Zhao Changshu looked at Zhang Cheng with approval and nodded. He continued to listen to the other officers summarizing each other, but secretly sighed in his heart. These officers were all promoted by himself and brought out by words and deeds. In other words, they It was an officer that Zhao Changshu was more optimistic about and had development potential, but they only saw the surface of the problem.
In fact, not to mention them, even Zhao Changshu himself, without Zhou Wen's many private explanations and discussions before, might not be able to see at a glance the meaning of such a seemingly simple exercise by the mercenary group.
The first is a very precise artillery strike. Zhao Changshu noticed that the area of the hilltop for the exercise did not exceed one square kilometer. Within five minutes, six infantry guns and eighteen mortars were launched along the ridgeline of the top of the mountain from outside to inside. , and then covered the shelling several times from the inside to the outside. Among them, the explosion point of any shell did not deviate even half a meter from this range. The accuracy of the shooting and the rigorous calculation were astonishing.
Zhao Changshu believed that if in a real battle, the defenders had not dug three feet into the ground and buried the anti-gun caves underground, the shelling in just five minutes would have been enough to cause a devastating blow to any living force on the top of the mountain, let alone Talk about the various exposed firepower points and simple fortresses.
What is even more impressive is the collaborative ability of infantry and artillery. Just when the last artillery shell burst out with bright fireworks, the attacking troops less than 100 meters away from the top of the mountain began to move quickly. In such a short distance, it was basically It's like climbing to the top of the mountain with the lingering sound of the shell explosion. Even if there are residual defense forces on the mountain, there is absolutely no time to react or make any effective resistance.
This shows what? First, the artillery's shooting skills and control of the bombardment time have reached the point of perfection. Second, the cooperation between the infantry and the artillery has reached the point of complete trust and incomparable understanding.
Launching an attack based on the impact point of the artillery shells is the essence of infantry-artillery coordination. The unit in front of us now has completely done it, and done it perfectly, like a sophisticated machine.
As for the camouflage and lurking before the infantry attack, maintaining the offensive formation, etc., it has a lot to do with the quality of the individual soldiers.
As a veteran in the military, Zhao Changshu knew very well that the individual quality of each soldier in this unit was unmatched by soldiers from any domestic army. What they lack now is only real battlefield experience, and in the end The dozens of people who launched the attack first were even more valuable. All of them were living warrior kings, the kind who had experienced the test of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
As for the inverted triangle tactical formation, Zhou Wen had explained it in detail to Zhao Changshu before. Although it seems simple, it is not easy to practice well. First of all, it requires superb military skills and certain tactical literacy, especially in the inverted triangle formation. The person who is behind is called a free person by Zhou Wen.
When the frontline team members are engaging the enemy, especially when engaging the enemy from both the left and right directions at the same time, they need to make an instant judgment and decision on which side to support first. This judgment and decision means whether they can destroy more enemies and at the same time, Can protect one's comrades more effectively.
And how to maintain an effective distance when attacking, how to cover each other and retreat when retreating, etc., all have corresponding tactics. They must be trained for a long time, and even everyone has formed the behavioral habits of consciousness and body in order to effectively implement this kind of behavior. The advantages of the formation are brought into play.
If you just apply it mechanically, knowing what it is but not knowing why, even if you can use it, it may become like learning to walk in Handan, which will be self-defeating, and mutual support will turn into mutual influence, then it is better not to use it.
Of course, what Zhang Cheng said just now is correct. This formation can be used for reference when setting up defensive positions, especially the setting of firepower points. A light machine gun is deployed on the left and right in the front, and a heavy machine gun is deployed in the rear. As long as the machine gun is not blocked by the enemy, If the square artillery is blown up, it can ensure that there will be basically no blind spots for shooting.
This is where Zhao Changshu nodded in approval, but that was all. It was impossible to use this inverted triangle tactic in other places because the quality of the individual soldiers could not keep up. As a result, the soldiers in front engaged the enemy, but blocked the free man's shooting range, which actually weakened his own firepower output. Or the free man's marksmanship was too bad. A shuttle shot past, and the enemy fell, but Your own comrades were also knocked down by you.
This is really not a joke. Zhao Changshu has seen this kind of scene too many times in his many years of combat experience. Even the Jin army, which is already considered an elite, blocked its own machine gun fire when it launched a charge, or shot someone behind. Situations such as hitting one's own people in front also often happen. In the final analysis, the individual quality of the soldiers is not up to standard.
You can’t learn the inverted triangle attack formation, but you can learn the tactic of infantry and artillery coordination, but it’s also difficult. Why? You have to spend money, or spend a lot of money. If you think about it, if you want artillery to fire accurately, you don't need to rely on a large number of artillery shells to hit it. If you want the infantry to cooperate well, you still need a large number of artillery shells to hit it. What is this cannonball? That is the ocean of white flowers.
In this world, I am the only junior who is willing to spend so much money, and I am the only junior who can constantly think of ways to make money, but I don't have the ability.
Zhao Changshu thought about the little military expenditure and ammunition allocated to the Jin army, and sighed slightly in his heart. Forget about other troops, his own brigade has hope. Isn't it because of a good junior? I heard that he An ammunition and medicine factory has begun to be built in Lishidu, hehe... By then it will not be a matter of words for me, a senior, to ask him to borrow some cannonballs.
You must know that the Jin army at that time was one of the few domestic armies that set up artillery at the brigade level. Zhao Changshu's brigade usually had an artillery battalion, but it could be expanded into an artillery regiment at any time during wartime. Because the Jin army The army guarded a Taiyuan arsenal. During its most prosperous period, the monthly output was 35 mountain guns and field guns, and 100 mortars. Although the quality of the artillery was not very advanced, at least the quantity was guaranteed.
As for how to repay the borrowed cannonballs, White Horse General Zhao Changshu never thought about it.
Humph...I don't even have to pay for restaurants in the city, let alone eating a few of your rotten watermelons...
Zhou Wen saw Zhao Changshu and his officers standing on the mountainside from a distance, and smiled and waved hello to them.
Since Zhou Wen and a detachment had already lurked into the attack area in the middle of the night, they did not meet Zhao Changshu. They just sent someone to notify him in advance to observe.
But at this moment, Zhou Wen discovered that Zhao Changshu's smile was a little strange and eager, a bit like a hungry man seeing a fat sheep...
