Chapter 64: The Eastern Crusade to Kyushu X
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In a sense, it seems that Zhang Jiashi should be happy about such a situation.
After all, the enemy's willingness to fight outside the city is obviously easier to deal with than the enemy's reliance on city defenses.
However, Zhang Jiashi doesn't think that this is actually more of an earthen wall about three meters high, and what kind of role can it really play.
“......”
Zhang Jiashi shook his head silently, and after a while looked at the front line that was about to fight, and muttered, "Does the other party still want to use such a broken city to delay my development?"
Hearing this, he kept following Hongyun's side, perhaps because of the bored white wolf, moved his ears, raised his head to look at Zhang Jiashi, and showed a very meaningful smile.
Of course, Zhang Jiashi saw this scene, and he knew that the white wolf was laughing at him, so he quickly ignored the situation and continued to look at the situation on the front line.
The white wolf got angry, and the consequences were serious, and as a result, Zhang Jiashi's foot was bitten by the white wolf......
"Ahh
Zhang Jiashi's screams rang in the ears of nearby Qin officers and soldiers. Of course, no one really took this situation seriously, after all, many officers and soldiers who followed Zhang Jiashi for a period of time knew that Zhang Jiashi's pets occasionally "convulsed".
They also knew very well that the white wolf would not really bite Zhang Jiashi, but more to make the other party feel pain.
So, they just do it as if it didn't happen.
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Zhang Jiashi, who was observing the situation from behind the battle formation, constantly planned to shake off the white wolf that was biting his foot. And at this time, after the Qin troops on the front line advanced to less than three hundred meters from the Japanese defensive formation, the Qin troops began to attack.
After the vehicles slowly stopped, the heavy crossbowmen of the three hundred crossbow chariots immediately pressed the machine bracket with their fingers against the Japanese military formation, and let the heavy crossbows in their hands shoot out of the crossbow slots.
After a while, there seemed to be an irregular scream from the Japanese military formation.
Of course, the crossbowmen on these crossbow chariots knew very well that their combat mission this time was not to be responsible for carrying out the impact, but to use the individual heavy crossbow in their hands to suppress them remotely before the infantry units engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
Similar to their mission, there were bands of knightly troops that kept moving through the gaps between their chariots and continuing to trot forward.
About two hundred meters away from the enemy's seemingly somewhat commotionous formation, more than two thousand knights, under the command of their own hundred generals, slowed down their advance, aimed their crossbows at the enemy, and quickly fired their already wound arrows.
A large number of arrows were fired at the enemy without a long break.
In the battle formations of the Japanese, almost every time a considerable number of arrows fell, there were certain casualties.
The Japanese commander did not react much to such a situation, after all, he was really dumbfounded this time, because although the details of the enemy could not be seen clearly from this place. But his instincts told him that these enemies were not the same as he had encountered when he led his troops to attack them at night, but were a rabble with no armor like most of his men.
Although, even the leather armor on his body is not strictly speaking, it is not a kind of armor, but more of a whole piece of fur with some defensive ability.
But the troops on the opposite side, dressed in armor, were noticeably more sophisticated than some of the enemies in the camps where he had led his troops in many attacks.
If Zhang Jiashi knew what the other party was thinking, he wouldn't know what to say.
Although, in a certain sense, there is still a lot of gap between the overall productivity of the region that Zhang Jiashi now controls and the Great Qin Empire, which still occupies a relatively rich area. However, in terms of military production capacity, Zhang Jiashi has his own self-confidence, that is, unless the current military construction of various regions of the Great Qin Empire is superimposed, it is possible to be stronger than him in this regard.
Therefore, don't say that Zhang Jiashi, who is now busy getting rid of the "attack" of the white wolf, doesn't know such a situation, even if he hears the other party's heart, he won't take it too seriously.
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The battle continued, and the infantry unit under Zhang Jiashi's command, at a distance of less than 250 meters from the Japanese battle formation, the infantry crossbowmen in it stayed in this area, joining the long-range suppression of the combat personnel sequence.
Excluding some of the problems with weapons, most of the infantry crossbowmen under Zhang Jiashi's command used strong bows and crossbows.
Of course, there are also some Japanese longbowmen who Zhang Jiashi installed in order to test the actual combat effect.
About 500 archers were ordered to train the Japanese longbow accordingly, and then to further combat tests in this battle.
Unlike the compound bows used by other archers, these Japanese longbows are made from better quality wood using the same methods recorded in the Aoyu Lingshu.
In a series of tests, the combat effectiveness of these Japanese longbows was not better than that of compound bows, but in terms of range and stability, these Japanese longbows were indeed quite good.
Due to the problem of the bow body, even if the wood is better, the composite bow cannot achieve the better shooting stability effect of the Japanese longbow.
However, in terms of lethality, that is, at the same range, these Japanese longbows were relatively weak.
After making a certain number of longbows, Zhang Jiashi waited until the wood used to prepare for the production was exhausted, and temporarily stopped the subsequent production of Japanese longbows.
After all, judging from the current situation, he didn't know if a large number of weapons such as the Japanese longbow would bring a better advantage to the overall battle situation.
Moreover, judging by the practical situation in many respects, the Japanese longbow was no more suitable for use on cavalry than a compound bow.
After all, the Japanese longbow is indeed relatively easy to operate, but there is a problem, that is, the Japanese longbow with a large bow body can probably only be mounted on a simple archer cavalry, which is more suitable.
From the feedback obtained from the actual test, Zhang Jiashi knows very well that it is difficult for the Japanese longbow to be hung on a horse, and even if the bow and arrow hanging bag corresponding to the Japanese longbow is specially designed, many people have responded that it is relatively difficult to chop at the position of the hanging bag.
Therefore, taking into account many factors, Zhang Jiashi temporarily stopped the follow-up production of the Japanese longbow, more in the hope of achieving the actual effect on the battlefield before making the next decision.
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These archers, who wielded Japanese longbows, quickly raised their bows to a certain height after being measured by the officers in their ranks, and pointed their arrows at an angle of about thirty degrees.
"Put !!"
With a command to fire, the longbowmen quickly released the three fingers that were pulling the longbow, and then felt the longbow body rotate clockwise because of the strength of the bowstring's rebound, until the whole longbow stopped kinetic energy in the form of the opposite direction, and then the longbowmen used the hand that was originally pulling the bowstring to pull out a hardwood arrow in the bow and quiver again.
Unlike heavy and bed crossbows, bows rarely use all-metal bows, although all-metal bows appear to perform better. However, because many bows do not provide higher firing kinetic energy, the use of lighter wooden shafts has always been the choice.
Of course, there are no exceptions, that is, Zhang Jiashi is now using iron lacquered arrows, after all, the treasure bow he obtained from his father-in-law Meng Wu, who seems to be missing or reclusive, is indeed of excellent quality.
Zhang Jiashi didn't plan to mass-produce this thing. But after knowing that this black iron bow was actually a top-level divine weapon similar to the Dingqin Sword, Zhang Jiashi knew that his idea was impossible to come true.
Although the projectile of the Japanese longbow is relatively stable, it is not very effective against enemies with defensive capabilities, such as people wearing metal armor.
After corresponding tests, the leather armor or iron armor produced by Zhang Jiashi's military construction was used as a comparison.
The Japanese longbow is basically unable to penetrate iron armor at a distance of 100 meters, and it is not very effective against leather armor at 200 meters.
However, in terms of effective range, the same excellent archer, a longbowman can bring more effective damage than a more lethal compound archer.
The reason for this lies in the accuracy of the bow and arrow.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the Japanese didn't wear armor, Zhang Jiashi would certainly not have let the longbowmen join the suppression of the troops at such a distance, after all, at a distance of about two hundred meters, the Japanese longbow that actually had no effect on the leather armor made by the Liaodong soldiers was probably even more difficult to have an effect on the armor at this distance.
However, precisely because only a very small number of Japanese people who should be high-ranking officers have relatively primitive armor, Zhang Jiashi knew in the post-war statistics that the Japanese longbow is indeed better than the compound bow for the killing of unprotected personnel.
The bows and arrows used in longbows and compound bows are different, and Zhang Jiashi inherited the military manufacturing habits of the Great Qin Empire in the production of these bows, crossbows, arrows, or other weapons, that is, he asked the craftsmen who produced them to engrave the marks representing their status on the weapons or equipment.
With these two points, the corresponding statistics will not be too outrageously wrong.
Of course, arrows fired by longbows and compound bows are fired at different times...... How to calculate this, Zhang Jiashi had to judge according to the key points.
Of course, there will be misjudgments in this way, and Zhang Jiashi can't manage so much.
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Almost every wave of bows and crossbows that fell brought a varying number of casualties to the Japanese.
But before the infantry unit made contact with the other party, Zhang Jiashi was next to Hongyun, caressing his calf that had been bitten out with a few small "tooth marks", while continuing to look at the white wolf who pretended to be nothing, Zhang Jiashi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
In fact, if the white wolf really bit him, his foot would have been bitten off a long time ago, such a thing, of course, Zhang Jiashi is very clear.
However, if you are bitten for no reason, everyone will be quite unhappy.
Just as Zhang Jiashi was about to knock on the white wolf's head and say that he had to "fight back", a loud noise came from the more eastern position.
"Shenma situation???" Zhang Jiashi looked at the eastern sky suspiciously, he knew very well that this was not thunder, nor was it an explosion.
When it seemed that he was going to send a team of knights around to take a look, the development of the battle situation ahead made him give up this plan directly.
When the infantry units in front came to an area about 100 meters away from the Japanese battle formation, they quickly formed a formation with heavy infantry in front and long weapons and light infantry in the back behind behind the heavy infantry, with their weapons sticking out of the gap between their shields.
This method of combat is an attempt by Zhang Jiashi.
The long weapons in the hands of these light infantry are mainly spears or long-handled swords similar to beryllium.
Although the troops under Zhang Jiashi's command were equipped with a large number of iron weapons, Zhang Jiashi was reluctant to bury the old weapons that had been replaced. After all, these weapons can still come in handy.
As a result, after thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Jiashi still assembled or re-forged some of these weapons, and added them to a wooden stick to assemble a considerable number of long weapons.
Regarding this situation, Zhang Jiashi had to express his silence. Because he didn't expect that there would be so many of them.
Under such circumstances, Zhang Jiashi had no choice but to let some of the recruit troops be equipped with leather armor and some replaced shields and other equipment, and then rationed with a long weapon, which became a light infantry unit that Zhang Jiashi expected.
What Zhang Jiashi didn't expect was that his arrangement, which was considered a mistake, would become one of the main sources of equipment for the light infantry units of the Great Qin Empire in the next very long years.
The heavy infantry under Zhang Jiashi's command is actually a very expensive type of troops, whether it is the medium-length glaive that has gradually become one of the standard weapons, or the thick-backed sword, the cost conversion is quite high, not to mention the iron armor and the iron shield or the all-iron shield that is at least wrapped in wooden planks.
After gradually gaining more control areas and needing more troops, Zhang Jiashi was scared into a cold sweat by the increasing expenses.
This also became one of the synonyms for the elite of the elite in the future of the Great Qin Empire.
Because, in many cases, the Great Qin Empire has always been a light infantry and has become the mainstream.
For this kind of infantry tactics with light and heavy, Zhang Jiashi did not need to spend too much energy to solve this problem. Although it is true that Zhang Jiashi is not involved in this aspect. But before this, the Great Qin Empire already had a fairly mature system for the coordination of light and heavy infantry combat.
What Zhang Jiashi needs is to let the high-level civil and military personnel under his command find the best plan.
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And this operation is more of a debut of this combat cooperation method adopted by Zhang Jiashi.
After braving the few bows and arrows fired by the Japanese counterattack, the battle line composed of about 600 people in the first row came to a distance of about 50 meters from the Japanese battle formation, and the 500 lords of the Qin army, who were in charge of commanding the team, shouted loudly: "It's !! now to charge!!
"Rush, !!"
The front line of 600 people quickly rushed forward with a relatively stable running speed.
It's not that these heavy infantry can't charge at a distance, but under the influence of factors that take into account physical strength, the physical consumption of the heavy infantry after a long-range charge is also very large, in this case, it is better to charge at a more suitable time, the effect will be much better.
In less than ten seconds, the two sides quickly collided together, and the Japanese hands were more sharpened wooden sticks or bamboo poles, which were inserted into the shields used by the heavy infantry as assault protection, and were quickly staggered or directly broken by the arc.
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Zhang Jiashi ordered his craftsmen not to use those fancy shield textures that did not have much practical significance, but the surface of a shield, and they must do two things:
One is as smooth as possible, and the other is as much as possible to have an inner arc as much as possible.
After the selection of some samples, a phalanx shield with an inner arc design of about ten degrees inward is the most suitable scheme for Zhang Jiashi.
The greater the arc, the greater the possibility of staggering the enemy's various weapons, but this scenario is not the best.
Because, if the curvature is larger, and the same coverage is maintained, it will bring a lot of weight increase.
For example, there is a shield with an inner arc of about 20 degrees, but the weight is increased by more than half, which is also a very large burden for heavy infantry. You can't let these heavy infantry have to hold their shields in both hands and run into them, right?
In this case, Zhang Jiashi chose this very practical scheme, both in appearance and after actual testing, as the production style of the phalanx shield.
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The fighters in front of the Japanese looked stunned by this scene. But the Qin officers and soldiers who were facing each other would not let them go like this.
"Thorn !!"
The heavy infantry, many of whom were in charge of the defense, were half-bent and could not see what was ahead. However, they could feel the sensation coming from their shields, and they quickly uttered their orders.
The light infantry in the back knew what to do, and in fact did not need the prompting of the heavy infantry in front of them, and the long weapon they were holding stabbed out of the gap in their shields.
Many Japanese people have been impaled directly through the body or in the head. When the light infantry felt some downward force from their weapons, they pulled their weapons back vigorously.
The heavy infantry, who looked at the movement of the long weapon next to him, straightened his body slightly and observed the situation in front of him. What he saw was the Japanese in front of him, covering his bloody wounds and slowly falling to the ground.
Seeing this, the heavy infantry quickly bent down again, he took a few steps forward, and then brandished the glaive knife in his hand, and the tip of the knife stabbed the Japanese on the ground......
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For a while, the battle situation on the front line seemed to be deadlocked, and Zhang Jiashi was thinking about what to do next, when a loud noise came from the east again......
"What's going on???" Zhang Jiashi was puzzled, he didn't know what these voices represented.
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To the east, about a hundred kilometers away from the battlefield, Qinglong dodged a fireball that was launched at him, looked at these golden-armored people in front of him, and said as if muttering to himself: "I didn't expect that the so-called god realm has degenerated to this point, and it will actually join forces with other so-called gods, do you say yes......?"
And the golden armor man opposite, that is, the person who was turned into Zhu by Qinglong, showed a trace of gloom in his eyes, and he said slowly: "Things have come to this point, we have no choice. ”
Qinglong didn't act, but shook his head......
On a piece of land in the distance behind him, the fireball exploded as it collided, blasting a large hole in the ground.
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