Early the next morning, almost at the same time, both Yang Meng and Keno issued military orders to send troops.

Keno is a veteran, so naturally there is no need for pre-war mobilization, and the military order is just to open and prepare for battle! Fifteen hundred troops, marching slowly, had been walking within the area demarcated by Keno, and the open space of this river valley was the most suitable for army operations.

Keno's army only had a six-pounder gun, and the rest of the guns were used to defend the barracks.

Yang Meng's order is even simpler, only two words, meet the enemy!

This war is a test for the new army, it doesn't matter how many people Yang Meng died, a battalion of 2,000 people, and the reaction from top to bottom is what Yang Meng has to see.

Something at the strategic level is still too early for the new army, and against the 2,000 men of the British army, strategy is only a dispensable thing, and tactics and the quality of the soldiers are the things that play a decisive role.

Mountain monkey, Yang Meng released Lu early in the morning, and Xu Ziwei also followed Yang Meng's side early, dealing with the news brought back by the mountain monkey is Xu Ziwei's task, which is also something he wants to learn.

The mountain monkey is definitely a clever decision, the old hunter of the Lisu tribe is the best scout, and now the mountain monkey is Yang Meng's eye to observe the battle situation.

The first battle with the great powers, Yang Meng must be watched on the spot, the mountain guarded by the monkeys of the three hundred mountains is the best viewing platform, and the plain of dozens of miles nearby is the battlefield.

The battlefield predicted by the mountain monkeys is not far from this mountain, and the distance of several kilometers, plus the telescope, is a live broadcast.

"Third master, I found a bunch of foreign devils. It's the French you say! ”

This place chosen by Yang Meng. It's definitely a great platform to watch the game. The French are also discerning people, and seeing that Yang Meng didn't restrict them, he wanted to come over and watch the play together.

"Let them fuck off!"

Keno is a veteran, and Yang Meng is also afraid that he will send an elite team to ambush him, and the French will be involved, which will easily disturb the mountain monkey's sight, and if he is coldly shot, it will be a lot of fun.

Although Yang Meng's purpose is to cooperate with France. However, the so-called cooperation is only a temporary combination of interests, and with the development of Yunnan, it will eventually lead to war, and some things can only be temporarily reconciled, and the starting point is different, and it is absolutely impossible to go together.

Ma Qinghu was very eye-catching, and he knew that Yang Meng was watching the battle, about two miles away from the hill, and his team. It stopped, so that once the war began. Yang Meng's side is the best observatory.

"Tell Ma Qinghu that he beats him, don't care about me, his purpose is not to collapse, not to disperse, not to be defeated!"

Ma Qinghu followed his own wishes, this is not a good thing, in case Keno catches this point and feints to raid the mountain, Ma Qinghu is worried and messes up his team, Yang Meng wants to test the purpose of the new army, and he will not be able to achieve it.

After finding out the purpose of both sides, Keno's marching formation was also very regular, beating gongs, drums and bagpipes, and 1,500 British troops also laid out a battle line in a similar way.

Keno's purpose is to ensure that on the basis of finding out the opponent's combat strength, try not to make the opponent, learn some practical things, and a decent way of playing is Keno's strategy.

"Third master, the opponent's battle formation is extremely neat! It's just that their steps are not very coordinated. ”

Putting down the monocular in his hand, Xu Ziwei also found something wrong, although the formation of the British army was neat, but the steps were extremely uncoordinated, this group of British troops looked very restrained like mules and horses with chews.

"Hmph...... No one is a fool, this keno is guarding us! Afraid that we would steal the division, he put on such a four-like thing, but this is a good thing for us, and what the new army lacks is such a battle.

is decent, this Keno is afraid that he has miscalculated. ”

The telescope in Yang Meng's hand is also modified, binoculars, so that his perspective is also extremely wide, Xu Ziwei found the problem, he also found it, Keno, a veteran, seems to be good.

There are more than 3,000 people and less than 4,000, such a scale can only be regarded as a battle, and Yang Meng has always called it a war before, and it also has a source, and it is inevitable that Britain will increase its troops, and if it is not good, Burma will have to follow the bad luck, this temptation, the final result is war.

Although Keno figured out his purpose, he could not see the overall situation, and he must have known that the scale of the battle would inevitably expand, and he did not give himself the opportunity to train and familiarize himself with the tactics of the British army, which was his purpose.

But this kind of decent battle is exactly what Yang Meng needs, and if he comes up to play advanced tactics, the new army is likely to be unable to adapt to it and be defeated, so in a decent battle, even if the number of casualties is too large, most of the new army will retreat to Mengla safely.

Familiar with hot weapon combat, look at the gains and losses in training, this kind of decent play, it couldn't be better!

Advanced tactics, naturally there will be follow-up troops of the British army to hone the new army, failure, Keno's move is a real failure.

The Blue Banner Army has 9,000 new troops, and after defeating the 2,000 British troops, the 9,000 new troops on their side should almost grind out their appearance, and when the large British army comes, it is just time to officially start the war in peace and stability.

"Commander, inform Uncle Ding in Dali, and ask him to organize 6,000 new troops in Wuzhuang near Mengla, and send 3,000 people over first."

The casualties of 6,000 people are acceptable to Yang Meng, although the compensation is a lot of money, but such a loss is worth it!

Replenishing manpower and preparing for a larger-scale operation can already be carried out, and Keno has put on such a nondescript thing, and the loss of Mengla is no longer a problem.

The formation of the two armies is very different, both artillery in front, three columns in the back, although the number of artillery on both sides is not much, but Keno still put on an artillery battle posture, when the two armies are one kilometer apart, the British army stopped first, the six-pounder gun tried to shoot a shot, six or seven hundred meters of range, although it looked very funny, but it made Yang Meng, who was watching the battle, frowned.

"Damn, this counts as a grenade. Play. Cannon, right? Dog's day, what sold me is Field Plus. Farming. Cannon, this thing isn't of much use right now! ”

The so-called pomegranate. Play. Cannon and plus. Farming. Cannons, however, are distinguished according to the difference in ballistics, grenades. Play. To put it bluntly, the cannon is similar to the mortar cannon. It's a curved cannon. And plus. Farming. Artillery is flat fire. Cannon.

Although I don't know much about artillery. But these two things, Yang Meng is still clear, land battle, grenade. The cannon is more practical and more suitable for flowering shells to exert their power.

Ma Qinghu's Blue Flag Army also began to test the artillery in a decent way, and the impact point was in front of the British army, and the result of the artillery battle. Soon came out, and the second round of artillery bombardment by the Blue Flag Army easily destroyed Keno's six-pounder gun.

Keno, who commanded the British army, also broke out in cold sweat on his head, and he was well-trained! One round of test artillery can destroy your own artillery, and the army with the blue flag on the opposite side is definitely the elite soldiers on the training ground.

Although more than a dozen casualties were paid, Keno's goal was also achieved, the quality of the opponent's artillery. Definitely good, this batch of artillery moves somewhat mechanically. It must have been a long time of training.

"Forward!"

The artillery is good, the infantry is certainly not bad, the pressure in Keno's heart is getting bigger and bigger, the accuracy of shooting also needs long-term training, this group of veterans under his command is an elite veteran selected from Myanmar and India, although they have experienced a lot of actual combat, but the accuracy of shooting is not very high.

The number of shots of about 100 rounds during the recruit period is far from achieving the goal of accurate shooting, and most of the veterans who shoot accurately are gifted people, and those who have little talent are fighting for a lifetime, and the accuracy of shooting may not be improved much.

Hard training can improve the accuracy of shooting, Keno, who has been in the army almost all his life, has seen countless examples of this, if the army on the opposite side, like the artillery, is also trained for a long time, then in long-distance gun battles, their own side will not have an advantage.

The artillery on Ma Qinghu's side, the second round of salvo fire destroyed the opponent's artillery, and also let out a burst of cheers, and then fired three rounds in a row, but the damage to the British army was very limited.

"Evade ballistics! This should be remembered, this group of veterans is full of experience! Let the mountain monkeys, check the number of casualties of the British army. ”

The next three rounds of artillery only killed a few people, which is the defect of the cannon, firing solid shells, coupled with a straight trajectory, is not a large army battle, this thing is easy to avoid.

The British formation during the march only made a few openings, and easily avoided the threat of five guns.

In addition to watching the battle and coordinating all parties, Xu Ziwei's other task is to be Yang Meng's recorder, a pencil, and a notebook, which are the reference for Yang Meng's future rectification of the new army.

"Artillery retreat!"

Keno's playing was decent, which also gave Ma Qinghu time to adapt, and seeing that the results of the three rounds of shelling were not ideal, he also decisively withdrew the artillery.

"Forward!"

Like Keno's order, the two thousand Blue Banner troops, also stepping forward, slowly pressed towards the British army opposite.

Eight hundred meters

Six hundred meters

Four hundred meters

When it was 400 meters, Keno gave an order, and the British stopped and began to prepare to shoot.

And Ma Qinghu also did the same, seeing that the British army stopped, he also stopped his own troops.

"Cunning! This Keno is really an old thief, four hundred meters, with such a broken gun, no matter how bad his luck is, he can't die! ”

Firing at a distance of 400 meters, to put it mildly, this distance can see the bullets fall to the ground with his own eyes, this Keno is not simple, he is going to see how the marksmanship of the new army is according to the bullet impact point.

The reasonable firing distance should be two or three hundred meters, this old calf pulled out a hundred meters, he is definitely an old fox, and he is definitely the elite of the army.

Next, the two armies stood still, and began to shoot at each other from a distance of 400 meters, more than 3,000 bullets hit the air, and even Yang Meng on the hill could see it clearly, the range of the guns on both sides was about the same, and the British army had a slight advantage.

The accuracy of the Blue Flag Army's rifle is slightly higher, and the impact point is relatively neat, which is also related to the firearms, through the telescope, Yang Meng can see that the British army is equipped with at least two kinds of firearms, and Ma Qinghu's battalion is all French-style firing guns.

After the British army fought two rounds, Ma Qinghu gave an order, and his men and horses pounced forward thirty meters, which was just outside the range of the British army.

"Good! This kid has spirituality, and letting him be the commander is not a stupid trick! ”

Yang Meng's words made Xu Ziwei sweaty, co-authored the third master, this is a random order, I'm afraid that most of the reasons are because of the back house, right? This one really used the battlefield as a stage.

"Get on the bayonet! Walk in and shoot! ”

After giving the military order, Kino also wiped the cold sweat on his head, and by the way, he greeted the female members of Old Jack's family, listening to Old Jack's is definitely a mistake, the army on the other side is definitely trained for a long time, their training time is definitely not three or five months, at least more than a year, and it is a long-term live shooting, whether it is the accuracy of shooting or the speed of loading, this army is remarkable.

Moreover, this army, at the beginning of the war, was equipped with bayonets, which, in Keno's opinion, was definitely a highlight. The bayonet has an impact on the accuracy of shooting, the average veteran, only when in hand-to-hand combat, the bayonet is installed, but during this time, it definitely affects the last shot, most of the veterans, after loading, will not fire, but directly install the bayonet, so that the survival rate on the battlefield is much higher, at least the bullet in the gun can solve an opponent for himself.

The training of this army is definitely a group of veterans who have gone through countless actual battles, and such an army, as long as it has experienced a little actual combat, is a ready-made elite army.

Seeing the opponent's performance, Keno also had to change his tactics. (To be continued......)