Chapter 1198: Pre-War Estimates
ps: Today is still a change, yesterday I waited for a day but it is still not our child's turn, there is no way there are too many people, today I have to go to the line, not the row is not good, once you miss the number, you have to come again to ask the parents of food and clothing to forgive me, I am a father now must be the child in the first place-
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"Array!"
The wind was cold, and the flag swayed with the wind, making a dull sound of 'bang'.
Ordo led 10,000 taels of Blue Banner cavalry and set up a position one mile in front of Jay Chou's army.
"My lord, it doesn't seem that the soldiers and horses in front of you are the Ming army."
A leader beside Ordo lowered the hand on his forehead, then turned his head to him and said.
"Looking at the flag, I don't think it's like a Ming army."
Ordo nodded.
"No matter who he is, in front of my invincible Eight Banners Iron Horse, he will be crushed."
Ordo clutched the reins tightly, and his tone was incomparably unquestionable.
Such self-confidence did not come out of nowhere, and was obtained by the Houjin army from numerous victories.
In their eyes, there is no one in the East who can be called an opponent.
The Mongols can't do it, and neither can the Koreans, the Ming ...... No, it doesn't.
That's why Ordo said such things.
When the leader heard this, he laughed: "Haha My lord is right, in front of my invincible Eight Banners Iron Horse, there is no way to have an opponent. I just don't know if these soldiers and horses in front of the road can resist the charge of our two blue flag cavalry several times? ”
As the leader said this, some of the generals around him spoke one after another.
"I guess a single charge will be able to crush them!"
"I see that the opponent's army is at its peak, and it seems to be different from the sluggish Ming army and the Ming army, I think it will be a little troublesome for us to defeat them, let's charge three times."
"Joke, how can my two blue flag iron cavalry be so weak, even the Ming army can't withstand our charge. And we're not the soft guys of the Guishun Army, so I'm betting we can defeat them in one go. ”
"Self-confidence is a good thing, but it is better to be cautious in everything, these people are obviously different from the Ming army, so I bet twice."
Some of the generals of the Houjin and Blue Banners beside Ordo are very confident, thinking that a single charge can defeat or even defeat Jay Chou and the Imperial Army.
Some people have a slightly different view and are very cautious.
But none of them thought that the coming battle would end in defeat for their side.
The current two blue flag armies, from the generals to the soldiers, all believe that the victory in this battle will definitely be theirs.
It's just that. Fighting is not just a matter of wishful thinking.
There are many complications that go into order to win a battle.
It's like before the battle has even begun, and these people start wishful thinking that they will be able to win, which is a bit brainless.
Although here in the East, the Houjin army has no defeats, but after all, the opponent they have to face is an unconventional existence.
It's just that Ordo doesn't know what to do.
On the other side, Jay Chou was using an egg cone telescope to observe Ordo's formation.
Through observation, Jay Chou found that the Jin army was placed in front of him. It was a cavalry charge formation.
It is conceivable that as soon as the battle starts, then the 10,000 cavalry on the opposite side will rush towards him like a tide.
Cavalry, in this era. It's a tank-like class.
For the infantry, there is a congenital condition for restraint.
Moreover, the Manchurian cavalry between the rise and the white waters of Black Mountain was the same as the Mongols on the steppe. They are also very good at riding and shooting.
A Manchurian cavalryman had a quiver at his waist, and the quiver contained thirty feathered arrows.
That is, a soldier is basically before he actually rushes into battle. They need to shoot thirty arrows. And the troops fighting against it will have to withstand this rain of arrows.
Then calculate the number of opponents' soldiers and horses, and you will have to withstand the covering shot of 300,000 arrows.
Of course, the range of the opponent's arrows was about one hundred and fifty yards, that is, a distance of less than one hundred meters.
Only within this distance will the arrow be powerful and accurate, beyond which the arrow will have no power.
On the other hand, your own musket has a range of 300 yards and is very accurate.
Such a distance is completely more than twice as much as the other party.
Therefore, if the opponent wants to enter the effective range of the arrow, then he must first rush to within 150 yards.
But before they could rush into the range of one hundred and fifty yards, they would first be attacked by their own muskets.
The army of the Song Empire was different from the Ming army in that they used muskets.
This kind of weapon has great lethality for both people and horses.
Come to think of it, the Houjin army on the opposite side is enough for them to drink a pot.
The men and horses on your side are not the Ming army with cold weapons, and you are left to round and flatten.
Hey!
Let Lao Tzu surprise you for a while, otherwise you really think you are invincible in the world.
Jay Chou put down the telescope in his hand and began to order.
"Artillery forward! Get ready for a blossom bomb! Idea left and right wings, linear queue ready! “
"The first team to reload some medicine!"
"Second team check!"
"Artillery forward! Ammo reloaded! “
"Team 4 is ready!"
"Team 5 is ready!"
"The tenth team enters the left flank defense circle!"
"The ninth team enters the right flank defense circle and checks the ammunition!"
Jay Chou's order was quickly issued, and the various squads began to move slowly into their combat state according to the order.
"The enemy on the opposite side is in a cavalry charge formation, and when the battle begins, they will start to charge. This is the way the cavalry infantry has always fought, and I think they will definitely do it. At the same time, I predicted that their cavalry would have to finish the arrows in the quiver before they could charge into battle, so we would have to give them a head-on attack before they could get into effective range. ”
Jay Chou expressed his views to the staff officers and adjutants around him.
This battle is not the same as fighting the natives on the South Sea side, after all, the natives have no rules to fight. It's all a mess and a charge.
Therefore, when fighting the natives at that time, you just had to line up and shoot them.
At most, when it comes to pursuit, just pay attention to the attacks in the jungle.
But the Later Jin and the natives of Nanyang were different, and the Manchu army and the natives were completely different.
It can be said that the army of the Later Jin Dynasty is indeed the elite army of the East in this era.
They fight in a very disciplined way, so they must not be taken lightly.
Jay Chou also cheered up and began to deal with it.
After listening to Jay Chou's words, the staff officers behind him began to communicate one after another.
The role of the staff officers is to analyze the situation of the war. And develop a sound strategy.
After a short and quick exchange between the staff officers, the chief of staff received a more formal answer.
Afterwards, he said to Jay Chou: "General, we have analyzed, according to the range of Manchurian's arrows, I think they want to give us effective damage, then we must enter the range of one hundred and fifty yards." But the effective power of our muskets is within three hundred yards, so ......"
Basically. The meaning of the staff officers is similar to Jay Chou's own estimate.
Fortunately, it didn't contradict my own predictions.
"So how should we deal with their attacks?"
Although Jay Chou already had an idea, he still wanted to ask the staff officers what they meant.
Hear the words. The chief of staff replied with a smile: "It's the same as fighting the British, although the mobility of the cavalry is very fast, but in the face of the kind of musket battle formation that we used that could only appear in the Napoleonic era, the other side still has no way." I think we can kill each other effectively. Even so that they can't even rush to the range of a hundred and fifty yards, and don't forget, we are still in the powerful artillery. I think that in the process of the opponent's charge, the artillery gave them a lot of damage first, and the opponent's horse was blown up by the artillery......"
Haha
Jay Chou laughed at this moment.
It's not like that, the chief of staff's words have completely spoken to his heart.
It can be said that the staff officers meant the same as he himself thought.
Regardless of what the enemy on the other side does, just use muskets and artillery on your own side and exert your maximum power.
Sometimes, I value each other too much and think about how to deal with it.
Isn't it cavalry?
Actually, there is nothing remarkable.
In another time and space, the British were able to defeat an enemy with more than 20,000 troops with only three or four hundred troops with the same muskets as themselves.
So, with a well-equipped army of 25,000 under his command, is it possible that he can't defeat the Houjin army of only 10,000 horses?
If he can't even do this, then he Jay Chou will be an out-and-out waste.
Jay Chou thought of the 'Boer War' in another time and space.
Yes, that war was somewhat similar to my current situation, it was an army with firearms, and it had to face and face cavalry.
The difference is that the British had very few troops at that time, but now Jay Chou has plenty of troops.
The British were able to win the war, so could it be that they could not win if they had enough troops now?
Therefore, Jay Chou now has strong self-confidence in his heart.
At this time, the artillery team under Jay Chou had already entered the position, and all preparations had been completed.
"Let's just let the Eight Banners Army be powerful today, otherwise they will always think they are invincible."
"What the general said is that today let them know the Tao and know the Tao, they are not invincible."
After hearing this, the chief of staff and the adjutant beside him echoed it.
"Order Tai Ze to charge into battle and try the enemy's pounds. At the same time, let Gulal lead the charge from the enemy's left flank, and today we will destroy these people here in one fell swoop. ”
In the two blue formations opposite, Ordo gave the order to go to war.
His thinking was still on the way he dealt with the Ming army, so he made a big mistake now.
That is, there is no one-time throwing all the troops into the charge.
However, even if he threw all his soldiers and horses into the attack at one time, there was no way to face the Empire's muskets and artillery.
The two cavalry armies, having received military orders, were separated from the large army.
All this was clearly seen by Jay Chou.
"The army is in combat mode, and the enemy is attacking!"
When the two blue flags moved, the captains of the Song Empire began to shout loudly.
Woo! Woooooo
In front of the two blue flags on the opposite side, the low sound of trumpets began to echo...... (To be continued......)