Chapter 161: The Southern Army Retreats

Regarding Fu Youde's response, Ye Shen was also very strange.

However, Fu Youde dared to fight.

Then Ye Shen also dared.

So, three days later. Under the command of Ye Shen, the northern army marched south.

Ye Shen was still very cautious.

Along the way, the strength of an army will be unfolded in a zigzag pattern. In the rear, there was a large army as a reserve. Facing any kind of situation, Ye Shen didn't feel that there was any problem.

Soon, Ye Shen saw the Southern Army from afar.

At the first glance of seeing the Southern Army, Ye Shen had a very familiar feeling.

The arrangement of the entire Southern Army was no different from the Northern Army at all. In terms of weaponry and even attire, it's pretty much the same.

During the Hongwu period, most of the Ming army was armoured. Even before and after the Battle of Hejian, the armor rate in the army was still very high. But as time went by, there was less and less armor in the army, naturally because of the increasing power of firearms. Armor has a defensive effect. But not much.

Unless it is the kind of heavy armor that weighs dozens of pounds, it is difficult to survive even if it is hit by a bullet. And dozens of pounds of heavy armor are difficult to fight on the battlefield. If you don't say anything else, if you fall down during the shooting, it will be difficult for you to get up on your own.

In ancient times, this kind of heavy armor warrior only put on armor when he rushed into battle. Other than that, it will not be worn.

During this period of time, Beijing is also updating its armor. From the light armor at the beginning, it has become a mandarin duck battle jacket. Now the mandarin duck jacket has become the current Red Army uniform.

The current military uniform is made of a mixture of cotton and wool and lined with iron wire. There is a certain anti-stab function. The main thing is lightness. Cold. In terms of defensive capability, it is not much worse than the mandarin duck battle jacket, and in some details, it is much better than the mandarin duck battle jacket.

The reason why it is red is not because it is not noticeable after bleeding and does not affect morale. Simply because Daming is still red.

In Daming red is a positive color.

All armies are to be red.

The southern army has now been simplified to the point of not using armor, which is similar but different from the idea of the northern army. The similarity is that armor is becoming more and more redundant in battle. Without him, the longer the range of the firearm at this time, the more it serves as a carrier of the firearm. The more exercise a person has, the more he moves.

In the era of cold weapons, the two sides were separated by a mile or two, and the soldiers could take off their armor to rest, and when it was time for the battle, they would put on their armor and rush over to do it. But now, because of the range, the two sides have to be far away, and they have to approach in formation.

If there is any change of formation between the two sides, or a counterattack. In terms of light movement, even the soldiers could not bear the armor.

Although many people think that there were many muscular hunks in ancient times, in fact, in terms of physical fitness, most of the ancient armies are not as good as the modern armies.

So it's good to lose weight, or it's good to have poor defense. All things considered, the armor has to withdraw from the stage of history, that is, the cavalry armor still exists, that is because the burden of the cavalry is the burden of the war horse. They also have some heavy redundancy.

It's just that there is another reason for the Yugoslav army, that is, the military output is insufficient.

They switched all the steel used to produce armor to other ones. Therefore, the Southern Army can only be single. Their single garment is also a single cotton garment.

The clothes of the Northern Army looked the same as those of the Southern Army. But in fact, it is different, there is a layer of barbed wire in the middle of the cotton and wool blend. This process is already a masterpiece at the pinnacle of textile technology in the entire North. Only 600,000 forbidden troops have this treatment.

And the Southern Army is just cloth clothes.

It can also be seen in the dyeing.

The red color of the Northern Army was more distinct, while the Southern Army was somewhat dull.

You know, in ancient times, natural dyes would always fade. In ancient times, many dignitaries never wore their clothes a second time, because the clothes would fade once they were washed. Faded clothes don't look good. This is also the reason why ordinary people wear white.

Their white clothes are not modern and do not know the bright white. Instead, it is washed to a white color that can no longer fade.

The reason for this contrast is simple.

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In the dye industry, there is no gap between the north and the south.

The reason why this is so is that one has money and the other has no money. If you are willing to give money, the people below will do better. Or give the soldier an extra set of clothes. And the Yugoslav army did not have such conditions. It's pretty good that they can have new uniforms.

It must be known that the military uniforms of the Shanxi Army are no different from those of the original Hongwu Nian.

Ye Shen looked at it carefully with a clairvoyant mirror, not just the details of the military uniform. Rather, it is to judge the combat effectiveness of the Yugoslav Army from the details of its actions in all aspects.

After a long time, Ye Shen put down the binoculars, and a trace of contempt in his heart also went.

There is not much difference between the Southern Army and the Northern Army in all aspects, the only difference is probably that the Southern Army is relatively poor, and all aspects are simplified with the Northern Army. But compared with before, the southern army in the battle of Huaiqing has made great progress in all aspects.

It's just that the real combat effectiveness still has to be touched on the battlefield.

As a result, under the watchful eyes of the armies of both sides, and under the harassment of the cavalry of both sides, one phalanx approached each other.

Because the cavalry galloped back and forth, this area is close to Guangwu Mountain and Songshan Mountain, but it is already regarded as the Great Plain of Henan. It's a bit too much to say that thousands of miles of flat land are flat, but there is nothing to hinder the advance of both sides. More convenient for cavalry assault.

The cavalry easily rushed forward.

So both sides are phalanxes, regardless of whether they are completely lined up.

A battle line several kilometers wide, slowly approaching.

"Boom." A cannon rang out at the front. The two sides were already within range of each other's infantry guns.

Ye Shen also saw the other party's technological progress. At least, a year or two ago, the infantry artillery marching with the phalanx was still a technical problem that was difficult for the Southern Army to overcome, but now the Southern Army has been equipped on a large scale. I don't know from other places, as far as the army in front of me is concerned, the equipment of each regiment is no less than that of the Northern Army.

The battlefield does not need Ye Shen to command.

The entire battlefield has long been subdivided. Commanded by the commanders at all levels below, what Ye Shen needed to command was only the general direction. For example, attacking, retreating, determining the direction of the main attack, whether to take a detour or not.

Wait a minute.

This is also the result of the construction of the General Staff during this period.

Rescued Ye Shen from a lot of trivial work.

Ye Shen fought very cautiously in this battle. What he wanted to know most today was what the combat effectiveness of these elite troops of the Southern Army was. Knowing oneself and knowing the other side can win all battles. Therefore, you must first find out the details of the other party.

It's just that Ye Shen played conservatively.

The opposite side also played quite conservatively.

The two sides fought for a while. Ye Shen suddenly found that the opposite side had retreated.

For the first time, Ye Shen felt that Fu Youde was luring the enemy deeper. He immediately dismissed the idea, thinking that it was too obvious. They did not hide their strategic intentions at all.

This is not quite like Fu Youde's methods.

But soon, Ye Shen knew Fu Youde's cleverness.

Because almost all the generals below asked for pursuit. ap.

Ye Shen was stunned for a moment, and secretly said in his heart, "When will we be able to simply fight."

He understood the thoughts of these generals, they were all suffocated, and they wanted to make a contribution. It is even more because after the river, repeated battles have been won, and a feeling has been formed that all the generals of the northern army are confident that they will win the battle against the southern army.

Now the Southern Army retreated at the slightest contact.

It is even more accurate for these people to confirm this.

They may not have failed to see that the Yugoslav Army was preserving its strength. But so what? Do they think that the Southern Army is not enough, even if it retains its strength, it will not be able to fight? It's just a little bit of a bigger loss.

If it had been a few years ago, Ye Shen would have been able to completely screen these distractions. I don't care about my own subordinates at all, and I have different opinions. After all, he is the manager.

But his status is getting higher and higher, and many things, he can't help but pay attention to.

At his level, politics and military affairs have become entangled, and it is difficult to separate them at all.

The generals under his command are not just his original descendants, what can be said

Everybody has it. No matter He Xi or Zhu Xiongying, they would not let Ye Shen's command listen to Ye Shen's words. Just think about it, what a terrible thing that is.

It is precisely because there are many people below who have the sky behind them, Ye Shen doesn't want to cause trouble, and some of their thoughts still have to be heard.

And the big war is imminent, and the anger can not be vented. Nor is it the time to hit the morale below.