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Chapter 150 War Is Complicated

It is difficult to make a decision to fight, and it is even more difficult to determine a combat plan.

As soon as he got into the details of the battle plan, Li Ping found that this battle was far more difficult than he imagined.

"The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel."

It is not difficult to attack a miscellaneous army with about three times the strength, but it is obviously not enough to wipe it out.

War is very complex, and it can never be a simple balance of power.

The first problem that Li Ping has to face is that there is no unified precise time.

For raids, neither bugles, whistles nor gongs and drums could be used.And if you don't fight a surprise battle and carry out a strong attack when the enemy is prepared, it will be difficult to guarantee success with a 3 to 1 force.

There are no watches now. Although large gear-shaped clocks have become popular among the royal family and the rich, they were still extremely rare among the people in the late Ming Dynasty. possible things.

Immediately afterwards, what is also crucial is how to allow the troops to enter completely unfamiliar offensive positions accurately and silently in the dark, and there must be no problems of getting lost and out of touch.This puts extremely high demands on the organizational capabilities of the troops, and they are still a new army no matter what.

There are many other problems.

What if the dogs in the village were alarmed before the attack started?How to touch the enemy's sentinel?How to connect and cooperate between companies and platoons after the offensive begins?How to allocate the troops for encirclement and leak prevention on the periphery and the offensive troops?How many reserves are retained and where are they deployed?Is the reconnaissance company engaged in sentry detection or as cavalry for key assaults and pursuits? ...

There are a lot of problems, and each one is very nerve-wracking.

Because the staff office, which is seriously inexperienced, does not have the ability to come up with a detailed combat plan in such a short period of time, and it is impossible for Li Ping alone to complete all the detailed planning in such a short period of time, so this time The combat plan can only be urgently determined in a big frame, and then the officers above the company are called together to determine the details.

As a result, the combat meeting almost turned into a discussion meeting, because the more people opened up, the more problems they found.

But there are benefits too.

This gave the participating officers their first taste of how complex a battle can be organized, and everyone learned a lot from it.

Moreover, they were even more astounded by the "superior" ability of their young chiefs to think, solve and make decisions.In particular, most of the problems were raised by Li Ping himself, and most of the feasible solutions to the problems were proposed by him.

Although Li Ping had never fought a war in the original time and space, nor was he an infantry soldier, he had done a lot of planning of various non-military operations and paramilitary operations. The "excellence" he displayed was actually just a long-term Career development.

His "excellence" is actually just a child's play or even a little low-level for those who are actually engaged in combat, but here, these subordinates who are generally very low in knowledge, have very limited knowledge and seriously lack combat experience have become a kind of pervert. exist.

When there were no more doubts about the main issues, Li Ping decisively made the decision first and announced the combat order.

After all, their time is limited and cannot be spent here endlessly.

This raid will mainly focus on the attacks of swordsmen, spearmen and archers, while the blunderbuss and support personnel of the support battalion will mainly carry out siege and plugging on the periphery.The reconnaissance company will also leave [-] cavalry to concentrate on the open area on the left side of the villa and wait for orders. The main task is to pursue and assault the enemy soldiers who escaped from the encirclement.

At the beginning of 5 o'clock, that is, around [-] o'clock in the morning, all companies will start to advance from the assembly area to the designated offensive position.

"Touching the sentry" means destroying the enemy's sentry.

Since the sunrise time at this time is about a little over 7:[-] in the morning, and according to estimates, it will continue to be sunny.

So when the first ray of light appeared in the sky, it was the order to start the raid.

In the initial stage of the raid, all troops must covertly engage the enemy, and the later the attack is exposed, the better.If it is found in advance that there is an obvious sound of fighting in a certain area, use this as a signal to carry out a storm in advance.

If the enemy finds us before our attack, the covert raid will be changed to a strong attack immediately.At the same time, the discovered company should immediately sound its bugle to inform other troops.

When each company raids, it is necessary to set up an assault team composed of elite soldiers to carry out obstacle removal and platooning in front of the entire company.

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After all the plans were announced, Li Ping emphasized two more points.

First, after the meeting, the company commanders and deputy company commanders of each company, under the leadership of the reconnaissance company, first approached the villa in a concealed manner to familiarize themselves with the positions that the troops were scheduled to enter.But it is strictly forbidden to get too close, and a safe distance of at least one mile should be kept to prevent being discovered by dogs.

Second, when each company assigns tasks, it must be clear to all officers and soldiers that what we are going to fight is a group of rogues pretending to be an army.

It was close to midnight when everything was finally deployed.

Looking at the tired faces of the officers, Li Ping suddenly regretted it. He felt that his decision might have been too hasty.

But the military order has been issued, and there is absolutely no reason to cancel it.

It is best not to do the thing of turning off the flames and playing with the princes, otherwise the military order will easily become a trifling matter.

In the second half of the night, Li Ping wanted to force himself to sleep for a while, but he couldn't fall asleep at all.

Looking at Mayong and others who were also constantly turning over in the open-air camp around him, he thought to himself that not many people would be able to fall asleep this night!
As time passed, in a forest not far from Li Ping, Zhang Qing was woken up by Qi Gang next to him.

Although Qi Gang's strength was very light, Zhang Qing got up immediately, and instinctively touched the knife beside him.

He didn't relax until he took a quick look around.

"How can you sleep! I haven't slept all night." The burly Qi Gang was puzzled by this, his eyes were already red from staying up late.

"Are you going to go?" Zhang Qing asked casually as he looked at the crowd around him who started to move lightly and busy.

"I saw that in our neighborhood, you were the only one who fell asleep and snored, and everyone else was awake." Qi Gang continued to speak in a low voice.

The two were completely talking to each other.

"I have a big heart." Zhang Qing finally responded to Qi Gang.

While speaking, Zhang Qing opened the water bag and poured a little water on his hand, then wiped it on his face.

The coldness gave him a jolt, and he became much more energetic.

Qi Gang is the son of Qi Cheng, the foreman of the blacksmith area, and Zhang Qing is a new helper in the blacksmith area.Because they couldn't strike iron during the march, both of them who had nothing to do volunteered to sign up to assist in this military operation.

Although Zhang Qing's blacksmithing skills were average, Kong Wu's powerful appearance and bold and calm personality quickly attracted Qi Gang to surround him.

As soon as they simply packed up, their team set off.

When passing by the area where the health team was located, Zhang Qing immediately opened his eyes wide to look for it.

With the bright moon in the sky, he easily found Zhang Ying, a girl who was about to set off with her hands and feet tucked in the crowd, and her team would be at the end.

If Zhang Ying hadn't joined the health team, if Zhang Ying hadn't insisted on participating in this military operation, Zhang Qing probably wouldn't have come either.

Zhang Ying saw Zhang Qing's caring eyes, she stuck out her tongue and smiled playfully, and nodded.

Zhang Qing also smiled kindly, and then went to follow the team with confidence.

The long line heading towards Zhuangzi was very quiet, without any command and supervision, let alone any fire lights, everyone was staring at the back of the previous person as required.

Although they were not forced to hold grass in their mouths, all of them obeyed the rules and did not speak. Of course, the horses were muzzled and thick cloth was wrapped around their feet.

This is a very disciplined team and a very disciplined team.

Walking among them, Zhang Qing realized for the first time what Yuan Ye meant by "strict military discipline and excellent training".

The march in the dark can be so measured, and the organization can be so meticulous.Even Zhang Qing, who had been in the north for many years and was used to seeing strong troops, couldn't help being a little shocked.

Zhang Qing and the people transferred from the support battalion were all in charge of the outer containment and also served as the reserve force.When they approached Zhuangzi for a mile, they stopped advancing and began to disperse their nets.

Zhang Qing's position happened to be with a group of cavalry.

Because a lot of advance was made, it was still early in the morning, and everyone could only shrink in the designated area in the cold.

When everything was completely silent, the continuous heavy breathing became more and more obvious, and many people were very nervous.

Qi Gang was also very nervous, he kept wiping his face with his hands, and stood firmly next to Zhang Qing.Several times, Zhang Qing felt that he wanted to say something, but he didn't dare to say it.

For those who are new to the battlefield, emotional control is a big problem, and the usual restraint is reflected at this time.

Suddenly, there was a very dissonant clacking sound not far away.

A military horse became inexplicably irritable and made a lot of noise.The owner of the horse hurriedly pulled it hard, but it didn't work.

The eyes of everyone around were attracted by this sudden situation.

Seeing this, Zhang Qing rushed up immediately, pulled the rein from the cavalryman's hand in the astonishment of everyone, and then gently hugged the horse's neck.

"Chong..."

That was the sound of a knife being drawn.

"Want to court death?"

The horse owner's low shout followed.

Zhang Qing ignored the horse's owner, but quickly put his own face on the horse's face and started stroking at the same time.

Seeing this, the cavalryman who half held his saber was a little embarrassed. He obviously understood that Zhang Qing was helping him, so he put down the saber silently.

Strange to say, the horse calmed down very quickly.

"what happened?"

Wang Huqiang, the cavalry platoon leader, stared at the cavalryman and asked, he had already rushed over when Zhang Qing rushed up.Wang Huqiang witnessed the whole process of Zhang Qing's handling, but now his face is full of anger.

"I don't know, I didn't do anything." The cavalry replied aggrieved in a low voice.

"This horse is timid, it's scared." Zhang Qing came out in time to explain.

Wang Hu sketched Zhang Qing, and finally pointed at the cavalryman with a frown and said, "Don't make any noise anymore. The horse is under his control now. You should be an infantryman first."

After finishing speaking, Wang Huqiang angrily turned his head and went back to his horse, ignoring the aggrieved eyes of the cavalryman.

Before dawn, when Li Ping watched the sentry team of the reconnaissance company go out, he knew that this battle was no longer under his control.

Everything can only depend on fate.

Notes:

In the late Ming Dynasty, with the entry of European missionaries into China and the opening of trade in Guangzhou, Western clocks began to enter China as gifts and commodities.

In 1581, Italian missionary Luo Mingjian introduced water clocks and prisms to China as a stepping stone to open the door of Chinese government. In 1601, another Italian missionary, Matteo Ricci, came to China, and he gave two self-ringing bells to Emperor Wanli.Since then, the self-ringing bell has entered the palace.

After Matteo Ricci brought Western clocks to Beijing, the Chinese quickly mastered the production technology of self-ringing clocks.According to records, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were Chinese people learning clock technology and imitating production.Zeng Dezhao, a Portuguese missionary who lived in Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou and other places for many years, recorded in his "Travel Notes" after returning to Europe in 1640:

The handicraft they (Chinese) appreciate most is the gear clock.They are well built now.Can be placed on the table.For the same price as ours, they can make the smallest one.

It can be seen that the level of watchmaking in China developed rapidly in the late Ming Dynasty.

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