Chapter 374: Fighting Like This
Renault knows that he has no talent to speak of in the military, and he doesn't even know much, and he is not even a military fan, an amateur among amateurs.
All knowledge comes from the bits and pieces of information dissemination, as well as history lessons. After all, the amount of information received by earthlings is very large, and even if you don't pay special attention, you will receive a huge amount of information in twenty years.
As an amateur, Renault plays professionally, which sounds contradictory, but in fact this is the most normal.
Renault's approach is very simple, he is modeled after the weak economic powers of World War II, and subdivides the war as much as possible, allowing everyone to do their own thing, and turning amateur into professional.
The fire soldier doesn't know anything else, as long as you shoot the bullet as quickly as possible and to the best of your ability, the difference is only whether you shoot accurately or not.
It is conceivable that if a person only does one thing for many years, a fool can become a normal person, and a normal person will naturally become an elite.
Artillery is only responsible for firing artillery, and even artillery has to be subdivided, such as artillery observers, gunners, loaders, artillery transporters, and so on.
The Heavy Shieldmen are only responsible for defense, and you don't have to worry about anything else.
By analogy, an infantry regiment of 3,000 people can be subdivided into nearly 100 occupations, and you can imagine how far Renault refined the war.
As for the Tiger King as a commander, he even does one thing in the book, and that is to endorse. memorize the rules and regulations of the drill to the letter, and on the battlefield, according to the situation, apply the rules and regulations of the drill code to command.
This kind of fighting, if it is put on the earth, let alone the era when Renault came, even if it is placed in World War I, it is still a thing that makes people hang.
But the world of Dachu is much more backward than the era of World War I, and this kind of command style is rigid, and it will even miss countless good opportunities. But the benefits are also obvious, as long as you fight strictly according to the rules of the discipline, the probability of defeat is reduced to the limit.
That's what Renault intended, not to seek merit, but to be innocent.
He took the combat power analysis report, looked at it for a while, tilted his head and thought about it for a while. It doesn't look like the enemy is strong, so you can push and advance slowly, and turn from defense to offense.
"Command, balance push, slow down. ”
With the order of the Tiger King, the two phalanxes, with artillery and pack carts, began to move forward slowly, as slow as snails.
Although after more than half a year of training, it is still not easy to keep the queue formation forward, and every time you walk forward dozens of meters, you have to stop and adjust the array.
"Ranging at any time. "The Tiger King has an order.
"Seven miles ...... away"
"Six miles ...... away"
"Five miles away......"
"Stop, let me think. The Tiger King blurted out, he didn't realize that the counselors around him were grinning, Commander Tiger looked too unreliable, where is there such a thing, this is a war, you said stop and let you think about it?
The movements of the Divine Workers Army are naturally clear on the other side, after all, this is a small plain, and there are not many hills.
Don't look at the Tiger King is following the troops, but he is really, really busy, with his IQ, he feels that his brain is not enough at this time, and he always feels as if he has forgotten something.
"Commander, Commander Blue asked, what's wrong?" the herald reported.
"I felt like I had forgotten something, and I couldn't remember it for a while. The Tiger King frowned and said, several counselors wanted to laugh...... I want to cry again......
What the hell is this thing called, fighting under such a commander-in-chief, making them feel terrified, this is the rhythm to be played?
"What does the commander mean?" This time it was Counselor Zhong Ning who spoke, Zhong Ning was a bachelor invited by Cui Qing and had already been admitted to the Rank Examination. Unlike most bachelors, he doesn't like government studies and is very interested in the military, but unfortunately he has no talent and can't become a martial artist.
In fact, among the bachelors, there are very few martial artists, and those who have the talent to become martial artists, who wants to continue to be a bachelor?
"I can't remember, it's supposed to be from the combat sub-log. The Tiger King frowned and said, it seems that he usually doesn't carry it diligently enough.
The so-called combat sub-record is an essay written by Renault, after all, he is an amateur, and many of the rules and regulations formulated are not perfect, but this thing cannot be increased or decreased at any time, which will make the troops at a loss, you just released it today, and changed it again at night, how to train the troops?
Therefore, there is a combat sub-record, Renault remembered something, just make a note, more than half a year, the content of the sub-record, more than all the rules and regulations combined, and quite messy, is the most headache thing.
Fortunately, Renault is playing amateur to professional, so the content of the sub-record does not need to be studied by the soldiers below, they only need to learn the code rules related to themselves.
There are only three commanders-in-chief who need to learn everything. Of course, the counselors are willing to learn, and Renault does not refuse, so it never hurts to learn more.
The so-called counselor, Renault's position is a staff officer, just a different name, and he does the work of a staff officer in the army.
Zhong Ning is a friend of Cui Qing, and he is a scholar, with a strong learning ability, he naturally memorized this record, and the back is much stronger than that of the Tiger King, after all, people have relied on memorization to eat since they were young.
Hearing the Tiger King's words, Zhong Ning recalled, and quickly filtered out all kinds of useless information in his mind, not to mention, let him find out a few questions.
"Commander, according to paragraph 93 of the sub-record, if you attack the enemy and you are sure, you should cut off his rear roads to prevent escape, including: dividing and encircling, encircling and blocking, infiltrating and blocking the enemy, cutting off the enemy's food routes, destroying roads and bridges, flooding roads, setting fire to block roads, bombing pack carts, and ...... war horses."
"Stop! You're right, a war horse, it's a war horse. "Actually, Zhong Ning only needs to mention it, and the Tiger King in the back is already familiar with it, but he just can't use it.
"Tell Lan Yunxi that according to the ground situation, be ready to bombard the enemy's rear war horse herd at any time. ”
Zhong Ning was originally just an endorsement, but when he heard this, his eyes lit up, so it was!
Although the musketeers fought on foot, when they marched, they were on horseback, and according to the Austrians, they fought on horseback, which was the normal state of the Austrians.
After all, it is too difficult and takes too long to train a war horse that is not afraid of guns at all. What's more, they are landing operations, and it is impossible for them to bring a large number of horses like the Divine Engineer Army. The war horses used now were all captured from the Chu people, and there was no time to train them at all.
If you think about the situation in Aozhou, you can know that now you can't even transport people, where is there a space to transport horses?
"Command, keep going. Zhong Ning was promoted to deputy general counselor, and he was always by my side. The Tiger King said, a hint of enlightenment rose in his heart, no wonder Mr. likes to use bachelors, people's brains are easy to use.
At this time, Sun Ying naturally didn't know that the commander-in-chief of the enemy army would actually stop and think about the content in the sub-record on the way to attack, and he walked and stopped, which made Sun Ying even more confused.
"General, do you want to fight?"
"Set up the formation, pay attention to the air defense. Sun Ying gritted his teeth and said, although he felt inappropriate in his heart, but the number of enemies was smaller, if he didn't fight, not to mention that it was not easy to explain when he went back, he himself was unwilling, he always had to fight and try.
With his order, fifty two-pound cannons were pushed to the front of the formation, and the range of the front-loading artillery was very close, like the two-pound small cannons carried by the cavalry, the artillery itself was only more than 400 catties, loaded with gun wheels, and a horse could pull it away. However, its range is only 400 steps away from live ammunition and only more than 50 steps from scattered bullets.
This range determines the difference in the way of fighting, and the artillery can only be listed at the front to increase the range. After the firing was finished, the shield men and musketeers behind crossed the artillery, blocked the front, and continued the battle.
"Three miles ...... away"
"Two miles ...... away"
"Stop moving forward. "The Tiger King ordered that, according to the analysis of combat power, the enemy army used two to three catties of front-loading artillery, with a firing range of between three hundred and eight hundred paces.
The Tiger King did not dare to be careless, set the safe distance at two miles, and at the same time ordered the rear to bring the war horse over and keep it outside the safe distance, according to the sub-record, it may be used at any time.
I still recall Mr.'s interpretation of war, what is war, that is, to prepare, prepare, and prepare again, and when everything is ready, smash the enemy down with a fist, and then continue to prepare, prepare......
"Phalanx, move on, ready to test the attack. The Tiger King said that the analysis of combat power is only an analysis, and the actual situation must be tested by soldiers.
"Forward!" the two phalanxes began to separate, and the first phalanx continued to advance.
It was not until 800 paces away that the first phalanx stopped, sent ten ten-man teams, formed a skirmishment line, and advanced towards the Austrian army.
Sun Ying looked stupid, what kind of way is this? There are thousands of people behind, but only a hundred people are sent to charge into battle?
"General!" The people around Sun Ying were also stunned, they had never seen such a battle.
"Let's try the artillery in front, five guns. Sun Ying felt that something was wrong, but he didn't let off a few cannons, just looking at it like this, it would have too much impact on morale.
The hundred-man team of the Chu people has entered the range of two hundred steps, which is a very embarrassing distance, the range of the musket of the Austrians can reach up to a hundred paces, and the effective distance is less than fifty steps, if you want to shoot accurately, it is best to be within thirty steps.
The musket of this era has its own advantages and disadvantages with the bow and crossbow, and it is impossible to say which one is better, it is just a matter of habit, and only with the continuous improvement of musket manufacturing technology can the bow and crossbow be fully replaced.
"Boom ......"
"Boom ......"
The artillery fire rumbled, and five of the artillery pieces in the front row were fired at the same time, and at the same time as the cannons rang out, the hundred-man team of the Shengong Army was lying on the ground, looking at the sky carefully.
Front-loading guns were slow, sometimes so slow that shells could be seen with the naked eye. This hundred-man team, which is the top army of the Divine Engineer Army, is a reconnaissance conducted after the analysis of combat strength.
"I'll go ......" Renault, who was far away in Shengong City, just saw this battle, put down the work in his hand, and was so angry that he jumped like thunder, he put wings on the Shengong Army, but the Tiger King was crawling on the ground with his wings!
"It is confirmed that the enemy's front-loading artillery is a two-pound small cannon, with a firing range of up to 300 to 400 paces, and that the enemy's musketeers did not raise their guns, and the style is a front-loading musket, and the preliminary judgment is that the firing range does not exceed 200 paces. Zhong Ning said while recording.