Chapter 150 War is complicated

It is difficult to make the determination to fight, and it is even harder to decide on the battle plan.

Once he got into the details of the battle plan, Li Ping found that the battle was far more difficult to fight than he had imagined.

"The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel."

It is not difficult to win a surprise attack on a miscellaneous army with about 3 times the number of troops, but if you want to annihilate them, you still obviously don't have enough troops.

War is very complex, and it can never be a simple balance of power.

The first problem Li Ping had to face was that there was no unified precise time.

Because a surprise attack is required, bugles, whistles, and gongs and drums cannot be used. If there is no surprise attack and a strong attack is carried out when the enemy is on guard, it will be difficult to guarantee success with a 3:1 force.

There are no watches now. Although large gear-type clocks have become popular among the royal family and the rich, they are still a very rare item among the people in the late Ming Dynasty. This makes the perfect unification of the raid time of various troops almost an indispensable thing.

possible things.

Immediately afterwards, what is also crucial is how to accurately and silently enter a completely unfamiliar offensive position at night, without getting lost or disconnected. This places extremely high demands on the organizational capabilities of the troops.

, and they are still a new army no matter what.

There are more other problems.

For example, what should I do if the dog in the village is alarmed before the attack has started? How to touch the enemy's sentry? After the attack starts, how do the companies and platoons coordinate and cooperate? How to distribute the troops for encirclement and leakage prevention on the periphery and the offensive troops? Preparation

How many troops should be retained and where should they be deployed? Will the reconnaissance company be used to detect sentries or serve as cavalry for key assaults and pursuits?...

There are a lot of questions, and each one is very nerve-wracking.

Because the staff office, which is seriously lacking in experience, does not have the ability to come up with a detailed combat plan in such a short period of time, and Li Ping alone cannot complete all the detailed planning in such a short period of time, so this time

The operational plan can only be made in a big outline urgently and then the officers at the company level and above are summoned to work out the details together.

As a result, the combat meeting almost turned into a discussion meeting, because the more we explored, the more problems we discovered.

But there are also benefits.

This allowed the participating officers to experience for the first time how complex the organization of a battle was, and everyone learned a lot from it.

Moreover, they were even more shocked by their young commander's "excellent" ability to consider, solve and make decisions. Especially since most of the problems were raised by Li Ping himself, the feasibility of solving the problems

Most of the plans were proposed by him.

Although Li Ping had never fought in a war in his original time and space, and was not an infantryman, he had done a lot of planning of various non-military and paramilitary operations. The "excellence" he displayed was actually just a long-term

Career development.

His "excellence" is actually just childish or even a bit low-level to those who are actually engaged in combat, but here, for his subordinates who generally have very low levels of knowledge, very limited experience and serious lack of combat experience, it has become a pervert.

exist.

When there were no longer any doubts about several major issues, Li Ping decisively made the decision and announced the battle order.

After all, their time is limited and they cannot waste it here endlessly.

This raid will be mainly carried out by swordsmen, spearmen and archers. The cannon soldiers and support battalion support personnel will mainly carry out siege and plugging on the outside. The reconnaissance company will also leave 20 cavalry to concentrate on the left side of the villa.

Standing on standby in an open area, the main task is to pursue and assault enemy soldiers who have escaped from the encirclement.

At the beginning of 9 o'clock, that is, around 5 a.m., each company will begin to move forward from the assembly area to the designated offensive position in a unified manner. The reconnaissance company plans to start conducting sentinels about two quarters of an hour before dawn.

"To touch the sentry" means to destroy the enemy's sentry.

Because the sunrise time at this time is about 7 o'clock in the morning, and it is predicted that it will continue to be sunny.

So when the first ray of light appears in the sky, it is the order to start the raid.

In the early stage of launching a raid, all troops must covertly engage the enemy, and the later the attack is exposed, the better. If there are obvious sounds of fighting in a certain area in advance, use this as a signal to launch a strong attack in advance.

If the enemy discovers us before our attack, the concealed surprise attack should be immediately changed to a forceful attack. The discovered company should also sound the bugle immediately to notify other units.

When each company conducts a raid, an assault group composed of elite soldiers must be formed to clear obstacles and conduct platoon operations in front of the entire company.

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After all the plans were announced, Li Ping emphasized two more points.

First, after the meeting, the company commanders and deputy company commanders of each company, under the leadership of the reconnaissance company, first approached the villa covertly to familiarize themselves with the locations where the troops were scheduled to enter. However, it is strictly forbidden to get too close, and a safe distance of at least one mile should be maintained to prevent

Found by a dog.

Second, when each company assigns tasks, it must be made clear to all officers and soldiers that what we are going to fight is a gang of bandits pretending to be an official army. No one is allowed to leak the true identity of this official army, nor will it be allowed in the future.

It was nearly midnight when everything was finally deployed.

Looking at the tired faces of the officers, Li Ping suddenly felt a little regretful. He felt that his decision might have been too hasty.

But the military order has been issued, and there is no reason to cancel it.

It is better to try not to do things like turning off the fire and teasing the princes, otherwise military orders will easily become child's play.

In the middle of the night, Li Ping wanted to force himself to sleep for a while, but he couldn't fall asleep at all.

Looking at Ma Yong and others who were also turning over in the surrounding open-air camps, he thought to himself that not many people would be able to sleep that night!

As time passed, Zhang Qing was pushed awake by Qi Gang next to him in a woods not far from Li Ping.

Although Qi Gang's force was very light, Zhang Qing still got up in one fell swoop and instinctively touched the knife beside him.

It wasn't until he took a quick glance around that he relaxed.

"How can you sleep! I haven't slept all night." Qi Gang, a tall man, was puzzled by this. His eyes were red from staying up late.

"Are we leaving?" Zhang Qing asked casually, looking at the crowd of people around him who were starting to work quietly.

"I saw that you are the only one in the neighborhood who is asleep and snoring. Everyone else is awake." Qi Gang continued to speak in a low voice.

The two of them were completely talking about their own things.

"I have a big heart." Zhang Qing finally responded to Qi Gang.

While saying this, Zhang Qing opened the water bag, poured some water into his hand, and then wiped it on his face.

The coldness gave him a jolt, and he felt much more energetic.

Qi Gang was the son of Qi Cheng, the foreman of the blacksmith district, and Zhang Qing was a new helper who joined the blacksmith district. Since they could not make iron during the march, they both had nothing to do and actively signed up to assist in this military operation.

Although Zhang Qing's blacksmithing skills were mediocre, Kong Wu's powerful appearance and bold and calm personality quickly attracted Qi Gang to surround him.

As soon as they finished cleaning up, their team set off.

When passing by the area where the health team was located, Zhang Qing immediately opened his eyes and looked for it.

With the bright moon in the sky, he easily found the girl Zhang Ying who was shuffling her hands and stamping her feet in the crowd and was about to leave. Her team would be the last to leave.

If Zhang Ying had not joined the health team, if Zhang Ying had not been determined to participate in this military operation, Zhang Qing probably would not have come.

Zhang Ying saw Zhang Qing's caring eyes, she stuck out her tongue and smiled playfully, and nodded.

Zhang Qing also smiled kindly, and then followed the team with confidence.

The long queue heading towards Zhuangzi was very quiet, without any command or supervision, nor any lighting. Everyone was moving forward as required, staring closely at the back of the person in front of them.

Although they were not forced to hold grass in their mouths, everyone was very disciplined and did not speak. Of course, the horses were muzzled and their feet were wrapped in thick cloth.

This is a very disciplined team and a very well-behaved team.

Zhang Qing walked among them and for the first time he realized for the first time what Yuan Ye meant by "strict military discipline and excellent training."

The march in the dark could be so measured and the organization so detailed. Even though he had been in the Northland for many years, Zhang Qing, who was used to seeing strong armies, couldn't help but be a little shocked.

Zhang Qing and the people he transferred from the support camp were responsible for the perimeter containment and also served as reserve troops. When they got within one mile of Zhuangzi, they stopped advancing and began to disperse and pull the net.

Zhang Qing's location happened to be with a group of cavalry.

Because there was a lot of advance notice, it was still early before dawn, so everyone could only huddle in the designated area in the cold.

When everything fell completely silent, the constant heavy breathing began to become more and more obvious, and many people were very nervous.

Qi Gang was also very nervous. He kept wiping his face with his hands and stood firmly close to Zhang Qing. Several times, Zhang Qing felt that he wanted to say something, but he just didn't dare to say it.

For those who are new to the battlefield, emotional control is a big problem, and the usual restraint is reflected at this time.

Suddenly, a very discordant splashing sound came from not far away.

A military horse became inexplicably agitated and made a lot of noise. The owner of the horse tried hard to pull it, but it had no effect.

The eyes of everyone around were attracted by this unexpected situation.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Qing immediately rushed forward, to everyone's surprise, and pulled the reins out of the cavalry's hands, and then gently hugged the horse's neck.

"Qiang..."

That was the sound of the knife being drawn out.

"Do you want to die?"

Then the horse owner's low shout came.

Zhang Qing ignored the horse's owner, but quickly put his face against the horse's face and stroked it at the same time.

The cavalryman, who was half-raising his sword, was a little embarrassed when he saw this. He obviously understood immediately that Zhang Qing was helping him, so he silently put the sword down.
To be continued...