Rushing into the formation

Author: Use your soul to aim

Rushing into the formation

After the meal, the disciples of the school excitedly discussed the power of the cannon.

The teenagers listened quietly to the disciples' discussion, with eyes full of envy.

The domineering lock woke everyone up from their sweet dreams.

After breakfast, Zhang Zongxian led everyone present to worship the sages of the past generations who died in the Hetao Plain.

From the Qin Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, countless men of the Han family defended their homeland on the bloody battlefield. The flesh and blood of countless warriors created its fertility.

If you capture the Loop, you can penetrate directly into the hinterland of the grassland and threaten Guihua City.

Taking the Hetao will provide thousands of miles of fertile soil that can be cultivated, and then introducing water from the Yellow River can ensure harvests despite droughts and floods.

Taking the Hetao will give us the capital to compete with Jiannu for the grassland. The decisive battle in the future will definitely be on the grassland.

After three calls for victory, the exercise officially began.

The first is the cavalry confrontation. The cavalry regiment acts as the red team against the blue team composed of horse market caravan guards and newly recruited cavalry.

The exercise is divided into two parts

First is the encounter:

The two sides encountered each other two miles apart, and then the two sides clashed. The red side fired at a place a hundred paces away from the two sides, then put down their muskets and switched to lances to continue the attack.

The blue team was in the midst of the impact, constantly firing arrows to attack the red team.

After all, it was an exercise where the red team's firecrackers were filled with wheat, while the blue team's arrows had no arrowheads.

Following Zhang Zongxian's order, Boren led the cavalry regiment to advance at a stroll at first, and then the speed became faster and faster, changing from a stroll to a quick step.

When the distance between the two sides was less than 400 steps, the trot turned into running, and he rushed towards the enemy formation at full speed.

Even though the blue team was all good at riding and shooting, facing the red team rushing towards them like a wall, they were not as steady as usual, and the arrows they shot were only sparse.

Some people even forgot that it was a drill and turned their horses around in fear and ran backwards.

However, a small group of people in the blue team performed very well, shooting arrows continuously under the command of a big man wearing a white scarf.

And under his leadership, an arrow gradually formed to face the impact of the red team.

The original exercise plan was that after the red team fired a round of fire cannons, the blue team could turn around and run away. The red team would also slow down to prevent the two sides from actually colliding with each other.

However, when the red team fired a round of muskets and picked up their lances, the ten white men led by the big man in white turban not only did not turn around but still continued to charge.

Seeing that they were about to collide in fifty steps, the disciples watching the battle in the distance all exclaimed. Zhang Zongxian also used his binoculars in surprise to see who the big man in white turban was.

At this critical moment, the big man in white turban waved his hand to the left and led the small team following him through the joint between the red team's companies.

Everyone's throats were raised and their hearts were relieved. Then the whole audience erupted in shouts of "ok".

The big man in white turban was also lifted high by his brothers, as if they had won.

Zhang Zongxian also remembered this big man in white turban and wanted to meet him after the exercise.

The people present are either from the New Army system or from the Ma Shi Caravan. They are all our own people. Such heroes must be conquered and reused.

At this time, five carriages with large red and white magpie flags on them quickly rushed to the injured rider who fell off his horse, and then quickly jumped out of the carriage to check the condition of the fallen rider.

After giving the rider a brief treatment, the following soldiers carried the rider onto the carriage. This was an agreement reached between Zhang Zongxian and Miss Su. In future battles, Miss Su would send medical women to support.

Zhang Zongxian will protect the hospital and support the hospital by donating expenses to the hospital.

Although there is an episode like the big man in white, it does not affect the evaluation of the cavalry regiment.

Generally speaking, the wall charge of the cavalry regiment was quite impressive, but the differences in the riding skills of each company allowed the man in white turban to see the flaw and seize the gap.

As for the fire cannon salvo, judging from the smoke at the scene, the firing rate is very high, basically reaching 90% of what it would be on the ground.

The action of changing guns is also very skillful, and the gun is rarely dropped. The cloth armor has a very good defensive effect against arrows.

The iron ring arm armor does not affect the firing of the fire gun.

Let the observing officers record the questions and then start preparing for the next exercise.

Originally, the exercise ended here, but in order to let the academy disciples feel the power of cavalry charge, Zhang Zongxian specially added a drill in which cavalry charges against infantry formations.

First, Zhang Zongxian and the observing officers formed the academy disciples and youth battalion into ten hollow square formations.

Then all the cavalry present will attack the hollow square formation. These disciples will be given a practical lesson to let them feel the cruelty of the battlefield.

First, divide them according to the companies that have been organized in the college, and then fill in the youth battalions. The college disciples stand in the front two rows holding flintlock guns with bayonets.

The youth camp stood in the third row holding spears.

In front of the hollow square formation is the artillery unit. They have to practice the firing process continuously before the cavalry rushes over. They can only hide in the square formation when the cavalry rushes less than fifty steps.

After everything was ready, Zhang Zongxian also entered the first row of the square formation. After entering the square formation, he immediately ordered the start.

The domineering sound of the suona sounded again, and the artillery company immediately lit the propellant. The booming sound of the cannons told Boren that this side was ready.

After hearing the sound of cannons, Boren ordered the charge horn to be blown.

The cavalry regiment advanced slowly, with the remaining cavalry following behind.

First, change from a slow walk to a stroll, then from a slow walk to a brisk walk, and then from a brisk walk to a run.

On the side of the infantry formation, we first saw a red line, and then the line became thicker and thicker, and soon turned into a wall.

At this moment, everyone in the square array was holding their weapons nervously. As the wall got closer and closer, their breathing became heavier and heavier, and their legs could not help but tremble.

Especially when facing the cavalry attack, many children could not help but tremble. Zhang Zongxian kept shouting:

"Steady, steady, steady"

Suddenly, in a phalanx on the left, a child from the youth camp was so frightened that he dropped his weapon and ran out of the phalanx.

After running out of the phalanx, I ran back and forth in the gap between the phalanxes, facing a forest of bayonets. I was still scared to death.

Seeing that the wall was getting closer and closer, another boy ran out of the square and slapped the running boy in the face.

Then he was forced back to the square formation.

At this time, the artillerymen were hiding back in the phalanx, and an opening opened in the phalanx, allowing them to follow them into the phalanx.

Boren had been in the first row of the charge, and during the charge he kept shouting to the officers to pay attention to adjusting the team.

Follow the master's instructions and start running quickly, wait until you are about to reach the square formation, then slow down and pass through the gap between the square formations.

Even if they slowed down, the pressure coming towards them made many disciples wet their pants.

From the air, it looks like waves crashing on the rocks. The tight wall suddenly breaks apart and turns into streams of water, flowing into the gaps in the square array.

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