The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 223 Their few sparse cannons don’t look as powerful as our cannons at first glance!

"Place one battalion on each of the first two lines of defense. After the battle begins, fight and retreat until you reach the third trench. Finally, use four battalions of infantry on the third line of defense to complete blocking, dividing and destroying the enemy. All artillery is placed on the third line of defense. In the final line of defense, wait until the enemy enters the two lines of defense before firing.

This war artillery is the key. Once fired, it must fire fiercely and accurately. It must serve as a centering hammer to block the enemy's violent charge and silence the enemy's artillery.Captain Tao, are you sure? "

Facing an opponent with artillery, Song Yingkui's tactical plan was to expand the depth of the battlefield, arrange the position into three layers, and use layer-by-layer blocking methods to deepen the thickness of the battlefield.When the enemy entered the criss-crossing trench defense line, they used artillery and communication trenches to divide and annihilate Xiang's army.

"Commander, don't worry, as long as their artillery reaches our range, they will definitely be able to defeat them. We have a barrage of artillery in our hands. As long as Xiang Jun comes over, we will definitely turn them into meat." Tao Dalan is now the captain of the artillery battalion. , and also served as the commander-in-chief of the entire army's artillery during the main battle.Facing an artillery battle, she was extremely confident, and finally got into a battle where the opponent's formation also had artillery.

"Well! The rhythm of the battlefield is very important. After there are artillery, the rhythm is all driven by the artillery. Therefore, your current responsibility is not only to command the artillery array, but also to drive the overall situation, so you must have an awareness of the overall situation. In the future, as firearms become more popular The degree is getting higher and higher, and most of the army's commanders will come from artillery battalions." Originally, Song Yingkui shouldn't have said this, but this battle was too important, so he couldn't help but say a few more words to Tao Dalan, letting her focus more than When it comes to artillery battles, one must have overall awareness.

I am speechless just thinking about it. Tao Dalan is likely to become one of the generals in the Yungu Army who can independently command large-scale battles in the future!Her overall quality is better than Sanshu, Yang Shunan and others.

There is no way. Although Tao Dalan is a female general, the military branch she currently commands is too important.On the battlefield, the most important military branch is the metronome. Before artillery appeared, the metronome on the battlefield was the cavalry, so generals were basically cavalrymen.

With the advent of artillery, the coordination and rhythm of infantry and artillery operations are actually controlled by artillery. In the future, the majority of leaders on the battlefield will be artillery commanders.If this relationship is not managed properly, military operations will be very awkward.

"Third uncle, gather all the new grenades into the third line of defense. You move forward to command. After the artillery launches its barrage of cannons, you order the soldiers in the trench line to attack along the traffic trench. First use grenades to blow up Xiang's army and then move out. Trench counterattacked.

All the cavalry were commanded by Deputy Commander Yang. After the infantry counterattacked, the cavalry pursued along the rush road. The battle ended at the gates of Gongchang City. "After explaining the tactical arrangements to Tao Dalan, Song Yingkui arranged the tasks for Song Xueliang and Yang Shunan.

Infantry, artillery, and cavalry fight together, and battlefield command is more complicated than before. It is no longer as simple as straight forward and straight retreat as before.Instead, it requires comprehensive linkage of multiple tactics such as blocking, charging, retreating, covering, outflanking, and pursuing.Make full use of the width and thickness of the battlefield!

Even the Yungu Army would not have thought that Song Yingkui would be able to carry out complex tactical coordination more than a year ago.However, after more than a year of strengthening the quality of grassroots officers, the current Yungu Army should have relevant capabilities.It just depends on whether this battle can produce the expected effect.

Not long after the corresponding tactical arrangements were made on Yungu Army's side, Xiang Army's adjustments were also in place. They pushed all the artillery they brought over to the front of the battle formation.

Tuoye Junpu stood on horseback behind the cannon. Unlike more than a year ago, Xiang Jun's war horses have been specially trained to adapt to the artillery battlefield. They have also been specially equipped with protective gear for their ears, so they are no longer easily startled by the sound of cannons.

Looking at the more than 100 black artillery pieces in front of him and the rough-looking trench walls of the Izumo Valley Army not far away, Takuya Junpu could not imagine how they could withstand the fury of his own giant cannon.

"When you're ready, go ahead and hit me hard. Who said Song Yungu's artillery is good? The few sparse cannons they put in front of the formation don't look as powerful as our artillery." Tuoye Junpu was very happy. He was suspicious of the previous rumors about the Yungu Army. From what he saw, the Yungu Army only had a few small cannons with standing barrels and smaller-looking muskets. Could this be the most powerful firearms soldier in the world?
Commander Xiang Jun gave the order, hundreds of artillery fired, and smoke and dust floated on the battlefield!
After a burst of smoke and dust, Tuoye Junpu waited for a while before he could see the battlefield situation clearly.It seems that it has achieved its goal?But it seems not.Some of the Yungu Army's trench walls lined with sandbags were broken up, but it didn't seem to hurt anyone too much. The Yungu Army hiding in the trench was not crushed by the cannon and their flesh and blood flew everywhere.

What did they put in the sack?Can it actually withstand the power of artillery shells?An ordinary small earthen wall can be knocked down with one shot.

What to do next?Tuoye Junpu was actually a little at a loss.This was not a change on the battlefield that he had expected.

"Load another round of cannon, and after the fight, the forward cavalry will charge forward." After staying for a while, Tuoye thought of what to do next.During the first burst of artillery fire, the cavalry should have been allowed to take advantage of the chaos to follow them, which wasted a lot of gunpowder.

Xiang Jun's artillerymen loaded another cannon in a scattered manner, and then opened fire under the command of the commander.After the artillery fire was completed, Xiang Jun's forward cavalry heard the order and launched a charge.

Then, they were blocked by the Yungu army's guns and bows, and then they retreated!This time, Xiang's army attacked with only more than 1000 cavalry, which could not withstand much pressure.

"Hmph! The firearms of the Yungu thieves are indeed somewhat impressive, but that's all. Install another round of cannons, and this time the whole army will attack. I think they can still block it." There were 200 casualties in the first round of charging. Duoqiu Tuoye didn't care too much. In his opinion, he at least figured out the reality of the Yungu Army.

After another round of artillery fire, Xiang Jun's entire army pressed forward, but the result was like a punch in the air, because the Yungu army in the trench wall had already withdrawn along the communication trench to the second line of defense a hundred feet away.

Tuoye Junpu wanted to take advantage of the situation and immediately attack Yun Gujun's second line of defense, but Xiang Jun couldn't do it.The cavalry could not directly cross the first trench wall dug by the Yungu Army, and could only enter very slowly through several limited cavalry passages.

A broken trench wall actually blocked the continuous attack of more than [-] troops. This tactics of the Yungu Army was quite interesting.

Tuoye Junpu dismounted and touched something exposed in the sack on the trench wall. Sand?Is sand so useful?It can block powerful iron cannonballs.

"Drag all our artillery here and let me shoot again. I see how many trench walls they have." Tuoye Junpu, who thought he had once again figured out the strength of the Yungu army, prepared to continue to attack the second line of defense.

"Commander, no! The Yungu thieves' artillery has not yet used its full strength. You dragged the artillery into the trench they dug. Once they are counterattacked, these national treasures will fall into the enemy's hands." Tuoye has been following Tuoye. Chikuoda, who was beside Junpu, heard the order, his eyelids jumped, and he quickly spoke out to stop his own commander from doing what he did.

Are you kidding me? How can you drag a cannon into a trench and take it with you when you run away?These cannons were made from refined iron from all over Beixiang, and a lot of the iron was melted from the iron material bought from Yungu.In order to cast these two hundred cannons, Beixiang mobilized the whole country to complete it.

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