C584 Spearblade Formation and Sniper

The army needed strict discipline to survive. What was discipline? Discipline was actually an iron cage that held back everyone's behavior.

Every natural person would follow the habits that humans had cultivated for tens of thousands of years. If one was hungry, they would eat; if one was thirsty, they would drink; if their throat was itchy, they would cough; if they were in danger, they would hide.

A bright knife is coming at you. You have to avoid it if you want to. There is a mud puddle in front, and if you are a person, then you will get away. This is human nature, a nature that has been formed for thousands of years.

But the army wants to obliterate your nature and use iron discipline to change your natural behavior.

Unless it was a surprise attack or a battle, there would always be a fight between them and the enemy. Among all the battles that were prepared to happen in the Great Plains, it was always the army that took the most advantage.

Leaning on each other, brothers and sisters, this was not only a type of spirit, it was also the science of war. Only such a formation could reduce the area a person would be attacked from, and at the same time increase the density of the damage.

It was the same for the new army now. The brothers wanted to build a steel grinder on their shoulders, and every time they thrust their bayonet, they would thrust out hundreds of bayonets in a row.

The current Huai Army was not just charging into battle, this was simply a group suicide. The soldiers who were shouting the slogan for revenge rushed up and killed a batch of people, and then another batch of people again. Soon, the battlefield was filled with corpses and wailing wounded soldiers.

Of course, the casualties among the new army weren't small either. Those soldiers with blades on them were pulled down by their brothers behind them, and immediately after, those who were afraid of dying also went up to make up for their losses.

At this moment, they could see the advantage of discipline. The new troops had received strict formation training from the very beginning, and the standard formation and posture of the troops were all done with sticks.

Regardless of whether the enemy was a spear or a steel knife, or whether the enemy was a bullet or a bow, as long as you are ordered not to move, you absolutely cannot leave your post.

Under the army's orders, you had to jump even if you were facing a bottomless abyss, you had to go even if it was a lava river!

Although compared to the Eight Banners and Green Camp, they could already be considered heavenly soldiers, but they were still far inferior compared to the New Army, which was purely based on their training in the western style.

From afar, the formation of the new army could be twisted, it could be transformed, but against the enemy side, it would always have the most number of people and the densest of troops. Every attack would be combined with over a hundred bayonets.

On the other hand, on the Huai Army's side, although the cry for revenge was deafening and the courage to fight was something that Xiao Letian admired, but the difference in the ranks was still the difference. Every time the Huai Army charged at the enemies, the number of soldiers would always be lower than the defending new army.

To give a simple example, the frontline of the new army's defensive formation had a hundred soldiers to meet the enemy. If the opposing Huai Army wanted to increase the rules for breaking through, then the number of people charging into the new army that came in contact with the new army would have to be more than a hundred people.

However, the Huai Army had never gone through strict charging and training, they were all fighting with their own instincts and the blood in their hearts. The sounds of fighting that seemed to shake the sky and the ground, but the loose formation could not bring out the advantage in numbers.

Every time the Huai Army charged in front of the bayonet, waves of attacks would arrive. Although the time difference between every wave was only 10 seconds or even a few seconds, it was enough for the new army to complete a few effective thrusts.

The one-meter-long Katana was incomparably sharp. The forging techniques of Japan had inherited the secret techniques of Tang Dynasty, many of which were still lost in the Central Plains, and the quality of the Japanese Katana was known to the entire world.

The Katana Formation that Yepingtai and the others had formed was a very traditional three-row Katana Formation, and was no different in essence from the Katana Formation that the Japanese Warring States Period had formed a few hundred years ago.

Nothing had changed. It could only mean that this formation was a success. "Hah!" In the rhythm of the voices, the Katana Formation was like a combine harvester reaping lives.

Roar ~ ~ Roar ~ ~ The soldiers took two small steps forward at the same time and the roar was the order for the Katana to slash down at the same time.

More than a hundred Katana were hacked down at the same time, the enemy could not escape at all, they were decapitated by the white light, and their bodies were even cut into two.

The Japanese were very wild and did not even care about their own lives in the face of death. How could they care about the life and death of their enemies? On the contrary, the more bloody the battlefield, the more excited they were.

"It's fun!" He had a great time killing them! To follow the Prime Minister in his campaign against the world, just how fortunate was that?! "What a long period of martial arts fortune …"

Bing Tai roared, following that, the four hundred Knife Puller s roared in unison, "Lasting luck!" There was another neat chopping.

Wang Huaiyuan stared intently at the changes in the battlefield. When he saw with his own eyes that the primary matrix had successfully blocked the three waves of enemies, he finally revealed a relaxed expression.

"Hm!" Very good, now the sniper can move... The decapitation operation begins! "

With just a command, thirty odd soldiers wearing oilcloaks rushed out from primary matrix s that were protecting Xiao Letian. These soldiers had thick and huge oilcloaks covering their bodies, they even hid the Mauser's rifle in their hands inside, revealing their black muzzles.

Pang Chaoyun and Ye Qiu were currently the leaders of all the snipers. After a few big battles, they had quickly matured.

All the snipers did not need to speak at all. After a few simple hand signals, everyone started to spread out behind the defensive formations, and the precious imported scope began to search for valuable targets on the battlefield.

Ye Qiu was the first to open fire. After his scope trapped the Total, he pulled the trigger without hesitation. A clear gunshot rang out and a flower of blood bloomed on the chest of the dead Total.

The steel sword in his hand was still swinging in the air, just as he was cheering his men on, but the next moment, all of his strength was sucked away by the single hole in his chest.

Total Huang looked at his heart in disbelief. "Nephew …" Wait for me... Uncle is here to see you! " After a weak sound, the corpse fell onto the muddy ground with a "pa" sound, causing a rain water splash.

Pah pah pah … The gunshot was their order, and then the thirty snipers started to kill in a rhythmic fashion. Among their scope s, those whose uniforms were different from the soldiers, were their live targets.

Total, Chief Officer, Guardian, Dulce … There was even a guerrilla hit on the battlefield. The snipers who had endured for over an hour since the start of the battle were finally able to vent out the anger in their hearts.

"Hahaha …" Well done, well done! " Xiao Letian clenched his fists and shouted excitedly: "Let's fight like this, kill all the basic officer, let's see how Li Hongzhang will command the army!"

At this time, Li Hongzhang, who was in the small forest, was so anxious that he almost vomited blood.

In the Qing Dynasty's Green Battalion system, the Total and Chief Qian were already considered as company leaders, while the garrison and Dusi were already considered as battalion leaders. The death of so many middle ranking officers was undoubtedly fatal for the command system of the Xiang Army.

"Hurry up and give the order, officers are not allowed to rush into the frontlines …" "Dammit, I'll be able to recover from the soldier's death. I'll be at a loss if an officer dies …" The nervous Li Hongzhang spoke his mind.

That's right, in the late Qing's era, anyone with a bit of culture and a way out would not join the army, and officers in the army had to understand a certain amount of culture.

Not only did he have to understand culture, Li Hongzhang also had to teach them military tactics frequently, and then he had to hone his skills on the battlefield step by step. It could be said that the amount of energy needed to train a basic officer was a hundred times more than training ordinary soldiers.

Generals are the skeleton of the army, and soldiers are attached to the flesh and blood of the bones. The flesh and blood were very long, but the bones were hard to regenerate. Since ancient times, the only way to control the army was to control the generals of all ranks, while the soldiers were cannon fodder that could be sacrificed.

In Li Hongzhang's eyes, even if all three thousand of the elite soldiers were completely annihilated, it would not matter if all the officers of the last rank were safe. Once they returned to Huai territory, these officers would not even need a month to summon another three to four thousand warriors.

He could throw away his weapon, but he definitely could not throw it away. This was Li Hongzhang's bottom line! Now that Xiao Letian had challenged his bottom line, this 40 year old famous general had already lost control of himself.

"Send my orders, activate the final plan …" Since Xiao Letian is so ruthless, then don't blame me for it! "

"Marshal, please think twice!" A few of his aides and aides actually knelt down in the mud.

"Execute the order immediately!" Li Hongzhang said sinisterly: "You dare to kill my subordinate Hubai? This is my foundation. As long as I have hundreds of generals in my hands, I will have an army of a million men in the future … Right now, Xiao Letian is killing my basic Yuan Qi, how can I forgive him?! "

The commander-in-chief's murderous words silenced everyone's mouths. The messenger had no choice but to take the Horn Ship and blow on it.

When the cow-horn sounds resounded across the battlefield, the Huai Army who were already exhausted started to get excited again, "Hold on, in ten more minutes, our reinforcements will arrive …"

Xiao Letian and Wang Huaiyuan subconsciously looked to the east, thinking that something was wrong.

Right now, the battlefield was already in chaos. The formation of the new troops was still in place, but more and more casualties were coming from behind the troops. As for the Huai Army, who had lost a large number of officers, they were like a group of madmen who were instinctively attacking.

Three minutes passed quickly. Five minutes, seven minutes, and even ten minutes had passed. Finally, after the earth-shattering sounds of wailing came from the east rain, the battlefield suddenly became deathly silent.

The new army looked dumbfounded, while the Huai Army was so excited that she went mad. From the rain curtain in the east, a figure that was like a tide suddenly appeared.

The most unexpected thing was that in this overwhelming crowd of people, the people were leading the charge. There were more than one thousand and five hundred civilians being pressured by swords and spears as they stumbled towards the new army.