be dangerous. In this way, the combined forces can be transferred from small or large formations, and there will hardly be a situation that will have a great impact on combat effectiveness.
"Now it's up to your lord's tactics to restrain the light cavalry, if the tactics can work, then we will win this battle." Feng Yong said.
Jing Wen was also secretly thinking: "He wouldn't have thought that if he killed Zhang Shigui, we would be able to adopt the tactics of the peak of cold weapons, and when the time comes, they will still have the idea that the cavalry is invincible in the world, then they will probably be finished." We can teach them a lesson with this tactic, and I'm afraid I'll no longer be a courtier. β
Jingwen is actually thinking about changing his image by relying on this exercise. At present, Jingwen's identity is strictly speaking, a courtier, a courtier who amuses the emperor. Rigoletto's reputation is not good, so Jingwen wants Cheng DΓΉ to save his own voice, and now if this military exercise can be successful, then Jing Wen can definitely get rid of Rigoletto's reputation, so that his voice can be better. And Zhang Shigui is destined to become the object of Jingwen's first sacrificial flag. Who let him provoke Jingwen and pursue it like this?
"Alright, you guys go pick your own troops first, and then we'll start training tomorrow. Now that all kinds of weapons and equipment have been shipped, you can use them yourself! Jingwen said.
"Yes! My lord! (To be continued......)