Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 139 Line Tactics
Tang Jiabin is a frog in a well, arrogant and arrogant, mocking the generals of the Ming army as mediocrity.But in Qi Dazhuang's eyes, Tang Jiabin is an out-and-out mediocre and incompetent person.

The Ming army traveled thousands of miles and lost all the advantages of the land. In addition, Yunnan is mountainous and the terrain is rugged. The chieftain army should make full use of the terrain advantage to fight.

However, Guest Tang had read a few military books, knew little about it and copied it mechanically, and wanted to wait for work to catch the Ming army by surprise, so he played charge tactics in the open area.

Originally, Qi Dazhuang had already prepared the white soldiers, thinking about fighting an extremely difficult battle.Tang Jiabin's move hit Qi Dazhuang's arms, and the line tactics practiced by the new army for a long time were applied to actual combat for the first time.

Line tactics, also known as platoon tactics, were originally a combat method popular in the armies of European countries in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Li Cunming made some changes and used it to train the new army, which has been very effective.

此时的明军，军队沿正面平均配置，展开成2至3线。各线相距50至200步，每线又分为3至6列。

Each column has a drummer, wearing a waist drum, as the marching commander.The soldiers advanced, stopped, or shot according to the sound of the drums, and all of them advanced and retreated together, like arms and fingers.

The drums were rumbling, and the soldiers' footsteps were uniform, and they marched forward bravely in battle, with an astonishing momentum.

The biggest feature of the line tactics is that the soldiers keep their formation and move forward, shooting continuously, so it is also called queuing and shooting.The person who was shot at this time was naturally the Chieftain Army.

"Shoot, let's shoot too!" shouted a leader of the chieftain army.

The soldiers hurriedly opened fire, and the bullets shot out, hitting many Ming soldiers, who were either killed or injured.

However, the Ming army still maintained their formation, still marching forward and shooting to the sound of drums. If someone fell, the vacant position was quickly filled by the soldiers behind them.

The soldiers of the Ming army seemed not afraid of death, even if their companions were shot, they didn't even turn their heads or look at them.

Until they entered the optimal range and then opened fire with the command salvo. Under the intensive firepower, the enemies fell in rows, and then their morale collapsed and they fled in all directions.

The soldiers of the chieftain army withstood several rounds of shooting from the Ming army. Not only did many of them die, but those who were still alive were intimidated by the aura of the Ming army. How could there be such a desperate way of fighting in the world?

This is another notable feature of line tactics, which is discipline.When Li Cunming trained the new army, he put a lot of thought into throwing rats, snakes, toads, etc. in the queue, and even setting off firecrackers, just to forge steel discipline.

Seeing this situation, the people standing on the high hill widened their eyes.One of the staff shook his head and sighed: "The Ming army doesn't want to die, how can we fight this battle?"

Tang Jiabin still didn't know whether he was dead or alive, and waved his goose feather fan and said: "Hmph, it's just a small trick! Pass my military order, let the soldiers charge over, disrupt the formation of the Ming army, and then engage in hand-to-hand combat."

"Our soldiers live in the mountains and forests all year round, and their skills are more flexible than the Ming army. Moreover, the Ming army looks dull after setting up their formation. As long as they can disrupt their formation, we can take advantage of it!"

Although Tang Jiabao was arrogant and mediocre, he was not stupid. He saw the weaknesses of line tactics and made countermeasures.

Many people's impression of line tactics is absolute discipline, which has led to a popular saying on the Internet, that is, if you practice the line well, you can beat the ancient elite troops.

This view is completely wrong. There is no perfect tactic in the world.Line tactics are no exception, and have an extremely obvious weakness, that is, they are not flexible enough.

If it's as simple as just practicing the formation and firing guns, you can come up with a very simple solution as long as you stand on the opponent's point of view. Wouldn't it be good to put on a shield?Of course, it is difficult for ordinary shields to block the shots of flintlock guns used by line infantry, but they can be mounted on shield vehicles.

Facing the muskets of the Ming army, the Qing army used shield vehicles to cover and advance to achieve a large number of victories.Nurhachi once specifically stipulated that "if you encounter an enemy without a shield car, do not go to battle", and there are records of being convicted for rushing into battle without carrying a shield car.

Therefore, once the firepower is offset by the enemy's restraint, and the enemy takes advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, the line tactics will fall into a passive state.The reason is simple. In order to avoid unnecessary interference, the musketeers are only equipped with flintlocks and ammunition, and have no other weapons.

It was precisely when Tang Jiabin saw this that he made the chieftain army adopt mad dog tactics and rush forward desperately, trying to involve the Ming army musketeers in hand-to-hand combat.

Qi Dazhuang saw this scene, curled his lips and said: "If the soldiers of the chieftain army can charge within ten feet, I will be considered the loser!"

Then he raised his knife and shouted: "The grenadiers are ready, the artillery is ready, and the cavalry is covering the flanks!"

With an order, two thousand cavalry galloped out to protect the two wings of the formation.At the same time, the artillerymen took up their posture and placed hundreds of tiger squatting cannons between the queues.

Sha Dazhu led thousands of bombardiers to stand between two rows of musketeers, carrying thunderbolts on his back, and advanced with the musketeers.

When the soldiers of the chieftain army rushed tens of meters away, and were about [-] feet away from the soldiers in the front row of the Ming army, they suddenly saw many black thunderbolts falling from the sky, which exploded and pieces of iron flew around.

Naturally, the Zhentianlei of the Ming Dynasty could not be compared with the hand grenades of later generations, but at this time they played the same role, that is, they were used to suppress the enemy's charge and protect the Musketeers.

Zhentianlei kept exploding, and at the same time, the artillerymen also fired.

All of a sudden, the soldiers on the battlefield were crying for their fathers and mothers, and the soldiers of the Chieftain Army died one after another. It was impossible to get close to the Musketeers, let alone fight close to hand.

Qi Dazhuang smiled and nodded happily. He finally understood the emperor's painstaking efforts.

When the emperor ordered the training of the new army, he attached great importance to discipline, but he also warned Qi Dazhuang: "Although discipline is the symbol of linear tactics, it is not the whole of linear tactics. The success of linear tactics requires the cooperation of multiple arms. !"

The example in front of me fully demonstrates that although the main unit of the line tactics is musketeers, and they are very powerful, if only this type of tactics is used, it is easy to be targeted. The main unit of any iconic tactics There are other coordinating arms that cannot be ignored.

"Your majesty is truly a god!" Qi Dazhuang praised sincerely, and then ordered, "Hit me hard, and we must capture Lu Liangwei today!"

The Ming army became more and more brave as they fought, but the chieftain army had no choice but to flee.

When Tang Jiabin saw this situation, his face turned pale, and the goose feather fan in his hand fell to the ground.He also accidentally picked it up, and jumped down to the high hillock with his head in his arms, leading less than 1000 people to escape, running faster than the rabbit's father.

The battle lasted less than an hour, and the Ming army won a complete victory, beheading more than 1 soldiers of the chieftain army, and seizing countless supplies and food.

The soldiers were clearing the battlefield. Qi Dazhuang walked to the high hill and suddenly saw a goose feather fan in the snow. He picked it up and held it in his hand. He laughed and cursed: "I'm still using the fan in the cold weather, my brain is convulsed!"

(End of this chapter)