These professional officers began to attend military schools when they were teenagers. After three years of studying at the school, they were assigned to serve in the army. Mid-level and senior officers also need to undergo an additional two years of advanced training courses before they are eligible for subsequent promotions.
As a minister.
As for the officers of the South China Navy opposite him, he knew that Lin Ziran was mentally ill. He had to leave a group of professional officers with rich war experience and high tactical literacy in Nanhai Prefecture and had to use those who had just joined the army.
young man.
Most of these people didn't even have hair. He could even observe through the telescope that some of the young officers of the Southern Navy behaved very badly when they led the charge. Some people shouted all kinds of things when they charged.
, the movements are exaggerated, and some people actually vomited on the spot after seeing the irregular corpse...
On the other hand, our own group of officers are much calmer when leading the soldiers in battle. Even if the enemy troops rush up, they can still command the battle calmly and calmly.
There is no doubt that the quality of our own army's officers is far superior to that of our opponent's.
In terms of equipment, although our own side is at a disadvantage in terms of artillery, but putting this aside, there is no obvious difference in the equipment of the infantry between the two sides. Even in terms of small artillery, their Zisheng Army's infantry unit also has;
There are also small-caliber front-loading smoothbore guns used as infantry guns.
The range and rate of fire are a bit slower, but they are still usable. There is a gap, but it is not insurmountable.
But why did the battle between the infantry of both sides cause our own side to retreat steadily? A division with tens of thousands of people could not even hold on for a whole morning before the entire army was defeated.
Hou Zheming is aware of the differences in all aspects, especially the disadvantages in equipment.
But what really made him despair was the huge gap between the infantry of both sides. This gap was not a gap in equipment or individual soldiers, but a gap in organization.
The other party was able to smoothly command the troops and cooperate effectively on this seemingly scattered battlefield.
This is the reason why the left and right sides, especially the right side, suffered massive defeats after a day of fighting, which directly led to the complete annihilation of an entire division in just over a day.
The opponent's organization, command system and even tactical concepts are completely different from the existing troops, and can even be said to be ahead of the times!
This is what makes him feel desperate!
He was not fighting against a contemporary army at all!
In this way, how can he lead his army to victory? Give Lord Feng Ziqizhou a satisfactory answer?
With a lot of thoughts, Feng Ziqi picked up a water-dipped pen and started writing amidst the rumble of cannons.
This is a report written to the State Order of Feng Ziqi. It introduces the battle situation, enemy and friendly losses, etc. It is only briefly mentioned. Those situations will be sent back in more detailed battle reports.
The report he wrote mainly introduced the situation of the South China Sea Navy!
To be more precise, he introduced the South Korean Navy's combat model that he saw with his own eyes and the South Korean Navy's organizational model from the intelligence he collected.
Finally, we came to a conclusion: Our military must immediately carry out comprehensive reforms, starting from the lowest level of the organizational system, so that we can have the possibility to compete with the South Korean Navy. Otherwise, it will be impossible to resist the South Korean Navy.
Moreover, the reform must be completed as soon as possible. It is best to complete the reform of the main force remaining behind within one month. Among them, the 20,000 core troops stationed in Chongke City must complete the initial reform within half a month.
Even if it's not perfect, it still needs to be completed first, and in the worst case, it can be slowly improved later.
Why should the 20,000 core main force in Chongke City complete preliminary reforms within half a month?
Because Hou Zheming determined that based on the current situation between the enemy and ourselves, it would only take half a month for the South Korean Navy to reach the hinterland of Zisheng Prefecture and reach Chongke City, the state capital 230 kilometers away.
And this does not mean that the southern troops led by him can hold off the Southern Navy for half a month, but that it only takes half a month for the Southern Navy to fight from here to Chongke City, which includes the time for the Southern Navy to advance.
As for how long the southern front regiment led by Hou Zheming can resist?
Hou Zheming said in the letter that he would definitely live or die with Nan Zicheng and would do his best to hold Nan Hai Hai back for five days!
Use the 150,000 troops of the Purple Victory Army currently deployed in Nanzi City and the surrounding dozens of kilometers of defense lines to hold back the 200,000 troops of the South Navy heading north for five days.
This is the only promise Hou Zheming can give Feng Ziqi!
And regarding this, Hou Zheming actually had no idea!
Because he had just finished writing the letter and just after lunch time, the Nanhai Navy outside had launched another fierce attack. For a while, the entire Nanzi City defense line was crumbling!
On October 2, the Southern Navy took the initiative to launch an attack on the Purple Victory Army. The next day, it already annihilated tens of thousands of the Purple Victory Army on the right side of Nan Purple City.
In the afternoon, the Nanjing Navy took advantage of the victory and pursued it, with the Second Division as the core and continued to advance in depth. Their attack direction was not Nanzi City, but the belly and rear of Nanzi City.
Although the Purple Victory Army deployed 50,000 troops in South Purple City, there were actually 100,000 troops scattered on the left and right sides and deep in the rear.
Even though the South Navy's active target is Nan Purple City, in fact a series of military operations are carried out around Nan Purple City.
The Southern Navy's offensive battles have always been like this. It uses ordinary troops to hold back the enemy's fortress or main force from the front. At the same time, the main force is gathered together to tear apart the enemy's flank defenses, penetrate deep into the enemy's rear, and carry out large-scale detours.
Intersperse, divide and surround the enemy, and finally form a huge left hook or right hook.
Strategically surround the enemy and cut off the enemy's logistical supplies and reinforcement routes.
Then they attack from the front and back to encircle and annihilate the enemy forces in the encirclement.
As for the enemy trying to resist stubbornly by relying on strong cities, fortresses, etc., this stubborn resistance tactic may be limited to other armies, but it has little effect on the Southern Navy.
Because the South Korean Navy is equipped with a large number of heavy artillery!
More than a hundred 150mm and more 100mm, 120mm, and 75mm artillery are enough to destroy any defense system in this era.
Not only are these artillery used by the army, this time in order to quickly tear apart the enemy's defense line and capture Nanzi City, the Southern Navy directly pulled out all the naval guns expected to be used by the navy.
Lin Ziran looked at the huge cannon mounted directly on the train and couldn't help but sigh that the people in the Ordnance Department really dared to think and do it.
They haven't even mentioned what kind of train cannon they want to build. They just learned it by themselves and directly built such a large-caliber train cannon.
And it has already been brought to the front line.
"This kind of train gun has a caliber of 200 millimeters. It was originally developed by the Nanzhou Machinery Bureau for the navy's large-tonnage warships. Due to the needs of recent battles, we have transferred two and converted them into train guns."