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.
For 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. The red side consists of the second and fifth regiments, with Liu Sheng as commander and Wu Siyu as chief of staff. The blue side consists 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 did not participate in this exercise. The Third Regiment was responsible for guarding the military outposts in the west and south of Fuldan City, while the Qingye Battalion and the newly formed Seventh Regiment were responsible for guarding the outposts in 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 company, a mortar company, an engineering company, a health team, a communications team, and a military 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, siege, and night defense capabilities. The red and blue sides conducted offensive and defensive drills in two stages.
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 Mode. Based on the above-mentioned combat strategy, the two military headquarters formulated their respective strategic plans.
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 inappropriate to call him "Monk" again. This guy's real name was 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, 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. As soon as he left the tent and was about to check, a 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 or hidden sentries at night. , encountered a sneak attack by the enemy, and a platoon suffered heavy casualties!"
Monk Zhou asked in confusion: "What's going on? We are in our own defense zone."
The platoon leader asked anxiously: "We didn't even fire a single shot, so 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. Execute the order immediately."
Monk Zhou had no choice but to order a platoon leader to order more than a dozen people as dead and seriously injured. There is no way, who asked the platoon to be responsible for the security mission tonight? If you are careless, you will be unlucky. Then the health team came out, wrapped the soldiers like a bunch of big rice dumplings, and then carried them away on stretchers.
By the next morning, the red and blue headquarters each sent out cavalry companies to conduct reconnaissance, searching and advancing toward 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 be something from scratch.
To become a qualified cavalryman, one must learn to serve a war horse. Brushing the horse, checking the oral cavity, tying leggings, and learning to feed the horse and cut the horse grass. These are the first courses for every cavalryman. According to the cavalry manuals of later generations, cavalry must also be trained to walk on stilts; only when the 1.5-meter stilts are stepped firmly can they be qualified for riding; otherwise, they will fall off if someone pulls them while riding on the horse.
After being assigned to a war horse, you still have to train the horse. You must know that except for trained military horses, other horses are just livestock no matter how good they are. The cavalry have to ride horses and walk slowly every day to train the horses to hold their heads up and their backs down, and then get on the saddle to practice running. As soon as the horse stops, tie the reins to a high place and ask the horse to raise its head. Unlike other horses, war horses must raise their heads even when sleeping, except when drinking. Military horses must develop disciplined habits. When you hear the sound of gunshots, you must not move around. You are not allowed to eat anything other than the manger. It is not allowed to gnaw, kick the stable, 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 and shooting while lying down, and mounting the saddle behind the horse. After mastering basic equestrian skills, you can then learn to shoot on horseback, chop on horseback, drop bombs on horseback (throw backwards), cross obstacles, and rescue on horseback. In addition, you must also learn tactics such as charging queues, surrounding queues, and covering queues.
In terms of food, military horses are not animals that can be fed by just putting them on the grass and gnawing on the grass. The food cost of a military horse in the Northern Navy is higher than that of a human being. They eat beans, bran and grains every day, and they have to be cooked before they can be eaten by the horses. In addition, the horses have to be fed salt, stone powder and other feeds to enhance their physique.
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 holding high wooden sticks instead of sabers. .
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 but 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 on the forehead. After a while, a big bump grew out.
"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 on the red side rode forward and struck the man on the blue side on the back.
"Ouch! You're really hitting me!" Lan Fang picked up the stick and smashed it.
When the red side saw something bad, it dodged the opponent's stick, turned its horse around and ran away. The blue side's platoon leader was chasing after him. The more he chased, the more angry he became, and he had to hit him.
At this time, the men of the red platoon leader saw that the platoon leader was being chased, so they stepped forward to stop him. As a result, the blue platoon leader didn't 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 of his own people were coming, so he responded with a carbine, 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, so they rushed towards more than 20 people and started a melee.
The two sides fought harder and harder, and finally got real 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 fighting directly...
"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 right in the cheek. Bayan, the commander of the blue team, saw this and laughed loudly while sitting on his horse. Unexpectedly, as soon as he laughed twice, he was pulled off the horse by several red team soldiers.
This time it became even more chaotic. Samusu covered his face angrily and yelled: "There are people from the whole company who are going to beat him up!"
Not far away, the director's assistant who was in charge of judging was dumbfounded. This isn't a cavalry confrontation, it's just a group fight!
When the pickets sent by the director's department 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 who went out sent a message that the Blue Army was not found. So as a dense group of figures swayed in the forest, Monk Zhou led the third company through the woods carefully.
Because the first platoon was assigned "heavy casualties" by the director yesterday, the second 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 row, second row, you will hear the whistle in five minutes and immediately attack the hillside. The first and third rows will follow quickly. After occupying the hillside, they will immediately build defensive positions and 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 knew that this was an exercise, and they were all very relaxed.
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 began shooting at the second platoon. At the same time, one unit was detached and quickly moved up the hillside. , looking at that posture, they also intend to occupy it for defense.
At this time, dozens of gunshots were fired, and of course they were all blank 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 on the tip of his nose and forehead, and shouted at the second platoon leader: "We didn't detect the enemy's situation. If we are attacked, your platoon 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 could think about now was conquering the hillside to "revenge", and completely forgot to call for artillery 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 is no need to rush now, the director decided that all three companies were killed. Battalion Commander Mi Shilang, who came in a hurry, angrily cursed Monk Zhou as a bastard.
Two things like this happened on the second day after the exercise started. 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 from both sides immediately started a confrontation in Area 3, and deployed infantry and artillery positions based on the battlefield terrain and enemy situation.
Of course, the artillery of the two parties cannot really fire at each other. According to the requirements of the director's department, they fired at the designated shooting range area as an assessment. At the same time, the infantry on both sides conducted a mobile charge. At this time, the entire staff team of the director's department was dispatched to evaluate whether the infantry tactics of both sides complied with the requirements of the drill code, and the artillery's shooting speed and accuracy.
On the fourth day of the first phase, the two sides continued to conduct offensive and defensive drills. Each side deploys its troops in echelons, divided into combat troops and reserve forces. The blue side built fortifications according to the terrain, set up infantry and artillery positions, and prepared ambushes to lure the enemy; the red side, after clearing the outer strongholds of the attack point, first carried out deep fire strikes with artillery, while the infantry took advantage of the situation and moved into squad units. Attack in a skirmish line.
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 parties returned to their respective bases for evaluation and summarizing the lessons learned from the first phase. At the same time, the director issued a disciplinary order to report and criticize the two cavalry companies. The two company commanders, Samusu and Bayan, each received one demerit and were fined two months' salary; other cavalrymen who participated in the group fight were fined one month. Acting company commander Zhou Monkshang was detained for one day by battalion commander Mi Shilang and his salary was deducted for one month.
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 developed. In addition, the engineering companies of both sides practiced crossing rivers and building bridges and quickly building material warehouses; the transportation companies practiced emergency material deployment; and the communications companies practiced antenna erection, repair, and response to various emergencies.
At this point, Zhao Xincai felt that the strategic purpose of the entire exercise had finally been achieved.
On the fourth day after the second phase of the commentary, the North Korean Navy's military parade began, and the Navy also sent a marine company to participate in the military parade. At this time, all the cadres from Chuanchuan and civil affairs, who were basically not very busy, came, and representatives from various schools and residential communities were also sent.
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, the only way to play it is through loudspeakers.
At nine o'clock in the morning on the day of the military parade, Zhao Xinhe and a group of representatives arrived one after another. Commander-in-Chief Wang Yuanfang ordered the call to stand at attention, fixed the bayonet on the rifle, and raised the gun salute. In accordance with the requirements of the "Exercise Order", the troops under review were arranged in two formations, horizontal and column, according to different military services, 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.
When Wu An'an and others looked at the tens of thousands of soldiers standing neatly under the military parade platform, they were really shocked. In the days since they have been here, they have also heard about how Zhao Xin and the others defeated the Qing army. But hearing it was the same thing. When they actually 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, punch the Manchus and little Japan, and step on the British, French and Spanish. It's not a big problem."
Another power plant member added: "Tsarist Russia must also be included."
"I wonder what it would be like to face Napoleon?"
"Napoleon? It's all in vain!"
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