368 Fighting is all about logistics
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Xiao Feng had also studied the weapons used by the armies of this world before. The weapons used by high-ranking nobles and knights were relatively similar to the weapons used by the European armies in his world during the Middle Ages.
Two-handed swords, broad-bladed heavy swords, lances and other equipment, these equipment look cold and dazzling. When fighting against human soldiers, they may be effective, but against orcs, it is hard to say.
As for ordinary soldiers, let alone ordinary iron swords with wooden shields, and spears with ordinary rhombus-shaped flat spearheads.
Such weapons can be said to be very poor. Human soldiers have no physical advantage against orcs, and they can only be effective in long-distance combat. But if you use such a spear, how can you deal with those rough-skinned orcs?
That kind of inferior iron spearhead cannot even pierce the armor of an orc. Even halfway through the assassination, it will be caught and broken by the orc's armor or thick skin. Use such a weapon to fight the orc.
Fighting is tantamount to letting soldiers die.
So Xiao Feng thought about it. In his world, the powerful three-sided bayonet was first born in the Soviet Union. Later, China also learned to use it. The main reason was that their forging technology was not up to standard earlier and they could not produce qualified products.
bayonet.
Unexpectedly, this three-edged bayonet is extremely powerful. When stabbing someone, it is basically accurate with one barrel. The wound is difficult to treat, and the blood groove is very convenient for bleeding. The blade is not easy to break, and it is a sharp weapon on the battlefield.
So Xiao Feng introduced this thing to this era. When he was defending the city before, there were soldiers with spears like this. They fought against the orcs that rushed up on the city wall, and the effect was really good.
Later, Xiao Feng asked Ge Luoyin to expand production. The spearhead was directly customized to be more than a foot long and had a triangular shape. Each edge had a deeply sunken blood groove. The triangular tip in the front, because of its shape,
It doesn't even need to be carefully polished, and its power is quite amazing.
Equipped with such spears, coupled with the three-person combat team tactics trained by Xiao Feng, these soldiers do not have to panic too much even if they encounter orcs. As long as the orcs do not use long-range projection weapons, the three
There is no need to panic when a combat team of five people faces a squad of orcs.
This is just the main weapon and secondary weapon. No one is equipped with a one-meter-long short knife. It is completely made in the form of the Miao knife in ancient China, and it is very consistent with the mechanical requirements of chopping on the battlefield.
This is only in terms of weapons and equipment. In order to allow these soldiers to save their energy as much as possible on the battlefield, Xiao Feng also equipped the soldiers with war horses, and they were so luxurious that they had two horses for one person.
In his opinion, these soldiers must not only be qualified infantry, but also qualified cavalry, so no one is equipped with bows and arrows.
In addition, no one is equipped with Iron Bone Duo, which is a small meteor hammer. On horseback, this thing is much easier to use than any lance or cavalry sword.
In a series of battles along the Danube River, the Mongolian Qing soldiers encountered the Crusader Alliance organized by European churches. Those Europeans were armed to the teeth with iron cans, heavy armored infantry, and heavy armored cavalry.
But these iron cans were beaten to pieces by the Mongolian cavalry with the iron bones. The thick iron armor on their bodies had no protective effect against the iron bones. A big hole was made when they were knocked.
Therefore, of course Xiao Feng equipped all his soldiers with such a sharp weapon. When charging in close combat, this weapon is much easier to use than weapons such as lances.
At the same time, a large amount of equipment such as pulley bows and various round shields and wooden shields were provided to each soldier.
In addition, Xiao Feng also organized a large number of four-wheeled carriages, which contained a large amount of food and grain. If you want to keep the morale of the soldiers high, keeping the soldiers full is key.
With the increase in population in the past two years, and the great abundance of materials in the wilderness outside, the tribe's food reserves are also quite sufficient.
I brought a lot of all kinds of rice, flour and oil, as well as a lot of various kinds of meat.
In fact, the most troublesome thing in this era is food storage. When the ancient nomads launched wars, their food supplies were groups of live cattle and sheep. They followed the army and ate and killed them, because there was no good food.
If the prepared food is not eaten in time, it will spoil and cause waste.
Therefore, logistics supplies are very difficult to control. It can be said that the front-line army often faces a situation of being hungry and full.
Not to mention when farming peoples launch wars, facing such problems is no easier than nomadic peoples.
The cooks will make the noodles into dry and hard pots and bring them to the soldiers. Such food can only fill the stomachs of the soldiers at best. As for nutritional supplements, let alone protein supplements, soldiers who eat such food will
, if it can ensure high morale and combat effectiveness, then it is a ghost.
Such problems are nothing to Xiao Feng. He knows about instant noodles. There is no shortage of oil in this world. Once the noodles are made and then deep-fried, the shelf life of the food can be greatly extended.
Soybeans are grown on a large scale in this world, so there are abundant soybean resources here. Not only can these beans be squeezed for oil, but they can also be fermented to make various bean pastes and black bean pastes. With these pastes, pickles can be made.
Let soldiers get vitamin supplements without having to worry about salt.
By the way, it can also solve the seasoning needs of cooks when cooking. Bring some extra soybeans and go straight away. This thing is durable in storage, can also sprout bean sprouts and be made into dishes. In addition, you can squeeze soy milk to supplement protein for soldiers during the march.
The soybean meal left after oil extraction can also be used as feed for military horses. It is definitely a versatile food.
In addition, in terms of real protein supplements, Xiao Feng also had countless bacon, sausages, dried fish and other foods made. According to his estimation, the amount of these food reserves was enough for an army of six thousand people to go out to fight for three days.
months.
It is obviously unrealistic to transport such a large amount of material equipment with only three thousand auxiliary soldiers, driving oxen and horse-drawn carriages.
Fortunately, he transferred the Yingzhou people from the Twin Towers City. The Yingzhou people's fleet has more than thirty large ships with a capacity of 400 to 500 tons. All of these ships can go all the way north along the Benliu River.
As for the main food supplies and equipment supplies, Xiao Feng plans to put them all on the fleet. Anyway, when he goes north to counterattack, he will mainly go along the river. Even if he is far away from the river, he can also choose the tactic of leapfrog supply.
Moreover, with the fleet following them to the north, they can advance and attack, and retreat and defend. If they really can't defeat them, they can just retreat to the river and camp, and it doesn't matter if they rely on the fleet to transport them back.
For this plan, he even brought several marine diesel engines from the modern world and installed them on several large ships. In this way, the transportation efficiency of the fleet was greatly improved.
In his opinion, this fleet will be mainly responsible for transporting food supplies, wounded soldiers, captives and liberated humans, and even trophies in the future. At present, the only place where orcs cannot compete with humans is in the naval field, so
Waterways are currently the safest transportation channels.
It's a pity that the Yingzhou people in his hands are limited, and there are still too few ships that can be built. If he can find a thousand giant ships, then he can set off from the waterway, go straight to the orcs' lair, and kill them seven times.
Qi Chu, after all, in this era, whether humans or orcs, they all like to live along the water when building cities and camping.
In addition to these preparations, Xiao Feng also deliberately brought a lot of fierce fire oil tanks that Charlesman had improved several times. This kind of tank was developed using the fierce fire oil produced by crossing soybeans and local beans. It can be said that
It is the earth tank of this world, and it is quite powerful.
Compared with the original batch, Charles Mann's heavily improved fire oil tank has become much more powerful.
Charlesman's main improvement was on the pressure pump. He improved the sealing tube and replaced the pressure pump with pure copper. Although the weight of the vehicle increased, the air tightness was greatly improved compared to before, and the oil
After the pressure inside the tank has also been greatly increased, the injection range of the fierce fire oil tank has also been greatly improved.
In the past, the firing range was only about 80 meters, but now it has been increased to more than 100 meters. Even when two strong men are continuously pressurizing and inflating, the spray range of this fierce fire oil tank can even reach about 150 meters.
, which has a farther range than Xiao Fengbei's individual flamethrower.
Of course, the shortcomings are also obvious, that is, this weapon is relatively bulky, installed on a four-wheeled carriage, requires horses to pull it, is not flexible enough, and moves very slowly on the battlefield. In addition, the safety of large wooden oil tanks is always a hidden danger.
Xiao Feng probably had his own ideas about how to use the fierce fire oil tank. In a field battle with orcs, cavalry alone could not solve the problem. Once the orcs rushed up and surrounded them, they must have a way to protect themselves.
In his opinion, the Spanish infantry grand phalanx was a very good solution. The spearmen formed a large phalanx, and the musketeers were at the corners of the phalanx to provide long-range strikes and fire coverage.
It's just that in this world, because there are no musketeers, he plans to use heavy fire oil tanks to replace the musketeers, and then cooperate with the archers in the middle of the square to continuously shoot. This should be an innovative strategy, but what is the specific combat effect?
We have to wait until it is tested on the battlefield to know.
Moreover, this method of combat requires a very high level of soldier discipline and cooperation. For this battle formation, Xiao Feng also specially asked Kyle to conduct special formation training, and even reorganized the model of army formation. The three-three system began to appear.
, each squad leader was also equipped with a whistle, and small backbones at the level of whistle commander began to appear in the army, which greatly strengthened the officers' control over the army.
Chapter completed!