Chapter 50 Finale of the Competition

Author: Scholar Wu

Chapter 50 Finale of the Competition

Yesterday's competition was full of climaxes and twists and turns, and everyone is even more looking forward to today's final battle formation confrontation.

The soldiers in each battalion were also extremely excited, especially the recruits who had just joined the rebel army, and they immediately integrated in!

At this time, the morale of all the rebel battalions was at an all-time high, which was exactly what Qian Mo was aiming for.

After all, it’s not spring when a single flower blooms alone, but when a hundred flowers bloom, it’s when a garden is filled with spring beauty!

This healthy competitive relationship is also conducive to the better growth of each battalion, and even the cooperation between the battalions in future battles will be more tacit.

Qian Mo also inadvertently gained recognition from everyone and suddenly got closer to the officers and soldiers of each battalion.

Even Xia Wanchun and Weng Zhiheng looked at Qian Mo with admiration.

Xia Wanchun thought to himself: "Brother Mo has never joined the rebel army before, nor has he fought in a battle. In the first battle in Chongming, he defeated a large number with a small number, and the fight was so brilliant. I didn't expect that he was so proficient in this military training. It seems like this

There are really people in the world who are born with knowledge.”

Today’s battle array confrontation has just begun!

The first game pitted Taihu Camp against Shenji Camp.

In fact, Huang Yu's Shenji Battalion suffered a bit from this confrontation. After all, they were unable to use firearms during the confrontation and could only use long sticks and shields.

After Wu Qibu won the last round, his morale was at an all-time high.

Although he has never learned any formal battle formations, he still asked Weng Zhiheng to help him train a formation in the past few days.

Wu Qi led the Taihu Camp to set up a simplified version of the "Fish Scale Formation" and all rushed towards the "Shenji Camp".

The Shenji Battalion was actually used to the "three-stage attack" formation, using fire blunderbuss to fire in sequence.

However, at this time, the firecrackers were changed into long sticks, and the front row chose to use large shields. They still lined up in a straight line to meet the enemy as usual.

Wu Qi and others took advantage of the momentum and rushed to the big shield in one breath. However, the long sticks in their hands were not enough to shake the big shield. Instead, many people were hit by the long sticks thrust out from behind the shield.

Wu Qi saw that a frontal attack was not possible, so he immediately had people cover him from both sides.

The movement of the shield soldiers was still slow, and the cooperation of the Shenji Battalion itself was not skillful enough. Soon the formation of the Shenji Battalion was disrupted by the Taihu Battalion that entered from the flank, and the two sides then engaged in a chaotic battle.

At this time, Qian Mo also commented: "It seems that the normal training of this Shenji Battalion is pretty good. If they fight with real swords and guns, I am afraid that the Taihu Battalion will be completely wiped out before they reach the formation."

Weng Zhiheng also said: "Huang Yu led the troops well, but Wu Qi's reaction was also very fast. He couldn't take advantage of the front, so he immediately thought of attacking the two wings. This kind of close combat with the Shenji Battalion was too disadvantageous. I think Taihu

The battalion is going to win this."

Xia Wanchun said: "It seems that although Brother Wu is not from a regular military background, he is quite talented in fighting. However, the close protection of the Shenji Battalion is indeed a problem. In addition to the fire gunners, the configuration of other arms must also be strengthened.

, otherwise it cannot be used alone in actual combat."

Although the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion immediately engaged in brutal hand-to-hand combat after the formation was chaotic, their usual tactics were indeed not suitable for this kind of melee, and they gradually fell into a disadvantage. In the end, the Taihu Battalion won this round.

Now Wu Qi could be proud of himself. Although he had the advantage of unit restraint, his Taihu camp could still be considered to have won a face-to-face game.

This competition can only be regarded as an appetizer. Everyone is looking forward to the second confrontation, which will be a real dialogue between strong men.

Amid everyone's expectations, Jingnan Camp and Chongming Camp appeared!

Looking at Jingnan Camp, everyone felt a chilling atmosphere. The front row of Jingnan Camp was composed of 30 soldiers wearing iron armor. Although they only held wooden sticks in their hands, they still gave people a terrible sense of oppression.

!

Of course, the armor purchased from Yang Wenqi may be different from the heavily armored knights that everyone imagined in the European Middle Ages.

It is not composed of a whole piece of plate armor, but a combination of various parts of armor.

This kind of iron armor is mainly composed of 9 parts, from top to bottom: pocket armor, ear protection, neck protection, shoulder armor, body armor, chest armor, front armor, arm armor and leg armor.

Not only does it have strong protective capabilities, it also allows the armored soldiers to retain considerable mobility, but they usually do not have face armor to protect their front faces.

In fact, most of the so-called heavy armor soldiers in this era used this type of combined armor.

Cotton armor is a war suit made of cotton fabric in ancient times, used for body protection. After the emergence of firearms on the Chinese battlefield, traditional heavy armor became less effective, so starting from the Yuan Dynasty, there were armors made of cloth on the outside and iron on the inside for vital points.

A piece of cloth armor, the predecessor of cotton armor.

In order to resist firearms, the cotton armor of the Ming Dynasty began to be lined with iron sheets and fixed with copper nails on the outside. The cotton armor of the Qing army was first captured from the Ming army, and was later improved by the Qing army.

Cotton armor is easy to make, cheap, and unlike traditional heavy armor that requires customization, it is convenient for mass production, is light in weight, and has strong protection against early firearms (the bullet wounds are not serious).

Wet the picked cotton and pat it repeatedly to make a very thin piece of cotton. Then embroider multiple such pieces into a very thick and solid cotton cloth. There is an iron armor between the two layers of cotton cloth, and the inside and outside are fixed with copper nails. That's it.

Now we see the Eight Banners armor. Moreover, the climate in Liaodong is cold, and the cotton armor also has the function of preventing cold.

Cotton armor has a very good defensive effect against firearms, while iron armor has defensive capabilities against traditional bows and arrows.

But this is winter. If it were summer, it would be too hot even if they were wearing cotton armor, not to mention iron armor. Not to mention that some Eight Banners elites were wearing several heavy armors. Therefore, the Eight Banners in Jiangnan's combat effectiveness dropped in summer.

The weather is plummeting, and some people even need to go north to "escape" the summer heat.

The effective weapons against iron armor are blunt weapons, while firearms need to be at a relatively close distance, otherwise they will have little effect, and bows and arrows will be even more useless.

Since it was a martial arts competition, I was afraid of accidental injuries. I could only use weapons such as wooden sticks and shields.

So the protection of this armor is almost abnormal.

There are fully 30 people in the Jingnan Camp wearing iron armor, and although everyone in the Chongming Camp wears armor, except for Lu Shanhai and Hong Fugui, the rest of them are wearing cotton armor.

Originally, Lu Shanhai had not recovered from his old injury, so Qian Mo would not allow him to leave the competition in person.

However, considering that the Chongming Battalion was newly established, it would not be appropriate for his commander to be absent at this time, so he had to tell Lu Shanhai to be careful in everything and not to force himself.

Seeing that the Chongming Camp formed a half-moon defensive formation, Zhang Xiaofan immediately led the Jingnan Camp to set up a "Crane Wing Formation" to advance forward.

As the name suggests, "Crane Wing Formation" is like the spread wings of a crane, focusing on outflanking the two wings!

When Zhang Xiaofan and the others were about to approach Chongming Camp, they heard Lu Shanhai shouting: "Change the formation!"

The originally half-moon-shaped formation suddenly turned into four independent mandarin duck formations.

At this time, the Jingnan Battalion that entered the formation suddenly encountered attacks from several directions. Although they were wearing iron armor in the front row, they had no impact.

However, as the formations changed again, each independent Yuanyang formation turned into a small formation of "Two Talents Formation" or "Three Talents Formation" that cooperated with each other.

This made it even more difficult for the Jingnan Battalion that rushed into the formation to deal with it.

Especially the 20 soldiers in the back wearing cotton armor, without the protection of iron armor, were constantly hit by nearby sticks. After a while, they were beaten with wooden sticks all over their bodies and lost their combat effectiveness.

At this time, Weng Zhiheng said in surprise: "Could this be Qi Shaobao's 'Mandarin Duck Formation'? It is indeed a weapon for close combat. If it were not for the limitations of this wooden stick and the advantage of the Jingnan camp wearing iron armor, I am afraid that Zhang Xiaofan and the others would have

I can’t even hold on to half a stick of incense.”

Zhang Xiaofan also understood that they couldn't fight like this in a melee. The "Mandarin Duck Formation" was extremely sophisticated and kept changing its size. If the melee continued like this, they would definitely be defeated.

So the 23 veterans of the original Weng Zhiheng in the Jingnan camp immediately formed a defensive formation and stopped attacking.

The remaining armored soldiers were beaten out of the battle by the Yuanyang Formation.

Seeing their opponents form a formation, the Yuanyang Formation recovered 4 more walls and attacked Zhang Xiaofan and the others from different angles.

At this time, Zhang Xiaofan saw some soldiers in the two mandarin duck formations, and they were obviously unfamiliar with their cooperation.

It seems that they should be new recruits, and the breakthrough is here.

So he found the opportunity and used his body to directly knock away the large shield soldiers in the front row of the Yuanyang Formation. Several veterans behind him immediately followed Zhang Xiaofan's footsteps and fought all the way to the rear of the Yuanyang Formation to target the new soldiers.

I saw Zhang Xiaofan holding a long stick, moving left and right, as if he was in a deserted place.

Several new recruits were defeated at once, but when the experienced veterans saw that a large Yuanyang formation was broken, they immediately converted into a small "Two Talents Formation" and quickly stabilized the position.

At this time, Hong Fugui also held a long stick and faced Zhang Xiaofan.

I saw the two of them going back and forth, refusing to give in to each other.

Suddenly Hong Fugui grabbed Zhang Xiaofan's long stick and performed a "sweeping kick". Zhang Xiaofan jumped up and returned a flying kick to Hong Fugui. The two fought for dozens of rounds without a winner.

However, at this time, the other veterans of the Jingnan Camp gradually lost their fighting power under the attack of the Yuanyang Formation.

In the end, only 5 people including Zhang Xiaofan were left struggling to hold on, and several of them were already panting from exhaustion!

More than 20 people from the Chongming Battalion, under the command of Lu Shanhai, besieged the five people.

Suddenly Weng Zhiheng shouted: "The victory has been decided, there is no need to fight anymore, this game against Chongming Camp is won!"

Zhang Xiaofan, who was relieved, also said: "I am convinced that I lost this time against Jingnan Camp."

Seeing this scene, Wu Qi also said that his Taihu Camp was no match for Chongming Camp and Jingnan Camp, and there was no need to fight against each other again.

This is how the two-day competition between the battalions came to an end.

In the end, Chongming Camp accumulated 10 points and won the first place in this competition.

It also successfully won the title of "A-Class Battalion".

Jingnan Camp, Taihu Camp and Shenji Camp were ranked 2-4 each with one point.

After the game, Qian Mo summarized the competition.

First of all, we affirmed the hard work of the soldiers of each battalion and the skillful leadership of the commanders of each battalion.
To be continued...