golden scales

"Mr. Qian, do you want to send the artillery over there?" The chief of staff rushed to Wang Jiakang's side.

"Adjusting the mandarin duck formation to protect the flanks must exceed the position of the square formation." Wang Jiakang was confident: "The cavalry artillery lacks self-protection capabilities. If the Donglu vest rushes up desperately, the cannons will not be able to protect them."

The chief of staff thought about it, and felt that President Qian's deployment was reasonable, but the lack of medium-range firepower was the biggest weakness of the phalanx, even surpassing the problem of poor mobility.When I write the report after the war, I have to mention it carefully. There must be at least two rows of firecrackers in a square, otherwise it would be too useless to be hung up and beaten.

The maneuverability of the mandarin duck formation is strong, and the Donglu infantry is not their opponent.The range and accuracy of the infantry bows used by the veterans exceeded the cavalry bows of the vests, and indeed effectively protected the flanks of the phalanx.

Seeing the change of the Ming army, Zu Zerun also had a headache. The Ming general on the other side of the secret passage was indeed not a vegetarian.The battle has reached this level, and it is really incomprehensible.

What he couldn't understand the most was what was hidden in this small village, and it was worth the Ming army's efforts to protect it.

Zu Zerun's advance on both wings was quickly frustrated. If Hillen broke through at this time, he would inevitably be surrounded by people and attacked from three sides.Fortunately, they still had an advantage in military strength. After mobilizing the reserve team behind, the Qing army retreated five miles to set up camp and stopped attacking.

It was past noon, and it was time for lunch.

"The auxiliary soldiers and civilians who had eaten quickly built fortifications. Tang Ma informed the battalion headquarters that there are more than [-] enemy soldiers in front of our army." Wang Jiakang thought for a while, and then said: "Please add the firecracker bureau."

The transportation cost of bows and arrows is too high, and the arrows shot out are easily recovered by the enemy, which is not as good as firecrackers only in terms of economic cost.Nowadays, materials have to be transported everywhere, and animal power is in short supply, so the firecracker, a weapon with minimal transportation pressure, is favored by all armies.

Moreover, all the firecrackers produced by Donggong now have to be rubbed with graphite powder to check whether there are obvious cracks on the inner wall of the barrel.This kind of quality inspection method has never been used before, and it has indeed greatly improved the phenomenon of bombing.At least no one is worried about the sudden explosion of the firearms in their hands—of course, many people have never used firearms before, and they don't know that the firearms will explode.

In the Battle of Gaocheng, Xiao Tugeng's flintlock round achieved good results. This is because the tactical system has not been updated and the attack effectiveness of the flintlock has not been maximized.With the rising production of flintlock guns, each battalion hopes to have its own firearms deployment. Zhu Cihuang also found that in this era, simple firearms players lack defensive capabilities and are bound to be mixed with cold weapon troops. This led to Xiao Tugeng's division From the original "Shenji camp" to the firearms training camp.

Of course, the main force like the [-]st Guards Division has also ordered three firearms bureaus, assigned to three battalions and operating with the battalion headquarters.

With the firearms bureau, the situation where the phalanx was passively beaten can be improved, and Donglu's harassment by riding and shooting can only become a joke.

As the report from the [-]th headquarters was sent to the battalion headquarters, the battalion officer of the second battalion mobilized the firearms bureau of the battalion to support it as soon as possible, and at the same time reported to Xiao Mo, the commander of the first division.

Xiao Mo immediately held a combat meeting to listen to the opinions of the staff departments.These staff officers who were born in the old army did put forward various possibilities on the sand table.The final result of the determination is: Donglu intends to go south from Anping County, break through Shenzhou in the middle, and invade Shandong.

"This is also in line with common sense." The gray-haired old chief of staff said: "Whether the eastern captives go to Zhending or Cangzhou, our division can attack the middle road, cut off the way of soldiers, and even join forces with the defenders to wipe them out. No matter how they divide their troops to stop the enemy, they are attacking the stone with the egg. Therefore, they have to move the army to the center, break through in the middle, and block the enemy with two wings. The way is to fight the strong with the strong, and avoid the embarrassment of the weak blocking the strong."

"We really believe that the front line of Cangzhou is a big one-word long snake formation. If you want to break the formation, you have to go forward at the same time or go straight seven inches. Donglu seems to want to go straight seven inches now... But Shenzhou is not suitable for Dong The captive troops are marching, especially in Hengshui County, where there is Zhangshui in the west, Weishui in the south, and the old Hutuo River in the north, which is suitable for blocking at all levels, I don't know why Hong Chengchou chose to attack here." Another staff officer expressed doubts.

Xiao Mo listened to the opinions of the staff and was also very puzzled by Hong Chengchou's deployment.

And there is a deeper doubt hidden in his mind.

When two armies are at war, the attacking side always has to test it first before choosing a breakthrough point.Why did Hong Chengchou directly target Anping County?Was there a spy agent lurking in it?This is a common trick of the Manchus.

"Evacuate the elderly, weak, women and children in Anping County first, and move the division headquarters to Anping to take over the city defense." Xiao Mo said, "In any case, we must stabilize the front line first. Send a pond horse to report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, requesting firecrackers and artillery support."

"General Xiao, what if Donglu shot a false shot? In fact, he wants to attack other places." The youngest staff officer Guan Pingzhou said suddenly.

Xiao Mo pointed at Shenzhou and Anping points on the sand table with a bamboo whip, and said, "Look at the distance."

Supporting the east and west wings from Anping is obviously closer than starting from Shenzhou, so no matter what the strategic intentions of the Donglu, it will not be a waste of time to move the division headquarters to Anping County in the north after the war.

Guan Pingzhou blushed and stepped back.

"First and foremost." Xiao Mo nodded to the adjutant, "According to this order."

When the division headquarters moves, all the troops directly under the division will naturally follow suit.One of the most powerful troops is the civilian husband.There is no farm work in winter, except to dredge channels and prepare for spring plowing, and to go out to work to earn some quick money.Is there any job that can make more money now than serving as a servant in the army?Not only are they not in arrears, but they still get food stamps. No matter how the price of food changes, they are not afraid.

Zhu Cilang received the notification from the first division of the Guards, and quickly called out the latest firecracker distribution plan, giving priority to the firecrackers that were originally assigned to the guerrilla battalion to Xiao Mo.However, the artillery is still allocated according to the old way. After all, the real pressure of the guerrilla battalion is in the stage of consolidating the defense after the occupation.

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"Fuchen, I heard that we are also going to fight?" Zhang Ergou held the wooden staff tightly in his hand, and his voice was full of apprehension.

After the Battle of Gaocheng, all the recruits were assigned to the flag team ahead of schedule. Zhang Ergou was supposed to be assigned to the auxiliary team, but because he had experience in the war and finally had two training sessions, he was assigned to the team. soldier.

After Wang Yi was assigned to the Tank Division, it soon ushered in an expansion.The original flag captain was assigned to other troops, and he became the second lieutenant flag captain in just a few days.This is also the credit of the second-class diploma, which made him feel more grateful to Mr. Huang Desu Huang.

"I heard that the second battalion is fighting now, and we still have to wait for the mission." Wang Yi wiped his waist knife and said, "Don't be afraid even if you go into battle. You are in the mandarin duck formation, and you can just run with everyone when the time comes."

Zhang Ergou grumbled, wanting to complain loudly that Wang Yi wanted him to come over from the phalanx.But he also knew that Wang Yi was quite popular in the bureau now, even if Wang Yi didn't take it seriously, these people would say that he was ungrateful and didn't know good from bad.

The same is the fire soldiers, the fire soldiers in the mandarin duck formation have to go to battle, so they have an extra allowance for the battle than the fire soldiers in the square formation.In the eyes of everyone, this can be regarded as appreciation and promotion.

Wang Yi also thought so, so he deliberately asked this neighbor, playmate, classmate, and comrade-in-arms to come here.

"Huh? What did you say?" Wang Yi didn't hear clearly.

"I said," Zhang Ergou said once in his mouth, and changed his words: "The trainer said that he needs to write a suicide note..."

"Yeah, everyone has to write." Wang Yi said flatly: "You can change your mind at any time, and use the latest one. Speaking of which, your military salary for the past few months is quite a lot, right? Give it to your parents? "

Ergou's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and he thought angrily: If it weren't for them not being partial to the little dog, I wouldn't be so angry to join the army.If you don't join the army, you don't have to suffer so much, let alone go to battle, and you might even lose your life!

"I heard from them that you can still have a son?" Zhang Ergou turned his head away and gently wiped away his tears, but did not cry.

"Yes, there is this." Wang Yi said with a smile: "But I still want to raise a biological child. By the way, to teach you, you can hand in a suicide note, and then hide a different one on your body. Just put the date They are staggered, and the trainer still accepts the latter one. Those veterans all do this. But the handwriting is the same as the monogram."

Zhang Ergou nodded, his heart was still tightly blocked, without a single gap. (To be continued.)