Chapter 135: The Great Victory of the Red Mouth Fort
ps: The first update is here! It seems that I owe 5 chapters...
At this time, the Fifth Infantry Division of the Beijing Camp was definitely a very different army than before. First of all, in the arrangement of the military formations, the spearmen became five rows in depth, which was completely different from the ten rows in depth of other Beijing Camps.
Obviously, the three thousand Jiannu cavalry were ruthlessly defeated and the bodies left behind were fleeing in a panic, which proved the correctness of this change.
The depth of the fifth row is already a perfect rhythm. Because the platoon formation is only three platoons in the front, which can attack the enemy. If the spear is longer, it will be a bit too far. It means that once the three platoons in the front are killed, the two platoons in the back are enough to supplement it.
In this way, a wider formation is obtained and the effective utilization rate of troops is improved.
At the same time, musketeers were also equipped with iron armor and helmets, which proved that this was the most practical in fighting against Jiannu. No one stipulated that musketeers could not wear iron armor, as long as they did not affect normal loading and shooting, they could be equipped. The reason why Western musketeers did not have these equipment was mainly because the enemy also used musketeers as long-range weapons. Armor had basically no effect in front of musketeers within 50 meters. Therefore, during the battle process of Western musketeers, they basically lined up with the enemy to shoot each other.
In such an environment, European musketeers naturally did not need any protection and could go to the battlefield in a military uniform. However, the wild boar skins faced by the Ming army were not as good as those of musketeers. Although Jiannu also seized some firearms, they had not been put into use on the battlefield. Moreover, the firearms seized were basically all firearms with little power, or things that needed experience to use. Jiannu obviously did not have such experience.
Jiannu's long-range method is mainly to shoot arrows. After being equipped with iron armor, these musketeers can stand and fight with Jiannu's infantry with confidence. As long as their luck is not too bad, it is basically impossible to be killed by Jiannu's arrows.
Moreover, after being equipped with iron armor, these musketeers can take up their swords and engage in hand-to-hand combat. Once the spearmen cannot stay stable, these musketeers can also assume the function of melee combat.
Finally, the organization of two thousand archers was added. The biggest advantage of these archers was that they could hide behind the military formation and attack the enemy. The rain of arrows shot out was definitely very terrifying. The dense rain of arrows fell from the sky. The psychological blow to the enemy is no less than the volley of muskets, and it is more intuitive.
The fifth Infantry Division of the Beijing Battalion after some modifications immediately had terrifying combat power.
The battle continued, and the musketeers of the Jiannu Infantry and the Fifth Infantry Division were still shooting at each other. Rows of Jiannu fell to the ground with the gunshots, but Jiannu's arrows were difficult to cause any damage to the musketeers of the Fifth Infantry Division. After the defeat of Jiannu's cavalry, Jiannu, who was still struggling to support, suddenly lost the courage to fight, and his morale collapsed almost instantly, because the defeat of the cavalry meant that there was no hope of victory in the battle.
In an instant, the Jiannu infantry was also defeated and turned around and ran away.
Failed, actually lost!
"Idiot. Idiot, how could it be so stupid?" Erbeile Amin wailed when he saw the cavalry defeat, and attributed most of the reasons for this failure to Jiala Ejin who led the cavalry to charge. When people fail, they often tend to blame others for the failure, and believe that they have not made any mistakes or even no mistakes. Erbeile Amin, who experienced the failure, immediately turned the blame and took his anger to his subordinates.
The leader wants employees to take the blame, and the employees usually have to pinch their noses and accept it. Moreover, this violent robber gang is not a place to reason at all.
The cavalry and infantry were defeated, and if they didn't run, they would die. Er Beile Amin was so angry that he turned his horse's head on the spot and quickly evacuated the battlefield. The defeated Jiannu left the body all over the ground, then ran to the rear, climbed onto the horse's back and quickly followed Er Beile Amin to escape from this place that scared them. The scene was simply chaotic, and it was obvious that we could not expect any good order for a gang of robbers to suffer setbacks.
However, although the Jiannu was in chaos when he was defeated, the Fifth Infantry Division had no choice but to use these Jiannu. After all, do everyone have these Jiannu and run away so quickly.
"What a pity, if there are cavalry, you can keep these Jiannu." Zhang Kuotu looked at these defeated Jiannu helplessly, but there was no way to leave them behind. After all, the gap in mobility was there, so it could only defeat Jiannu. If you want to wipe out it completely, it would be basically impossible to have no cavalry troops in the wild.
Since ancient times, the Han army has been facing these highly mobile alien cavalry units, and it is easier to win in frontal combat. Even in the Song Dynasty, which is famous for its weakness, the Song army's winning rate was actually around 70%, but basically they can only defeat but cannot annihilate it. In an environment like the Song Dynasty, if the military winning rate is lower than 60%, it is basically the rhythm of the country's destruction.
In frontal combat, cavalry has almost no advantage. But cavalry is not as good as infantry, but can't run away from infantry? Even if they fail ten times, they may still save a lot of strength and make a comeback. However, as long as these cavalry find a chance, once the infantry is defeated, they will basically not be able to escape from the cavalry's pursuit.
The Beijing camp currently lacks the cooperation of the cavalry, and there is no way to do so. Zhu Youxiao trained 6,000 cavalry, and the Wuxiang Cavalry Division has been transferred to Liaodong to wait for Sun Chengzong's command. The remaining Tengxiang Cavalry Division is obviously to stay in the capital and it is impossible to transfer to Dongjiang Town.
What Dongjiang Town lacks most at present is cavalry. If there is a cavalry unit in hand, not to mention it, even if there are only two thousand cavalry, at present, it can leave at least half of the defeated Jiannu Inlaid Blue Flag. The cavalry's ability to chase and kill such defeated soldiers is too strong.
Without cavalry, the Fifth Infantry Division could only watch Jiannu run away.
Fortunately, he was shot dead at the scene, and there were obviously many Jiannu who were injured. Seeing that Jiannu's Blue Flag soldiers were running fast, Zhang Kuotu gave up his plan to pursue and immediately ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up.
Then, soldiers of the Fifth Infantry Division began to clean up the battlefield and clean up Jiannu's corpses. For Jiannu who were injured and unable to escape, the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Infantry Division basically stabbed them to death with long spears.
After continuous publicity, Jiannu's massacre has aroused public outrage. Therefore, when facing Jiannu, there was no saying that he would kill or surrender. If he caught him, he would cut off his head and exchange it for military merits.
After a big battle, the battlefield was in chaos.
The snow on the ground was dyed with large patches of bright red, soaked with the snow, and the frozen Jiannu corpses were everywhere, and the scene seemed extremely tragic.
This kind of tragic tragedy is obviously aimed at the Jiannu Inlaid Blue Flag, and for the Fifth Infantry Division of the Beijing Battalion, it is definitely a military merit of rows of fruits.
The battlefield cleaning lasted for several hours. After cleaning and counting the battlefield, the frozen Jiannu corpses were sold at random. Don’t think about any coffin. Yuci Ou Ting seemed to have counted the results of this battle below.
"Report to the division commander, this battle won a total of 3,600 Jiannu's level, as well as several weapons, bows, arrows, armor, and 230 complete war horses. The total reward of 100,000 yuan in military merits, plus about 18,000 mu of land." The General Staff of the Fifth Infantry Division gave Zhang Kuaitu a report on the data counted by the data.
On average, each soldier in the Beijing camp can obtain 9 acres of military merits.
At this time, due to the military merit statistics, although the heads are still the basis, it is no longer the person who grabs the heads, but is owned by the collective operation. Therefore, the Beijing Camp No. 5 Infantry Division did not compete for the heads on the battlefield. It would not cut off the heads during the battle.
Because the military achievements are divided equally, and the part is allocated according to the excellent performance of the troops or soldiers at all levels below, which is equivalent to the bravery of combat performance, the system at all levels that play a key role in the combat process, and individuals can receive more land rewards, so that all troops at all levels are striving for performance, and the soldiers are also full of motivation.
At the same time, this victory also allowed the Fifth Infantry Division to initially taste the benefits of coordinated combat. The intensity of this war was actually not high and the time was very short. However, the war in this period of time allowed them to receive land rewards, which felt too easy for many soldiers. Although the land on each person's head was less than ten acres, as long as you fight a few more times, it would be a little more accumulated?
Although the guerrillas may have more achievements at one time when they obtain military achievements. The process is also more dangerous. It is obviously very easy to win a war with the power of the group as long as they cooperate properly, and the danger is not great. As long as they fight a few more times, will the combat achievements be very rare?
After cleaning the battlefield, the Fifth Infantry Division, which had won the Red Mouth Fort victory, did not stay in place, but quickly rushed to Jinzhou.
Since you have won, it is time to regain some lost ground.
The Jinzhou area, which is easier to defend, has become the primary target of this recovery. General Mao Wenlong has sent 5,000 troops to attack Jinzhou Nanguan.
The defeat of the blue flag led by Amin means that Jiannu in Jinzhou City has lost reinforcements and there will be no reinforcements in a short period of time.
However, as time goes by, the wild boar skin will react. Therefore, it is necessary to gain time to conquer Jinzhou. According to the original plan, the Fifth Infantry Division began to march south to attack the Jiannu defenders in Jinzhou City.
At the same time, the news of the Red-zui Fort victory was quickly reported to the court. After receiving the memorial of the Red-zui Fort victory, Zhu Youxiao laughed out loud and immediately issued an order to let the commander of the Fifth Infantry Division expand the plan to sort out the combat experience and tactical rectification plans of the Fifth Infantry Division for comprehensive promotion.
Chapter completed!