"Mr. Qian, do you want to transfer the cavalry artillery over?" The chief of staff of the department rushed to Wang Jiakang's side.

"Adjust the Mandarin Duck Formation Bureau to protect the flanks, and go beyond the position of the Phalanx Bureau." Wang Jiakang was confident: "The cavalry artillery lacks the ability to protect itself, and if the Dongyu horse armor rushes forward regardless of life or death, the artillery will not be able to protect it." ”

The chief of staff thought about it and felt that Qianzong's deployment was reasonable, but the lack of medium-range firepower was the biggest weakness of the phalanx, even more than the problem of poor mobility. When writing a report after the war, I have to mention that there must be at least two rows of firearms in a phalanx, otherwise it will be too much to be hung and beaten.

The mandarin duck formation is highly mobile, and the Dongyu infantry is not their opponent. The range and accuracy of the infantry bow used by the veteran soldiers exceeded that of the riding bow of the vest, and it was indeed effective in protecting the flanks of the phalanx.

Seeing the Ming army change formation, Zu Zerun also had a headache, and the Ming general on the opposite side of the dark road was really not a vegetarian. The battle has reached this level, and it is really a little incomprehensible.

What he couldn't understand the most was this small village, what was hidden, and it was worth the Ming army spending so much effort to protect.

Zu Zerun's advance on both flanks was quickly frustrated, and if Hilgen broke through from it, he would inevitably be surrounded by people and attacked on three sides. Fortunately, they still had an advantage in strength, and after mobilizing the reserves behind, the Qing army retreated five miles back and camped to stop the attack.

By this time, it was past noon, and it was time for lunch.

"The auxiliaries and civilians who had eaten quickly built fortifications, and Tangma informed the battalion headquarters that there were more than 3,000 enemy soldiers in front of our army." Wang Jiakang thought for a while, and then said, "I request to supplement the Fire Gun Bureau." ”

Bows and arrows are too expensive to transport, and the arrows fired are easily recycled by the enemy, so they are not as good as firebolts in terms of economic cost. Nowadays, supplies have to be transported in various places, and animal power is in short supply, so the weapon with little pressure on transportation is favored by all armies.

And now the fire guns made by the East Palace have to be rubbed with graphite powder. Check the inner wall of the gun tube for obvious cracks. This kind of quality inspection method has never been done before, and it has indeed greatly improved the phenomenon of exploding chambers. At least no one worries about the firebolt in their hand suddenly exploding – of course, many people have never used a firearm before and don't know that the bird gun will blow up.

In the battle of Gaocheng, Xiao Tugeng's flintlock pistol game achieved good results, but this was because the tactical system was not updated. The flintlock pistol does not maximize its attack effectiveness. With the increase in the daily production of flintlock pistols, each battalion hoped to have its own firearms deployment, and Zhu Cihong also found that in this era, the simple firecrackers lacked defensive capabilities and were bound to be mixed with the cold weapons troops, which led to Xiao Tugeng's division from the original "Shenji Battalion" to a firearms training battalion.

The main force of the 1st Guards Division, of course, also needed three firearms bureaus, which were attached to three battalions and acted with the battalion headquarters.

With the Firearms Bureau, the situation in which the phalanx was passively beaten could be improved. The harassment of the Eastern Prisoners can only be a joke.

As the Tangbao of the 3,000th headquarters arrived at the battalion headquarters, the battalion officers of the second battalion mobilized the battalion's firearms bureau to support as soon as possible, and at the same time reported to Xiao Mo, the commander of the first division.

Xiao Mo immediately convened an operational meeting to listen to the opinions of the various staff departments. These veteran staff officers did put forward various possibilities on the sand table. Zuihou determined that the result was: Dongyu had the intention to go south from Anping County, break through Shenzhou in the center, and invade Shandong.

"It also makes sense." The gray-haired old chief of staff said: "Whether Donglu goes to Zhending or Cangzhou, our division can attack the middle road." Cut off the way of the army, and even join forces with the defenders to annihilate it. With the strength of our division. No matter how they divide their forces to stop the enemy, they are all hitting stones with eggs. Therefore, they had to move the army to the middle road, break through in the center, and block the enemy with both wings, so as to avoid the embarrassment of resisting the strong with the weak. ”

"Let's really determine that the first line of Cangzhou is a big long snake array. If you want to break the formation, it is nothing more than going forward in unison or smashing seven inches. Dong Yu seems to want to go straight to the seven inches right now...... However, Shenzhou is not suitable for the march of the eastern captive army, especially Hengshui County, which has Zhangshui in the west, Huanshui in the south, and Hutuo River in the north. It is suitable for blocking layer by layer, I don't know why Hong Chengchou chose to attack here. Another staff officer wondered.

Xiao Mo listened to the opinions of the staff officers, and was also very puzzled by Hong Chengchou's deployment.

And there was a deeper doubt hiding in his mind.

When the two armies are fighting, the attacking side must always test before they can choose a place to break through. Why did Hong Chengchou directly target Anping County? Is there a spy in ambush? This was a common trick used by the Manchurians.

"First evacuate the old and weak women and children in Anping County, and move the division headquarters to Anping to take over the city defense." Xiao Mo said: "No matter what, let's stabilize the front line first." Sent a message to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, requesting support from muskets and artillery. ”

"General Xiao, what if Dongyu shook a shot? In fact, it is to focus on other places. Guan Pingzhou, the youngest staff officer, said suddenly.

Xiao Mo pointed to the two points of Shenzhou and Anping on the sand table with a bamboo whip, and said, "Look at the distance." ”

Supporting the east and west flanks from Anping is obviously closer than Shenzhou, so no matter what the strategic intentions of the eastern captives are, it will not be a waste move for the division headquarters to move to Anping County in the north after the war.

Guan Pingzhou's face flushed and stepped aside.

"First." Xiao Mo nodded at the adjutant: "Follow this order." ”

As soon as the division headquarters moves, all the units directly under the division will naturally follow suit. One of the most powerful troops was the Minfu. There is no farm work to do in winter, except for dredging channels to prepare for spring ploughing, which is to go out to work to earn some quick money. What job could be more lucrative today than being a servant in the army? Not only is it not in arrears, but it is still a grain stamp, no matter how the price of grain changes, it is not afraid, and it is suitable for the spring next year.

Zhu Cihong received a report from the 1st Guards Division, and quickly transferred the recent firecracker distribution plan, giving priority to Xiao Mo the firearms that were originally allocated to the guerrilla battalion. However, the artillery was still distributed as before, and in the end, the real pressure on the guerrilla battalions was in the defensive consolidation phase after the occupation.

……

"Auxiliary minister, I heard that we are also going to fight?" Zhang Ergou clenched the wooden staff in his hand tightly, and his voice was worried.

After the Battle of Gaocheng, all the recruits were assigned to the flag team in advance, and Zhang Ergou was originally going to be assigned to the auxiliary team, but because he had experience in participating in the war, and finally had two full periods of training experience, he was incorporated into the soldiers.

After Wang Yi was assigned to the Tank Division, it soon ushered in an expansion. The original flag captain was assigned to other units, and he became a second lieutenant flag captain in just a few days. This is also the credit of that second-class diploma, which makes him even more grateful to Mr. Huang Desu Huang.

"I heard that the second battalion is fighting now, and we still have to wait for the mission." Wang Yi wiped his waist knife and said, "Don't be afraid even if you go into battle, you are in the Mandarin Duck Formation, just follow everyone when the time comes." ”

Zhang Ergou muttered, wanting to complain loudly that Wang Yi wanted to come over from the Phalanx Bureau. However, he also knows that Wang Yi now has some popularity in the bureau, even if Wang Yi doesn't take it to heart, these people will say that he is ungrateful and doesn't know what to do.

is also a firefighter, and the firefighters of the Mandarin Duck Formation are going into battle, so they have an extra allowance for going into battle than the firefighters of the Phalanx Bureau. In the eyes of everyone, this can be regarded as an appreciation promotion.

Wang Yi also thought so, so he deliberately asked this neighbor, playmate, classmate, and comrade-in-arms to come over.

"Huh? What did you say? Wang Yi didn't hear clearly.

"I said," Zhang Ergou put it in his mouth and changed his words: "The instructor said that he wanted to write a suicide note......

"yes, everybody has to write." Wang Yi said flatly: "You can change your mind at any time, according to the latest one." Speaking of which, you've had a lot of military pay in the past few months, right, to your father? ”

Ergou's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and he thought angrily: If they weren't partial to the little dog, I wouldn't have been angry enough to join the army. If you don't join the army, you don't have to suffer so much, let alone go into battle, maybe you won't even have your life!

"I heard from them, you can also get a son?" Zhang Ergou turned his head, gently wiped a handful of tears, and didn't cry.

"Yes, there is this." Wang Yi smiled: "But I still want to raise a biological child." By the way, teach you to be obedient, you can hand in a suicide note, and then hide a different one on your body. As long as the days are staggered, the instructor still recognizes the latter part. That's what those veterans did. But the handwriting is the same as the monogram. ”

Zhang Ergou nodded, his heart was still tightly blocked, and there was not a single gap. (To be continued......)

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