"Turn the gun" is an instruction that Xu Wenshan told the soldiers to focus on training.

The essence of this formation is: the front row crouches, the tip of the gun rushes up, the middle row is raised, the rear row is upside down, the spearhead of the three rows is facing the enemy at three angles, and the shield of the sword and shield soldier can only defend in one direction, it is impossible to defend against three directions.

Above all, the advantage of the spear is its length.

The distance of five meters, under the dense formation, these 5 meters become the 5 meters of death, and there is almost no room for charging in the front.

So this group of sword and shield soldiers "died" miserably.

"Thorn!"

"Snatch and snatch" ......

"Thorn!"

"Snatch and snatch" ......

Every time Xu Wenshan shouted "stab", the spearman stabbed forward. In fact, the frequency of stabbing of the spearmen was very high, and the sword and shield men in a line could not take a few stab blows at all, and they quickly dispersed, and there were quite a few "corpses" who received at least one or two more stabs.

After a moment of confusion, the "corpses" finally remembered their mission and walked out of the scene.

The morale of the red side was immediately boosted, this result was completely unexpected by them, and the other party had already been wiped out before they even hit them.

But Xu Wenshan didn't rest, and shouted: "Hollow phalanx!" ”

Without any suspicion, the soldiers immediately formed a hollow phalanx, and in a few moments, a mixed force of pikemen and swordsmen, far outnumbering the red soldiers, surrounded the red.

This is their real main force, and the sword and shield soldiers are just a temptation.

It's just that the blue generals didn't expect that this temptation would pay such a tragic price, and the sword and shield soldiers did not withdraw one or two, but all of them were folded in the frontal charge.

However, their "sacrifice" also made the blue generals understand that a frontal charge could not defeat the phalanx of spearmen.

However, they have a numerical advantage over Red, and they can win if they attract them from the front and flank them.

But after Xu Wenshan's order, the spearmen quickly formed a hollow phalanx, so that they became a hedgehog covered in spears, and they would face the spears head-on from any direction.

"Onward! Advance! Surround them! Once you get closer, you'll have a chance! ”

The generals of the blue side shouted desperately, urging their soldiers to step forward to meet the battle, however, the spear forest composed of dozens of spears was still quite deterrent, and these soldiers did not dare to rush forward.

At this time, the general thought to himself that if he had placed the archers closer to each other before, he would have been able to destroy this phalanx at this time, but now it was too late to let the archers come, the two sides were already approaching, and there was no time to order the archers to come.

Now the only way to get your own soldiers close to combat is to quickly get close to the battle, relying on the personal combat power of the soldiers, and to take out this troublesome hedgehog in close combat.

"Let's move forward! Be careful not to get out of formation! ”

The hollow phalanx straightened its spears and slowly moved forward, if the phalanx was allowed to continue to advance, its red flag would be difficult to hold. At the urging of the blue generals, the swordsmen and pikemen finally charged.

In the front row, the pikemen were first stabbed by their spears and pushed in front, while the swordsmen rolled on the spot and slipped under the row of brushed guns, with pikemen behind them, and the spearmen could not recover their spears for a while.

They crawled on the ground, seeing that the distance was getting closer and closer, and as soon as they swung their swords, the row of enemies in front of them would all leave.

At this moment, Xu Wenshan ordered again: "Back row, stab!" ”

A row of spears poked out of the gap in the front row and stabbed the swordsmen, and at that moment, more than half of the swordsmen were killed and wounded, and the rest were rolling in search of gaps.

"Thorn!"

The spears in the front and back rows worked together to break up all the enemy formations on the blue side, and after another fierce battle, the formation of the blue side finally collapsed completely, leaving only some scattered soldiers. The spear phalanx continued to advance, these routs had little resistance left, and under the charge of dozens of people in unison, there were very few people who could survive the five-meter-long spear.

After destroying the enemy's melee forces, only the archers were left to slaughter, and after a few rounds of powerless fire from the archers, the spear phalanx had rushed in front of the archers, and the blue position was broken, this time with the red side winning completely.

No one, including the red side, could not have imagined that this would be the end result.

When the casualties were finally counted, everyone was shocked. There are a total of 112 people on the blue side, and only more than 30 defeated soldiers remain, while the red side has a total of 50 people, and only 8 of them have been damaged, and these 8 are basically wounded by bows and arrows.

No one thought that a phalanx of spears could defeat an enemy twice as large as themselves.

In fact, in Xu Wenshan's view, this result is not surprising. It is not surprising that these soldiers on the Red side are professional troops recruited by themselves, all of them are out of work, doing nothing but training every day, and defeating a group of ragtag troops who have never been properly trained.

Actually, the spearmen are not very magical. It's just that at present, spearmen are the fastest and lowest-cost troops that Xu Wenshan can think of. The Spanish phalanx, which was really powerful in history, also needed to be used in conjunction with the arquebus troops.

The role of the melee class is to maintain the line and advance the line. The spearmen, a force that relies heavily on formations, are actually very cumbersome, and if there is a superiority in troops, it is easy to say how to fight the spearmen.

For example, cavalry can be used to attack on the flanks, incendiary grenades can be thrown, bows and arrows can be used......

The phalanx of spearmen worked only if there was superiority in firepower. For example, if Xu Wenshan had two field cannons, he could leisurely let the spearmen stand in front and wait for the enemy to attack.

However, these are just assumptions.

Not to mention the field cannon, his enemies don't even have compound bows.

The main thing is that they face an enemy who is not organized and fights by personal courage.

But the power of the individual is always small in front of the collective. Dozens of spears poked forward, no amount of skill or courage worked.

Therefore, the victory of this exercise is not a victory of advanced weapons against backward weapons, but a victory of organized fighting unorganized.

All in all, Xu Wenshan was not particularly satisfied with the results of this exercise, after the exercise, under the current level of productivity in this world, there are several ways to defeat the spear phalanx.

The spearman phalanx was only practiced by Xu Wenshan for emergency use, because he had an enemy in front of him that needed to be dealt with urgently: Fengshi Village.

Perhaps new weapons will soon be developed, and at that time, the spearmen may be out of the ordinary. However, the first batch of spearmen will pass on the results of this month's collectivist training forever and become the spark of the new army.