The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1311

"These armors seem to cost a lot. If you put them on a horse, you will never be able to bear them. The elephant can just make up for this shortcoming." This is not much different from the effect of Meng Huo's use of wild animals as soldiers. "

Looking at the fully armed elephant, Zhao Xu said with emotion, who would have thought that a docile elephant with armor would have such an effect, and Zhao Xu couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"My lord, this thing is definitely extremely lethal when used on the battlefield. The horses stand in front of these animals, and they don't have the courage to stand up. Unless we have other sharp weapons, we can only suffer. Fortunately, this thing It is quite bulky, otherwise if all the war horses are replaced with them, it will definitely sweep the whole world."

Miao Xun gave you a pertinent answer. Elephants are relatively bulky and cannot be used on the battlefield on a large scale. Otherwise, I don’t know how many people will be lost under those elephant legs!
Isn’t it? The size of the elephant is already very large, and with the heavy armor, this adds more burden to the elephant. Fortunately, these protective gear have undergone some special treatment, and the weight should be light. Much better, otherwise these elephants are really doomed.

Look at even the elephant's legs are protected by the steel armor of the knee pads. This is to prevent the elephant's legs from being attacked. After all, the elephant's legs are relatively easy to expose to the outside.

The elephant's head was covered with steel visors, and even the elephant's trunk was wrapped in chain mail.Moreover, the ivory as the main weapon was also put on a sharp steel spear point, which really looks like a murder weapon,
The back of the war elephant is a tower made of thick wood and wrapped with iron armor. This is the key point. It is a tower, not a gun tower. There are other people on it. Since it is called a tower, it is pretending to be a man.

The tower is divided into three floors, the first floor is the driver.There are a few archers on the upper floor, and the lookouts are on the top. What is this tank?

In order to protect the elephants, there is an infantryman with a broadsword, a spear, a shield, and a bow or crossbow on each side. The main task of these people is to protect the elephants, all centered on the elephant.

During combat, the Southern Han elephant formations are generally under the cover of long-range bows and crossbows, and the formations charge to launch a group attack on the opponent.The role played is similar to today's main battle tanks.

After the impact of the elephant formation, the cavalry and infantry will follow up and charge.Because of the heavy armor and strong protective and offensive power, the Southern Han elephant array played an important role in previous wars with neighboring countries. Otherwise, Liu Yan would not be so rampant and dared to resist at this time. It's not because of the "magic weapon for protecting the country" called elephants.

"Let's go, I think it won't take long for you to attack in the Southern Han Dynasty. We have already grasped the specific situation of these elephants. The rest is how to defeat these beasts, otherwise there is no way to proceed. Even if we can defeat these elephants, we will be huge in an instant, sir, let's go back and have a good discussion."

None of the three had any opinion, they left quietly, but Zhao Xu asked specifically, this place is called Lianhua Peak, and the reinforcements from the Southern Han Dynasty were stationed here.

Li Chengwo is the reinforcement general this time. He was appointed as the capital commander by Liu Yu, and he directly led hundreds of thousands of people to rescue Shaozhou. He came here directly without bringing troops and elephants, thinking about the final blow .

Leading more than [-] soldiers, they stationed at the foot of Lianhua Peak in Shaozhou. Li Chengwo brought many elephants, and each elephant carried dozens of soldiers.

"Everyone, although we had a small victory yesterday, we must not be proud. Our elephant array has two fatal weaknesses: fire and mobility. We would never use these elephants if it were not for an emergency."

Li Chengwo was summing up to his generals that he was not some kind of mindless general, he knew his own disadvantages, and he was not at all complacent about yesterday's small victory.

Because the preparation of the cavalry unit itself consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, and its shortcomings are also very obvious. Unless it is in a storm battle, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.If it weren't for the urgency of the situation, these elephants would never be used.

"So we must make a quick decision. The Song army will not find a way to break our elephant formation in the short term. We can only take advantage of this period of time to drive them out. This is the best strategy." Li Chengwo knew The weakness of the elephant array is simpler. Well, I know that Song Jun's small defeat yesterday was entirely because they were unprepared, so they were caught off guard.

If Song Jun is ready, after some time, the role of the elephant will be lost. In fact, the advantage of the elephant is also his disadvantage, which is obvious.

What Li Chengwo saw was quite accurate, but what he didn't know was that Zhao Xu and the others had already begun to find a way to crack the elephant. Who told Zhao Xu and the others to have seen an elephant? It's bad once.

"I saw the elephant soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty today. There are indeed a large number of them. It's no wonder that our soldiers are not used to it. Fortunately, we didn't dispatch so many soldiers yesterday, otherwise the casualties would be even greater." Zhao Xu concluded.

The denser the people, the easier it is for Da Song to attack them. If the people stand apart, the role of the elephant will not be obvious. At this time, it is the soldiers who lean on the elephant.

"The more the crowd is concentrated, the greater the casualties. When that big guy goes down, we don't know how many people and soldiers will be killed or injured. I told me that if we encounter elephant soldiers, we must disperse and don't gather together. In the afternoon our anti-elephant weapons will be able to deal with them when they arrive."

Seeing that Pan Mei was still a little confused, Zhao Xu explained casually, and then asked him to give an order to the army. They just have to wait now. On the way back, they have found a solution, which is actually the easiest way , now Miao Xun is preparing the things needed by the Dasha Elephant Soldiers, so naturally he has to wait.

"It turns out that His Highness has already found a way, so my general can rest assured. The soldiers have begun to feel afraid of the elephant. If we can't defeat the elephant this time, these soldiers will have a shadow in their minds in the future." Pan Mei said with lingering fear.

People are always afraid of certain things. Although the soldiers who were trampled down by elephants yesterday did not lose their lives, they did have a certain psychological shadow. If these elephants cannot be cleaned up, then These soldiers will really suffer from battlefield phobia in the future.

"It's okay, wait until we catch a few elephants and serve them wine. At that time, they will be free of any illnesses. Let the soldiers have a good rest and refresh themselves. I'm afraid they will be busy in the afternoon."

(End of this chapter)