As May entered, the encirclement gradually shrunk. By May 2, the closest point of the encirclement had shrunk to only a little over twenty miles away from Yuyang City.

Before the encirclement advanced further to Yuyang City, the Julu Army made clever arrangements.

When they were just one step away from encircling Yuyang City, all the teams suddenly stopped and stopped moving uncharacteristically. During the entire day, all the teams unanimously did not take a step forward.

The consideration in making this arrangement is that the enemy will have two reactions if the encirclement is twenty miles away and if the encirclement is forced under the enemy city. The encirclement is twenty miles away, and the area of ​​​​20 miles is so large that the enemy cannot be blocked.

However, if the encirclement approaches the Yuyang City, even if it is not an encirclement, even if there are only three or two thousand people approaching the city, the enemy will definitely react violently, and the stressed enemy will definitely rush out and try their best to obstruct it.

As far as the Julu Army is concerned, if it faces a desperate counterattack by the enemy, it will naturally be under tremendous pressure.

The night is an excellent cover. If you rush to Yuyang City at night, surround Yuyang City in the dark, and safely shrink the encirclement without the enemy being aware of it or encountering any obstruction, this will save you a lot of trouble.

Lots of trouble.

On May 2nd, during the day, all the troops made no progress during the whole day. At night, they were almost invisible. The order to advance was suddenly issued. All the troops who had been prepared and did not even leave their tents left all their livestock and baggage behind.

, with only infantry lightly armed and lightly armed to push the chariot, they went into battle and rushed towards Yuyang City overnight.

It was night, and on the large and small roads leading from the southeast to the northwest to Yuyang City, night marching teams were as silent as dead except for the squeaking sound of rolling wheels.

It is only twenty or thirty miles away, it is said that it is very close, it can be reached in the middle of the night by a quick march, it is said to be far away, it is as far as more than twenty miles. Now that the enemy's range of activities has been extremely compressed, it is difficult for the enemy to perceive twenty miles.

external dynamics.

By midnight, most of the teams had arrived at the agreed-upon location. At the agreed-upon location, there were already scouts waiting on the road. The most difficult thing about marching at night was to identify the direction and route. Under the leadership of the scouts, each team slowly approached Yuyang City. At this time,

The various ministries are generally only two or three miles away from Yuyang City.

For many days, the Julu Army's wolf pack tactics have worked extremely well. The enemy army has been dragged down and lost all their energy and food. As a result, now at night, the enemy army has not even dispersed a large-scale force outside.

The Lu Army's actions were as if they were in no-man's land without any interference.

In the second half of the night, the team advanced to 500 steps outside Yuyang City. From this distance, the firelight on the city head was clearly visible. With the size and height of the city, they were almost operating under the eyes of the enemy.

The most difficult thing about arranging troops in the dark is in the light, but you have already reached a distance of a few feet from the city. If you light a fire, you may be exposed. At this time, the experience you have accumulated comes into play.

Crucial role.

There is a "method of hiding fire" when ambushing at night. The method of hiding fire is to hide a weak fire in a shelter. The top, front and left sides of the fire are blocked, but the rear is not blocked. In this way, the fire light becomes visible in one direction.

Your own troops in the same direction can see the light of fire, but the enemy troops in the opposite direction cannot see any light.

The details of the method of hiding fire include: the cover is made of linen. There are tiny gaps in the linen, which can easily leak light, so it is sealed with yellow mud lake; the firelight is the core of the formation at night, and the position of the vehicle formation must be determined based on the firelight, and the firelight is tight.

Whether it is neat or not depends on whether the car formation can be neat and whether the action is chaotic. Therefore, before the formation, the firelight goes first. There are manpower first to quietly arrange the positioning firelight in a cautious and subtle way. This process is not afraid of being slow.

For fear of making mistakes, it took a long time, with all the generals watching step by step, and finally all the fire spots were arranged without making any mistakes.

After the fire was completed, from the perspective of both sides, looking out from the top of Yuyang City, one could only see darkness outside without any light, while from another direction, from the direction of the Julu Army, there was nothing visible in the darkness.

Little bits of firefly-like light are neatly distributed like strings of beads, and are extremely conspicuous.

As for such an important thing as an ambush at night, Li Mengxi naturally watched the scene. Standing in the darkness, behind him was the formation of vehicles preparing for action, and in front of him was the firelight arranged. Li Mengxi looked from the darkness to the firelight, and at a glance, he was stunned.

It was dizzying to see.

The firelights are naturally very neat and orderly, but there is no way to tell their order. After that, each team must correspond one by one according to the position of the firelights to complete the formation. In the darkness, the only sign is a long row of identical firelights. This is like,

He said to his soldiers who were standing one mile away facing a forest one mile away, "You guys go to the woods and stand under one tree according to the trees. The inevitable problem is that the trees are too big."

There are many and the signs are unclear. When the soldiers reach the woods, they don't know where to stand, which naturally leads to confusion.

I glanced back and saw that behind me were all the teams on standby. After thinking about it, if I want each team to be in place at once, I have to explain the position of each team in advance and give each team a clear position number. For example, let the first

The first team goes to the first fire spot, the second team goes to the second fire spot, and so on. In this way, each team finds its own fire spot and is directly in place, saving a lot of trouble. The problem is here, facing the long-term

There is a long row of identical dazzling light spots, and it is very easy for the soldiers to find the position of a certain fire light, which can easily lead to confusion.

From this, Li Mengxi thought of the flag system. In the flag system, there are multiple levels of flags to improve recognition. Each team has a team flag, each hundred-man team has a larger hundred-man flag, and then there is a general flag. In this way, there are

Three-layer identification system. Looking at the vast sea of ​​people, the soldiers first check the flag of the general to know where their combat area is. After determining the combat area, they then check the flag of the centurion in the combat area to determine where they belong.

Wherever the camp is, and then search the squad flag in the centurion, you can easily find the location of Wushi where you are.

This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In this way, it is much simpler than searching for the flag of the small team to which you belong among a bunch of Wushi flags in a vast sea of ​​people. It is very simple.

More than twice as much.

According to the same method, if a multi-level flag system is set up, the difficulty of identification can be greatly reduced. Li Mengxi thought of a way to program the firelight.

According to the usage of fire flags, during night battles, ordinary flags cannot be seen at night, and firelight can be used instead of flags. At the same time, during night battles, soldiers must fight with torches, and firelights must also be used in command. Countless fire points are mixed together, making it difficult to

Show where the flag is, so at this time, there is a way to program the flames. Arrange multiple torches in a row, and a neat horizontal row of firelight is particularly conspicuous among countless light spots. It is conspicuous enough to command it.

used.

In this night operation, the fire marks are unclear, so we can use flame programming method. We can set up a big fire for every ten fires. The big fire can either light a bunch of raging flames, or use three or five torches to light one place to distinguish it from ordinary fires.

, In this way, from a distance, it is a long fire, and there is a cluster of fire every ten separate light spots. This is just like the multi-level flags of the battle flag system. The soldiers first use the large fire spots to find out where they are.

Start at the defense line paragraph, and then follow the paragraph directly forward. Even if you get there, it is not too late to carefully check the order you are in.

Due to the small problem of the flames, the situation soon brought a lot of hidden dangers to the Julu Army's operations, but there was nothing we could do. We didn't have much time to make changes, so we had to make do with it.

After thinking for a while, Li Mengxi subconsciously wanted to take out a pen and paper to write down what he had just thought. When his hand touched the pen, he stopped again. Now it was pitch black everywhere and there was no light at all, making it impossible to write.

Many days ago, we encountered the problem of not being able to sign orders while the carriages and horses were moving. Now a new problem has arisen. Signing orders is also a problem when ambushing at night. To sign orders, you must write, and the writing must be bright. There is light at night.

Natural lighting can be used to ambush at night. Once a fire is set, the possibility of exposure will inevitably increase.

The methods accumulated in the past when solving the problem of signing orders while traveling provide some reference. Some clerical talents who can write in the dark as usual can be specially trained to deal with the situation of signing orders in the dark, or the seal method can be used to reduce the difficulty of writing.

Or, printing order documents in a common format to replace part of the writing are all feasible methods.

The best way is still to solve the lighting problem. In actual combat scenarios, distance is an important factor affecting lighting. The distance factor makes the fire light visible to oneself but not to the enemy under certain circumstances.

One of the methods, the method of hiding fire, is to imitate the method of hiding fire and make a special lantern with light on one side to provide necessary lighting in the dark.

The second method, Li Mengxi thought of luminous. When he was a child, he used to hide in bed and play with luminous watches. The luminous light could be seen clearly by sticking it to the book. With the weak light of the luminous light source, he put it one or two steps away at night.

It cannot be seen, let alone a wider range.

For the luminous method, one has to find a rare treasure, a luminous pearl. The master carves the luminous pearl into the shape of a writing board. In the dark, he covers the luminous board with tissue paper. The dim light of the luminous light is enough for writing and is useless.

There is a fear of exposure.

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The final step of action has begun.

In the pitch-black darkness, small convoys moved towards the location of the fire in batches. The people in the convoys had coins in their mouths. They were barefoot and wore only cloth. They were armed with swords, guns and weapons.

The armors were all placed on top of the vehicles. Although the position of the formation was several hundred steps away from Yuyang City, the enemy's footsteps could probably not be heard from such a distance. However, due to the large number of people, it was impossible to determine the footsteps of the more people.

To what extent will the cumulative sound reach, we are cautious and try to reduce the sound as much as possible. In addition, actual combat is also a rare training process. This time it is just for setting up the formation. Who can say that tomorrow or the next day, we will not encounter the need to set up an ambush at night.

?With tonight's training, the entire army will be familiar with night operations, and all wars that require night ambushes within the next month will be worry-free.

The first group of teams arrived at the ready position. Li Mengxi did not follow him to the front. He looked from behind. When he saw the team approaching the fire, the figures originally hidden in the darkness were illuminated by the fire. He immediately frowned and raised his head warily.

Looking towards Yuyang City in the distance, there is only a dark outline of Yuyang City standing on the ground in the middle of the night. The outline is dotted with tiny lights, which are the torches raised by the defenders at the top of the city. Carefully

After watching for a while, I saw that the fire at the top of the city was still quiet and there was no sign of disturbance. It seemed that it was too far away and the enemy army failed to notice the light here.

Li Mengxi was keenly aware of this flaw, and he immediately ordered the following teams. After each team approached the fire, they immediately covered the fire to avoid exposing their bodies.

At this time, on the fire front, the first groups of convoys to arrive began to set up defense lines. Each group of convoys had more than a plurality of tanks. Under the leadership of the veterans of the Julu Army, they connected the tanks end to end in the dark.

The way is horizontal, and the car formation is formed.

Counting the time, we almost made an appointment with the first team, and the second team also stepped forward.

When the second team also arrives at the fire, the work of the second team is more complicated. They not only have to find their own location, but also cooperate with the leading vehicle formation to pick up the vehicle formation. In this process, they need negotiation, coordination, and detailed work.

Much more.

After another period of time, the second group of convoys generally completed their tasks and completed the formation of vehicles. According to the new order, after each team completed their operations, they covered up the firelight. This was originally an additional rule to prevent exposure, but it turned out that

It has unexpected effects.

In addition to the action of covering up the firelight, after each team completed the arrangement, they would then cover up the firelight, so that from the rear, the overall completion progress could be seen clearly with just a glance.

This is only one, and the other is that when the fire is associated with the completion of the task, the fire can not only reflect the progress, but also the quality of the completion. When Li Mengxi discovered that the fire in a certain place had not been extinguished, he immediately sent someone to investigate.

Looking at the situation, it turned out that something was wrong. The convoy made a mistake. The front and rear of the car were reversed, which delayed too much time, so the fire was not extinguished.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As the action continued, groups of motorcades came forward one after another. At the front line, the car formations continued one after another in the darkness, and the firelight on the front line also continued.

Little by little it goes out.

The third function of the fire extinguishing step appears. When there are fires everywhere, it is difficult to identify. Once the arrangement is completed in a certain place, the light is immediately covered. With fewer distractions, it is much easier for the remaining people to find the location.

The operation continued, and halfway through, the fourth effect appeared. Li Mengxi stared at the fire from behind. He found that there was a deviation. The fire in some places was extinguished very slowly, much slower than elsewhere, so he sent people up.

After conducting preliminary inspections, we found that it was not a problem with the soldiers, but a problem with the arrangement. To be precise, it was an error. The entire front system, all measurements, from the arrangement of firelights, to the chariots, to the arrangement of the vehicle array, had errors in every link.

It is very difficult to make the fire distribution roughly straight and evenly distributed when using a black light, and slight errors are unavoidable. Secondly, the chariots in the army are not unified, and the chariots vary in size. This is the second error;

Third, the vehicle formation is not a very precise formation. For the same ten vehicles, some teams place the tanks more closely and the formation will be shorter, while some teams place the tanks more loosely and the formation will be longer. Therefore, the length of the formation varies between different teams.

Not small.

Although careful planning and arrangements were made before the operation, when the detailed manpower arrangements were placed on a front full of errors, there would be a problem that the manpower and the front were not completely consistent, and this problem was perfectly reflected by the fire signal.

come out.

The firelight perfectly revealed the gaps in the front line. As long as the fire went out slowly, it must be that there was insufficient manpower. If the reserve team was moved forward from the rear, the gaps would be easily filled.
Chapter completed!