Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty once said: "I can equal ten with one, no one else can. My armor is strong, my army is sharp, and my ears are sharp."

The Tang Army's Mingguang Armor, Mo Dao Formation, and other ordnance are indeed worthy of pride. Now, Zhu Yongxing is also trying his best to equip his army, not only with weapons, but also with armor.

The urgency of the war promoted the development of science and technology, but this was also due to Zhu Yongxing's vision and knowledge. The import, absorption, imitation, and recruitment of related talents such as steelmaking blast furnaces, hydraulic forging presses, hydraulic boring machines and other smelting and processing machinery.

Semi-streamline operation procedures... After some operations by Zhu Yongxing, the industrial level of the Ming Dynasty, mainly the industrial manufacturing related to weapons manufacturing, was once again at the world's advanced level.

Without these advances in industrial technology, Zhu Yongxing might have won this war. After all, the boast of the Eight Banners' invincibility did not have such a deep or big impact on him. As early as when Dongjiang Town still existed, Mao Wenlong led Liaodong

The refugee armed forces also defeated the Qing army, which is proof. It has been more than 20 years since the Manchus entered the customs, almost a generation, and the signs of decadence are even more obvious.

According to Zhu Yongxing's ideas from later generations, even if weapons are not available, tactics will change, striving to win the server with the fastest speed and minimum sacrifice. In reality, innovation and changes in tactics and weapons are

Performing alternately.

Defensive operations of matchlocks, use of cannons, tunnel blasting, flintlock and bayonet equipment, mixed array of hot and cold weapons, hollow phalanx of all firearms, line tactics of naval ships, cavalry wall charge

Training, the introduction and imitation of plate armor... all these changes in weapons and tactics gave birth to victories one after another, and turned the situation of the war that revitalized China over at an astonishing speed.

If you are only in a single position of the army, navy or cavalry, you may not feel the changes comprehensively, but only at a certain height. If you can see the changes in each branch of the military in just a few years, you will

Shocked.

But many people only saw the changes in weapons, equipment and tactics, and this is not the place where Zhu Yongxing has the most sense of accomplishment. The system can only be established by abandoning the bad rules such as "using culture to control military force" and "controlling the power of large and small".

The strict reward, punishment and promotion mechanism and the establishment of a modern staff department made the army regard honor as its life. This is what Zhu Yongxing is most gratified about.

In other words, weapons, equipment and tactics may be temporary, but an effective system can last for a long time.

For example, the ease of logistics mentioned by Gao Dejie and Yu Qi is actually a reflection of the more professionalization of the army. The subsequent battles witnessed the advantages and power of cavalry wall combat.

The so-called cavalry wall charge is when the cavalry pushes the enemy in a straight line, with horses next to horses and shoulder to shoulder, just like a fast-moving wall. They always fight with collective strength instead of fighting each other in a chaotic fight.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness is much greater than that of classical knights.

Usually, if a traditional cavalry encounters a wall charge, they will encounter two or three weapons slashing at each other. No matter how high one's personal martial arts is, it is often difficult to parry. Or to be more precise, no matter how high a knight's martial arts is, when facing

When the cavalry wall is used, it will also be a lose-lose result. It is not the kind of traditional cavalry battle where you can charge back and forth and pick off many people alone.

If you want to describe it in detail, in a traditional cavalry charge, there are gaps between horses and people, so as not to squeeze each other into chaos. In a battle between two traditional cavalry, they advance toward each other and attack each other.

There were casualties, casualties, and dismounted horses. Many cavalrymen would pass by the enemy, then regroup behind the enemy, and then attack each other, resulting in multiple battles.

Obviously, if a dense and continuous formation like a wall is used during the charge, then the two sides will rarely be able to pass through, and it will even form an almost harmless battle like "finger-crossing".

From the perspective of the time, the launch of the cavalry wall charge was also to make up for the huge gap in martial arts and riding skills between the Ming army cavalry and the nomadic riders. The trained cavalry wanted to compete with the people who grew up on horseback, and they relied on hard training

It is not enough, and there is not enough time. We can only rely on collective strength and adopt this tactic of "replacement of people".

As Napoleon said, one Mamluk can defeat three French cavalry, but a hundred French cavalry can defeat a thousand Mamluks. After the emergence of modern cavalry, although the nomadic cavalry is still far superior in personal equestrian skills, they can no longer defeat it.

Defeat the cavalry units of the farming people.

What binds the modern cavalry together is not the commander's personal charm or the iron chain, but military discipline that is more indestructible than the iron chain of the chain horse. Any cavalry that is not as brave as the modern army will be vulnerable to a wall charge, and

When encountering braver enemies, modern armies can also die together with the enemy's cavalry.

Gao Dejie's horse shaft gradually tilted from high to low. The riders on both sides looked at the military flags on the horse shaft and slowly increased their speed. At the same time, they held the handle of the knife tightly, their upper arms perpendicular to the horizontal plane, and the tips of their elbows touching the

The helmet pointed toward the sky, and his upper arms were strongly raised behind his back, preparing to strike with all his strength.

The standard equipment of the Ming army cavalry is the one-handed saber. Except for a few who are skilled in martial arts, such as Gao Dejie, who is responsible for commanding in the middle of the team with a horse and a flag. Although assassination is the most lethal method, in the rapid staggering of war horses,

It is difficult to complete this action accurately. Moreover, in high-speed hedging, if you cannot use long weapons flexibly and skillfully, you will easily be pushed off the horse by the recoil force.

Relatively speaking, the hit rate of a knife slash is at least three or four times higher than that of a spear thrust. Moreover, due to the power of the impact, a knife slash has the power to kill or maim, at least it can make the opponent lose the ability to fight immediately.

Zhu Yongxing's idea of ​​​​building an army is to train a large number of cheap, sustainable warriors, rather than a few elites with amazing skills. This is true for equipping muskets, and it is still true for using cavalry wall-style attacks. As long as the opponent's army is not all Guan, Zhang, and Zhao.

For strong generals of this level, the exchange ratio of the Ming army's cavalry will not be much lost. And if the opponents are all warriors of Guan, Zhang and Zhao's level...then even if the exchange ratio is lost, what will be lost?

After half a year of training, summary, and improvement, although the Ming Army cavalry still cannot reach the density of knee-to-knee contact, the gap is only half a foot at most, which cannot allow the enemy cavalry to pass; although the charging distance of the Ming Army cavalry can only reach two hundred

Multiple steps, but with slow running, the distance of more than 400 steps is basically enough.

Wang Zhan's spear also slowly stretched out, the wind howled in his ears, and fifty steps away, there was the first line of comrades rumbling forward, the black armor advancing like a wall. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature,
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