Chapter 316: Sand table deduction

"Boom boom boom... boom boom boom..."
On the Qingzhou campus, soldiers from the 500 Pioneer Battalion lined up in columns and marched forward. The soldiers put their flintlocks on their shoulders, stepping on the drums and step by step toward their destination. [No pop-up novel network]
Zhu Siwu stood on the side of the column, also marching with the vanguard camp on the drums.
Three days ago, the Pioneer Battalion was equipped with flintlocks and started this kind of training. At the beginning of the march, the officers carried slogans, but two days later, two snare drums were sent to the barracks.
Niu Ben randomly ordered two soldiers from the Pioneer Camp to be specifically responsible for drumming.
"Because it is a line battle, in future wars, without a unified voice, it will be difficult for the army to "go in unison." The drumbeat will be able to manifest in time."
When Zhu Wuliu asked why, Niu Ben answered him in this way. It is said that this is what His Highness said in the Army Academy of Bowen College, and this drum was also made at the request of His Highness.
As he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw that the queue was going crooked, he immediately picked up the stick and walked over, facing the three soldiers who went crooked, each of them was a stick.
The buttocks were slapped severely, and the three soldiers grinned in pain, and immediately readjusted their pace and merged into the queue.
Turning back, Zhu Siwu stared at the soldiers' formation again.
Although he did not understand the purpose of such a slow and rhythmic march, he believed that all the decisions made by His Highness were correct.
The only thing he was looking forward to was when it would be their turn to study at Bowen Academy.
While he was thinking, Niu Ben, Luo Xin, Lu Fei, Xian Guangyi, Di Ying, Bai Mu, Zhao Gong and others were receiving a brand new war teaching at Bowen College.
After Niu Ben took over the Qingzhou army, he quickly promoted several outstanding captains from the Guokang captains in Qingzhou, and selected some Kokang captains from the outstanding centurions.
After all, the current Qingzhou Army has expanded to 20,000 people, not the thousands of people in the Lu Fei era, and there are not enough generals to effectively command soldiers in a war.
Xiao Mingju reviewed all the people promoted by Niu Ben, and he was very satisfied with Niu Ben's choice.
Because this list coincides with what he thought, Niu Ben has no selfish intentions.
"His Royal Highness, what is this?"
A huge six-meter-long sand table was placed on the Army Academy at this time. The content on the sand table was from Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Cangzhou to the terrain of the land occupied by the barbarians.
And the terrain marked the number of barbarian troops he could detect in front of him.
In the first two days of teaching, Xiao Ming mainly reduced some basic firearms training knowledge, and let Niu Ben equal to go back to implement it.
On the battlefield, the array of the Musketeers is the most important thing. After all, the flintlocks depend not on precision, but on the density and continuity of bullets.
"This thing is called a sand table, and it is used for battle deductions. There are also some wood carvings on your hand. These wood carvings represent the Qingzhou army and the barbarians.
Niu Ben picked up a wooden sculpture, which was an image of a soldier carrying a flintlock, only the size of a finger.
"This is an artilleryman." Luo Xin picked up an artillery woodcarving with fun.
Lu Fei was not idle either. He picked up the woodcarvings of two cavalrymen and collided. The two cavalrymen were of Barbarian cavalry and Qingzhou cavalry.
Niu Ben glanced at the sand table, then looked at the wood carvings, and quickly figured out how to use them.
He picked up a wood sculpture of an artillery soldier and placed it in Cangzhou City, and took a wood sculpture of a barbarian cavalry soldier and placed it in the position of the Chagatai silver tent of the Blood Wolf tribe.
The other school lieutenants suddenly appeared, showing excitement.
I have to say that Niu Ben is a born general, and he is quick to understand the reform of the army. Xiao Ming said: "You probably understood Niu Dudu’s demonstration. This sandbox is just a more specific map. Let's deduce how to drive the barbarians out of Youzhou."
After a pause, "At the same time, on the sand table, this king will demonstrate a musket team array against cavalry. You must keep in mind that you should go back and focus on training soldiers how to quickly form this hollow square array."
Everyone nodded when they heard the words, and Niu Ben first said: "His Royal Highness, it is indispensable to defeat the barbarian cavalry in Youzhou. Thunder has gained a lot on the battlefield during this time. Now the number of Guanning cavalry has risen to 6,000. People, in the opinion of the general, although the Musketeers are capable of field battles with the barbarians outside Cangzhou city in terms of range and power, it is still difficult to chase the broken barbarian cavalry without cavalry. Qingzhou cavalry co-trained, after all, if it is wartime, the scattered Guanning cavalry will suffer."
"The Niu Dudu said that it is reasonable. Now not only the musketeers need to be trained, but the cavalry must also be trained strictly, and cooperate with each other on the battlefield. To defeat the barbarians, they must rely on the cavalry to pursue them." Xiao Ming said.
"If so, should the cavalry be equipped with flintlock?" Qi Guangyi asked, he was the cavalry general.
Xiao Ming shook his head, "Yes, you will also be equipped with flintlocks, but unlike the Musketeers, you are equipped with short-barreled flintlocks, because you can't operate long-barreled flintlocks right away, and yours The plate armor will also be eliminated."
"Take off the plate armor" Qi Guangyi was very excited to hear that he could be equipped with a musket, but a sentence after Xiao Ming surprised him. He argued: "His Royal Highness, take off the plate armor, how can our cavalry resist the arrows of the barbarians."
Xiao Ming groaned for a moment, and said, "The elimination of the plate armor is because the flexibility of the plate armor is too low on the horse, but eliminating the plate armor does not mean that you have no armor. In the future, you will be equipped with breastplates and sabers to become cuirassiers ."
The reason why he cultivated his cavalry in this direction, Xiao Ming actually had his own ideas~EbookFREE.me~ On the battlefield in the 18th century, the cuirassiers were very active, and Napoleon restored the cuirassiers in the 18th century. It proves that the cuirassiers have a good defense on the battlefield and have a higher survival rate.
Facing the arrows of the barbarians, the cuirassiers wearing helmets and breastplates have good defensive power, and their flexibility and mobility are greatly improved. They are more than enough to pursue and clean the battlefield.
However, the only shortcoming is that the short-barreled musket is the same as the three-eyed blunderbuss. It is only two shots in the field and cannot be used continuously. However, since there is a labor-saving musket, it is not necessary for normal combat. War horse.
As for the pulley crossbow, it was originally used by Guan Ning's iron cavalry to fight the autumn wind, and it did not need to be eliminated. After all, the sound of the musket was too loud to be used for sneaky things.
In response to this question, Xiao Ming explained to Qi Guangyi, and then Qi Guangyi nodded slowly.
Niu Ben smiled and said, "His Royal Highness said, but no matter what cavalry is, discipline and training are the real weapons. Qi Guangyi, you can't rely on weapons too much."
(To be continued.)