Chapter 29: The Northeast Dogfight 14
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In Su Jiao's heart, he is not blind to the growing strength of the Huns, but for Su Jiao, as a county guard, he also has his own things to think about. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info please search (Pin% book ¥¥ net) to see the most complete! The fastest updated novel is like this time to send troops, and the Liaoning County soldiers under his command are the main force.
If he pays a heavy price because he is too aggressive or underestimates the enemy, no matter what Zhang Jiashi thinks, he himself will not be able to pass his own level.
Therefore, this is also the premise that Su Jiao did not cover up the whole army at the beginning and reinforce the Donghu people.
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Although Zabekh can be regarded as fighting with his life, the war has continued until now, and the situation of the Donghu people becoming weaker and weaker is not something he can avoid.
Therefore, this decisive battle is indeed a key battle related to the continuation of the Donghu people.
It wasn't that he didn't fail to see that the Qin army had some hesitant plans, but at the moment he was not the best time to tear his face with the Qin officers and soldiers who came to reinforce him. You must know that if he tears his face with the Qin army now, then the next time the Huns attack again, what awaits Zabekh will be a desperate situation.
Therefore, Zabekh could only bury the dissatisfaction in his heart, but continued to fight hard to command the remnants of the Donghu troops to resist the offensive of the Huns.
Of course, Zabehe also had the intention of dragging the Qin officers and soldiers into this battle, and in order to do so, he even had to risk gradually moving his battle line closer to the Qin army's crossbow chariot troops.
In the previous situation, although Zabehe didn't know much why the Qin army did this, he vaguely understood that the Qin army's killing of the Donghu people and the Huns who were close to their formation was more because it was more to avoid the two sides from breaking up the Qin army's crossbow chariot battle formation that needed to be concentrated together in order to be able to more effectively exert a certain combat effectiveness.
Therefore, when he led the remnants to gradually get closer to the Qin army's crossbow chariot troops, Zabehe asked his officers and soldiers not to get too close to the Qin army's crossbow chariot troops, so as to avoid the other party killing his subordinates by mistake or deliberately doing so, in disguise, weakening the last remaining combat strength of the Donghu people.
The area of operations between the two sides to the north of the crossbow chariot battle array, due to Zabekh's deliberate arrangement, gradually moved south.
Commander of the crossbow chariot unit of the Qin army. At first, I didn't really understand what this situation was, but after a long time, this commander did not know that this was Zabekh's plan to "bring disaster to the east", so he could not have been promoted to this position for a long time.
After analyzing the battlefield situation in front of him, the commander of the crossbow chariot unit of the Qin army quickly ordered the crossbow chariot to slowly advance in the battle formation, and gradually stopped. Then a defensive formation was formed in a group of three crossbow chariots.
This defensive formation consisted of bringing the vehicles as close together as possible, and then using the nine officers and men on the crossbow chariots who were able to fight with weapons. Concentrate on defending against the enemy in one direction.
The officers and soldiers who fought these battles also included the drivers of the crossbow chariots of the Qin army.
Although it is said that the drivers of the Qin army's crossbow chariots are not the main combat force, in such a situation, the Qin army's crossbow chariots that adopt a defensive position can still allow these drivers to exert their combat effectiveness.
The weapon they are equipped with is not a pouting crossbow, but a relatively light single-shot hand crossbow.
The range of this hand crossbow is not long, but it is easy to load, and in terms of the strength of the hand, it can also exert the corresponding combat ability of this hand crossbow.
Before arranging such a defensive formation. The rider of the outermost crossbow chariot needs to turn the crossbow chariot upside down, so that the rear of the carriage becomes an outward position.
After this is done, some of the wooden shields on the crossbow chariot, which are mainly used to defend against the arrows fired from light bows, will also be placed.
As a result, the three combat crews of a crossbow chariot can use this crossbow chariot carriage, which can provide a certain amount of defensive capabilities, as a firing platform to shoot at the enemy approaching the defensive formation outside.
This is also an improved way for Zhang Jiashi to mainly take from the later Ming army chariot formation.
After all, compared with the equipment of the later Ming army's vehicle formation, this kind of crossbow chariot was more of an offensive configuration, rather than a carriage that passively defended against cavalry raids.
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And behind the crossbow chariots on the periphery. A large number of crossbow chariots, under the control of the riders, also stopped moving forward, and instead moved closer to the nearest defensive line of crossbow chariots.
The task of these people was mainly to concentrate on shooting in the direction of a large number of enemy attacks and covering the defense system of the crossbow chariots in front.
Such a way of coordinated combat is for the current Qin army. It can be said that it is relatively new, but it is not very difficult for them to accept.
After all, this method does violate the corresponding rules of combat of past chariot units, but this does not mean that the officers and soldiers of these crossbow chariots cannot accept this novel tactic of Zhang Jiashi.
On the contrary, after the corresponding training, the officers and men of these crossbow chariots believed that the combat mode of this crossbow chariot effectively increased the survivability of the chariot personnel.
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Of course, Zhang Jiashi did not just make corresponding arrangements for the combat arms of the crossbow chariot. In the past few months, after Zhang Jiashi's drills with Bai Qi and discussions with Han Xin and others, this crossbow chariot is fully capable of corresponding coordinated operations.
However, Zhang Jiashi still couldn't make the corresponding coordination of these troops like the kind of infantry coordination in later generations.
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Later infantry and tank cooperative operations were more of a hybrid tactic of infantry, tanks, and artillery advancing with the army:
The artillery provided fire cover to ensure the advance and deployment of infantry and tank crews.
Before the impact, artillery preparations were carried out to destroy the enemy's defensive positions and kill and injure the enemy's living forces. After the infantry and tank men launched an attack, the artillery suppressed the enemy's defensive support points and in-depth targets with firepower, stopped the movement of the enemy's troops and weapons, and supported the infantry and tank troops in the attack. When developing an offensive into the enemy's depth, the artillery shifted its positions forward one by one, escorting the infantry and tank men to develop the offensive with firepower. Infantry and tank crews use the effect of artillery fire, and the tank crews guide the infantry to attack or the tanks support the infantry attack with firepower, and destroy the enemy in a coordinated manner. The accompanying artillery destroys the enemy tanks and firing points that hinder the advance of the infantry and tank crews in the infantry and tank crews in the infantry and tank crews' battle formations, and the infantry indicates the targets to the tank and artillery crews in time.
During the maneuver, the infantry actively reconnoiters the road and clears obstacles for the tank crew and artillery, and the tank carries the movement of infantry and light artillery.
During defense, the artillery suppresses the enemy's artillery, blocks the attacking enemy, supports the infantry and tank troops to resist the enemy's onslaught, and prevents the enemy from breaking through and expanding; the tank troops focus on destroying the enemy's tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, cutting off the enemy's infantry and tanks, and actively supporting the infantry to destroy the intruding enemy. Guarantee the safety of their movements.
After the enemy breaks through to the forward position, the artillery concentrates its firepower to suppress the enemy who has broken through, blocks the enemy's follow-up echelon, and supports the infantry and tank troops in counterattacking or counterattacking; the tank troops guide the infantry to carry out the counterattack and destroy the enemy who has penetrated in; the infantry takes the initiative to cooperate with the tank troops to prevent the enemy's aircraft from landing troops and the in-depth attack troops from attacking the artillery positions, and instructs the tank troops and artillery troops to attack the assault targets in a timely manner. and assist them in maneuvering.
In order to carry out a common combat mission, infantry, tank and artillery acted in concert under a unified plan. The aim was to bring the infantry, tank crew, and artillery units together closely. Form a monolithic force that effectively annihilates or fights the enemy.
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However, if you want to do this perfectly, it is not only a matter of excessive technical gaps, but also corresponding tactical problems that need to be solved.
The crossbow chariot unit, as an important branch of the army conceived and established by Zhang Jiashi, can indeed act as an "armored force" in such a situation at present.
But in terms of the cooperation of the infantry, Zhang Jiashi can only say that he is really thinking too much.
Because of the infantry units of later generations. While fighting with the armored forces, they can also rely on their own advanced weapons to assist the combat effect.
But for now...... Zhang Jiashi really couldn't expect what kind of chaotic situation the battle would be if the infantry units under his command were fighting and hiding behind the crossbow chariots.
Although the impact of the crossbow chariot unit is not too weak, in the face of a large number of enemy troops, what will happen to the crossbow chariot charging alone, Zhang Jiashi himself knows with his knees.
So for a lot of reasons. Due to the lack of time, Zhang Jiashi could only let his infantry units cooperate with the crossbow chariot troops to practice the construction of a defensive system for this ancient version of the infantry and tank coordination tactics.
After all, Zhang Jiashi didn't want his troops to suffer a big loss because of his whims.
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In the defense system composed of infantry and crossbow chariot units, the crossbow chariot is the backbone of the outer defense, and their role is to prevent the enemy from successfully breaking through to the interior of the defense system.
And when the officers and men of the crossbow chariot have the robes from the infantry units on their side, then these infantry officers and soldiers will play a great role.
Especially when the infantry's strong crossbowmen are used as ranged output. The combat effectiveness of this coordinated long-range output method is not comparable to that of the shooters on the crossbow chariot alone.
After practical tests, on the compartment of a crossbow combat vehicle, a firing platform for four people was provided.
This way of shooting is mainly to shoot in rotation, after all, even if four people can stand on the carriage, the bow and crossbow in their hands cannot fully play their role, after all, the corresponding space for this combat method is still too little.
And the way of reloading and firing, in terms of attack density at the same time. It may be a little sparse, but in terms of the benefits of shortening the attack interval, this is not a disadvantage, and it is basically negligible.
Of course, Zhang Jiashi knows one thing very well, that is, against the Huns, the role that this tactic can play is not big, but it is not small.
This tactic is mainly in the area where the infantry can fight, so that it can exert the corresponding effect.
In other words, when approaching the line of the Great Wall, this method can still make the Huns or Donghu people on the periphery more fearful. Because it is still quite difficult for them to break through this defense system built by crossbow chariots as the main body.
However, once the combat area penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Huns, that is, the area beyond the reach of infantry units, this tactical method was useless.
Therefore, Zhang Jiashi himself did not have much expectation for the corresponding training of this kind of coordinated operation.
What Zhang Jiashi himself could not imagine was that the corresponding arrangement that he did not have much expectation would actually play a pivotal role when the Huns launched a full-scale attack on the Great Qin Empire next year.
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There is a saying that offense is the best defense.
Although this sentence is not entirely correct, it is undeniable that it has its inevitability.
It's like using a weak country against a strong country, no matter how good the defense is, because the gap in national strength between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger, once the strength of the other side is no longer the weak country can confront it, no matter how good the defense is, it will become useless.
In such a situation, the understanding of Hannibal, the consul of Carthage, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, and others can be said to be quite profound.
If Carthage had not taken the initiative to attack Rome, once Carthage's national power was weakened or it was at a disadvantage in the competition with the Romans, then it would be a catastrophe for Carthage.
The situation of Shu Han is similar, but what is even more dangerous is that the gap in national strength between Shu Han and Cao Wei is very huge.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei's successive Northern Expeditions were not simply a waste of money and money, and a decision made in order to complete that unattainable dream.
In the case of Shu Han, during the period of Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition, Shu Han basically did not suffer from Cao Wei's attack.
But during the period when Fei Yi, Jiang Wan and others were in power, Cao Wei launched a large-scale offensive. This war is called the Battle of Xingshi, if it weren't for Cao Shuang's lack of preparation at that time, forcibly attacking Shu Han, I am afraid that whether Shu Han's national glory could continue until 263 AD is still a question.
After Jiang Wei was forced to settle in the field, Cao Wei, who was ready to complete, launched an offensive against Shu Han again, and because the gap between Shu Han's national strength and Cao Wei at this time was too large, and because of the mistakes of many Shu Han generals, Shu Han was finally destroyed by Cao Wei.
This means that offense is the best defense, in a strategic relative situation.
In terms of tactics, taking the initiative to attack can also effectively disrupt the opponent's formation layout and corresponding combat thinking.
But there is also a very important premise, that is, whether the active attack on the enemy can exert the effect of shaking the enemy's defense system.
King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu also saw the calculations of Zabehe and the Donghu people, and he knew very well that it was impossible to prevent the intervention of the Qin army at the moment, and he could only hope that after defeating the alliance between the Qin army and the Donghu people, the key to the victory or defeat of this battle would be officially laid.
After thinking about it for a while, he decided to let himself pursue the Donghu people or the troops that were in a stalemate with the Donghu people, and cover the Qin army's crossbow chariot formation, hoping to use their own personnel and mobility advantages to defeat this lone Qin army chariot force. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )