Mystery makes me strong

Chapter 2754 People’s support
"Don't run!" a group of middle-level generals shouted.

The supervisory team stepped forward and began to kill the deserters.

For a moment, the deserters had bullets in front of them and swords behind them, so they could only flee to the left or right.

But there were cavalry on both sides to support the formation, and they would kill any deserters they saw.

Wen Rensheng nodded. This is what a normal battle is like.

The supervision team is an indispensable part.

Otherwise, people tend to seek benefits and avoid harm. When they encounter bullets or arrows, they will hide and will not want to rush forward.

Only a very small number of highly trained elite troops, with high rewards and clear goals, can overcome the fear of death, take the initiative to fight and achieve results.

At this time, the opponent has many tactics.

They did not attack the soldiers, but the supervisors who were rushing forward to kill the soldiers.

The advantage of a rifle is sniping and long-range precision strikes, which is epoch-making in terms of tactics.

The supervisory team also began to disintegrate.

Seeing the bad situation, the commander of the Gudian Chuang army, a general, immediately ordered his elite archers to move forward quickly, shoot arrows and suppress the opponent.

Archers are among the elite troops in the army.

Because training someone takes at least three to four years, or even more than ten years.

Horse archers and infantry archers both start as junior officers in the army.

They ran quickly from both sides until they were more than a hundred steps away from the enemy, and then they began to fight back.

And the other side will not just watch them rush over.

It's just that they were charging together with other soldiers.

After all, this is a muzzle-loading rifle, and the firing rate is five rounds per minute, which is very fast.

The average is 3-4 rounds per minute, and in extreme cases it can reach 5 rounds per minute.

The shooting steps are still cumbersome. First, you have to load the propellant, then the projectile, and then use a bullet pusher to compact it. Finally, you have to install the primer... Therefore, nervous soldiers often cannot fire and have to continue loading.

After the war, it was common to see people with four or five bullets in their guns that had not been fired.

Another thing is to throw the cleaning rod out...

In this way, the elite archers can sprint at least 300 meters in one minute, and they take advantage of the opponent's equipment to quickly close the distance.

As the distance shortened, the archers finally began to counterattack.

The arrows were like dense raindrops, spanning more than 100 meters and thrown towards the formation of the new army of traversers.

Although the musketeers were wearing relatively simple protective clothing, with conical hats and leather armor, the power of the arrows should not be underestimated.

The new army soldiers also fell in the rain of arrows, but the soldiers in the back row immediately stepped forward and filled the gaps.

Many Musketeers also began to tremble.

But the lower-level officers roared and forced them to line up with sticks and sabers!
"Think about the new land you have been allocated to your family!"

"Think about your new wives!"

When thinking of this, some people wanted to run away even more...

But they had become accustomed to fearing their officers more than death.

A time traveler commander who was wearing three layers of armor and sitting on a tall horse shook his head and said, "I said Lao Zhang is an idiot. He has a rifle, but he still wants to line up and shoot. I will shoot him when I get home!"

"Yeah, Lao Zhang is an idiot. He said that queuing and shooting is more efficient and a waste of our manpower. Obviously, we only need to send out a small team and use the dragoon kite tactics to kill these guys with almost no damage, but he insisted on doing this." Another commander laughed.

"Let's go back and beat him up together, saying that being a line soldier is the last romance for a man. They say that because he doesn't have to stand in the front row, damn it."

Amid these people's nonchalant ridicule, the lives of these indigenous soldiers were merely weights for them to test their tactics.

Line warfare is absolutely brutal.

It's even more brutal than a cold weapon battle with spears.

After all, the latter has a high survival rate with armor.

But the line soldiers were shot face to face, leaving it to fate. If they were caught, they would die.

The battle became more intense.

The two armies engaged in a brutal tug-of-war on the plain.

The soldiers of the Gudian Chuang Corps stopped their disintegration due to the restraint of the supervising team and the slowing down of the enemy's musket fire.

A group of elite troops, wielding spears and swords, rushed into the ranks of the new army.

Engaged in close combat with the musketeers.

The soldiers of the new army fought back with bayonets.

They also have the upper hand in hand-to-hand combat.

The nutrition, logistics and training of modern soldiers are incomparable to those of classical soldiers.

And the extremely long range gives them a variety of tactical options.

Some of the scattered soldiers were stationed on both wings, and they still used the long-range power of the rifled guns to carry out orderly shooting.

Focus on attacking the enemy's messengers and officers.

The battlefield was filled with smoke, and the sounds of shouting, gunfire, and metal clashing were intertwined together, forming a hellish scene.

The ground was dyed red with blood and corpses were scattered all over the battlefield.

Soon, the Gudian side could no longer hold on.

They suffered huge losses.

The most important thing is that they lost their elite soldiers, armored servants who had been trained for more than 10 years.

The other side only lost musketeers who had been trained for 1 to 3 months, and the muskets could be recycled after the war.

Because they are destined to win.

Wen Rensheng observed the battle quietly.

He shook his head.

The time traveler seems to have won, but it is only for a short time.

If they don't change their arrogant mentality, they are destined to be assimilated by this world.

This battle is not only a contest between two armies, but also a collision between two eras.

Although they are time travelers, the essence of provoking war has never changed, only the form is different.

The battle ended with the Gudian Chuang team's great defeat.

The general of the Gudian Chuang team fled first.

He abandoned his soldiers and officers, which caused them to curse and then surrender.

The latter happily accepted these new cannon fodder.

The biggest advantage of organizing musketeers is that they serve as cannon fodder and scum containers.

In the past, elite cold weapon troops had to be from good families.

Gangsters and rangers won't do.

The musketeers didn't care about that.

No matter who you are, you will be subjected to whips, sticks, and mechanically repetitive tactical movements, as long as you are not mentally retarded.

As for wanting to run away after entering the battlefield?
They were stuck together and moved in a line, with no place to run. There was no need to think or do anything extra, just move forward in line and shoot.

The significance of the musketeers was that they streamlined the war industry for the first time.

In the past, the whole country mobilized 30 people. If these 30 people were killed in the battle, they could never be mobilized again.

One is the material problem, and the other is the difficulty in training elite troops. Among the 30 troops, there are to elite troops, and it takes more than ten years to train and select them.

Li Zicheng’s failure is the best example. He rose all the way, but when his elite troops were all lost, he was chased and beaten all the way and could no longer train.

If they were musketeers, it would be fine. They could be sent to the battlefield in batches every three months.

As long as there are enough muskets, gunpowder, bullets and food, you can rely on numbers to consume the enemy.

Therefore, after entering the modern era, industrial countries with musketeers and large populations have absolute advantages and will not fail easily. At most, the battle will end in a draw.

The barbarians with a small population are no longer qualified to challenge the industrial countries with a large population.

The new army of time travelers won the victory, but the price they paid was not too heavy.

But Wen Rensheng knew that this battle was just the beginning.

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With the arrival of time travelers, the war in this world will become more complicated and cruel.

……

In a quiet courtyard.

Another group of time travelers sat around the stone table.

In the courtyard, ancient trees are towering with lush branches and leaves, providing a touch of coolness in the hot summer.

On the stone table was a pot of tea, several exquisite teacups, and several plates of snacks.

The time travelers were either sitting or leaning, with different expressions, but without exception they all showed deep excitement.

"Hahaha, it was a great fight just now. We only used 3000 people to break through their siege of more than people head-on."

"Okay, if it weren't for my cavalry blocking the gap for you, you would have been outflanked by the enemy!"

"It's because I'm strong in industry that I prepared Minié bullets and rifles for you in advance. Otherwise, how could you have achieved such a good result?"

"Your tactics are too rigid. You need to use the kite tactic."

"Fool, the kite tactic can only be used by naturalized soldiers. What a waste. They are all low-level officials. Use line soldiers. Those prisoners are collected and trained for a week before they can go to the battlefield."

"Two rounds of musket fire will crush the opponent."

But as they talked, everyone suddenly fell silent.

At this time, a young man took a sip of tea and broke the silence: "What's the matter, all the big guys? I see that you all seem to be a little overwhelmed recently. I wonder what the reason is?"

A middle-aged man in a green shirt sighed, his eyes revealing the accumulation of years: "Alas, Xiaoqiang, you don't know."

"Although we have traveled here and can change the course of events, we cannot escape the erosion of time."

Another time traveler, a woman who looked quite shrewd, took over the conversation: "Yes, we were once full of excitement and wanted to make a name for ourselves in this ancient world."

“But now, after years of fighting, we are about to get what we want, and even the whole world is before our eyes, but we all feel empty.”

"Yes, because we are destined to grow old."

Everyone was silent.

At this moment, they are like players of the Three Kingdoms game. After clearing the most difficult early stage and entering the middle and late stages where things are going smoothly all the way, they feel deeply bored.

"I understand how you feel, too."

“But there’s nothing we can do. We’re not here to cultivate immortals, but to a historical time and space,” the young man sighed.

"Yes, so we shouldn't fight in the war ourselves. We should choose to let our children bear this burden. What we need to do is to have more children, educate them well, and choose smart, wise, and strong-willed children." Someone else said.

"But the transfer of power can turn a father and son against each other."

The man in green smiled bitterly: "Alas, we don't have the secret of immortality, and time is not forgiving. Our physical strength and energy are not as good as before, and the children are in their prime, they have more energy to fight."

"Yes, we'd better train them, otherwise we will have no successors."

An older time traveler stroked his beard, a trace of regret flashed in his eyes: "We have also sought the art of immortality, but it is ultimately just a mirage."

“What we can do is pass on our knowledge and experience to the next generation so that they can continue our work.”

His eyes swept across everyone's faces one by one, and he could feel the helplessness in their words.

The seemingly powerful time traveler can crush his opponents, but he will still show weakness in front of humanity’s eternal rivals.

No matter how powerful an empire is, or how wise a king is, in the face of time, they can only reveal their bitterness.

Someone else sighed and said, "Do you really think that letting the children go to war is the best option?"

The shrewd woman sighed, "We have no choice. Our time has passed. Now is the time of the young."

“We can only hope they can do better than we did.”

The man in green shirt added: "We teach them tactics and strategies, and impart knowledge on governing a country. Tell."

"We hope they can inherit our will, but we also don't want them to repeat our mistakes."

Everyone was silent for a moment.

These travelers also have struggles and contradictions in their hearts.

They had been through the battle, and their initial enthusiasm for the crossing was rapidly fading.

Today, they, like Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, hope to enjoy a comfortable life.

But I am also worried about the future of myself and my children.

Someone slowly spoke up: "Have you ever considered finding a peaceful way to end these endless wars?"

The old man shook his head: "Peace? In this world, peace is a luxury."

"Yes, those feudal lords will only be eager to attack us."

"They can't stand our ideas. They just think that the orthodoxy doesn't exist. They can't accept that others are the same as them." Someone else shook his head.

"We can only try our best to maintain a relatively stable situation, but if we want to completely end the war, I'm afraid it's not something our generation can do."

"Yes, give up your illusions about them. Those old stubborn people, even if they are faced with more benefits, they will not give up even if they are asked to give up a little benefit.

"In the final analysis, they have formed a path dependence. They just hope that things like clan, land and imperial examinations will remain unchanged."

"Haha, these idiots, their stubbornness is simply unbeatable, especially those so-called young scholars, who are full of feudal ideas and only think about educating this and that, but never think that they themselves are the most stupid."

"Sometimes I wonder what they are thinking? It's obvious that their own methods can't solve the problem, but they don't want to learn from others." Someone else laughed.

Soon everyone abandoned the emptiness about the future and began to find challenges again.

That is the challenge to the human brain.

……

Wen Rensheng glanced at these people.

Obviously, the biggest conflict between these time travelers and the local indigenous people is that they want to put on a veil of ideology and gain benefits in a more gentle and covert way.

The latter, on the other hand, use bloody methods such as standing cages, sinking ponds, and clan practices to forcibly guarantee their status.

This is the most essential difference between the two sides.

In fact, both want to be the boss, but one advocates easing the pressure and keeping it secret, while the other directly uses Shang Yang's five techniques.

Obviously the former is more sophisticated and is destined to win more people's hearts.

This can be seen from the attitudes of the people at the bottom of the indigenous population.

(End of this chapter)