"Concentrate firepower to fight the 'killer' and let the jumping soldiers go up to the city to block the enemy's city!" Seeing dozens of armored enemy soldiers leaving the team with siege equipment, Luo Datong ordered loudly.

In fact, the offensive and defensive war that occurred in Changshu from the establishment of the General Administration Army until now should be regarded as the first real battle of the New Song Army defending the city. When in Qiongzhou, the battles mostly occurred on the sea and shorelines. With the advantage of the navy, they often blocked the enemy's main force at the sea. When the enemy arrived on the island, they often suffered heavy casualties. They could not break through the Song army's shorelines and could not go deep into the hinterland prefectures and counties.

In the subsequent battle to recover Jiangnan, the Song army was in an offensive. Several limited defense operations were also defensive counterattacks. After severely hurting the enemy in defense, they counterattacked again. In these battles, rivers and mountains were often built on the spot to defend, which should be strictly considered as the field battle. The reason for this was that the Mongols destroyed the city after the attack and destruction of Jiangnan, which made them lose the objective conditions for defending the city.

After the recovery of Jiangnan, the Song army began to establish the Yangtze River defense line, rebuilt and renovate the city of the prefectures located in important places along the river, and restored the cities on the second line and the hinterland that were located in major transportation routes and military places. However, in the past three years, the Mongolian and Yuan army has been unable to cross the Yangtze River defense line. Even if a small group of troops successfully smuggled into Jiangnan, they would avoid cities with tight defenses and dare to attack those military fortresses that were remote and relatively weak.

In this way, the Song army had not actually organized a city defense battle and lacked experience in this area, especially the city defense battle experience after changing firearms. In the past, the city defense training and exercises were mostly based on cold weapons combat methods and the experience and lessons of the enemy's city defense in several siege operations. Therefore, from Emperor Zhao Bing to ordinary basic officers, everyone was still in the stage of exploring and summarizing experience. The current Changshu guard Luo Datong was also feeling the stones across the river.

However, Luo Datong knew that when launching an attack, the commander would be well equipped. The elite veterans with rich combat experience and strongest combat effectiveness were arranged in the front row to take the lead as the assault force to guide the subsequent troops to attack; or they would be composed as "jumping" as surprise soldiers at the critical moment of the decisive battle to boost morale and open up breakthroughs. Because these selected sharp soldiers fought with their lives, they were also vividly called "fighting man".

Of course, these front-line soldiers who are leading the way are not used as cannon fodder, nor are they more casualty than other troops. They are generally elites with relatively strong combat power, and ordinary soldiers can't go. At least the front-line soldiers have seen big scenes. When they see the enemy coming in a fierce manner, they will not run away and have the most basic professional qualities.

Moreover, crossbow shooting is the norm in war, and there are not many opportunities for direct close combat in the army of both sides. During battle, they usually use weapons such as crossbows to shoot at long range, or block and encircle, waiting for the opponent's food and grass to be cut off, and they will not easily be put into a head-on battle. In a major battle, such blockade, harassment, and temptation may occupy most of the time, and the real decisive battle is short.

Therefore, in most cases, the damage suffered by soldiers mainly comes from long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows. Under the coverage of long-range shooting of bows and arrows, the chance of hitting arrows is the same regardless of the front row and back row. The front row soldiers usually have better protection than ordinary soldiers. They wear well-dressed armor and have higher damage to arrows than others.

In addition, the military formations often change their formations according to actual needs during combat, and alternately fight according to the battlefield situation. Even when the cavalry attacks, they are divided into many teams to attack in turn. It is rare that only the same group of people are placed in the front row to fight the entire field. After all, the continuous combatants and horses have to rest. From this perspective, everyone's chances of survival are equal, and since it is their turn, there is no complaint.

Fear of death is human nature. If an elite veteran faces a situation where death is inevitable, he may weigh the pros and cons and have the idea of ​​running away. How can he firmly restrain his soldiers in the forefront of the military? After all, he must rely on strict military discipline. The so-called strict military discipline is nothing more than generous rewards and heavy punishments. As the saying goes, there must be a reason for the heavy reward, killing generals, seizing flags, and climbing first. The rewards received in all dynasties have been extremely generous, and such generous rewards are enough to attract people.

But then again, this situation is a minority after all. Most of the time, someone still needs to be a meat shield to resist the strong impact of the cavalry. At this time, there seems to be no chance of getting rewards, and not everyone wants money and lives. What really makes soldiers dare not leave their posts without any circumstances is the harsh military law. Any army will basically die if they escape, and there is still a glimmer of life to fight for their lives. Even if they are killed, their families can still receive generous pensions. Therefore, under the stimulation and constraints of generous rewards and strict military law, soldiers can only absolutely obey military orders on the battlefield, no matter where they are arranged.

And usually, an elite force that has won many victories has strong confidence in defeating the enemy. For most of their career, they have never lost head-on collisions with the enemy, and even have caused extremely disparate casualties. Countless experiences have made them believe that as long as they remain sober and have never waver in their confidence in defeating the enemy, the enemy will definitely fail in the end, and naturally there will be no reason to escape.

In short, those who survived the harsh war tests, the new soldiers gradually became experienced elite soldiers with rich battles. Moreover, due to the uneven quality of the army, the commanders mostly arranged elite veterans with well-equipped and combat experience in the front row. Ordinary battles cannot make them shake at all. Even if they encounter a powerful enemy, the enemy will be very strong after fighting. Both sides are evenly matched. Experienced veterans understand that they can only hold on and hold on to the end until one side’s fighting will completely collapse. Once one side cannot hold on, the only ending in this case is to be unilaterally massacred by the enemy.

Therefore, the most likely situation in war is that one side will fight smoothly, because the defeated side will always use the new troops that are relatively rookie to fight against veterans who are already experienced in fighting. The result is only to help them increase their experience value and morale and have confidence. Of course, if a strong army suffers heavy casualties in a certain battle, it is easy to fall apart, because the core of the army is gone, the backbone veterans who can stand in the first row.

Of course, the above all, all professional troops who can be on the battlefield and kill the enemy, above the average level. But in countless wars of all sizes, many times the protagonists of the war are amateur players with no combat experience. They cannot accurately predict the outcome of the war, and may only judge the comparison of enemy and us based on the number of people, but vision can sometimes deceive people. The so-called allusion of the so-called "vegetables and trees" are exactly this principle. Generals who are good at using troops often take advantage of this.

Therefore, when Luo Datong found that an enemy had left the brigade and took the lead in launching an attack, he decided that they were the elite forces to attack the striker. Although the number of people was small, it often played a role in affecting the trend of the battle. If he succeeded, he could first climb the city, kill the generals and seize the flag, and gain a foothold, laying the foundation for the army to successfully capture the city; on the contrary, he only had to concentrate firepower to eliminate these dozens of people. No matter how many remaining enemy troops were, their morale would be affected and even disintegrated.

At present, the enemy attacked from two groups: one of them actively attacked, and it was inevitable to win; one side fought tepidly, and intended to restrain it. The main attack direction seemed to be clear, and Luo Datong decided to transfer the reserve team of the third regiment defending Ximen and Zhenshanmen to Ximen to enhance its defensive power, without using the brigade reserve team. Of course, in addition to considering the fact that the battle had just begun, there were also realistic considerations.

First, because the city rules of Changshu are low and the city walls are narrow, it is difficult for large troops to unfold. When using the commonly used triple-splitting, they will be frigid when changing formations, which will affect tactical actions; second, if the formation is too dense, it is easy to be fired by the enemy, increasing casualties. You should know that the Song army, which has changed the firearms, has eliminated armor, only wearing helmets and breastplate, and its defense power has decreased under the dense rain of arrows; third, the Song army has fully replaced firearms, and the only weapon used for close combat is the bayonet on the gun, and the bayonet is a triangular form without a blade, which is conducive to stabbing, but cannot be chopped, which is not conducive to close-fitting battles on the narrow city.

Another important reason is that the weapons equipped by the Song army are not conducive to destroying the equipment used by the enemy to climb the city. In modern film and television dramas, we often see that the defending side can easily push down the ladder and climbing pole used by the enemy to climb the city, and even a flying leg can kick the ladder into the air. The people on it screamed and fell to the ground, and they would not die if they fell to death.

In fact, this is not the case. Even the simplest ladder and climbing pole used to climb the city will be installed on the top of the head, and the blades are even made into jagged shapes so that they can firmly hook the gaps on the city wall when erecting. After people stand on the ladder, gravity is added, and the friction force increases greatly as the number of people increases. In this case, it is almost impossible for one person or several people to push the ladder down with bare hands.

Therefore, Luo Datong ordered all regiments to form a jumping team as a mobile force. The personnel must first be big and round waist and strong. After all, they are not weak. However, they are not equipped with muskets. The main weapon they are equipped with is a large axe or a support pole, with a ring-headed knife more than two feet long on the back, and ten grenades in the pocket around their waists and covered with iron armor.
Chapter completed!