When Zhen Changdong saw that his front-line troops began to collapse, from a company to a battalion to a regiment, the whole line slowly collapsed.

Almost all over the mountains were soldiers who turned around and fled, and they even abandoned their rifles in order to run faster, and ran directly empty-handed, wishing that their parents would give them two more legs.

There were also many soldiers who threw down their guns directly in front of the battle, and then lay on the ground and waited for the enemy to come up and take prisoners......

Because if you turn around and run, you can't outrun the bullets!

The first regiment used extremely powerful rifle firepower to completely crush the resistance of the enemy troops in front of it in just half an hour of launching a counteroffensive.

In particular, when the officers of the enemy army were hunted with precision and suffered a large number of casualties, the enemy soldiers who lost the command and restraint of the officers collapsed even more completely.

It was an uncontroversial, if not suspenseful, encounter.

The two sides have successively changed their offensive and defensive identities, but whether it is the first step of the regiment defense or the later active counterattack, they have achieved great results.

Zhen Changdong, who watched the collapse of the army in front of him, couldn't believe that what he saw was real.

When Zhen Changdong led the army as a striker, he considered that he would encounter a strong enemy and even be defeated.

But what he expected at the time was that he encountered the main force of the enemy!

He never imagined that when he encountered the enemy's forward troops, and it was only a little more than half of his own troops, the enemy forward would encounter a crushing defeat!

And the continuous battle was so short that he doubted his life!

It's only been a long time, and the enemy army has only been more than 20 minutes at most since the start of the counterattack, and these more than 20 minutes have to count the time for others to break through.

However, in such a short period of time, his troops suffered heavy casualties, which directly led to their collapse.

Glancing at the routs all over the mountains, Zhen Changdong sighed deeply, and then said, "Retreat, prepare to gather the troops!" ”

"The follow-up possible pursuit of the enemy army will trouble the cavalry!"

After Zhen Changdong gave the order, he directly took his subordinate officers and fled with a group of defeated soldiers who had escaped.

Xu Zhongshu saw that the other party took the initiative to retreat, and did not order the pursuit.

Even if they have the cover of the First Cavalry Regiment, it is estimated that the First Cavalry Regiment will be difficult to ensure safety if they pursue it so stupidly.

But even if you don't pursue, the results of your battle today are huge.

Even if there is no accurate report, judging from today's battle, our troops have killed and wounded at least several hundred enemy soldiers, and a large number of enemy soldiers have surrendered on the spot, and it is estimated that more than 2,000 prisoners of war can be captured.

Moreover, many of the enemy's routs are running in a disorderly manner, and it is very difficult to collect this kind of rout in a disorderly manner, and it is estimated that the enemy army will not be able to collect even a thousand routs in the end.

After the battle, after simply cleaning up the battlefield, his subordinates also sent him an accurate battle report.

The battle lasted less than an hour, and the defensive operations in the front and the counterattack operations in the rear resulted in the annihilation of more than 600 enemy troops by the First Advance Corps.

But the prisoners of war were more than 2,100 people captured.

The rest of the enemy army fled and did not know what to do.

At the same time, they also captured twelve five-pound cavalry guns and a large number of corresponding shells, and also recovered about 4,000 Fuyuan muskets.

In addition, there are a number of baggage wagons and horses.

As for the casualties of the First Infantry Corps itself, there are only a few dozen.

In addition, the cavalry units of both sides were kept intact, because the cavalry of both sides were afraid of each other in this battle, and they did not dare to join the battle easily.

Even in the end, Zhen Changdong did not forcibly order the cavalry troops to join the battle, because if he did so, it was estimated that as soon as his cavalry rushed out to attack the enemy infantry, the enemy's cavalry would be killed from the side.

This is a battle that surprises Xu Zhongshu himself!

"When did this battle start so easily?" Xu Zhongshu muttered to himself, and then thought of the past, and then thought of the several battles that his First Rank Corps had participated in in the past month or so.

Then the answer emerged.

Since the rifled rifles were equipped, the battle has become much easier.

Xu Zhongshu got a good start on the front line, and it was soon passed to Lin Ziran through the herald cavalry.

Lin Ziran read the battle report and nodded slightly: "It seems that Xu Zhongshu has done a good job over there!" ”

Wu Guanlin stepped forward at this time and said: "Now there is the First Infantry Corps and the First Cavalry Regiment guarding the front line, which not only severely damaged the enemy's forward troops, but also stopped the enemy on the front line of Niujiao Mountain, which is greatly beneficial to our follow-up operations!" ”

Niujiao Mountain, in fact, is not a big mountain, just a small hill, the height is only more than 100 meters, and together with some surrounding hills, it constitutes a relatively common low slope in the northern part of Luoan County.

If you want to talk about real mountain ranges, there are not many in the entire South China Sea, and the only ones that can barely be regarded as mountains are the Nanzi Mountains and the Hetai Mountains.

However, even the Nanzi Mountain Range and the Hetai Mountain Range can only be said to be hilly if they are dead, and the height of several main peaks is only a few hundred meters.

After all, most of the terrain in Nanhai Prefecture and even in the entire Daheng belongs to the plain terrain, and Nanhai Prefecture belongs to the standard plain terrain, and among these plain terrains, some hilly areas are already rare.

The area around Niujiao Mountain is also a terrain composed of low hills, if it is strictly in accordance with the geographical concept of later generations, in fact, this place still belongs to the plain, and there is no problem at all for the army to pass.

This place is also the preset battlefield that the Sixth Division actively chooses!

Choosing here, on the one hand, the distance is suitable, and on the other hand, you can also rely on those hills to build artillery positions and defense lines, which is better to fight.

It's just that now Lin Ziran is worried that Xu Zhongshu will beat the enemy's forward too hard, causing the main forces of the enemy's fifth and seventh divisions not to come!

And Lin Ziran's worries are correct!

In the evening of the same day, the scouts who hurried back reported: "The main forces of the enemy have stopped advancing and have begun to build a defensive line on the spot!" ”

"They're scared!" Lin Ziran held the reconnaissance report in his hand, looked around at the group of generals under his command and said: "They are afraid of us, just a forward battle, ours has defeated their army of five thousand, they are afraid that it is normal!" ”

Lin Ziran put down the battle report and continued: "Since they are afraid and dare not come, then we can only work hard to find them!" ”

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