The strongest devouring system in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 213 There is a way to fight back

Although Zhao Yun's surprise attack disrupted Chen Er's plans, it was fortunate that it did not cripple Liu Bei. Liu Bei still retained his fighting strength, and such a defeat made Liu Bei realize his own strength.

"Although we won this battle, Liu Bei's organizational capabilities should not be underestimated, and we must also give sufficient attention to Liu Bei's personal command abilities."

In his post-battle debriefing, Chen Er told his generals that the battle had come very suddenly. Although the Liu brothers had a detailed plan, it was disrupted by the cavalry attack from the district they had been in charge of.

Moreover, the continuous attacks by the cavalry he had trained caused the morale of the Jingzhou forces to plummet, resulting in repeated defeats. Eventually, Cai Mao even withdrew his troops and refused to fight Chen Er, leaving only Liu Bei's forces to confront his own forces.

With both sides having roughly equal troop strength, Liu used gliders to launch a surprise attack, destroying many of the artillery pieces in his assigned area and causing chaos among the organized forces in that area.

This is a good thing for the district organization team that has always been doing well in its management. It has awakened them to the fact that they are not truly invincible. With the advancement of technology, the enemy has plenty of ways to retaliate.

"Don't you have anything to say about this battle?"

Chen Er looked at the generals and said that as generals, Yang Chen and Zhou Jie had entered the ranks of senior generals in his jurisdiction, and their abilities were beyond doubt.

Their performance in this battle demonstrated this point, but it doesn't mean they have no weaknesses; they still need to grow further.

Zhou Jie stood up first and said to Chen Er, "My lord, I believe that Liu Bei's organization's final counterattack in this battle is something our organization should learn from. However, their timing for the counterattack was not good. If it were me, I would have launched a counterattack at the same time as the enemy's gliders launched their attack."

Zhou Jie's words were agreed upon by all the organizers present. If Liu Bei had really deployed his forces as Zhou Jie suggested, their casualties would have been even greater, and they might have been forced to retreat instead of calmly retreating after winning and cleaning up the battlefield as they were doing now.

"Hmm, anything else?" Chen Er nodded in agreement, but he hoped Zhou Jie would point out their shortcomings.

Zhou Jie said to Chen Er, "Also, my lord, our organization's performance in this battle can only be described as average. Not only did we fail to fully utilize our organization's firepower advantage, but we also failed to react adequately when facing the enemy's glider attacks."

"If it weren't for the lord's timely order, the casualties of the soldiers I organized would probably have been even greater. In addition, when I organized several infantry regiments at the front line to resist the enemy's counterattack, some companies actually collapsed. This is something I need to reflect on."

Hearing Zhou Jie's words, Chen Er nodded. He was aware of the growing sense of pride within the organization, but he didn't know how to deal with it, given his past victories in the districts he had managed.

The enemies they faced were not truly threatening. Even Yuan Shu's massive organizational power was not a concern for Chen Er, because Yuan Shu's organization was merely an old-fashioned organization using firearms.

Liu Bei's troops, however, were different. Although his troops did not have much combat experience, they also lacked experience in firearms combat.

However, it was, after all, a truly new organization trained by Liu Bei using modern organizational principles, and it was completely different from the enemies he had previously dealt with.

If it weren't for the fact that the two sides' respective districts had rich combat experience, most of their frontline soldiers were veterans, and their flintlock muskets were more advanced, the outcome of this battle would have been uncertain.

If the district they were tasked with dealing with this time had also dispatched a newly formed force, it would have been highly likely that their morale would have plummeted and they would have been routed by the sudden attack of the gliders.

It's worth noting that even the veterans of the Fifth Organization Regiment suffered a small-scale rout when faced with Liu Bei's gliders and counter-charges, which speaks volumes.

"I'm still very happy that you can see your own shortcomings."

Chen Er addressed the crowd, saying, "Although we have won this time, it can only be considered a strategic victory. Tactically, our organization has not gained an absolute advantage."

"The appearance of gliders in battle is another thing we need to pay attention to, but this is not a problem for you generals to think about, but for Mr. Andre and his organization workers."

The role of cavalry was well demonstrated in this battle, and Chen Er also praised the cavalry highly. However, this does not mean that the cavalry was without problems.

In the final attack, a cavalry battalion charged directly at the few remaining infantry companies under Liu Bei's command, suffering over a hundred casualties. If the battalion commander hadn't been killed in action, he might have been sent to the Organization Court for questioning.

Chen Er strongly criticized this behavior, shouting at all the cavalry generals: This is a crime, a crime against all the cavalry soldiers!

With the increase in infantry firepower and the widespread use of bayonets, Chen Er repeatedly emphasized that cavalry should not directly charge the enemy's front without special orders. This cavalry battalion commander can be said to have openly violated the operational orders.

If it weren't for the fact that the morale of Liu Bei's organization hadn't been so low, their casualties would probably have been far more than just a hundred people; they might even have lost the entire battalion.

This foolish order from the cavalry battalion commander once again proved the spread of arrogance and complacency within the organization. It can be said that this battle, which broke out on this unknown plain northeast of Shiyang, served as a wake-up call to the entire district organization team they had been managing, reminding them that they were not invincible.

Not all enemies can be easily defeated. With the spread of technology and for reasons that Chen Er could not explain, the challenges that his district organization team would face in the future would be even more severe.

After Chen Er led the remaining troops to clean up the battlefield and collect the remains of their fallen soldiers, the entire organization retreated ten miles to set up camp and maintain a standoff with the Shuang Liu Alliance. Only a few companies of cavalry remained around the battlefield, monitoring the movements of the Shuang Liu Alliance.

As a result, the Jingzhou Water Organization was doomed. Their warships, still stuck in the age of sail, were no match for ironclad ships. The moment the Jingzhou Water Organization discovered the Jiangdong Navy fleet, they felt only despair.

The moment Sun Quan gave the order to fire, the entire Jingzhou Water Organization realized that they no longer belonged to this era.