The current of the Penchi River is not turbulent, especially assuming that the section of the pontoon bridge should be said to be quite gentle.
The construction of the pontoon bridge is like that, make a floating thing as a base, and then lay a bridge deck that can pass through, and the bridge deck that can provide cross-strait traffic is also formed.
Although it seems to be a very simple project, there are still not many countries and nationalities that can do it now, and the simplest thing is that it cannot be done without a certain cultural heritage, let alone quickly build a stable pontoon bridge.
The more countries and nations without civilization background, the more they will not be able to do any great projects, this can be said to be a kind of human truth, whether it is ancient times or a long time later, the truth is the same.
A division of Han troops came to the west bank through a pontoon bridge, and some officers walked around the west bank to have a look, and soon had a plan.
They would build fortifications on the West Bank, whether it was a fence, an earthen wall or a trench, which would inevitably involve some knowledge of civil engineering.
The soldiers of the regular army will go to help, but it is the auxiliary units that do the real work.
A considerable number of auxiliaries were not the first to do those jobs, but they had accumulated considerable experience before, and the division of labor was quickly completed.
"Let's go to that woodrow and cut wood."
The guy in Ba Dong's hand was replaced with an axe: "Anyway, it's all going to be chopped, straight wood can be used to build fences and cause horse rejection and spurs, and the rest is used as firewood." ” Since this place will soon become a battlefield, it is inevitable that the surrounding woods will be cut down, and in addition to the large amount of wood required by the own troops themselves, they are more unwilling to leave it for the enemy to use.
What Tai Shiming was holding in his hand was a saw, which looked very much like a bow, and was also called a bow saw.
The Han army presupposed this side of the pontoon bridge to be a battlefield, depending on how much time they had left, they would cut down the available timber within how many miles of the surrounding area, and it is conceivable that it would become a bare area in the next few years, and it is unknown what impact it will have on the ecology.
Zhuxia has never been a stranger to war, whether it is a national war or a civil war, as long as a place is preset to become a battlefield, the surrounding woods are definitely going to fall into blood mold.
Once a war breaks out in a place all the year round, even if that place was densely forested before, it will inevitably become a "white land" after a few wars, and gradually it will be difficult to see patches of forests in that place, resulting in irreversible changes in the soil and water environment, resulting in the phenomenon of soil erosion.
Truckloads of wood were brought back to the camp, and many more people were chipping and chopping the wood that had been cut back, and all sorts of things were made out of the wood.
"The ordinary rejection horse is a triangular support frame, the ground pier and the rising tip are all cut with spikes, the two supporting legs are straightened, and the other one is tilted" Ba Dong likes Tai Shi Ming very much, and he doesn't mind imparting more knowledge: "Just like this, the wood that leans forward has lethality, and the enemy war horses that rush over are extremely harmful."
This thing is called a rejection horse. ” There is a distinction between monomers and townhouses, and it is necessary to see where they will be placed.
For example, the rejection of horses placed near the passage is generally the use of a single rejection horse, and the soldiers like to arrange them irregularly, so it is not a question of whether the enemy cavalry can avoid it, but if they do not want to collide with the rejection horse, they have to stop.
The repelling horses of the platoon are generally coordinated with the fence, mainly in a row in front of the fence, to prevent the enemy from using cavalry to rush into the fence and cause damage, forcing the enemy to come on foot even if they want to destroy the fence.
In any military operation, the rejection of horses is an inconspicuous gadget, but it has repeatedly made great achievements, and with their obstruction, long-range troops can play a greater role.
"If we do a good job of rejecting large horses, we will do small refusals later."
Ba Dong gestured with his hand to the size: "Actually, it's a wooden structure of thistle." ” The Han Empire's pig iron production was the largest in the world, but there were too many places where pig iron was needed, and it was really difficult to ensure that it was sufficient in all aspects.
The shape of the thistle terrestris is a sharp object with four corners, which can be made of metal or wood.
At present, only the war horses of the Han Empire are equipped with horseshoes in the world, and the rest of the countries have not yet found that they can put "shoes" on horseshoe.
In fact, even if the horse is put on a horseshoe, the thistle terrestris will be finished if you step on it, and the horse's hooves without a horseshoe are not to mention the thistle, even the stones can cause great damage to the horse's hooves.
Therefore, if there are too many small gravels on the road, it will also be a big trouble for the cavalry, and there are really not so many suitable battlefields for the cavalry.
At the age of sixteen, Shi Ming participated in the "two seasons of military training" in the township, but he couldn't learn a lot of knowledge.
He admired his uncle who was older than him for knowing what he should be doing and being able to do his job so well and quickly.
"We are auxiliaries, and that's what we do."
Ba Dong said with a smile: "This is a kind of thing that has been passed down from generation to generation, people who don't understand come to the barracks, that is, what they need to do to learn from their predecessors."
Do it a few more times, and you will be the one who teaches the younger generations.
Well, try to be the one who doesn't need to do all this work, you know."
Tai Shiming looked at the soldiers passing by in line, looked at the military uniforms they were wearing, looked at their unsmiling faces, and nodded to Ba Dong like a chicken.
This is the territory west of the Western Regions, which originally belonged to the Hunnites.
The Hunnites who originally lived in a piece of land were mainly herdsmen, and the level of civilization was not high, and there were no surrounding towns.
It is difficult to see the scene in the Han Empire on this side of the river, such as boats floating on the river, and it should be said that there is not a decent boat in the river for dozens of miles.
"The enemy could not collect boats, and the only way to cross the river was to make rafts."
Huo Dong collected the boats on the river, which were made after the arrival of the Han Chinese: "There is a relatively shallow river beach twelve miles away from us, and the riverbed will be exposed in summer. ” The riverbed of a river is deep or shallow, and there will be some natural changes depending on the season, precipitation, etc.
"There is no possibility that the enemy army of more than 200,000 will all be Hunnites."
When Li Kuang knew the number of enemy troops, he already understood that there must be a major change in the international situation: "We must be prepared to fight here for a long time, and there must be no omissions" Grasping the size of the battlefield that may be beneficial to the enemy army is a necessary quality for a commander-in-chief, and the more fully he understands the terrain, the better.
Huo Dong has been on duty here for more than a year, and he usually carries out activities along the river bank whenever he has the opportunity, and he has not a lot of information on hand.
"Upstream should always be watched."
Li Kuang pointed to the U-shaped turning point on the sand table: "We are not easy to move in this location, but the enemy army can rely on the advantage of its own position. ” Li Kuang is worried that the enemy will choose to build a dam, whether the enemy wants to attack with water, or whether the dam will lower the water level downstream, it will not be a good thing for them.
Huo Dong didn't stupidly go to play any package tickets, saying that the enemy army was a bunch of barbarians, how could he know so much.
It is not wrong that the Han people are the dominant ethnic group in the world, but if you treat the rest of the races as fools, you will really become the most stupid fools.
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"There's an observation post over there."
Huo Dong asked, "Do you need to build a camp there?"
Li Kuang glanced at Huo Dong strangely.
It wasn't a small area, it was a large area, and the section of the river that could build a dam was exaggerated.
There are fewer troops sent to station, and it is of little use.
There are more troops sent to station, and that side is likely to become the main battlefield.
"Always on the lookout."
Li Kuang retracted his gaze, looked at the sand table, and asked, "The enemy still stays where he is and does not move."
The scouts on the Han side had already detected some information, including the discovery of Sassanid and Roman flags, reflecting that both great empires had sent troops eastward.
This news was very useful to Li Kuang, allowing him to judge more clearly what kind of war he was about to face.
As for what purpose Sassanid and Rome, including those other countries, formed an alliance and made actual acts of war, it was not Li Kuang's concern, what he needed to do was to guess the scale of the war, and then ask the center for reinforcements.
"The enemy still hasn't moved."
Huo Dong also knew that Sassanid and Rome had entered the war, and his only emotion was excitement, but it could be regarded as another big war breaking out, which may be an unprecedented battle: "They didn't rush to cross the Penchi River before you led the army to arrive, they should have wanted to wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops and concentrate their superior forces to attack." ” Li Kuang was somewhat glad about this.
The news I got before was that the attacking enemy army was only 80,000, and although Hunnette was disabled, if he fought hard, he could still make up 80,000 cavalry, and Li Kuangzhen did not think much about it in the direction of the formation of a coalition of various countries.
Waiting for further information to continue to come back, the number of enemy troops found increased from 80,000 to more than 200,000, and Li Kuang had already led his troops to the Penchi River.
The enemy army did not immediately press up, but the pressure in Li Kuang's heart was greater.
He couldn't judge how many enemy troops would eventually be, after all, it was a coalition of so many countries, and even Rome, thousands of miles away, had sent an expedition on an expedition, so you can imagine how sincere their alliance was this time.
If there was not only one standing army in his hand, Li Kuang would choose to take the initiative to go up, so as not to let the enemy assemble so comfortably.
It's a pity that Li Kuang can only use the size of a standing army, and there are only two divisions to the front line, so he really doesn't have much capital to disrupt the enemy's arrangement.
The 40,000 auxiliary troops are all auxiliary soldiers, and in terms of organization, they are not even as good as the level of the county soldiers, and it is still a bit useful to fight a dozen positional battles, and the field battle in the mobile mode is disgusted that the Han people do not die enough and not fast enough.
"The formation of the servant army should be faster" Li Kuang's target was Shi Songping, the commander of the army: "Within three months, I will see 200,000 servant troops arrive at the front line." ” Every unit of the Han army has a long history, and if the prefix "Suijun" is added in front of the long history, in addition to being similar to the role of chief of staff, it is also the "steward" of the army.
Song Ping raised his eyebrows and responded with some embarrassment: "No" In the entire Anxi Prefecture, the number of people in the Western Regions is not known if there are 1.5 million left.
Because of the Han Empire's policy of reducing the number of men in the Western Regions, men in the Western Regions are being killed or captured all the time, and it is really not so easy to pull out a cannon fodder with a scale of 200,000 within three months.
Of course, Li Kuang knows that there are difficulties, but no matter how difficult it is, he must do it It is obvious that so many countries have united, and as a salient to the west, the Anxi Protectorate will inevitably become a strategic military unit in the future.
It was a war that I don't know how long it would last, and it was even difficult to judge that the war would be fought within or outside the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate, and the existence of the people of the Western Regions would become a threat that could not be ignored.
Song Ping obviously knew the consequences, and after a short silence, he promised: "I'll start writing right away and urge the rear." ” Li Kuang nodded cautiously, and even urged.
At this moment, Li Kuang doesn't care at all what means he uses, what he wants is to eliminate potential threats, or the enemy army will attack and there will be internal problems, and with their current strength, there will definitely be bad consequences.
"We're here to build a line of defense."
Li Kuang's eyes kept patrolling back and forth on the sand table, and after reading the sand table, he walked to the shelf of the mountain and river map hanging the entire territory of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate: "In addition to the defense line of the Penchi River, the green ridge" The decision of the central resolution to expand the establishment of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate has been passed, and Li Kuang has not yet had time to be notified.
However, even if the central government decides to expand the Anxi Prefecture to the size of three standing armies, it will definitely take time to mobilize troops, and with the highest priority, it will take another month for additional reinforcements to arrive at the earliest, which means that the Anxi Prefecture will have to use its current limited strength to deal with the current situation.
Li Kuang felt that it was necessary to build a defensive line in the abdomen to prevent the rear from being prepared to block the enemy's advance after the fighting on the front line deteriorated.
There are not many routes suitable for marching in the Western Regions, in fact, there are only two routes suitable for large-scale troop marches, all of which are terrain shown as long corridors.
In this case, there are not too many directions for prevention in advance, and it is difficult to build a pass because of the relevant terrain.
"Lucheng, Tieshan, Shule" Li Kuang's brows furrowed: "We all need to raise the specifications of urban defense." ” There are many cities in the Western Regions, almost every one of them has military value, and some cities in special areas have higher military value, such as the ones named by Li Kuang, generally as long as the city is not lost, the enemy army does not dare to easily bypass it.
"We need reinforcements," Song Ping said the most critical issue: "The more reinforcements, the better." ”: