Yuan Tan quickly narrated the cause and effect clearly. There is nothing to say about the battlefield. If you win, you will win, and if you lose, you will lose. Just describe the facts.
But after finishing writing, Yuan Tan stopped writing and started thinking. After a while, he typed a few items, looked at Yuan Zhong beside him, thought for a while and said, "Uncle Clan, go and invite Youruo, we are here
I have to consider other things."
"Xiansi, it's already the second watch. Why don't you work again tomorrow? You've already been busy all day." Yuan Zhong looked at Yuan Tan and suggested.
"We must mobilize the military system." Yuan Tan said softly, "For this kind of thing, it is better to inform Youruo sooner rather than later."
Seeing this, Yuan Zhong said no more, nodded and left quickly, while Yuan Tan sighed, looking at the empty cases, thinking about what direction to change next.
Soon Xun Chen rushed over wearing a white fur cloak. From the snowflakes accumulated on the shiny fur, it was clear how heavy the snow was outside.
"This is the main loss in our battle with Rome over the years. This is the battle report this time. You Ruo, please take a look." After Xun Chen took his seat, Yuan Tan handed everything in his hand to Xun Chen.
Xun Chen just took over and glanced at it, then frowned slightly.
"My lord, you want to use military control?" Xun Chen understood Yuan Tan's thoughts almost instantly.
"I'm afraid it won't work if we don't move. We have suffered too many losses from archers." Yuan Tan sighed, "This huge loss was caused by Zhang Zhenxi being trapped in the camp and unable to escape, but the sound of shooting
The battalion's failure to complete tactical strikes is also a very important point."
Xun Chen nodded. He knew the military well. Even though he was mainly stationed at the rear now, if he really wanted to go to the battlefield, he would be no worse than Xu You in judging and arranging those people. It was just that the situation forced him to sit in the rear.
Although Zhang Ren's failure to penetrate the Macedonian front was indeed the biggest problem compared to before, but considering that this time Rome was raising troops on a snowy night, the Han army made a mistake in judgment from the beginning, which made Zhang Ren's discovery of the Macedonian front extremely difficult.
, it would be impossible to turn around and reorganize the front.
To be honest, this is also Zhang Ren's problem. Zhang Ren attacked Macedonia and crushed him every time. When he found out that Rome was attacking the camp in the snowy night, Zhang Ren hit them head-on. It was a very reasonable operation. The only problem
That is, the operation was correct, but it did not penetrate, and because of the camp problem, there was no way to penetrate from the side.
In the end, I had no choice but to bite the bullet and attack hard. As a result, Sui Yuanjin, who was covering the rear, was killed on the spot by an intuitive shot. Zhang Ren just sat on the wax. Anulinus himself proved his luck in the official history. What if he wasn't lucky enough?
Maybe the storm will hit the opponent together...
Coupled with the luck of the fourth eagle emblem, after it bloomed, it was a perfect match, with occasional unexpected effects from time to time, and Zhang Ren's rhythm was disrupted.
Therefore, Yuan Tan had nothing to say when he saw the battle report. Zhang Ren's judgment was correct. If it was a normal Fourth Eagle Banner Corps, Zhang Ren's frontal attack would definitely be the best operation.
Judging from the subsequent situation, although Zhang Ren made a mistake and the combat effectiveness of the Tun Cavalry was not fully improved, they were not directly defeated. Half of the reasons for the failure were the turbulence on the rear front.
"Does the lord mean to increase the number of archers or reduce the number of archers?" Xun Chen asked a very strange question. Theoretically speaking, since the overall strength of the archers is not enough, then the number of archers should be increased, but in Xun Chen's case
There will be another option in the inquiry.
"Eliminate Shooting Sound and Changshui." Yuan Tan sighed and said, "Use General Zhu's crossbow shield guard. The survivability of archers is too poor. Accuracy is actually of no significance for covering strikes. In the future, conventional bows and arrows will
The hand is not included in the legion structure, it is only used as a support."
"Have you failed to keep up with the times? The sharp warriors have not yet been eliminated, but the archers have been eliminated first." Xun Chen sighed and said.
"There is no way. We are fighting a pioneering war. Most of the time, the number of people who can reach the battlefield is less than the opponent, so we can only lose." Yuan Tan said with a little depression.
Regardless of whether it is a dual-talented or Guards-level archer, as long as there is no talent correction, the armor it can use can basically be penetrated by ordinary archers.
In other words, if you have trained an archery army for ten years, the attack power has reached 10,000, and the defense power has reached 500. But someone else can organize an archery army at will. After half a year, the attack power is 600, the defense power is 100, and it is a one-to-one comparison with you.
.
So much so that in the era of enhanced talents, archers have become an almost expendable unit. On the external battlefield, the most taboo thing is a war of attrition.
Because it can't be used up, fighting on the mainland, a country with tens of millions of people, losing hundreds of thousands of people is not fatal, but fighting across thousands of miles, the total number of troops you can invest may not be hundreds of thousands, so fighting abroad requires
The purpose is to effectively kill the enemy, not to compare the enemy one to one.
"Although Shesheng and Changshui are good, they are still positioned to defend the capital, as well as special legions, suppress rebellions, etc. In the battle of the empire, the so-called archer legions, forget it, still have to look at cavalry and infantry."
Yuan Tan felt that he finally understood why the Han army only had crossbow-carrying cavalry, crossbow-carrying infantry, and all-purpose infantry left in the history books when fighting the Huns, and there were basically no archers left.
"Developing heavy crossbows?" Xun Chen nodded, "This requires technology. Even shield guards can only use small and medium-sized crossbows to ensure their survivability.
Top-tier heavy armored corps are not lethal."
"This requires technology. Chang'an is also developing. From a certain perspective, Chen Zichuan does have a good vision. Speaking of which, what is the current situation of their Yuanrong Crossbow? I think this is suitable for front-line soldiers as a melee weapon.
You use your face very well." Yuan Tan said expressionlessly, he wanted to get free prostitution from Chen Xi.
"No, the cost cannot be kept down." Xun Chen shook his head and said, "More than 10,000 handles were produced, and then production was stopped for technical improvements. As a result, after the sudden change, the master craftsmen had other tasks, and they have been put on hold now. However, Chen Zichuan
The transition to the crossbow machine has indeed begun.”
In fact, it is not that Chen Xi is overdoing the crossbow, but that using bows and arrows is too troublesome, and the mortality rate is too high. Chen Xi has to calculate the personnel cost, so he gradually equips the front-line heavy infantry with standard weapons such as three-arrow crossbows, and then gradually eliminates archers.
.
After all, crossbowmen don't need much training. They can pick up a crossbow and use it with a little training, but archers need a lot of training and are prone to losses in duels.
In fact, it can be seen from the official historical armament records that due to the large-scale external combat needs of the Han Dynasty, the demand for bows and arrows was much less than that of cavalry and powerful crossbows. The "Arsenal Collection of Weapons and Vehicles in the Fourth Year of Yongshi" has crossbows 537707, bows 77521, and crossbow arrows 11458424.
, arrow 1199316.
Basically, the comparison between crossbows and bows is about ten to one. This actually shows that after the Han Dynasty experienced large-scale foreign wars, it clearly realized the limitations of a pure archer army in foreign wars, and it was better to equip infantry and cavalry with stronger weapons. Crossbows, leaving these men free to strike.
Even if there is no such thing as talent enhancement in the official history, archers have high attack and low defense for the archers themselves. Since the armor-piercing infantry can kill the opposing archers with a strong crossbow, why form pure archers? Legion.
Even the Danyang elites who are particularly powerful in bows and arrows are essentially all-round infantry. Bows and arrows are only a relatively effective auxiliary means for Danyang soldiers.
After thinking about this clearly, Yuan Tan finally gave up the high-end shooting sound and long water, and instead planned to build a crossbow assembly line to equip the front-line infantry, cavalry and so on with a strong crossbow. Of course, Yuan Tan finally The idea is to equip each soldier with a Yuan Rong Crossbow.
As for the relatively professional archers, they are replaced by the crossbow shield guards created by Zhu Jun. Anyway, the attack of the archers with double talents is almost enough.
Besides, the survivability of this thing is far better than that of ordinary archers. After all, it is also a fully armored infantry, but it is much more durable than archers. Even if it is close, it can continue to fight.
"Chen Zichuan actually has time to consider the cost? Forget it, let's just use the crossbows we commonly use. At worst, each person can prepare two." After hearing Xun Chen's words, Yuan Tan directly said that he had just given birth. The thought of coming out was extinguished.
After living for more than thirty years, one of the scariest things that Yuan Tan has ever seen was Chen Xi’s unlimited resource device. Then Chen Xi, who was now using the unlimited resource device, said that the Yuan Rong crossbow was too expensive. Yuan Tan instantly became obsessed with Yuan Rong. I no longer have any interest in the crossbow. Chen Xi even said it was expensive, but how expensive could it be?
In fact, it is not very expensive at all. The reason why Chen Xi sealed this thing is that it has too many spare parts. Even if it is on the assembly line, the process is very troublesome and requires too many manpower. How can it bring about combat effectiveness? Woolen cloth?
This thing has a great bonus for ordinary elite soldiers. It is actually an auxiliary for the top veterans. Just like the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, a single arrow crossbow or something is enough. The ten consecutive shots of the Yuanrong Crossbow are enough for those Those who can't be beaten to death are basically still unbeatable.
Chen Xi originally positioned the Yuanrong Crossbow as something that ordinary recruits could hold in their hands, capable of killing with dual talents. However, later on, this thing was mainly used for self-defense by Jia Xu's level. The gap was too big, and the input-output ratio was really a bit high. Awkward.
On the contrary, after the restructuring, the input-output ratio of the large-scale Yuanrong crossbow was quite normal. Chen Xi stopped production of the small crossbow that could be folded and carried after making more than 10,000. The marginal benefit was really too bad. As for production The number of Yuanrong crossbows that came out was too small and there were insufficient spare parts. Chen Xi was too embarrassed to issue them.
However, when going to the Ganges this time, Chen Xiqing remembered to bring these Yuanrong crossbows with him when he was stocking up. Every veteran who went to the Ganges was given a Yuanrong crossbow, and the rest were dismantled as spare parts. There was no other way. When you go to the battlefield, don't expect that the things in your hands will not break.
Ma Chao's weapons were very powerful after various special conditions. However, they still broke when they should be broken. So when it comes to the battlefield, it is better to prepare as many spare weapons as possible.
"I also suggest that you can just use ordinary crossbows. If that doesn't work, you can get two more."
He lost interest in the crossbow. Even Chen Zichuan thought it was expensive. How expensive is it? If it falls apart, he might as well use something else.
"In this case, we will build a crossbow production line here. It happens that Shufan needs a lot of logging next year, so we will not be short of wood." Yuan Tan thought for a while, put aside the thoughts related to Yuanrong's crossbow, and then replaced it with normal
of strong crossbow.
"But in this case, we'd better determine the load of the soldiers, simplify the parts of the crossbow, and move the entire production process onto the assembly line, and the crossbows will increase from small to large. Next, we will build permanent camps in Eastern Europe, and arrow towers are indispensable.
." Xun Chen thought very long-term.
"Let's produce three types of crossbows. A single-shot powerful crossbow carried directly by conventional infantry and cavalry. It can be equipped with about twenty crossbow bolts. A crossbow used by shield guards can be equipped with ten crossbow bolts.
There are three types of heavy bed crossbows used in archery towers, and we only need these three types." Yuan Tan is very organized, he knows what he needs and how to prepare it.
"Have you given up the three-arrow crossbow?" Xun Chen asked in confusion.
"In pursuit of power, one super-powerful shot can't kill you, and three normal-power shots are useless." Yuan Tan said with sadness, Xun Chen nodded, the truth is this.
"As for the arrows, I'm afraid they also need to be redesigned." Xun Chen said with some regret. This kind of thing seems simple, but it is really a lot of work. It also needs some veterans who have experienced the battlefield to verify it in person, and then comprehensively evaluate the cost.
Just kill and injure.
"Leave it to you. Although shooting sound and long water are good, they are not suitable for us. The accuracy of the current battlefield is probably only beyond visual range." Yuan Tan looked at Xun Chen with a somewhat depressed expression.
The Yuan family is also defending against beyond visual range. Currently, there are only two optimal solutions to improve the survivability of archers, one is to cover the strike with heavy-armed archers, and the other is to use beyond visual range.
The former has basically been abolished, because in this era of heaven and earth essence, archers have no talent support, and the heavy equipment they rely on physical strength is of little significance to archers of the same level, while the latter can be said to be the best
choose.
"If it goes beyond visual range, we must keep one as a deterrent, forget about regular archers." Yuan Tan finally laid the foundation for the Yuan family's military system.
Of course, the purpose of retaining the over-the-horizon archer legion is not to go to the battlefield, but to be qualified to counterattack when the opponent attacks them.
But generally speaking, this thing is just like nuclear binding. If you have it and I don't, it will definitely be over. If you have it and I have it, then generally neither side will use this method of attack. The purpose of this thing is to act as a deterrent.
