"Quick, rush forward, as long as we rush forward we will win!"
"Rush up and climb over the low wall!"
The officers who were supervising the Ming army waved their swords and shouted different slogans, but their purpose was the same, that is, they wanted to lead the troops to charge forward!
And when they rushed to about 150 meters away, numerous cannon muzzles appeared on the low wall of the seemingly empty Pseudo-Tang rebel army in front of them, and then puffs of fire and white smoke spewed out!
When the cannon sounded, the Ming soldiers in the front row inevitably fell down in unison!
At this time, the Ming army training troops on the right wing were already panicking, and then they collapsed again!
However, the left wing and central army supervising the new army did not waver under the shelling of shotguns. Although a large number of soldiers in the front row fell, many Ming army officers who supervised the new army knew that this scattered
The shelling and artillery shelling casualties can only be endured once!
If they launch a charge at a distance of only more than a hundred meters, the Puppet Tang bandit army on the opposite side will not have a second chance to fire!
Then everyone shouted: "Don't be afraid, charge forward, the rebels' shotguns have already fired, if you charge forward now they won't be able to fire a second shot!"
As the Ming army's supervisory officers shouted, the musicians also blew the horns in their hands, and the sound of the horns became more and more intensive. At this time, thousands of new supervisory troops had no regard for the formation and rushed directly.
Coming up, there are spearmen, sword and shield soldiers, and musketeers, among them there are not even archers who stop to shoot arrows after being tens of meters away!
Gunshots began to sound intensively. Facing such a dense crowd, the Tang Army's musketeers did not need to aim at all. They could easily hit the target by shooting towards the crowd!
One after another, the charging Ming soldiers fell to the ground!
However, the musket fire still did not stop the charge of these Ming troops!
These supervising new troops are not training in those places. They spent so much military expenditures on Zhang Yue, so they naturally have their own advantages. The overall quality of the soldiers and even the quality of the generals with civilian backgrounds are better than those in those places.
It’s much better to train an army.
This scene made Wang Chaohong, the Chief of Staff of the First Army who was watching and directing the battle on the top of the mountain, frown slightly!
These people who came to supervise the new army are not good!
Just by looking at this charging formation, there are quite a few shadows of the Tang Dynasty Army in it, and it is no wonder that the new army is completely trained according to the Datang Army.
Zhang Yue didn't have any shame at all. He copied everything he could plagiarize. He even got a copy of the training manual of the Tang Dynasty Army from nowhere, and then combined it with Supervise the New Army's own
The situation was deleted and revised, and finally the training instructions for supervising the new army were created.
Although there are many things about the Army of the Tang Dynasty that the New Army cannot learn, such as the officer training system, soldier recruitment, dispatch system, field allocation system, food management, etc.
But apart from these, the new army has basically learned about some superficial things, including equipment, organization, tactics, and the training methods behind them. They are almost the same. If there is anything different, then
It is because the Supervisory New Army is limited by funds and cannot train every day and conduct frequent live-fire training like the Tang Army.
However, Zhang Yue's supervision of the New Army also has some unique things of its own, such as his system of soldiers and officers which is also quite interesting.
The recruitment and training of the soldiers of the Dubiao New Army and even the final formation of the army are basically the responsibility of a certain general alone. They will not be split into several departments like the Tang Dynasty Army, and this has also led to the Dubiao New Army.
Most of the troops in the army, such as a certain Qianhu Station or even a certain guard, are from the same place.
Not only are the soldiers from the same hometown and county, but even the middle and low-level officers are actually from the same hometown and county. Many of the mid-level officers are actually the children of the local gentry, and some are even talented and famous.
Of course, when these scholars recruited people to join the army, they naturally did not mean to join the army to become generals. Their purpose was still to become civil servants. Zhang Yue recommended a large number of civilian generals in the new army to become county magistrates and county magistrates.
, magistrate, and even magistrate.
Even the mid-level and senior generals are all civilian officials.
These generals who were civil servants and scholars formed a huge and complex network of relationships with their fellow citizens, teachers, students, and classmates as ties.
This resulted in a rather unique system of civilian officials and generals in the Dubiao New Army!
In addition, these civilian generals generally recruit soldiers from their hometowns, and many soldiers and even low-level officers are even the same clansmen and servants of these civilian generals.
This situation is somewhat like a local gentry leading a group of fellow villagers to fight, and it is very similar to the numerous armed tax resistances suppressed by the Tang Dynasty king.
This situation is also unique to the Dubiao New Army. This phenomenon cannot be seen in other new armies of the Ming Army or even the Army of the Tang Dynasty.
The Supervisor New Army has a close internal network, and Zhang Yue has raised local military expenditures by himself in the name of paying thieves. When this army only obeys the orders of Zhang Yue and has independent financial power,
This means that the Ming Dynasty could hardly bypass Zhang Yue to control this army, and it was only then that the Ming Dynasty became suspicious of Zhang Yue!
Because of the uniqueness of the Dubiao New Army, it was determined that without Zhang Yue, it would be difficult for the Ming Dynasty to control the Dubiao New Army.
Relatively speaking, although Yu Dayou's bandit-breaking army is not weak in combat effectiveness and has tens of thousands of people, the Ming Dynasty did not have much suspicion about it because Yu Dayou's bandit-breaking army was a relatively pure general army.
, Although this army can be regarded as Yu Dayou's private army, without the military expenses and ordnance provided by the court, Yu Dayou would not be able to raise an army of tens of thousands.
However, Zhang Yue's new army of supervisors was able to survive on its own without the use of military expenditures from the imperial court!
And this trend also exists in those local military training units that were recruited by Zhang Yue!
If Zhang Yue wants to rebel one day, the Ming Dynasty actually has no solution at all. Otherwise, why do you think the cabinet bosses of the Ming Dynasty and even Emperor Zhengde would defeat Zhang Yue in succession and still give him promotions and titles?
In the winter of the third year of Xuanping, the Ming Dynasty sent Wang Yiqi to serve as the Minister of War in Nanjing to supervise the military affairs of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian. In order to appease Zhang Yue and the generals under Zhang Yue, he later added a prince to Zhang Yue.
The title of Shaobao.
This is one of the three orphans. His first-grade official rank is lower than that of Wang Yiqi, one of the three princes and the first-grade prince and Taibao, but he can still be regarded as an extremely respected minister.
Zhang Yue single-handedly created the Du Biao New Army, but in turn, the Du Biao New Army also pushed Zhang Yue to the pinnacle of human affairs!
Now, what is rushing up is the elite division that Zhang Yue has spent countless efforts and military expenditures to create!
And just looking at their charging posture, even Wang Chaohong had to admit that this new army of Supervisor Biao was indeed well-trained!
But I just don’t know how much of the essence of their own Datang Army they have learned, and whether they can still persevere when the bayonets see red!
Wang Chaohong has been in the army for many years and has fought many battles with the Ming army. There are many Ming soldiers who can not collapse under the guns of the Tang army, but there are many Ming soldiers who can not collapse under the bayonets of the Tang army.
He has never seen it before!
At the same time, a major of the Tang Army who was on the first line of defense also saw the Ming Army rushing over. Standing behind the parapet, he immediately shouted: "Get ready for grenades!"
Suddenly, nearly a thousand soldiers in the first line of defense began to stop shooting, then took out grenades and held them tightly!
"ignition!"
"bomb!"
When the Ming army rushed through a distance of thirty meters, the new army of the Tang Dynasty threw grenades one after another!
But this time, although the Ming army also withstood violent grenade explosions, the Ming army's counterattack also came. More than a hundred Ming soldiers also threw explosive bombs at the parapet. In an instant, the Tang army behind the parapet
He also suffered a lot of casualties!
The New Army Supervisor Biao is also equipped with grenades. Although there are not many, they still have them!
Both sides threw grenades, but some soldiers of the Ming army were already rushing to the parapet. Without any hesitation, the young major raised his command knife high and shouted: "Bayonets ready!"
It didn't take long for the Ming army to rush under the parapet, and then they stabbed each other with musket bayonets and spears through the parapet and the Tang army above!
If we say that the previous shelling, musket fire and even hand grenades were huge!
So the current bayonet fighting is extremely bloody!
The soldiers on both sides were separated by a low wall, and then they stabbed each other with the spears in their hands and the muskets with bayonets. When the spearheads were thrust forward and then pulled out, a bright flower of blood would appear!
In less than half a minute when the two sides came into contact with each other, the battle front between the two sides was almost covered with corpses and wounded!
The corpses of the Ming army under the parapet were even stacked on several levels in several places. Later Ming soldiers stepped on the corpses of their fallen comrades and raised their spears or muskets and bayonets to fight!
And the Tang Army's defense line behind the chest was also filled with corpses!
But if you count carefully, you will find that the casualties of the Tang Army were only about one-tenth of those of the Ming Army!
The biggest reason is naturally not that the bayonets of the Tang Army are sharper, but that the quality of the soldiers is higher. Although the swords of the Tang Dynasty are sharp, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are brave, they cannot obtain such a huge victory in such a close-quarters battle.
Casualties comparative advantage.
The reason for this situation is because of this seemingly short parapet and the high armor coverage rate of the Tang Army!