Beiyang reactionaries

Looking down from a height, the actions of the Dian Army and the Second Division of the Sichuan Army are basically clear.Especially when they pushed the cannons, there were only eight cannons in total, and they pushed forward slowly.There is no occlusion at all.

Duan Xun remembered what Jiang Hongyu said before.

The use of artillery in the current Chinese army is still at the most primitive stage.These artillery units basically don't know what protection is or what concealment is.In other words, there is no concealment measure for artillery.

why?

very simple.If the cannons were concealed, those artillerymen would not be able to aim at the target at all.The current Chinese army fires artillery, which requires complete visual inspection, and then tries to fire a few shots.Finally, use the feeling to adjust the muzzle.I feel that the artillery of many troops now does not fight with professional knowledge, but with feeling.Anyone who can fire cannons is artillery.

Therefore, artillery warfare is very simple.

It must be pushed to a place with a wide field of vision, and the cannon must be watched, and the target must be seen before the cannon can be fired.But a truly professional artillery unit should learn to measure and map operations, so as to figure out how to bombard the target, rather than visually.After all, once the shelling distance is a little farther, you can't see the shelling target at all, so how can you visually detect it.Now that the Yunnan army is pushing the cannons up like this, if Duan Xun gives an order, the artillery on Duan Xun's side can destroy these cannons immediately.

The artillery positions on Duan Xun's side were all hidden.Duan Xun's troops used a large number of students who graduated from the artillery major of the regular military academy, and the teaching brigade also opened a special artillery department, which Fang Dingying taught in person.Moreover, Duan Xun's artillery unit usually conducts live ammunition training. Although the number of times is relatively small because of the artillery shells, it has also been trained.

In comparison, the artillerymen of the Yunnan Army may not have fired live ammunition.

"They probably don't even know how many troops there are in Naxi."

Deng Hanxiang also smiled.

Since ancient times, the ancestors have told everyone that if you want to fight a war, you must know yourself and the enemy.As the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in all battles.But whether Dong Hongxun or the Second Division of the Sichuan Army, each of them began to swell because of the victory.

I really regard the Beiyang Army as a soft persimmon.If Zhang Jingyao's troops had not encountered the National Defense Army during the march, but had set up a defensive position and let the National Defense Army attack, it would be difficult for the National Defense Army to attack.

After all, although the Beiyang Army's tactics are rigid and there are some problems with the layout of the defense line, it is a regular army after all, and it has been trained for a long time.If it is a defensive war, it is still very good.Zhang Jingyao's army collapsed, mainly because his troops were too tired, and they were in strange places and did not want to fight.

After Dong Hongxun defeated Zhang Jingyao, he was completely inflated, and now he has not investigated Duan Xun's situation at all.

I don't even look at how many people are in Duan Xun's army.If they knew that Duan Xun had tens of thousands of troops in Naxi, they would never dare to attack like this.But it was their arrogance, ignorance and fearlessness that made them dare to move the front forward so recklessly.They obviously regarded Duan Xun's troops as ordinary mixed brigades of the Beiyang Army, thinking that Duan Xun had only 5000 troops.

"Zijin (Tang Shizun), tell Liu Xiang. Keep our troops steady. Let them all approach. I will defeat the main force of this army in one battle."

"Yes."

Duan Xun continued to watch with his binoculars.

Duan Xun has studied the Dian army's style of play.After all, the Dian army has been in the southwest since the year of [-], and it can be regarded as an invincible and powerful army in the southwestern region.The Dian army's style of play inherited Cai E's combat style, not the kind of silly and blind attack.Every time the Dian army fought a battle, it first bombarded the position with cannons a few times, and then dispatched a few machine guns to suppress the firepower of the defense line, which can be regarded as supporting its own offensive troops.

However, when the Yunnan Army troops fought, they rarely attacked the opponent's position head-on.

When the Yunnan army attacked, the frontal attack looked lively, but it was actually a feint attack, mainly to attract the attention of the defending troops.The real offensive of the Dian Army troops was on the flanks.

This is the formation of the Yunnan Army now.Dong Hongxun and Liu Cunhou each placed a battalion on the flank, ready to attack the flank of the defense line.Looking at their formation, Duan Xun knew how they were going to fight.This method used to fight Zhang Jingyao back then, but it worked once.

Even Duan Xun can see some Japanese combat styles from the Yunnan Army's style of play.Cai E is a high-achieving student at the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy. He has done a lot of research on the Japanese army's style of play and inherited many Japanese army's style of play.This style of play that emphasizes flanking attacks in the Japanese army is frequently used by them.The same is true of the combat characteristics of the Yunnan Army built by Cai E.

As a graduate of the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy, Duan Xun is very familiar with Cai E's style of play.When I was studying in a non-commissioned officer school, and later I was an intern in the Japanese army, I watched many Japanese military exercises. At that time, the Japanese army used this method of warfare.

But Duan Xun sneered.

defensive position.

This is the specialty of Duan Xun's troops.Duan Xun's defensive position is not the defensive position of most troops now.Most of the defensive positions of most of China's troops now have a wide front, that is, the main force is all defensive.

And basically there is no depth.

Therefore, as long as a part of the flank is breached, the entire defense line of the position will be breached.That's why the Yunnan Army adopted this method.Don't look at the Dian army always using this old-fashioned offensive method, but it is very useful every time.

Although many troops have suffered so much, but these troops still defend their positions.The front is wide and there is no depth.

But Duan Xun is different here.

Ring defense.

Of course, it is not a complete ring defense.It's just that Duan Xun's defensive position is more about having enough depth, not a line of defense.And Duan Xun paid special attention to fortifications, especially trenches.A very important training plan for Duan Xun's troops is how to dig qualified trenches.Therefore, it is really wonderful to want to use a battalion to break through the flank positions.

Duan Xun has been observing the actions of the National Defense Army.

The National Defense Army kept pushing the troops forward, watching them deploy heavy weapons, and then the troops dispersed, Duan Xun knew that the National Defense Army was about to attack.So he turned around and said to Tang Shizun, "Zi Jin."

"arrive."

"Send a message to Liu Xiang, how to fight the war from now on is his business, and I won't interfere anymore. Now the National Defense Army is attacking his defensive position, and I appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the Naxi defensive battle. Artillery battalion, The machine gun brigade is all under the command of Liu Xiang. I don’t care when to defend, when to use cannons, how to use cannons and machine guns, including when to counterattack, and the command of the frontline battles is fully entrusted to Liu Xiang.”

"Yes."

Although Duan Xun is the leader of the army, what he cares about is whether to fight and when to fight, such general direction issues.As for how to fight, Duan Xun will not command.Because if you take care of this, then what do you need those frontline commanders and those grassroots commanders for?

"Send a message to Li Jishen and ask him to keep in touch with Liu Xiang. If there is a chance, let him attack decisively and wipe out this army for me."

"Yes."

"Don't you want to fight? Take your guard battalion to report to Liu Xiang and accept Liu Xiang's command."

"Thank you Commander."

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"What did the teacher say?"

"Yes."

fight.

After listening to Duan Xun's order, Liu Xiang was really very happy in his heart.My new boss is very likable, and Liu Xiang suddenly has the idea of ​​dying for his confidant.Duan Xun is currently in Naxi, but he has given the full power of this defensive battle to himself.

That's a lot of trust.

To be honest, Liu Xiang didn't take the enemy in front of him seriously.Liu Xiang has been in Duan Xun's army for several months, and he clearly knows the combat effectiveness of the army.Now there are nearly a hundred cannons and hundreds of machine guns behind him, and he can command them all.

Don't say that.

Liu Xiang originally had 700 people in his hands, and some time ago he swallowed the remaining 2000 people from Xiong Xiangsheng's brigade.Moreover, these days, the disbanded officers and soldiers of the original 600th Brigade have been recruited, and 4000 people have been recruited, all of which have been incorporated into Liu Xiang's troops, resulting in Liu Xiang's troops having more than 7000 people.Together with the guard battalion brought by Tang Shizun, and a regiment as a reserve force, plus the artillery battalion and machine gun brigade, Liu Xiang currently has more than [-] troops under his command.

There are only a few people in the Yunnan Army and the Second Division of the Sichuan Army.

Dong Hongxun's detachment is actually a regiment of the Yunnan Army with more than 1000 troops.The second division of the Sichuan Army has a lot of people, more than 3000 people.But there are only two thousand people who really have weapons.

Now he is still on the defensive side.There is no possibility of failure in this defensive battle.Duan Xun let himself take full command, that is, to give himself the credit for this defensive battle, how could Liu Xiang not be moved.

"it is good."

Liu Xiang nodded.

Since Duan Xun trusts him so much, Liu Xiang has to repay Duan Xun.Liu Xiang didn't care about the war to protect the country, or not to protect the country.Although both participated in the Revolution of [-], Liu Xiang and Li Jishen are different.

Although Li Jishen accepted Duan Xun's order, he still had some feelings for the National Defense Army in his heart.It's just that this feeling is not enough to make Li Jishen change his family.At most, Li Jishen sympathized with this army.