Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1290 Death and Revenge ([-])

This kind of hint, at this moment; and the several wars between Britain and France in the past few decades; and the history of Dunkirk being demolished and rebuilt, rebuilt and demolished, make it easy for De la Crewe I understand Dashun's overtures and sincerity.

After he was convinced that Dashun would definitely choose to send the British captives back to the UK and carry out the strategy of "spreading panic by those who have witnessed the war" in the UK, De la Crewe did not continue to argue.

In itself, the Toulon fleet has few ships.

There is a prince from Dashun, and a lieutenant general who has just been promoted from France, their status is unequal.

Since it is the age of empires, each other's crowns and crowns must be recognized by each other.When France sent him, he handed over the command of the war in the Mediterranean to Dashun, and De la Crewe had no chance of contesting it.

So he immediately sent someone to pass the news of Gibraltar's victory back to Paris, and attached Dashun's meaning.

This kind of thing should be left to the Duke of Choiseul, or the king's small circle of friends of the king.

However, De La Crue still felt very relieved: at least, Dashun's attitude on the Dunkirk issue showed that although the differences between the two sides existed, there seemed to be no differences in core interests, which proved that there was still We can continue to cooperate.

When the matter was settled, de la Crue went to prepare it.

The high-ranking officers in Dashun didn't go to check the captives, but continued to look at the mountains and rivers of the Mediterranean Sea on the rocky mountain of Gibraltar, feeling agitated and filled with emotion.

Li Yan turned around and looked at the distant battlefield where the gunpowder smoke had not yet cleared, and suddenly said: "Do you still remember when you first heard about Gibraltar and the Dunkirk incident I just talked about?"

These high-ranking military officers in Dashun, as classmates at the same time, almost gave a basically unanimous answer.

"It was when we were in Weihai. When Xing Guogong talked about the situation in Europe, when he talked about the War of the Spanish Succession, and when he talked about the Battle of Blenheim."

"I remember, at that time, it was the time when the wooden stock bullets for rifled guns were just researched, right? The Duke was talking about some tactical changes, talking about the relationship between weapons, technology, formations, and tactics?"

Chen Qinghai gave an accurate answer, and the rest of the people nodded and said, "Yes, this time."

That time, of course Li Yan was there.

Looking back, everyone looked back at the battlefield and let out a sigh of relief, as if they were commemorating the passing of an era.

It is the days when they were young when they trained together in Weihai, their own youth.

I also saw this scene on the battlefield, and thought of Liu Yu's words about "the times are constantly changing". feel the changing times.

I was in Weihai at the time.

Liu Yu just relayed Engels' evaluation of the Battle of Blenheim after getting the rifled rifle with wooden stock that he had developed. The evaluation is quite in place.

[This battle has special significance from a tactical point of view. 】

[It illustrates with great clarity the great difference between the tactics of the time and the tactics of the present.The same situation, that there are two settlements in front of the flanks, which would today be considered one of the most favorable conditions for a defensive position, would have been a cause of defeat for an army of the eighteenth century. 】

[At that time infantry was utterly unfit for skirmish warfare, of a decidedly irregular character, which today renders masonry settlements, defended by elite troops, almost invincible. 】

Concisely describes skirmish tactics and line tactics, facing the same battlefield and the same environment, completely different situations.

Dashun’s battle in Gibraltar was actually a physical demonstration of Engels’ evaluation:
There is a generational difference between the era of line soldiers and the era of skirmishers in terms of defensive tactics, defense systems, and trench tactics.

Dashun's stragglers, a small number of stragglers, withstood several times the British army attacking with line tactics in the defense of trenches, ring fortifications, and masonry strongholds.

Judging from the casualties of both sides, the Battle of Gibraltar was not considered a major battle.

But the tactical systems of the East and the West meet here, and those who have really experienced this war, including John Mordaunt, who has committed suicide, have already seen some problems.

The old days, or rather, the days of pure lines, are over.

The era of the Bastion is also coming to an end.

Times are changing, and a new tactical change is about to begin. Whoever fails to keep up will fail.

Explosive ammunition, skirmishers, and column shock tactics as a transition, echelon deployment of troops for trench defense, increased ratio of rifled guns, etc., even if the tactical system cannot be rewritten immediately.

But at least the dawn of a new era has emerged.

John Mordaunt, on the defensive side, wrote advice to London before his death that times had changed.

And the Dashun officers on the attacking side, as the victors, also experienced the changes of the times firsthand.

The phalanx is vulnerable to explosive bullets.

The line attack suffered heavy losses in the face of skirmish tactics.

Bastion without a roof, dense line tactics, and distance are completely eliminated, leaving only a barrel that can withstand higher chamber pressure, a safer fuze, and a cheaper pull Rifling machines.

Before this battle, questions like "Whether we and the real military powers in Europe are stronger or weaker, and whether Dashun's tactical system is correct" have been lingering on the heads of these high-ranking officers in Dashun.

The Battle of Nanyang was fought against the declining Netherlands, and there were basically no decent battles.

In the battle of India, it was purely based on bullying the few with more, pulling out an army of [-] to [-], and nearly ten times as many artillery pieces.

Until the Battle of Gibraltar, it was considered to be a fight against the standing army of the British army. As a result, both the attacker and the defender came to the conclusion: the tactical system may have to undergo another change.

A group of military officers lamented that the times are changing too fast.

The feeling is subtle, not the one where Songsu starts to emit soot and steam.

As soldiers, they can also deeply appreciate this rapid change from a military point of view.

Of course they knew what Dashun's military system and tactical system were like when they were young.Because they are either the sons of high-ranking officials or dignitaries, or they are soldiers of the good family system.

Waiting for the military reform to start, Dashun began to equip flintlock guns and bayonets, and began to integrate artillery, using artillery, phalanx, line, and salvo to decide the victory.

From the Altai Mountains, to Japan, and then to Southeast Asia.

Then, in just over ten years, new tactics such as rifled guns with wooden support bullets, skirmishers and cavalry guns combined with anti-cavalry, skirmishers plus column charge, flowering bombs, tiger squatting cannon revival, defensive trenches and trench deployments in batches, etc. , start promoting again.

These people's understanding of "the times are constantly changing, the general trend of the world is vast and mighty, those who follow it will survive, and those who go against it will perish", it should be said that it has been continuously deepened and strengthened in a form of necessity.

Just tactically, they have sent away two eras.

Reminiscent of the various changes taking place in Dashun at this time, it is inevitable that they will have a lot of sighs.

When the "change" itself no longer makes people feel "unsuitable", then how to change and what it becomes will gradually make people no longer feel that there is any sense of "taken for granted".

Though the way they feel changes is only through war.

But the key is that the three views they subtly accept make their cognition of "change" a very awkward cognition, and they have established a cognition method that seems very strange in this era: it must be because of the Therefore, B has become like this; B has become like this, in essence, A has changed.

For example, a change in tactics is due to a change in weapons.

The weapons have changed, but the tactics remain the same. If you encounter the scene of lining up, impacting rifles and explosive bullets to defend the position, it will cause a disastrous defeat.

This kind of cognition, if you look at it narrowly, is not a big problem. If you look at it narrowly, it is just military reform.

But for Dashun, the real big problem is that this entire group of people from the New School in a broad sense has been subtly influenced by the three views: what is the foundation and what is the superstructure or appearance.If the foundation changes, the superstructure must change, or it will collapse.

From all kinds of things, all kinds of sanctity are broken.

From the tactical reform, the officers have broken away a lot of the sanctity of the past, and turned tactics into a boring knowledge that corresponds to weapons, morale, military pay, etc. one by one.Nothing is immutable, unchangeable, or changeable anymore.

From the reform of trade, businessmen broke away many of the sanctity of the past, and turned sea voyage into a boring knowledge, which corresponds to wind direction, longitude and latitude, ocean current, sun, earth, time, etc. one by one.Nothing is immutable anymore, and everything that was consecrated has been smashed, from gods to oral taboos.

Even some officials, in the reform of Songsu, also broke away many of the sacredness of the past, and turned the development of taxation into a kind of boring knowledge, which depends on interest, interest rate, land income, merger tendency, silver to buy land or do business. One-to-one correspondence of boring, immoral, and inhuman knowledge about rewards, the relationship between infanticide and the textile industry—for example, the change of the issue of infanticide in Songsu relies on the development of the textile industry and the cruelty of the textile industry. "Bodied labor", "child labor with dexterous fingers" and "half of women's wages at work are paid by their parents or in-laws" are extremely dark policies that correspond to the feudal ethics and the feudal moral reality without a cultural revolution.

This subtle change is nothing more than the deepest feeling of these officers.

This group of officers in the Dashun navy and army system were considered high-ranking officers, so naturally they would not express their emotions because of a battle involving 5000 men.

But the changes of the times behind this battle made them feel inexplicable.

It was also the discussion many years ago on tactical issues such as skirmish tactics, line tactics, and excessive column charges caused by the issue of rifled guns that made Li Yan at this time know Dunkirk, the scar of France. , know some of the situation in France.

And after empathy, he put forward such a proposal to show favor to France, maintain alliances and mutual trust.

After sighing and reminiscing, Li Yan clicked on Chen Qinghai's name, and said: "This time, when I go to London, Tian Ping, who belongs to the Duke of Qi, is on the diplomatic side. He was sent to the UK as a minister at the beginning. He is familiar with this place, and he can be regarded as the Duke of Qi." In the early years, he helped pave the way for him to make great achievements. Who would have thought that the most glorious and most successful ambassador would go to England instead of Rakshasa or France?"

"The army here is not only to deter, but also to be able to control the situation. You can lead the team there. I guess that the French side must send at least one with a title. The people on our side must also be able to control the situation." It’s okay, there are some things. It can be regarded as a look at the British navy. When we were fighting here, you were still in the Cape of Good Hope. "

(End of this chapter)