Chapter 627: The Law of Fighting the Enemy

Li Xiucheng was not shocked, and he built a firearms regiment as the vanguard of the attack on Xindeli.

The general idea was that the firearms opened the way in front, the cavalry echelon followed, and then the infantry was responsible for the final charge.

This is basically an all-round, three-dimensional offensive routine.

As soon as Li Xiucheng said this, Huang Xu's eyes couldn't help but light up.

An era has the limitations of an era, and the tactics that Li Xiucheng said have basically exceeded the limitations of this era, and it is more advanced than the Republic of China era in which Huang Xu lived, and even many tactics a little later.

An all-round, three-dimensional offensive is a new method of warfare that many armed forces dream of, but if there is no basic hardware and software facilities to coordinate it, it will be difficult for even an ordinary coordinated attack to take shape, let alone a three-dimensional attack.

However, the Taiping Army had this foundation.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Taiping Army, Huang Xu instilled the most advanced military ideas into this army, and the Taiping Army's army building ideas were built on the word advanced, and it surpassed the era itself, which laid a solid foundation for the Taiping Army.

Of course, this also created favorable conditions for the establishment of more advanced tactics.

And that's just one of them.

Second, as the Taiping army continued to fight everywhere, their strategic awareness and tactical literacy were also tempered in actual battles, so that they continued to grow, and innovative thinking began to take root in such an environment.

Li Xiucheng can be said to be a representative of this kind of innovative thinking.

Of course, at this time, he proposed this new style of warfare. It's not grandstanding, it's not a reckless remark to make his mouth comfortable, he's completely deliberate.

"Xiucheng. If you were given command of the army, how would you fight this battle? Huang Xu said with interest.

Huang Xu's taste has been completely hung up by Li Xiucheng, he has not heard such insightful words for a long time, because he is not a person of this era, and his thinking has gone a lot beyond this era, so he can just hang his taste. That's not an easy task.

When Li Xiucheng saw Huang Xu asking, his expression and movements immediately became respectful, and his tone was a little excited.

Since Huang Xu unified the Taiping Army. Huang Xu is the person Li Xiucheng admires the most, his mind, knowledge, and his insights on many things. That made Li Xiucheng admire the five-body throw. And Li Xiucheng has always taken Huang Xu as his goal to assist, and he is silently paying, he hopes that he can do something very meaningful for Huang Xu one day.

Now, Li Xiucheng finally feels that he can do this meaningful thing for Huang Xu, and he has to show himself well.

"Your Majesty, if I command this battle, I will put the firearms corps in the first place, and concentrate on the use of our army's artillery first. Carry out all-round artillery fire coverage on the enemy's main defensive positions and related important facilities, and destroy the enemy's survival in the first place. Throwing them into complete chaos is the first step. Li Xiucheng talked eloquently.

Huang Xu nodded, and then continued his words: "What about the second step?" ”

Li Xiucheng's words basically hit the crux of the artillery attack, that is, to strike at the enemy's fortifications, paralyze the enemy's command system, and plunge the enemy into chaos.

Huang Xu was very happy to hear it.

"The second step, the cavalry charge, while the enemy is still in confusion and does not know the situation of the parties, send the cavalry to attack suddenly, kill it by surprise, so that the unexpected effect will be achieved, and in this case, the enemy will be more confused, his will to resist will be weaker, then the rest of the matter will be done." When Li Xiucheng said this, he couldn't help but show a faint smile on his face.

"The rest is left to the infantry, and they basically just need to clean up the mess, right?" Huang Xu said that Li Xiucheng finished talking about the rest of his plans.

The hero sees the same thing, nothing more.

And Li Xiucheng saw Huang Xu's words, which was full of admiration, and he couldn't help but clench his fists with both hands and shout long live.

Huang Xu let Li Xiucheng be exempted, and he was very happy.

And everyone listened to Li Xiu's words, but also fell into contemplation, the scene was quiet, everyone was silent at the moment, they carefully recalled Li Xiucheng's tactics, they felt that this tactics are very novel, but also very effective, if they can be used flexibly on the battlefield, then the Taiping army will be invincible in the future battles, invincible.

As a result, everyone was amazed by Li Xiucheng.

Huang Xu praised Li Xiucheng in front of everyone, and asked him to continue to work hard, strive to come up with more good ideas, and contribute to the modernization of the Taiping Army.

Li Xiucheng excitedly agreed.

After Li Xiucheng proposed this advanced offensive method, the others stopped showing their ugliness, and everyone mentioned that they should use this method of operation proposed by Li Xiucheng in this battle against New Delhi.

So, the next topic became how to use this tactic flexibly and effectively in the battle of New Delhi.

The key to how to use the tactics is dead and alive lies in the coordination between people.

The generals are well aware of this.

After the heated discussion, a preliminary battle plan was presented.

After this preliminary combat plan, it will take several days to formulate specific implementation measures and implement personnel arrangements.

Therefore, this meeting also ended here, and the next step was for Zeng Guofan and others to work out a detailed combat plan in coordination with relevant military staff officers.

With specific guidelines, this plan was formulated quickly, and within three days, the specific plan was placed on Huang Xu's desk, and after Huang Xu's approval, the marching plan was told to the relevant leading generals.

The operation against New Delhi will be carried out in half a month.

The Taiping Army would still attack New Delhi on the east and west, but the plan rearranged the deployment of combat personnel, and the plan was basically based on the tactics proposed by Li Xiucheng.

And Li Xiucheng finally got what he wanted, he will lead the firearms corps to attack the British from the Western Front with the Western Route Army, and Tian Xiaoer handed over the command of the front line to Li Xiucheng, appointing him as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, acting cheaply.

And Li Xiucheng got a chance to show his strength, and he was very happy in his heart, he secretly made up his mind that he must fight this battle beautifully this time, in order to repay Huang Xu's great kindness.

After Li Xiucheng, generals from all sides also got various tasks one after another.

On the Western Front, in addition to Li Xiucheng, Bao Ping'an will be in charge of the military with Tian Xiaoer and Dongfang Bufu, Cui Min and Lu Qingtian are responsible for all infantry operations, Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng lead the firearms corps as the vanguard and will take the lead, Luo Xuan, Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang are responsible for leading the cavalry, Yu Yilong and Duan Yihu lead the first army to respond to the various armies, Li Shixian and Wei Jun lead the special combat team to be on call at any time, and Zhuge Blowing the Lantern is to participate in the heavy affairs of a military aircraft as a military division with the army.

On the Eastern Front, Zeng Guofan, commander-in-chief of the Taiping Army, was in charge of military affairs, Deputy Commander Zuo Zongtang was in charge of actual operational command, and among the generals under his command, Hu Linyi, Luo Zenan, Peng Yulin and Zeng Guohua were in charge of the infantry, Zeng Guoquan, Zeng San, and Li Yuandu were in charge of cavalry, Liu Kunyi, Jiang Zhongyuan, and Hu Si'er led the firearms corps as the vanguard of the Eastern Front, and Li Hongzhang was the military counselor of military affairs.

At this point, all the military preparations of the Taiping army were completed.

Then there is the preparation of material transfer and various logistics support work, which is smooth sailing.

When the preparations were completed, the half-month deadline had arrived, so the Taiping army officially set off and marched towards New Delhi.

Huang Xu is going to do his best to fight this battle this time, he must win, and he also has the confidence to win.

As the war was about to begin, he thought of his wife and children at home.

Lovely son, Hong Zhengyan, who is tender like water, Hong Ruoyan who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside.

As long as Huang Xu thought of this, there was a warm current in his heart, he felt that he was really happy, and when he thought of his wife and children, he wanted to go back early, but if he wanted to go back early, he had to win this battle.

In fact, after so many years of fighting, unifying China, conquering Japan, leveling the South Seas, and now he is about to get rid of India, his hard work for so many years has not been in vain.

However, he is really a little tired, he really wants to rest, he really wants to think about nothing, he just wants to hug his wife and children and enjoy life, maybe this day is coming soon.

He believed that this day was not far off, and as long as India was taken over, his Chinese empire would be a veritable hegemon in all of Asia.

At that time, Huang Xu can really take a breath.

Huang Xu's dream is to be able to hold his wife and children's hands to bathe in the morning sun, enjoy the sunbathing at noon, watch the sunset, and have a happy family, do what they like to do, and live together without any pressure.

How yearning Huang Xu is.

However, fortunately, this day is coming soon, he doesn't have to wait stupidly, as long as this battle is over, he will hand over all the government to several auxiliary ministers and live his fairy-like life.

And this time in the last battle against India, Huang Xu did not personally supervise the army, he stayed at Assam Pass and waited for everyone to disappear in triumph, he believed that Zeng Guofan and they would definitely win this battle, bringing him good news of taking New Delhi.

And he, when the time comes, just needs to enjoy the victory. (To be continued......)