Outside Huguan County. The Third Brigade has already surrounded Huguan County, and the increase in numbers has made the soldiers of the Taihang Military Region more confident in attacking Huguan County. But here's the thing. But they didn't attack.

"Company commander. When we attack, the main forces are coming. Good guys, I saw a big guy this morning. Cannon. That thing, it's sinking. A few, I think it weighs five hundred pounds. A private crouched in a large bowl while pulling his own rice. While speaking. They all spoke with a whining sound. The soldiers who came from the militia generally did not have enough to eat. And after they arrived in the army, no matter what kind of food they ate, one of the standards of their food was to be full. Therefore, when these militiamen eat, they all eat vigorously, and they eat as much as they can. It doesn't matter if your stomach can fit it or not. Anyway, they feel that it is an extremely happy thing to be able to eat enough.

"I don't know, I don't know." A company commander said as he ate his own meal.

"However, our commander, let us summarize the attack and take this Huguan County. We've all been under siege for so long. But that's all there is to it. What else can we do? The captain asked his soldiers. The soldiers shook their heads, and then they vigorously pulled the rice, and when they were done, they went to the rice bucket to fill it again. The captain had been thinking about this matter, and it had left him in a dilemma, because many things were difficult to solve.

Here's the command from above. He also had to come up with a good way, even if he couldn't think of a good siege method, he also had to come up with a good infantry tactic, for example, how to arrange his own people, how to attack, how to spread the formation, how to reduce the casualties of his troops. These are all things he has to think about. This made the captain very embarrassed, because he did not read much, and the officers of the Taihang Military Region were promoted very quickly, which caused their actual combat effectiveness to improve not high, otherwise they would not even be able to defeat the bandits. When they are on the offensive, they don't even know what a battle formation is.

In the headquarters of the Third Brigade, some military commanders and staff officers of the Taihang Military Region also participated in the meeting. This meeting is a wrap-up session. Discuss how to attack Huguan County and how to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops. These are all ways that they themselves want the county to come up with.

"What I say may make some brothers feel very ugly, but, brothers, I can't help it. That's all I can do. This is a war, and we can't fill it with the lives of our brothers. Wait until you're done. Let's improve, in that case, many good brothers around us will not be there, in this case, we will only be sad and regretful. A lieutenant colonel staff officer stood up and said. As everyone knows, this is a criticism of some of the combat methods of the Taihang Military Region.

"First of all, I think we are targeting the entire Red Turban Army. Instead of our single Taihang Military Region and the Third Brigade. In fact, the problems of our three brigades have exposed even more problems. The lieutenant colonel staff officer said.

"Alright. Needless to say. It's all fucking useless. Let's improve one way, which is to save the lives of some soldiers. As a commander, as a staff officer, as their commander, we all have the right to guarantee the safety of our soldiers, and we are responsible for their safety. We are not butchers, we can't watch our soldiers die, in that case, it is disrespectful to everyone, then we are not worthy of being an officer. All right. Not much else. Tell us about the problems you found and how to improve them. It's as simple as that, it's not for some people, but specifically for us, the officers. Ma Heng said.

"Yes. Sir. Everyone said solemnly.

"The problem I found was that our infantry tactics were too simple and too crude. According to the infantry drill code, our tactics should at least play three requirements for mutual cooperation, but with the expansion of the troops, and reorganization. It is difficult for every company to meet the requirements of such a coordinated operation. This is not only the situation of the Taihang Military Region's recent operation, but also the situation of the Third Brigade, because of the lack of veterans, it is impossible to form a certain combat core, resulting in the new recruits fighting very loosely, and it is difficult to give full play to the combat infantry formation when the combat is impacted. Under such circumstances, it will be very unfavorable for our future operations. When the staff officer said this, many of the officers bowed their heads.

In particular, the officers of the Taihang Military Region headed by Li Yun felt that what they said was very correct, and they were in the battle to attack the bandits. The terrain was already narrow, and the troops could not expand further, and when they attacked, the formation was invisibly not denser. This gives the bandits a big chance. They are condescending, even if they drop a stone, they can also inflict a great cost on them, if it were not for that, the casualties would not be so great. The defeat is certain, but Li Yun is still difficult to accept such casualties. He knows this very well.

"I won't explain the specifics. The solution is to re-establish this tactic of more than three people in a squad when fighting, for example, pikemen, musketeers, and axemen form a basic combat unit.

Musketeers provide firepower to kill, and axemen attack and defend near targets. For those who are far away and threaten the musketeers as the core combat center, the pikemen should actively launch an attack and pose a great threat to the other side. Protect the safety of the musketeers. The staff officer said.

"That's right. If you can form a musketeer as the core, the effect of the battle will be greatly improved, and the last time you were in the northern army, you had such a performance. This time, we should emphasize such a combat role. A regimental chief of staff stood up and said. Ma Heng waved his hand and asked the other party to sit down. If there are different opinions, they can wait for them to be raised.

"That's right, we should establish a basic squad platoon tactic centered on musketeers. Then, with this as the center, we emphasize the output of our firearms, so that our firepower and combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. At the tactical level of a specialized company platoon, we can draw a special battle group to form musketeers. Then surround the spearmen for protection, and in this way, a powerful combat unit is formed, and with the presence of such a combat unit, the combat effectiveness will be increased exponentially.

"At the same time, we must also note that when fighting at the battalion and company level, we must first ensure our firepower output, according to the battle experience of the Second Brigade attacking Huangfu Song, as well as the combat process, they have done this, so that their combat effectiveness has improved a lot, we should also pay attention to such a situation, if we can not deal with such a situation in time, the battle will be very disadvantageous to us. Because our superiority lies in firearms, and if we cannot give full play to our superiority in firearms, it means that our superiority cannot be developed, and naturally we will not be able to form combat effectiveness. The lieutenant colonel said.

"How?" Ma Heng asked everyone.

"Okay." A simple good word. Everyone's voices were spoken. When they fought before, they had this feeling.

The expansion of the Red Turban Army was very rapid. Because the peasants who had benefited joined the militia, and the militia actively participated in the fighting. They want to defend their labor, the fruits of victory, and they naturally have to fight hard. But a problem was in front of them. That is, most of them have never fought a war, and such a situation makes it difficult for them to exert their combat effectiveness as they should.

Without combat skills and combat experience, they will naturally not be able to display their combat effectiveness, and this is an important factor facing the Third Brigade and most of the combat units of the Taihang Military Region. But this problem is not easy to solve, and it is not easy to solve.

"Good. So, what's the problem? Ma Heng asked.

"This." Everyone looked left and right at each other, and they didn't seem to be able to figure out some questions.

"Yes. Sir. At this time, an operational staff officer sitting in the back stood up and said. The difference between a staff officer and a commander is that on their sleeves, staff officers have two red bars indicating that they are staff officers.

"Hmm. Very good. Let's talk about it, if there is any problem, I will solve it for you. Ma Heng said.

"Yes. Sir. Sir, my opinion is that we don't have that many veterans. The major said.

"Sir, you know, our army has expanded very much, and a large number of veterans have been diluted. Some veterans either went to field hospitals, or were transferred to the Fourth Brigade and the Independent Brigade, and they needed to be expanded and veterans. The operational staff officer said.

"If you look at the fact that there is only one combat core among the three people, we are not only not many veterans. Moreover, there is a lack of combat weapons, especially muskets, so that our situation is not very effective. The operational staff officer said.

"That makes sense. If there are veterans, it is easy for them to be able to drive two, and five is the limit. In this way, the situation is still not enough, and our actual situation is that a large number of veterans are not in our hands. The lack of veterans is still quite large. A lot of people say that in private.

"Hmm. That's right, how to solve such a problem? Ma Heng asked.

"Sir, there's only one way. Training. Those suitable backbones are selected through military training. The operational staff officer said.