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This is not the first time that the bastions of the Tang Dynasty have been used in actual combat. Since the Tang Dynasty took the lead in adopting the bastion defense system a few years ago, the Datang Western Company fleet has become the first imperial armed force to eat crabs.

In the early days, they built two bastions in Banten and Luzon. The bastion in Luzon was attacked by more than 3,000 pirates, and finally resisted the attack of the pirates. At the same time, it also allowed the pirates to stay Hundreds of dead bodies.

In the next two days, the imperial military also began to apply the bastion defense system on a small scale. At first, small-scale bastions were built on the northern border. These bastions were generally not large, and in order to save costs, it was also to prevent the enemy's artillery shells. Secondary casualties such as ricochet occurred when hitting the masonry city wall. Therefore, most of the structures of these newly built bastions are actually soil layers. Even the parts with masonry structures need to be covered with a thick layer of soil. .

It sounds like a lot of soil layers are not very good, but the actual effect is good, at least the advantage of low cost is enough, not to mention that the soil layer can absorb the kinetic energy of the shells well and avoid secondary damage.

The bastions on the northern border are mainly small-scale bastions. There are usually only a few hundred soldiers stationed there, and there are not many artillery deployed.

The only real large-scale bastion is Jiayuguan, which is still under construction. As the westernmost bridgehead of the Tang Dynasty, Jiayuguan cannot be overemphasized!

As for other areas on the northern border, it is not that it is not important, but the enemies of the Tang Dynasty in the north are the Tartars, they are nomads, and they play cavalry. Who would attack your fortress foolishly? More often, people randomly choose a gap, and then the cavalry roars past, directly into the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Therefore, in response to this situation, the Tang Empire's defense strategy on the northern border is to use active attack and defense in depth!

Take the initiative to attack, needless to say, when you perceive danger, launch an attack first. Although the number of cavalry in the Tang Dynasty is not large, it is much better than a few years ago. If you squeeze it, tens of thousands of cavalry are still Those who can squeeze out are fully capable of implementing pre-emptive assault tactics.

The defense in depth is that if you cannot take the initiative to attack, then it is to carry out strict monitoring on the defense line of the Great Wall, patrol and deploy with small castles and small-scale troops. The purpose of this is not to block the enemy, but to break through the enemy. The first moment of the Great Wall defense line got news.

Then the main bases stationed in the rear, such as Xuanhua and other places, can move, or stick to the fortified city, or send troops to intercept them directly, or cut off their food routes, back roads, etc. The main battle is actually maneuvering defense.

Stupidly hoarding all the troops on the front line of the Great Wall is absolutely self-defeating behavior, even the mud-legged generals of the former Ming know that they can't do this.

And a large number of officers in the Datang Army who were trained in the military and have received years of military education in the martial arts school and imperial school, naturally would not do the same.

In this context, the main strategy of the Datang Army on the northern border is to establish a strict patrol and monitoring system, and to station heavy troops in many important cities. When the enemy invades, they are the first to kill them, not stupid. Deploy heavy troops in every city, and then wait for the enemy to attack, so let's not say that the Datang Army simply doesn't have so many field troops, and besides, the enemy won't come at all!

Because no matter how stupid Altan Khan is, he wouldn't take the cavalry to attack a city like Xuanhua on his own initiative!

This also makes the application of the Datang Army's bastions on the northern border mainly tend to be small-scale bastions, rather than building the kind of super-large castles that can station tens of thousands of people.

In the mainland, the place where such a large bastion is really being built is not in the border, but in the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River, more precisely in Wusong!

The purpose is to defend against the enemy's attack from the sea, to invade the Yangtze River to threaten Gyeonggi, and to protect Songjiang Prefecture and even the entire Jiangnan area of ​​economic prosperity.

Therefore, the Datang Army and the Navy are working together to expand and upgrade the Wusong Naval Base, preparing to build it into the first naval base of the Navy in the mainland, and also to build it into a super fortress in the coastal areas of the mainland, blocking all enemies from the sea. !

Wusong Fortress, aside from the construction of naval bases and port facilities, is a purely defensive fortress, which is to deploy more than 100 large-caliber artillery pieces. The permanent force will reach more than 10,000 people, and a large amount of food and spare weapons will be stored. Not to mention.

According to the plan, the defensive capability of this fortress needs to be able to stand for more than five years in the face of 50,000 enemy attacks. In fact, the five-year period does not mean that it was broken by the enemy, but the food stored in the fortress. Only about 20,000 people can last for five years.

And these 50,000 people are not a messy enemy army, but the Datang Army itself as a comparison.

In fact, in addition to Wusong Fortress, there are actually several small fortresses surrounding Jinling City, but most of them are not announced to the public. fortress.

Xuzhou in the north is also an important fortification area, as is Hangzhou in the south.

The above-mentioned areas are all directly affiliated to the Zhili defense area, and are garrisoned by various departments of the First Army!

In the Tang Dynasty, the first army with the most outstanding military exploits and the strongest strength was not deployed in the north or northwest and northeast, but was deployed in the Zhili area.

The First Army plus the reserve divisions in Zhili Sidao and other places, the main force and reserve force of about 300,000, constituted the main force defending the periphery of Gyeonggi.

Because the troops of the First Army are only deployed in the periphery, and the defense of Jinling City and the surrounding areas is directly belonged to the Guards!

The number of guards is nearly 30,000 people, stationed in Jinling City, Zhenjiang, Yangzhou, Dangtu, Liyang, Chuzhou and other places.

Although the guards did not build any super-large castles in the places where they were stationed, they also upgraded the barracks based on the style of the bastions to strengthen their defense capabilities.

The bastion defense system of the Tang Empire did not play a big role in the northern border. In the hinterland of the Central Plains, it was mainly used as a preventive measure. As long as there was no civil strife and no large-scale invasion by foreign enemies, it was actually useless.

The three bastions built by the Datang Western Company are actually the three bastions that have been tested frequently by wars: Bandan City, Luzon City, and Gehe City.

These three bastions, although Bandan City and Luzon City have been handed over to the imperial government, they were all built by Datang Western Company in the early years, but the scale of the castles built in those years was not as large as it is now. Just a few expansions.

These three bastions should be representative of the cities built by the Tang Dynasty in the overseas territories, because the overseas territories are very far from the mainland, and the population and soldiers are relatively small, so they need colonies. With excellent defensive ability, ordinary cities cannot afford such a heavy task, and only the bastions can undertake such a heavy task.

And today, Banten City is also under the biggest war threat since it was built!

A coalition of more than 20,000 natives and pirates launched an attack on this small colonial city!

In order to preserve the living strength and avoid fearless sacrifice, the authorities of Banten City have long since abandoned the pier of the port and some ancillary buildings outside the bastion, and directly retreated to the real core of Banten City, which has an area of ​​only 30,000 square meters. bastion!

This bastion is an irregular castle, divided into two inner and outer cities. It is built on a hillside to reduce the amount of work. The outer city should be lower and rectangular, mainly residential and commercial areas and ordinary The barracks is next to the inner city. The inner city is actually built on the top of the mountain, and the other side is the cliff. The inner city is relatively small, only about 7,000 square meters, mainly residential areas for official institutions and important officials. .

This Banten City of about 30,000 square meters can accommodate 4,000 people to live in!

Today, the side that these indigenous people are attacking is the east wall of the outer city. As for the north side, that is the side of the inner city. The cliff with dozens of rice cakes is the best defense measure. Those indigenous people will not be afraid of the cliff to attack.

On the east side of the outer city, a large number of artillery pieces were firing at this time. The five- and nine-pound artillery pieces were constantly firing at the indigenous soldiers who rushed up outside the city. At the same time, some light shotguns were also firing. Fire at the natives who rushed to a range of tens of meters.

On the edge of the city wall of the bastion, that is, the parapet, hundreds of meters of soldiers and militiamen~www.wuxiaspot.com~ are firing at a steady rhythm under the command of the officer!

Next to these soldiers, there are even many old and weak women and children who spontaneously picked up guns, and then pulled the trigger at the natives under the city!

And more old and weak women and children, they are constantly carrying artillery shells in the rear, and then under the command of the artillery, they reload the artillery!

Among the people who controlled the more than 30 artillery pieces, only about 50 or so were real artillerymen, and the rest, especially those who assisted in carrying and loading the artillery pieces, were actually civilians.

After entering the age of guns, war has polarized the quality of people. On the one hand, the requirements for officers and technical arms have been greatly increased, but at the same time, the requirements for musketeers and various auxiliary arms have been greatly reduced.

An ordinary young man with up to the standard of physical fitness, after a complete three-month training, can basically carry a gun to the battlefield.

If it is a simple defensive operation like the current one, and the enemy has a castle to use, and the enemy does not have a huge artillery force to suppress, and there is not much threat of casualties, then this defensive battle is actually a simple repetition. It is only sexual labor. Even a woman and child can pick up a musket to fight after simple guidance.

Of course, the combat efficiency is definitely not as good as the soldiers of the regular army!

But does it matter?

unimportant!

There are only a few soldiers in the city. It is very difficult for the soldiers to defend the attack of more than 20,000 people!

Therefore, whether it is civil and military officials, ordinary people, or even the elderly, weak, women and children, as long as they can move, they are basically participating in this defensive battle!

Even if these people are less efficient in work and battle, they can still bring great positive effects!

In order to survive, the military and civilians of Banten City are participating in the defense of the city!