The so-called dignity is always fought on the battlefield; The so-called honor is definitely not something that can be possessed by a small piece of iron.

The military quality of this thousand Zheng army is really too far behind the soldiers of the guard regiment.

But they have the dignity and honor of soldiers, and they are no longer the kind of soldiers in the old Ming army who did not rush to the front of the enemy and released their guns, and when the opposing cavalry arrived in front of them, they threw down their weapons and scattered and fled. Because they watched how the soldiers of the guard regiment fought, they had heard enough myths about Ding Yi in the past ten years.

Yes, it is a myth, the deeds that have been recited and artistically processed many times, and then pieced together the conjectures of the folk artists themselves, what is presented is a myth. So when this thousand regular troops fought under the banner of Ding Yi, they showed the combat effectiveness and willpower that surprised Liu Ji, who was watching the battle.

Because they had honor, even if the salvo was not standard, even if the rotation was not very smooth, so that after four rounds of fighting, when the Ottoman cavalry finally rushed in front of them, they did not break up. Despite the fact that in the officer ordered: "First row!" Get on the bayonet! After that, at least seven adults chanted "Ding Rongcheng bless!" while holding the bayonet buckle steady! "Your Majesty is blessed! "Ding Shaobao is possessed, invulnerable! Such inexplicable, even childish, foolish words.

But in the end, they did not collapse, they were dressed in black and camouflage uniforms different from those of the new army, and they were wearing fiery red mandarin duck battle robes, so they met up, and the thin red line met the Ottoman cavalry of nearly 100 horsemen who were not afraid of death and broke through the loose rows. Many fiery red figures were knocked away by tall Arabian thoroughbreds, like drops of blood oozing from this red line.

More bayonets stabbed through horses or knights. And the second platoon was also loaded, and they fired a beautiful salvo. More than 300 rounds of buckshot knocked down most of the nearly 100 horsemen, and the few who survived were alone. Soon stabbed into a sieve by hundreds of bayonets in the first row.

"A platoon of mortars, blocking fire." Cao Jixiang did not go to see Ding Yi, but fulfilled the duties of a position commander. Sixteen 60-millimeter mortars let out a sharp whistling, and three salvos and forty-eight high-explosive shells cut off the Ottoman cavalry that followed, giving the 1,000 regular troops time to regroup.

"Look to the right! Look forward! The hundred households and deputy thousand households in the main army gave orders loudly, and the heralds gritted their teeth and waved drumsticks. Beat the drum, because in the midst of artillery fire, in the sound of horses' hooves, it is difficult for everyone to hear orders clearly, and only the sound of drums and brass whistles can make the soldiers receive orders.

After they formed the team, they continued to start volleys, again and again, in the process. Someone was shot by an Ottoman bow and arrow and fell, and immediately someone filled his place. Three thin red lines, in the eastern position outside the city of Smyrna, were for the Austeers to understand. What is called iron will.

"They, their soldiers, if they dare to fight so much, there will be a battle of Tumu Fort? Is there a border town? Liu Ji held the hand of the telescope. I couldn't help but tremble. He couldn't believe it, and he couldn't believe it. If it's a soldier of the Guards Regiment. Then he can accept it, because they are the elite of the elite. But these are military households!

Ding Yi was beside him and said softly: "They are soldiers, not military households. At least for this moment, they deserve the title of military. They have honor, they have dignity. ”

Liu Ji couldn't figure out why these military families would dare to fight so much, but Ding Yi was not surprised at all.

Because he is the king of soldiers, he is well aware of the psychological changes of soldiers at various stages.

After receiving training in the Guangzhou Prefecture, these military households began to look forward to the stage on which they could perform.

They knew they were going to go out of the battlefield before they went to sea, otherwise why would they be trained and issued with guns? But they never had the opportunity to go to the battlefield, maybe the first time they were secretly glad, but the second and third time, for the regular army, whether at sea or on land, they were still conducting drills, they began to hope that they had the opportunity to use these things that they trained every day.

But they were still suppressed, and even when the Ottomans went to war, they were still only "trained and could be selected to replace the guard regiments." "That's all I can do? They are all young and strong men, and they are all men who dare to voluntarily go to sea to win a rich man, they are unwilling!

So when they received the order to fight in array, almost all of them were in a state of euphoria.

This is not something that can be understood by reading many military books, this kind of subtle psychological changes of soldiers can only be accurately grasped by people like Ding Yi, who have really stayed in the army for many years and understand the psychology of soldiers.

"Let them come back." Ding Yi put down the binoculars and gave an order to Cao Jixiang.

Because the Ottomans, having lost about three or four thousand horsemen, had already begun to retreat.

No matter which commander has a little reason for such casualties, he will not blindly charge again.

Yesterday there were a few thousand horsemen, and at night the camp lost a few thousand horses, and in the morning this charge lost another thousand horses, even if the Ottomans had 60,000 horses, they couldn't afford to spend it all the way.

So on this day, the Ottomans never launched an offensive again.

Even the stealing camp at night gave up, and they probably thought that the heavy artillery on Ding Yi's side had been destroyed, because in the face of the charge of tens of thousands of horsemen, the heavy artillery was no longer powerful. Therefore, there is no need to send any more personnel to steal the camp.

On the third day, the Ottomans also sent a few thousand horsemen to the western position, but it was obviously a tentative attack, and under mortar fire, they lost a few dozen horsemen and then retreated.

The supplementary fleet that Ding Yi was waiting for arrived on the fourth day, so the attack and defense of the two sides changed:

On the sea, the escort fleet of four cruisers and two destroyers sent by the Mediterranean Fleet, plus the two destroyers of the original Smyrna, eight warships began to search for the Ottoman fleet on the sea, and dozens of Ottoman galleys were permanently sent to the bottom of the sea on the same day;

On land, the Ottomans maintained an offensive state, although they were unlikely to advance effectively. But there will be one or three offensives every day, in fact, these offensives are completely offensive for the sake of maintaining the offensive, the formation is very wide, and the number of people is mostly two or three thousand horsemen, they have basically tested the mortar and machine gun firepower, as soon as they reach the border line, they suddenly accelerate and detour, attracting a few test mortar shells from Ding Yi's side, and then the attack is over.

"Young master, let me lead the cavalry battalion next time!" Wen Fat Man was very depressed, and every time he was ready to lead the cavalry battalion to attack, he asked Ding Yi to stop him. He almost dared to issue a military order, "Just those three thousand horsemen, young master, the cavalry battalion can eat them!" Three thousand horsemen at a time, no matter how much reinforcements the Ottoman has, he can't afford to spend it! ”

Ding Yi shook his head with a smile, and said to Wen Fatzi: "If you do this twice, Muhammad II will have to withdraw his troops, and then I ask you, where can I find an opportunity to gather the living forces of the Ottomans like this?" Unless we go straight to Constantinople, how many of our current troops, even if we gather the 1st Rongyi Division and the 1st Praetorian Division, which are missing two regiments in Ceuta, plus the 1,000 Regular Army and the Civic Volunteer Army formed by Smyrna, and a few black divisions? The one who can really have combat effectiveness, that is, the 30,000 or 40,000 people of the First Division and the First Rong Division, go to surround Monarch Dante, is it realistic? ”

However, Xu Bin was an old man, and he laughed when he heard it: "If your majesty's plan is successful, the barbarian chief will be like a broken arm!" "The old gentleman can also see clearly, the overall situation is in Ding Yi's hands. Therefore, Xu Bin was not panicked at all, and turned his head to urge Liu Ji: "Youzhi, you, this big dragon, you have to think of a way out early!" ”

Liu Ji really wants to scold his mother, the propaganda work he was originally responsible for has been doing it for a long time, and he is familiar with it. But many additional matters were pressed on his head at this time. Because the 1,000 regular army was good, Ding Yi meant to convert them into regular troops and then station them in Smyrna. Because the family of this thousand Zhengjun also moved here, so letting them serve as the protection of the city also means a bit of defending their homeland, and they will do their best to come.

But this establishment, food, equipment, etc., all have to be done by Liu Ji and his staff officers.

The Eight Places are still in Guangzhou Mansion! The director is accompanied by Yang Shou, and he is stationed in Guangzhou Mansion, not to mention.

First Deputy Chief of Staff? I'm sorry, Li Bing Li Zhizhong, with soldiers in Guinea, the governor of Guinea military civilians! Second Deputy Chief of Staff? I'm sorry, Wan An Wan Xunji took a regiment of the Rong 1st Division plus a few black divisions to open up the wasteland in North America.

Including logistics, transportation and other affairs, Liu Ji has to deal with it. The Director of Transport, Cao Jixiang, was in Smyrna. But he was very happy to ask Cao Jixiang to hang up a transportation director, and he also printed a gilded name post. Can you ask him to do the program charter? Come on, if someone Cao doesn't vote for Ding Yi, he doesn't even know a single big character!

Therefore, almost all the work that originally belonged to the affairs of the Eight Divisions, and now in Smyrna, Liu Ji has taken a set of staff teams and handled it single-handedly. He originally thought that on the side of the command post, the main army would be transferred to the city defense army, and he could give Ding a glance immediately. Who knows that Xu Bin, the old gentleman, doesn't know what to do, and dares to drag Liu Ji to talk. When people are old, they have the temperament of an old child, especially Xu Bin, who is young and easy to make friends with the role of a ranger, Liu Ji really can't resist him.

So Liu had no choice but to deal with the old gentleman while passing the documents submitted by his staff officers.

"Sir." Liu Ji couldn't, so he had to ask Ding Yi for help.

Ding Yi looked at it and smiled: "Mr. Yanghao, let Yuzhi go this time." ”

finally persuaded Xu Bin to leave, but Ding Yi asked Wen Fatzi, "Is there any news?" ”

"There's news." Fat Man Wen nodded, there are some things, it is impossible for him to say it in front of Xu Bin without Ding Yi's permission. For example, the news transmitted back by the special team sent out by the three teams on the first night. (To be continued......)

ps: The fifth update, there will be the last one in a while, thank you! R1292