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Chapter 460 The Fifth Infantry Regiment Fiasco

According to the exercise plan formulated by the Operations Department, this exercise is only for the purpose of testing the individual combat capabilities of the regiment-level troops.

I think judging from the current organization and tactics of the Tang Army, the regiment is actually the main tactical core organization.

This can be seen from the troop configuration at the early regiment level. At that time, in addition to the three main infantry battalions, an infantry regiment also had two reserve battalions, a battalion artillery team, a cavalry team, a baggage battalion and other auxiliary units.

, with a total strength of more than 3,000 people.

Later, after the establishment of the infantry brigade, the baggage troops and cavalry troops were brought under the direct control of the infantry brigade. In addition, additional heavy artillery troops would be assigned to the infantry brigade depending on the situation.

However, in actual combat, army generals tend to still let regiment-level troops fight independently. For example, of the five existing infantry regiments of the Datang Army, three are performing tasks independently. The third infantry regiment is in Guizhou

In the north, the Fourth Infantry Regiment is in central Guizhou, while the Fifth Infantry Regiment, the unit in front of us, is currently tasked with controlling Xingquan Prefecture.

Therefore, no matter what, the regiment-level troops are the core organization of the Tang Army. The various tactics and coordination of the regiment-level troops are naturally very important.

For example, should some of the heavy artillery in the artillery battalion be allocated to the infantry regiment when used? Or should all the heavy artillery be used together?

If it is distributed, how much negative impact will the resulting decrease in mobility have? If it is not distributed, can the six battalion guns of the infantry regiment alone be able to pressure the Ming army's firepower?

These all need to be considered one by one.

While Li Xuan was meditating, the various exercise units below also began to move. The total number of troops participating in the exercise was tens of thousands. The huge exercise field was actually still not enough to present the real situation.

As a wild encounter, it is assumed that both sides discover the other's existence at the same time, and then fight to determine the winner in this area of ​​only a few kilometers.

In order to better simulate the Ming Army, the Seventh Guards Regiment will be actually commanded by a staff team composed of several Ming Army surrendered generals!

At this time, in the seventh garrison regiment, Xu Mingzhe, who was originally from a thousand households in the Ming Army and was now a major of the Tang Dynasty King Division, surrounded the simple sand table in front of him with his hands behind his back, and then said: "Send thousands of elite cavalry to attack quickly and disrupt the enemy.

Army deployment, take advantage of the chaos to attack the enemy's artillery unit!"

On the other side of the Fifth Infantry Regiment, there was a loud noise!

A staff officer walked up to Zhou Yibao and said: "Report, thousands of enemy cavalry appeared a thousand meters away, coming towards the inside and rear of our army!"

Zhou Yibao immediately said: "Instruct the right-wing infantry to form a square formation to meet the enemy, and the artillery troops to stop advancing on the spot and set up artillery!"

In this exercise, it is naturally impossible for the cavalry to actually launch an attack and fight with real swords and guns. However, the cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Battalion still practiced very hard. Nearly two hundred horses ran wildly, and the momentum was quite high.

huge.

As for the Fifth Infantry Regiment, all their advances have stopped, the infantry has begun to form formations, and the artillery has also begun to set up artillery on the spot!

However, at this time, Zhou Yibao heard the order again: "The enemy cavalry has retreated, wandering 800 meters away, and is heading towards the rear of our army!"

Hearing this, Zhou Yibao wanted to curse, how could the cavalry attack be stopped at will, but the headquarters said that the cavalry of the 7th Garrison Regiment, which was the elite cavalry of the Ming Army's border army, was naturally prohibited, and

They are all masters of riding and shooting.

He had no choice but to send some troops to follow and circle backwards!

You can't let the cavalry go around to the back and completely destroy his artillery position.

However, at this time, Xu Mingzhe on the other side also said: "The infantry is ordered to advance steadily!"

At this time, on the exercise ground, more than two thousand soldiers of the 7th Guards Regiment can be seen slowly advancing. However, although there are actually only more than two thousand soldiers, the hypothetical situation is that there are more than 10,000 soldiers!

Zhou Yibao from the Fifth Garrison Regiment said: "The artillery unit will ignore the cavalry and shell the enemy's frontal infantry!"

"Two reserve battalions are arranged behind the artillery unit to prevent enemy cavalry from attacking!"

"Three main battalions to engage enemy infantry!"

On the other side of the rostrum, Li Xuan also looked at the soldiers below who looked like they were just acting, while listening to the reports from those around him.

As the referee department, the Operations Department constantly accepts orders from both parties and then makes judgments.

Li Xuan frowned when he heard that Zhou Yibao only used three main battalions to face the enemy's attack of more than 10,000 infantry. This Zhou Yibao was a bit brave!

On Xu Mingzhe's side, he heard the referee's report: Due to the continuous shelling, more than 300 frontline infantrymen were killed or injured. It was ruled that your 2,000 troops were unable to continue fighting due to low morale.

Xu Mingzhe, however, didn't take it seriously: "The troops in the rear row go up, and after the message is sent, the cavalry is divided into five hundred troops to circle around the left wing and then launch a accompanying attack towards the enemy's flank!"

Are the cavalry coming again?

This is Zhou Yibao’s worry on the other side!

Moreover, the cavalry did not go to attack the artillery, but to attack the flank of our own infantry square. This is not good!

Immediately said: "Deploy the second reserve battalion to the left wing and still use a square formation to face the enemy cavalry!"

At this time, the frontal troops of both sides had entered a white-hot stage. As Xu Mingzhe ignored the casualties and piled up all the troops, the casualties of the three main battalions also increased rapidly!

The head of the Operations Department kept telling Zhou Yibao the results: "Continuing frontal combat, we were covered and shot by enemy bows and arrows. It was ruled that our troops suffered 200 casualties."

"It was shot by the enemy's cannon, causing hundreds of casualties!"

"The number of enemy troops has exceeded ten times. Our second battalion can no longer maintain a complete formation and is currently involved in a melee."

Zhou Yibao couldn't help but roared when he heard the referee's voice: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

"Under the continuous killings of our army's artillery and musketry teams, the enemy's casualties were at least over a thousand, and the casualty ratio has reached 10%. With such heavy casualties, it is impossible for them to get close and shoot arrows, and then take the initiative to shoot at them.

Launch a hand-to-hand attack with our army!"

"Even if it comes to hand-to-hand combat, judging from many previous battles, the Ming army's hand-to-hand combat capabilities are definitely not comparable to our army. The casualty ratio between the two sides is only one to two, which is not normal!"

At this time, the referee of the referee team said expressionlessly: "The Blue Army is the frontier army of the Ming Army. The infantry and cavalry are both elite. They can give you a casualty ratio of one to two, so they have been given preferential treatment!"

Paralysis, who set the exercise data? Even if there are more than 12,000 people on the opposite side, there are a thousand extremely elite cavalry who are good at riding and shooting. Why can infantry like Mao be so brave and not afraid of death?

He believed that they could still charge forward in the face of artillery and musket fire, but in the face of the bomb attack from his own grenadiers, and then the last salvo, the other side still didn't collapse. This is unscientific, isn't it?

!

At this time, there were at least 2,000 casualties on the opposite side. Under such circumstances, they could charge forward to fight hand to hand. He had never seen such an awesome Ming army.

Also, it’s okay to rush forward and engage in hand-to-hand combat. Why is the ratio of casualties between our own and the enemy’s troops so small? One of our own is killed and wounded, while the enemy’s only has two killed and wounded. This is unscientific!

In the previous large-scale frontal battles, the Tang Dynasty King's Division had never been so miserable!

Even if Hao Bainian said before that he encountered three thousand soldiers, those soldiers also refused to retreat. But fighting to the death is one thing, but the casualty ratio is another!

Li Chunjing's troops annihilated three thousand soldiers, but only two or three hundred people were killed or injured!

Even if only the dead and wounded soldiers were counted, the exchange ratio could reach more than one to five.

But now, the referee team directly gave an exchange ratio of one to two. How can we fight like this!

Not only that, the referee team was biased to the point of madness towards the Seventh Guards Regiment, which played the role of the Ming Army. When Xu Mingzhe ordered the cavalry to charge, and the attack was carried out by cavalry shooting, and did not launch a direct charge, the referee team unexpectedly

It was determined that his reserve camp could not withstand it and finally collapsed.

What a wreck!

In the huge Ming Dynasty, can you find me a cavalry unit that can strictly abide by battlefield disciplines and be extremely skilled in bows and horses?

Find a Ming army cavalry that can charge, turn, shoot arrows, and retreat without any confusion under the fire of one's own artillery.

In the end, his two reserve battalions guarding the artillery positions were defeated by the cavalry!

Then when Xu Mingzhe's cavalry launched a charge against the artillery position, the result was needless to say, the small artillery position was completely destroyed in one fell swoop. The cavalry then continued to outflank three infantry battalions that were already locked in a bitter battle.

The result was no surprise, the Fifth Infantry Regiment was defeated miserably!

Although Li Xuan already knew the outcome of the exercise before it began, it would inevitably end in a disastrous defeat for the Fifth Infantry Regiment.

Because the purpose of this exercise is not to show how awesome the King of the Tang Dynasty is, but to explore how to deal with such an extreme situation once it occurs in actual combat.

The Ming army's frontier troops and cavalry will come sooner or later.

Moreover, the Ming army will always have a few capable troops. If you fight against them, you will still underestimate the enemy as always. If you are not careful, you will capsize in the gutter!

After the exercise, when the troops from each unit returned, Li Xuan also watched the live firing of the 1,300-pound heavy artillery in the First Artillery Battalion.

But after watching too many artillery shots, I didn’t think anything of it. It was just that there was too much charge, the shells were a little bigger, and they hit a little farther!

But Li Xuan thinks it’s okay, but others don’t think so!

Especially those who had just surrendered and were demoted from the Ming Dynasty. They had long known about the puppet Tang bandits. No, it was our Tang Dynasty king's sharp weapons. But when they actually saw the roar of this heavy artillery weighing more than a thousand kilograms,

Only then do you know that this is not bragging, but a fact.

Of course, they didn't know that the Tang Dynasty could only build one such powerful heavy artillery piece per month, and it would take half a year to assemble an artillery team!


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