Chapter 4117: Military reform

Yuan Tan quickly explained the cause and effect clearly. There is nothing to say about the battlefield. If you win, you will win. If you lose, you will lose. You can tell the facts.

It's just that after writing, Yuan Tan stopped writing and started thinking. After a while, he dummied a few cases. He looked at Yuan Zhong who was beside him, thought about it, and said, "Uncle clan, go and invite You Ruo, we are here. Had to think about something else."

"Xiansi, it's already the second watch, why don't you work again tomorrow, you've been busy all day today." Yuan Zhong looked at Yuan Tan and suggested.

"The military system must be moved." Yuan Tan said softly, "This kind of thing should be informed sooner rather than later. Go and inform Youruo."

Seeing this, Yuan Zhong stopped talking, nodded and left quickly, while Yuan Tan sighed, looking at the empty cases, thinking about what direction to change next.

Soon Xun Chen came over in a white fur cloak, and the snowflakes accumulated on the glossy fur showed how big the snow was outside.

"This is the main loss of our battle against Rome for so many years. This is the report of this battle. If you are friends, please take a look." After Xun Chen took his seat, Yuan Tan handed everything in his hand to Xun Chen. Xun Chen just took over and glanced at it, then frowned slightly.

"Master wants to use the military system?" Xun Chen understood Yuan Tan's thoughts almost instantly.

"I'm afraid it won't work, we have suffered too much from the archers." Yuan Tan sighed, "The huge loss this time, even if Zhang Zhenxi was trapped in the camp and could not escape, but the sound of shooting The failure of the battalion to complete the tactical strike is also a very important point."

Xun Chen nodded. He knew the soldiers. Don't look at the fact that he is mainly in the rear, but if he really wants to go to the battlefield, he is no worse than Xu You and Shen Pei. It's just that the situation forces him to sit in the rear.

Although Zhang Ren did not penetrate the Macedonian front, it was indeed the biggest problem compared to the previous one, but considering that this time it was a Roman snow night, the Han army made a mistake in judgment from the very beginning, which caused Zhang Ren to find that the Macedonian front became extremely difficult. When the time comes, it is impossible to turn around and rearrange the front.

To be honest, this is really Zhang Ren's problem. Zhang Ren beat Macedonia and crushed it every time. When he found that Rome was riding a face and raiding the camp in the snowy night, Zhang Ren's head-on attack was a very reasonable operation. The only problem That is, the operation is correct, but there is no penetration, and because of the camp problem, there is no way to turn around and intersperse from the side.

In the end, I could only bite the bullet and attack hard. As a result, Sui Yuanjin, who was covering the rear, was killed on the spot by an intuitive shot. Zhang Ren directly sat on the wax. Anulinus himself proved his strong luck in the official history. Maybe the storm will hit the opponent together...

Coupled with the luck of the fourth eagle emblem, after blooming, it is called a perfect match. From time to time, there are occasional unexpected effects, and Zhang Ren's rhythm is disrupted.

Therefore, Yuan Tan didn't have much to say when he saw the battle report. Zhang Ren's judgment was correct. If it was a normal Fourth Eagle Legion, Zhang Ren would definitely be the best thing to do.

Judging from the follow-up situation, although Zhang Ren made a mistake, and the combat effectiveness of the cavalry was not completely raised, he did not lose the battle directly. Half of the reason for the failure was the turmoil in the rear front.

"Does the lord mean to increase the number of archers, or to reduce the number of archers?" Xun Chen asked a very strange question. In theory, since the archers are not strong enough, they should increase the number of archers, but Xun Chen asked a very strange question. There will be another option in the query.

"Cut out the sound of shooting and Changshui." Yuan Tan sighed and said, "Using General Zhu's crossbow shield guard, the survivability of the archer is too poor, and precision does not make much sense for coverage strikes. In the future, conventional bows and arrows are not meaningful. The hands are not incorporated into the legion structure, only as an auxiliary."

"Can't keep up with the times? Ruishi hasn't been eliminated yet, but archers are eliminated one step ahead." Xun Chen said with a sigh.

"No way, we are fighting a pioneering war. Most of the time, the number of people who can reach the battlefield is less than that of the opponent. Duizi can only lose." Yuan Tan said with a little depression.

Whether it is a dual talent or an archer of the Imperial Guard level, as long as there is no talent correction, the armor that can be used can basically be shot through by ordinary archers.

In other words, you have practiced a bow and arrow army for ten years, with an attack power of 10,000 and a defense power of 500, while someone else randomly organizes a bow and arrow army. After half a year, the attack power is 600, and the defense is 100, which is also one-to-one with you. .

So that in the era of enhanced talent, the archer has become a nearly expendable arm, and the most taboo of the external battlefield is the war of attrition.

Because it can’t be used up, fighting on the mainland, a country with a population of tens of millions, losing hundreds of thousands of people is not fatal, but fighting across thousands of miles, the total force you can invest may not be hundreds of thousands, so it is necessary to fight externally. The purpose is to effectively kill the enemy, not one to one.

"Although the sound of shooting and Changshui are good, their positioning is still to defend the capital, as well as special legions to suppress rebellions, etc. The battle of the empire, the so-called archer legion, forget it, it still depends on cavalry and infantry." Yuan Tan felt that he understood that when the history books fought against the Xiongnu, in the end, the Han army only had crossbow-wielding cavalry, crossbow-wielding infantry, and all-around infantry, and basically no archers.

"Do you want to develop heavy crossbows?" Xun Chen nodded, "This requires technology, even if it is a shield guard, if you want to ensure survivability, you can only use small and medium-sized crossbows, and the power of small and medium-sized crossbows is very powerful for some people. Top tankers aren't deadly."

"This requires technology, and Chang'an is also developing. From a certain point of view, Chen Zichuan's vision is indeed very good. Speaking of which, what is the current situation of their Yuan Rong crossbow? I think this is suitable for front-line soldiers as a melee weapon. The use of the face is very good." Yuan Tan said blankly, he wanted to prostitute from Chen Xi.

"No, the cost can't be suppressed." Xun Chen shook his head and said, "More than 10,000 handles were produced, and then production was stopped for technical improvement. As a result, after the weather changed, the master had other tasks, which have now been put on hold, but Chen Zichuan It is indeed beginning to transition to the crossbow machine."

In fact, it's not that Chen Xi is overdoing the crossbow machine, but that the use of bows and arrows is too troublesome, and the mortality rate is too high. Chen Xi has to calculate the cost of personnel, so he gradually equips the front-line heavy infantry with a standard weapon such as the three-bow crossbow, and then gradually eliminates the archers. .

After all, strong crossbowmen don't need much training. Pick up strong crossbows and use them with a little training, while archers need a lot of training, and they are easy to lose when shooting against each other.

In fact, it can be seen from the military equipment records of the official history that the demand for bows and arrows in the Han Dynasty was far less than that of cavalry and strong crossbows due to the large-scale external combat needs. , Arrow 1199316.

Basically, the comparison between crossbow and bow and arrow is about ten to one. This actually shows that after the Han Dynasty experienced a large-scale foreign war, it clearly realized the limitations of pure archers in foreign wars. It is better to equip infantry and cavalry. Crossbows, let these people strike freely.

Even if there is no such thing as talent enhancement in the official history, the archer is also a high offensive and defensive low for the archer itself. Since the armor-piercing infantry can kill the opposite archer with a strong crossbow, why form a pure archer Legion.

Even Danyang elites with particularly strong bows and arrows are essentially all-around infantry, and bows and arrows are only a more effective auxiliary means for Danyang soldiers.

After thinking about these things clearly, Yuan Tan finally gave up the high-level shooting sound and long water, and instead planned to build a strong crossbow assembly line, equipping the front-line infantry, cavalry, etc. with a strong crossbow. Of course, Yuan Tan is the ultimate The idea is to equip each soldier with a Yuan Rong crossbow.

As for the relatively professional archers, they were replaced by the crossbow shield guards created by Zhu Jun. Anyway, they were comparable to double-talented archers, and they were almost enough.

Besides, the survivability of this thing is far stronger than that of ordinary archers, and it is also a full-armor infantry, but it is much more durable than archers, and even if it is approached, it can continue to fight.

"Chen Zichuan actually has a time to consider the cost? Forget it, it's better to use the strong crossbow we often use. The big deal is to prepare two for each person." Yuan Tan heard Xun Chen's words, and directly put himself in the middle of his birth. The thought of coming out was snuffed out.

After living for more than 30 years, one of the most terrifying things Yuan Tan has ever seen is Chen Xi's unlimited resource hanging, and now Chen Xi, who is driving unlimited resources, said that Yuan Rong crossbow was too expensive, Yuan Tan instantly felt bad for Yuan Rong. The crossbow lost interest, and Chen Xi said that it was expensive, but how expensive would it be.

In fact, it is not very expensive to say that it is expensive. The reason why Chen Xi sealed this thing is that it has too many spare parts. Even if it is on the assembly line, the process is very troublesome, and it requires too many manpower. How to say the combat power it can bring Woolen cloth?

This thing has a great bonus for ordinary elite soldiers, and it is actually an assistant for the top veteran soldiers. It is enough to use a single arrow strong crossbow like the Xiliang iron cavalry. The ten bursts of Yuanrong crossbow are good for those A guy who can't be beaten is basically incapable of being beaten to death.

Chen Xi originally positioned the Yuan Rong crossbow as an ordinary recruit who could kill dual talents. In the end, this thing was mainly used for self-defense at the level of Jia Xu. The gap was too big, and the input-output ratio was really a bit. embarrassment.

On the contrary, the large-scale Yuan Rong crossbow after the transformation has a normal input-output ratio. For the small crossbow that can be folded and stored, Chen Xi stopped production after making more than 10,000 handles. The actual benefit is really too bad. As for production The number of Yuan Rong crossbows that came out was too small and the spare parts were insufficient, so Chen Xi was not embarrassed to issue them.

But this time to go to the Ganges, Chen Xiqing remembered to bring these Yuan Rong crossbows when he stocked up, and issued a Yuan Rong crossbow to every veteran who went to the Ganges, and the rest were dismantled as spare parts, there was no way. When you go to the battlefield, don't expect your things to not break.

Ma Chao's weapons, after all kinds of special training, are very powerful, but they are still broken when they should be broken, so if you really go to the battlefield and have spare weapons, it is best to prepare more if you can.

"I also suggest using an ordinary strong crossbow. If you can't, you can add two more." Xun Chen nodded. After he received Chen Xi's decision to stop production because he thought it was expensive, he was completely concerned about Yuan Rong. The crossbow lost interest, and Chen Zichuan thought it was too expensive. How expensive is it? If it's scattered, it's better to use something else.

"In this case, we will build a strong crossbow production line here. It happens that Shufan needs a lot of logging next year, so we will not be short of wood." Yuan Tan thought for a while, extinguished the related ideas of Yuan Rong crossbow, and then replaced it with a normal crossbow. 's crossbow.

"However, in this case, we'd better determine the load of the soldiers, simplify the parts of the strong crossbow, and move the entire production process to the assembly line, and the crossbow machine is from small to large. Next, we will build a permanent camp in Eastern Europe, and the arrow tower is indispensable. ." Xun Chen thought very far.

"Let's produce three kinds of crossbow machines, a single-shot strong crossbow directly carried by regular infantry and cavalry, with about 20 crossbow bolts, and a crossbow machine used by shield guards, with ten crossbow bolts. This is a kind of heavy crossbow used in the arrow tower, and we only need these three." Yuan Tan's method is very clear, he knows what he needs and how to deploy it.

"Have you given up the three-bow crossbow?" Xun Chen asked in confusion.

"In pursuit of power, one shot of super powerful power can't kill you, and three shots of ordinary power are useless." Yuan Tan said with concern, Xun Chen nodded, the reason is such a truth.

"If it's an arrow, I'm afraid it needs to be redesigned." Xun Chen said with a bit of sigh. This kind of thing looks simple, but it's really a lot of things, and it needs some veterans who have experienced the battlefield to personally verify, and then comprehensively evaluate the cost. and kill.

"Let's leave it to you. Although the sound of shooting and Changshui are good, they are not suitable for us. The meaning of accuracy in the current battlefield is probably beyond the line of sight." Yuan Tan looked at Xun Chen with a depressed expression.

The Yuan family is also preventing BVR. At present, there are only two optimal solutions to improve the survivability of archers, one is to cover the strike with heavy-armed archers, and the other is BVR.

The former has basically been abolished, because in this era of heaven and earth, archers have no talent to support, and the heavy equipment that comes with their physical fitness is of little significance for archers of the same level, while the latter can be said to be the best. choose.

"If it is beyond the line of sight, we must keep one as a deterrent, let alone a conventional archer." Yuan Tan finally established the tone of Yuan's military system.

Of course, keeping the over-the-horizon archer corps is not for the sake of going to the battlefield, but to be eligible to counterattack when the opponent strikes them.

But generally speaking, this thing is like nuclear binding. If you have me or not, it will definitely be finished. If you have and I have, then generally neither side will use this kind of attack method. The meaning of this thing is to deter.