Formations and formations have a long history. It is said that they existed when the Yellow Emperor conquered Chiyou.
Of course, if something cannot be verified, it cannot be believed to be true. However, when King Wu defeated Zhou, "the Zhou army marched three hundred and fifty times and marched in Muye" (the "Chen" here refers to the "formation"), this can stand up to verification.
The history of the Han people is a history of conquests. For thousands of years, from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to today's Ming Dynasty, this formation has become more mature and standardized with the conquests.
Whether it is "Tai Gong's Art of War", "Wu Zi", "Sun Tzu's Art of War" or "Wei Liao Zi", "Meng De's New Book", "Tang Taizong and Li Weigong Questions" and other military books, there is no military book that has been handed down to this day.
, let’s not talk about this formation. In the same way, the essence of an army that is completely ignorant of formations is not much different from a group of peasants holding weapons. Up to now, formations have become almost
It is something that every military person is familiar with. As long as they are military attachés of the imperial court, which one can't say "fish scales, sharp arrows, crane wings, Yan Yue, square circle, flying geese" or something like that?
Formation drills are also an important method of running an army. Through drills, soldiers are taught the rules of advance and retreat, as well as the rules of gathering and dispersion, so that they can become familiar with various flags and passwords, and be able to execute orders and prohibitions in a coordinated manner during battle. Only in this way can they perform effectively.
The whole team works together. Formation drills are an effective way to train irregular people into an army. The army of the Ming Dynasty "drilled once every five days and drilled once every ten days"! What is this drill? It's just formations!
No matter what kind of formation, its fundamental purpose is to better protect yourself and kill the enemy.
Now comes the problem! A fleet of ragtag people (this is true even if Qian Wubing does not admit it) can still be safe when nothing happens, but once it encounters a storm or attack, such a fleet will
Can a fleet of ships still maintain its formation and have unified command? Moreover, the fleet traveling on the sea is no better than in the narrow Yangtze River, where the sea and sky are the same color and the sea is boundless. The traffic of each ship in this fleet is
Contact, how to implement it, in the sudden change, maybe a ship goes missing and falls behind, which means the same thing as sinking!
Therefore, Qian Wubing thought in his mind that when he arrived in Tamsui, the fleet would have to have a charter no matter what. There were rules for who was in front and who was behind, who was escorting and who was contacting, and there were rules for the supplies in the fleet.
In addition to goods, most people arrange according to their own family's preparations. He also needs to have a co-ordinator. Otherwise, there will be a situation where fresh water is enough for a month, but food is only enough for three days. On the vast sea, how can everyone
Go fishing in the sea to satisfy your hunger?
Unconsciously, Qian Wubing had become accustomed to thinking about things from the position of a commander. Even though he was currently commanding a group of merchant ships, subconsciously, he regarded all of these merchant ships as his own soldiers.
horse.
From Nanjing to Dongfan, even if the wind goes smoothly and there are no stops along the way, it will still take more than half a month. During this time, I have enough money to think about this matter without any illness.
Of course, he was not just imagining in thin air with the door closed. The palace came with the decree. Although there was no navigation chart of the Three Treasure Eunuchs that he hoped to get, there was a formation chart of the Three Treasures Eunuchs' fleet that day.
Zheng He's original fleet was mostly organized according to military law. From this somewhat historical formation diagram, Qian Wubing could see that the treasure ships and handsome ships were guarded at the end.
The one in the middle is just like the central army when the soldiers and horses are camping. Since there is a central army, there are naturally the front army, the rear army, the left army and the right army. In fact, Zheng He really did this. The formation of the entire fleet is
Like a swallow, there is no doubt that the handsome treasure ship is in the center. Secondly, it is surrounded by grain ships, water ships, and horse ships with weak defense capabilities. And beyond that, there are various warships, which are like a big swallow on the front, back, left and right.
The wings echoed back and forth to protect them.
It's a pity to imagine that on the vast sea, a huge swallow consisting of hundreds of ships is soaring on the sea. What a spectacular scene it is.
Qian Wubing smacked his lips. He really could only think about it. He couldn't put up such a luxurious formation now. He didn't have a battlefield with pure force, high speed, and what he could really use was
These half-commercial and half-war armed merchant ships of the Sihai Fleet. However, these sea-going ships of the Sihai Fleet are larger than other ships in the fleet. This large size means that in terms of speed, they
They will be the slowest ones in the fleet. Using a slow ship to protect a fast ship doesn't sound reliable at all.
Just like in a field battle, can you rely on foot soldiers to protect the cavalry? Well, foot soldiers can protect the cavalry, but don't expect the cavalry to be successful out of battle.
"Actually, Your Majesty, you are overthinking. These businessmen followed us out to sea, and they should have the awareness to do so. As long as we don't ignore death, and the real rescue is unfavorable, these people cannot be resentful towards Your Majesty!
"Wang Yu sat next to Qian Wubing. Hearing Qian Wubing's regret, he couldn't help but say.
"You can't say that. Since you go to sea with the fleet, you are a part of the fleet. Once something happens, if the rescue is not effective today, the rescue may not be effective tomorrow. When everyone is in danger, the people's hearts will be scattered.
The fleet is no longer a fleet, everyone only thinks about themselves!" Qian Wubing shook his head: "When we go out, we must contact those small foreign countries. In the eyes of those small foreign countries, this fleet is
, is the fleet of Ming Dynasty, they will not think that this is the fleet of Sihai, this is the fleet of Wang family or Jiang family or something!"
He sighed: "It's not a matter of rescue or not. After leaving the Ming Dynasty, the only thing we can rely on is each other. If we still distinguish between inside and outside, we are asking for trouble!"
Wang Yu nodded and looked at the formation chart on the table. He didn't know whether he listened to Qian Wubing's words. Qian Wubing's meaning was very simple, which was to unite all the forces that could be united.
, just hold everyone together into a rope and fight the unknown danger that the other party is about to face together.
"Sir!" After a while, Wang Yu raised his head dizzily, "I'm not really that smart about marching formations. At the beginning, Eunuch Sanbao had many ships, but at that time he had many soldiers and horses.
Naturally, there will be no risk of insufficient manpower for this marching formation, but sir, our fleet only has so many ships, so it seems unnecessary to create such an formation!"
He touched his chin and said: "I think if the fleet of Sanbao Eunuch is regarded as a thousand households, Sanbao Eunuch is Qianhu. The men and horses, scouts, forwards, and food and grass under him can be arranged in an orderly manner, but we
The fleet is amazingly just a Baihusuo, so there is no need to bother at all. Don’t we have eight ironclads? Just treat each of these ironclads as a small flag of Baihusuo. These are eight small flags. Then,
Then organize the four ships into a general flag, and let an ironclad ship take the lead as the general flag. The general flag will command the small flags, and the small flags will command their subordinates. In the end, the adults will be these hundreds of households, and it will be enough to command these two general flags!"
"These merchant ships, do you really think that they are honest and have no ability to protect themselves? You underestimate them too much!" He spread his hands and said: "In this way, no matter what happens, these merchant ships will follow you closely.
Xiaoqi became like, oh my, I am really a genius, I was a cavalryman, but I suffered a huge loss, I should just go to the navy!"
Qian Wubing looked at the boastful Wang Yu with a wry smile. He was still chattering: "In this way, I am worthy of my brothers. Putting two people on each ship will not only train them but also stabilize people's hearts. Now the merchant ship
Those guys in the caravan think that no matter how valuable their lives are, they are not as valuable as our brothers. If anyone dares to twist his or her mouth under such an arrangement, please don't be polite, Mr. Qian, just slap him with a big mouth!"
Qian Wubing's eyes lit up. Not to mention, this arrangement of following the military system was much simpler and easier than him racking his brains to come up with a formation. More importantly, it had nothing to do with whether he was sailing.
It doesn’t matter how experienced you are. There are many people with rich sailing experience in the fleet. However, those who can drive a good ship may not be able to manage the fleet well. In this military-controlled ship, everyone has their own responsibilities, and everyone has their own responsibility.
Orders must be followed, and if there is chaos, where will the chaos go!
In particular, the Sihai Fleet's iron-clad ships serve as small flagships, which saves transportation and communication. The Sihai Fleet originally followed the set of flags of Jinyiwei. The rest is only to teach those merchant ships how to identify their own small flagships.
With the flag, the entire fleet will be in order immediately!
Moreover, even if the ironclad ship is lost, its troops can immediately accept the command of other small flagships without worrying about communication interruption.
"This is a good idea!" Qian Wubing nodded, "It seems that sometimes the complicated ones may not be effective, and the simple ones may not be unfeasible!"
"Look, I have given you such a good idea. You will allocate an armored ship to me and let me have a good time!" Wang Yu received the compliment and smiled with a twinkling: "I have cut many people.
, I have never tried to use a cannon to sink a ship at sea!"
"Go, go, even if I give you an ironclad ship, you can only be a deputy now. The captains on every ironclad ship now are all veterans in the navy. At sea, they are no better than you.
Much stronger, let alone you, the rest of you, even if assigned to other armored ships, can only be deputy at best!" Qian Wubing waved his hand angrily: "There are things for you to learn along the way.
When we return, let’s see if you have the ability to stand alone!”
"Sir, this is what you said. When we return, if our brothers have learned all the tricks on this sea, please don't regret it then!"
Wang Yu put away his playful expression and said seriously.
"I will never go back on my word!" Qian Wubing smiled slightly: "But for now, please summon all the captains of each ship to me first. There will still be some days until we reach Dongfang. Let's arrange the arrangements first according to the method you just did.