282 The Besançon tragedy

Sima Yun's blocking force plus the reinforcements brought by Xiao Hexin together did not exceed 150 people, and they were facing a reinforced battalion of more than 400 people, and the difference in numbers was obvious.

But the difference in numbers could be bridged by the guò synthesis, and the arrogance of the French ended up making them suffer a big loss.

First of all, there is a gap in personnel, and this battalion of the French army is not the top ace in the army at all, otherwise it would not be stationed here in Besançon. The real trump cards are on the German-French border and in colonies around the world.

And Xiao Letian's new army is different, this is an officer corps trained according to the standards of later special forces. That's right, these are all the officer reserves of Xiao Letian's future army, and every soldier who pulls them out is enough to be qualified for the position of company platoon commander.

In addition, the new army has received training in the fighting skills of Long Ye, and many of them even have a background in the rivers and lakes, and they are all talents who have learned martial arts since childhood.

The biggest flaw of the French army is not only that, but the current situation of the entire battlefield of the French army is completely refueling tactics. The French soldiers were probably never trained to assemble in the middle of the night, and since they were on the mainland, they never expected an enemy to attack Besançon, so their mentality was very relaxed.

When the whistle blew for the emergency assembly, most of the French troops were in a state of confusion, either unable to find their pants or rifle bullets.

This group of duck-like soldiers could not assemble into a reorganized battalion to act in unison, and they often rushed out of a squad when they were assembled, and rushed out of a platoon when they were assembled.

In this refueling tactic, the number of enemies faced by the new army never exceeded 200, and this small time difference was the key to victory.

Xiao Hexin and Sima Yun have now seized the fighter plane, they are sticking to these French troops, and the two groups of people are fighting like beasts in the dark, always entangled with the French army, which makes the enemy's long-range firepower impossible to exert at all.

The Forces nouvelles and the French began to collide violently like two torrents, each impact would be a bloody glow, and this group of French big noses was really tenacious enough, worthy of their honor, they were all repelled three attacks, and they were still rushing upwards with a roar.

The fighting power of this group of Chinese also shocked the French, and they could not imagine that this group of soldiers with faces in the East would be so ruthless, so tenacious, and would not retreat at all by fighting less and more.

Gradually, the French's will to fight began to waver, and there were obvious shouts from behind the military formation, Xiao He believed that they could not understand what it was, but they could feel the atmosphere of horror spreading.

Just when the new army was guessing what the French wanted to do, suddenly the French army, which was entangled with them, retreated like a tide, and the distance between the two armies was instantly opened by more than ten meters.

"The French have retreated?" Xiao Hexin looked at the fleeing French army in surprise, and suddenly a few German words flashed in his mind, which were the words that the German instructors had learned when they were teaching them before.

"Artillery...... Field artillery ...... Rifle Cannon Coordination...... I'm cāo, the French are going to open fire, charge everyone and stick to it......" Xiao He Xin's Tianling cover was about to shatter.

Sima Yun ...... Rush forward with your brothers, the French are going to open fire......"

Almost at the same time, in the darkness of the front of the Forces nouvelles, a flash of fire flashed, followed by a thunderous explosion.

Boom, boom, the smoke and dust of the explosion rose at the tail of the line, and the Forces nouvelles, who were closest to the explosion point, were swept down by the air wave. Thanks to Xiao Hexin's roar, he only bought a few more seconds, and the lives saved were not one or two.

It was Sima Yun who was at the forefront now, and he was aware of the French army's intentions almost at the same time as Xiao Hexin, and the angry commander roared.

"Twenty dead soldiers, follow me to kill through the enemy formation, and take out the artillery position...... As he spoke, the last grenade on Sima Yun's waist was pulled, and the retreating French troops were blown up.

It was not only the twenty dead soldiers who followed, but all of these madmen brought out by Xiao Lotian were dead soldiers, and since the night of the bloody battle of Naha, Xiao Lotian has left a mad imprint on the hearts of this group of soldiers.

More than a dozen grenades blasted a gap in the crowd of French soldiers, and dozens of new troops, led by Sima Yun, pierced the field artillery position like a light blue quenched sharp knife.

"Cover, musket cover, keep contact with the enemy, press on......" Xiao He took his brothers to load Spencer with bullets, and then tilted the fire on the enemy's head.

The bronze frame retreat field cannon was just launched from the barracks by the French battalion commander, and now it is only more than 400 meters away from the new army, which is a piece of cake for the new army, which is accustomed to survival in the field.

Night battles are never a stage where artillery can be strong, just by the light of the Molotov cocktail, these six field guns have some success, but when the new army clings to the French all the way and leaves the fire, the artillery immediately became blind.

"Battalion commander, we can't open fire if the enemy situation is unknown, now there is a scuffle, we have to retreat, it's too dangerous to hold on any longer......"

"Shut up, am I using you to teach me how to fight? I went on an expedition to China six years ago, and I know what kind of cowards they are...... Now that there are only more than a hundred Chinese opposite us, do we have to retreat with one of our reinforced battalions?"

"Pass my order, light the torch to light the artillery, and blow up these criminals......"

Maybe it was because the arrogant battalion commander's shouting and scolding was too loud, or maybe the torches around the artillery were too bright, Sima Yun saw this tall and thin man at a glance.

Shoot people and horses first, capture thieves and capture kings first, you kid shouts the fiercest, then you are the first to die. Sima Yun's right arm was rounded, and the sapper shovel in his hand flew straight towards the enemy like a whirlwind.

"Battalion commander be careful......" The artilleryman, who was still arguing just now, knocked down the commander with a tiger pounce, and the sapper shovel was stuck directly into his back.

The battalion commander who had just bragged about the mountain was now pale with fright, and he climbed out with his hands and feet upside down, and the blood spit out of the artilleryman's mouth stained his military uniform red, and the smell of blood that choked his nose made him nauseous and vomit.

Perhaps six years ago he was a brave warrior who was able to go on an expedition to East Asia and brutally beat the Qing army with broadswords and spears with advanced muskets. But the pleasures of six years in mainland France had softened his bones, and he didn't want to play with these Chinese savages again.

"God bless me, I have to get out of here, I still have a few sets of porcelain and calligraphy and paintings from China at home, I haven't had enough blessings, I don't want to die here......"

The collapsed battalion commander had already seen the killing god on the opposite side raise his rifle, and his hideous face was as terrifying as the evil ghosts of hell. Without the slightest hesitation, he turned around and ran.

The artilleryman with a sapper shovel in his back, his dying eyes stared fiercely at the fleeing battalion commander, he did not expect that he was saving an incompetent idiot, and his life was lost in vain.

"Shame...... Shame ......" tilted his head after speaking, and he didn't bat his eyes.

The officer's lead in escaping finally crushed the last vestiges of the French army's will to fight, and the artillerymen guarding the artillery turned around and ran away without saying a word, and all the field guns were abandoned in the wilderness.

"Turn the muzzle...... Reloading ...... Bombing barracks...... Blowing up and killing these routs ......" The crazy Sima Yun wrestled with one arm, and actually turned the field artillery 180 degrees in place, and the muzzle of the artillery was facing the brightly lit military camp in the distance.

At this time, Sima Yun was already excited and burst into tears, and he kept muttering to himself: "This is the so-called number one army in the world? This kind of miscellaneous can capture the city of Beijing? Damn, let these escaped ducks burn down the Old Summer Palace? How did a good China become like this......

"All of them, target French barracks...... Rapid Shooting..."

Boom Boom Boom ...... Six field guns spewed fire, and one after another flowering shells whizzed towards the military camp in the distance. The explosion spread from the field to the barracks, and the fleeing French soldiers were blown up into the sky like dolls, and the barracks were blazing with skyrocketing fires, and figures were running wildly everywhere.

There was also the battalion commander who was the first to escape, he thought he would be able to escape, but he didn't expect Sima Yun to use two field guns to name him, and a wave of exploding air chased him along the trajectory of his escape.

Just as the battalion commander was about to flee back to the barracks, a flowering bullet exploded at a distance of less than a meter behind him, and hundreds of high-explosive fragments instantly penetrated his body, and the whole person smashed into the wall like a puddle of mud like a broken kite.

"Fight, fight... I want these French people to remember this killing for the rest ......of their lives," Sima Yun continued to reload his ammunition like crazy, and at this time, Xiao Hexin grabbed him by the shoulder and shouted.

"Let's go, the adults have sent a fireworks signal, the adults have left the city, we must catch up and cover the adults, these ducks will surround their lives..."

Sima Yun looked back and saw that on the east side of Besançon City, three bright fireworks exploded in the night sky, which proved that Xiao Letian had connected with Luo Huo and should now move towards the border.

"Unwilling, really unwilling, give me another twenty minutes, Lao Tzu will definitely be able to wipe out this group of quacking French ducks, damn it is really cheap for them...... Retreat, let's retreat......"

The encounter lasted 30 minutes, the largest casualty ever suffered by Xiao Letian's new army since it became an army, with a total of 32 soldiers killed and 12 seriously wounded.

The Forces nouvelles were not in the habit of leaving their brothers behind, and several carriages stolen from the surrounding estates, carrying the bodies of the wounded Forces nouvelles and the war dead, galloped eastward, and to the south of them was the chaotic city of Besançon, where the Houses of Parliament had long since been set on fire.

The losses of the Forces nouvelles were not insignificant, but they were nothing compared to the losses of the French, and in one night of clashes, the secret police force suffered more than 20 casualties, and six died in the explosion of the parliament, while the French army battalion stationed in Besançon, more than 400 soldiers, finally counted 123 dead, 82 seriously wounded, and countless minor wounded.

A total of 7 officers, including the battalion commander, were killed, and this is the Besançon tragedy that shook the whole of France...

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