Yuan Tan quickly narrated the cause and effect clearly. There is nothing to say about the battlefield. If you win, you will win, if you lose, you will lose. Just describe the facts.
But after finishing writing, Yuan Tan stopped writing and started thinking. After a while, he typed a few items, looked at Yuan Zhong beside him, thought for a while and said, "Uncle Clan, go and invite Youruo, we are here I have to think about something else.”
"Xiansi, it's already the second watch. Why don't you work again tomorrow? You've been busy all day." Yuan Zhong looked at Yuan Tan and suggested.
"We must mobilize the military system." Yuan Tan said softly, "For this kind of thing, it is better to inform Youruo sooner rather than later."
Seeing this, Yuan Zhong said no more, nodded and left quickly, while Yuan Tan sighed, looking at the empty cases, thinking about what direction to change next.
Soon Xun Chen rushed over wearing a white fur cloak. From the snowflakes accumulated on the shiny fur, it was clear how heavy the snow was outside.
"This is the main loss in our battle with Rome over the years. This is the battle report this time. Youruo, please take a look." After Xun Chen took his seat, Yuan Tan handed everything in his hand to Xun Chen. Xun Chen just took over and glanced at it, then frowned slightly.
"My lord, you want to use the military system?" Xun Chen understood Yuan Tan's thoughts almost instantly.
"I'm afraid it won't work if we don't move. We have suffered too many losses from the archers." Yuan Tan sighed, "This huge loss, even if Zhang Zhenxi was trapped in the camp and unable to escape, the shooting sound The battalion’s failure to complete the tactical strike was also a very important point.”
Xun Chen nodded. He knew the military well. Even though he was mainly stationed at the rear now, if he really wanted to go to the battlefield, he would be no worse than Xu You and Shen Pei. It was just that the situation forced him to sit at the rear.
Although Zhang Ren's failure to penetrate the Macedonian front was indeed the biggest problem compared to before, but considering that this time it was a Roman snowy night, the Han army made a mistake in judgment from the beginning, which made Zhang Ren's discovery of the Macedonian front extremely difficult. , it would be impossible to turn around and reorganize the front.
To be honest, this is also Zhang Ren's problem. Zhang Ren attacked Macedonia and crushed him every time. When he found out that Rome was riding on the enemy's front and raided the camp on a snowy night, Zhang Ren's head-on attack was a very reasonable operation. The only problem That is, the operation was correct, but it did not penetrate, and because of the camp problem, there was no way to penetrate from the side.
In the end, I had no choice but to bite the bullet and attack hard. As a result, Sui Yuanjin, who was covering the rear, was killed on the spot by an intuitive shot. Zhang Ren just sat on the wax. Anulinus himself proved his luck in the official history. What if he wasn't lucky enough? Maybe the violent storm will hit the opponent together...
Coupled with the luck of the fourth eagle emblem, after it bloomed, it was a perfect match, with occasional unexpected effects from time to time, and Zhang Ren's rhythm was disrupted.
Therefore, Yuan Tan had nothing to say when he saw the battle report. Zhang Ren's judgment was correct. If it was a normal Fourth Eagle Banner Corps, Zhang Ren's frontal attack would definitely be the best operation.
Judging from the subsequent situation, although Zhang Ren made a mistake and the Tunqi's combat effectiveness was not fully improved, they were not directly defeated. Half of the reasons for the failure were the turbulence on the rear front.
"Does the lord mean to increase the number of archers or reduce the number of archers?" Xun Chen asked a very strange question. Theoretically speaking, since the overall strength of the archers is not enough, then the number of archers should be increased, but in Xun Chen's case There will be another option in the inquiry.
"Eliminate Shooting Sound and Changshui." Yuan Tan sighed and said, "Use General Zhu's crossbow shield guard. The survivability of archers is too poor. Accuracy is actually of no significance for covering strikes. In the future, conventional bows and arrows will The hand is not included in the corps structure and is only used as a support."
"Have you not kept up with the times? The sharp warriors have not been eliminated yet, but the archers have been eliminated first." Xun Chen sighed and said.
"There is no other way. We are fighting a pioneering war. Most of the time, the number of people who can reach the battlefield is less than the opponent. Dui Zi can only lose." Yuan Tan said with some depression.
Regardless of whether it is a dual-talented or Guard-level archer, as long as there is no talent correction, the armor it can use can basically be penetrated by ordinary archers.
In other words, if you have trained an archery army for ten years, your attack power has reached 10,000, and your defense power has reached 500, while someone else has randomly organized an archer army, and after half a year, it has an attack power of 600, and a defense power of 100, and it will be a one-on-one match against you. .
So much so that in the era of enhanced talents, archers have become an almost expendable unit. On the external battlefield, the most taboo thing is a war of attrition.
Because it can't be used up, fighting locally, a country with a population of tens of millions, losing hundreds of thousands of people is not fatal, but fighting across thousands of miles, the total force you can invest may not be hundreds of thousands, so fighting abroad requires What is important is to effectively kill the enemy, not to compare one to one.
"Although Shesheng and Changshui are good, they are still positioned to defend the capital, as well as special legions, suppress rebellions, etc. In the battle of the empire, the so-called archer legion, forget it, still depends on cavalry and infantry." Yuan Tan felt that he finally understood why the Han army only had crossbow-bearing cavalry, crossbow-bearing infantry, and all-purpose infantry left in the history books when fighting the Huns, and there were basically no archers left.
"Developing heavy crossbows?" Xun Chen nodded, "This requires technology. Even shield guards can only use small and medium-sized crossbows to ensure their survivability. Top-tier heavy armies are not lethal.”
"This requires technology, and Chang'an is also developing. From a certain perspective, Chen Zichuan does have a good vision. Speaking of which, what is the current situation of their Yuanrong Crossbow? I think this is suitable for front-line soldiers as a melee weapon. You use your face very well." Yuan Tan said expressionlessly, he wanted to get free prostitution from Chen Xi.
"No, the cost cannot be kept down." Xun Chen shook his head and said, "More than 10,000 handles were produced, and then production was stopped for technical improvements. As a result, after the sudden change, the master craftsmen had other tasks, and they have been put on hold now. However, Chen Zichuan The transition to the crossbow is indeed beginning.”
In fact, it is not that Chen Xi is overdoing the crossbow, but that using bows and arrows is too troublesome, and the mortality rate is too high. Chen Xi has to calculate the personnel cost, so he gradually equips the front-line heavy infantry with standard weapons such as three-arrow crossbows, and then gradually eliminates archers. .
After all, a crossbowman doesn't need much training. He can pick up a crossbow and use it with a little training. However, an archer requires a lot of training and is easy to lose in a duel.
In fact, it can be seen from the official historical armament records that due to the large-scale external combat needs of the Han Dynasty, the demand for bows and arrows was much less than that of cavalry and powerful crossbows. The "Arsenal Collection of Weapons and Vehicles in the Fourth Year of Yongshi" contains 537707 crossbows, 77521 bows, and 11458424 arrows. , arrow 1199316.
Basically, the comparison between crossbows and bows is about ten to one. This actually shows that after the Han Dynasty experienced large-scale foreign wars, it clearly realized the limitations of a pure archer army in foreign wars. It was better to equip infantry and cavalry with stronger weapons. Crossbows, leaving these men free to strike.
Even if there is no such thing as talent enhancement in the official history, archers have high attack and low defense for the archers themselves. Since armor-piercing infantry can kill the opposing archers with a strong crossbow, why form pure archers? Legion.
Even the Danyang elites who are particularly strong in bows and arrows are essentially all-round infantry. Bows and arrows are only a relatively effective auxiliary means for Danyang soldiers.
After thinking about this clearly, Yuan Tan finally gave up on the high-end shooting sound and long water, and instead planned to build a crossbow assembly line to equip every front-line infantry, cavalry, etc. with a strong crossbow. Of course, Yuan Tan finally The idea is to equip each soldier with a Yuanrong crossbow.
As for the relatively professional archers, they are replaced by the crossbow shield guards created by Zhu Jun. Anyway, the attack of the archers with double talents is almost enough.
Besides, the survivability of this thing is far better than that of ordinary archers. After all, it is also a fully armored infantry, but it is much more durable than archers. Even if it is approached, it can continue to fight.
"Chen Zichuan actually thinks about the cost? Forget it, let's just use the crossbows we commonly use. At worst, each person can just prepare two." After hearing Xun Chen's words, Yuan Tan directly said that he had just given birth to a child. The thought of coming out was extinguished.
After living for more than thirty years, one of the scariest things Yuan Tan has ever seen is Chen Xi’s unlimited resource device. Then Chen Xi, who is now using the unlimited resource device, said that Yuan Rong’s crossbow was too expensive. Yuan Tan instantly became obsessed with Yuan Rong. I no longer have any interest in the crossbow. Chen Xi even said it was expensive, but how expensive could it be?
In fact, it is not very expensive at all. The reason why Chen Xi sealed this thing is that it has too many spare parts. Even if it is on the assembly line, the process is very troublesome and requires too many manpower. How can it bring about combat effectiveness? Woolen cloth?
This thing has a great bonus for ordinary elite soldiers. It is actually an auxiliary for top veterans. Just like the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, a single arrow crossbow or something is enough. The ten consecutive shots of the Yuanrong Crossbow are enough for those Those who can't be beaten to death are basically still unbeatable.
Chen Xi originally positioned the Yuanrong Crossbow as something that ordinary recruits could hold in their hands, capable of killing with dual talents. However, it turned out that this thing was mainly used for self-defense by Jia Xu's level. The gap was too big, and the input-output ratio was really a bit high. Awkward.
On the contrary, after the restructuring, the input-output ratio of the large-scale Yuanrong crossbow was quite normal. The small crossbow that could be folded and carried was stopped after Chen Xi made more than 10,000 handles. The marginal benefit was really too bad. As for production The number of Yuanrong crossbows that came out was too small and there were insufficient spare parts. Chen Xi was too embarrassed to issue them.
However, when going to the Ganges this time, Chen Xiqing remembered to bring these Yuanrong crossbows with him when he was stocking up. Every veteran who went to the Ganges was given a Yuanrong crossbow, and the rest were dismantled as spare parts. There was no other way. When you go to the battlefield, don't expect that the things in your hands will not break.
Ma Chao's weapons were very powerful after various special conditions, but they still broke when they should be broken. Therefore, when it comes to the battlefield, it is better to prepare as many spare weapons as possible.
"I also suggest that you can just use ordinary crossbows. If that doesn't work, you can get two more." He lost interest in the crossbow. Even Chen Zichuan thought it was expensive. How expensive could it be? If it fell apart, he might as well use something else.
"In this case, we will build a strong crossbow production line here. It happens that Shufan needs a lot of logging next year, so we will not be short of wood." Yuan Tan thought for a while, put away the thoughts related to Yuan Rong's crossbow, and then replaced it with normal The crossbow.
"But in this case, we'd better determine the load of the soldiers, simplify the parts of the crossbow, and move the entire production process onto the assembly line, and the crossbows will increase from small to large. Next, we will build permanent camps in Eastern Europe, and archery towers are indispensable. ." Xun Chen was thinking very long-term.
"Let's produce three types of crossbows. A single-shot powerful crossbow carried directly by conventional infantry and cavalry. It can be equipped with about twenty crossbow bolts. A crossbow used by shield guards can be equipped with ten crossbow bolts. There are three types of heavy bed crossbows used in archery towers, and we only need these three types." Yuan Tan is very organized, he knows what he needs and how to deploy it.
"Have you given up the three-arrow crossbow?" Xun Chen asked in confusion.
"Pursuing power, one super-powerful shot can't kill you, and three normal-power shots are useless." Yuan Tan said with sadness, Xun Chen nodded, the truth is this.
"As for the arrow, I'm afraid it needs to be redesigned." Xun Chen said with some regret. This kind of thing seems simple, but it is really a lot of work. It also needs some veterans who have experienced the battlefield to verify it in person, and then comprehensively evaluate the cost. Just kill and kill.
"Leave it to you. Although the shooting sound and long water are good, they are not suitable for us. The accuracy of the current battlefield is probably only beyond visual range." Yuan Tan looked at Xun Chen with a somewhat depressed expression.
The Yuan family is also defending against beyond visual range. Currently, there are only two optimal solutions to improve the survivability of archers. One is to cover the strike with heavy-armed archers, and the other is to use beyond visual range.
The former has basically been abolished, because in this era of heaven and earth essence, archers have no talent support, and the heavy equipment they rely on physical strength is of little significance to archers of the same level, while the latter can be said to be the best. choose.
"If it's beyond visual range, we must keep one as a deterrent, forget about the regular archers." Yuan Tan finally set the tone for the Yuan family's military system.
Of course, the purpose of retaining the over-the-horizon archer legion is not to go to the battlefield, but to be qualified to counterattack when the opponent attacks them.
But generally speaking, this thing is just like nuclear binding. If you have it and I don’t, it will definitely be over. If you have it and I have it, then generally neither side will use this method of attack. The purpose of this thing is to act as a deterrent.
