Chapter 3801: Loma Corps

Rome, outside the city. Li Fu is looking at Rome's traditional military formation with a telescope. Their infantry tactics seem to be very advanced.

The appearance of the musket surprised the Romans, thinking that they discovered that the bullet of this musket could be traditional their shield and armor within a certain distance, and their short swords could not form an effective attack, which made them feel very much Terror, the most terrifying thing is artillery. The threat of artillery has caused unprecedented panic and crisis in their Roman infantry army. In Rome, some parliamentarians and military officers have begun to call for reform. They believe that the military formation should be more flexible, rather than conservative, but Rome has not yet had a strong consul to make such a change. They can only make small adjustments. For example, the current Roman military formation is such a situation. They seek a balance between traditional and new military tactics, but in Li Fu's view, this is the worst compromise. And this kind of concession puts the Roman Legion in danger. Because their formation looks. nondescript.

They kept the shield, which was a tradition of them, as Scipio introduced. Roman soldiers like to use javelins, daggers, and shields to cooperate with each other in combat. In this case, they seem to have made great progress, but the gun can solve all the problems, plus the use of artillery. One cannonball can destroy a centurion team in Rome. This loss is too cruel for the Romans. Because of the use of short swords and shields, we must rely on dense formation to solve the problem. Such a formation is simply the biggest damage to the artillery, so the Roman formation is very problematic.

"How?" Scipio asked Li Fu. They need to stay here for a while before they can move to the front line to Spain. Before, he needed to let Li Fu make a correct and objective evaluation of Rome's military power.

"Very bad. Terrible." Li Fu commented.

"Oh. It's a bit unexpected, I want to know. After all, those are still very bad." Scipio asked. For such an evaluation, he was very surprised. In his opinion, this situation is already their best tactic for reform. But what I didn't expect was that their situation turned out to be like this.

"Well, first of all, your infantry. The current lethality of artillery is gradually increasing. Not only artillery, machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles are increasing in range. If new rifles are used, those bullets can not only penetrate soldiers. The shield may kill the soldiers behind, and the formation is so dense, it is simply a massacre. Although I agree that the shields you use, the gladiators, and the musketeers are very cleverly matched together, but in the artillery In front of them, they are too fragile. They can't resist the output of the other party's huge firepower at all. This situation will undoubtedly increase the results of your crazy massacre." Li Fu said. Scipio nodded. For the machine gun, he knew that there was such a weapon, but Loma didn't have it. As for the Carthaginians, he didn't know whether he was equipped with such a weapon.

"There are also cavalry units. Your cavalry units are temporary. They are all mobile forces, but I have not seen at all. The situation on the two wings of the battlefield will be destroyed to a large extent. In such a situation It is very difficult for you to guarantee the safety of your infantry regiment. So, in my opinion, this situation is very bad. It is terribly bad." Li Fu said.

"How can we improve?" Scipio asked such a question.

"I see that your soldiers are strictly disciplined. This shows that they have a good sense of obedience. This is a very good place. I think the skirmish formation is more suitable for them, that is, they need to dig trenches for defense. Arranging skirmish lines, this kind of combat method is more conducive to the flexibility of soldiers' combat effectiveness. Shields are eliminated. Soldiers use rifles and pistols on a large scale while building engineers. The most important thing is that artillery, even if the artillery is too bulky, It’s much better than nothing. So, I suggest you build a more professional artillery team. This is a future trend.” Li Fu said.

"A special cavalry unit will be established, right?" Scipio asked.

"Yes, only in this way, the Lockheed Martin Army will have a better development, otherwise, it will be difficult for them to have a greater role. Believe me, I think it can be done." Li Fu said.

"But I'm just a low-level young officer. I still can't hold power and can't change these. I can only change my centurion team, but I can't change the larger team." Scipio said helplessly. This is the status quo of the Roma people. They are in a period of great change. However, the senior military officers and politicians who hold the center of power cannot make such a response, and they have carried out such military reforms absurdly. In front of the strength represented by the technology, all this is so weak.

"Well, we can only do it step by step, but I hope that before we meet a real opponent, I hope that such a situation will not arise. This situation will cause a lot of pressure on us. This is definitely not We hope that the result of that consideration." Li Fu said worriedly. He doesn't know if such military reforms can be made in time. If it is really too late, it may cause heavy casualties for the Loma people, and whether the Loma people can bear this price. This is not something he can consider.

New Carthage City.

"Except for the cavalry troops to attack when necessary and necessary conditions, most of the rest are used for flank fire shooting, especially the emergence of machine guns. Your cavalry troops just lure, reconnaissance, and then attract the opponent. , Using the flank firepower of the machine gun to strike the opponent, in this case, it will cause the opponent's heavy casualties, and then the cavalry unit will use its mobile advantage to return and kill the opponent. This is the role of the cavalry." Li Wei did some simple things. Tactical explanation. The era of cavalry charging in front of infantry on a large scale is over. The Shazhou cavalry is still using such old tactics. What they encounter is a rigid unit like Aiji, but if they encounter an equal opponent, their losses will reach an astonishing level. This is a trend of the times, a state that no one can change.

"Sir, when will we be able to equip machine guns?" a cavalryman asked. His Zhongyuan words are still not out, at least it can make people understand what is going on.

"Maybe it will take some time, maybe soon." Li Wei said.

"I want to discuss something with you." At this moment, Hannibal looked at Li Wei with some letters and said.

"Well, do it yourself, I still have some things." Li Wei arranged. Then walked with Hannibal to discuss some things.

"There is good news. A communications company in your Zhao country has found our commander in chief. He said that we can build a cable, so that our communication problems can be solved. The commander is willing to spend more silver coins to buy this. Communication equipment. But they need to expand as soon as possible." Hannibal told Li Wei such good news.

"Well, that's good, at least we don't have to wait a long time anymore. We will get more support in terms of information response. This is indeed good news." Li Wei said.

"But there is still bad news. Our Senate made a stupid decision. They levied unreasonable business taxes on your Zhao State businessmen. In this way, they can increase their fiscal revenue and protect their own. Benefit. This is a very stupid decision." Hannibal regretted to tell the other party such news.

"What?" Li Wei couldn't believe that there was such a thing.

"Yes, that's what the latest letter says. Although some of the veterans objected to this kind of thing, it turned out to be the case. We can't let this happen anymore. So, we must do it. Something, otherwise, once Zhao Guo reacts irrationally, the situation will be very bad for us. We can't watch this situation continue to happen, and our situation will be even worse. This is for us. It's the hardest thing," Hannibal said.

"I also have no way to solve such a problem. This is really bad for us." Li Wei said in an unbelievable way. This news is difficult for Li Wei to accept, because taxation means that the diplomatic relationship between the two countries is destroyed. Originally, Zhao planned to develop this market, but the taxation would aggravate such obstacles. And the situation in Carthage is not very optimistic. They need to import more new-style products and accept new foreign cultures, and they are anxious to increase taxes. In this case, it means that they must simply protect their own interests. This is a typical trade protectionism. They consider It is their own market, not the integrity of the entire market. They simply cannot guarantee that such a situation will last.

"I discussed with the commander-in-chief and decided that we should do something, or we can let your products come to us, or that we can solve more problems. So that we can have better development." Hannibal said.

"Well, that's the only way for now. I can't say anything yet. After all, this requires our domestic response, but they will certainly not be willing to accept such a situation. This is very unfair." Li Wei said To.