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Three hundred and fortieth chapters battle cavalry

But the cavalry that rushed out did not seem to be coming to die. These cavalry were obviously used to find balance for the cannon fodder. As soon as they rushed out of the woodland a hundred meters away, the cavalry began to distance each other.

As the saying goes, mules are taken out for a walk by horses. Even if this group of cavalry does not have obvious Mongolian cavalry outfits, the speed and tactical actions of the rushing out can make people see two words "elite".

But what did Staff Wang and Han Zhenhan do? The New Regiment was a soldier in both past and present lives, and was an elite infantry trained by Han Zhenhan himself after a hundred years of war in the Chinese nation.

When Staff Wang and Han Zhenhan were free, they even studied how to deal with cavalry wars. Especially in this era they are in, what they have to face is the Mongolian cavalry that is unstoppable in this era.

What is the conclusion drawn? It is difficult to say whether it is simple or not. The Mongolian cavalry is arrogant on the battlefield, not because they are so powerful that they cannot resist it. It is because their cavalry is indeed strong in field battles, but they are obviously inadequate in siege and mountain battles.

Under the same equipment, 10,000 Mongolian cavalry in mountain battles would definitely not be able to defeat 10,000 infantry. Such an example can be clearly seen in the Diaoyucheng battle, even the Khan of the Mongolian Empire fell under Diaoyucheng.

And similarly, the cavalry of the Mongol Empire also had great shortcomings in siege battles. Of course, if the Luoluo cannon was pulled out, it would be a different matter. However, when the Luoluo cannon was silenced, and without siege equipment, how can cavalry use siege to attack the city? Of course, the answer is that cavalry cannot rush up to the city wall on horseback.

Therefore, without the advantageous terrain of open plains, the army of the Mongolian Empire did not have particularly obvious advantages compared to ordinary infantry soldiers.

The battle method that Mongolian cavalry is best at is not the heavy armored cavalry wrapped in iron jars like European cavalry. For a nation that lives by living by nomads, heavy armored cavalry is not their strength. Cavalry is their real advantage.

In addition, Genghis Khan also vigorously used this advantage. At the cavalry corps-level guerrilla warfare, if you hit me, I will shoot you while retreating. If you don’t hit me, I will shoot you around the circle. If you run, it will be even better. I will shoot you while chasing. If there is less armor, you can’t resist the arrows of bows and arrows. If there is too much armor, no matter whether it is a man or a horse, you can’t run.

These seem to have entered a vicious cycle, and the Mongol Empire did use this rogue-like fighting style to fight all the way to Rotterdam in Northern Europe. If it weren't for the death of Mongol Khan, the Mongol Empire's progress was slowed down by internal struggle for power and profit. It would not be impossible for the Mongol Empire's flag to be inserted into the territory of the French Empire.

In fact, the attacks on cavalry and the practicality of cavalry are never uncommon on the Chinese mainland. Including in the war that caused the lives of mainland China, both Japan and China had a large number of practical cavalry battles. However, the proportion in the army was relatively small.

The role of cavalry entered the industrial revolution in the early days and was very rare. However, for the vast mainland of China, there were not many vehicles, roads were not repaired, and railways were not paved. Horses were still an important means of transportation and footwork used during combat.

However, in the decline of the cavalry, there was a marked battle in the northernmost part of the Chinese continent. However, the participants were not descendants of the Chinese. Instead, two other powerful people fought for the sake of interests on the land of China.

In this battle, the Cossack cavalry took his century-old reputation against the new army after the Meiji Restoration in Japan. In the Russian Far East and the Heilongjiang region in China, in a war between Japan and Russia, the Cossack cavalry sang war songs against the Japanese Akiyama Brigade.

But the result was that in the mighty cavalry, when they faced machine guns, they were all waiting for them. You should know that the Cossack cavalry at that time also had a cavalry and a sword. But the cavalry was composed of two flesh and blood. In the face of the torrent fired by steel, all they could do was bleeding.

This battle example is a classic battle example between a traditional army and a modern army that almost every student who has attended a military academy in China has learned. Staff Wang is of course one of them. As a top student who graduated from Baoding Army Officer's School, he can repeat every detail of the battle on the sand table with his eyes closed.

When Han Zhenhan and the others knew what era they were in and what kind of situation they were in, they always unconsciously assumed what they should do if they fought against the Mongolian cavalry.

Guns? Han Zhenhan and others do have guns, and it is not impossible to reload bullets. After all, the skilled craftsmen on the mainland of China and those small copper shells cannot stump them. But should we achieve mass production, use reload bullets and single rifles to attack Mongolian cavalry with millions of troops? That is really not to be shown.

The cost of loading a bullet may be higher than the price of a horse, but did Han Zhenhan and others discuss the tactics against cavalry? Of course not. Of course, they discussed the tactics against cavalry. And it was not very difficult.

It can return to a more primitive combat method. The chariots that Han Zhenhan and the others said were definitely not chariots from the Warring States Period, or chariots from ancient Rome. Instead, they combined the tanks they came into contact with during World War II and the chariots they made under the power of animal power.

This is the most direct and effective way to fight against the Mongolian cavalry in the field battle. Han Zhenhan has already done the method in the battle of defending the city, which is the air force and artillery battle. The artillery is gone, but to be honest, it is not difficult for Han Zhenhua and the others to make artillery, and Han Zhenhan has been studying this thing in private. However, there is no suitable place for Han Zhenhan to make and study this thing.

The "water cannon" used by General Wang and others now is actually something that Han Zhenhan made when he was studying artillery. Of course, the benefits of artillery are more lethal and shocking than those of the Eight Niu Crossbow, Cast Stone Car, or Luo Luo Cannon.

However, when facing cavalry, the firing speed of the artillery and the cavalry that are familiar to those Mongolian cavalrymen, as if they are eating and sleeping. The defense of the artillery itself becomes a problem. In fact, there is no need to consider this issue too much in the battle to defend the city, because there is a city itself.
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