Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 778 Research on Combat Training Methods and Actual Combat Exercises
Another companion originally thought that he should go to Xiajing for the next batch of training. If the special brigade recruited people, he would sign up, thinking that he would be selected, but after hearing it, he felt that he would definitely not pass. Depot asked: "Who are those people who were selected in the end?"

"Anyway, when I left, there were only about two hundred of the 2000 people left. I guess this round will be over. Well! More than 100 of them are veterans who have been on the battlefield many times before and killed many people. Among them, the party members There are more than [-]. There are also some guys with very good martial arts, oh! By the way, Xin Ruishan, the team leader we were training together at that time, Fang Dangyong from the Qiang nationality in Shanshen Town also signed up, and in the end he even signed up. Passed."

Xin Ruishan recalled it before saying: "Fang Dangyong, that bastard, he always gave us small reports. At that time, I was thinking that I would have a chance to teach him to take revenge in the future. Now it seems that there is no chance. This kid is already very powerful. , especially the archery technique, it is simply the legendary archer."

"It's Fang Dangyong. There is a ranking in training every day. My ranking has been fluctuating in the middle. This kid has been in the top [-] and never fell. Forget it, I don't want to talk about it." Gao Debao felt aggrieved the way.

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While the seven armies of the Xiangfu Kingdom went to the teaching team training base for training in batches, the General Staff Department of the Military Hub, under the organization of Chief of Staff Zeng Shangfei, was studying new combat training methods in combination with the new combination of arms proposed by Ye Chen.

Zeng Shangfei selected [-] veterans and excellent recruits from the first batch of training soldiers, organized them into a reinforcement battalion, and formed the so-called blue team according to Ye Chen's request. They were directly placed under the jurisdiction of the training department and used for future training. Recruits as well as opponent troops for confrontation drills.

In addition to infantry, cavalry, engineers, and even supply battalions are also constantly practicing to perfect new tactical drills.

Zeng Shangfei personally led the staff team of the Military Hub to make a rough exercise model based on the data and experience collected from the previous battles with Song and Liao, and came to the headquarters of the Black Wolf Army stationed in Fuzhou to arrange the black wolf Legionnaires and training battalions conduct drills to test the soundness of tactics and formations.

"The fast crossbowmen on both sides can be arranged in three rows, and they can shoot at least two rounds before reaching the enemy." The loud voice of Li Guangshun, the head of the Black Wolf Army, rang out on the school field. At that time, with 1 people facing the [-] elite army led by Song Jun Dangjin, they held on to the four military camps for half a month, causing heavy losses to the Song Army. Finally, under the overall strategic deployment of Ye Chen and Yang Jiye, they launched a counterattack. With the cooperation of the legion, the Song army was defeated in the field.During this process, Xiangfu Kingdom's new weapons, gunpowder packs, giant formation-breaking crossbows, stone mines, etc. played an important role, and accumulated a wealth of experience in using new weapons to fight. He summed up and discussed it for seven days, and transformed the actual combat experience into theoretical exercises. Now that the army has been reorganized, the new armament configuration requires the latest and most reasonable tactical drill method. At this time, he is arguing with Zeng Shangfei.

Zeng Shangfei and several staff members of the general staff discussed in a low voice, discussing Li Guangshun's plan, Li Guangshun continued to speak loudly: "According to the situation of this war with the Song Dynasty, it is not difficult to deal with ordinary armored soldiers. The premise is that with the cooperation of gunpowder and artillery, However, during this battle, the projectile gunpowder packs of the engineering battalion fired twice at [-] paces. Not to mention that the accuracy of the distance was affected. Come on, I think it should start throwing at the hundred paces..."

Zeng Shangfei frowned slightly, and said: "We are now studying infantry tactics, what are you doing with engineers?"

Li Guangshun didn't care about it at all, he used stones to form a formation on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty doesn't want to add a sword and shield, and we think so, too. The sword and shield are not easy to practice, so you can only squat in front if you add it, and you can't use a big shield." After all, there are very few troops who dare to use strong bows within ten steps. It is not so difficult to throw hatchets or iron bones. It cannot be killed."

A staff officer hesitated and said: "You don't need to kill them, you just need to let the spearmen lose their combat power, and then the melee soldiers will attack close to the body, and then kill them slowly after being defeated."

Li Guangshun pointed to the stones on the ground and said: "One of our infantry brigades has four infantry battalions, and each battalion has four companies, that is, sixteen companies. It is a separate system, the front formation is broken, and the rear formation supports it, so that it will not be defeated by the enemy. If there is the cooperation of the gunpowder packs of the engineer battalion, cavalry can be deployed between the front and rear formations to rescue the defeated place at any time , the formation is as stable as Mount Tai."

Zeng Shangfei stared at the stones on the ground and nodded again and again. The purpose of his visit to the Linzhou Black Wolf Army this time was to improve the basic tactics of the infantry brigade, battalion, and company based on the experience of the whole battle between the Black Wolf Army and the Song Army, and to test the infantry. Systematic regiment combat tactics.He asked Li Guangshun: "Then what should we do if the broken troops attack the rear?"

Li Guangshun said without hesitation: "Just kill them anyway. I see that they dare to run away. Your Majesty asked Hei Yue to make a long spear formation in the teaching team. How can it be so easy to break? I personally brought the first batch of soldiers who came back from the training camp." Trial battles several times, as long as it is used properly, not to mention invincible on the battlefield, it is indeed very powerful. For example, when dealing with cavalry, spearmen should stand still, but when dealing with infantry, they should take the initiative to advance like a mandarin duck formation, shorten the time of approach, and disrupt the enemy. plan for long-range attacks by the Army and prevent them from continuing long-range attacks."

Zeng Shangfei called the battalion commander of the blue team training camp, and said to him: "Let's start from the company tactics. You transfer a company from the blue team to simulate the enemy, and compete with the company of the Black Wolf Army. Remember the steps of the Song army's attack. And habits, especially archers and javelins, let's try it first, if the spear formation is hedged, what speed can we use to keep the formation intact..."

Not long after, a sky-blue flag of the blue team was raised on the opposite side, and a group of people dressed as the Song army appeared on the opposite side. This is the blue team directly under the training department. The Song army is one of the two main combat targets of Xiangfu Kingdom , so the blue team basically acted as the Song Army or the Liao Army. For this reason, the military pivot department gave the Song Army and Liao Army equipment, clothes and armor, and even the Song and Liao army flags to the training department.Let them imitate the enemy army in all directions so that the soldiers can be familiar with it, so this blue army battalion looks more and more like the Song and Liao armies, and the tactics are also simulated more and more similar.

Li Guangshun walked back swaggeringly, Zeng Shangfei and the staff retreated to the two sides, and they would act as the staff for the killing simulation.

A charge horn sounded, and a company of the blue army came [-] steps away. Li Guangshun shouted to charge from behind, and an infantry company of the Black Wolf Legion fought with long spears while trying to maintain their formation while rushing to the opposite side.

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A month passed suddenly, and all kinds of things came out of the furnace of the glass research group of the Xiangfu National Civil Affairs Research Institute, but there was no glass, and nearly thousands of taels of silver were thrown into it for nothing.Because he was always short of money, Jia Xian looked a little heartbroken, if it wasn't for His Majesty's will, coupled with His Majesty's authority all along.Jia Xian really didn't want to invest any more money in the glass research project.

After all, Ye Chen is the emperor of a country, and the daily memorials are enough for him to give instructions, not to mention that his attention is all on the Liao Kingdom these days.According to the latest news from the Ministry of Security, with the support of weapons and armor from Xiangfu Kingdom, especially the 7 gunpowder packs and 4 shi mines carried by the two engineering companies dispatched played a great role.Although Yeluhanye and Yelulu were at a disadvantage in the several battles between Yelulu and the Liao court, the two rebels added up to more than [-] people at the beginning, and the battle damage reached more than [-] people.However, the Liao court also suffered a lot.But if this continues, it will be a matter of time before the rebels are wiped out.

Xiangfu Kingdom has now formed deadly feuds with the two great powers of Song and Liao, and there are very few good natural allies such as Yelu Hanye and Yelulu. Ye Chen is also good, Xiangfu Kingdom Zhongshu Sheng and Junshu Regardless of whether the ministers are important, they will never allow these two good allies to be wiped out like this.In view of this situation, Ye Chen summoned the important officials to hold a small court meeting, and did two more things. First, continue to increase the weaponry support for Yelu Hanye and Yelulu, and each send an additional engineer company to carry a thousand bombs. Gunpowder packs and a thousand stone mines went to support.Second, Ye Chen issued a secret decree to Liu Jinyuan and Du Qianqiu, asking them to send people from the country of Wa to cross Jinghai to get in touch with the largest Jurchen tribe at the foot of the Wanda Mountain on the other side, and also the Wanyan tribe of the Jurchen royal family. , and secretly formed an alliance with the Wanyan tribe in the name of Xiangfu Kingdom.In addition, Ye Chen also instructed Du Qianqiu to secretly build a huge maritime merchant fleet to carry out maritime trade between the four countries of Wa, Koryo, and Song and Liao.

Two years ago, when Ye Chen was dying of poisoning, in order to obtain the Sunny Jade Pendant from Zhang Wumeng, and to cooperate with the operation of going to the capital, Feng Gang, the deputy envoy of the Department of Internal Affairs, one of the three gods of wealth in the Huaxia Weifu, once Carrying a large amount of living supplies and weapons and equipment, he made a deal with the royal family of the Jurchen clan once, and caused the Jurchen clan to rebel once.Although I don't say that I am familiar with the road, it can be regarded as a first-time student and a second-time familiarity.The most important thing is that Feng Gang has been secretly doing business with the Jurchens in the past two years according to Ye Chen's instructions, buying a large amount of animal skins, ginseng and other medicinal materials from the Jurchens' hunting and collecting medicines, especially when the Jurchens are short of food. When they were getting clothes, they were often given food and clothes.You must know that the life of the Jurchen people living in the deep mountains and harsh waters is not easy. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are "lack of food and clothes".

(End of this chapter)