Chapter 2031
Chapter 2031
Chapter 2031
According to observations during this period, Sun Bing knew that the musketeers of the Qing army usually marched on foot when they came out of the camp for training, and only the foreign instructor and his guards would choose to ride horses.After all, this training ground is very close to the Qing army camp, and it must take longer to load and unsaddle the horses than the time on the road, so there is really no need to travel on horseback.And the scene of all members riding horses shows that this musketeer team is going to go to a place far away from the camp for activities—maybe this is another combat operation after a long time, and it is also the fighter that Sun Bing has been looking forward to .
Sun Bing immediately ordered people to rush back to the temporary base on the coast as soon as possible to order the assembly and get everyone ready for battle.As long as the musketeers were far enough away from the Qing army's camp, Sun Bing would look for an opportunity to do something and try to solve this hidden danger once and for all.
However, the hiding place of the Marine Corps is in the mountains and forests, and it is not easy to keep up with the cavalry of the Qing army on two legs.Fortunately, the position is condescending, and the direction of the Qing army's advance can be judged in advance through observation, and the opponent did not ride the horse quickly, so it will not be lost for the time being.
However, the observation point of the Marine Corps is several miles away from the temporary base on the coast. When the letter is sent back to complete the assembly and then rush over, the time will definitely be missed.So Sun Bing could only take a few people to follow on foot first, and leave markings to guide the direction along the way, so that the large army can follow up as soon as possible.
About ten miles to the southwest from the camp of the Qing Army, there is a fort defense line built on the basis of the Daheishan Mountains. There are large dense fortress areas in the southeast and northwest of the Daheishan Mountains. There are already hundreds of forts, large and small. .Even if Haihan has superior weapons and equipment, it is difficult to completely clear the Qing army fortress in this area in a short period of time.
The Haihan Army had organized several large-scale offensives before, but soon discovered that it would take a lot of shells and gunpowder to conquer these forts, casualties were inevitable, and the enemy would continue to build new forts to maintain the depth of their defense lines , The consumption of this place is completely out of proportion to the harvest, and in the end they voluntarily gave up their plan to attack the fortress defense line.
After that, the two sides tacitly stopped their active attacks and began to rely on their respective lines of defense to enter into a strategic confrontation.Although small-scale armed conflicts still occur from time to time, most of them are only short-lived fights at the patrol level, and both sides have restrained themselves from investing more troops.
There is a gap of less than ten miles between the Daheishan defense line controlled by the Qing army and the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line stationed by the Haihan army, but this place is basically a plain terrain, and it is difficult to hide whereabouts. Too far from one's own line of defense.The last time the Qing Army Musketeers set up an ambush outside the fortress line of defense, they were caught off guard by the aggressive Haihan patrol team.
However, after that battle, it was not easy for the Qing army to use this method to ambush the Haihan patrol team.After confirming that the Qing army was equipped with standard muskets, the Haihan Army issued a military order strictly prohibiting patrols from moving away from the scheduled patrol route without authorization.The relatively open and flat environment between the defense lines of the two armies made it difficult for the Qing army to set up an ambush in advance, and such a small and expensive force did not dare to easily pull out to fight Haihan head-on. Back to the camp at the rear, they have not been dispatched recently.
If the Musketeers really wanted to go near the Daheishan defense line, Sun Bing would be unlikely to follow because the terrain and environment would easily reveal their whereabouts.Fortunately, the enemy didn't seem to plan to attack, and after marching for a while, they turned south to the coast.In this way, the marching route was actually a big circle around the forest where Sun Bing and the others were hiding, from the front of the mountain to the back of the mountain, a total of about ten miles.
This place is only seven or eight miles away from the temporary base of the Marine Corps near the coast, but the reinforcements will definitely go to the observation point in the direction of the Qing army's camp first, and then follow the signs all the way around here.Sun Bing reckoned that even if he hurried quickly, it would take at least two hours for the reinforcements to arrive here.Now I can only hope that the enemy will stay here for a day and a half, so that I can have enough time to prepare for the attack.
The change of environment made Bayano feel a little relieved. He originally planned to let the soldiers complete the march on foot, but after thinking about it, there is still a certain thickness of snow in the field, and it is a bit inhumane to walk back and forth for more than 20 miles. , and finally arranged to ride.Of course, the main reason lies in the identity and background of these soldiers. If the training conditions are too difficult, then there will be a group of big shots that Bayano can't afford to provoke, and they will be dissatisfied with him afterwards.
Bayano eventually settled on a spot at the foot of the mountain that was similar to the training ground, a col with a flat bottom.The subject he will arrange for the Musketeers to train today is the advancement and retreat of the combat queue during the battle. This is also a tactical subject that has troubled the Musketeers for a long time. There will always be people who can't keep up with the marching rhythm, which will lead to chaos in the entire formation .
The tactic Bayano taught to the musketeers of the Qing army was the relatively "advanced" line infantry formation of this era, that is, the line-up shooting tactic, which is still the most important combat method among ordinary troops in Haihan.It’s just that the combat thinking of the Haihan Army has always been to avoid fighting the enemy head-on in the open. Even in the plains, they will try to build bunkers, so most of the time they rely on fortifications to fight the enemy. Overpower to gain an advantage on the battlefield.
The use of this combat method requires excellent battlefield command and coordination capabilities, civil engineering construction capabilities, and excellent weaponry and equipment performance. Even if contemporary opponents know that Haihan’s combat method is more efficient, it is difficult to follow suit.
According to Bayano's tactics, if the horizontal team wants to maintain a neat formation while marching, it must march at a fixed pace and pace to achieve consistent speed.In order to help the soldiers master this rhythm, the musketeer team is specially equipped with two drummers, and the drumbeat is used as the marching rhythm standard of the team.
Bayano’s requirement for soldiers is that they must obey the command on the battlefield, listen to the commands to complete advance, reload and shoot. If the soldiers in the front row fall down, the people in the corresponding positions in the back row must actively fill the vacancy to ensure the density of firepower output. Not affected.Of course, if there is someone who is greedy for life and afraid of death, turns around and runs away or falls down and pretends to be dead when he hears the gunshot, then he will definitely be included in the elimination list.
For Bayano, the advantage of these soldiers of the Qing army is that they are full of bravery. Almost all of them are ruthless people who are not afraid of death.These soldiers even reminded him of the fierce northern barbarians on the European battlefield. It seemed that races born in the north would have a stronger will to fight.
However, at this time, the Spanish infantry phalanx tactics still had the configuration of spearmen, but the Qing army regarded this musketeer team as a treasure, and all personnel were equipped with horses. With spears, it was impossible to maintain sufficient mobility. .Moreover, according to the thinking of the high-level Qing army, the standard for forming this musketeer team is to compare the opponent's configuration. Since the Haihan Army has not incorporated spearmen in the army, it means that this kind of military configuration is not smart enough and should be decisively abandoned. .
It has to be said that the thinking of the high-level Qing army is very clever, fully aware of the advanced position of the Haihan army in terms of tactics, but what they do not know is that the Haihan army also set up the spearman as a unit in the early days Come with the Musketeers.The reason is that the weapon performance and the number of musketeers at that time did not meet the tactical requirements of line infantry, so they could only adopt the relatively primitive Spanish phalanx tactics, with a small number of musketeers paired with spearmen, combining long-range killing and advancing. Combat at a distance to ensure that the overall combat effectiveness of the team will not be greatly affected by changes in the combat distance.
But later Haihan gradually solved the problem of weapon performance and strength, and decisively gave up the spearman in the regular army, but still kept this combat unit in the militia.
Of course, the Qing army did not deploy spearmen in the musketeers. In fact, there is another reason that is not humane, that is, when fighting the Haihan army, there is very little chance to shorten the combat distance to the killing range of the spearmen.Matching spearmen with musketeers, apart from being able to block bullets, doesn't seem to have much practical significance.For the Qing army, in comparison, it is better to equip more cavalry, which is at least more effective than spearmen with extremely poor mobility on the battlefield.
But apart from the strength of bravery, these Qing soldiers seem to have many shortcomings that give Bayano a headache. The most troublesome thing is that these people are used to fighting freely. They all need to be uniform and uniform, which is extremely unsuitable.They are more eager to charge in the traditional way on the battlefield, rather than taking small steps forward.After loading the ammunition, they have to wait for the command of the commander before they can fire. This also makes the soldiers extremely puzzled. Why can't they just fire after loading the ammunition? Isn't the waiting time just delaying the fighter plane?
The details of many line infantry tactics are difficult for these Qing soldiers to understand their purpose. This is completely different from the concept of combat in their consciousness. It's still hard to accept for a guy with a muscle.
This difference in combat philosophy has prevented the Musketeers from fully meeting Bayano's requirements during training. Going in the wrong direction makes it difficult for the entire formation to maintain operational requirements.
Orders and regulations prohibiting such rules do not seem to exist for these Qing soldiers with backgrounds. They will not fully obey the instructions of the Spanish instructors during training. can fundamentally change their minds.
Of course, in the previous ambush, they just hid in the forest, did not really form a battle formation, there was no marching and formation change, and there was no enemy shooting and exchanging fire with them. Just unilaterally shoot and kill opponents.In this special combat situation, the line infantry tactics they usually practiced were almost completely useless, so it was naturally impossible for these Qing soldiers to change their original views.
Bayano really wants to persuade these guys to change their inherent concepts, but the problem is that it is difficult for him to communicate with his subordinates on a deeper level.This is not only because of the great differences in concepts between the two sides, but also because of the language barrier.
The communication between him and the Qing soldiers needed to be carried out through a translator, but the problem was that the translator was provided by a middleman, and he was only proficient in Manchu and Spanish, so it was difficult to accurately convey the ideas of both parties.Even with an exclusive translator, Bayano, as a commander, can often only communicate with his subordinates, which is very troublesome.
Although Bayano's remuneration as an instructor in the Qing army was good, he himself knew that there were too many problems in this job that he couldn't handle.Now not only the Qing army, but even the top officials of the Qing state have high hopes for this army, thinking that as long as the army expands, it will be able to fight against Haihan, but Bayano understands that this is just wishful thinking of the Qing army. Against the Haihan army, this musketeer unit whose training level is not up to standard will probably die soon.
Of course, as the commander of this unit, he must also stand with the soldiers when he goes into battle, and according to the rules, he must stand in the first row so as to direct the fire, so if the unit is destroyed, then he Should have died earlier than most of the people here.Therefore, regardless of whether it is public or private, he has to improve the combat effectiveness of this army as much as possible through training.
Since it is difficult to change the soldiers' thinking through communication, Bayano can only use the most clumsy method, which is to increase the amount of training.Using a lot of repeated training to let the soldiers form a conditioned response to various instructions, so that they don't have the energy to think about the specific meaning of each tactical detail arrangement, this is the way Bayano can think of at present.
When training near the big camp, Qing army generals would often come to point out the country. Bayano didn't want senior military officers to intervene in his work during the training, and took the troops to a farther place. There will be no such troubles, at least the ears are much quieter.
On the mountain, Sun Bing saw the Qing army get off their horses collectively, and then started daily training, so he was much relieved.Usually this kind of queue training lasts for more than half a day. The Qing army ran more than ten miles to this place for training today, so they will definitely not leave after practicing for a while. Now they can wait for the backup to arrive with peace of mind.
Sure enough, two hours later, when the reinforcements from the temporary base joined Sun Bing, the Qing army at the foot of the mountain was still training in formation.And besides, some people were assigned to build a camping stove, obviously planning to bury the pot here for cooking.
(End of this chapter)
According to observations during this period, Sun Bing knew that the musketeers of the Qing army usually marched on foot when they came out of the camp for training, and only the foreign instructor and his guards would choose to ride horses.After all, this training ground is very close to the Qing army camp, and it must take longer to load and unsaddle the horses than the time on the road, so there is really no need to travel on horseback.And the scene of all members riding horses shows that this musketeer team is going to go to a place far away from the camp for activities—maybe this is another combat operation after a long time, and it is also the fighter that Sun Bing has been looking forward to .
Sun Bing immediately ordered people to rush back to the temporary base on the coast as soon as possible to order the assembly and get everyone ready for battle.As long as the musketeers were far enough away from the Qing army's camp, Sun Bing would look for an opportunity to do something and try to solve this hidden danger once and for all.
However, the hiding place of the Marine Corps is in the mountains and forests, and it is not easy to keep up with the cavalry of the Qing army on two legs.Fortunately, the position is condescending, and the direction of the Qing army's advance can be judged in advance through observation, and the opponent did not ride the horse quickly, so it will not be lost for the time being.
However, the observation point of the Marine Corps is several miles away from the temporary base on the coast. When the letter is sent back to complete the assembly and then rush over, the time will definitely be missed.So Sun Bing could only take a few people to follow on foot first, and leave markings to guide the direction along the way, so that the large army can follow up as soon as possible.
About ten miles to the southwest from the camp of the Qing Army, there is a fort defense line built on the basis of the Daheishan Mountains. There are large dense fortress areas in the southeast and northwest of the Daheishan Mountains. There are already hundreds of forts, large and small. .Even if Haihan has superior weapons and equipment, it is difficult to completely clear the Qing army fortress in this area in a short period of time.
The Haihan Army had organized several large-scale offensives before, but soon discovered that it would take a lot of shells and gunpowder to conquer these forts, casualties were inevitable, and the enemy would continue to build new forts to maintain the depth of their defense lines , The consumption of this place is completely out of proportion to the harvest, and in the end they voluntarily gave up their plan to attack the fortress defense line.
After that, the two sides tacitly stopped their active attacks and began to rely on their respective lines of defense to enter into a strategic confrontation.Although small-scale armed conflicts still occur from time to time, most of them are only short-lived fights at the patrol level, and both sides have restrained themselves from investing more troops.
There is a gap of less than ten miles between the Daheishan defense line controlled by the Qing army and the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line stationed by the Haihan army, but this place is basically a plain terrain, and it is difficult to hide whereabouts. Too far from one's own line of defense.The last time the Qing Army Musketeers set up an ambush outside the fortress line of defense, they were caught off guard by the aggressive Haihan patrol team.
However, after that battle, it was not easy for the Qing army to use this method to ambush the Haihan patrol team.After confirming that the Qing army was equipped with standard muskets, the Haihan Army issued a military order strictly prohibiting patrols from moving away from the scheduled patrol route without authorization.The relatively open and flat environment between the defense lines of the two armies made it difficult for the Qing army to set up an ambush in advance, and such a small and expensive force did not dare to easily pull out to fight Haihan head-on. Back to the camp at the rear, they have not been dispatched recently.
If the Musketeers really wanted to go near the Daheishan defense line, Sun Bing would be unlikely to follow because the terrain and environment would easily reveal their whereabouts.Fortunately, the enemy didn't seem to plan to attack, and after marching for a while, they turned south to the coast.In this way, the marching route was actually a big circle around the forest where Sun Bing and the others were hiding, from the front of the mountain to the back of the mountain, a total of about ten miles.
This place is only seven or eight miles away from the temporary base of the Marine Corps near the coast, but the reinforcements will definitely go to the observation point in the direction of the Qing army's camp first, and then follow the signs all the way around here.Sun Bing reckoned that even if he hurried quickly, it would take at least two hours for the reinforcements to arrive here.Now I can only hope that the enemy will stay here for a day and a half, so that I can have enough time to prepare for the attack.
The change of environment made Bayano feel a little relieved. He originally planned to let the soldiers complete the march on foot, but after thinking about it, there is still a certain thickness of snow in the field, and it is a bit inhumane to walk back and forth for more than 20 miles. , and finally arranged to ride.Of course, the main reason lies in the identity and background of these soldiers. If the training conditions are too difficult, then there will be a group of big shots that Bayano can't afford to provoke, and they will be dissatisfied with him afterwards.
Bayano eventually settled on a spot at the foot of the mountain that was similar to the training ground, a col with a flat bottom.The subject he will arrange for the Musketeers to train today is the advancement and retreat of the combat queue during the battle. This is also a tactical subject that has troubled the Musketeers for a long time. There will always be people who can't keep up with the marching rhythm, which will lead to chaos in the entire formation .
The tactic Bayano taught to the musketeers of the Qing army was the relatively "advanced" line infantry formation of this era, that is, the line-up shooting tactic, which is still the most important combat method among ordinary troops in Haihan.It’s just that the combat thinking of the Haihan Army has always been to avoid fighting the enemy head-on in the open. Even in the plains, they will try to build bunkers, so most of the time they rely on fortifications to fight the enemy. Overpower to gain an advantage on the battlefield.
The use of this combat method requires excellent battlefield command and coordination capabilities, civil engineering construction capabilities, and excellent weaponry and equipment performance. Even if contemporary opponents know that Haihan’s combat method is more efficient, it is difficult to follow suit.
According to Bayano's tactics, if the horizontal team wants to maintain a neat formation while marching, it must march at a fixed pace and pace to achieve consistent speed.In order to help the soldiers master this rhythm, the musketeer team is specially equipped with two drummers, and the drumbeat is used as the marching rhythm standard of the team.
Bayano’s requirement for soldiers is that they must obey the command on the battlefield, listen to the commands to complete advance, reload and shoot. If the soldiers in the front row fall down, the people in the corresponding positions in the back row must actively fill the vacancy to ensure the density of firepower output. Not affected.Of course, if there is someone who is greedy for life and afraid of death, turns around and runs away or falls down and pretends to be dead when he hears the gunshot, then he will definitely be included in the elimination list.
For Bayano, the advantage of these soldiers of the Qing army is that they are full of bravery. Almost all of them are ruthless people who are not afraid of death.These soldiers even reminded him of the fierce northern barbarians on the European battlefield. It seemed that races born in the north would have a stronger will to fight.
However, at this time, the Spanish infantry phalanx tactics still had the configuration of spearmen, but the Qing army regarded this musketeer team as a treasure, and all personnel were equipped with horses. With spears, it was impossible to maintain sufficient mobility. .Moreover, according to the thinking of the high-level Qing army, the standard for forming this musketeer team is to compare the opponent's configuration. Since the Haihan Army has not incorporated spearmen in the army, it means that this kind of military configuration is not smart enough and should be decisively abandoned. .
It has to be said that the thinking of the high-level Qing army is very clever, fully aware of the advanced position of the Haihan army in terms of tactics, but what they do not know is that the Haihan army also set up the spearman as a unit in the early days Come with the Musketeers.The reason is that the weapon performance and the number of musketeers at that time did not meet the tactical requirements of line infantry, so they could only adopt the relatively primitive Spanish phalanx tactics, with a small number of musketeers paired with spearmen, combining long-range killing and advancing. Combat at a distance to ensure that the overall combat effectiveness of the team will not be greatly affected by changes in the combat distance.
But later Haihan gradually solved the problem of weapon performance and strength, and decisively gave up the spearman in the regular army, but still kept this combat unit in the militia.
Of course, the Qing army did not deploy spearmen in the musketeers. In fact, there is another reason that is not humane, that is, when fighting the Haihan army, there is very little chance to shorten the combat distance to the killing range of the spearmen.Matching spearmen with musketeers, apart from being able to block bullets, doesn't seem to have much practical significance.For the Qing army, in comparison, it is better to equip more cavalry, which is at least more effective than spearmen with extremely poor mobility on the battlefield.
But apart from the strength of bravery, these Qing soldiers seem to have many shortcomings that give Bayano a headache. The most troublesome thing is that these people are used to fighting freely. They all need to be uniform and uniform, which is extremely unsuitable.They are more eager to charge in the traditional way on the battlefield, rather than taking small steps forward.After loading the ammunition, they have to wait for the command of the commander before they can fire. This also makes the soldiers extremely puzzled. Why can't they just fire after loading the ammunition? Isn't the waiting time just delaying the fighter plane?
The details of many line infantry tactics are difficult for these Qing soldiers to understand their purpose. This is completely different from the concept of combat in their consciousness. It's still hard to accept for a guy with a muscle.
This difference in combat philosophy has prevented the Musketeers from fully meeting Bayano's requirements during training. Going in the wrong direction makes it difficult for the entire formation to maintain operational requirements.
Orders and regulations prohibiting such rules do not seem to exist for these Qing soldiers with backgrounds. They will not fully obey the instructions of the Spanish instructors during training. can fundamentally change their minds.
Of course, in the previous ambush, they just hid in the forest, did not really form a battle formation, there was no marching and formation change, and there was no enemy shooting and exchanging fire with them. Just unilaterally shoot and kill opponents.In this special combat situation, the line infantry tactics they usually practiced were almost completely useless, so it was naturally impossible for these Qing soldiers to change their original views.
Bayano really wants to persuade these guys to change their inherent concepts, but the problem is that it is difficult for him to communicate with his subordinates on a deeper level.This is not only because of the great differences in concepts between the two sides, but also because of the language barrier.
The communication between him and the Qing soldiers needed to be carried out through a translator, but the problem was that the translator was provided by a middleman, and he was only proficient in Manchu and Spanish, so it was difficult to accurately convey the ideas of both parties.Even with an exclusive translator, Bayano, as a commander, can often only communicate with his subordinates, which is very troublesome.
Although Bayano's remuneration as an instructor in the Qing army was good, he himself knew that there were too many problems in this job that he couldn't handle.Now not only the Qing army, but even the top officials of the Qing state have high hopes for this army, thinking that as long as the army expands, it will be able to fight against Haihan, but Bayano understands that this is just wishful thinking of the Qing army. Against the Haihan army, this musketeer unit whose training level is not up to standard will probably die soon.
Of course, as the commander of this unit, he must also stand with the soldiers when he goes into battle, and according to the rules, he must stand in the first row so as to direct the fire, so if the unit is destroyed, then he Should have died earlier than most of the people here.Therefore, regardless of whether it is public or private, he has to improve the combat effectiveness of this army as much as possible through training.
Since it is difficult to change the soldiers' thinking through communication, Bayano can only use the most clumsy method, which is to increase the amount of training.Using a lot of repeated training to let the soldiers form a conditioned response to various instructions, so that they don't have the energy to think about the specific meaning of each tactical detail arrangement, this is the way Bayano can think of at present.
When training near the big camp, Qing army generals would often come to point out the country. Bayano didn't want senior military officers to intervene in his work during the training, and took the troops to a farther place. There will be no such troubles, at least the ears are much quieter.
On the mountain, Sun Bing saw the Qing army get off their horses collectively, and then started daily training, so he was much relieved.Usually this kind of queue training lasts for more than half a day. The Qing army ran more than ten miles to this place for training today, so they will definitely not leave after practicing for a while. Now they can wait for the backup to arrive with peace of mind.
Sure enough, two hours later, when the reinforcements from the temporary base joined Sun Bing, the Qing army at the foot of the mountain was still training in formation.And besides, some people were assigned to build a camping stove, obviously planning to bury the pot here for cooking.
(End of this chapter)