Chapter 144: First Thoughts on the Tactics of Battle
On the second day, when the rooster crowed, all the Tiger Ben Army obeyed Qin Wu's order and went directly to the school field, no matter how sad or sad they were last night, but their resolute spirit allowed them to cross that hurdle, reorganize their spirits, and show the momentum that the Tiger Ben Army should have.
"Good. Qin Wu, who was standing at the forefront, looked around, and the mental state of the Tiger Benjun made him very satisfied.
Then Qin Wu said to Ren Hanran, who was traveling with him: "General Yiwei, there will be you next." β
"Are you sure that's really the case?" Ren Hanran still hesitated whether Qin Wu's method was feasible, because the army tactics that Qin Wu thought of were too bizarre.
When the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army vented their emotions last night, Qin Wu was not idle, but continued to inform Ren Hanran of many things, including the things he wanted to ask Ren Hanran to help with training.
Qin Wu said this last night: "First, I want to divide the Tiger Ben Army into three, and the Wing Guard General can understand it as the number of rectification corps. β
"Only three corps?" Ren Hanran asked at the time, "Wouldn't this be too inconvenient? β
Usually a legion is mostly based on 10,000 people, but now there are 100,000 left in the total number of Tiger Ben Army, if it is only divided into three parts, then a legion will have more than 30,000 people, which is more than three times the usual legion, and it means that Qin Wu means that no matter how many people are recruited in the future, it will only be fixed to three legions.
"No, it won't. Qin Wu shook his head and said, "The ordinary army is precisely because it is too complicated, so it can only reduce the number of people, and the army I want to change is different from the ordinary army and will not be affected by this aspect." β
"Well, since General Qin is confident, then I won't speculate much. Ren Hanran nodded and said, "This first point is easy to handle, what about the rest?"
Qin Wu then stretched out his second finger, "The second point is to conduct special training on three different weapons for the three legions, as for the three weapons, they are 'shield' and 'bow'...... Well, and the 'gun' is good. β
The shield and bow were thought of by Qin Wu before, and the gun was considered temporarily, firstly because he was good at spearmanship, and secondly, because Qin Wu thought of cooperating with the shield, this is not a knight's rivers and lakes, compared with the sword, the spear is more suitable for the battlefield whether it is the attack distance or the defense of the array, the shield is blocked in front, and the back is naturally a long soldier, so it is set as a gun.
"This is also very simple, you don't need my help at all, right?" Ren Hanran said in surprise, "The standard weapon in the army is a spear, and the shield is definitely not a problem, although the archer is difficult to practice, but the Tiger Ben Army is not a local army, it is an elite division, the training is very strict and comprehensive, it can be said that you can charge as a cavalry when you get on the horse, and you can be an infantry array when you get off the horse, even if you pick up a bow and arrow, even if you are not all marksmen, but they must all be above the normal level, these three weapons, the Tiger Ben Army does not need to carry out special training." β
Qin Wu shook his head and said, "No, General Yiwei, you don't understand what I mean, I naturally know that the Tiger Ben Army is a very elite army, and it can be said that it is proficient in all eighteen weapons, and there are no limitations. β
"But what I mean is that the three armies are trained to cooperate with each other in the tactics of these three different weapons, that is, the three legions will only use this one weapon from now on!"
"Only use this kind of weapon??" Ren Hanran didn't react, "Wait, General Qin is saying that one of the legions only uses shields??"
You can't blame Ren Hanran for not being able to understand, if you say that an army only uses spears, that's normal, if you say that you only use bows, then it makes sense to treat them as an archery corps, but what's the matter with only using a shield? How to kill the enemy with a shield?
Qin Wu replied: "Yes, only one type, the three legions allocate guns, shields, and bows to meet the needs of defense, melee combat, and long-range, and then let the three legions carry out training in cooperation with each other, although it is said to be training, but as long as they are familiar with this method of warfare, there are no superfluous details, what is focused is to simplify the complex, control the complex with simplicity, and achieve the highest efficiency of combat in the simplest way." β
Ren Hanran continued to ask: "Forget about the gun camp and bow business, but what about the shield camp?
Qin Wu said: "The shield battalion is only responsible for defense, and the gun battalion and the bow battalion are responsible for killing the enemy, and in the same way, the spear battalion and the bow battalion completely abandon defense and are only responsible for attacking. β
"Only responsible for ......" Ren Hanran opened his mouth and continued after a while, "I probably understand what General Qin meant, but General Qin said that he was only responsible for ...... Isn't it too crazy? If the soldiers of the gun battalion and the bow battalion are attacked, then according to General Qin, they are not allowed to defend?"
"Yes. Qin Wu's answer was categorical, "The matter of the shield camp." β
"If the men of the shield camp have a chance to kill the enemy, why don't they do it and watch the enemy flee?"
"Yes, that's the gun camp and the bow camp. β
After listening to Qin Wu's words, Ren Hanran couldn't laugh or cry, how can the battlefield be so simple and say what it is, in Ren Hanran's opinion, this is not efficient, but rigid!
But Ren Hanran was not good at sweeping Qin Wu's face, so he said tactfully: "General Qin's idea is good, but should we make more preparations, such as equipping the people of the shield camp with a knife, and equipping the people of the bow camp with a melee weapon, so as not to be close." β
Qin Wu continued to say with certainty: "There are gun battalions and bow battalions, why does the shield battalion need to use knives?
Although Qin Wu did not back down, he still saw Ren Hanran's worries, so Qin Wu continued: " I know what the winged guard general thinks, but please believe me, it is precisely because of single-mindedness that they can do it to the extreme, if the shield battalion has a knife, then they will not defend wholeheartedly, they will think of killing the enemy with a knife, instead of thinking that the gun battalion and the bow battalion will solve the enemy, in the same way, if the shield battalion can not defend wholeheartedly, then the bow battalion and the gun battalion will also be abnormal, and begin to think about what to do if they are attacked, and then they will not be able to attack wholeheartedly, as the so-called embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed in the anthill, once there is a distraction, then it will cause a series of chain reactionsγ β
"What I want is the kind of thing that doesn't need to worry and think, just do what you have to do, and give it to your companions without worrying about the back, the shield camp is only responsible for defense, helping the gun camp and the bow camp to block the enemy when they are attacked, the gun camp is only responsible for close combat, killing the enemy who is blocked by the shield camp and close to the attack on the bow camp, the bow camp is only responsible for long-range, shooting the enemy from a distance to support the shield camp and the gun camp. β
"And what I want the winged guard general to help me do is to let the Tiger Ben army adapt to this change, adapt to this tactic!"
Recalling Qin Wu's words last night, Ren Hanran sighed, although what Qin Wu said was very whimsical and even a bit on paper, but it was not unreasonable, so he could only believe Qin Wu's words and try it, but after all, soldiers are not chess pieces on the chessboard who can't think, can this kind of tactics really be as easy as Qin Wu said?