GBP Chapter 8 Combat Training
Chapter 8 Combat Training
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In the days to come, they will eventually have to go to the battlefield, where death will be commonplace. Therefore, the combat training at this time will directly affect the success or failure of their future operations.
Liu Ye had never witnessed a large-scale war since he came into this world; all his information about battle formations came from books or movies.
However, he knew that in war, individual bravery and ability alone could not achieve final victory; the most important thing was teamwork to exert greater strength.
Otherwise, even the most capable people gathered together would only amount to a rabble, a story even 21st-century elementary school students know: "A single chopstick is easily broken, but a bundle of chopsticks is unbreakable." However, if you ask Liu Ye to conduct basic training with his subordinates—running and lining up—he can manage it. But when it comes to teaching them combat formations, he's completely clueless.
Because most of them, including him, came from peasant backgrounds and had never served in the military.
However, now that he's here, the old fighting style of just charging around recklessly must be abandoned.
However, how to train them to cooperate in combat and maximize their fighting power became the problem facing Liu Ye.
After discussing it with Liang Xiaoming for an entire night, Liu Ye and Liang Xiaoming thought about it for a long time and finally came up with a preliminary training plan.
Liang Xiaoming said, "I've seen various types of infantry formations from the ancient European era of cold weapons online before. One famous classic infantry formation—the Macedonian phalanx—is particularly suitable for them. This type of formation doesn't rely on individual bravery; individual strength is useless in this formation. It relies on teamwork, a long spear formation composed of ordinary soldiers. In battle, the Macedonian phalanx advances steadily with spears according to commands. The dense wall of spears is enough to turn any enemy attempting a frontal assault, whether cavalry or infantry, into a honeycomb. This simple, disciplined, and cohesive fighting formation is perfect for them. As for cavalry and archers, Liu Ye doesn't even dare to think about it now; he'll consider it later when he's more mature. Since his men can only serve as infantry, the Macedonian phalanx is the most suitable choice."
After listening to Liang Xiaoming's words and thinking about them carefully, Liu Ye felt that they were not bad.
Moreover, Liu Ye didn't have many weapons at this time. The only batch of weapons they had were the ones they had previously seized from Tangjiazhuang. In addition to a large number of spears, swords and shields, there were also more than a dozen sets of leather armor and a few bows and arrows.
At this moment, Liu Ye had the most spears among his weapons, because these were the easiest to make. Among weapons, spears were the least valuable; all you needed was a spearhead and a sturdy, resilient shaft.
Therefore, from a weaponry perspective, the Macedonian phalanx was quite suitable for their situation at that time.
Finally, Liu Ye made up his mind to use the Macedonian phalanx as a model and have his men practice a simplified version of the Macedonian phalanx.