After saying that, An Ning continued to observe the battlefield with the telescope.
He suddenly noticed that at the very edge of the formation, another army had completed its deployment.
An Ning pointed to the army and asked Kano: "What army is that?"
"The ones wearing skirts are female soldiers. There are few of them, so it's normal for them to spread out faster."
An Ning: "Not bad. It seems that the female soldiers are quite well organized."
"Maybe it has something to do with the fact that when male soldiers seize the opportunity, they taunt them and say that they don't know how to fight." Lazar Cano shrugged, "I still think that female soldiers are more suitable to be organized into skirmishers. After all, skirmishers only need to be able to fire.
A gun will do, and you don’t even need to consider hand-to-hand combat, which can greatly weaken women’s physical disadvantages.”
An Ning: "If the cavalry is just reconnaissance..."
"The cavalry is not only for reconnaissance. It is wrong to regard them as a reconnaissance force. They are also an important impact force and need to undertake combat missions."
An Ning raised his eyebrows: "I asked Davout to watch the ladies' training, and Davout said they can be used as an impact force. This is the judgment of professional cavalry."
Lazar Cano curled his lips and stopped talking.
Since all the professional cavalrymen judged that female cavalrymen were available, he had nothing to say about the paperwork such as expertise and troop establishment.
But after a brief silence, he asked again: "Is Davout willing to command an infantry unit? He is a cavalry, and his father is also a cavalry officer!"
"I think he is quite happy." An Ning replied.
Historically, Davout was a well-rounded talent. He could handle both cavalry and infantry. Unlike Murat, who was a stickler for cavalry.
At this time, an artillery lieutenant rode up to An Ning: "The artillery unit has been deployed. Can we start the drill?"
"Okay, fire the cannon to give everyone a little more battlefield atmosphere." An Ning ordered.
The second lieutenant immediately experienced it and rode away.
Soon the artillery salvoes began.
The top commander of the artillery was An Ning himself. He ordered the artillery to be concentrated and placed on the hillside of the hill where he was.
All one hundred artillery pieces were concentrated and arrayed on the hillside, and the scene when they fired salvos was quite spectacular.
Lazar Cano: "This way the shells will roar over the heads of the unfolding infantry. I guess many people will wet their pants."
Of course, An Ning's troops had no experience of being bombarded by artillery, nor did they have experience of shells whizzing past their heads.
When An Ning saw the cannon firing, many people turned around and looked back.
He even saw someone fall down in fear.
An Ning: "I'm very dissatisfied with the fact that someone fell down because of the sound of gunfire. You can handle it after the exercise."
Lazar Cano: "It's simple. After the exercise, just ask the sergeants to check who peed their pants. But don't be harsh on them. Cannons are a big killer for people who have never seen them before."
An Ning nodded and continued to observe the training ground.
At this time, a southeasterly wind was blowing on the battlefield, blowing right from behind An Ning and the others, so the smoke generated by the cannon fire was blown towards the unfolding infantry units.
An Ning is very satisfied with this situation. The smoke can further test the organization and training of the troops.
The cannon began its second salvo, and hundreds of cannons sprayed shells into the fields opposite.
In the swirling smoke, you can see the infantry's offensive line gradually taking shape.
Lazar Cano took out his pocket watch, looked at it, and whispered: "The time from the initial entry to full deployment... is not bad. It is what a well-trained army should look like."
An Ning: "It was much faster than when I ambushed the Konta rebels in the apple orchard. Of course, at that time, the rebels were being bombarded by our army's artillery. I only had eight cannons at the time, but my shots were quite accurate.
If I had had the hundreds of doors I have now, they would never have had time to expand.
"The only thing left is to see if the attacking queue can be unified..."
An Ning laughed to herself as she spoke.
Kano asked with a puzzled look: "What's wrong?"
"I remembered again the terrible formation my troops walked in during the Battle of Apple Orchard. It was only a few hundred meters away. After walking, the formation was completely messed up. It looked like a wavy line, with a huge crest in the middle.
Raised."
An Ning burst out laughing as she spoke, Lazarcano also laughed, and after a while everyone laughed together, as if An Ning had just shaken off a huge funny bag.
After laughing, An Ning made a serious face: "From then on, I decided not to conduct a regular line attack. In the end, I won the victory with an ambush battle. In that battle, our infantry only rushed a dozen meters before engaging the enemy.
It’s basically just a matter of running wildly for a few seconds.”
At this time, Beethoven, who had not spoken much, said: "Use your strengths and avoid your weaknesses."
An Ning: "Now let's see the results of nearly a year of training."
At this time, Dawu, commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade and deputy commander of the army, rode over and saluted An Ning: "Report..."
Just at this time, the artillery began a new salvo.
Davout's words were completely covered by the rumbling sound of cannons.
Davout frowned, but did not complain. Instead, he waited for the salvo to end and spoke again: "Report, the entire army has completed its formation."
An Ning nodded: "I saw it...although I couldn't see it very clearly."
At this time, the white smoke from the shelling had obscured the entire battlefield. The entire formation could not be seen from the hill where An Ning was located. There was always a part blocked by the thick smoke.
Davout nodded: "The smoke is too thick. After all, it is a hundred artillery pieces."
An Ning: "How about it? Under this kind of visibility, are you confident that you can march in line with the attacking formation?"
Davout smiled: "My brigade will definitely be fine."
An Ning: "Then your brigade will come first. Let me explain first, the artillery will not cease fire. Maybe artillery shells will fall on your brigade during the march."
An Ning gave the artillerymen a bombardment area right in front, and all the artillery had their muzzles raised, so generally the artillery shells would land 800 to 1,000 meters away.
However, the artillery of this era did not have rifling, and the shells did not fit closely with the inner wall of the barrel, so when the cannon was fired, the shells would bounce back and forth in the barrel, so the direction of movement was random when it came out of the barrel.
Just like a flintlock gun, the placement of the artillery really depends on the face.
The drill subject An Ning gave them was to maintain formation and walk a distance of 500 meters. Theoretically speaking, they might be shelled when they reached the last 100 meters.
So An Ning's words are not meant to scare people.
Davout replied confidently: "Don't worry, General, the First Brigade will not let you down."
An Ning nodded and said, "First brigade, start attacking!"
Davout saluted and rode back to his troops with confidence.
An Ning watched as he returned to his unit on the far right side of the formation, dismounted and stood at the front of the formation.
An Ning heard Davout's voice in the air: "First Brigade, move forward!"
An Ning: "My voice is really loud."
However, these days, as an officer, especially a junior officer, you must have a loud voice, otherwise you will not be able to give orders on the battlefield.
So An Ning made a special rule for his teaching team: everything should be done loudly and energetically.
In addition, An Ning also added a subject that she did not have in Briena: as soon as she got up every morning, she would go to the playground and shout into the woods on the playground.
The inspiration for this move also comes from the movie "O Navy", in which the Etajima Naval School also has this subject of practicing shouting on the playground in the morning.
Over time, everyone thought that An Ning liked people with loud voices. Not to mention the big boss who had a loud voice all day long, even the ladies who came to An Ning for the dance also had a loud voice.
Yes, for example, Christina's voice became hoarse because she forced herself to speak loudly.
As for Davout, he probably didn't do it on purpose. He already had a loud voice.
Not only that, the non-commissioned officers of the first brigade also raised their voices, and their voices sounded like the echo of Davout's roar, resounding throughout the battlefield.
Then the 1st Brigade began to advance.
At the beginning, because the starting order was different, the people in the middle were closer to Davout, so they started early, so the whole queue formed an arc.
But then the bow flattened.
The entire brigade, consisting of 2,000 people, was arranged in four horizontal lines. From a distance, they looked like four thick parallel lines.
Each line has three rows of people, which is a standard line infantry attack line.
An Ning observed with the telescope for a long time, and after waiting for the horizontal team to walk a hundred meters away, she nodded and praised: "Very good, Davout did a great job."
Lazar Cano also nodded and said: "This level of training is higher than I thought. Davout is indeed a talented general."
An Ning nodded repeatedly: Isn't that a general? Among Napoleon's marshals, Davout can be said to be the most capable of fighting, but also the one with the least hair.
At this time, An Ning suddenly noticed that Beethoven was standing next to him, looking like he wanted to talk, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Uh, I'm sorry to disturb you when inspecting the troops. Well, the first brigade is using the new offensive march I wrote. How do you feel about it?"
Only then did An Ning realize that the music played by the military band was different from usual. The new music sounded very cheerful and contained a fearless spirit.
An Ning: "It's very good."
"Thank you for your compliment." Beethoven looked relieved, "But every time you evaluate it, it is very good, very good, and you have never found fault..."
An Ning thought to herself, Nima, you are Le Sheng, how can I find fault with you?
But on the surface he said: "My principle is to let professional people do professional things. If it is setting up artillery positions, I will definitely express my opinion. But when it comes to music, no, no, I'd better not make people laugh."
An Ning's translation plug-in has translated the idiom "making people laugh generously" into Latin.
At this moment, the artillery fired another salvo.
Carnot: "Should one of the guns turn around and fire at the 1st Brigade? This would allow us to test their morale in the face of artillery fire."
An Ning hesitated for a moment. To be honest, doing it like this will definitely improve the combat effectiveness of the troops. It is normal to have some casualties during the exercise. But after a brief hesitation, he shook his head: "No. France will definitely fall into civil strife next. We have a lot of
Many people will die in continuous wars. It is better not to waste their lives in exercises, although this can indeed improve the level of the entire army."
Kano nodded: "Understood."
Beethoven looked very moved: "You really love your soldiers as much as your sons!"
An Ning originally wanted to say that this was not considered loving soldiers as sons, but based on past experience, he knew that this would be understood as humility, so he simply stopped talking.
At this time, Davout's troops had reached the offensive stop line. The non-commissioned officers guarding the stop line raised a green flag to indicate that they had arrived at the line.
An Ning and Lazarcano raised their binoculars to observe Davout's formation.
Kano: "It's a little bit chaotic, but it's still within the scope of an elite division."
An Ning: "Well, send an order to Davout, saying that I am very satisfied. Order the second brigade to start advancing!"