5 army of 1-0-2 animals in the ancient war

When necessary, animals can also become "super soldiers" on the field.

Discover the powerful animal army in history

In the military history of the world in general and Vietnam in particular, there are many animals that have been used by humans in battle. Apart from some familiar animals such as elephants, horses, camels . have you ever heard about how snake attacked enemy boats, or how Vietnamese soldiers used bees to terrify their enemies?

The following article will help you better understand the animal warriors' 1-0-2 in history. Although less known, in fact, they used to contribute small and no small in the great victories of the world.

1. Dog melee

For a long time, dogs have helped people in many things from the middle of the house, rescuing to the police . but rarely used as a weapon in the war. However, for the ancient Greeks, dogs were powerful "warriors" on the battlefield.

Big dogs were scary 'warriors' on the battlefield

In the 7th century BC, a Greek state city, Magnesia, added to their army large dogs, which could weigh up to 113kg.

With their ferocity, dog " warriors " will play a vanguard of disrupting the enemy's formation to help the soldiers follow the chaos to easily defeat the enemy.

The use of dogs for this purpose now sounds quite cruel, but at that time they were treated equally as many other soldiers , even equipped with spiked armor to protect their muscles. can in the battle.

They are seen as a true soldier and sometimes even wear armor

2. Snake commandos

In the history of world military, Hannibal (247 - 182 BC) is considered one of the greatest generals when his military talents terrified the Roman Empire.

One of Hannibal's most famous strategies was to lead the elephants across the Alps to attack Rome from behind, an incredible feat of that time. However, his most creative and strange strategy is even more noble.

Hannibal was one of the greatest generals in history

According to historical documents, after the end of the Punic war with Rome, Hannibal fought another war against King Eumenes II of the Pergamon empire.

This is a naval battle where Hannibal forces command much less than the opponent. To win, he devised a miracle.

Before entering the battle, Hannibal watched carefully to find King Eumenes's battleship. When the war began, Hannibal's boat skipped the remaining ships and quickly approached Eumenes's boat.

Once in the right distance, he immediately ordered the release of poisonous snakes on the command ship. That frightened King Eumenes and turned his boat to flee, trailing the remaining warships.

The poisonous snake containers helped Hannibal not spend much effort to defeat the enemy outnumbered him

3. Falcon patrol force

Before the development of the communication system today, one of the most effective "messengers" in the battle was the dove. During World War II, the British army used 250,000 doves to spread information to soldiers behind the German line.

This is a perfect tactic because every trained pigeon can fly 1,800km to exactly the designated location.

Another advantage is that they are hard to detect and eavesdrop like radio communications. However, the Germans also realized the advantages of this method and had successive succession, establishing an army of doves for the invasion of England.

Nazi Germany has set up an army of doves to carry out its intrigue

In response, the British trained a small falcon force to intercept the Nazi dove army . These falcons will fly patrols around the coast and attack any winged ' intruders '.

An army of patrol falcons was brought up to fight the Nazi pigeons of the Nazis

The idea of ​​using this falcon has won the British army on the communications front when many German dove soldiers were defeated and at least two German pigeons were arrested. do 'prisoner' by this patrol falcon force.

4. Air force soldiers brawl

Bees have long been used as a weapon to cause panic for enemies in world military history. However, it was during the Middle Ages, while in the modern war with advanced bullet guns, few people thought that they were still a formidable weapon. Yet with the ingenuity of the Vietnamese army and people, this unique weapon was reused in an ingenious manner in the war against the US.

These hives like this have been used by our people as an extremely effective weapon to destroy the enemy

In about 1962, in Ben Tre, guerrilla soldier Nguyen Van Tu (1935-1964), created a way to fight enemies with bees and dogs in combination with earthquake, mines , causing many losses to the enemy. tell.

The battle of the bees was elaborately designed by him . Accordingly, bees will be caught at the point where they will build battlefields from the time the group was small, daily raised with buffalo and cow meat to grow quickly. Beside the beehive, he designed the battlefield, including a pit, mines, and dense stakes under nearby ditches.

Bumblebee combs have become the terror of American troops

When the enemy troops had reached the ' drive', from far away, Mr. Tu would pull the rope to break the nest, causing the bees to attack and rush, causing the enemy to panic, not knowing the surrounding area was set up: As a result, the enemy Those who fall into the pit, those who fall into the point where the mines are installed, or if they jump into the ditch to escape, are bound to the bottom.

This battle of Tu killed many enemy troops and caused the sweeping operations of the enemy to fail.

The tiny 'air force soldiers' contributed to the historic victory of our people

In addition, in Can Tho, the people also created another type of battle. People catch bees to feed, bring their clothes, and towels to hang near the honeycomb every day, so they get used to smell like an acquaintance, so when it is close to the honeycomb, it will be okay. But when the American troops came in, the bee found a strange smell, then rushed to inject it, causing American soldiers to run away.

5. Marine dolphins

Since the 1960s, the US Navy has established a separate branch to research and train marine organisms for military purposes. And one of the brightest candidates is dolphins, by their swimming and intelligence.

The usual task of dolphins is to explore mines and mines in the water and then warn patrol boats about the danger. When necessary, dolphins can also be equipped with weapons to attack the enemy clones into their controlled areas.

The Soviet Union also established a dolphin unit to detect and attack enemy warships by teaching them to distinguish the noises of propellers that cause underwater.

In 2000, some of these dolphins were sold by the Russian army to the Iranian Navy to control the Persian Gulf region and were called wittyly "mercenaries".