Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

For the battle to destroy the Song Dynasty, the so-called defeating the enemy without fighting is the greatest advantage of military strategists.

Suppress them economically and crush them militarily, and a war for reunification will break out.

The latest weapons developed include the Thor machine gun, which is based on a Gatling gun prototype.

The number of machines and state-of-the-art primer bullets are also being accelerated.

Within the location of Lin Chong's cavalry division, the cavalry division had just gone through a hard-fought battle and its vitality had not yet recovered. Su Xia and Xiong Hui naturally wanted to come here to inspect.

The newly transferred Jingdong Road war horses and other new cavalry of 8000 people have been added here.

Today, Su Xia will hold a flag-presenting ceremony for them here.

The Lin Chong Cavalry Division was officially renamed the Honorary Cavalry First Assault Division to show the utmost sincerity for the Lin Chong Cavalry Division’s contribution in the bloody battle with the Western Army not long ago.

The newly formed Lin Chong Cavalry Division is officially named the Honorary Cavalry First Assault Division. The division commander is Lin Chong. It has three cavalry brigades under its jurisdiction. Most of them are based on the fast-attacking Jingdong Road horses. It can be said that within an advanced speed of [-] kilometers, it is The fastest, hence the name Assault Division, with a total strength of more than [-] people.

A week later, the adjusted Huarong cavalry force was expanded into a cavalry corps. In addition to the Lin Chong Cavalry Division, the Western Army's reorganized cavalry units had smaller numbers than the brigade-level units (less than 1000 people). ) cavalry unit.

The designations of other original cavalry divisions remain unchanged and are unified under the command of Hua Rong. The Hua Rong Corps has a total of four cavalry divisions, each with a strength of 1 to [-] people. They are equipped with firearms and light Weiyuan artillery. Among them, Hua Rong The most elite cavalry division under Rong's command is fully equipped with crossbows.

In addition to Hua Rong, the heavy armored cavalry division of the cavalry force is a heavy armored cavalry division under Liu Guangshi's army (reformed from the original Iron Armored Army of the Western Army) and a light cavalry division. Of course, it also includes the original troops of the National Guard Army. Merge a combat division from the past.

His father Liu Yanqing commanded a cavalry division. In this way, in addition to the Zhongjia Army and other small cavalry armies, he had Lin Chong's Honorary Cavalry First Assault Division, Huarong's four cavalry divisions, and Liu Guangshi's two cavalry divisions. division, a cavalry division of Liu Yanqing.

The National Guard Army has a total of eight cavalry divisions, which does not include the cavalry brigades directly under Zhao Wenhui's regiment, the cavalry combat battalions under each combat division, as well as those stationed on Ryukyu Island and Danzhou (where today's Taiwan and Hainan Island are located). garrison).

As explained before, it was Sun Li, Li Dong and others who led the armies respectively. If Su Xia wants to destroy the Song Dynasty, they must first completely pacify these two places and build them up.

At the same time, he still has to wait for the diligent development by Li Gaosheng, Ma Xiaowu and others at the gunpowder factory.

He needs the most advanced weapons and the best warriors.

In the past few years, Su Xia had been holding back, especially the early covert operations and economic offensive that allowed Huaxia to develop rapidly.

Porcelain, ironware, grain output, and even foreign trade volume.

The rapid development of these economies has allowed the National Guard Army to develop more rapidly.

It has a population of more than 3000 million, a standing army of more than 30, and hundreds of thousands of garrison troops (adapted from the second- and third-rate troops recruited from the Song and Western Dynasties, and usually responsible for city defense and public security, somewhat similar to today's internal affairs troops).

Especially after the reorganization of the standing army, Su Xia already has the most powerful navy and the most advanced firearms army in the world in terms of overall strength.

The firearms team has a firearms combat battalion under each combat division of the standing army, equipped with [-] muskets and a considerable number of Weiyuan artillery of different models. However, it is difficult for such a combat battalion to face a large-scale enemy attack. .

Only the firearms corps of Ling Zhen and Jin Ming are the most powerful, with two complete firearms combat divisions under their jurisdiction. The so-called complete firearms combat divisions refer to armies that are all equipped with muskets, especially the musketeers, which are all equipped with muskets, bayonets, and heavy equipment. The firearms division has artillery, long-range attack rockets, and the newly developed Vulcan machine gun (Su Xia designed it based on the Gatling gun).

Everything is ready except for the east wind. Su Xia is waiting for the arrival of summer.

Three months later, in early May 1119, late at night, Su Xia's army, which had been preparing for several months, had already been waiting for a long time.

The Linchong Cavalry Division, which was reorganized into the First Assault Division of the Honorable Cavalry, is preparing to go out.

Tens of thousands of war horses have already been waiting on the campus. Among the dark crowd, it was only under the lights that it was possible to tell that this was an army attack. Su Xia wanted to use the mobility and impact of Lin Chong's cavalry division to quickly take advantage of the night. Once the attack is in place, take Bianjing directly.

Lin Chong walked in front of the army holding a Zhangba snake spear and looked at Su Xia, "Your Majesty, the cavalry brigades of the Honorable First Cavalry Assault Division are in position and ready to attack."

Su Xia nodded and looked at Lin Chong riding the war horse in the distance. The whole body was like black satin, shiny with oil, and the four horse hooves were as white as snow. It was called "Kicking the Clouds and Wuzui" and was given to Lin Chong by Su Xia.

Look at the dark cavalry divisions, all wearing lightweight and wide-brimmed hats. It was late at night. For this assault in the dark, Lin Chong's honorary cavalry assault division had been prepared a week ago, changing their routines day and night.

Su Xia raised the battle flag in her hand and handed it to Lin Chong, saying: "Brothers of the Honorable Cavalry Assault Division, we have been practicing for so long, just for today, I order to attack Bianjing!"

Lin Chong, the commander of the cavalry division who took over the battle flag, turned his horse and looked at the brothers, "The [-]st and [-]nd Cavalry Assault Brigade will attack from the front, and the [-]rd Cavalry Assault Brigade will attack from the rear! Attack!"

Thousands of war horses began to gallop, and their goal was to attack at lightning speed and take Bianjing directly.

Two hours later, outside Qingzhou Prefecture, a hundred miles away, four cavalry divisions of the Huarong Corps attacked from the same route. Two cavalry divisions from each route launched an attack along two routes including Daming Prefecture.

These two cavalry divisions, each with more than [-] men, paved the way for Lin Chong's cavalry division. In this way, the three armies formed a triangular formation and could attack along the road. If any road was attacked, they could respond to each other from a distance.

Almost at the same time, [-] Western troops, under the direct command of Zhong Shixiong, lined up in a long snake formation and also attacked Bianjing.

Liu Yanqing, who received the marching mission from Guangnan West Road, personally led an army of [-] people and headed straight for Changsha.

His son Liu Guangshi led his trusted elite armored army and two combat divisions to respond to his father Liu Yanqing's army from Guangnan East Road.

One day later, Zhao Wenhui's most elite Guards Corps, with more than [-] soldiers, also launched an attack from north to south.

Sun Xin led two other combat divisions to attack from Zhejiang and Fujian.

Several armies attacked at the same time, dispersed the attack response, and the target went straight to Bianjing.