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GOR Chapter 534 "Armchair Strategist"
Du Wei is very clear on one thing, and that is, he is far from being a qualified soldier. His days in the Northwest have been too leisurely. He didn't spend a day in the army, didn't really lead troops, and didn't really go to war. Even in the two battles he experienced: the defense of Anglia City, he only had less than a thousand troops under his command. It was only a small cavalry raid, so he didn't have much experience in marching. Moreover, the one who really commanded the troops was General 250's apprentice, Guada.
During the second extermination of the Northwest Army, Du-Wei was even more involved in the overall situation.
Therefore, Du Wei was very careful to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses when dealing with the youngsters who were transferred from all over the continent.
Although he was the dean in name, he didn't take charge of the basic military courses. Camisiro also couldn't hand over all the courses to Du Wei. After all, Du Wei is the Duke of the Tulip Family! You can't expect a Duke to be used as a coolie.
Therefore, all of the military courses related to the Roland Empire's military, such as marching, fighting, infantry and cavalry, encampment, meeting the enemy, and so on, were transferred from the military high command to some experienced veteran officers to teach them.
What Du Wei wanted to do was to set up a special course. This course was called the "deduction course" by Du Wei.
He had his people make several sets of huge sand tables. The first set was his own Anglia City. It was completely based on the surrounding terrain of Anglia City. He then moved it to the classroom and explained the details of the defense of Anglia City to more than a hundred students.
However, Du Wei only explained the comparison of the forces of both sides, the city's defense, the number of prairie cavalry, the location of the camp, the distribution, the morale, etc.
However, Du Wei didn't talk about how the battle was completed!
"Everyone, use your brain. Imagine, if you were the commander, how would you complete the battle? Everyone had to think about it! Calculate all the resources you have and make a deduction! "
In fact, Du Wei didn't even restrict these officers from playing the role of the imperial army during deductions! He even specially selected half of them and asked them to pretend to be the commanders of the grassland cavalry!
In the classroom, the military officers were suddenly very interested!
After all, in times of peace, most of these officers had never experienced a real war. They had only trained and practiced in the local army … They had no experience in a real war. Everyone was very interested in using this kind of "simulation" to satisfy their cravings.
As a result, the 108 officers were divided into groups of two to play the roles of the Tulip Family's army and the grassland's army. Everyone had one day to familiarize themselves with all the information and familiarize themselves with the terrain on the sand table. Then, he made a deduction …
This process was very exciting!
In fact, the reason why Du Wei was able to win in the battle of Anglia City was because he was very lucky! In terms of military strength, there was no doubt that the Tulip Family was at an absolute disadvantage!
The only reason he won was because he had the Decepticon Tiger squad that surpassed this era! That was also the first time the Decepticon Tiger squad appeared on the mainland, and also the first time the "air force" appeared on the mainland!
This was the world's first "air and ground cooperation"!! Moreover, they even used "gunpowder" as a hot weapon!
In the beginning of this deduction, Du-Wei deliberately did not include this condition in his calculations. In other words, the officer who played the role of the commander of the Tulip Family must complete it without air power and without gunpowder …
In the end, the process of the deduction was extremely strange!
According to the military strength of the two sides, as well as the provisions, supplies, morale, and other factors were fully considered. These officers came up with all kinds of strange fighting methods. For example, some of the officers turned the battle of Anglia City into a protracted battle to defend the city walls. Almost all the soldiers in the city were used on the city walls, relying on the city walls to consume the enemy's forces.
Finally, the slaves in the city were also organized into the city walls to resist. Relying on several officers to calculate the proportion of losses and other results, they came to a conclusion: Anglia City would definitely not be able to hold! The other side had 20,000 troops, while the Tulip Family had less than a thousand people! Most of the slaves had no combat experience at all! The slaves who picked up weapons would not be much of a threat to the prairie's elite soldiers.
Some officers simply came up with ideas: Since the prairie's attack was a surprise attack, they would certainly not be able to last for a long time. They could only waste time with them!
In the end, they even developed the idea of giving up the city walls and using the complex terrain of Anglia City to fight in the streets! In the streets, the prairie cavalry lost the wide terrain and were unable to launch a group charge, while the Tulip Family soldiers could rely on the houses, streets, buildings, and other things in the city to resist and harass.
There were also officers who made full use of the hundreds of cavalry reinforcements led by Du Wei outside the city! Some of the officers even came up with all kinds of strange cavalry harassment tactics! The hundreds of cavalry outside the city were divided into many squads to harass the prairie soldiers! The meaning of this idea was very clear: Our cavalry only has a few hundred people. A few hundred people charging against 20,000 people would not have any effect at all. So they simply spread out and use harassment tactics, using the mobility of the cavalry to harass the prairie soldiers. For example, pretending to attack day and night, making the enemy tired, poisoning the water, sneak attacking the enemy's scouts, and so on …
But the other side also had such tactics!
Some people immediately pointed out the mistake of this method! Because in terms of mobility, the prairie's cavalry was stronger than the Empire's army! Spreading out hundreds of cavalry to harass? The prairie cavalry could also easily spread out into several squads and then destroy the harassment squads!
Because everyone believed that the prairie cavalry's mobility was stronger than the Empire's cavalry!
There were also people who fantasized about "running out of food". When this idea was put forward, Du Wei could not help but laugh.
Obviously, these officers had a good foundation. They had read a lot of military books and regulations of this era and had enough imagination. But their biggest flaw was ….. not being practical! In other words, they had no actual combat experience!
Du Wei immediately pointed out that the idea of running out of food was simply impossible! Because the 20,000 cavalries of the prairie soldiers simply did not have the so-called "supply route"!
They did not have a supply route! When the prairie soldiers went to war, they would carry about 15 days worth of rations with them! The only burden was the small amount of fodder they carried. That was practically the only burden of the prairie army. (Because warhorses cannot only eat grass in the wild. Warhorses must eat hay. Otherwise, they would quickly lose their fighting strength.) The prairie soldiers' way of fighting had always been very barbaric: They would carry a small amount of rations and hay to maintain the momentum of the assault machine. When they needed supplies, they would simply "supply on the spot". The so-called "supply on the spot" was burning, killing, and looting!
Of course, when the prairie soldiers went out on a large-scale expedition, they would not have any supply route. They were used to driving a large flock of cattle and sheep to follow behind the army! That was the supply route they carried!
This deduction went on for three days. As a result, almost all of the officers who played the role of the Tulip Family completely lost to the prairie soldiers in the deduction. Among them, those who could last more than ten days in the deduction battle were already considered outstanding.
In the first round, the one with the best results was Knight Yaluoer!
Although he was also a low-level officer, he was different from those students who only knew how to visit the sick. He had actual combat experience and had also personally experienced the battle in Anglia City. Moreover, he did not lack courage and imagination!
When he played the role of the Tulip Family's army commander, he played a lot of tricks. He did not send the slaves to the city wall. Instead, he symbolically let the army in his hands resist on the city wall for three days. Then, he withdrew all the troops and gave the city wall to the other side!
He cleverly arranged a battle of attrition in the streets. He used all the buildings and facilities in the city. Moreover, his deployment of troops was very reasonable. Almost layer by layer, he consumed the enemy's forces, making the enemy's advance slower and slower! Moreover, he used most of the slave formations in the city's street battles! His reason was very good: If the city wall was a frontal defense, a slave with a weapon would definitely not be able to defeat the enemy's elite soldiers!
But if it was a street battle, the slaves would have the advantage of being familiar with the terrain! This advantage could at least pull the gap between the two sides! Although this advantage was very small, but in the battle, as the commander of the inferior side, he must make full use of all the advantages he has!
Moreover, he did not blindly let the hundreds of cavalry reinforcements outside the city to simply harass. Instead, he concentrated his forces to launch a feint attack on the prairie soldiers! Every time, he would not entangle with the other side. Every time, he would use the courage of a hero to break his wrist and leave a group of people behind to let the majority of the cavalry quickly leave the battlefield. This method made his cavalry less and less, but succeeded in delaying the enemy's time!
"The enemy has occupied the city wall, so we need to send troops to guard it! In the street battle, they have occupied one street after another, so they need to send people to guard the important buildings! This way, the more they push forward, the less mobile forces in their hands! I will not stubbornly defend every place, but deliberately relax a few places for the enemy to occupy, so as to achieve the effect of scattering the enemy's forces! "
Yaluor said in his final summary – although he failed in the end. But he succeeded in delaying the prairie soldiers for a full 18 days! This was the best result in this deduction!
Of course, in Du Wei's view, if the defenders could delay for 18 days, then it could be considered a success – because the prairie soldiers were attacking! 18 days was enough time for the imperial army to mobilize a large number of reinforcements.
However, during the defense of Anglia, the Northwestern Legion besieged Loulan City, making it impossible for Du Wei to mobilize all his troops to assist Anglia City! Therefore, Du Wei still judged Yaluor's failure!
The officers of the same group as Yaluor suffered a lot during the deduction, but in the end, Du Wei appointed him as the captain and received the approval of many of the members.
It is worth mentioning that Gabriel's results were also not bad. As a member of an aristocratic family, he received a good education from a young age, and … he was also the apprentice of that old fox Bluesea for a while!
What made Du Wei's eyes light up was that Gabriel even took advantage of the weather during the deduction!
He also cleverly used a condition: night!
This era is not the technologically advanced era of Du Wei's previous life. The production level and living conditions of this era are not good. In terms of the human body, most people can only eat until they are full. But in terms of nutrient intake, most people are not well-nourished – after all, this is the standard of living, being able to eat until they are full is already not bad!
But this has created a subtle factor: due to malnutrition, most people in this era have night blindness! In other words, when night falls, more than half of the soldiers will not be able to see!
Gabriel took full advantage of this condition and succeeded in delaying the enemy for a few more days.
Generally speaking, the officers were full of interest in this deduction. They were very excited to command a battle.
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