The opening of the Three Kingdoms is Gatling

Ma Dai wanted to say something, but was held back by Ma Chao.

"Shut up, if you have any dissatisfaction, wait until the military exercise is over, and then complain to the Lord about them."

Ma Chao glared at him and reprimanded him sharply.

Before the military exercise started, Hua Xiong had repeatedly appealed for orders. If there was any doubt about the referee's judgment, he could raise it afterwards.

But you must not interfere with the referee's work during the military exercise, otherwise you will be dealt with by military law.

Ma Dai had no choice but to say bitterly,

"Brother Meng Qi, what should we do now?"

The enemy didn't see it face to face, and half of the troops were directly lost. How can this battle continue?

"Scatter the troops first, otherwise if there is another round of bombardment, this battle will be impossible to fight."

Ma Chao quickly ordered.

Although he has never used artillery in actual combat, he also knows that if the formation is tight, the artillery will bombard him, and the loss will definitely be heavy.

It's just that as soon as he ordered the remaining infantry to scatter in all directions, the troops from the martial arts hall over there rushed up.

Six thousand infantry fighting against one thousand infantry, with one thousand cavalry and three hundred artillery, how could Ma Chao and the others be opponents?

After only holding on for a moment, the infantry position was directly dispersed.

With the wooden sword in his hand, Ma Dai chopped down a military soldier, who lay obediently on the ground and pretended to be dead.

He yelled at Ma Chao, "Brother Meng Qi!"

Ma Chao wiped the sweat off his face and looked blankly,

He just felt as if he was in the ocean, surrounded by enemy soldiers.

"Brother Yuan, where are they?"

Ma Dai asked loudly.

"I do not know either."

Ma Chao shook his head, his face darkened.

According to the normal situation, Zhang Liao and the others should be attacking the ribs of Jiang Wei's army at this moment.

But they were not seen at all.

In fact, Ma Chao and Ma Dai didn't know that Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were also facing difficulties at the moment.

Just when Jiang Wei was about to attack Ma Chao, the two of them had already mobilized their troops, preparing to flank the troops in the lecture hall.

However, as soon as their infantry set off, the enemy's cavalry troops came out.

Cavalry naturally restrains infantry.

If the infantry wants to fight against it, it is bound to form a formation.

But in this way, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun lost the initiative.

Through the binoculars Hua Xiong gave him, Gao Shun looked at Ma Chao's army, which had already been eaten away by half, and couldn't help but gasp.

"What kind of tactic is this?"

He couldn't help but lost his voice.

The rest of the generals also looked extremely embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, less than two hours after the start of the battle, Ma Chao's troops were trapped to death.

Are those officers in the martial arts hall really that powerful?

At this moment, a bolt of lightning flashed through Zhang Liao's mind.

He slapped the table and stood up abruptly.

"I know, I finally know."

Everyone was taken aback and looked at him suspiciously.

"Brother Yuan, what do you know?"

Xu Huang couldn't help asking.

"I finally know what my lord means when the infantry and artillery cooperate to fight together."

Zhang Liao said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, everyone was even more puzzled.

"Listen to me slowly. The so-called coordinated infantry and artillery combat means that multiple arms are united to give full play to their respective strengths."

Zhang Liao explained patiently.

"Take Boyue's attack this time as an example. Faced with the dense infantry formation under Meng Qibu, he chose to use artillery salvos."

"This round of salvo wiped out most of Meng Qi's infantry, and even destroyed the formation of his troops."

Chapter 285 New Tactical Ideas

"And we wanted to support Meng Qi, but were intercepted by the cavalry."

"This is multi-arms joint operations."

Zhang Liao's words made everyone fall into silence.

It was the first time they had heard of this novel tactic, and a thoughtful look appeared on their faces.

"Are we going to admit defeat in this military exercise?"

Gao Shun said softly.

"No, we're not ready to throw in the towel."

Zhang Liao cheered up and said solemnly,

"The most important thing now is to quickly gather the artillery units."

"exactly!"

Liao Hua suddenly realized.

Although they already knew the power of artillery, they still didn't know anything about how to use it in actual combat.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to disperse a thousand artillery pieces.

Jiang Wei's artillery volley just now can be said to have taught them a good lesson.

A few cannons alone are not powerful at all.

And gather all the artillery, and shoot down a round of volleys, inflicting great damage on the enemy!

But before Gao Shun and Liao Hua could give orders, Jiang Wei's troops that had wiped out Ma Chao over there had already started to kill them here.

"Boom, boom!"

After a series of gunfire, the referee made a casualty judgment.

Fortunately, with the lessons learned by Ma Chao, Zhang Liao had already issued an order in advance to disperse his soldiers.

Therefore, Zhang Liao lost only a few hundred people.

As soon as the gunfire stopped, the cavalry troops from the martial arts hall over there rushed over.

The loose infantry formation can't resist the fast charge of the cavalry at all!

Zhang Liao's forward troops were quickly dispersed.

Although he ordered Gao Shun, Xu Huang and others to fight back, it was a pity that the effect was not great.

After all, they lost more than 3000 troops in the battle just now.

This was the straw that broke the camel's back.

The cavalry in the lecture hall quickly divided the battlefield, and the follow-up infantry kept up with the stable position.

Zhang Liao's troops were constantly forced to retreat.

Although they did not appear to be defeated, the balance of victory has tilted towards Jiang Wei's side.

As the final main force was judged destroyed by the referee, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others had no choice but to raise the white flag!

"yeah!"

The young officers in the lecture hall cheered with ecstasy.

Sitting on the high platform, Hua Xiong saw the ugly Zhang Liao and others coming back, and said with a smile,

"Are you still looking down on these instructors in the Martial Arts Hall?"

The group of generals said nothing.

It took a while for Zhang Liao to recover from his defeat.

He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice,

"My lord, we are the ones who lost this time.

But even if we fail, we still want to lose.

May I ask where did we lose? "

Gao Shun, Xu Huang and others all looked at Hua Xiong.

No matter what, they couldn't figure out that they, who had been on the battlefield for so long, would be so easily defeated by a group of young people who had never been on the battlefield.

But they did their best in all aspects, but they still failed miserably.

"You lose in the tactical concept."

Hua Xiong said calmly.

Tactical idea?

Everyone was stunned.

"I gave each of you [-] artillery pieces, but Wen Yuan and you scattered the artillery pieces, so you couldn't exert the power of the artillery pieces at all.

On the other hand, Boyue and the instructors of the martial arts hall, they cleverly used artillery salvos to destroy your formation twice in a row.

This is one of them. "

"Secondly, your understanding of arms is insufficient.

In the past, the wars you participated in were only infantry and cavalry, but now there are new arms such as artillery.

The tactics used by Boyue and the others were to use artillery to suppress firepower and kill large areas, while cavalry charged quickly to divide the battlefield.

Finally, with the superior number of pawns, the battlefield was swept away. "

All the generals present were self-proclaimed as famous generals in the world, had read many military books, and personally commanded countless wars.

But Hua Xiong's words had a profound impact on them!

After the emergence of artillery, the previous tactical concepts have been turned upside down.

Only then did Zhang Liao and the others realize that they had become outdated on the new battlefield!

"The reason why I arranged this military exercise is to tell you that times have changed!

If you continue to command the war with the previous concept, you will only fail miserably.

Understand? "

Hua Xiong's words were like a heavy hammer, constantly beating on the hearts of all the generals.

They only felt the heat on their faces, and lowered their heads in shame.

They didn't pay attention to the instructors of the martial arts hall before, but they were defeated by this group of young people.

What a irony this is!

"Master, everything you just said, will there be teaching in the lecture hall?"

Zhang Liao said expectantly.

"Will do."