Wu Guanlin pointed to a page in the manuscript describing the light infantry and said: "The performance of the rifled rifles we are equipped with is enough to greatly increase the power of our light infantry, and even serve as the main force on the battlefield!"
"Because our light infantry will be able to combine with the current hunters and light infantry, not only can it complete various conventional combat tasks like traditional light infantry, but it can also perform various special tasks like the hunters!"
"This will give us a great tactical advantage!"
The hunters and light infantry in the various towns of Daheng are two different concepts. Currently, the hunters in the towns of the Tang Dynasty refer to troops specially equipped with rifled rifles, and the soldiers they recruit are often hunters.
Therefore, the number of hunters is relatively small, and they are not used on frontal battlefields. They are often used to perform some relatively special tasks, such as ambushes, sneak attacks, sniping enemy generals, etc.
However, light infantry refers to regular troops that are still equipped with muskets, but fight in skirmish formations and are capable of rapid maneuvers. Usually, a standard six-company system, a musket battalion of about 600 people, and its subordinates
There is often one light infantry company among the six companies.
This light infantry company is usually deployed at the forefront of the army to perform combat tasks such as reconnaissance, harassment, and luring the enemy.
The rear slope tactics of the Orissa Empire at that time used light infantry to perform the task of luring the enemy from the front. They would often go up and fire freely for a few rounds and then retreat back. When the enemy's line infantry foolishly pursued them, they would
The main force of the Orissa Empire had already been lined up behind the hillside, and they fired fiercely when they went up.
The new type of light infantry Wu Guanlin talked about is basically a combination of traditional light infantry and hunters!
After hearing this, Lin Ziran said: "This is not bad. In the previous battles, I used light infantry tactics, and the results were pretty good!"
What Lin Ziran said was a bit bragging.
Before, he led his bandits and subsequent fake soldiers to fight, and he didn't have any perfect tactical concepts at all.
What about light infantry tactics? He didn’t even have any serious light infantry under his command before!
But Wu Guanlin didn't know the truth of the matter, so Lin Ziran said this, and Wu Guanlin didn't know the truth and couldn't tell the truth.
Wu Guanlin said: "In the new tactical system, the line formation is still the core, but the skirmish formation also plays an important role, and it is as important as the line formation."
"Not only taking into account the special advantages of our rifled guns, but also considering the many terrains in the wild, especially the hilly areas where Qingshan Town is located and the surrounding areas, where mountains and dense forests are all over the place, it is often difficult for the troops to list a complete list
The line formation makes it difficult for the line infantry to form irregular line formations, which also gives the light infantry tactical space!"
There are some things Wu Guanlin didn't say, that is, despite the fact that the Qingshan Patrol Battalion was only established for a short period of time and the training was insufficient, based on his observations over the past few days, the overall morale of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion was very poor, and the quality of the officers was really poor.
It's unsightly.
Such a unit cannot engage in head-to-head combat. It is best to engage in ambush, harassment and other unconventional operations.
Otherwise, Wu Guanlin estimated that even though the Qingshan Patrol Battalion had the advantage of rifled guns, it would collapse as soon as the enemy launched a charge.
Don’t say it yet!
Wu Guanlin really guessed it right.
Earlier, when Lin Ziran led his troops to intercept the rebels fleeing south from Guang'an, they had occupied favorable terrain in advance, with comparable troops and equipment advantages.
But when faced with a direct charge from the Guang'an rebels, who were still two to three hundred meters away, the Qingshan Patrol Battalion had already fled.
Well, the first one to run away was Lin Ziran himself!
Wu Guanlin didn't know this, but Lin Ziran knew it himself, so bragging was bragging, but he still knew the problem very well, so he was very interested in Wu Guanlin's new light infantry tactics.
The two discussed this new type of light infantry for a long time, during which Wu Guanlin also brought some of his own private goods.
What private goods?
Wu Guanlin has been tinkering with his new light infantry tactics in the past year or two.
He felt that the current line infantry was already outdated, and light infantry using skirmish lines was the future.
It’s just that this statement has always been called stupid!
In fact, if Lin Ziran knew that Wu Guanlin's previous light infantry tactics were based on light infantry equipped with muskets, he would think that Wu Guanlin was crazy.
It is normal and necessary for an infantry battalion to have a light infantry company equipped with muskets, but you would be a fool to replace an entire infantry battalion with light infantry.
Not to mention that the cavalry can beat these traditional light infantry into fools with a single charge, even the opponent's line infantry can gain a huge advantage by relying on intensive firepower.
Not to mention the subsequent bayonet charge, which can destroy traditional light infantry in minutes!
As far as the range and accuracy of the musket are concerned, the traditional light infantry can just serve as a support. If you want to be the main frontal force on the battlefield, you are overthinking it!
But that was the light infantry armed with muskets in the past!
Now Lin Ziran's men were light infantry equipped with rifled guns. The difference between the two was huge.
This is why Lin Ziran was not disgusted with Wu Guanlin's emphasis on light infantry combat. Instead, he felt that this man was a talent and had grasped the future.
How to say, if you are half a step ahead, you are a genius, but if you are one step ahead, you are a fool!
Tactical innovation requires new weapons to support it. Skirmishing tactics have truly become the core tactics of infantry, which is based on breech-loading rifled guns.
The current Mini rifle can be regarded as a transitional period. Even if it is only a transitional period, it can still barely play its tactical role as a skirmisher line.
After detailed discussions with Wu Guanlin, Lin Ziran informed the entire army that day and appointed Wu Guanlin as the director of the staff department of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion.
It can be seen from this appointment that Lin Ziran is already preparing to adopt Wu Guanlin's new tactics, and this is indeed the case. Lin Ziran extracted the training content from the new tactics system written by Wu Guanlin, and then compiled it into
The new 'Training Code' will be followed by the Qingshan Patrol Battalion according to this training code.
The next day, he officially announced that the first musketeer company and the second musketeer company would be transformed into light infantry companies. The subsequent training of these two companies should adopt the new light infantry training method.
The other four musket companies remained unchanged and continued to train as line infantry, but many of the training contents had changed to new tactics.
Changes in training procedures and the reorganization of two light infantry companies have meant that the Qingshan Patrol Battalion has completely abandoned the Luo An Army's traditional line troop tactical system and embarked on a path that no one knows whether it can