I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Nanjing, East Camp.

There are 30,000 cavalrymen of the Wu army stationed here, as well as some other auxiliary soldiers such as raising horses.

The cavalry is indispensable in the battle of going north to the Central Plains, because there are too many plains in the north, which are suitable for cavalry combat.

Although they have a hollow phalanx, this does not mean that the cavalry is useless.

10,000 Qing infantrymen fought against 10,000 Wu army flintlock troops, and perhaps at most 1,000 Wu army could be killed or wounded.

However, 10,000 Qing cavalry troops fought against 10,000 Wu army flintlock troops. Even in a hollow square, the Qing army could kill two or three thousand Wu troops.

Cavalry is useless and stronger than infantry.

Moreover, not all of the Wu army were flintlock troops. It was a very dangerous thing for other cold weapon troops to encounter the Qing army's cavalry on the plain.

Moreover, the cavalry of the Qing army did not have to attack the hollow square.

Sneak attack on logistics lines, sneak attack on small units, attack artillery positions...

If the Qing army could use their cavalry flexibly, it might be able to decide the situation on the battlefield.

In short, the cavalry of the Qing army is still a combat force that Wu Changqing needs to take seriously.

In order to cope with the cavalry of the Qing army, Wu Changqing also transformed his cavalry.

The best way to deal with the Qing army's cavalry is to use cavalry to contend, the hollow square is too passive. As long as the cavalry of the Qing army did not rush into the formation, they would have nothing to do with the cavalry of the Qing army.

Compared with speed, no arms are the opponents of cavalry. Its powerful mobility can walk infantry like monkeys.

Therefore, taking into account comprehensively, it is still necessary to use cavalry to contend.

However, the cavalry of the Qing army were basically Manchus and Mongolians. They grew up on horseback and were good at riding and archery. It is not easy for the Han cavalry to defeat them.

For this reason, Wu Changqing specially compiled the training method of the wall cavalry, and asked Dong Tianbao and Man Dahai to train in this way.

Wall cavalry, in fact, refers to the cavalry in the charge, maintain a dense formation, the distance between the two cavalry should not exceed ten centimeters, like a wall.

This concept is relatively advanced. The current cavalry charge will maintain a large distance between the two cavalry. The cavalry in the front and rear rows will maintain a distance of several meters.

In this way, they can operate more space and be more flexible.

In contrast, the wall cavalry is actually very clumsy, and when a horse falls, it often trips another comrade.

However, the wall cavalry also has its unique advantages, that is, its tactics are suitable for farming people.

Because the farming people are generally not good at riding and archery, there is no skilled riding. Choosing to use a broad formation to fight against the nomads, compared with riding, and compared with personal bravery, is to use one's own shortness and attack the enemy's longness, which is equivalent to courting death.

However, with wall cavalry tactics, they don't need riding, making up for their biggest weakness. As long as you can maintain the formation, you can rush over.

Don't underestimate this seemingly silly tactic, but it's actually surprisingly powerful.

At least, the wide and sparse formation of the nomads is definitely not an opponent of the wall cavalry.

Because the density of the wall cavalry led to no room for the cavalry of the nomads, it was a simple and simple consumption. Their riding skills could not be used, and they lost their greatest advantage.

Moreover, because the wall cavalry is more dense, when the two sides are fighting, in a unit area, a nomadic cavalry often has to face several enemies at the same time.

This is quite deadly. Only the protagonists or important characters in film and television dramas can be one-on-two or one-on-one. Ordinary people need to concentrate fully on one-on-one, and they will be solved with one stroke if they are careless.

When one-on-one, someone behind or beside them gives a knife, they actually have no way to deal with it.

This numerical disadvantage is determined by the formation, not the total strength.

Even if they have the same number of hedges, it is useless. The wide formation will cause many of their cavalry to be on the periphery of the battlefield, unable to reach the enemy.

Cavalry who were able to reach the enemy were often besieged.

And this is the magic of wall cavalry.

This tactic not only makes up for the poor weakness of cavalry riding, but also takes advantage of it when fighting. Relying on these two points, wall cavalry once became the classic tactics of cavalry.

Of course, the wall cavalry is not invincible. If the Qing army is given time to understand and study this tactic, they can also come up with a way to deal with it.

For example, instead of making direct contact with the enemy, just shoot arrows from the edge, and then fly the enemy's kite.

Because the wall cavalry has to maintain the formation, the speed is slower than the wide formation, and a little bit of this slowness is deadly.

The Qing army can hang in front of them and continue to consume.

In short, there is no such tactic in this world that is perfect, as long as it is used just right, it can exert its power.

And this time, Wu Changqing was going to bully the Qing army again.

Just like bullying the Qing army with a hollow phalanx, the hollow phalanx is not invincible, but the Qing army still suffered a blood loss in this regard, because they did not understand the hollow phalanx.

The current Qing army must not understand the beauty of the wall cavalry, and will definitely collide with the Wu army cavalry head-on. At that time, it was time for the Qing army to vomit blood again.

"Knowledge is really important. I hope you will remember this, learn more, and keep pace with the times."

Wu Changqing said to Dong Tianbao and Man Dahai with a smile.

The general commander has no knowledge.

This is a very terrifying thing, just like the generals of the British and French allied forces in World War I lacked understanding of machine guns, and charged in the old way, as many as 50,000 or 60,000 people were killed by machine guns in one day.

And when they understand the characteristics of the machine gun, this loss can be reduced dozens of times.

"Follow the general's instructions."

Dong Tianbao and Man Dahai replied.

They all have a deep awe and fear of Wu Changqing in their hearts, because Wu Changqing knows too many things, and obviously he is not rich in combat experience, but Wu Changqing can always come up with some very advanced tactics and ideas.

For example, the training method of the first line of infantry, the hollow phalanx, and the current theory of the wall cavalry.

These seemingly simple and easy-to-understand theories are extremely difficult to discover first. Unless it is a veteran with a hundred battles, or a natural genius like Wu Changqing.

Dong Tianbao and Man Dahai both knew their weight and the gap between them and Wu Changqing, so they didn't have the slightest thought of disrespect, and they really didn't dare.

In their eyes, Wu Changqing is the kind of natural hero who is rare to see in a century. This kind of person may be the son of heaven.

It is a good thing for Wu Changqing that his subordinates have this kind of reverence, at least there is no need to worry about his subordinates rebelling.