Chapter 476: Weekly Offensive, Magnet Tactics! Who taught this? (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass)
"Not that easy?"
Zhuge Weidao looked at Mu Zhongjun with a suspicious gaze...... This Mu Zhongjun looks a little cowardly! It seems that it was a mistake to make him the commander of the Southern Continent Legion!
This Mu Zhongjun's ability to become the commander of the Southern Continent Army is related to Zhuge Weidao, because Mu Zhongjun and Zheng Guoxian are both "Hou Party", and Zhuge Weidao is also very close to Empress Dowager Zheng. Therefore, when selecting the commander of the Southern Continent Army, Zhuge Weidao recommended Mu Zhongjun to the military division. Because the Zhuge family's own people have been deeply involved in the navy all these years, there is no suitable candidate in the army. Therefore, the military advisors in the military division group also nodded, after all, Mu Zhongjun is also the big horn in the eight great families, and his Royal Highness the current King of Qian!
And the Zheng family also supported Mu Zhongjun under the operation of Zheng Yuhuan and Zheng Guoxian.
Coupled with the support of the Mu family itself, the three families of the eight great families all supported Mu Zhongjun to take command and go to the Southern Continent.
And the remaining five families couldn't put forward a more powerful candidate, so the matter was decided.
Unexpectedly, this Mu Zhongjun looks very brave, but he is a coward when he really goes to the battlefield!
Mu Zhongjun's reaction to Zhuge Weidao was not strange at all...... Because Zhuge Weidao, the "Zhuge Military Division", has been relatively "reckless" over the years, he has earned the nickname of "Zhuge of the Three Armies of the Brave Champion".
Among those surnamed Zhuge , except for the king of Zhuge Wuzhong who has been in and out of the prime minister and has been fighting in the east and west for 50 years, Zhuge is the most courageous in the way.
If this Zhuge arrived in the Three Kingdoms, he would definitely be a fierce general of "white horse and silver spear fighting Cao Cao, Linjiang water battle against Zhou Lang"!
Thinking of this, Mu Zhongjun stood up with a smile, walked to a map hanging on a bulkhead, and then pointed to the map and said to Zhuge Weidao, "Daozi, look here...... This is Mount Tebultop, which is part of the Great Dividing Range. After this ridge, the terrain gradually decreases and becomes relatively flat. Now Hugh. Gough's army marched along the western foothills of the Great Dividing Range, and it is estimated that in 7 days it will reach the foot of Mount Tabtorp, and I will use these 7 days to build a "Great Wall" along Mount Tabor to block Hugh. Goff's cavalry."
"Build the Great Wall?"
Zhuge was a little crying and laughing.
Using the "Great Wall" to deal with the "Mongol cavalry" is an old method passed down from the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty...... But now the Ming Dynasty has armored vehicles and bombers!
Mu Zhongjun then said, "Daozi, your fleet will sail south in 6 days, sail to the vicinity of Sydney Bay, and then start bombarding Jackson Military Harbour and the city of Sydney...... At the same time, minesweepers were dispatched to operate near the beaches on the north and south sides of Sydney Bay, pretending to be minesweepers."
"This is going to ...... Trick Hugh with tricks. Gough?"
Zhuge said for the Dao heart: "You Mu Zhongjun are flying dragons and riding faces, and you still have to use tricks...... You're too cunning!"
Mu Zhongjun nodded and said, "Soldiers are not tired of cheating...... Although the advantage is mine, the strategy that should be used still needs to be used. Stop. If Gough had learned that our fleet had gone off to Sydney Bay, and that we had been besieging Brisbane for many days. We would have thought that we had moved our main forces to carry out a surprise attack near Sydney Bay, and that the attack on Brisbane was a feint.
This would make it possible for him to launch an onslaught on our "Great Wall" defenses at Mount Tybultop...... And we can use this opportunity to drain his morale, supplies, and lives. Stop. Goff had come from afar this time, and he couldn't have brought too much supplies and ammunition with him. It is estimated that his offense will be exhausted after 5-7 days, and no more than 8 days at most. I have led cavalry, and I know the logistics of cavalry best. Even if there were two horses for one person, a large number of wagons with them, and grass to feed the horses along the way, the troops would be able to maintain an offensive for 5-7 days.
Therefore, depending on the situation, on the 6th or 7th day, I will dispatch chariot troops to quickly intersperse the back of the British, and cooperate with the infantry in front to outflank the British army, forcing him to break through and retreat, and then I will use the chariot troops to stick to the British army and chase all the way...... At the same time, planes were dispatched to bomb the logistics line of the British army and the retreating British troops. Goff's army gets supplies and a respite!"
Now Zhuge Weidao was stunned, isn't this "worship offensive and magnet tactics"? Mu Zhong
How could Jun? Could he be too......
"Lord Wang," Zhuge Weidao finally picked up a big thumbs, "You are really clever, this time Hugh. I'm afraid Gough will die without a place to bury!"
Mu Zhongjun waved his hand and said, "Daozi, you tell me these words...... My strategy of breaking through the enemy's short-term offensive was learned from your ancestors!"
That's right!
Zhuge Weidao finally remembered that Mu Zhongjun's style of play was used by King Zhuge Wuzhong...... After King Zhuge Wuzhong completed the governance and land reform in the south, the logistics of the Ming army have been very secure, and the firepower is relatively superior, but the mobility is still poor. Therefore, his usual tactics are "luring the enemy to attack, showing weak defense, exhausting the enemy to counterattack, and sticking to the enemy with magnets".
Don't look at such a simple set of tactics, but it is tried and tested, and there are few misses...... Because after King Zhuge Wuzhong rectified the rich land in the south, he did not meet an opponent who could fight with him for firepower and supplies. Even if it was a heavy cavalry assault, King Wuzhong's Xinming army would not fall behind at all.
The only drawback is that the mobility of the troops is a little worse.
Since this set of tactics is so easy to use, it has naturally been passed down from generation to generation by the education system of the Ming Army.
And Mu Zhongjun, who has been a soldier for 20 years and has been promoted to general, but the commander of the regiment with almost zero actual combat experience can naturally only fight according to the textbook.
But this old ancestral method was used against Hugh. Gough seems to be just right.
Now Hugh. Gough's firepower, supplies, and assault capabilities are all greatly reduced to the opponent's. And the only thing that can be taken is the mobility of the cavalry...... In fact, his mobility can't compete with the armored vehicles of the Ming army, but not everyone in the Ming army who has landed in Australia now has a car to sit on.
If everyone is a wheeled armored vehicle, then it will not become a mechanized army? The current Ming Army is not so wide, after all, the invention of the automobile has not been many years ago.
Therefore, there are only a few troops equipped with wheeled armored vehicles, and the large forces still can't catch up when they get to the steppe. Gough's cavalry.
But just by running, Hugh. Nor is it possible for Goff to win.
He still has to look for a decisive opportunity in the sport.
And this opportunity ...... Stop. Within a few days of Gough's departure from Sydney, it seemed to be gradually manifesting itself, and it was getting bigger and bigger.
Because, the Brisbane fortress, which was not well guarded, was temporarily held under the "onslaught" of the Ming landing force!
And the reason why the fortress can be held, according to the report sent by the defenders of the fortress on the long-wave radio, is obviously that the heavy artillery of the Ming army landing is insufficient, and the strength seems to be limited.
Although these Ming troops were very capable of fighting in the landing battle and the fierce pursuit battle that followed. But after entering the siege phase, they did not have much stamina.
Although the Brisbane Fortress is old, the location of this fortress is very particular, and it is more than 20 kilometers away from the coastline, which can avoid attacks from the sea.
If the Ming army had not pulled a large number of heavy artillery ashore, then they could really have destroyed the cannons of the walls of the Brisbane fortress...... Without artillery, it will be difficult to fortify fortifications and land field battles.