Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1249 Diamond Bay Massacre ([-])

Just as the specialized combat engineers of Dashun surprised the British East India Company and the Bengalis in the siege of Fort George.

The Nanyang Colonial Corps, which has specialized in the tactical system of these military reforms, also quickly showed Jafar, who made a wrong decision and did not turn around and run away, a hand that stunned him.

After the battle on the left wing started, the Dashun Army, who had been marching like bastards before, and was huddled in formation, suddenly woke up as if someone had suddenly stuffed a spoonful of mustard into their mouths while half asleep and half awake.

The messengers did not spare any horsepower to fly between the various battalions, and quickly delivered the integrated orders of the staff department.

The infantry on the right wing quickly attacked the weak Bangladeshi infantry's position in the form of a column attack.

The recruitment battalion of Borneo Army Town, which followed on the right, completely replaced the role of the cavalry, and moved towards the flank of the Bengali infantry in the form of a marching column.

Of the four battalions of cavalry, except for one battalion as a reserve force, the other three battalions all mobilized.

From behind the left flank of the battle, maneuver quickly to copy the rear of Jafar's cavalry, or launch a charge on its flank.

A recruiting company of the Malacca Army Town in the middle, diagonally to the right to support the battle on the left.Another recruiting company served as reserve.

Two elite combat engineers, in a column, went straight to the junction of the British army and the Bangladeshi infantry.

This is not a command method for a large army battle, but a standard command method for assigning tasks with 5000 to [-] people.

The premise of this tactic is to ensure that the cavalry on the opposite side is already weak; the second is to ensure that each battalion can stand on its own, at least in a one-on-one situation without losing at all.

Theoretically speaking, by doing this, the entire front will be dismantled by itself, and there will be loopholes everywhere.But theoretical loopholes require an elite team capable of prying open loopholes, at least able to cooperate with fast and maneuverable infantry guns.

However, obviously, the opposite side does not have such ability.

The unfolding of the day before yesterday was still a standard tortoise shell.

But now, it's like a burst of fireworks.

It wasn't until this moment that Dashun's real advantages after years of military reform and specialization were revealed.

The battle between infantry and cavalry on the left continued.

The recruiting battalion of the Borneo Army Town on the right, according to the standard mobile formation of companies and columns, quickly inserted into the flank of the Bangladeshi infantry at a marching speed that had never been seen on the European battlefield before.

The Fang Dingfu soldiers in front of them began to advance with standard battalion and column tactics.

A battalion spread out in front.

Skirmishers were ahead of the companies.

Behind the wings of the battalion in horizontal formation came the remaining four battalions in direct formation.

The advantage of this tactic is that the company's firepower at this time is fan-shaped, so forming a battalion column to attack can reduce the obstruction of enemy infantry.

Relying on the battalion horizontal team deployed in the front row to fire several salvos, the battalion deployed in depth on the flanks can directly launch an attack and tear apart the opponent's defense line.

Of course there are disadvantages.

For example, the candied haws will be pierced by the opponent's superior artillery.

The problem is that the opponent has no superior artillery, and Dashun's artillery has an absolute advantage.

Moreover, the Bangladeshi infantry used matchlock guns, and their frontal firepower density was even worse.A standard brigade-level column in Dashun—that is, a battalion horizontal column with four or six battalion columns—the arquebus firepower that the battalion horizontal column bears on the front is equivalent to a flintlock company.

A 1000-man matchlock line is not the same length as a 1000-man flintlock line.

And the same 3000 people advance in a horizontal team, and the speed of advancing in a battalion column is completely different.

This can also be regarded as a special idea of ​​the Dashun military reform: wherever I can reach, my artillery must have an advantage.Whether it is Northwest, Western Sichuan, Southeast Asia, or colonies, Japan, Korea, Ryukyu, Annan, Burma... There is no place where I can maintain naval projection, and my cannons will be less than others.

Because except for the border areas in the northwest and southern Sichuan, as long as the navy can deliver, it must have command of the sea.There are no possible hotspots around the sea that have command of the sea but no artillery advantage.In Northwest and South Sichuan, where the navy cannot control, there must be more cannons than the opponent, because the opponent cannot afford cannons.

Therefore, under this special consideration, the column tactic that actually has shortcomings has become Dashun's favorite offensive method in the battle.

In short: Artillery superiority, mobility first, formation conversion first, emphasis on tactical cooperation with the largest brigade size.

Line-up shooting and side attack from large corps are the lowest considerations, because this is really a dragon-slaying technique for Dashun, and it is not necessary at all.

War is not a game of beasts, and Dashun may not be able to play such a fancy game on the European plain; or Dashun's skirmishers and cavalry cannons must not be able to withstand the charge of von Seydlitz's cavalry; or the British 110-gun sail warship One-on-one can beat Dashun's fast cruiser to shit, but Dashun doesn't even have a 110-gun battleship.

This may be true, but even if it is, it is a meaningless fact.The only land battle that Dashun could participate in on the European battlefield was the siege of Gibraltar; and it was impossible for Dashun's cruisers to fight British battleships, they would just grab ships everywhere in the Caribbean Sea.

This is Dashun's idea of ​​military reform and the specialization of the tactical system to avoid dragon-slaying skills.

Therefore, the Dashun army marched like a tortoise a few days ago, and its superior forces deployed but still looked like a defensive and counterattack tortoise formation. Once its real advantage broke out, the first wave of attacks tore apart the front of the Bangladeshi infantry.

After firing indiscriminately, the skirmishers in front approached the battalion in front of the Bangladeshi infantry, and fired a round of volleys behind the skirmishers.

Afterwards, the battalion, which formed a column on both wings, directly launched a charge.

It was like a hot knife inserted into lard.

The front of the Bangladeshi infantry was completely torn apart.

The battalion that rushed into the depths did not choose to pursue, but turned quickly at a speed that made the Bengali people dumbfounded, turning into horizontal formations facing the left and right sides, and swept towards the two sides.

On the right side of the front, two deep battalions had been deployed and continued to attack to the right.

The front of the Bengals is the battalion that is a horizontal line in the attack.

To the east of the Bangladeshi infantry was the Borneo recruiting camp that moved quickly through the marching column to the flank.

The marching speed of the Borneo recruiting camp is very fast, because they have basically been fighting by fast marching and rapid changes in Nanyang in the past few years.The messy battles in Nanyang did not give them the chance to shoot at each other.

Either they are being attacked by a wave of fanatical believers, or they need to quickly deploy on a narrow path. This kind of tactic of quickly maneuvering the flanks in a column is also the most suitable direction for them.

As a result, the Bangladeshi infantry on the right was wrapped in siu mai by the Dashun infantry without cavalry support, and the whole line collapsed.

Midline.

The recruiting battalion in Malacca Army Town was not there to support the battle between the left infantry and Jafar's cavalry.

Instead, it is covering the flanks for the left-wing infantry that has already deployed the phalanx, and guarding against the horizontal attack of the British infantry.

The elite combat engineers interspersed with the combination of the British Army and the Bangladesh Army have played their role as "generalized grenadiers".

After they inserted into the junction, they didn't care about the collapsed Bangladeshi infantry at all, but quickly launched a side attack on the British 102nd Bengal Battalion, which had already exchanged fire with the Malacca army town recruitment camp.

The way they attack is relatively simple.

Form, turn, flank salvo, throw grenades, and charge straight away.

left wing.

In fact, just like when Niu Er watched the battle for Siraj on the platform, Niu Er said at that time that when he saw that Clive's flanks were no longer attacking from all sides, he should stop fighting at all and run directly. It was the people on the flank who betrayed.

Sometimes the truth on the battlefield is really simple, and there are not so many miracles, so famous generals will shine in the long river of history.

The same is true of the left wing at this time.

In fact, when the first round of cavalry attack was directly smashed by Dashun's skirmishers and cavalry artillery, Jafar should no longer fantasize about rushing around the side of the phalanx.

At that time, it is time to leave the infantry and the British army behind, run away quickly, cross the Ganges, and regroup the team. Maybe there is still a glimmer of life, and maybe even negotiate with Dashun to save a way out, or pack up and run away elsewhere.

But he didn't. Instead, he had a glimmer of hope in his heart, thinking that he could continue to circle in a big circle, bypassing those disgusting skirmishers and cavalry guns, and attack the phalanx.

The problem is that his options are limited.

It's not that there are no cavalry on Dashun's side, but the cavalry is not on the two wings, but in the middle army.

So he can only circle from the westernmost side and rush into the phalanx from the west side.Otherwise, if you go around to the back, or go around to the east, it is very likely that your side will be crushed by Dashun's cavalry before the phalanx begins to charge.

And Dashun's three cavalry battalions didn't intend to rush sideways to help the infantry in the phalanx at all. Instead, they circled at full speed and circled to the side and back of Jafar's cavalry.

Although cruel, the fact is that, in Du Feng's view, Ceylon's Dingfu soldiers are worthless and will not affect the situation of the battle.Even if a phalanx is broken, the rest of the phalanx will be fine. The limit of the Bengal cavalry is to break through a battalion phalanx, which may be overestimated.

Moreover, even if a battalion square is dispersed, it will have no effect on the overall situation, and there will be no chain reaction.

His order to the cavalry was to maneuver in a large circle, and prepare to make dumplings, pursue them, and fight annihilation battles.

Jafar, who had already charged himself, did not realize that a huge danger had come at this time, because the battlefield was too chaotic, and he could not know the whole situation of the battlefield.

Now, he is still commanding the Bengal cavalry, facing the shrapnel bombs that explode above his head from time to time, and launching a full-scale impact on the opponent's formation.

And Dashun's cavalry had quickly rounded back to their positions.

At this point, the outcome of the war was already doomed. Dashun perfectly utilized its specialized tactical system after the military reform and used a large-scale offensive tactic full of loopholes to completely complete the encirclement of the British and Indian coalition forces.

In addition to this tactical deployment, before the launch of the previous offensive, Du Feng issued an order called "notorious" in later South Asian history books.

【This battle, the spoils of the battlefield are for personal use】.

There is nothing wrong with this sentence alone, and Dashun's army can't return the spoils to the public at all.

But in fact, the meaning of this sentence is to encourage soldiers to ... kill the enemy officers.

The cavalry on the Bangladesh side have the habit of wearing gold and silver.

And these cavalry, as a member of Jafar's betrayal and the basis of his rule, were naturally treated well.Those Bengali infantrymen made up the numbers, and these cavalrymen had high salaries and good treatment. In addition to their Muslim cavalry habits, they really had a lot of valuable small things on them.

The meaning of selfishness of spoils of war means that whoever kills it will belong to whoever pulls out the corpse.Who has money?Naturally, whoever is an officer has money.

(End of this chapter)