On August 16, the fifty-second year of Qianlong's reign, the Northern Navy's autumn military exercises were postponed for twenty days, and all participating troops were in place and finally began.
In this exercise, a total of 10,000 people were mobilized from the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th regiments of the North Korean Navy, divided into red and blue teams, with a total of 10,000 people. The red team was composed of the 2nd and 5th regiments, with commanders Liu Shengren and Wu Siyu
Served as chief of staff. The blue side is composed of the first and fourth regiments, with Wang Yuanfang as commander and Sheng Haizhou as chief of staff.
The Third Regiment and the Qingye Battalion will not participate in this exercise. The Third Regiment is responsible for guarding military posts in the west and south of Fuldan City, while the Qingye Battalion and the newly formed Seventh Regiment are responsible for guarding the posts in various parts of Beihai Town.
The four regiments participating in the exercise are all organized into three battalions, each with 2,500 soldiers, including three infantry battalions, a cavalry platoon, a mortar company, an engineer company, a health team, a communications team, and a horse transport company.
In addition, the 12 D30 howitzers of the Northern Navy Artillery Battalion were divided into two, belonging to the red and blue armies respectively.
The strategic policy of the entire exercise is to use mountainous and plain areas as combat sites to test the North Korean navy's rapid breakthrough capabilities, city siege, and night defense capabilities. The red and blue sides conducted offensive and defensive drills in two phases.
According to the director's plan, the first phase will be from August 17th to 20th, with the red side mainly attacking; the second phase, from August 23rd to August 26th, the blue side will be the main attack; and the third phase is the military parade
Formula. The two military headquarters formulate their respective strategic plans based on the above-mentioned combat strategy.
On the night of August 17, the main forces of the red and blue sides entered the predetermined location and stationed themselves. Based on the intelligence from the scouts on both sides, Liu Sheng and Wang Yuanfang each formulated combat missions.
Zhou Heichuang, the acting company commander of the third company of the regiment, jumped off his horse and asked the cook squad leader with a smile: "What are you going to eat tonight?"
The cooking squad leader said: "Eat well, stewed meat, big steamed buns."
"Okay, hurry up and dig trenches when you're full."
Zhou Heichuang is Monk Zhou. Now that he has been promoted, it is not appropriate to call him "Monk" anymore. This guy's real name is Zhou Heizi, but he thought his name was unpleasant, so he changed his name to Zhou Heichuang.
After dinner, Monk Zhou checked the camp facilities again, arranged fixed sentries, and then returned to the tent to rest openly. Who knew that in the middle of the night, there was a burst of gunfire from outside the camp. He had just left the tent and was about to check
, the small staff officer sent by the director's department rushed in from a tent and loudly said to Monk Zhou: "Company Commander Zhou, after receiving the notice from the director's department, your department did not arrange mobile sentries and hidden sentries at night. When the enemy attacked, a platoon
Heavy casualties!"
Monk Zhou asked doubtfully: "What is this situation? We are in our own defense zone."
The platoon leader asked anxiously: "We didn't even fire a single shot and we suffered heavy casualties?"
The young staff officer frowned and said: "Once the exercise starts, this area will be a battlefield. If you are careless, don't blame the director. Immediately execute the order."
Monk Zhou had no choice but to ask the platoon leader to order more than a dozen people as dead and seriously wounded. There was no way, who asked the platoon to be responsible for the security mission tonight? Since he was careless, he should be unlucky. Then the health team came out and took care of them.
The soldiers wrapped them up like a bunch of big rice dumplings and carried them away on a stretcher.
On the next morning, the red and blue headquarters each sent out cavalry companies to conduct reconnaissance and search for each other.
The cavalry of the Northern Navy was derived from the ten surrendered armored soldiers captured during the First Battle of Bear Island. Later, some warriors who could ride horses were selected from the recruits to form the early cavalry platoon. After two years, it was gradually expanded to 200 people.
The scale can be said to have grown from scratch.
To become a qualified cavalry, you must learn to serve the horse. Brush the horse, check the mouth, wear leggings, and learn to feed the horse and feed the horse. These are the first courses for every cavalry. According to the cavalry manuals of later generations, the cavalry also
You need to train on stilts; only when you step on the 1.5-meter stilts firmly can you pass the horse riding; otherwise, you will fall off if someone pulls you while riding on the horse.
After being assigned to a war horse, the horse must be trained. You must know that except for the trained war horse, other horses are just livestock. Every day, the cavalry must ride slowly, train the horse to hold its head high, push the horse's back down, and then get into the saddle.
Practice running. As soon as the horse stops, tie the reins to a high place and let the horse raise its head. Unlike other horses, except when drinking, the war horse must raise its head even when sleeping. The war horse must develop discipline.
Habits. You must not move when you hear the sound of gunfire. You are not allowed to eat anything other than the manger. You are not allowed to gnaw, kick, or bite people. You must get used to wearing a halter, biting, and hanging equipment.
The cavalry also need to learn techniques such as riding, lying down and shooting, and mounting the saddle on horseback. After mastering the basic equestrian skills, they can learn to shoot on horseback, chop on horseback, drop bombs on horseback (throw backwards), cross obstacles, and rescue immediately. In addition,
You also need to learn tactics such as charging the queue, surrounding the queue, and covering the queue.
In terms of food, military horses are not animals that can be fed by just putting them on the grass and gnawing grass. The food cost of a military horse in the North Navy is higher than that of a human. They eat beans, bran and grains every day, and they also have to cook
It can only be fed to the horse when it is cooked; in addition, the horse must be fed salt, stone powder and other feeds to enhance its physical fitness.
The cavalry companies of the red and blue sides encountered each other in Area 3 at noon that day, so more than 200 cavalrymen first fired a burst of blank ammunition at their horses from a distance of 200 meters, and then rushed forward with wooden sticks instead of sabers held high.
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At the beginning, these people lined up and rode their horses at a canter. When the two sides met, they raised their sticks and pretended to hit me and I to hit you. After all, they were all looking up and not looking down. After a while,
An accident happened.
"Ouch! You're so cruel!" A cavalry platoon leader on the red side couldn't dodge and was hit with a stick on the forehead. After a while, a big bump appeared.
"I'm sorry, brother, I missed it!" the other platoon leader laughed and apologized.
"No! Let me hit you too to make it even."
As soon as he finished speaking, the cavalryman from the red side rode forward and struck the man from the blue side on the back.
"Ouch! You really hit me!" Lan Fang picked up the stick and smashed it.
When the red team saw something bad, they dodged the opponent's stick, quickly turned around and ran away. The blue team leader was chasing after him. He became more and more angry as he chased, and had to hit him.
At this time, the men of the platoon leader on the red side saw that the platoon leader was being chased wildly, so they stepped forward to stop them. As a result, the platoon leader on the blue side did not pay attention to these soldiers at all, and anyone who dared to come up to stop them would just use a stick.
The platoon leader of the red side who was escaping saw that all his people were coming, so he turned around and more than a dozen people worked together to deal with the platoon leader of the blue side. The blue side became anxious when they saw it, and rushed forward with more than 20 people.
A melee ensued.
The two sides fought harder and harder, and finally they got really angry. Some cavalrymen were afraid of hurting their horses, so they jumped off their horses and started beating each other with wooden sticks. What's more, they even threw away the wooden sticks and started beating each other. Start a physical fight...
"How dare you tear my clothes off!"
"I have long disliked you, and I must deal with you today!"
"Ouch, my nose!"
"Don't bite anyone when you are a bitch..."
Samusu, the captain of the red cavalry company, quickly dismounted from his horse and shouted to stop him. During the chaos, a soldier waved his hand and punched Samusu in the middle of the cheek. Bayan, the captain of the blue team, saw this and sat on his horse and laughed; who Zhi just laughed twice and was pulled off his horse by several red soldiers.
This time it became even more chaotic. Samusu covered his face angrily and shouted: "There are people from the whole company who are going to beat him up!"
Not far away, the director of the director's department who was in charge of judging was dumbfounded. This was not a cavalry confrontation, it was just a group fight!
When the picket team sent by the director arrived, two hundred war horses were grazing leisurely, while two hundred cavalry were sitting on the ground with bruises and swollen faces, ouch...
Monk Zhou's third company received an order from battalion commander Mi Shilang at noon, asking them to serve as the vanguard, cross the center line, and march toward the Blue Army's No. 2 area. If they encounter a large group of enemies, they will organize a defense on the spot and wait for reinforcements; if it is a small group, The enemy is destroyed directly.
An hour later, the sharp knife squad that went out sent a message that no blue army was found. So as a dense crowd of people swayed in the forest, Monk Zhou led the third company through the woods carefully.
Because the 1st platoon was assigned a "heavy casualty" by the director yesterday, the 2nd platoon was the first to pass through the woods. Their next goal was to seize the southern hillside.
At this time, Monk Zhou's voice came from the walkie-talkie: "Second Platoon, Second Platoon, when you hear the whistle in five minutes, immediately attack the hillside. First and Third Platoon follow quickly. After occupying the hillside, immediately build defensive positions, sharp knives Ban jumped to the west to conduct reconnaissance, do you understand?"
"clear."
Five minutes later, as the whistle sounded, Monk Zhou shouted: "Attack!" The second platoon roared and started running, and the other two platoons formed a fighting formation and followed immediately.
These are all tactical moves that have been practiced in the training base. They have gone through many drills during the march north. The soldiers of the third company also know that this is an exercise, and they all have a relaxed mentality.
However, just as the second platoon launched its attack, from the flank of the southern hillside, a company of Blue Army soldiers suddenly emerged from the bushes and started shooting at the second platoon. At the same time, one unit was detached and quickly moved up the hillside. , looking at the posture, they also intend to occupy it for defense.
At this time, dozens of gunshots were fired, and of course they were all empty bullets.
Monk Zhou, who was holding a telescope, cursed: "Damn you! You are hiding here! Everyone, speed up!"
"Charge!" the second platoon leader who was lying on the ground shouted, then stood up and grabbed a red flag from the soldier's hand, spread his legs and prepared to run wildly.
"Stop!" The junior staff officer ran out again, with beads of sweat hanging on the tip of his nose and forehead, and shouted to the second platoon leader: "We didn't detect the enemy's situation. If we are attacked, you will be reduced by one-third."
The second platoon leader had no choice but to stop, randomly named a squad, ordered to stop advancing, and sat on the ground waiting for the health team to "carry the body."
Monk Zhou was so angry, wondering why he was so unlucky.
Not to mention being the acting company commander, the reason why Monk Zhou is acting is because he has not yet participated in the short-term officer training course. As a result, all he can think about now is conquering the hillside to "revenge", and completely forgot to call for artillery fire
support.
When the third company rushed to the foot of the hillside, at least two companies of blue troops suddenly appeared on the hillside, and another barrage of blank ammunition appeared.
There was no need to rush now. The director decided that all three companies were killed. Battalion Commander Mi Shilang, who hurried over, angrily cursed Monk Zhou for being a bastard.
On the second day after the exercise started, two things happened like this. Liu Sheng and Wang Yuanfang were so angry that they immediately reiterated the exercise discipline to all departments.
On the third day, the main forces of the red and blue sides continued to advance in accordance with predetermined orders. The troops of both sides immediately faced off in Area 3, and deployed infantry and artillery positions based on the battlefield terrain and enemy situation.
Of course, the artillery of the two sides could not really fire at each other. According to the requirements of the director, they fired at the designated shooting range area as an assessment. At the same time, the infantry of both sides carried out a mobile charge. At this time, the entire staff of the director was dispatched to target the infantry tactics of both sides.
Scores will be given on whether the requirements of the maneuvers are followed, and the artillery's shooting speed and accuracy.
On the fourth day of the first phase, both sides continued to conduct offensive and defensive drills. Each side deployed its troops in echelons and divided them into combat troops and reserve teams. The blue side built fortifications according to the terrain, set up infantry and artillery positions, and prepared ambushes to lure the enemy.
After clearing the outer strongholds of the attack point, the red side first carried out deep fire strikes with artillery, while the infantry took advantage of the situation and formed a skirmish line attack in squad units.
Because the red side lost a company on the second day of the battle, the offensive and defensive positions were switched at the end of the battle. The blue side switched from offense to defense, and the red side switched from defense to offense.
After the first phase of the exercise, both sides returned to their respective stations to conduct reviews and summarize the lessons learned from the first phase. At the same time, the director issued disciplinary orders and notified and criticized the two cavalry companies. The two company commanders, Samusu and Bayan, each received demerits.
Once, two months' salary was deducted; other cavalrymen who participated in group fights were fined one month. Acting company commander Zhou Monk was detained for one day by battalion commander Mi Shilang, and one month's salary was deducted.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As a result, the participating troops no longer dare to take the exercise as a joke.
In the second stage, the red and blue sides exchanged offense and defense, and all arms of the North Navy were fully engaged in the battle. Tactics such as infantry-machine coordination, infantry-artillery coordination, and infantry-cavalry coordination were fully carried out. In addition, the engineering companies of both sides practiced crossing the river.
Bridges and rapid construction of material warehouses; the transportation company practiced emergency material deployment; the communications company practiced antenna erection, fault handling and response to various emergencies.
At this point, Zhao Xin felt that the strategic purpose of the entire exercise had finally been achieved.
On the fourth day after the second phase of the review, the North Korean Navy military parade began. The navy also sent a marine company to participate in the military parade. At this time, all the cadres from the military and civil affairs departments who were not very busy came.
Various schools and residential communities also sent representatives.
The entire military parade procedure includes two parts: first, Zhao Xin and others ride horses and pass in front of the parade of troops to review each unit; second, the troops to be reviewed pass by the parade platform in a queue. As for military music, they can only use
The loudspeaker is playing a recording.
At nine o'clock in the morning on the day of the military parade, Zhao Xin and a group of representatives arrived one after another. Commander-in-Chief Wang Yuanfang ordered the call to stand at attention, bayonets on rifles, and a gun salute. In accordance with the requirements of the "Exercise Order", the troops being reviewed were divided into different groups according to different military services.
There are two formations, horizontal and column, with different spacing.
Except for Chen Qingsong, Hong Tao, Liu Siting and others who came early, other time-travelers rarely come into contact with the army. The ones they see most are the security police.
Wu An'an and others looked at the tens of thousands of soldiers standing neatly under the military parade, and they were really shocked. In the past few days since they came, they had also heard about how Zhao Xin and the others defeated the Qing army. But they heard that it was
The same thing, when they really saw the armed force under Zhao Xin, they finally understood what the North Navy meant in this era.
Wu Ping'an looked at the weapons in the hands of the soldiers, and then saw the dozen artillery and mortars in the distance. He thought to himself how rich Zhao Xin must be to have an army with so many people!
"Oh no! You can totally dominate the world!" Fan Tong was shocked by the scene in front of him as soon as he got out of the car.
Cao Peng beside him nodded and said: "Well, it's not a big problem to punch the Manchus and Japan, and to step on the British, French and Spanish."
Another power plant added, "Tsarist Russia must also be included."
"I wonder what it would be like to face Napoleon?"