Chapter 336: "·Top Cavalry"

land? Land is a big boat for me, a woman who is too beautiful, a trip that is too long, a bottle of perfume that is too pungent, a kind of music that I would not create.
-Giuseppe Tornadore (upstart director of the Italian realist film genre)
With the formation and transformation of the Cheetah Corps and the Tarsia Corps, Rome now has two regiments dedicated to the Macedonian phalanx; in the future, the combat effectiveness of the two phalanx corps will be further improved.
Judging from the current situation alone, the actual combat effectiveness of the two Phalanx regiments in the city of Rome is still a little bit worse than that of the real Phalanx troops; the Macedonian Royal Pikemen recruited by the temple can be called It is a real Phalanx force.
As for the Spartan heavy infantry, it goes without saying; how many troops in the entire history of humanity can be compared with the legendary Spartan heavy infantry? In the battle of Onsen Pass, the Spartan heavy infantry has become a legendary army on the altar.
If a quantitative data is used to show the gap between the barbarian phalanx troops formed in the city of Rome and the Royal Macedonian pikemen; then the combat effectiveness of the Macedonian pikemen can be expressed by eight, while the combat strength of the barbarian phalanx troops in Rome only one.
It is almost impossible for the barbarian phalanx troops in the Roman city to have the same fighting power as the Royal Macedonian pikemen; Bai Feng’s highest hope for the barbarian phalanx troops is to have the equivalent of the Greek heavy infantry. Fighting power.
But in fact, the combat strength of the current barbarian phalanx troops is at most slightly stronger than the Greek militia, and it is a problem to be able to compare with the Greek infantry; there is no way, the discipline of the barbarian warriors is really too bad.
Even if discipline can be cultivated slowly, but they know nothing about the formation, but they are the most deadly; therefore, Bai Feng wants to use his own efforts to form a phalanx unit with the fighting power of Greek heavy infantry, It is not an easy task.
Fortunately, entering the city of Rome, the city has opened a special training function of great significance; only the city of Rome will enter the stage of the big city, and build a corps barracks, the barbarian phalanx troops of the city of Rome will be able to carry out a surge of combat power Special training!
By that time, the two Phalanx corps in the city of Rome will become truly elite divisions; no matter whether their enemies are brave and barbaric warriors or well-equipped army of civilized nations, they cannot shake their Macedonian phalanx.
Bai Feng has made up for the deficiencies of the Roman legionaries in the formation of the Phalanx troops; while the shortage of the Roman legions in the cavalry strength, Bai Feng has not taken any effective measures in a short time.
The formation of cavalry was difficult for infantry, and the previous Roman city was extremely lacking in high-quality war horses; only based on these limited objective conditions, Bai Feng could not form a powerful cavalry force out of thin air.
The existence of the Roman city system did indeed give Bai Feng a chance to relax in this respect; because the system army that can be recruited in Rome city already has cavalry arms, and the number is still quite large.
From the Roman light cavalry who can undertake reconnaissance, to the Roman auxiliary cavalry (javelin cavalry) who can serve as a bow and arrow cavalry, to the Roman legionary cavalry and Roman guard cavalry who can be rushed to the front; the cavalry strength of the Roman city is still very large Development space.
The existence of the Mallorian reforms only greatly improved the combat strength of the Roman legionary infantry, which did not have a great impact on the Roman legionary cavalry; the Roman legionary itself could form a cavalry force with good combat effectiveness.
But the crux of the matter is that among the system cavalry that can be recruited in the city of Rome, there is a lack of top cavalry that can really affect the battle; what is a top cavalry? The armored cavalry of the ancient Seleucid Empire and the royal cavalry of the Kingdom of Macedonia are the real top cavalry!
The importance of cavalry in the era of cold weapons does not need to be said; from the beginning of the Warring States Period in Chinese history, the importance of cavalry in war is increasing. Until the advent of the era of hot weapons, cavalry was gradually eliminated. war.
An army without cavalry troops cannot exert much actual combat power; in a war of multiple arms combined operations, the highly mobile cavalry has always been a key factor in determining who can win the battle.
Especially when the strength of the warring parties is not much different, the collision of cavalry forces becomes more important; the cavalry of the winning side can rush to the battlefield in time, and help the main infantry of your own side, assault the weak wings or rear of the enemy. Back.
On the earth where Bai Feng originally lived, it was impossible to ignore the role played by cavalry in any big battle in the cold weapon era; and the heavy cavalry that Bai Feng valued most was the king of cavalry!
Heavy cavalry is different from ordinary cavalry. The heavy armor will bring great pressure on the cavalry’s horses and directly lead to a limited range of heavy cavalry. There are only two conventional attack methods:
First, relying on the impact speed and strength of the horses, the cavalry held forward with a lance, and used the high-speed movement of the mount to cause huge psychological pressure and actual damage to the other party; on the battlefield, heavy cavalry dispersed the battle array that impacted the enemy, Create an opportunity for friendly forces to win.
The second is to use the horse's movement speed to dissociate from the range of the enemy's long-range attack arms. The use of bows, javelins and other long-range attack methods to cause psychological pressure on the enemy, induce internal chaos in the enemy, and create more battlefield tilts for the cavalry and infantry that impact the enemy formation. .
The second type of attack is often the responsibility of other light cavalry; therefore, the actual attack method of heavy cavalry is generally to use a scattered attack cluster to break through the enemy's battle array with a charge and disperse the want. Enemy forces gathered together.
The powerful heavy cavalry can always play a decisive role on the battlefield; however, its shortcomings are equally obvious. The high cost of weapons and equipment, and the high-quality riding horses are a real problem that cannot be avoided when forming heavy cavalry.
The formation cost of conventional cavalry is higher than that of conventional infantry, and even more difficult than the formation of heavy infantry in infantry; and the formation of heavy cavalry is much more difficult than the formation of ordinary conventional cavalry, and the cost is also Much higher.
High cost naturally symbolizes high returns. The presence of heavy cavalry represents the top combat effectiveness of a country; it is no exaggeration to say that heavy armored cavalry is a national strategic force in the era of cold weapons and the most important kind of battlefield on the cold weapons. Assault force.
The success of the Mongols is unreproducible. Nomads are peoples living on horseback. Bai Feng does not have the ability to form a cavalry unit similar to the Mongolian cavalry; however, the formation of heavy cavalry can be copied and can be Perfect copy!
The existence of the cavalry stables has given Rome a continuous source of high-quality war horses; when the time is right, Bai Feng will start to form a heavy cavalry belonging to the city of Rome to make up for the lack of top cavalry in the Roman legion!
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