Steel Dynasty - Chapter 316

[Chapter 316 Sand table deduction]

“Dong dong dong… dong dong dong…”

On the Qingzhou campus, five hundred soldiers from the Pioneer Battalion lined up in columns and were marching forward. The soldiers put their flintlock rifles on their shoulders and stepped on the drums step by step. One step towards the destination.

Zhu Siwu stood on one side of the column, also marching with the vanguard battalion to the beat of drums.

This kind of formation training started three days ago after the vanguard battalion was equipped with flintlock muskets. At the beginning of the march, the officers chanted slogans, but two days later, two small drums were sent to the military camp.

Niu Ben randomly ordered two soldiers from the vanguard camp to be responsible for playing drums.

“Because it is a line battle, in future wars, it will be difficult to make the troops “move in unison” without a unified voice. The role of drums will be reflected in time.”

When Zhu Wuliu asked why, Niu This is what Ben answered him. It is said that His Highness said this at the Army School of Bowen College. His Highness also requested that this drum be made.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly saw that the queue was going astray. He immediately picked up his stick and walked over, hitting each of the three soldiers who were going astray with a stick.

After being slapped hard on the buttocks, the three soldiers grinned in pain and immediately readjusted their pace to merge into the queue.

Turning back, Zhu Siwu once again stared closely at the queue of soldiers.

Although he didn’t understand the purpose of such a slow and rhythmic march, he believed that all His Highness’s decisions were correct.

The only thing he was looking forward to was when it would be their turn for these bold captains to study at Bowen College.

While he was thinking about it, Niu Ben, Luo Xin, Lu Fei, Xian Guangyi, Di Ying, Bai Mu, Zhao Gong and others were receiving brand-new war teaching at Bowen College.

After Niu Ben took over the Qingzhou Army, he quickly promoted several outstanding captains from among the decisive captains in Qingzhou, and selected some outstanding captains from among the outstanding centurions.

After all, the current Qingzhou Army has expanded to 20,000 people, not the thousands of people in Lu Fei’s era. Without enough generals, it is impossible to effectively command the soldiers in the war.

Xiao Ming reviewed all the people promoted by Niu Ben, and he was very satisfied with Niu Ben’s choice.

Because this list coincided with what he thought, Niu Ben had no selfish motives.

“Your Highness, what is this?”

A huge sand table six meters long and wide was placed in the Army Academy. The content on the sand table was the terrain from Bingzhou, Jizhou, Cangzhou to the land occupied by the barbarians.

And the terrain is marked with the number of barbarian troops in front of him that he can detect.

In the first two days of teaching, Xiao Ming mainly taught some basic musketeer training knowledge and asked Niu Ben to go back and implement it.

On the battlefield, the formation of the musketeers is the most important. After all, the flintlock does not rely on accuracy, but on the density and persistence of bullets on one side.

“This thing is called a sand table. It is used for battle deductions. You also have some wood carvings on hand. These wood carvings represent the Qingzhou Army and the barbarians.

Niu Ben picked up a wood carving. This wood carving is a soldier carrying a flintlock gun. Image, only the size of a finger.

“This is artillery. “Luo Xin picked up an artillery wood carving and played with it with great interest.

Lu Fei was not idle either. He picked up the wood carvings of two cavalrymen and made a collision. The two cavalrymen were in the shape of barbarian cavalry and Qingzhou cavalry respectively.

Niu Fei Ben glanced at the sand table, then looked at the wood carvings, and quickly figured out the use of these wood carvings.

He picked up a wood carving of an artilleryman and placed it at the location of Cangzhou City, and then took a wood carving of the barbarian cavalry and placed it at the Blood Wolf Tribe.

The other captains suddenly understood and looked excited.

It must be said that Niu Ben was a natural general and understood the military reforms very quickly. Xiao Ming said: “Captain Niu’s demonstration

.

You must have understood that this sand table is just a more specific map. Today on the sand table we will deduce how to drive the barbarians out of Youzhou. “

After a pause, “At the same time, I will also demonstrate a musketeer formation on the sand table to deal with cavalry. You must keep it in mind and focus on training soldiers on how to quickly form this hollow square formation. “

Everyone nodded after hearing this. Niu Ben first said: “Your Highness, if you want to defeat the barbarians in Youzhou, this cavalry is indispensable. Lei Ming has gained a lot on the battlefield during this period. Now the number of Guan Ning’s cavalry has increased to six. Thousands of people, judging from the general’s opinion, although the range and power of the musketeers are enough to engage in a field battle with the barbarians outside Cangzhou City, without cavalry it is still difficult to pursue the defeated barbarian cavalry. The general suggested that Lei Ming lead the Guan Ning cavalry. Training together with the Qingzhou Cavalry, after all, if it is a war, the scattered Guan Ning Cavalry will suffer. “

” What Governor Niu said makes sense. Now not only the musketeers need to be trained, but the cavalry must also be trained strictly. They must cooperate with each other on the battlefield. To defeat the barbarians, they must rely on the cavalry to pursue them. “Xiao Ming said.

“If this is the case, do the cavalry also need to be equipped with flintlock guns? ” Qi Guangyi asked, he was the cavalry general.

Xiao Ming shook his head, “Yes, you will also be equipped with flintlock muskets, but unlike the musketeers, you are equipped with short-barreled muskets, because you don’t have any on horseback. You won’t be able to operate long-barreled flintlock guns, and your plate armor will also be obsolete. “

“Take off the plate armor?” Qi Guangyi was very excited when he heard that he could be equipped with muskets, but what Xiao Ming said next shocked him. He argued: “Your Highness, how can our cavalry resist the barbarian arrows if we take off the plate armor?” Xiao

Ming

pondered for a moment and said: “The reason why plate armor is eliminated is because the flexibility of plate armor on horses is too low. However, the elimination of plate armor does not mean that you have no armor. In the future, you will be equipped with breastplates and sabers, which will become breastplates.” cavalry. “

Xiao Ming actually had his own ideas as to why he trained his cavalry in this area.

On the battlefield in the 18th century, cuirassiers were very active for a while, and Napoleon’s restoration of cuirassiers in the 18th century also proved that cuirassiers were very important. The defense on the battlefield is good and the survival rate is higher.

Facing the arrows of the barbarians, the cuirassiers wearing helmets and breastplates have good defense and their flexibility and mobility are greatly improved. They are more than enough to pursue and clean the battlefield.

However, the only shortcoming is that the short-barreled musket and the three-eye fire blunderbuss are only two shots in battle and cannot be used continuously. However, since there is a labor-saving musket, it is not used in vain in regular combat, and maybe it can scare the barbarians. war horse.

As for the pulley crossbow, it was originally used by Guan Ning’s cavalry to attack autumn winds and sneak attacks, so there is no need to eliminate it. After all, the sound of the musket is too loud and cannot be used for sneaky things.

Regarding this issue, Xiao Ming explained it to Qi Guangyi, and Qi Guangyi nodded slowly.

Niu Ben smiled and said: “Your Highness is right, but no matter what kind of cavalry, discipline and training are the real weapons. Qi Guangyi, you can’t rely too much on weapons.”

(End of Chapter)