Zhao Changshu looked at Zhang Cheng with approval and nodded. He continued to listen to the other officers summarizing one by one, but secretly sighed in his heart. These officers were all promoted by himself and brought out by words and deeds. In other words, they
Zhao Changshu was relatively optimistic about the officer who had development potential, but they only saw the superficial appearance of the problem.
In fact, not to mention them, even Zhao Changshu himself, if Zhou Wen had not explained and discussed with him many times in private before, might not be able to see at a glance the meaning of such a seemingly simple exercise by the mercenary group.
The first is a very precise artillery strike. Zhao Changshu noticed that the area of the hilltop for the exercise did not exceed one square kilometer. Within five minutes, six infantry guns and eighteen mortars were launched along the ridgeline of the top of the mountain from outside to inside.
, and then covered the shelling several times from the inside to the outside. Among them, the explosion point of any shell did not deviate even half a meter from this range. The accuracy of the shooting and the rigorous calculation were astonishing.
Zhao Changshu believed that if in a real battle, the defenders had not dug three feet into the ground and buried the anti-gun caves underground, the shelling in just five minutes would have been enough to cause a devastating blow to any living force on the top of the mountain, let alone
Talk about the various exposed firepower points and simple fortresses.
What is even more impressive is the collaborative ability of infantry and artillery. Just when the last artillery shell burst out with bright fireworks, the attacking troops less than 100 meters away from the top of the mountain began to move quickly. In such a short distance, it was basically
It was like climbing to the top of the mountain with the lingering sound of the shell explosion. Even if there were any remaining defense forces on the mountain, there would be absolutely no time to react or mount any effective resistance.
What does this mean? First, the artillery's shooting skills and control of the bombardment time have reached the level of proficiency. Second, the cooperation between the infantry and the artillery has reached a level of complete trust and unparalleled tacit understanding.
Launching an attack based on the impact point of the artillery shells is the essence of infantry-artillery coordination. The unit in front of us now has completely done it, and done it perfectly, like a sophisticated machine.
As for the camouflage and lurking before the infantry attack, maintaining the offensive formation, etc., it has a lot to do with the quality of the individual soldiers.
As a veteran in the military, Zhao Changshu knew very well that the individual quality of each soldier in this unit was unmatched by soldiers from any domestic army. What they lack now is only real battlefield experience, and in the end
The dozens of people who launched the attack first were even more commendable. They were all true warrior kings, the kind of warrior kings who had experienced the test of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
As for the inverted triangle tactical formation, Zhou Wen had explained it to Zhao Changshu in detail before. Although it seems simple, it is not easy to practice well. First of all, it requires superb military skills and certain tactical literacy, especially in the inverted triangle formation.
The person who is behind is called a free person by Zhou Wen.
When the frontline team members are engaging the enemy, especially when engaging the enemy from both the left and right directions at the same time, they need to make an instant judgment and decision on which side to support first. This judgment and decision means whether they can destroy more enemies and at the same time,
Can protect one's comrades more effectively.
And how to maintain an effective distance when attacking, how to cover each other and retreat when retreating, etc., all have corresponding tactics. It must be trained for a long time, and even everyone has formed the behavioral habits of consciousness and body in order to effectively implement this kind of behavior.
The advantages of the formation are brought into play.
If you just apply it mechanically, knowing it but not knowing why, even if you can use it, it may become a self-defeating thing, and mutual support turns into mutual influence, then it is better not to use it.
Of course, Zhang Cheng was right about what he said just now. You can learn from this formation when setting up defensive positions, especially the setting of firepower points. A light machine gun is deployed on the left and right in front, and a heavy machine gun is deployed in the rear. As long as the machine gun is not blocked by the enemy,
If the square artillery is blown up, it can ensure that there will be basically no blind spots for shooting.
This is where Zhao Changshu nodded in approval, but that's all. It is impossible to use this inverted triangle tactic in other places, because the quality of individual soldiers cannot keep up. It makes it difficult for the soldiers in the front to engage with the enemy, but
Blocking the free man's shooting area will actually weaken your own firepower output, or the free man's marksmanship is too bad. If a shuttle shoots past, the enemy will fall, but your comrades will also be knocked down by you.
This is really not a joke. Zhao Changshu has seen this kind of scene too many times in his many years of combat experience. Even the Jin army, which is already considered an elite, blocked its own machine gun fire when it launched a charge, or shot someone behind.
Situations such as hitting one's own people in front often happen. In the final analysis, the individual quality of the soldiers is not up to standard.
You can’t learn the inverted triangle attack formation, but you can learn the tactic of infantry and artillery coordination, but it’s also difficult. Why? It costs money, and it costs a lot of money. Think about it, if you want artillery to fire accurately, it’s not
We need to rely on a large number of artillery shells to hit it. If we want the infantry to cooperate well, we still need a large number of artillery shells to hit it. What are these artillery shells? That is the white ocean.
In this world, I am the only junior who is willing to spend so much money, and I am the only junior who can constantly think of ways to make money, but I don't have the ability.
Zhao Changshu thought about the small amount of military expenditures and ammunition allocated to the Jin army, and sighed slightly in his heart. Forget about other troops, his own brigade has hope. Isn't it because of a good junior? I heard that he
An ammunition and medicine factory has started to be built in Lishi, hehe... By then it won't be a matter of words for me, a senior, to ask him to borrow some cannonballs.
You must know that the Jin army at that time was one of the few domestic armies that set up artillery at the brigade level. Zhao Changshu's brigade usually had an artillery battalion, but it could be expanded into an artillery regiment at any time during wartime. Because the Jin army
The army guarded a Taiyuan arsenal. In its most prosperous period, the monthly output was 35 mountain artillery and field artillery pieces, and 100 mortars. Although the quality of the artillery was not very advanced, at least the quantity was guaranteed.
As for how to repay the borrowed cannonballs, White Horse General Zhao Changshu never thought about it.
Humph... I don't even have to pay for restaurants in the city, let alone eating a few of your rotten watermelons...
Zhou Wen saw Zhao Changshu and his officers standing on the mountainside from a distance, and smiled and waved hello to them.
Since Zhou Wen and a detachment had already lurked into the attack area in the middle of the night, they did not meet Zhao Changshu. They only sent someone to notify him in advance to observe.
But at this moment, Zhou Wen discovered that Zhao Changshu's smile was a little strange and eager, a bit like a hungry man seeing a fat sheep...