Chapter 168: A Throw

Fu Youde prepared for the First World War for a long time and thought about it for a long time.

He doesn't have any new ideas. When dealing with the Southern Army, which was not fully armed before, the Northern Army's method of spreading out and advancing almost evenly was not bad. Because, the Southern Army was sad that no matter what kind of military formation could not be broken.

It's not okay to kill a lot of people.

But that's no longer the case.

The formation and training of the new army of the Southern Army. There is no generation difference with the Northern Army in terms of combat power.

On this premise, Fu Youde has his own ideas.

Like Geng Bingwen, Fu Youde also felt that although the firearms army was a revolutionary change in many aspects, the essence of war had not changed.

Fu Youde lured the enemy deeper step by step, and every time he touched and left, he wanted to spread out the battle lines of the two sides and form a battlefield dozens of miles wide.

Of course, this kind of battlefield is not the kind of confrontation between the army from beginning to end, and naturally there are points and places to give up. In short, more than 100,000 troops on both sides are spread on this front.

There's a problem.

That is the question of troop movements.

Twenty or thirty miles wide, from one section to the other, it takes time, and even if the reserve force in the center wants to rush to the battlefield, it will take time.

The plan proposed by Fu Youde was to concentrate forces and break through the enemy's important positions.

He doesn't want casualties, he doesn't want death numbers, he cripples a battalion and changes another battalion. It is to focus on one, react faster than you, and concentrate troops faster than you. In relative time, an absolute advantage is formed in a certain position on the battlefield.

Then all this is based on one point, and that is the rapid mobility of the army.

How? If he could, Fu Youde wanted to turn all the infantry into cavalry.

But it can't be.

During this period of time, Fu Youde collected almost all the livestock in Henan Province on the pretext of transporting military rations, but all these animals were arranged in the army.

Under Fu Youde's order, the various units that were originally scattered on the front line gathered in one place as quickly as possible.

Doesn't Ye Shen like to take a detour? Isn't it, like to outflank the wings? It's all up to you. Fu Youde's idea was very simple, before the whole army was killed, it was best to attack the Yellow River, and it was best to take Ye Shen's head.

At that time, even if the Northern Army was still scattered on various battlefields, it was already a scattered army.

An army that loses its organization is not an army.

It was a big gamble.

Fu Youde thought about it, and there was no other way but to throw it away.

In the face of the almost frantic offensive of the Southern Army.

The commander of the front line of the Northern Army hesitated and decided to withdraw the remnants of a regiment that had crossed the river, and the two sides relied on this small river to confront each other.

It's just that this one decision turned out to be extremely wrong in hindsight.

Because of the order to retreat, the Northern Army in the midst of the melee was executed into a rout. As a result, the southern army almost followed them and rushed to the north bank. The river, which was not too deep in the first place, was filled up by the corpses of the Northern Army and the Southern Army. A large number of southern troops stepped on the corpses and rushed towards the northern army without hesitation.

This situation. So that the northern army on the other side of the river did not think at all.

So, soon the two sides were locked in a fierce battle.

In all fairness, there is an upper limit to the density of firepower on the battlefield, just as there is an upper limit to the number of people on the battlefield, and the more people the better. In many cases, when there are many people to a certain extent, it is impossible to increase combat effectiveness.

But at this time, this ceiling is still very high.

Although a large number of soldiers are invested, a large number of casualties will be caused. However, the southern army rushed forward one after another, stepping on the corpses to attack, which also frightened the northern army.

Of course, this also has a lot of use of grenades.

The Southern Army paid more attention to grenades than the Northern Army. The reason is simple, the Southern Army had no choice. Grenades are the cheapest weapon. Therefore, the southern army suffered huge casualties and approached the northern army, and the northern army would face a grenade rain.

Of course, these black powder grenades are only powerful, but even if they are limited, that's it

It's an explosion. Explosion damage covers a wider area than normal kinetic damage.

As a result, the casualties of the Southern Army and the Northern Army were almost one-to-one, and even the casualties of the Southern Army were still higher than those of the Northern Army, but in the form of the battlefield, the Northern Army retreated step by step.

That's because the Yugoslav army invested too many people.

Far more than coming to face the Northern Army.

The news soon reached Ye Shen's ears.

Moreover, Fu Youde came for Ye Shen, and in Ye Shen's position, he could hear the sound of fried beans on the front line. All the time.

After Ye Shen figured out what Fu Youde thought and how he did it, he couldn't help but say, "It's worthy of Fu Youde. It is worthy of the Duke of Yingguo."

Speaking of which, Fu Youde's plan is not complicated. The idea is not surprising, but it is accurate and hateful. Put all your bets on the table at once.

Let Ye Shen fall into passivity.

Ye Shen was not impressed.

The key point of this plan was the rapid maneuvering of the infantry, which concentrated a large number of troops almost in an hour or two, and Fu Youde's creative understanding of firearms tactics.

Yes, with the development of firearms more and more. The density of firepower is getting denser and denser, and the formation on the battlefield can only become more and more loose, as the battle of Guangwu Mountain has proven.

Many people feel that in the future the number of units the army will control an area larger and larger.

But Fu Youde tells you, no, tactical dispersion and strategic concentration are two different things. It was from this point of view that this set of tactics was formed.

Fu Youde smashed all his chips on a wide mountain less than two kilometers away.

No casualties, no cost.

The Northern Army was plunged into an unprecedented fierce battle.

Ye Shen could see the vacillation of the front-line generals from the military reports on the front line.

After all, compared to Fu Youde, who has fought all his life in the sea of corpses and blood, the officers of the Northern Army are a little too tender in all aspects, and it is normal to be a little unbearable in the face of such an impact.

Ye Shen was also very impressed by Fu Youde's mounted infantry.

This idea, many people in the Northern Army do not have, it's not that they don't need it. But it was the cavalry who took on this task, because the cavalry of the Northern Army was sufficient, so it would not have occurred to let the infantry play this role.

Not to mention, let some people who are not war horses go to war right away.

However, if he thinks so, Fu Youde can beat him. Ye Shen felt that Fu Youde really underestimated himself.

Ye Shen immediately ordered: "Order all the cavalry, abandon the place in front of you, storm Fu Youde's position, at any cost, buy time for the army to reorganize, and order all the armies in the rear to build field fortifications on the spot and wait for the attack of the southern army."

In terms of cavalry, the Beijing side is much stronger than the Nanjing side.

Therefore, in cavalry operations, the Northern Army has the initiative.

Therefore, in cavalry operations, the Northern Army has the right to withdraw from the battlefield on its own initiative.

Although there will also be big losses.

And in today's battle, Fu Youde has worked hard. Ye Shen naturally dared to work hard, wanting to destroy this Fu Youde Department without paying the price, Ye Shen never thought about it.

Now that the battle has begun, Ye Shen's blood is boiling, and he is naturally willing to pay all the price.

Cavalry Ye Shen didn't want it.

What should I do if I look at Fu Youde?

As long as Ye Shen is given a little time to build a complete fortification in the rear, what awaits the southern army is to hit a wall, after all, firearms are superior to offense in defense, and the reason why this happened just now is not because of other reasons, but because both sides are in an offensive state. This in itself is a confrontation.

But once the Northern Army is on the defensive, it is very likely that the Southern Army will not be able to defeat it. At that time, the two sides will be in the situation that has just begun.

And this situation is beneficial to Ye Shen and beneficial to Beijing.

After all, Beijing can consume, Nanjing can't afford to consume, Fu Youde must achieve a big victory. Can't wait for Luoyang City to be breached, it's too late to say anything.

Ye Shen only needs to be undefeated, which is victory.

And if Fu Youde is not victorious, he is defeated.

With Ye Shen's order issued, the armies of the Northern Army also calmed down. However, the execution of all commands also takes time. Now the advantage on the battlefield is still in the hands of the Southern Army. Countless Southern troops rushed to the positions of the Northern Army.

Layers of corpses fell to the ground, but Fu Youde still shook his head and said, "It's not enough, this is far from enough." When Ye Shen thought about it, Fu Youde could also think of it, so Fu Youde knew that his time was running out, and he must win today, otherwise there would be no tomorrow.