Chapter 415: Attack Plan at Night

After eating and drinking, Zhang Zhun explained the advantages and disadvantages of today's battle with the officers of the cavalry. In today's battle, the Huben Army cavalry had a complete advantage and defeated the official cavalry without any ability to fight back. The most fundamental reason is the victory of the rifled rifle against the smoothbore rifle. This technical gap is difficult to make up for by tactics. Secondly, it is the flexible use of the fishing tactics of the Huben Army cavalry.

Using the long range and high accuracy of the Hu Ben Gun, the Hu Ben Army adopted an unprecedented fighting method. This fighting method is completely unsuitable for the official cavalry. The three-eyed guns, as well as firearms such as Thunder guns, Bird guns, etc., are not the opponents of the Hu Ben Gun. As for bows and arrows, they should not mention them. Therefore, in the first day of the battle, they were defeated by the Hu Ben Army cavalry, which was terrible.

But, is it said that the Huben Army cavalry has no shortcomings at all? Of course not. In fact, the Huben Army cavalry has more shortcomings than the official cavalry. The training time for the Huben Army cavalry is seriously insufficient. Under normal circumstances, it takes at least one year to train a cavalry. The Huben Army cavalry has been formed less than two months ago. At most, only half of the people who can ride horses are able to accurately shoot on horseback may be less than 100% of the total force. In other words, even a hundred people may not be able to get together.

Otherwise, Zhang Zhun would not need to adopt any fishing tactics to put his official cavalry in his pocket. With a command, the Hu Ben cavalry and the official cavalry would fight each other, and rely on advanced weapons to destroy the official cavalry. At the same time, there was no need to worry about the number of officers and soldiers, and just take turns to fight and shoot desperately at the officers and soldiers.

In fact, Zhang Zhun could not do this. He knew very well that the Huben Army cavalry had a long way to go before he was truly mature. The Huben Army cavalry needed more training and more battles. If it were a daytime battle, it would be replaced by the Tartar cavalry, the Huben Army cavalry would not be so easy now.

The quality of officers in any army is crucial. Now that the Hu Ben Army has not established a non-commissioned officer system, Zhang Zhun can only work hard on grassroots officers to consolidate their foundation and expand their horizons as much as possible. Every time the battle ends, Zhang Zhun must summarize his experiences and lessons in a timely manner, which is to bring out a strong army of officers. As long as there is a capable army, expanding the army will become very easy. This is how the German army did during World War II.

"The enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy stands and we disturb us, the enemy is tired, and we fight, the enemy retreats and we chase..."

"If you can beat it, fight it, if you can't beat it, run away..."

Zhang Zhun slowly analyzes today's battle one by one.

Today's battle is not a regular battle at all. Whether it is the Hu Ben cavalry or the Ming cavalry, it is a melee today. Neither side has set up a formation. Such a battle is more like a battle between horses and thieves. Or, it is more like a guerrilla war between infantry. In front of the superior officers and soldiers, the Hu Ben cavalry can only adopt such a guerrilla warfare model to achieve the greatest possible results. Such guerrilla warfare combat methods will obviously continue at night.

Xie Zhiyou couldn't wait to say, "Governor, will we continue to harass them tonight?"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said slowly: "To be precise, it's the second half of the night."

Generally speaking, officers and soldiers are more alert in the first half of the night, and most of them sleep more alert in the first half of the night. If there is an emergency, they will react faster. However, by the second half of the night, most people cannot hold on and enter a deep dream. This is determined by the physiological characteristics of people and it is difficult for ordinary people to change. Therefore, from ancient times to the present, the second half of the night is often a good time to launch an attack. Countless classic examples of night attacks occur in the second half of the night.

Of course, Zhu Dadian will arrange officers and soldiers to take turns to sleep, and the combat duty troops will be arranged in the second half of the night to deal with possible crises at any time. However, as long as there is gunfire sound on the battlefield, it is difficult for ordinary people to fall asleep. The only ones who can fall asleep in the first half of the night are those veterans who are very adapted to the rhythm of the battlefield. Since they did not fall asleep in the first half of the night, they will of course be listless in the second half of the night. Even the troops responsible for combat duty will continue to doze off.

Therefore, Zhang Zhun had to arrange troops in the middle of the night to fire guns around the officers and soldiers, so that most of the Ming army could not sleep. It was not required to kill many enemies, as long as the enemy could not sleep, it would be victorious. Of course, it would be even better if he could attack the opponent and continue to kill and hurt the enemy.

To do this, you have to rely on accurate long-distance sniping. Since the Ming army was huddled inside the camp, there were fences around the camp. Therefore, the distance for sniping was at least about forty feet. Fortunately, the moonlight tonight was very good, which was conducive to long-distance sniping.

"The first priority is the sentinel."

"The primary focus of your attack is the enemy's sentinel."

"Destroying the enemy's sentinels can cause panic to the enemy and even cause internal strife."

"If the enemy has not had enough sentinels, it means he has no eyes and ears. He has no idea about the situation outside. He can only fight back in a random way."

Zhang Zhun said lightly.

Afterwards, Zhang Zhun specially gathered the snipers, and at the same time, he selected fifty soldiers with good marksmanship from Zhong Wuying's cavalry battalion to guide them on how to find and discover the target. According to Zhang Zhun's arrangement, among the three cavalry battalions, Zhong Wuying's cavalry battalion was responsible for harassing the Ming army tonight. The other two cavalry battalions all had sufficient rest and continued to fight during the day tomorrow.

The moonlight tonight is too bright and not suitable for sneak attacks. Even if it is a small team, it is easy to be noticed by the enemy. However, it is OK to shoot the Ming army's sentries from a distance. Now, it is time to test the shooting skills of snipers. The soldiers drawn by Zhang Zhun have relatively good marksmanship. The key is how to discover the Ming army's sentries. As long as you can find the opponent, you will be 60% sure to shoot the opponent within a distance of 40 meters.

At a distance of 40 meters, if you can kill yourself in one shot, it will put huge psychological pressure on the enemy. At such a long distance, the Ming army cannot even judge where the bullets come from. As long as you finish a shot, quickly transfer the position and the white smoke produced by the shooting will mislead the enemy. At such a distance, the Ming army's muskets cannot hit the Hu Ben Army at all. In such a one-sided state of being beaten, the tension and fear in the Ming army will accumulate again, and it is very likely that the camp roar will break out.

Unless the Ming army used cannons to fight back, the snipers of the Hu Ben Army could fire cold guns continuously all night. They could constantly discover targets, eliminate targets, and then transfer positions, continue to discover targets, destroy targets, and repeat in this cycle. The Hu Ben Army's snipers were only a few dozen people, and they were distributed around the Ming army. The distance between them was very far away, and there might be only one or two people in a mile. If the Ming army used cannons to fight back, it would be too sensational.

"The second focus of the attack is the enemy's grain truck."

"Even if you can't rush in, you will have great pressure on the enemy to destroy their food trucks."

"The enemy's food should be stored in the central camp. Everyone must pay close attention to the movements of the central camp. If the enemy's baggage force changes, everyone will first attack the enemy's baggage force."

After a slight pause, Zhang Zhun continued.

In addition to attacking the Ming army's sentinels, cutting off the Ming army's logistics support and attacking the Ming army's baggage troops was also what the Hu Ben Army had to do.

From Jinan City to Qingzhou City, it is 300 miles away. Under normal circumstances, it takes three to five days to walk. On the road, due to the harassment of the Hu Ben Army cavalry, the population of the towns and towns on both sides of the road have been relocated one after another. Zhu Dadian must have brought his own food and grass. Of course, it is impossible for 40,000 people to have food and grass. According to the two kilograms of grain per day, the food and food for five days is 400,000 kilograms. There are also a large number of food and food for the cavalry camp. These food and grass are all equipped on board trucks and stored in the central camp.

If the Hu Ben Army had the opportunity to lurk in and burn the food and grass, and if you don’t fight this battle, Zhu Dadian himself had to retreat to Jinan City. Of course, Zhang Zhun felt that this possibility was not great. Zhu Dadian would definitely send elite troops to guard his food and grass tightly. The location where the food and grass was stored was also in the middle of the nine grid, which was very difficult.

In addition, the current advantage of the Hu Ben Army is the long range of the Hu Ben Gun. If you fight with the enemy at close range, you will not have much advantage. If you fire at close range, the Ming army's three-eyed guns, five-eyed guns, and seven-eyed guns are powerful. Zhang Zhun has less than a thousand people, and if he is entangled by officers and soldiers, he will be wiped out in less than an hour. Therefore, the main focus is on creating psychological pressure.

"The third focus of the attack is the junction of the enemy's troops, especially the junction of the garrison troops and other troops."

"Everyone knows that the combat effectiveness of the guards is the worst, and their dissatisfaction with the superiors is the most serious. If we focus on attacking the guards, it will inevitably cause chaos. If these guards get up to make trouble, we will be half successful."

Zhang Zhun continued to say in an orderly manner.

Regarding these guards, Zhang Zhun adopted a policy of oppression. He suppressed them to resist. Even if he did not have the courage to resist, he would still let them escape. The morale of the Ming army was not high. Once someone fled, or someone rose to resist his superiors, or even internal strife, other soldiers would definitely be affected. The lower the morale of the Ming army, the greater the advantage of the Hu Ben army.

"Can you understand?"

Zhang Zhun finished his explanation carefully and asked in anticipation.

"able!"
Chapter completed!