The three-by-three system is an infantry tactic mainly used in squad-level combat.
The core idea of this tactic is to divide an infantry squad into three combat groups, each consisting of three soldiers.
The three groups are arranged in a triangle shape to form a basic battle formation.
When attacking, there are usually two soldiers in each group located in the front for direct attack, while another soldier is located in the rear to provide cover and fire support.
The main advantage of this tactic is that it can disperse enemy firepower, reduce the danger faced by individual soldiers in areas with dense firepower, and at the same time improve the mobility and attack power of the troops.
The three-three system tactics first originated during the Anti-Japanese War and were widely used and developed in the War of Liberation and the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.
Of course, the offensive line displayed by the Jizhen Army Infantry Camp is still very different from the three-by-three tactics illustrated in later generations. However, because the combat team is arranged in two rows, the back row happens to be two rows in front. After a combat group, it seemed from a distance that there were many three-three teams attacking the mountain.
Although it was a drill, seeing this, Wei Guangde already had a general understanding of the combat power of the Ming army in Jizhen.
"Yuan Jing, how much training has Jizhen's army and horses completed?"
Wei Guangde asked.
"Lao Hui Ge, we have completed the training of three infantry camps, three horse camps and two vehicle camps. The newly mobilized troops are ready to form three supply camps, with a total of more than 30,000 people."
Qi Jiguang replied immediately.
"I remember you said in your report that you would prepare an army of one hundred thousand."
Wei Guangde turned to look at Qi Jiguang and said with a joking smile.
“At first, the general did have this intention, but with the taxes and levies from Jizhen and the allocation from the court, more than 30,000 people are already the limit that can be supported.”
Qi Jiguang replied somewhat dejectedly.
"Thirty thousand people is quite a lot. If the training is completed, will there be any chance of winning against one hundred thousand Mongolian cavalry?"
Wei Guangde suddenly asked.
"Yes."
Qi Jiguang was very confident in the combat effectiveness of his trained men. He really didn't think that the current Jizhen Army could not defeat the Mongolian cavalry.
If the Jizhen Army had only relied on barracks to resist the Mongolian invasion before, but after defeating the Duoyan cavalry head-on, Qi Jiguang became more confident. He believed that the soldiers he had trained were enough to sweep across the desert.
Of course, this is assuming the logistics can keep up.
The army he is training now not only has huge requirements for food and salary, but also has huge needs for gunpowder and cannons.
To be honest, if it weren't for Tan Lun's favoritism and support, it would be difficult for his Jizhen army to achieve its current results. This is because the training is too expensive.
Ordinary Ming soldiers just used spears or shields and swords. They stood in formation and waved them for a while, then changed a few so-called battle formations, and the training was over.
But every time Ji Zhen's soldiers and horses are trained, money will be consumed.
Not only the gunpowder allocated by the court was directly consumed, but also the lead and cannon balls, which all required silver to make. Once they were beaten, it was difficult to get them back.
In other words, bows and arrows can be picked up as waste and reused, but they won't save much money.
But at this time, of course he would not mention the large amount of gunpowder and other materials consumed by Jizhen Army training, as that would make himself uncomfortable.
Moreover, Qi Jiguang also played a trick here. He thought that Wei Guangde should understand the horror of Jizhen Army's consumption, otherwise he would not agree with him on the issue of setting up a supply camp.
But he didn't know that Wei Guangde was actually thinking about what the Western army was like in this era, and whether the Jizhen Army could defeat them if they were pulled out.
According to the news that Yu Dayou sent back from the south of the Yangtze River, he had seen the centipede ship of the Yi people in Haojing and a kind of naval gun equipped on the ship. They called it a cannon, which was a kind of lethal force against ships. A very large artillery, far more powerful than the large French cannons and bowl-mouth blunderbuss currently used on Ming warships.
According to Yu Dayou's description, this is a kind of artillery with a long barrel, thick wall, large caliber, and an overall shape that gradually becomes thicker from the muzzle to the stern. It is placed on the middle and lower plywood of Western ships. .
The kind of Western warships that Yu Dayou saw, it was terrifying that forty or fifty such artillery pieces could be crammed into them, and the number of cannons on one side could reach twenty or thirty pieces. This is the current warship of the Ming Army. Incomparable firepower.
And the naval warships, with Ming Dynasty's current Fu Chuan as the main force, cannot imitate the Yi people's practice of arranging such artillery on the sides, and can only install such artillery on the bow and stern.
Because the construction characteristics of Ming Dynasty ships were different from those of Western ships, if they were to imitate the layout of Westerners, it would probably cause the ships to disintegrate or even roll over.
For this reason, Yu Dayou hoped that the imperial court could allocate money to allow the Ming Dynasty's shipyard to trial-produce such warships.
Prior to this, the Ming Dynasty had experienced two wars with the Western barbarians, namely the Battle of Tuenmen in the 16th year of Zhengde and the Battle of Xicaowan in the second year of Jiajing.
The opponents of both naval battles were Portugal, which was in the sunset. The results of both naval battles were that the Ming Dynasty won.
But Wei Guangde also knew that the ocean at this time should belong to Spain, and the current empire on which the sun never sets should also belong to Spain.
Warships were no match for others, and Wei Guangde would certainly not let the Ming navy go out to die. Although it seemed from the previous naval battles, the Ming Dynasty still had a certain advantage over Western warships.
Thinking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't help but shake his head.
The navy can't compete with others, so why send that person overseas to grab territory?
Sink your warship directly on the sea, just to deliver food.
That's what he thought, but Qi Jiguang didn't know it. When he saw Wei Guangde suddenly shaking his head, he immediately became nervous, thinking that Wei Guangde was not satisfied with the drill of Ji Zhen Army and didn't believe in his 30,000 Ji Zhen army. If the army can defeat one hundred thousand Mongolian cavalry.
He glanced at Tan Lun next to him and looked over for help.
But at this time, Tan Lun had no intention of interrupting. He was still observing the unique formation line of Jizhen Army from a distance when they went up the mountain.
The infantry camp has already pressed forward, and the horse camp is not without action. It is also surrounding the hilltop from both sides.
The meaning is self-explanatory, it is an action to surround and annihilate the enemy on the mountain.
After the cavalry arrived one on the left and one on the right, the cavalry quickly dismounted and rushed to the front to form a battle formation similar to an infantry camp. There were only lonely figures left among the horses. The soldiers with horse ropes led the horses behind the battle formation.
Tan Lun couldn't help, so Qi Jiguang had to do it himself.
He urged his horse to approach Wei Guangde, and then said: "Mr. Wei Ge, our Ji Zhen army only has 30,000 people, and it will only be so big after the formation is completed, but don't look at the 100,000 Mongolian cavalry. Although there are many, it is impossible to release them all at once
If a hundred thousand riders charge together, they will be trampled to death. There are thousands of people.
Every time a team of ten thousand people launches an attack, with the firepower of our Ji Zhen army, we can easily defeat them
Even if we dispatch four thousand people. It can also be carried down if the human troops are besieging it, and the infantry camps are placed at the four corners, with the chariot camp and the horse camp arranged in the middle.”
Qi Jiguang then introduced to Wei Guangde the military formation he designed. All imaginary enemies were mainly Mongolian cavalry.
It’s no wonder that the Ming Dynasty, from the imperial court to the common people, regarded the Mongols as their strongest opponents. After all, they once dominated the Central Plains.
As for other surrounding countries, they don’t seem to care.
Wei Guangde was observing the formation of the Ming army. When he heard Qi Jiguang's words, he turned around and glanced at him.
Although I don’t know what he was thinking, I also know that it must be a misunderstanding, thinking that he looks down on Ji Zhenjun’s drills.
"Jizhen Army is well trained."
Wei Guangde said, "I don't mean not to believe what you said, don't think too much about it."
After saying that, Wei Guangde pointed to the front again. Jizhen Jun said: "If you go to Liaodong to garrison in the future, I hope Liaodong can also train such a troop." There are no outsiders here, so Wei Guangde will not be secretive, so he will tell the truth.
"Old man Ge shook his head earlier."
Qi Jiguang felt happy, but subconsciously expressed his worries.
"Haha, that's because I was thinking about other things and it has nothing to do with you."
When Wei Guangde heard what Qi Jiguang said, he just chuckled.
"If Mr. Ge has something unspeakable, you can tell him, and the general may be able to do it well."
Knowing that he had made a mistake, Qi Jiguang knew how to flatter him.
Shaking his head, he must be thinking of something bad or something difficult to deal with. Isn't this an opportunity to please Wei Guangde and bring the two of them closer?
"Haha."
Wei Guangde smiled at first, but then he thought it would be harmless to say it, so he said: "When you were suppressing the Japanese in Jiangnan, you should have seen the barbarians, that is, Buddha Langjiren, or The person is called Hongmaofan."
Wei Guangde knew that the Francois, as they were called in the Ming Dynasty, were actually Portuguese. He thought that because of their physical characteristics, they had deep eyes, long noses, red hair, and tall stature. This is what Hongmaofan said.
"Mr. Ge, Hongmaofan generally refers to the Yi people with blue eyes or green pupils, and those with cat eyes are the Folangji people."
Qi Jiguang had fought against Japanese invaders in Fujian and Guangdong, but he had met people from the West, and he was more familiar with them than Wei Guangde.
"Oh, there are classifications? The letter Dayou gave me only mentioned Folangji and Hongmaofan. I thought they were all the same type of people, but they were called by different names."
Wei Guangde He laughed at himself.
"They look almost the same, but their eyes are different."
Qi Jiguang smiled and said, "I wonder if Admiral Yu met the barbarians in Jiangnan and started a war?"
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"No."
Wei Guangde shook his head and said: "When you see the Yi people, you should also be able to imagine that there are vast lands overseas.
The Yi people come from places thousands of miles away in the west. There are continents connecting them, and most of these lands have been occupied by the Yi people.
According to Dayou's letter, these Yi people. The sergeants are well-trained and very powerful, so I was thinking that if your Jizhen army faced them, I don’t know who would be stronger and who would be weaker.”
“Mr. From what I have seen and heard, the Yi people are better at strange and obscene techniques. Their firearms are very ingenious and sharp. They also pay attention to battle formation training and coordination between queues.
But Mr. Ge also said that they come from thousands of miles away, and how many of them can reach my Ming Dynasty.
If we really want to fight with them, my Ming Dynasty will definitely win. "
Qi Jiguang's words are a bit flattering, but they are also a manifestation of political correctness.
"Unfortunately, the territories they occupy are all overseas, and it is difficult to reach them without sea ships. ”
Wei Guangde’s casual words indeed allowed Qi Jiguang to capture some of Wei Guangde’s thoughts.
"Is Mr. Ge planning to go to sea and capture the places that the barbarians have captured?"
Qi Jiguang accidentally said what he was thinking directly, and Tan Lun next to him was also confused when he heard their conversation. Attracted.
"Shandai, you don't really have this idea, do you?"
Faced with Tan Lun's inquiry, Wei Guangde smiled bitterly and said: "Whether you have such an idea, it is actually very difficult to realize it, at least not now. Possibly.”
“Why?”
Tan Lunqi said.
“Our sea-going ships cannot do it.”
Wei Guangde directly answered Tan Lun’s question.
For Qi Jiguang, he naturally answered when he wanted to, and just ignored him if he didn't want to.
But he really couldn't turn a blind eye to Tan Lun.
Therefore, Wei Guangde expressed his thoughts after seeing the Yi warships in the letter he received from Yu Dayou a few days ago.
“Originally, I was waiting for Brother Shinan to come back from Southern Zhili to discuss this matter with him and see if we could ask the Ministry of Industry to collect some money and try to build a Western warship.”
< br>Finally, Wei Guangde expressed his thoughts, "If we send troops overseas without strong water The division's fleet is not enough, and it is necessary to build ships and guns, which is very time-consuming."
"Can Mr. Zhang Ge agree?"
Qi Jiguang was thinking about Wei Guangde. He was planning, calculating the benefits and losses if he joined, but Tan Lun asked directly.
"Li Chengliang was excited to acquire eight hundred miles of Xinjiang, and he wouldn't object if he thought about it.
It's just that these lands are overseas, and I'm not sure about his attitude.
It's just that, Brother Zili should know about the Jiugang Xuanwei Division."
Wei Guangde could actually guess that if he directly told Zhang Juzheng that we would go overseas to grab land, Zhang Juzheng would most likely not agree.
But if Zhang Juzheng was told that we would go to sea to restore the Xuanwei Department in the old port, Zhang Juzheng might be more interested, so he would just nod his head.
But Wei Guangde didn't know that in a huge wooden house made of wood in Old Port, where the Xuanwei Department was stationed in Old Port, which he was still thinking about, a group of people were also arguing about their future.
"The king has been dead for more than four years. I think we should go back."
"Go back? Will the court not kill our heads?"
"I also want to go back, but I dare not."
"When the king brought us here, he chose this place to stay because it used to be the land of the imperial court. That's what it was."
"Jiugang Xuanwei Division."
"Yes, it is the Jiugang Xuanwei Division. We helped the imperial court regain the territory. No matter what, we should be forgiven for our sins.
These days Looking at the barbarian ships on the sea, I feel a little guilty, afraid that they will come. "
"Didn't the king tell them that we are officials of the Ming Dynasty, and this is the Xuanwei Department of Jiugang?"
Several people were talking about it.
These people are naturally the leaders of the Feilong Army who followed Zhang Lian and fled to the sea. It has been ten years since they went to sea, and they are thinking about returning home.
Some people want to go back, but more people are worried that they will be punished by the court if they go back, so they can't argue about whether to go or stay.
At this time, Zhang Lian had died in Old Port four years ago. No one wanted to sit in that position, so it was natural for several military leaders to discuss and handle "state affairs."
To this day, they are still worried that if the imperial court knows of their existence, they will send troops to attack, and whoever sits in that position will definitely be killed. (End of this chapter)