Chapter 726: Self-Criticism
Qin Ning is really eager to divide two bodies to use now, or directly call Qin Tian in the Abyss Empire, one in front of the road, and the other in the back to block the enemy.
But this is impossible, Qin Ning can only take care of one side first, and then take care of the other.
Qin Ning released all his divine sense to investigate the situation on the road he was traveling, and the enemy did his job to the extreme, and buried a lot of such high-grade alchemy weapons near the eastern city, extending to the outside of the city, and there were several places with such arrangements.
If Qin Ning was not here, it is estimated that tens of thousands of Qin troops would be blocked by such an arrangement, so that they could only fight with the enemy behind.
With such an alchemy product, Qin Ning really wanted to take out a piece to study, but Qin Ning didn't have the time. Qin Ning relied on his strong body to use the most primitive method to crack the enemy's arrangement.
Qin Ning moved quickly, stepping on the alchemy products detected by his divine sense one by one. The terrifying explosions came and went, as strong as Qin Ning, who was also shocked by the huge waves of explosions, and his body was unstable.
It was only after stepping on the explosion until five miles outside the eastern city that the traces of the enemy's arrangement disappeared.
Qin Ning released the scope of his divine sense exploration to the maximum, and was sure that there was no danger ahead, so he turned around and let the Qin soldiers march. Qin Ning also had to go back to block the enemy's brigade to cover the retreat of the remnants of the Qin army.
The army of the Eastern Prince and Qin Ning have been entangled until the East City of the East Tilting City, and Qin Ning felt that the Qin army he led had gone far before he flew away from the battlefield. And the army of the Eastern Prince saw that the Qin army had broken through the arrangement of the East City, and felt that there was no point in chasing it any further, so it did not chase it down again.
Qin Ning took these remnants of the defeated army to the nearby Qin army camp. Of the 10,000 people brought out, only 5,000 survived, and nearly 1,000 of the wounded died during the retreat.
It's not that the Qin army hasn't lost. It's not that he hasn't been suppressed by the enemy, but it's the first time that he has been beaten so badly like this.
Qin Ning left behind the best elixir to heal his wounds. instructed the Qin troops stationed in the area to take care of the wounded, and returned to the main force of the Qin army on the eastern front and called a meeting of all the senior generals.
At the military meeting, Qin Ning first made a profound review of the situation of leading 10,000 people out to investigate the dynamics of the Eastern Prince's army and leading heavy casualties and battle losses.
Qin Ning did not shy away from the mistakes he had made.
If it was a pure investigation, Qin Ning reviewed that he actually brought too many people, and he could lead five hundred people to complete the investigation at most, and the target of 10,000 people was too big, and it was easy for the opponent's reconnaissance eyeline to catch the traces of the team's manpower activities.
Followed by. Qin Ning felt that he still rashly attacked Donglean City according to the opponent's vulnerable mentality, and was overwhelmed by the enemy's precise arrangement, and lost his troops.
In a word, the underestimation of the enemy coupled with the preparation for difficulties is extremely inadequate!
In this way, under the condition that the enemy used high-grade alchemy ordnance that the Qin army had never encountered, the 10,000-person scale establishment has been passively beaten, and there is no room to fight back.
Speaking of this, Qin Ning said with some bitterness: "The arrogant army will be defeated, and some wise sayings can only be deeply understood by the blood and lives of our excellent soldiers! The current Qin army starts with me." Do you gradually develop a feeling of blind optimism? Do you think that the enemy can win no matter how you fight? This kind of thinking will kill people!"
The general in charge of intelligence gathering immediately said: "In this regard, I also need to do a deep review. It is unforgivable that the Eastern Prince's troops are equipped with such powerful high-grade alchemy ordnance, and we have not caught any relevant signs at all. Fortunately, General Qin found out about the situation. Otherwise, if you encounter such a situation in a large-scale battle, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”
The senior generals of the Qin army spoke one after another, and they were frank about the current Qin army. Because for a long time, because of their own well-equipped and well-trained, they have repeatedly won more with less, which has bred some fluttering arrogant soldiers.
As a matter of fact. Not only are the enemies not as vulnerable as we think, but they are also insidious and fierce enough.
As a commander-in-chief. The gains and losses of one city and one pool, the loss of a battle are of course nothing. What Qin Ning needed was a bloody lesson to be able to pass through guò, so that the entire Qin army would not suffer such losses again.
Qin Ning immediately gave instructions, and all the generals immediately went back, using this incident of the commander's light enemy and a large number of casualties as a blueprint, and launched a great rectification of the Qin army to re-evaluate themselves and re-examine the enemy.
On the premise of correcting one's wrong thoughts, make a series of changes.
Qin Ning did not limit his incident to the entire Qin army on the Eastern Front, but reported the situation to the Qin army on the Northern Front and all the Qin troops within the jurisdiction of the Blue Star Empire, and even directly reported this matter to the Abyss Empire, all Qin troops must achieve a high degree of unity in terms of ideological understanding.
In order to make the soldiers of the Qin army feel the cruelty of the war more intuitively, Qin Ning also specially organized officers above the rank of colonel to see the injured soldiers of the Qin army.
The injuries of these soldiers touched all the school officers who watched it deeply, and if it was their own subordinates, or even if they were injured like this, it would be no different from waiting for death.
According to later statistics, the death rate of the first battle of Donglean City reached an astonishing more than 60 percent, almost all the soldiers who injured their abdomen and head died, and all the soldiers who injured their hands and legs were disabled.
With such an intuitive feeling, back in their respective barracks, all the generals and officers began to conduct self-evaluation and self-correction with harsh words.
In terms of action, that is, to let go of the Qin army's status as the best in the world, and to treat the enemy rigorously by putting the opponent at the same level, or even one level higher than himself.
In order to prevent the chariot from raiding, the Qin army dug several huge chasms that were three zhang deep and five zhang wide in the direction of more than 100 miles deep on the frontal battlefield.
If you want to defeat the enemy, you must first protect yourself!
Qin Ning studied the high-grade alchemy ordnance obtained from the East-Leaning City to block the enemy, and found that the materials used in the projectile of this alchemy product were not very special. However, the overall structure of the projectile is simple and simple, and there is a feeling of unity.
This launcher is deceptively simple, but it has been refined in each part, and after the parts are connected together, there is no trace of connection on it without looking closely.
This is a master-level high-grade alchemy product!
Qin Ning secretly compared his alchemy level, and felt that the alchemist who refined this alchemy product was not too different from himself.
The launcher didn't make much discovery, so Qin Ning focused his attention on the projectile he had captured.
Unexpectedly, this projectile is more complicated than I imagined. The material used in the projectile is also the high-grade alchemy material that Qin Ning has seen, but it is unique in design, and the head of the projectile is improved in the shape of a pointed spiral, so that the projectile will be accelerated by a spiral during the process, which can greatly improve the armor-piercing strength of the projectile itself.
The back of the projectile adopts a stretched and elongated design, and countless fine lines are processed, so that when it penetrates into the enemy's body, it will burst according to the traces on the lines, and at this time, the projectile still has a spiral trajectory, so it will cause meat grinder-like damage to the depth of the enemy's wound.
Thinking of the damage caused by these projectiles to the soldiers of the Qin Army, Qin Ning felt both pain and hatred in his heart.
Qin Ning tried it on the launch device, and the effective range of such a projectile could reach a distance of 200 zhang! The Qin army's current light infantry long-range attack ordnance did not have this level!
The more such a situation is, the more conservative and negative thinking is necessary. Once you are conservative and negative, the morale of the other party will come up, and the morale of your own side will fall.
Under the influence of one and the other, the shape of the battlefield will be uncontrollable.
Thinking of this, Qin Ning gathered all the generals of the Eastern Front Group Army together, and said his idea of striving for the initiative, so that everyone could talk about their opinions.
The Qin army's setback in the Eastern Tilt City was not only a simple problem of personnel losses, but also the new high-grade alchemy ordnance adopted by the Eastern Emperor's army, as well as the novel tactical tactics, which left a deep impression on the Qin army.
The general in charge of intelligence immediately spoke, believing that knowing himself and knowing that the other side would not be defeated in a hundred battles, and now the Qin army still knew very little about how many unknown new high-grade alchemy weapons the other party had mastered. It takes time to understand these situations. Therefore, this general asked Qin Ning to give him half a month, and he would definitely find out the situation of the other party.
Another general suggested that it would be quite risky to launch an attack on the Eastern Prince under the current circumstances. This is not to say that the Qin army is afraid of the new high-grade alchemy ordnance of the Eastern Prince, but because the Qin army is currently adopting a full-defense strategic defense against the Eastern Prince's troops.
In this case, there are too many places to take care of, and in case the Eastern Emperor adopts the tactics of focusing on breakthroughs, the defensive pressure of the local Qin army is too great. Deploying manpower to launch an attack will weaken the regional defense, which is not conducive to the overall defense.
Some generals also proposed that it is not impossible to fight, but it must hurt the eastern prince. Only when the Eastern Prince is hurt will the Eastern Prince have any scruples and dare not fight with the Qin army lightly.
The generals discussed one after another, and finally reached a unanimous consensus that it was possible to fight, but it must be limited to a local one, and that the entire war should not be drawn to confrontation on the whole front because of a local battle, because the risk of that would be too great.
Qin Ning was very satisfied with the opinions formed with the generals, and what Qin Ning was most afraid of was that the generals were arrogant or conservative.
Those who fight will start with righteousness and end with miraculous victory.
Precise calculation and the courage to take risks are the most valuable qualities that a good general should possess once unified......!