277. Ancient motorization
"Okay, let's take the Turks as an imaginary enemy and make our battle plan, so that we can be prepared in the future! As long as we have a battle plan, then we can go into battle as quickly as possible. Jingwen said.
This is the advantage of Jingwen's establishment of a military affairs office similar to the General Staff, which can formulate operational plans at any time, so that they can take the imaginary enemy as their target at any time. Other generals will only make battle plans when the matter is at the end of the day, so that the lead is not a little bit. As for the future, it can be militarily ahead again, and this is enough to show that the system of this kind of military affairs department is advanced. Even, in the future, I am afraid that all armies of the Tang Dynasty will have to increase the establishment of three divisions.
Feng Yong first said: "Jie Shuai, I found a very big loophole for us. ”
"What vulnerability?" Jingwen asked.
Feng Yong said: "That is the speed of the infantry marching at my side. According to our previous plan, that is, our infantry must keep up with the cavalry, so that we can carry out the plan of our previous drill. But now we have a very big problem, and that is the speed of the infantry. Because we humans have two legs, and war horses have four legs, it is almost impossible for humans to outrun war horses. Therefore, once our infantry cannot keep up with the cavalry, then our battle plan will not be able to be implemented. As for the enemy, if we arrived, they would have already fled. Therefore, the speed of our infantry marching is a big problem, and if it is not solved, then we will not be able to effectively destroy the enemy. ”
When everyone heard this question, they immediately felt a little helpless. Because how can the infantry march as fast as the cavalry, even if there are a few Scuds, it is only an exception, and not all marches so fast. Now this issue is very important, and it is related to everyone's tactical arrangement. If the tactics can't be realized, then I'm afraid the previous plan will not be usable either. When the time comes, the enemy will all run away, so what is there to talk about annihilating the enemy? So. This is a big loophole. But there's nothing you can do about it, because it's impossible to slow down the cavalry, right? This is also unlikely, the cavalry slows down, is that still called cavalry?
"Let's talk about it, is there any way to increase the speed of the infantry." Jingwen said.
As a result, everyone was silent, and there was nothing good to do. However, there was a guy who actually proposed to make a carriage for the cavalry, which suddenly surprised Jingwen for a while.
"By the way, that's to let the cavalry ride in the carriage!" Jingwen said.
"In a carriage?" No one thought of that.
Jingwen explained: "That's right! If the soldiers had made carriages, wouldn't that have been able to keep up with the speed of the cavalry? As long as the soldier makes the carriage, he will get off the carriage when he arrives at the battlefield. In this way, you can keep up with the speed of the cavalry. This way the enemy will not have time to run away, and we can annihilate the enemy. The main speed of our army is to be fast, to carry out blitzkrieg, so that the Turks do not react at all, and we attack in front of them, and this is our supreme tactic. ”
The method proposed by Jingwen actually made the infantry motorized. The so-called motorization means that the infantry is mounted on a vehicle and then transported to the battlefield by the vehicle. In this way, when you get to the front line of the battlefield, you get off the car and fight. The development of infantry has gone through several modes, including mule and horse, that is, soldiers put their weapons and equipment on mule horses, so that they can easily march. And the second part is motorization. That is, the soldier takes the car to the front line, and then gets out of the car and charges. Finally, there is mechanization, where the soldier writes the chariot to the front, and when he arrives at the front, he does not get off the chariot. Combat directly on combat vehicles.
Originally, the world's recognized motorized army was during the First World War, but Jingwen actually opened his mind and wanted to make the first motorized army during the Tang Dynasty. As long as the ordinary soldier gets on top of the personnel carrier. In this way, you can get to the front line as quickly as possible, which not only increases the speed very highly, but also saves the soldier's body. The other armies marched on foot, and by the time they arrived at the battlefield, they were exhausted. At this time, the enemy was just waiting for the attack to be easy. But now that motorization has been implemented, the soldiers sit on the chariots very easily, so that they can reach the front line with almost no effort, so that they are not waiting for work? In this way, the previous modes of war were eliminated.
And the other generals couldn't help but be a little surprised when they heard Jing Wen's brain-opening method. If you follow Jingwen's method, it can indeed solve the problem of marching speed, but it can also allow soldiers to save physical energy and wait for work. However, they all know that it takes a lot of money to implement this method. If there is not enough economic strength, it will not be possible to implement this plan. It costs money to build a vehicle, and it costs money to buy a war horse, and these all cost money. And these are all things that need to be paid by the imperial court, because ordinary soldiers cannot have this capital. In the early Tang Dynasty, the system was the government soldier system, and the government soldiers not only had to fight for free, but also had to prepare their own grain and grass and carry their own weapons. But according to Jingwen's gameplay, I'm afraid that soldiers can't provide such a strong financial support to serve themselves.
"Don't worry, I'll solve the problem of money. Later, I paid out of my own pocket and solved the problem of the combat vehicles of these soldiers. However, we only signed a loan agreement with my property in the name of the Snow Shame Army, and when the time comes, we will return it at 30% interest, and we will return it with the spoils of war at that time. Jingwen said.
Although Jingwen is not unable to directly provide the money for the chariot, he must sign this loan agreement "in one more move". If it is given directly, then I am afraid that there is a problem with the procedure. Because in ancient times, it was very taboo for private individuals to use their own money to support the army, and it was a free offering. Therefore, it must be paid by the public, so that it can be regarded as a reassuring method. Private support for the army is suspected of usurping the hearts of the army, so this still has to be avoided. If Jingwen gave the money directly, then the emperor would definitely suspect that Jingwen was going to be a warlord. However, if this additional procedure is done, then this loan will become a public debt of the Snow Shame Army, and it will not be a private support for the army. And there must be interest, so that there is no suspicion of bad intentions, this is all to avoid suspicion!
"Okay, Ma Zhou, you are the director of the service department, and the task of finding craftsmen to build the carriage will be entrusted to you! When the time comes, I will take out the tea and trade with the Turks, so that I can get war horses and form carriages. Jingwen said.
"Yes!" Ma Zhou agreed. (To be continued......)