Chapter 272： Powerful firepower

"How is your practice now?"

Wu Changqing asked.

The training of wall cavalry is not easy, and it requires the soldiers to have great courage.

Because when charging, it is very easy to collide with the enemy. The survival rate of the cavalry rushing in front is very low.

This requires the soldiers rushing in front to be very courageous. When the cowardly collides, they may flee, destroy the formation, and cause terrible effects.

In fact, the tactics of the wall cavalry and the line infantry are somewhat similar, both of which emphasize discipline and do not pay attention to personal bravery. Then, defeat the enemy with the means of fighting consumption.

This seemingly silly tactic is often a very powerful tactic.

At least, the current Wu's line infantry is invincible in the world. Outsiders only see the advantages of their weapons, but they don't know that the courage and military discipline of this army is also extremely terrifying.

Faced with thousands of horses rushing towards him, an army that can still shoot and shoot calmly, can it be an ordinary army?

This kind of army, even if it throws away the flintlock and picks up the spear, is definitely not an army that can be defeated by the same number of enemy forces.

It can be said that the current Wu army already has some shadows of the modern army.

"Please inspect the army."

Dong Tianbao arranged for a regiment to conduct an assault drill.

With the sound of the whistle, the cavalry of a thousand-member regiment divided into five columns, each with more than 200 men. And the length of each column is only less than two hundred meters long.

The cavalry is very close to each other.

As the assault whistle sounded, thousands of people started to start, first slowly increasing the speed, always mentioning a suitable speed, and then rushing forward.

During the entire charge, the soldiers need to pay attention to controlling the horses to keep pace with others, not fast or slow.

This is simple to say, but it is actually very difficult to do.

Let the soldiers of the Qing army line up and take a positive step, and it is difficult for them to maintain a neat formation. But Wu Jun still had to keep the horses tidy, and the difficulty can be imagined.

However, these cavalrymen train all day, and practice makes perfect, they can already control the horses very well.

At least, Wu Changqing can see in the telescope that the formation of this regiment is relatively neat, like a straight line.

After rushing for a certain distance, what appeared in front of the Wu Jun cavalry were fake horses and fake cavalry made of straw.

All they have to do is rush towards the scarecrows and stay in formation in the process.

The effect of this kind of training, to be honest, is rather average. After all, everyone knows that there is not much danger in hitting the straw dummies.

But rushing into the Qing cavalry would be lost at any time.

But this is a relatively good training method that Wu Jun can think of. They will not arrange for two troops to hedge, so they don't know how many people will die during the training.

After all, cavalry and infantry are still different. Horses are not easy to control, and they are easy to be trampled to death if they fall into the ground.

Wu Changqing watched them rush through the straw forest, the formation could still be kept neat, and he was more satisfied.

Able to do this is enough to fight the Qing army.

They don't need to be perfect, they just need to be stronger than the Qing army.

"Yes, keep it up. I have sent someone a batch of armor that can be used on the vanguard to increase life-saving capabilities and impact."

Wu Changqing brought two thousand pairs of heavy armor, which can more or less protect the assault cavalry.

With Nanjing’s current industrial capabilities, it is actually possible to build more armors, but it is not necessary because they do not have so many thoroughbred horses.

These armors weighed ten or twenty catties, which is a great burden for horses, and they cannot be used by any horse.

Most of the horses in the Wu army were Mongolian horses captured by the Qing army.

This kind of horse is about 1.4 meters high, its endurance is actually very average, and its explosive power is fair, not suitable for heavy cavalry mounts.

The Kazakh horse that can be used as a heavy cavalry is a kind of hard-earned BMW. This kind of horse is relatively rare and precious.

These war horses were basically seized, but the Southwest horses purchased were only about 1.2 meters tall, which was a head shorter than the Mongolian horses. It can only be used to carry military supplies, and cannot be used as a war horse. Its explosive power is too poor and its size is too small.

After inspecting the cavalry, Wu Changqing went to the infantry battalion for inspection.

In the artillery battalion, he watched the rehearsal of the infantry coordinated by his subordinates.

The so-called infantry coordination means that the infantry begins to advance while the artillery is still firing.

I didn't dare to do this in the past, because it placed very high demands on artillery, and they had to fight more accurately. If you are not correct, you will hurt your morale if you hit yourself.

Therefore, in the past, artillery bombarded them first, and then the infantry bombed.

And now, with the improvement of artillery technology, they have developed a tactic of coordinated infantry artillery.

This tactic allows their infantry to create more damage and pressure on the enemy when they approach the enemy, and can cover their advancement.

Its role is definitely incomparable with the infantry of later generations, but it is better than nothing. This tactic can still allow them to take a little bit of advantage when fighting against the enemy.

In addition to the infantry coordination, a new type of weapon, light artillery, was added to the infantry.

This was made by the people of Weapon Workshop, and Wu Changqing did not give any instructions.

With the improvement of technology, Weapon Workshop now has relatively strong research and development capabilities. They will develop some weapons according to the needs of the military.

The current artillery is very cumbersome, and some generals of the Wu Jun have long wanted a light artillery.

This kind of light artillery has a simple structure, a relatively small power, and a short range.

However, it has a very powerful advantage, that is, it is very light, two soldiers can be pushed away, a skilled soldier can carry out the operation of firing the gun.

This lightness gives it strong mobility and can advance at any time as the infantry advances to provide fire support.

The function of this is a bit like class mortars in later generations, but they are completely two kinds of mortars, and their technical content is much lower than that of mortars.

This kind of light artillery is actually more like a large firecracker.

With the addition of this weapon, their firepower on the battlefield has become stronger, and their combat power is also an improvement.

Seeing his own powerful firepower, Wu Changqing was completely relieved.

This kind of firepower, let alone the Qing army's inability to handle it, is currently impossible for any country to handle it.

Although flintlocks have been popularized in Western Europe, their firepower is definitely not better than Wu Jun. Because they have few people.

In the small countries of Western Europe, a battle of tens of thousands of people can be regarded as a decisive battle.

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