At seven o'clock in the evening, several hundred officers were sitting at attention below the hall.
Li Mingyuan took a sip of tea, straightened out his thoughts, stood up and said, "I have finished explaining the content of Sun Tzu's Art of War. This time I will explain to you the tactical changes in modern warfare."
Li Mingyuan started and paused. The officers below him immediately concentrated their attention and prepared to listen carefully.
"The history of human civilization is a history of constantly evolving wars. Before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the mode of war was still hand-to-hand combat. The key to determining the victory of the war was the combat effectiveness of the soldiers on both sides.
However, since the emergence of firearms, war has entered the era of hot weapons. Although the individual combat ability of soldiers still plays a great role in war, the key to determining the outcome of the war has become the quality of weapons and equipment."
Li Mingyuan picked up the wooden stick, pointed at the place representing the mainland and said, "The Battle of Bali Bridge is a typical showdown between hot weapons and cold weapons.
In this battle, the Manchu slave chief Seng Gelinqin led more than 30,000 Qing troops to fight against 6,000 British and French allied forces. Among the 30,000 Qing troops, there were 10,000 Mongolian cavalry who were the pillars of the Qing court.
At the beginning of the war, Senggelinqin ordered the cavalry to assault the enemy formation, and all 10,000 Mongolian cavalry charged. However, facing the British and French allied forces with all-round rifle and artillery formations, the cavalry charge, which the 10,000 Mongolian cavalry was proud of, was of no use. After the whole battle,
The Qing army suffered more than half casualties, while the British and French allied forces lost a total of twelve people.
Wang Xiaoshan, if you were the commander-in-chief of the Qing army, how would you command this battle?" Li Mingyuan asked after talking about the Battle of Baliqiao.
"Your Majesty, the gap between the enemy's and our weapons and equipment is too great. If I were to command, I would have the troops retreat and not make meaningless sacrifices."
Wang Xiaoshan thought for a while, stood up and replied.
"Knowing that you are outmatched, retreating to preserve your strength is the safest way, but if I were in charge, I would not do this."
All the officers below looked at Li Mingyuan, wanting to hear what he had to say.
“War is based on the comparison of strength between the enemy and ourselves.
There were more than 30,000 Qing troops and 6,000 British and French troops. The Qing army had an advantage in numbers.
In terms of weapons and equipment, the Qing army is equipped with sabers, bows and arrows and a small number of backward firearms, while the British and French forces are equipped with muskets and cannons. In terms of weapons, the British and French forces have an overall advantage. In this case, what should the Qing army do if they want to defeat the attack of the British and French forces?
?" Li Mingyuan gave up and asked the officers.
The officer below was thinking hard, but there was obviously no good solution.
"The weapons and equipment of the Qing army are not as good as those of the British and French coalition forces. It is unlikely that they can annihilate the British and French coalition forces. However, it is still possible to severely damage the enemy forces and prevent them from invading the capital.
First, select one thousand elite cavalry and three thousand elite infantry, and then concentrate all the firearms of the entire army on the selected four thousand.
Three thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry are formed into five mixed troops based on two hundred cavalry and six hundred infantry.
After the formation of the troops was completed, the remaining 9,000 cavalry were assembled and on standby, and the 20,000 infantry set up multiple lines of defense to block the attack. Instead of fighting the enemy hard, once the enemy launched a strong attack, they would retreat to the next line of defense after a little resistance.
When the British and French allied forces attacked the infantry defense line, five teams of cavalry wandered around the allied forces, looking for gaps in the enemy's defenses. Once the enemy showed a flaw, the selected cavalry used their muskets and the cavalry's breakthrough capabilities to quickly penetrate the enemy's defense line, and then nine thousand cavalry
Follow up immediately and expand the scope of the breakthrough. In this way, if the Qing army blocks the front and the cavalry breaks into the defense line behind, the British and French forces will inevitably suffer heavy losses."
After Li Mingyuan finished speaking, he put down the stick and waited for the officers in the hall to digest the knowledge he had said.
The officers below discussed among themselves for more than ten minutes. One officer raised his hand and asked, "Your Majesty, if our army were to defend Bali Bridge instead, would it be better than the Qing army?"
"Your name is Qian Jianyu. I remember you gave me advice before." Li Mingyuan did not answer his words, but instead talked about his past affairs.
"Hey, I didn't know anything before I was in my humble position. Don't be surprised, Your Majesty." Qian Jianyu said sheepishly.
At a meeting, Qian Jianyu once despised the Peruvian army and was scolded by Li Mingyuan, so Li Mingyuan was impressed by him.
"After the attack on Duraya Mine, I remember you were the deputy company commander. What is your position now?"
"It's a humble position but no talent. Now I'm the commander of the second battalion of the third regiment of the Zhenwu Division."
"I became a battalion commander at a young age. Not bad. Work hard and strive to become a regiment commander as soon as possible." Li Mingyuan nodded and encouraged.
Li Mingyuan had a very gentle attitude towards every Chinese officer or soldier, and did not treat him differently just because he was a junior officer or soldier. Therefore, Li Mingyuan also gained the loyalty and love of the independent army.
"In this humble position, I will follow the teachings of the Crown Prince and I will definitely strive for meritorious service and promotion." Qian Jianyu said loudly.
"Young people are energetic and energetic, which is good." Li Mingyuan smiled and nodded.
Qian Jianyu has a spirit of refusing to admit defeat and daring to take risks. Li Mingyuan admires young people like him very much.
"Qian Jianyu, do you want to change your position in the army?" Li Mingyuan said with a smile.
Qian Jianyu's eyes lit up, and he was about to agree, when he rolled his eyes and said slyly, "I wonder what position the prince has arranged for me?"
"Haha, you are still picking and choosing with me. I originally wanted you to be the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, but considering your attitude, I might as well forget it."
"Your Majesty, don't be like this, I am willing to be the commander of the reconnaissance battalion." Qian Jianyu said eagerly when he heard that Li Mingyuan planned to let him be the commander of the reconnaissance battalion.
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Reconnaissance Battalion Commander Feng Changqing has just been transferred to the Yulin Guards Brigade Flying Cavalry Regiment as the commander. The post of Reconnaissance Battalion Commander is vacant. You will report to the Special Forces Headquarters tomorrow morning."
"Thank you, Crown Prince." Qian Jianyu said excitedly.
"Haha, don't rush to thank me. I'll answer your question first."
"If it were the current Chinese Independent Army, I would order a special raid on the enemy's headquarters, then let the Yulin Guards Brigade assault the enemy's flanks, and finally use two divisions to give the enemy a final blow and annihilate them all," Li Mingyuan shouted.
Enlightenment.
"Your Majesty is wise." The officers below said in unison.
"No need to flatter me, do you know the core of my tactics?"
The officers below looked at each other in confusion. They only thought that the tactical arrangements Li Mingyuan mentioned were reasonable, but when it came to the specific core tactics, they did not understand what they were.
"Your Majesty, we are all rough guys and don't know a lot of words. Just tell us directly."
"Yes, Your Majesty, just tell me quickly."
The Chinese officers couldn't figure it out after thinking for a long time, so they asked one after another.
Li Mingyuan figured that if they waited a little longer, they wouldn't be able to figure out the key to the problem, so he said directly, "Firepower intensity, mobility, and assault are the core tactics of war.
When the numbers of the two armies and the training intensity of the soldiers are similar, whichever army has greater firepower will have a greater chance of victory.
However, when the overall strength of the two armies is balanced in all aspects, what determines the success or failure of the war is the comprehensive use of firepower intensity, mobility, and assault.
Firepower intensity is easy to understand. Mobility is mainly achieved by cavalry at this stage, but assault capability may not be well understood." When Li Mingyuan got excited, he picked up a pen and wrote a few words on the paper, raised it and said, "Assault capability is there.
A specialized tactical system, I named it infiltration tactics."
Infiltration tactics were invented by the German army in World War I, and were invented here by Li Mingyuan more than half a century in advance.
"The core of penetration tactics is to use small combat units to use the gaps and joints in the opponent's defense to penetrate into the opponent's defense system, hit important targets, cut off lines of communication, separate the relationship between defense deployments, and create conditions for a frontal attack
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Specifically, there are 4 parts:
1: Short and fierce bombardment. The purpose of this type of bombardment is to suppress the enemy rather than trying to destroy it, which can effectively shorten the bombardment time.
2. Under the cover of barrages, assault troops set off and penetrate into weak spots in the enemy's defense line. They will try to avoid fighting before destroying the enemy's artillery units and command structures.
3. When the assault force completes their mission, follow-up troops equipped with artillery will attack the enemy strongholds bypassed by the assault force.
4. In the final stage of the assault, it is the ordinary infantry who begin to eliminate the last resistance of the enemy troops."
Using penetration tactics, assault troops have to break through enemy defenses and fight without support. Therefore, their equipment and individual combat effectiveness are much stronger than ordinary soldiers.
In Li Mingyuan's plan, the assault soldiers were equipped with grenades, light machine guns, rifles, and pistols.
Hand grenades have a long history and were first invented by the Chinese.
Primitive hand grenades appeared in Europe in the 15th century. In the mid-17th century, some European countries equipped their elite troops with field grenades, and soldiers who were specially trained to use such ammunition were called grenadiers.
By the 19th century, with the development of guns and the reduction of castle offensive and defensive battles, grenades were once given a cold reception.
In the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, grenades played a role on the battlefield again. In World War I, due to the rise of trenches, grenades were widely used.
The Chinese Independence Army is not yet equipped with grenades. Among the weapons Li Mingyuan traded with Prussia, in addition to rifles, artillery, and machine guns, Li Mingyuan also specially customized 30,000 grenades to equip commando soldiers.
"Soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers. Although most of you are ordinary lieutenants now, you must also study military theory seriously to lay the foundation for commanding large armies in the future." Li Mingyuan finished introducing infiltration tactics and concluded.
"yes."
"Go back tonight and think carefully about the military content I talked about. Tomorrow night, give everyone's understanding to the leader of your group. That's all for tonight. Disband."...
