Daming kill

Chapter 195

After comforting Song Baolai, Li Ping crossed Fushui to the foot of Yeji Mountain next to Banbi Mountain.

The newly formed cavalry battalion was deployed there.

The highly mobile cavalry deployed here can not only use the large flat land in the south of Yeji Mountain for training, but also effectively provide rapid support to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the mountain passes in the north of Xingguo Prefecture.

When Li Ping arrived, the cavalry battalion was in full swing for training.

Most of these cavalry are conducting basic personal riding training such as horse slashing and obstacle riding, a small number are conducting training such as horse archery and fancy riding, and a small part are conducting basic infantry training. queue training.

Due to the shortage of horses in the newly formed cavalry battalion, there are currently only two cavalry companies, each with about [-] soldiers.

The battalion commander is Ma Lan, the deputy battalion commander is Zhang Qing, and the two company commanders are Wang Huqiang and Yuan Ye.

The company commander of the reconnaissance company was taken over by Zhao Dongdong, and the deputy company commander was Ma Xiaotian.

However, because Zhao Dongdong was sent to accompany Zhou Wen to escort King Jing's family, Ma Lan also served as the reconnaissance company commander for the time being.

Most of the soldiers in the cavalry battalion were drawn from the original company. Most of them were not good at riding, and some were even very bad. Only a small part of them were newly recruited people who were good at riding from Huangpi County and Xingguo Prefecture.

This is also the reason for their large training differences.

Due to the large number of new recruits, Li Ping's entire military force was actually undergoing reorganization. The original flat command was officially terminated, and a three-level command system of company, battalion, and regiment was formally established.

However, the newly formed battalion did not have an organization like the original battalion, but a simple command organization. The original battalion organization had been directly upgraded to a regiment organization.

Except for the cavalry battalion, navy battalion and the reconnaissance company that continues to be directly under it.

The infantry is currently organized into 5 battalions tentatively, and it is planned that each battalion will have 4 companies. The companies will continue to be mixed. Depending on the equipment, there will be three-row companies, four-row companies, and even five-row companies.

The five battalion commanders were Xu Changen, the former commander of the third company, Han Jiu, the commander of the fourth company, Liu Ming, the commander of the sixth company, Lu Liang, the commander of the seventh company, and Zhou Peng, the new commander of the first company who had recently been vacant.

After the death of Huang Anzhan, the former company commander of the first company, Zhou Peng was replaced as the deputy company commander. He was originally No. 2 in the first comprehensive assessment.

Wu Dong, the former company commander of the second company (No. 1 in the first comprehensive assessment), was transferred to the agency to take over Zhou Wen's squad instead of being the battalion commander, and Zhou Wen planned to serve as the deputy chief of staff after returning.

Xu Dawei, the commander of the fifth company, had no choice but to condescend to Lu Liang of the fifth battalion to serve as the deputy battalion commander because the company commander who had just taken over from Zhou Wen was short, and Li Ping had always been suspicious of his leadership.

As a result, David Xu became the only company commander who did not take the rocket to become the top battalion commander.

After reorganization in this way, the infantry regiment will be expanded from 8 companies in the Xiangyang period to 20 companies, but most of the companies are still not full, and they are still recruiting new recruits.

If all companies can successfully reach full strength in the future, their strength will be expanded from the original 1200 to more than 3000.

Coupled with cavalry and scouts, the total force directly responsible for ground combat will be nearly three times larger than the original scale.

As for the artillery unit, it has been fully transferred to the naval battalion at present, and the subsequent formation will depend on the production of artillery.

Seeing Li Ping coming to inspect, Ma Lan ran over to accompany him with a red face.

Ma Lan, who has a heavy responsibility, neither shows the slightest sign of being exhausted, nor is he exhausted from exhaustion, but is uncharacteristically radiant. I don't know if he is happy to be promoted, or if he is relieved after jumping out of the hardest scouting kang. of.

The main force of the reconnaissance company is currently directly led by Ma Yong on the opposite side of the Qizhou River. Ma Lan mainly uses his name to train the newly recruited scouts who stay here.

As for the main training of the cavalry, there are real cavalry experts Zhang Qing and Yuan Ye in charge, so Ma Lan doesn't seem to be too tired.

Of course, there may be other reasons!

Although he didn't know much about cavalry, after watching the training for half a day, Li Ping could intuitively feel the leaping progress of the cavalry.

Li Ping couldn't help but nodded frequently when he saw Zhang Qing leading Yuan Ye explaining techniques such as hiding in stirrups and riding and shooting to the cavalry.

And the subsequent exhibitions such as "Eight Steps to Ride" attracted him to applaud along with everyone.

"Eight-step catch-up" refers to getting on the horse from the side of the horse, that is, the horse stands eight steps away in front of the body, gallops over, and jumps on the horse's back.

In addition, the horse riding in an emergency is equally exciting.

This means that in an emergency situation, the saddle is not adjusted first, but the saddle is thrown on the horse's back first, and then the person mounts the horse and fastens the girth while controlling the horse running. status, very useful.

Zhang Qing and Yuan Ye are so professional, it's no wonder that Ma Lan, who has always been rebellious, let go.

But this also made Li Ping professionally vigilant. He always felt that Malan's state was weird and a little abnormal, and the main direction of training seemed not quite right.

Especially Ma Lan was too idle, which made Li Ping very unhappy.

Seeing that Li Ping's face gradually turned cloudy, Ma Lan was stunned.

Until being called to the side to be trained alone, Ma Lan still didn't turn the corner for a while, wanting to make an excuse but didn't know how to do so.

Although Li Ping is only a little older than Ma Lan, he has a lot of prestige, especially Li Ping's consistent actions and unfathomable knowledge and talents are all admired by Ma Lan, which makes him have a feeling of saying no. out of awe.

And it was a kind of awe looking up.

Among the thousands of soldiers and horses, Ma Lan was only afraid of two people.One is his elder brother Ma Yong, and the other is Li Ping.

Li Ping's reprimand to Ma Lan is mainly because he hopes that Ma Lan can become the leader in the cavalry battalion instead of being a subordinate. After all, Zhang Qing is not so reassuring to Li Ping.

Moreover, Li Ping hoped that Malan would vigorously promote discipline, formation and tactical awareness training in the cavalry battalion, instead of focusing on cavalry training on riding skills and individual combat skills.

"Two Mamluk soldiers can definitely defeat three French soldiers, a hundred French soldiers are evenly matched with a hundred Mamluk soldiers, and three hundred French soldiers can probably defeat three hundred Mamluk soldiers. And [-] French soldiers can always defeat [-] Mamluk soldiers."

This is what Engels quoted from Napoleon's diary in "Anti-Dühring" to illustrate the dialectical relationship between quality and quantity, and it is also Napoleon's classic evaluation of French cavalry and Mamluk cavalry that many people know.

Most people think this is to emphasize the importance of discipline.

That's right and wrong.

Napoleon actually explained it very clearly. Although it is a bit long, it is indeed necessary to quote it.

他 说:

The cavalry requires more officers than the infantry, and they should be trained with special care.The victory of cavalry depends not only on speed, but also on the neatness and order of the team and the rational use of reserves.

If the light cavalry is sent as the vanguard, they must be divided into companies, brigades, divisions, etc., so that they can act accordingly.Because the only thing that the vanguard and rear need to do is: sometimes pursue, sometimes retreat in a checkerboard formation, sometimes change into several rows or columns, and sometimes quickly change the front of the front to encircle the enemy's flank.

By these manoeuvres, the vanguard or rearguard can avoid engaging the superior force of the enemy, and avoid too violent a fight with them; The time is stretched to allow the commander time to make a decision, and time for the baggage depot and the convoy to arrive where they should be.

The whole art of the commander of the vanguard and rear consists in holding back the enemy, not putting himself in a position to be beaten, and forcing the enemy to take four hours to advance a mile.

Such results can only be obtained by practical training, and in all cases the cavalry needs this training more than the infantry, the vanguard and rear guard more than any other army.

The Hungarian irregular cavalry we see in 1797, 1805, and 1809 is utterly wretched.If the hussars of Empress Maria Theretia's time were formidable, it was only because they were well organized and especially because of their numbers.

The Russians valued one regiment of well-trained Cossacks as equivalent to three regiments of untrained cavalry.Of these regiments nothing is worth noticing but the Cossacks, for only the Cossacks are well organized, alert, agile, strong, and they are excellent knights who never tire.

They were born on horses and raised in the Civil War and on the plains.They are of the same kind as the Bedouins of the desert and the mountaineers of the Alps.They never lived at home, never slept in beds; and as the sun went down they changed camps so as not to spend the night where they could be found by the enemy.

Two Mamluks can deal with three French soldiers, because they have good horses, are good at riding and are well armed-each Mamluk has two pistols, an old-fashioned musket, and a carbine. He wears a pointed helmet, visor, and chain mail, and owns a few horses and a few gunners on foot.

But a hundred French cavalry are not afraid of a hundred Mamluks, and a thousand French cavalry can defeat fifteen hundred Mamluks; how great is the effect of tactics, formation, and mobility ah!

When the cavalry generals Murat, Lekelelke and Lasalle attacked the Mamluks, they arranged their troops in several ranks.

When the Mamluks began to encircle the first column, the second column moved to the left or right, and then advanced to support the first column.The Mamluks stopped at this moment and massed in an attempt to encircle the flank of the second column.At that moment the French attacked them, and always drove them back.

The task of the vanguard or rearguard is not to attack or retreat, but to act in the camera... These armies should be well-trained armies, in which generals, officers, and soldiers are equally familiar with tactics--according to the degree of each individual's rank .

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Although France has never been a country known for its cavalry, Napoleon was not a cavalry general either.But in the era of Napoleon, the French cavalry could effectively fight against any cavalry on the European battlefield, including the well-known Cossack cavalry in modern times. Napoleon is recognized as one of the greatest military commanders in the world.

Napoleon's vision is not innocuous, and it is also very instructive.

From these words, we can see that the biggest problem of the Mamluk cavalry with excellent personal riding and combat skills is not as simple as lack of discipline, but more of a lack of team combat training and tactical awareness and ability.

The success of Cossack cavalry and Mongolian cavalry is not only because they are born warriors on horseback, but also because they have strict discipline beyond the imagination of outsiders, and because each of them has excellent tactical accomplishment and ability.

Zhang Qing is very good and has rich experience in individual cavalry and small team combat. However, his military rank in the frontier army of the Ming army is too low, and he has no systematic cavalry combat inheritance from his family. All his skills come more from past experience. In itself, the field of vision and contact surface are actually limited.

Zhang Qing is qualified or even excellent in training the cavalry's personal ability and teaching the team's combat skills, but he may not be able to do it at a large level.

Li Ping doesn't know cavalry, but he knows military history and the reasons for the success of the French cavalry. He hopes to influence his own cavalry to adopt more modern cavalry training and combat methods to quickly rise and become stronger.

He hopes that Malan can lead the cavalry battalion to continuously study and practice the most effective offensive and defensive methods in various situations, as well as unified and standardized combat skills, etc., and take formation training as an important and basic training.

But he didn't see any formation training just now.

Cavalry formation training may not be understood or understood by many people, but it is of great significance.

It has many similarities with the meaning of infantry formation training.

In fact, the cavalry's pursuit of maintaining formation at all times is essentially emphasizing the team's combat awareness, the ability to accurately complete tactical requirements, and coercing soldiers to perform collective bravery.

And at any time, regardless of infantry, tanks or warships, neatness can always give the enemy a greater sense of oppression and visual impact than randomness, and can effectively enhance the confidence of one's own side.

Li Ping hopes that his cavalry will develop formation awareness from the very beginning, and subtly develop team combat awareness, obedience awareness, and awareness of accurately completing orders, and these are Ma Lan's tasks.

But Ma Lan, who has such a heavy responsibility, is actually very idle.

But Ma Lan was actually aggrieved.

Li Ping really kept every request of him in mind, and he was earnestly fulfilling it. Those newly recruited good riders from Huangpi County and Xingguo Prefecture had been doing infantry formation training first.

As for others, cavalry formation training has not yet been carried out.Ma Lan felt that most people were not even good at basic horse riding skills, so the hasty formation training was putting the cart before the horse.

And the small number of people with decent immediate skills are too few after all, and it seems that it is of little significance to train them in formation alone.

But in the process of being electrocuted, Ma Lan felt guilty.

What Li Ping said when training him was that he had been brainwashed several times before, and he realized that he seemed to be a little too relaxed.

Although Ma Lan was far away from the cavalrymen who were being trained when he was reprimanded, many officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion noticed his low head like a child who made a mistake early on, and Zhang Qing naturally noticed it too.

He turned his head frequently to look.

He was very novel and surprised that Ma Lan, who was always fierce and serious, would have this appearance.

However, most of the cavalrymen who were training didn't seem to pay much attention to it. Even the wilderness, which had helped the reconnaissance company take care of the horses for a long time, looked familiar.

When Zhang Qing couldn't bear to look at it again, Wang Huqiang, who happened to be beside him, followed Zhang Qing's gaze, shrugged his shoulders and said with a grin, "Just get used to it."

(End of this chapter)