Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 475 The Glory of the Cavalry
After discovering the strange behavior of Zhang Xiu and Zhang Liao, Lu Bu decided to talk to them separately.

After all, Zhang Xiu was a junior who was mentored by Lu Bu when he was in the Xiliang army. He was once considered by the outside world to be the "Lü Hou party", and Zhang Liao was not to mention a good brother who grew up with Lu Bu.

Lu Bu knew that he was not an eloquent person, but he felt that he could persuade these two people.

First, Zhang Liao was found, still in his own house.

It seems that because Lu Bu has been in charge of the center all year round, while Zhang Liao has been leading troops away for a long time, the two of them have rarely drank alone in the mansion in the past two years.

As soon as Zhang Liao entered the small pavilion and saw two pairs of bowls and chopsticks behind the table, he knew that Lu Bu was looking for him alone and didn't even call Gao Shun, so he vaguely knew what the other party was going to do!
Lu Bu did not come up to talk in detail, but instead began to reminisce about the past with Zhang Liao while drinking wine. They started talking about the time when Li Su was still here, when they wandered around Bingzhou together...

Even after drinking, there were some reasons why Lu Lingqi had recently gotten married and had a child, which made Lu Bu think about it a lot, and even took the initiative to talk about Mrs. Yan's affairs.

In the end, Zhang Liao couldn't help but said: "I'm the one who got into trouble... If I can be a cavalry general and usher in a peaceful and prosperous era, I will be a cavalry general; if I can be a musketeer general and usher in a peaceful and prosperous era, I will be a musketeer general." !”

"Hahaha, Wen Yuan is more than just a looker, he's really over the top! Who said that cavalry will be useless in the future? What are the ships of grain sent to Liaodong and the horses brought back from Liaodong for?" Lu Buwen Yan laughed.

"But... once the Qi bullet crossbows and artillery are released, even the plate armored cavalry will not be very effective!" Zhang Liao said with some reluctance after hearing this.

The plate armored cavalry satisfied all the fantasies of the cavalry generals, including Zhang Liao, about heavy armored cavalry.

"Perfect" defense, lighter than chainmail, and even backed by the Chu State's industry...it's not even a high cost!

Originally, Zhang Liao thought that the heyday of heavy cavalry was coming, and that he could lead the Chu armored cavalry across the battlefield, killing generals and capturing flags...

It's a pity that this "prosperity" is too short!

Even plate armor can't protect the cavalry at all when facing artillery. At most... it will weaken the speed of artillery shells more when it is used as a meat pad?

When faced with the Qi bullet crossbow, Zhang Liao also tried it. When the angle and position were just right, he could "unload" the bullets of the Qi bullet crossbow to the side. Although it was not uncomfortable to be shot, it would not be too serious. Serious injuries.

However, once the angle is not good, or the distance is too close, and the shot hits a weak point, the plate armor cannot stop the crossbow bullets!

To completely block bullets, the plate armor needs to be strengthened to the point where it is difficult for horses to carry it and for soldiers to move.

The same is true in the running group in the martial arts hall... no, in the battlefield simulation.

If the plate armor hits the crossbowman head-on, it is only equivalent to reducing the opponent's hit rate to the original 40%, and it can ignore the bullet's ricochet damage - it is better to switch to light cavalry, at least it can get closer to the opponent faster!

The enhancement that Chu Jia brought to the cavalry was directly obliterated by crossbows and artillery, and it returned to the starting point...

"Of course plate armored cavalry can't do it. Heavy cavalry has many flaws. Otherwise, how could the hard drive be sold to that Cao Ah Ma so easily?" Lu Bu said disdainfully.

Indeed, everyone can see this!

Originally there were generals who wanted to respond to the king about the issue of plate armor not being given priority for export. However, after seeing the crossbows and artillery, no one mentioned it.

Plate?

Replace it with iron ore, copper ore, tin ore... wouldn't it be nice to make cannons and crossbows?What plate armor do you want?
No one mentioned this in the end...

"Then..." Zhang Liao hesitated to speak.

"Heavy cavalry is not suitable for future battlefields, and pure cavalry armies like the Qiang and Huns have little development prospects, but don't forget the true meaning of cavalry to the Chu State!" Lu Bu reminded.

That's right, for the current Chu State, cavalry is not used to fight alone.

After all, how many war horses are there in the entire Chu Kingdom?Most of them were shipped back from Liaodong!

The number of war horses determines that the greater role of cavalry is to support other armies, just like the Song Dynasty in history...

Although the Song Dynasty was dominated by infantry and was suppressed by the northern regime in terms of cavalry for a long time, the Song Dynasty's front-line army would include at least a few hundred cavalry - not for group charge, but for reconnaissance and roundabout response.

Hearing this, Zhang Liao had a thoughtful look in his eyes. In fact, he was fascinated by the plate armored cavalry before, and his mind was full of cavalry pushing horizontally, so he felt a little disappointed.

Of course, on the other hand, it was also because this was Zhang Liao - he felt uncomfortable if he was not allowed to charge with the cavalry!

In Zhang Liao's eyes, the cavalry should go straight into the enemy's formation and capture and kill the enemy chieftain!

Not to mention the drastic changes caused by Baitutiao technology, historically the change from front-loading guns to breech-loading guns was unacceptable to many officers.

Just like in history, when Prussia just came up with mature breech-loading gun technology, some Swiss military officers called it an "enema gun". …

The same is true for Zhang Liao.

He is not worried that his abilities will become obsolete, nor is he clinging to his old skills, but he is unable to accept that the cavalry he is proud of has become "outdated"...

Of course, in fact, as Lu Bu said, Zhang Liao just fell too short for a while and got into trouble.

In fact, the cavalry is still far from obsolete!

In the early days of World War I, Germany still had cavalry establishment. During World War II, Li Yunlong captured the horses and was unwilling to hand them over (dense fog)...

As for the battlefield at the level of thermal weapons in the 18th century?

His Majesty the emperor of Faguo, isn't the best tactic, the three-axes of artillery bombardment, cavalry charge, and infantry.

The cavalry still played a vital role in the late 18th century and the early 19th century. It was a very "expensive" force, and there were not too many great powers that had already adopted firearms.

What is outdated is the tactic of using cavalry as the main force or even as tanks...

At its peak, the country had a population of 2800 million, an army of 70 million, an artillery deployment rate of nearly three per thousand, more than 20 light and heavy cavalry regiments, and more than 20 motorized cavalry regiments - the so-called dragoons.

The dragon cavalry of the Fa Kingdom does not refer to how ferocious the horses are, but refers to the semi-cavalry that "uses horses as a mobility force". They use horses to achieve high mobility, but they still play like infantry on the battlefield.

Only dragoons are equipped with rifles. Other real cavalry use swords and lances as their main weapons. As for firearms, they only use muskets...

In the next plan of the Chu State, the war horse cavalry will also be formed into an independent cavalry division like the artillery. Later, the company will be used as a unit and attached to each infantry corps, and several reinforced cavalry regiments will be established as the main force to undertake special tasks. cavalry.

Lu Bu also deliberately recommended Zhang Liao as the commander of the cavalry division, so now he reminds him to think more about the development of cavalry tactics in the new environment when he goes back!
Then Lu Bu called Zhang Xiu again - Zhang Xiu was flattered that Lu Bu invited him to meet him at Qu'ahou Mansion, his private residence. Under the guidance of his servant, when he just entered the martial arts field in the backyard, he saw Lu Bu Just as Gu Jia looked over, Zhang Xiu thought he was going to give him some advice...

"Wear armor." Just after Lu Bu finished speaking, Zhang Xiu also had armor.

after that……

Lu Bu was merciless and kicked Zhang Xiu into the rockery on the side. It was difficult to get out!
And before Zhang Xiu could struggle out, Lu Bu pursued him relentlessly, pulled him out, and smashed him so hard that the back of his head hit the ground!

It seemed that apart from not actually cutting it, there was no sign of mercy at all.

As a first-class general appraiser, Zhang Xiu's martial arts is at the bottom of the first class. Even if Lu Bu does not enter the divine mode, it is enough to crush him.

Half an hour later, Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu, who was bruised and swollen, finished explaining their reasoning...

　Dongdong: The book friends in the group should know... Dongdong has something to install in his new home today. He originally wanted to go to the new home to code and wait for the installation master to install it, but... there is a problem with the computer monitor in the new home!

　　Just a short day...

　　Hey, when I go next time, I wonder if the screen can be repaired...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)