Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 229
This man's name is Sun Lin, and he is the brother-in-law of Fang Yizhi, the vice president of Chaozhou College.

During this Northern Expedition with Tangning's army, after learning that Tangning wanted to use the Musketeers in the team as the main force, and unite them into a long horizontal line for offense and defense, they repeatedly advised Tangning not to take this risk.

In fact, Sun Lin was not the first person to raise objections to this formation, but after the other generals and staff suggested it, seeing that Tangning had made up his mind, he stopped talking.

Only Sun Lin who is sitting here is still not giving up. I hope Tangning will not make a big mistake.

Tangning naturally understood the disapproval of everyone's disapproval of this tactic, which was later called the queuing and shooting tactic. Even in Tangning's own era, this tactic was called "queuing and shooting" tactic.

It doesn't look technical at all, and it's quite funny and fragile.

However, centuries of history have proven that this tactic was very effective in the era of the musket, before the invention of the machine gun.

Whoever can play the tactics of queuing and shooting well will become the final big winner, such as the British.

However, this kind of line tactics has not really been formed yet, but it has already taken shape in naval operations. It will not be long before the British will stipulate battle line tactics in the naval combat regulations.

As for the infantry's line tactics, the birth is only a matter of time.

If Tangning was not a latecomer, she would not have thought of this tactic, nor would she have forced it into the army.

Because he knew that it would not work through explanation, just like the experiment where two iron balls landed at the same time, if you don’t really try it, everyone will instinctively agree that the heavier iron ball hits the ground first.

The same is true for line tactics. Even people who don't understand military strategy, when they see this kind of infantry in two or three rows facing enemy cavalry, they instinctively think that they are not opponents of cavalry at all, and they are completely dead.

Since the explanation didn't work, Tangning could only use her own privileges to forcefully carry out this tactic.

Although Tangning felt a little annoyed at Sun Lin's refusal to give her face and opposed this tactic again and again, she still patiently explained each time.

"Consultant Sun, our navy has used linear tactics in several decisive battles. The actual combat has proved that this linear tactic is feasible."

"Since the navy is available, why not use land warfare?"

Sun Lin immediately retorted: "There is a huge difference between water battles and land battles. In water battles, both sides use warships. The speed and flexibility are not much different. Even if the enemy warships approach, we still have time to change our formation. Or speed up the evacuation."

"The land battle is different. The opponent we are facing now is the enemy cavalry. Their speed and attack power are not comparable to that of the infantry. Even the three rows of shield soldiers cannot block the impact of the enemy cavalry. However, the third row only holds muskets, without shields. infantry."

"I also know that our navy has won several times. However, our army won the victory not because of the line tactics, but because of the advantages of firearms."

"The large warships of our Navy are equipped with advanced artillery, even the red cannons are far more than the number of Zheng Jun's warships. The warships are less mobile and flexible than cavalry, so they were defeated by fierce artillery fire."

"In the Nan'ao naval battle with the red hair, our navy also relied on the advantages of firearms to launch attacks from a longer distance, so that the enemy could not get close."

"As for the battle to recapture the officers, our navy's ships far surpassed the enemy's, and because of our effective strategy, we were able to easily defeat the red hair."

Sun Lin's rebuttal can be said to be a bit blunt. He just said that the navy's victory has basically nothing to do with the line tactics. With such firepower and numbers, it is difficult to think about winning.

This person is really good at talking and has a stubborn temper, but Tangning will not doubt his loyalty.

In the official history, after Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing army, the entire defense of Fujian almost collapsed, but Sun Lin still did not give up until he fought to the death of Fujian with the like-minded Yang Wencong.

Speaking of Sun Lin, one has to mention his concubine Ge Nunniang.

Ge Nunniang was originally a descendant of the general family, with outstanding martial arts skills. Her father died in the fight against the Qing Dynasty, so her family was ruined and she fell to Qinhuai.

But she didn't lose her ambition until she met Sun Lin, and the two hit it off. Sun Lin helped her redeem her life and became his concubine, and has been assisting Sun Lin in his great cause of fighting the Qing Dynasty.

When Fuzhou was besieged by the Qing army, Ge Nunniang assisted Fuzhou guard Yang Jun to mobilize and train all the women in the city so that they could fight hard when necessary.

Until she was captured due to the disparity in strength, Ge Nunniang vowed not to surrender, and was tied up with her maid, Mei Niang, in front of Boluo, the general who conquered the South.

Ge Nunniang is a rare beauty, even Bo Luo, who is used to seeing beauties, is astonished as a heavenly man, so he feels something wrong.

Meiniang was young, and the Qing army was not strict with her. Taking advantage of Boluo's attention on Ge Nunniang, Meiniang suddenly broke free from the binding rope, pulled out the dagger hidden in her sleeve, and stabbed Boluo straight.

Reluctantly, Boluo had experienced many battles and reacted quickly. He avoided the critical moment, and Meiniang only stabbed his arm.

Furious and angry, Bo Luo beheaded Meiniang on the spot, and Ge Nunniang was distraught, biting her own tongue with all her might, spat the blood all over Bo Luo's face, and then resolutely rushed to Bo Luo.

Boluo was also stunned by the sudden scene, and he raised his hand and stabbed Ge Nunniang's heart.

A generation of heroines died away.

In fact, Fujian was not without resistance, but because Zheng Zhilong, the general officer of the army, shamelessly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, ruining the good situation.

Compared with Ge Nunniang and Meiniang, the majestic King of Minhai is not even as good as a female class.

Tangning naturally admired Ge Nunniang, not to mention his own wife Song Yunshu was also a heroine of the generation, and her maid Xiaohuan would never leave her.

Because of this, when Sun Lin and Ge Nunniang came to vote, Tangning not only asked Sun Lin to serve as a staff officer in the army, but also asked Ge Nunniang and his maid Mei Niang to assist Song Yunshu in managing the logistics and the Women's Federation.

Ge Nunniang was very happy, this was exactly what she was comfortable with, and it gave her full ambition a place to display, so she was very grateful to Tangning.

When she was in Fujian, she heard that her husband had repeatedly expressed objections to a tactic implemented by Tangning, and she even advised Sun Lin about it.

It wasn't that she was afraid of offending Tang Ning, but that she had also learned about Tang Ning's various deeds.

Although Mr. Tang is young, he is not arrogant and arrogant.

On the contrary, what Mr. Tang does is measured.

Although Mr. Tang has implemented many new things and new government orders that make people feel unbelievable, the final results almost all prove that Mr. Tang is right.

For example, the Security Guard Corps, the Women's Federation, the Department of Integrity, Chaozhou College, etc., were not all established under the auspices of Mr. Tang?Now it has played a huge role.

It can be said that the stability of Chaozhou, Huizhou and the whole of Fujian is inseparable from these institutions.

Mr. Tang is good at introducing some new things, so don't deny them all just because this linear tactic is a bit unbelievable.

Just like Master Tang said, Ge Nunniang also agrees: practice is the only criterion for testing truth.

No matter whether this kind of linear tactics is feasible or not, Mr. Tang has to try it.

The new army was formed and developed by Mr. Tang alone. Doesn't Mr. Tang himself know that his heart aches?He must have the confidence to use this tactic.

Even if the new army fails by using this tactic by taking [-] steps back, if it loses once, the new army can still afford to lose.

But obviously, Sun Lin didn't listen to it in the end. Even though he came to Nanzhili with the army, he didn't give up admonishing Tangning to give up this seemingly impractical tactic.

But this person was very talkative, and Tangning couldn't find a better reason to refute, so she said directly, "Don't worry, Staff Officer Sun, you've also seen that we have set up a lot of barbed wire in front of the phalanx."

"Even if the enemy cavalry breaks through and is blocked by barbed wire, they cannot easily break through. Even if there is a problem with our battle formation, we still have enough time to change formation."

"It took me so much effort to practice this formation. Whether it is feasible or not, you will know if you try it. If it really doesn't work, just treat it as letting me give up, okay?"

Hearing what Tangning said, Sun Lin pondered for a moment, then sighed softly, and didn't say any more.

Obviously he was not very satisfied with Tangning's answer, but he accepted it.

Everyone smiled helplessly, it was because Mr. Tang was more open-minded, if he met an arbitrary and self-willed general, he would object in public like this again and again, and it would be nice not to be dragged out and beheaded.

(End of this chapter)