Chapter 1490 Combination of foot and riding

During his service, Sun Zhen had always envied the cavalry who came and went like the wind. Although his special operations battalion was one of Haihan's ace troops, most of the marching tasks could only be completed on two legs. The company

At most, there are only a few pack horses responsible for the baggage, and only the messengers and a limited number of senior officers in the company headquarters can be assigned mounts.

This situation finally improved after the special operations battalion stationed in Liaodong. A large number of war horses captured from the Hou Jin Army were distributed to various companies. Sun Zhen's company basically reached the manpower level after replenishing war horses several times in a row.

There was still a slight surplus of one war horse, and in the end the organization was directly changed to a mobile company, which usually cooperates with the cavalry battalion.

Riding a horse is not difficult for Sun Zhen. With his physical condition and athletic talent, he can learn it in just one day. After this period of practice, although his level is not comparable to that of the guys in the cavalry camp who deal with horses all day long.

, but at least ordinary marches and short-distance charges are out of the question. However, in the battle with the Hou Jin Army, because the opponent's cavalry ratio is quite high, Haihan will generally not take the risk of riding unskilled soldiers.

The mobile companies are directly thrown into the battlefield, but they are allowed to act as firefighters, specifically responsible for quickly rescuing positions in tight situations.

Sun Zhen is tall and tall, so the war horse he picked is also a strong black horse. He looks very majestic when riding on the horse. However, he knows very well that no matter how outstanding his appearance is, if he wants to attack on horseback, he can only give it to

The cavalry battalion next to him started to attack. The person who connected with him was Wang Jinmin, a cavalry officer who also served as the platoon leader.

The two of them fled from Shandong together, and now they have made a name for themselves in the military. However, the cavalry battalion has been expanding recently. Wang Jinmin will be promoted to company commander soon, and he will be promoted to company commander at a rapid pace.

Faintly half a step faster than Sun Zhen.

Of course, as former fellow countrymen and now comrades-in-arms, Sun Zhen and Wang Jinmin will not have a competitive mentality between them because of these things. Both of them are straightforward. When they occasionally talk about military promotions, they can only talk about it.

They complained that there had been no large-scale battles recently, and it was more difficult to get promotion opportunities through great achievements. They could only watch with eager eyes as the infantry and artillery calmly arranged their formations to face the attacking Hou Jin.

The cavalry fired fiercely, easily killing the enemy troops.

"We won't let us watch the excitement again today!" Sun Zhen looked at the ongoing battle ahead and couldn't help but feel a little jealous. He originally thought that after upgrading from infantry to mobile troops, he would get more fighting opportunities, but the reality does not seem to be the case.

That's what happened.

Wang Jinmin also looked at his cavalry comrades wandering around the outside of the position with envy. A part of the company of the cavalry battalion was assigned the task of guarding the rangers outside the position. They must have more resources than his company, which could only wait for orders inside the position.

There are many fighting opportunities. Especially after the enemy cavalry units are dispersed, the Haihan cavalry will often rush to pick up the missing enemies and chase down the lone enemies. Wang Jinmin used to get this kind of errand, but now he can only watch his comrades.

They gained military exploits easily.

"This wild boar skin is so easy to retreat without a fight!" Wang Jinmin couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the Hou Jin cavalry going away. Recently, the Hou Jin army's offensives often collapsed at the first touch, and Wang Jinmin also knew that this was not the case.

The opponent's strength has become weaker, but has become more cunning, and will no longer easily try the death tactic of using human lives to block the bomb holes. In this way, if the Haihan Army wants to concentrate on destroying the opponent's effective forces, it will no longer be like when it first arrived.

It was so easy in Liaodong.

Of course, if the strength of the cavalry can be increased several times, then there is no need to worry about the rear Jin cavalry. With the superiority of weapons, they can drive the opponent out of Jinzhou City, let alone gather troops in the wilderness to organize an offensive.

Come to think of it, Wang Jinmin is just a company commander, and it is certainly not his turn to make such strategic decisions. Even Harugong, who is now bent on expanding his troops, cannot train a company in a short period of time.

A batch of qualified cavalry was needed. Therefore, the troops of the special operations battalion were first armed and used as light cavalry, which at least to a certain extent solved the problem of insufficient mobility of the main battle force.

"Hey! Boar Skin hasn't planned to retreat today!" Sun Zhen suddenly raised his voice excitedly. He noticed that after the Hou Jin Cavalry returned to the distant wilderness to regroup, they did not retreat immediately, but were preparing for the next move.

Bo's offensive suddenly felt like there was still hope of fighting.

"It seems to be infantry... Their cavalry can't defeat us. Isn't sending infantry out to attack the main force a risk of death?" Wang Jinmin took out his binoculars and confirmed that there seemed to be some unreasonable aspects in the opponent's military formation deployment.

"Infantry is good!" Sun Zhen's idea was completely different from Wang Jinmin's: "They fight with infantry, and we fight with cavalry. Doesn't this just hit their weak point? We have the advantage of weapons and mobility. You

What else can they use to fight us?"

"It doesn't seem that simple! Take a closer look." Wang Jinmin handed the binoculars to Sun Zhen: "These infantrymen seem to be equipped with muskets."

Sun Zhen took the telescope and looked at it for a while, and then said: "This should be the group of rebels who crossed the sea to join the wild boar skin during the Denglai Rebellion! I saw the word Geng on the flag in the formation. This area

The generals should be Han Chinese."

"If it is true that the rebels escaped from Shandong, it would be a good reincarnation!" Wang Jinmin sighed: "The time for you and me to take revenge has finally arrived!"

Both of them were refugees who escaped from Dengzhou during the Denglai Rebellion. The main culprits who caused them to leave their homes were the rebels who broke out in Dengzhou and later defected to Liaodong to join the logistics. Their families in Shandong are all

He was killed by the rebels, so this hatred is unforgettable. Now that the enemies meet, they are naturally extremely jealous.

When the two of them were discussing how to ask their superiors for a fight, a messenger had already sent orders to Qian Tiandun and Harugong, telling them to go out to fight immediately and wait for an opportunity to attack the enemy's weaker flank. The two couldn't help shouting.

God was wise and actually gave them the opportunity to have a showdown with the Shandong rebels on the battlefield.

The troops led by the two men were assigned to the west side, and another mixed cavalry group went to the east side, and in the meantime was the Han army flag troops slowly pressing forward.

In addition to the matchlock guns supervised by the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, Geng Zhongming's army also had a large number of muskets and artillery purchased from the Portuguese by Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai. As for whether any of them were produced in Sanya and flowed into the army through the hands of the Portuguese.

The weapons in the Shandong Ming Army are still unknown. However, judging from the number of arms purchased by the Portuguese from Haihan in the past few years, it is not surprising that even this rebel army has light weapons produced by Haihan.

Of course, the weapons sold by Haihan are basically monkey versions with significantly reduced performance. Compared with the versions equipped by their own troops, there will be a significant gap in performance. And even if there are export weapons flowing into Shandong, in terms of time

It is estimated that it is an old model that has been eliminated long ago, and its performance is far different from the weapons currently equipped by the Haihan Army. Therefore, Qian Tiandun and Harugong had the confidence to let the mixed cavalry attack the two wings, waiting for the opportunity to attack the Han army flag.

Launch an offensive.

Sun Zhen and Wang Jinmin will not consider such a complicated issue. They will only consider one thing now, and that is how to make good use of the fighter opportunities in front of them to inflict the greatest blow to the enemy forces on the opposite side.

Although the fire of hatred had begun to burn in their hearts, they did not impulsively order a direct attack on the opponent's army. Instead, they followed the instructions they received and outflanked them from the outside, leaving a sufficient safe distance to avoid premature engagement.

Unnecessary casualties - after all, the opponent is also a troop equipped with muskets, and stray bullets are blind. No one dares to say that they can be invulnerable. What's more, they are only light cavalry and have no armor protection. It is their responsibility to maintain a safe fighting distance.

Rules of combat that must be followed.

Of course, Geng Zhongming's troops were not all composed of infantry. In fact, the military units of the Han Army Banner were very similar to Haihan's. They were also a combination of infantry and cavalry. The difference was that the cavalry of the Han Army Banner were not light cavalry, all equipped with muskets, like Haihan.

, but traditional close-combat cavalry with cold weapons as their main weapons. Most of these cavalry are wearing cotton armor, and the officers are equipped with iron armor of different standards, which have certain protective capabilities. In terms of protective measures alone, the Han military flag

The equipment is actually better than most of the Hou Jin Army, but it is inferior to elites like Baya La.

Because of this, Geng Zhongming still has a certain degree of confidence in the strength of his troops. He believes that even if he cannot defeat the Haihan Army head-on, he at least has some confidence in self-protection. If the momentum is not right, he can just retreat in time to preserve his strength.

As for the two lines of cavalry from the Haihan army attacking the left and right wings, Geng Zhongming certainly saw it. But the number of these two cavalry was really too small. Although he saw it, he didn't take it too seriously. The enemy army was

He placed two hundred cavalrymen on his left and right wings, and the distance was so far away. Geng Zhongming thought that this was a deliberate harassment to distract him. How could such a simple trick succeed? Geng Zhongming just ordered the flanks to be moved.

The own cavalry should pay attention to monitor the opponent and dispatch them to disperse the opponent when necessary.

If Geng Zhongming had come to Jinzhou a few months earlier and seen the true power of the Haihan Rangers on the battlefield, then he would probably slap himself a few times for such a rash deployment. What will happen to the Jin Army later?

He said that the most troublesome thing is not the head-on confrontation with Haihan, because in the current combat environment, both sides are not in a dead end. They can leave the battlefield if they find that they are unable to cope. It is difficult for Haihan to implement encirclement tactics with limited troops. But if it is in

If you get entangled by the Haihan Rangers in the wild, you really have to ask for your own blessings.

These Haihan cavalry are all equipped with repeating muskets, with long range and fierce firepower. Often only a small group dares to provoke Houjin's troops operating in Niulu units. The Haihan cavalry fires from a distance, and if the Houjin army responds, they will

They divided the troops to drive them away. If they went too few, they could not beat them, just to deliver food. But if they went too many, the Haihan cavalry would immediately withdraw when they saw that the situation was not good, and then led the pursuers by the nose like flying a kite and circled around the field. After relaxing a little, they started again

They would turn around and make people unable to guard against them. Later, when the Jin army encountered Haihan cavalry traveling in groups in the wild, they would often take the initiative to keep a safe distance and avoid engaging in combat with the opponent.

Although Geng Zhongming also learned about this type of battle before the war, he believed that this was because the tactics of the Houjin Cavalry were too single, and there were almost no other means of combat except rushing. If he faced the Haihan Cavalry,

You can completely rely on the cavalry's protective power and combat experience to slowly deal with the opponent, find a suitable fighter opportunity, and then take action. After all, your own strength is huge, how can you let the opponent lead you by the nose.

However, he soon tasted the consequences of underestimating the enemy. When the Haihan cavalry operating on the east and west wings found that their opponents did not seem to care much about their existence, this was a fighter opportunity that they could not miss.

Sun Zhen immediately ordered all his companies to dismount. Although they could barely complete mounted shooting, the accuracy was completely different from shooting with two feet on the ground. Therefore, for the sake of combat efficiency, Sun Zhen ordered

The soldiers of the mobile company dismounted and fought. Of course, at a distance of a hundred feet, the opponent's cavalry could not reach them in an instant.

And Wang Jinmin didn't rely too much on it. Except for a few veteran cavalry who were as steady as a rock on horseback, the other cavalry also dismounted and aimed at the enemy's formation, just like the mobile company.

The cavalrymen outside the Han army flag were at a loss. They didn’t know why the enemy had to dismount a hundred feet away. Could it be that they were planning to abandon their horses and form an infantry formation to fight this battle? At this moment, there was a burst of gunfire, until someone was shot.

When they fell down from their horses, they finally realized that the sea

The purpose of the Han cavalry dismounting was really to fight. However, the range of the rifle was too far, and the power was beyond their imagination before the war, and the armor on their bodies did not seem to have enough protection against bullets.

He almost let out a wail before falling off his horse.

Geng Zhongming noticed that his side immediately fell into a passive state after the battle on the two wings started, and immediately ordered the flanking cavalry to attack to drive these annoying Haihan cavalry away. The opponent did not seem to want to fight, and after only firing three rounds of guns,

Seeing that Han Junqi had calmed down and was ready to take action, Dang even got on his horse again and took the initiative to distance himself.

To pursue or not to pursue, that is a question. After thinking about it for a while, the officers of the Hou Jin Army who faced Sun Zhen decided that it was better not to pursue for safety, but Sun Zhen had no intention of giving up. Since his opponent did not pursue, he would

He took the initiative to get closer, and then stood on the horse

A gun was fired on his back. As soon as the Jin army reacted, the Haihan cavalry took the initiative to withdraw a certain distance. This was repeated several times, not to mention the commander who faced the Haihan cavalry.

Even Geng Zhongming, who was in charge of the Chinese Army, began to have a headache.
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