Chapter 800: Grenades
Looking at the muzzle of the black hole, the young men were a little apprehensive, and they all slowed down one by one - the officers and soldiers relied on these firearms to shoot the extremely vicious Tartars, which were very powerful, and they didn't want to taste the guns. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Zhao Si whispered in the crowd: "What are you afraid of, you will scare and scare people, officers and soldiers dare not openly kill people, we have so many people watching!" ”
Someone really believed his words, hesitated for a moment, but still moved, and even trotted up.
Without even a second of hesitation, the commander coldly ordered: "Fire!" ”
The soldiers pulled the trigger, "Woo Woo Woo", and the young men dozens of paces away fell one by one. Those who thought that the officers and soldiers did not dare to make a move were stunned.
Someone was seriously wounded, but not dead, rolling on the ground in pain, screaming loudly, and being particularly miserable under the gaze of more than 10,000 pairs of eyes.
Park Renyong was very unlucky, caught in the crowd, before he could do anything, he was affected, he was shot in the shoulder and fell in a pool of blood, although the wound was not fatal, but the pain was unbearable, rolling on the ground, wailing loudly. Zhao Si and Liu Neng were lucky not to be hit by a stray bullet.
The company commander shouted, "Listen, all the people, whoever tries to escape will be regarded as a tartar, and death will be in vain, and you must think twice before acting." ”
One by one, the soldiers relayed the word to both ends of the long line, and finally, everyone heard it.
The officers and men were fully armed, loaded with guns and ammunition, and there were Tartars who were responsible for killing people openly and honestly, coupled with the fear of the government, all the people did not dare to have any more thoughts after this row of guns, and they were honest one by one.
Zhao Si didn't expect that these officers and soldiers would not follow the rules at all, and he was stunned for a long time before accepting the fact that the incitement failed. He didn't dare to speak anymore, squeezed into the crowd, wrapped his wrists around his own with a rope, and pretended to be innocent and had nothing to do with the young and strong just now.
After experiencing this small episode, these nearly 10,000 people were tied up, strung together with ropes, and slowly moved towards Dengzhou under the drive of more than 100 officers and soldiers. Naturally, the officers and soldiers who escorted them would not tell them that they were sent to Dengzhou to be military households, so as to avoid further twists and turns on the way.
On the sea, a fleet of ships with no end in sight is cleaving the waves and moving forward quickly.
In the flagship of the "Guangdong", Xia Nan summoned officers above the battalion commander level and staff officers of the Military Aircraft Staff Office to review the battle situation and discuss the gains and losses in the Battle of Changyi. It is very necessary for an army to sum up in a timely manner after the war and recognize its own shortcomings. Although this battle was won in the end, its own losses were also heavy, and there were undue errors of judgment in the course of the battle, which are worth discussing.
Xia Nan motioned to Huang Hansheng, who had been fighting on the front line, to talk about his views first.
Huang Hansheng thought for a while and said: "I have a few ideas, and I don't know if it's right or not. ”
"First, I've always heard of Tartar riding and shooting in the past, but judging from the performance of actual combat, this is not the case at all." Huang Hansheng said while pondering, "According to the independent regiment, it is the Mongols who are really skilled in riding, and the most powerful in riding and archery are also the Mongols. Although many of the Tartar cavalry were also one-man and two-horseed, they were more like infantry armor on horseback, and when they approached, they did not rely on their horses to charge into battle, but dismounted and fought on foot. But then again, their heavy arrows are incredibly powerful, and the first five arrows are enough to compare to muskets. In my opinion, in the future, when encountering the Tartar cavalry, as long as the opponent is not superior in numbers, it may not necessarily be necessary to set up a hollow phalanx. ”
Wei Lianheng nodded and said, "That makes sense." However, I think there is one more condition that there should be added as long as there are no Mongols accompanying them. If there is harassment on the two wings of the Mongolian light cavalry, then it can only be a phalanx. ”
Su Thick Legs also said: "The Mongolian horsemanship and horse archery skills are indeed powerful, in terms of flexibility and mobility, far beyond the Tartars, with them, it is difficult to resist without sacrificing the phalanx." ”
Xia Nan concluded: "Synthesize the opinions of several of you, refine them more concisely, and write them into the infantry drill code. If you encounter a Tartar cavalry in the future, you will know how to deal with it. ”
In fact, this conversation makes a lot of sense, if the next time they meet, the Tartars will first let the Mongol cavalry outflank the two wings, and they can't resist it with ordinary formations alone.
Huang Hansheng continued: "Second, the Tartar is very troublesome, at least it has a good defensive effect on the musket. If there is no cannon in the front row, and the Tartars rely on the cover of the chariot to send the archers up, and shoot arrows without life, we will not have a good way for a while. ”
Zuo Wuwei, the commander of the artillery battalion of the first regiment, interjected: "Unless the mountain artillery is mounted in front of the team...... However, in this way, the artillery is put in a dangerous situation, and the survival rate on the battlefield is extremely low, whether it is bow and arrow shooting or infantry charging, the artillery is the first to die. ”
Lin Weiye thought for a moment and said to himself: "Artillery needs to ensure safety, so you can consider grenadiers......"
Summer Nanqi said: "What grenadiers? ”
Lam came back to his senses from his own world and explained: "Before there was a rifled gun, you could consider using grenades to fill the gap in firepower between the curved howitzer and the flintlock gun. Just imagine, isn't it cool that the Tartars worked so hard to push the cart in front of us, covering the archers to shoot arrows, and we threw a row of grenades over, and the archers all burped? ”
Xia Nan was surprised and delighted: "There is still this kind of operation? You can actually make a grenade, so why didn't you get it sooner? ”
"Black Powder Age grenades weren't as light and practical as you might think. There is no high explosive, there is no reliable pulling device for the time being, the so-called grenade is just a shrunken version of the grenade used in artillery, not to mention bulky, and the power is not great enough, so it has not been done before, and there are platoon guns and artillery enough to cope with most battles. Lin Weiye explained, "Now that we have to deal with the car, we can use this weapon, and when I go back to Lingao, I'll try it." ”
Huang Hansheng longed, "Manpower throws a flowering bomb? This method is good, and then we will not be afraid of the Tartar cart. ”
He continued with his third suggestion.
"Finally, most of the Tartars have armor, and there is more than one layer, but we don't have it, and it is very difficult to fight. I see that the Tartars come and go in battle with those few tricks: light arrow throwing, heavy arrow flat shooting, and infantry charge. Even if you have heavy weapons like foot armor, you can't defend yourself against armor such as maces and axes; However, if there is light armor on the head, chest, shoulders, and arms, most of the light arrows thrown can be prevented, and even heavy arrows will not be fatal with one arrow. With the right armor, the soldiers have a much better chance of surviving. ”