Time flies so fast, and in a blink of an eye, it is already a month after An Sanxi led his cavalry team to roam the grassland.
After arriving at the grassland, the scouts discovered a small tribe.
The scouts reported after investigation: There are only more than 400 people in this tribe, including 133 adult men, 150 women in their prime, and the rest are old people and children.
This tribe was very poor and weak, so they were forced to graze near the Ming Dynasty.
An Sanxi rode up to a small hill and looked through his telescope at the felt bags scattered around the bend of the river below. He counted about seventy of them.
After doing some calculations in my mind, I roughly figured out the situation. This is a very small fringe tribe.
There are more than a thousand cattle and less than ten thousand sheep.
"Everyone has it. This tribe is our first target to conquer. Let me say it again, the rule of survival on the grassland is that the weak eat the strong, and the strong annex the weak. You have all studied Mongolian with me for more than two months. Listen.
The story of the grassland that has lasted two months. Now we rush down and defeat them, and then this is our tribe. The women and cubs are also our women and cubs. As long as the boys are not taller than a wheel, don't kill them indiscriminately, understand?
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"Understood!" The cubs responded like wolves howling. They were all eager to try.
When they arrived on the grassland, they felt that their equestrian skills were improving rapidly.
Although their fighting skills are not good enough, they have enough firearms to make up for it.
I have long thought about fighting,
Prove yourself.
Everyone meditated on Cao Dian in their hearts,
Control your nervousness.
After all, they are trained intensively,
Moreover, the equipment and supplies are far ahead of this era.
In the holsters on both sides of the saddle in front of the saddle, there are three double-barreled muskets on the left and right. There is also a flintlock carbine on each side. Four grenades for each person.
There is also the saber Yang Fan bought from Hyundai.
Yang Fan equipped them with the current Type 65 saber, which was widely praised in use. The blade was modified to be 96 cm long and made of fine steel.
Blade chrome plated.
The sabers of these new recruits are not sharpened.
When wielding a saber that weighs 1.85 kilograms, it is easy to injure yourself and your horse if you lack physical strength, so only those senior cavalry can sharpen their sabers.
But even without sharpening, with the impact inertia of the military horse,
A saber placed flat on a horse can still easily cut off the enemy's head.
cavalry combat,
In this era, long guns were generally used.
but,
Spearing requires years of practice, and Yang Fan simply doesn't have the time.
As the saying goes, a stick in the moon and a sword in a lifetime will last a lifetime.
Practicing swordsmanship is very fast, it only takes a few months. Yang Fan has a modern compilation of cavalry drills, which is definitely the pinnacle of cavalry tactics and techniques.
Modern cavalry swordsmanship has also been developed over hundreds of years.
Coupled with modern scientific research, it has been finally determined that it is perfect beyond the level of this era.
It is difficult to place a long spear on a horse. If it is not placed properly, it can easily hit the people and horses in front, causing unnecessary casualties.
Immediately fix the spear, which requires equipment such as the Goose Wing Ring and the Victory Hook.
It also adds extra weight.
It is impossible for a cavalryman to hold a lance with his hand all the time;
It won't take long until your hands are sore and you won't be able to hold the gun during combat.
and,
with a handgun,
When marching or fighting, it is easy to hit the people in front, which is very unsafe.
The solution is also very simple,
Generally, a copper tube is installed in front of the stirrup, and a hook is installed on the front side of the saddle.
Insert the spear into the tube connected to the stirrup and secure it with a hook. This way, the spear will not be lost when the horse is bumpy.
Moreover, the tip of the spear points upward, so it will not hit the friendly troops in front.
Yang Fan understands that one inch is long,
One inch is strong, one inch is short, and one inch is dangerous.
When the enemy charges forward, the side with the spear will definitely have the advantage.
However, I don’t know how to use such a heavy weapon, which is just a burden. It’s better to give up. Anyway, I have a riot helmet and anti-stab suit. It’s better to fight hard and save money. The weight saved can be used to carry more supplies, firearms and ammunition.
Yang Fan also had a hard time choosing the saber.
The question of whether to use a straight knife or a curved knife has troubled Yang Fan for a long time.
Gu Lao This is not a small problem. Straight swords and scimitars have been changed repeatedly in various countries and civilizations in Asia and Europe throughout history.
But every change is based on realistic considerations and actual changes on the battlefield.
Yang Fan, Tu Shanyue and Lin Yueru discussed the advantages and disadvantages of straight knives and curved knives for a long time.
Both of them are experts in using knives, and their skills are very good.
Generally speaking, with the same weight and thickness, a straight knife is longer than a curved knife, which means that the straight knife stabs the opponent to death first.
When chopping, the situation is reversed.
Note that the following principles are a bit confusing.
The center of gravity of a straight knife is on the spine line of the blade, some pointing forward and some pointing backward.
Skills are required when chopping, otherwise the position of the chopping will be easily misplaced when you rotate. It may appear to be the same place, but the actual chopping is in a lower position.
Because the center of gravity is difficult to grasp, it is easy to cut off the target.
But the machete is different.
The blade is an arc, and the center of gravity is not on the blade at all.
But in the air behind the arc. In this case, it is very easy to control the direction when chopping.
The position of the knife drop is precise.
This principle is like the wooden handle of a grenade or the long shaft of an arrow. The center of gravity moves backward to increase stability.
So at that time,
Lin Yueru made a very classic summary: "The criteria for choosing a straight sword or a scimitar depends on the quality of my soldiers. If my soldiers are all well-trained veterans, they will be equipped with straight swords. Once the straight swords are practiced, they have a wide swing range.
, it is extremely difficult to defend, and an assassination can also directly penetrate the armor."
"If the master's soldiers are recruited temporarily and have neglected training, like militiamen, it is best to equip them with scimitars. Because the scimitar training time is short, the difficulty is low, and it is quick to get started. But the scimitar can only cut and kill, and it has a stabbing effect.
No, it’s hard to penetrate an enemy with a machete. It’s not easy to cut through the armor with a slash.”
Tu Shanyue also added: "Sir, look at why the tribes on the grasslands all use scimitars. It's because the Mongols today have no standing army at all. They recruit herdsmen temporarily during battles. Such recruits lack professional training.
, you can only use a machete."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At that time, Yang Fan asked: "Then why did the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties use straight knives?"
Tu Shanyue said: "At that time, the country was strong and well-trained. However, starting from the Song Dynasty, the military strength was no longer good. It began to weaken the generals and the army. If the training could not keep up, it would not be able to equip fixed swords. It was not easy to use. It was difficult.
Not bad at all."
Yang Fan later used it to look up European information and found that it was really like this.
Britain and France are both the pinnacle of European cavalry. It turns out that those who use straight swords are nobles and officers, and those who use scimitars are soldiers.
This is enough to explain the problem.
Officers and nobles have been trained for a long time, so they dare to use straight swords, which are difficult to use but difficult for the enemy to defend. Soldiers are all casual soldiers who are born every two or three years, and they can get started faster with scimitars, which reduces training costs.
If Yang Fan's militiamen were to distribute weapons, it would be better to use scimitars.
However, Lin Yueru continued to add: "The dispute between straight swords and curved swords has lasted for thousands of years. In fact, each has its own advantages. The knives used in the Ming Dynasty are actually a combination of straight swords and curved swords, such as Yanling sword, Xiuchun sword, etc.
The Royal Forest Saber, Qi Family Sword, etc. all have a straight blade but a slightly curved tip. Try to combine the two, and try to reduce the difficulty of use while retaining the ability to stab and penetrate armor."
After Yang Fan figured it out, he finally made up his mind and equipped his small cavalry squad with the Type 65 saber that was standard in later generations of the army.
An Sanxi gave an order, and thirty cavalrymen lined up in a row, shoulder to shoulder, and appeared on the hill.
The remaining men took shelter in a pine forest five miles away, guarding the remaining horses and baggage.
Soon, the herdsmen in the camp discovered that a group of people wearing colorful clothes appeared on the hills. Apart from the herdsmen and armed groups, there was only one kind of person left on the grassland - horse thieves.
The camp below instantly fell into chaos.
The middle-aged men were busy looking for horses, the middle-aged women rushed into the felt bags to look for bows and arrows, and the old people drove the children into the felt bags to hide.
An Sanxi looked coldly at the more than 400 people below and said, "Move forward."
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