On the second day after the military meeting, Li Dagang met Zhao Xin and the six-person team of the Security Department. This time, he was not put in the wooden cage of Katayama Kanbei, but was taken to the conference room of the Thor.
Facing this master, Zhao Xin didn't know why, but he always had the urge to call him "Sir Li". Zhao Xin himself felt strange, wondering if this was a sequelae of watching "The Walker"?
Li Dagang has long lost his original arrogance. It seems that several months of hard labor have really damaged his spiritual world. This man has tried to escape from prison five times, and the furthest he escaped was when he jumped out of the wall and ran away for five years. The rice was captured by the guards. The guards responsible for guarding the prisoners hated this guy for causing trouble for him, so he attacked harder.
Don't get me wrong, Beihai Town does not beat or scold prisoners. Zhao Xin just gave one of the guards an electric baton. So "Master Li" was served by three electric batons at the same time. In full view of everyone, he became incontinent.
From then on, the disgraced "Master Li" never ran away again. And after going to Soulengji Island to dig gold mines, Li Dagang gave up the idea of escape.
The entire Solenji Island has an area of only 15 square kilometers. Leaving aside the cliffs in the southern part of the island, the land area is only six or seven square kilometers. In the northern part of the island, the closest place to the mainland is only 13 miles away. On a sunny day, The beaches and forests of the mainland on the opposite side are faintly visible.
But the problem is that anyone who gets close to the beach will be spotted by the guards. Li Dagang guessed that the rebels in Beihai Town must have set up many secret posts near the beach, just like the surroundings of the prison camps.
Yes, Li Dagang has discovered a long time ago that these people in Beihai Town are not Oros at all, but a group of rebels who speak Mandarin. These people have learned a lot of strange skills from somewhere, and created There are so many incredible artifacts.
Yesterday, 12 people came to the island and wanted to take him away. Li Dagang didn't know what these rebels were going to do. He was just a dead man living a "groundhog life" every day. Let them do whatever they wanted.
As a result, the next day, he was taken to the big blue and white ship, and he was taken to the conference room on the ship's floor in a daze. It is said that these rebels must know magic, otherwise how could they let a ship A big ship made of steel floats on the water?
Liu Sheng coughed and spoke first: "Li Dagang, I called you here today because I want you to talk about the Manchu tactics. How did you fight in the past?"
"Ah?!" Li Dagang was stunned for a moment. "I wonder what exactly you want to ask, sir?"
Zhao Xindao: "Let's ask another question. Mr. Li, we know that you are a Manchu martial arts examiner, a martial arts scholar, and an imperial bodyguard. In the martial arts examination, in addition to bow and arrow, horse riding, and stone lifting, you will also be tested on policy theory, right? Then I must You should also be familiar with the formations of the Qing army, right?"
"I can't say I'm familiar with it, I just know a little bit about it."
"Well, tell us about the Qing army's combat formation."
"What do these rebels want to do?" Li Dagang couldn't help but guess in his heart. "How dare you people like me want to compete with the Qing Dynasty? It's ridiculous! Well, since you let me talk, I will give my Qing Dynasty Military prowess speaks for itself. Don’t think that just because you’re lucky enough to win once, you don’t know what the world is like!”
"Then let me talk about the 'Nine Advances and Ten Chains' formation. The most powerful force in our Qing Dynasty is the Eight Banners. And the most powerful force in the Eight Banners is the firearms camp."
"Wait a minute, how many people does this firearms camp you're talking about have?" Liu Sheng suddenly interrupted.
"Two thousand people."
"Wait! You said there were only two thousand musketeers in the Qing Dynasty?" Wang Yuanfang simply didn't believe his ears.
"Nonsense! Our Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty have more than one million people. How come there are only two thousand people?"
Liu Sheng slapped the table and said angrily: "Hey, I have such a bad temper! It was obviously you who said the two thousand people!"
"I'm talking about the firearms camp under the Nanyuan Guard Camp. There are also the Jianrui Camp, the Forward Camp, the Han Army Firearms Camp, and the Eight Banners Firearms Camp of each province."
Wang Yuanfang and others were shocked when they heard this. It was all such a mess! There were camps inside the camp, and there were camps outside the camp.
Zhao Xin interrupted: "Stop, stop, stop! I asked you to say 'nine to ten consecutive formations', what nonsense are you talking about!"
The interrogation lasted all morning. Zhao Xin followed what Li Dagang said, listening and drawing at the same time, and finally figured out what was going on.
The configuration of the so-called "Nine Advances and Ten Chains" is: each unit is organized into a battalion, and the number of a battalion is about 500 to 600. There are a total of thirty-four battalions of the Qing army that make up the formation, and the front of each battalion is
The width is four feet, the depth is two and a half feet, and the distance between battalions is one foot. The entire front is mainly constructed by firearms troops.
In the firearms force, the number of musketeers is roughly between 4,000 and 4,500, and there are about 130 various types of divine artillery and blunderbuss. The ammunition equipment of the Qing army during combat is generally 300 rounds of ammunition for each gun.
The first line is the musketeers, who are spaced out in battalions. The musketeers are usually arranged in three rows, with about five to six people deep between each row. The overall arrangement is in a horizontal formation, with antlers and pikemen in front of the formation as cover.
On the left and right wings are artillery and musketry cavalry. The rear of the artillery battalion is guarded by shields and shotguns, while cold weapon troops using bows, arrows, guns and knives are deployed in the rear line.
In order to ensure the density and continuity of firepower, each battalion will leave space to facilitate front-to-back rotation. The main shooting method is multi-row firing, that is, the soldiers in the front row retreat to the back of the formation after shooting, and the back row has been loaded.
The soldiers then moved to their original front row positions to shoot.
However, according to actual combat needs, salvo shooting is sometimes used, that is, several rows of soldiers fire at the same time without rotation.
In order to quickly search for enemy infantry or cavalry teams and capture fighter planes, artillery battalions generally use light artillery such as muskets. Not only can they follow the musketeers in flexible maneuvers, but they can also serve as the longest range and most powerful part of the round fire.
Li Dagang became more and more proud as he spoke: "The infantry raised their antlers and cannons, and all the soldiers advanced together. They stopped with the sound of gold, and fired guns and cannons once. This went on nine to ten times, firing cannons in succession. The infantry of the firearms battalion fired shotguns in a circular motion, and there was no trace of them.
Intermittent, its sound shook the ground. This is the 'Nine Advances and Ten Links'."
When Zhao Xin and others analyzed the formation map afterwards, they calculated that the front line of the Han Army and the Manchurian Firearms Battalion occupied about 2,100 meters, which is more than four miles. And the Han Army and the Manchurian Firearms Battalion on the front line occupied
The various units of the Manchuria Firearms Battalion have enough space to maneuver and rotate. When facing the enemy in the plains and wilderness, they can push forward and pour out firepower; but when the terrain is complex, they can also be divided into different small units to perform various tasks.
, there is no need to stick to the overall actions of the formation.
When the entire formation advanced, a salvo of artillery fire was fired approximately every 17 meters. This was repeated nine times. On the tenth time, the artillery fired continuously, and the shotgun soldiers fired in turns to maintain uninterrupted firepower.
Liu Sheng particularly noticed that when this formation reached the seventh salvo, the artillery of the Manchuria Firearms Battalion would stop firing and switch to horses to carry the troops along.
When they studied this point, Wang Yuanfang and others understood that this was to let the artillery of the Manchurian Firearms Battalion act as a reserve team to reserve strength for the subsequent artillery offensive.
When the tenth continuous shooting is reached, the shooting will stop after three golden sounds, and the antlers in front will open eight gaps. The shield soldiers at the rear of the artillery battalion will come out of the gaps to initiate melee combat. The purpose of this is
While further attacking the enemy's line, cover the shotgun soldiers who come out from behind the antlers and follow up. After the rattan soldiers complete the covering task, the shotgun soldiers continue to launch a round-robin fire. At this time, each row will no longer retreat after shooting.
Inside the antlers, instead of staying in front, the rear row of musketeers will follow up to the front row to shoot.
As for the cavalry in the forward battalion, guard battalion, and valiant cavalry battalion, their role is not only to attack after the gunfire is finished. Their main tasks are to respond to the enemy's active attack, and to provide flank cover when the firearms troops advance, or
Launch an offensive simultaneously with firearms troops on the enemy's flank.
Generally speaking, the purpose of the "Nine Advances and Ten Chains" is to suppress the enemy with intensive gunfire. If the enemy reaches close range during the battle and shakes the enemy's position, the next offensive will be launched.
After careful calculation, Zhao Xin and the others found that if they did not consider the advanced nature of the weapons, but stayed within the defense line and engaged in gunfire with the Qing army, they would basically be able to withstand 1.4 million rounds of projectiles in a two-kilometer fire line, and then
They also had to face an encirclement of tens of thousands of cavalry.
In addition to the above-mentioned plain formations, the Qing army also had a formation in rugged mountains and forests, called the "mountain road chain triple formation".
This formation is specially designed for encounters with the enemy in narrow terrain on mountain roads. First, the five-gun gun is fired in front, and ten rattan players guard the artillery. When the enemy enters the range of the shotgun, a three-fold gun formation is used to fight.
The specific method is that every two people stand side by side and are called "one stack", and three stacks are one layer. The two people in the first stack kneel down and shoot, the two people in the second stack kneel down and shoot, and the two people in the third stack stand up and shoot. Each layer.
Three stacks of six people fired at the same time. The first layer finished shooting and retreated to the back of the formation, while the next layer advanced and fired.
This tactic integrates volley fire and wheel fire, so that the density and continuity of firepower will not be limited by the terrain. Every 50 people form a team, and every two teams form a road. The two teams rotate with the sound of drums as a command.
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Based on this formation, archers can also be set up behind the three stacks to ensure the continuity of firepower; if the road is wider, cavalry can also be set up to raid the enemy formation from both wings.
Looking at the two schematic diagrams of the Qing army's formations and a map of Beihai Town's surroundings hanging on the wall, Wang Yuanfang and others were silent. The terrain of Beihai Town is facing the sea in the south, mountains in the west, Xila River in the east, and the Xila River in the north.
It is a large area of river valleys and plains. If it is just a simple defense, if tens of thousands of Qing troops attack from the west and north, five thousand people will not be able to defend it no matter what.
After a while, Liu Sheng asked Zhao Xin: "What do you think?" Wang Yuanfang and others looked at Zhao Xin after hearing this.
After the Battle of Nagasaki and the sneak attack on Fukang'an, Wang Yuanfang and the others knew that it would be no problem for them to lead a company, conduct a reconnaissance and sneak attack, and conduct a small-scale blocking battle, but in terms of the grand strategy,
The vision is still not enough.
Liu Sheng dared to risk his life at critical moments, but Zhao Xin often came up with unexpected ways at critical moments. In Wang Yuanfang's view, maybe it was because Zhao Xin had never been a soldier, so he was not bound by so many rules and regulations.
A wild and unconstrained idea can produce great results.
However, Zhao Xin himself did not think so.
Out of his understanding and awe of history and the ancients, Zhao Xin knew that if he did not have the blessing of jade pendants and was just put on the same platform as Fukang'an and others, he would be reduced to nothing by these people.
As a modern person from another time and space, what kind of education did Zhao Xin receive since childhood? Study hard, find a good job, get married and start a business, that’s all. At most, it’s about cultivating some personal hobbies. To put it nicely, it cultivates one’s temperament. To put it badly, it means
Kill time.
What kind of education did people like Fukang'an, Agui, Qianlong, and even Heshen receive from childhood? Intrigues, calculations on people's hearts, the harshness of the world, and the scheming of emperors. These people are always scheming, scheming against others, and trying to improve themselves.
So if Zhao Xin wants to decide the winner or loser in the same room with these people, he can only come up and lift the roof directly. Even if you ask him to step back and open a window to get some air, he can't agree. Because as long as he falls into the rules of these people's game
Here, even with Zhao Xin's little cleverness, he can only be used as cannon fodder, not even a chess piece.
Zhao Xin stared at the map carefully for a long time and said to Liu Sheng and others: "Let me think about it first. This time it's not just a matter of fighting."
"What about what we decided yesterday?" Liu Sheng was asking about the six strategies decided yesterday.
"No change, continue execution."
After this meeting, Zhao Xin disappeared again. He didn't even go to Sendai this time, but returned to the ice-free port in another time and space.
Zhao Xin rented an off-road vehicle and drove 200 kilometers north to the city called "Ussuriysk". This city is not big, has a small population, and does not have many high-rise buildings. It is slightly outward from the city center.
After walking a little further, he could see the farmhouse. He followed the navigation and went directly to a hotel near the train station to stay. Because it was winter, there were no pedestrians on the street at all.
This city is located in the lower reaches of the Suifen River, bordering Xihet Mountain to the east, Changbai Mountain to the west, Xingkai Lake to the north, and close to the Sanjiang Plain. It has a very important strategic position. From here, you can go through the Far East Railway or waterway through Xingkai.
Kaihu and the Ussuri River can lead directly to Khabarovsk, the hub of the Far East; from here via the Binsui Railway, you can directly reach Harbin; if you go south along the Suifen River, you can reach Vladivostok.
It is said that in the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Aguda took Acheng as its capital and set up a "Shipin Road" in the Wusuli River Basin to open a post road leading here. The route was from Acheng up the Ash River to Shangzhi.
After that, it goes up the Ma Ting River, crosses the Zhangguangcai Ridge to Mudanjiang, crosses the Taiping Ridge to the Suifen River Valley, passes through Dongning and goes down the Suifen River. Because the Suifen River was called "Shuibin River" in the Tang Dynasty, it was called "Su Binshui" in gold.
"Shipinshui", so in the Jin Dynasty, this road was called Shipin Road.
This is also the real place of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty. During the Yongle period, Huli changed his Jurchen tribe to submit to the Ming Empire, so Zhu Di set up a garrison here. Since this place was the leader of the Bohai Kingdom in the Tang Dynasty,
It was the hometown of Jianzhou, so it was called Jianzhouwei. In the Qing Dynasty, it was called Furdan City, and "furdan" means "pass" in Manchu. It was under the management of Ningguta Deputy Dutong Yamen.
This is also the traditional route for Tsarist Russia to invade the northeastern region in later generations. In 1900, Tsarist Russia started from here, passed through Dongning, and Suifen River and headed straight to Mudanjiang. In modern time and space, this place has always been a hub connecting the strategic locations of Khabarovsk and Vladivostok.
It is also the starting point for entering the Xingkai Lake Plain to the north.
In Zhao Xin's view, if Beihai Town wants to prevent Tsarist Russia from moving south, it must occupy Fuldan City, then cross Xingkai Lake to the northeast and occupy Khabarovsk.
The next day, Zhao Xin went to the library in the city and tried to find some historical materials. There were not many Qing Dynasty documents collected here, but Zhao Xin still found some.
After that, he spent another three days driving around the city. He carefully examined the topography of the area. Even in winter, he could still see large areas of virgin forest from the wilderness.
Unlike Beihai Town, which has undulating terrain and rolling hills, the terrain here is unusually flat. Presumably in another time and space, some Hezhefeyaka tribes and Kurkhaqi New Manchus may have lived here.
After watching it for a few days, Zhao Xin probably had some concerns. He then drove back to Freezing Port and then back to Beihai Town.
"This is right here, Fuldan City. If the Qing army wants to come by land, it can only pass through here. We must occupy this place before next spring and build a defensive fortress." Zhao Xin pointed to Ussuriysk on the map
, said to Liu Sheng and others.
"Before spring? Winter? How far is it?" Liu Sheng asked a bunch of questions.
"It's only 200 miles north along the Suifen River or Fuljiaha River."
Wang Yuanfang looked at the falling snowflakes outside the window and said: "But the weather is really a big problem. Let alone building the fortress, even if you go there, you will freeze to death."
Zhao Xindao: "There should still be an old earth fort here. During the Battle of Yaksa, Tsarist Russia built an earth fort on the old site of Fuldan City in an attempt to occupy this place."
Chen Qingsong said: "You have to think carefully. Once we invest in infrastructure, we will have no spare power to build defensive fortresses in other places."
Zhao Xin smiled lightly and said: "Don't worry, I have checked the information. In the Qing Dynasty, this was the only land hub to Vladivostok. And I originally planned to occupy this place after the spring of next year. The only thing we need to wait for now is
Survive this winter, and the reconnaissance report from Seldan."