As the saying goes, "Grade is better than the blue." Although Zhao Bing's defensive tactics were derived from Septimus Severus, it combined the achievements of other military strategists to establish a system that suits him. He did not feel anything wrong with this. After all, today's scientific and technological achievements are different. They inherit and integrate the experience of predecessors and innovate and develop. No matter what foreign or local ones, they are useful. This is also the principle he adhered to when doing technology in his previous life.
As powerful weapons to defeat the enemy, the crossbows and rockets are naturally essential things in the army. These are easy to say for the navy. Their carrying tools are relatively fixed, and the size and load capacity of the ship are not considered as the size of the crossbows. However, the infantry is different. The crossbows can basically be driven by people. If the body size and weight are too large, it will increase the burden on marching and transfer, and it will be difficult to follow the army in complex terrain.
Therefore, once settled down, Zhao Bing considered miniaturizing the crossbow as much as possible, reducing its weight and increasing portability without reducing its power, so as to ensure that it can follow the army and be suitable for use in most occasions. After research by him and the craftsmen, by replacing materials, removing unnecessary components, reducing size, optimizing structure and other means, the weight of the small crossbow was successfully reduced to 200 kilograms. After disassembly, four soldiers could carry the marching.
The design is more clever, the basic components of medium and large crossbows can be carried by a horse, which can travel through mountains and rivers and quickly move with the team, while the huge wooden pieces can be temporarily made at the battle site. Of course, this may delay the use of weapons in the field of combat, but can be quickly put into combat once needed. In this way, all departments of the Qiongzhou Infantry Army are also equipped with crossbows, each battalion has five small crossbows, each army has one crossbow battalion, twenty heavy crossbows and five large crossbows.
These weapons are mainly used for the defense of siege operations and field fortifications, and sometimes they are also used for specific field operations, such as covering troops crossing the river. In addition, in order to cooperate with defensive operations, each army also has a baggage engineering team, which can skillfully carry out bridge erection and installation and use of special weapons for siege operations. Although they mainly rely on finding wood and miscellaneous materials at the battle site, the engineering team has a special baggage team carrying the tools and equipment necessary for construction.
In addition, Zhao Bing also formulated a set of defensive operations for infantry troops through the experience accumulated during the training and knowledge of his past lives:
First, when the army enters the combat area, it must first set up a fortified camp and use it as a combat and support base; generals and staff must conduct comprehensive reconnaissance on the enemy's situation and surrounding areas. In addition to the deployment of the enemy, they must also check the local conditions of timber, stone, livestock, food, feed and other resources as the basis for comprehensively estimating the situation.
After accepting the mission, immediately block the frontier and start collecting materials needed fortifications and siege machinery, building fortifications, building defense measures, arranging combat equipment, setting up obstacles, and establishing a linear defense area in the position to maximize the firepower range of combat machinery. If you fight independently, defense lines must be built on the flanks and rear to deal with enemy detours and attacks from the side and back.
Finally, a complete set of field defense fortifications with covers consisting of mobile protective panels, mobile corridors and fortresses are formed, and light and heavy weapons, crossbows, rockets and other similar weapons are used continuously to harass the opponent and disrupt the deployment of the enemy. Once the enemy attacks, each unit can rely on simple fortifications to fight against the enemy, and can seize the opportunity to counterattack the enemy, and even encircle and annihilate the enemy when the enemy retreats.
Of course, this is just a basic principle, not a static. The heads and generals of each division can adjust and add or reduce the use of crossbows and the specific steps of combat according to the environmental conditions at that time and the enemy's combat operations, so as to maximize the effectiveness of weapons and technology. It can be said that they are exactly the same as the old plum blossom array...
Quanzhou City is facing the river and the south of the city. When the naval army in the southeast of the Yuan Dynasty was hit, these are two natural dangers. It is almost impossible for them to break through the defense of the Baisha Navy. Therefore, they can only choose the 6th route in the north and east of the city as the breakthrough path, so the front and rear armies defending these two directions will be under great pressure. After failing to cross the river, Suodu will definitely seek a breakthrough again. According to Zhao Bing's estimate, he will definitely choose to go upstream and re-select the ferry, and then join the reinforcements from the north to come to the north to help.
"Commander Huang, you need to strengthen these directions. You can set up some traps in front of the trenches, sprinkle some horse-repellent nails, and bury some bamboo sticks. Look at the open area, which is very suitable for cavalry gathering. We also buried some gunpowder in advance to disrupt their attack steps!" In fact, the defense situation in the north of the city is not good. Not far from the city is a hilly area, forming a terrain with high north and low south. It is always easy to attack from high places to low places, and defense is relatively difficult. Zhao Bing pointed out the weak points in defense.
"Your Majesty, I will make arrangements!" Huang Xianyao nodded and said.
"You fought very well this time in the feint attack on Beicheng, and the losses were not small, but you were unable to enter the city. You feel uncomfortable!" Zhao Bing said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, I dare not!" Huang Xianyao immediately said.
"There is nothing to dare or not. I paid such a huge price, hundreds of people were killed and injured, but it seemed like I was working hard and I was unhappy if this matter happened to me!" Zhao Bing waved his hand.
"His Majesty……"
"Don't do this, I remember all your credit!" Zhao Bing saw that Huang Xianyao was a little excited, and asked again, "Have you entered the city? Have you found your family?"
"The war is urgent, and my subordinates have not yet reached the city, so I still don't know where their family members are!" Huang Xianyao replied hurriedly.
"I don't want you to learn from Dayu's house three times and not enter. There is no hurry to fight these two days. Enter the city quickly to see if you can find your family!" Zhao Bing sighed lightly.
"Yes, thank your Majesty for your concern!" Huang Xianyao said again, "Your Majesty, there are many villagers who have come to the camp to inquire about their relatives recently. In order to prevent leaks, their subordinates have not allowed them to join the camp. Please ask Your Majesty to tell me what to do!"
Chapter completed!