Chapter 276 Fa Yuan (85) uses the fast to defeat the slow
The tactic of diagonal cutting is really an old trick of the Mongolian army. The Ming army has much more experience and has even begun to have such training and actual combat. However, this is the same situation as mentioned before. Because the Ming army uses muskets, it only uses muskets.
It can shoot directly but cannot project. The amount of bombs dropped in actual combat performance is far less than that of the Mongolian army. It can only rely on the power of the musket to achieve its tactical goals. Overall, it is not as effective as the Mongolian army's diagonal shot.
According to the principles in the training manual, the Ming army did not advocate slashing against the slashing, because it was not cost-effective. After the Ming army was half-armored, it advocated slashing the opponent, so I went straight into the middle. In other words,
Treating the opponent's diagonally cut team as a long snake formation, our army rushed up to intercept it at the waist and engage in close combat, relying on its equipment advantage to fight head-on.
However, tactical codes are dead and people are alive. There are times when we cannot do this, such as now.
Judging from the formation preparation of the Mongolian army, this oblique cut is most likely to be an outward oblique cut, that is, "cutting" towards the outside of the Ming army's lineup. The tactical intention of this action is too obvious: if the Ming army was trying to kill snakes, although it was possible
Achieved, but it will inevitably cause the two wings of the Ming army to be led by the Mongolian army to move to the outside of the battlefield. At this moment, the Ming army is already strong on the two wings and weak on the central army. Once the two wings are released, the central army will be even weaker, and even the flanks may become Mongolian.
The two generals in charge of commanding the two wings were Xu Long and Po Gui. Both generals saw through the Mongolian army's intentions. In addition, they looked back and saw that the flag of the Chinese army had not changed. Therefore, they kept calm and continued to move forward slowly without making any other moves.
The Mongolian army's command may also have anticipated this situation, and the Chinese army also did not give new instructions. Therefore, the Mongolian troops on both wings quickly began to execute diagonal cuts, and the first mid-range battle broke out when both sides entered the firing range:
The army fired one salvo at the outside of the Ming army.
This wave of exchange of fire may be due to the Ming army having the advantage. At least from the scene, the number of people killed by the Ming army was slightly less. There were only eleven people killed on the left and right wings combined. However, there were at least thirty or forty people or horses.
He was struck by an arrow, and the severity of his injuries is unknown.
The Mongolian army probably didn't get a good deal. About twenty people fell off their horses, but not many were injured - after all, in a mid-range bombardment, the damage of Wanli II's muskets was obviously stronger than that of bows and arrows.
If hit during a relatively high-speed maneuver such as diagonal cutting, whether the cavalry himself is hit or the horse is hit, he will basically fall off his horse.
When the four generals on both sides of the Ming army saw this, they couldn't help but feel a little relieved. The Ming army currently has a slight advantage in strength. The Ming army is not afraid of exchanges on the battlefield like this. After a few more rounds, the Mongols will definitely not be able to withstand it.
However, what is surprising is that this diagonal cut by the Mongolian army does not seem to be their previous routine. They did not circle back after disengagement and repeat the diagonal cut again at basically the same position as before.
This time, the Mongolian army "cut" out and circled farther away from the horizontal flanks of the Ming army's front, and then started a new round of oblique cuts towards the waists of the Ming army's two wings - the previous round was aimed at
Go to the heads of both wings.
At the same time, the central Mongolian army once again sent a second batch of diagonal troops to the two wings. The number was still small, and the target was the same as before, heading towards the heads of the two wings of the Ming army.
In the middle of the Ming army, Gao Yonggong, who had already put on the same armor as the generals, held binoculars with one hand and saw all this, with the words "wheel battle" popping up in his mind.
To some extent, the Mongolian cavalry who implemented the slanting tactic were spinning around the edge of the battlefield and shooting arrows into the battlefield. It looked like a rotating Frisbee or flywheel, using its sharp edges to chip away at the enemy's edge bit by bit.
If Burihatu planned to send out "frisbees" one after another to take turns to cut, it would be a veritable wheel battle. It's a bit like several pairs of armored vehicles with road wheels running over a certain obstacle. The front tire has just passed, and the rear tire has just passed.
Here we go again. Maybe after the first "tire" ran over the entire flank of the Ming army, it would adjust its position, turn back and start over again.
Originally, judging from the exchange ratio between the two sides just now, the Mongolian army suffered a loss due to such a tactical move, but Gao Pragmatic immediately discovered that something was wrong, because when the second batch of the Mongolian army's slashing troops began to accumulate fire, the Ming army had no front flanks.
Counterattack - they haven't had time to finish reloading!
Buri Hatu was indeed Buri Hatu. He didn't know that the advantage of the Ming army was its strong firepower. In a real bombardment, the Mongolian army would definitely suffer. But he also discovered the weakness of the Ming army's muskets, which was the reloading speed.
It can't be compared to the Mongolian army's drawing of arrows and shooting - the latter does not have to prepare at all, draw the arrow, draw the bow, and shoot, all in one breath, and it only takes a few breaths before and after.
Fortunately, the Ming army was not completely unprepared. Although the unexpected changes of the Mongols made them suffer a dumb loss, Xu Long and Pogui reacted very quickly and immediately issued an order: keep moving forward, but start to rotate vertical lines to
Respond to the Mongolian army's wheel battle.
Vertical line rotation must first talk about the cavalry formation. Because the Ming army cavalry was half-armored, under Gao's pragmatic instructions, the Ministry of War issued a pamphlet to the cavalrymen in each town, which mentioned the kind of cavalry in the history of the French army.
Wall charge - of course it didn't say anything about the "French army", it just said "there was such a thing", and it was deliberately made like the heavy cavalry of the Jin Dynasty iron pagoda.
Of course, the Ming Army's cavalry is not considered to be heavily armed, but considering that the Mongolian Army is almost armor-less, the Ming Army's cavalry followed the infantry's array line idea, and also carried out a certain degree of array formation in the cavalry.
To put it simply, for example, the Ming army's flanks are now advancing forward, and they are arranged in the form of ten columns. It can be understood as ten people leading the way, followed by a long list of cavalry. The characteristic is that they line up, unlike the previous cavalry.
Pay attention to the ranks of the team.
The vertical line rotation is an action of exchanging columns, which is equivalent to the exchange of positions between the left and right columns. The specific method is that the outer column controls the speed unchanged, and the inner column accelerates slightly and passes diagonally forward from the rider on the outside.
At this time, the original outer side becomes the inner side. Go a little further inward to the vacant position. You have reached the outer row and move inward at the same time. The rotation is completed.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Of course, this is only the most basic rotation, and only two columns participate in the rotation. If you want to complete the rotation of three columns, four columns or even more columns,
The principle is the same, just follow the instructions.
It's just that the Ming army only did this training for a relatively short period of time. The actual training only lasted for two or three months. In actual military training, the army generally did not rotate more than three columns. In order to avoid confusion, the instructions issued by Xu Long and Pogui at this moment were astonishing.
It’s the same, both are “rotation of the three outer rows of vertical lines”.
In fact, in addition to the lack of time, the training of only three-column rotation was carried out. Another important reason is that the infantry array usually used "three-stage attack" in the past. So far, there has been no situation where the three-stage attack cannot take turns. Due to the cavalry aspect,
This type of actual combat had not occurred before, so I did not expect that the success of the three-stage attack in the infantry formation did not mean that the cavalry could also perform well.
The cavalry columns began to rotate. This move really surprised Burihatu, who was commanding the central army of the Mongolian army. He really did not expect that the Ming army had such preparations. However, after a little observation, he immediately made targeted arrangements.
:accelerate.
Instead of accelerating forward, he accelerated the speed at which the troops were sent out. He controlled this acceleration very accurately. Basically, the front army just left and the rear army arrived, giving the Ming army almost no chance to breathe.
Then there was another problem with the Ming army. The training for the column rotation was insufficient. As soon as the Mongolian army accelerated, they were unable to respond in time. Not only did the team suffer from scattered fire during the rotation, which caused some sporadic chaos in the team, but also more
The trouble is that both Xu Long and Po Gui found that the three-stage attack couldn't be dealt with - it was still a matter of reloading speed.
The reason is very simple. The infantry is standing on the ground, so reloading is less affected and the movements are naturally faster. But because the cavalry is on horseback, the horse has bumps in its movements. The cavalry has to control the horse's position while moving.
To complete the reloading, it was obviously impossible to make it in time, which caused the reloading speed to be slowed down a lot. Therefore, the "three-stage strike" tactic was unable to achieve its original purpose of uninterrupted shooting.
At this moment, the Mongolian army immediately gained the upper hand. Even though the shooting effect was not as good as that of the Ming army, the "volume of bombs dropped per unit time" far exceeded that of the Ming army, and the exchange ratio was quickly restored.
After only five rounds of diagonal cuts on the left and right wings, the Ming army's losses had already slightly exceeded that of the Mongolian army. It is conceivable that if this battle continues like this, the Ming army will only suffer more and more losses in the end.
Gao pragmatic also discovered this, but he thought about it and gave up the adjustment. Firstly, he had no good way to make fine adjustments while adhering to the original big plan. Secondly, the distance between the two parties was already relatively close, so the adjustment was
It actually doesn’t mean much anymore.
Therefore, the Mongolian army sped up and sent out multiple teams to cut diagonally. Gao Pragmatic also sped up, and the hit army waved a blue flag. The meaning of the blue flag in commanding this battle was to speed up. After receiving the order, the Ming army's central army and
Both the left and right wings began to speed up significantly, and the war horses had entered a medium-speed running state. Generally speaking, this meant that a charge into the formation was about to be launched, or it might be a tactical action such as a diagonal cut.
Upon seeing this, Burihatu, in the middle of the Mongolian army, narrowed his eyes slightly, tilted his head slightly, and said to a herald beside him: "Go and tell Huang Taiji to get ready." The herald heard the order, respectfully accepted it, and hurriedly rode on his horse.
And go.
Burihatu himself drew out his scimitar, pointed at the pragmatic "Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty Economic Strategy" diagonally, and shouted: "The Chinese army speeds up and prepares to charge into battle!"
As the Ming Army and the Mongolian Army's central army increased their speed, the five diagonal cutting teams on the left and right sent by the Mongolian Army also seemed to have received orders. They gave up their previous separate diagonal cutting operations and began to quietly move closer.
Both Xu Long and Pogui noticed this move, and probably because they were worried that Gao Jinglue would not notice it, they both asked the flag bearer to fly the orange flag. The orange flag in this battle means a reminder when the enemy's situation changes. Gao Pragmatic
As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, of course he paid special attention to it, so he immediately discovered the trend of the Mongolian army gathering at an angle.
Could it be that the opponent wants to attack the flanks? Gao Pragmatic immediately thought of this, but he was a little hesitant at the moment: if the two wings were ordered to defend separately, then the crab claw formation tactic at the beginning would be weakened; but if no defense was added, in case of a battle, the two wings would be attacked.
When the flank attack collapses, the problem will become even greater.
After weighing the situation, he still felt that it was uneconomical to expect a total collapse, so he ordered the left and right flanks to be divided into separate troops for alert, with the main force still targeting the central army of Burihatu.
At this time, Burihatu also noticed this: that is, the left and right flanks of the Ming army invariably moved the outermost three columns a little farther away from the seven columns approaching the central army.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Burihatu's mouth. He waved his hands and made a gesture of first extending his fingers and then suddenly clenching his fists. The flag of the Chinese army immediately changed. The two wings of the Mongolian army located outside the two wings of the Ming army received the order and immediately
It was changed to a sharp formation, and it looked like they were about to launch a strong attack before the Ming army's flank defense line was formed.
This move obviously made the Ming army's flanks immediately increase their vigilance. The three outermost columns of Ming army cavalry immediately reduced their speed until they came to a complete stop. At the same time, they also reduced the distance between the rows and began to face the Mongolian army with their horses' heads facing outwards, preparing to
When the Mongolian army moves, he will rush forward to prepare for close combat.
As expected, the Mongolian army's flanks moved, and it seemed that they were about to charge into the formation forcibly. However, when the Ming army's flanks began to move forward in a phalanx in a somewhat wall-like charge to meet the enemy, the two Mongolian army's flanks suddenly began to attack with force.
The diagonal cutting action cut towards the rear of the Ming army, and at the same time fired a wave of arrows towards the Ming army in front of them.
The damage caused by this wave of arrow rain was not weak. At least thirty or forty people were hit by arrows on their horses, but not many fell off their horses. It only caused some slight commotion in the Ming army's phalanx. At the same time, the front row of the Ming army also
Based on the color, a round of volleys was fired. Perhaps due to the dense formation, the effect of this round of volleys was actually quite good, and the losses caused to the Mongolian army might be a little greater than the losses suffered by ourselves just now.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, the actions of the Mongolian army made the Ming army a little panic - the rear army Chen Can's troops only had about 2,000 people in total, and they were recruited from Tianjin Guards
Although the equipment of the cavalry is no different from that of their nine-sided troops, it is well known that in terms of actual combat, they are almost the same as new recruits.
Burihatu sent out five slanting divisions on the left and right wings, each with 500 people, which is equivalent to 2,500 cavalry on the left and right wings. Of course, a small part was lost, but the impact was not huge.
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This means that there are about 5,000 Mongolian troops on both wings of the Ming army. These Mongolian troops are now turning to attack Chen Can, the rear army of the Ming army, which has only 2,000 people and is inexperienced. Isn't the rear army in danger?
At this time, the three lines of external defense on the flanks of the Ming army have just been adjusted to a dense formation. It is not easy to change to a formation that can turn and speed up faster. If they cannot intercept the two flanking Mongolian armies, their own defense line may have a big impact.
Danger!
Gao pragmatically saw this clearly with the help of the telescope, and felt nervous. He could see at this moment that Burihatu's tactics relied on the speed advantage brought by the Mongolian equestrianism and light equipment, and quickly changed tactics to defeat Ming.
The military was unable to respond.
In this case, it would be fine if the Ming army had a fully defensive formation. They could rely on their inside advantage to smooth out the speed gap. But at this moment, the main forces of the two sides are about to collide. If you want to adjust in such an accelerated hedging, you can
Difficult.
The difference between cavalry duels and infantry is speed. Gao Pragmatic remembered Budyonny's summary of cavalry tactics in his mind. Finally, he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Order: The three flanking columns try their best to intercept, and the whole army...charge!"
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