Although the officers present had different views on this incident, the atmosphere in the entire venue suddenly became tense, and Zhu Jinlei was already asking: "Who put the reserve infantry regiment there, knowing that they are unreliable when they are critical, and now we can only temporarily transfer the first division!"

"It's me!" Nan Bohang was a little embarrassed: "I didn't expect Meng Tuoban's movements to be so fast, His Royal Highness King Yan, I will take responsibility!"

Nanbo Hang's apologies couldn't suppress the gloomy atmosphere in the entire venue, and someone over there had already made a suggestion: "Let them withdraw, right?" ”

"Is it time to talk about retreat!" Liu Chang said to the officer who made the suggestion: "If they retreat, they will definitely lose half of their troops, or even more!"

To complete the retreat in front of an entire French infantry division, this is simply too difficult a task for these infantry battalions and infantry regiments, and Nan Bohang also echoed this suggestion: "No matter what kind of performance the reserve infantry regiment has, but they have at least one reinforced regiment, let's treat them as an infantry battalion, right?" At least one infantry battalion has the combat power. ”

"The combat effectiveness of an infantry battalion", everyone agreed with this opinion, and Cai Yunnan, the acting brigade commander, also spoke to Yu Lingdong on behalf of the reserve infantry regiment: "I have seen their infantry regiment, the rectification is good, and there should be great progress." ”

But as soon as he said something, a cadre over there said: "The teaching regiment usually performs well, if it weren't for the Yanzhou Campaign!"

"What happened to our second regiment?" There were already cadres from the First Division's Teaching Regiment ready to wave their fists and say: "In this Jiangxi Campaign, our Teaching Regiment has not disgraced the First Division!"

Seeing this change, Liu Chang slapped the table hard: "Give me a serious place, this is a war that determines our life and death!" In our most critical war, I have confidence in the Reserve Infantry Regiment and Commander Yu Lingdong, and I believe that you also have confidence in them!"

"The 1st Division is ready for action!" Liu Chang had already given an order quickly: "Be ready to fight to the death, in this land, the final victory belongs to us!"

"Also, Cai Yunnan......"

Cai Yunnan, the acting brigade commander, was the temporary acting brigade commander because Jin Peilun was promoted to deputy commander of the Third Division. He immediately saluted: "Resolutely obey the order, although our brigade commander is a new unit, he can withstand it when it is critical!"

"Good! Your brigade is closest to Yu Lingdong, and you immediately bring a regiment closer to you. As long as you meet with Captain Yu, it will be the biggest victory!"

Zhu Jinlei reminded beside him: "The enemy has a whole division, and there are tens of thousands of Qing demons behind him, you must be careful!"

Cai Yunnan was ready for the decisive battle of the French army, but he also had to remind Liu Chang: "Your Highness, do you remember the suggestion of Commander Fu Wendao?" The higher the level of our confrontation with the French, the more prone we are to problems......"

"It's just piecemeal. We can't solve the problem at the root!" Liu Chang is quite confident: "This time we are prepared for thousands of casualties, I believe that Meng Tuoban is not ready for this, if there are thousands of casualties, his title of commander of the expeditionary force will be useless, since he wants to find us for a decisive battle, then we will let him taste the power, the key is that everyone must have confidence in the reserve infantry regiment, and have confidence in the commander of Yu Lingdong!"

He has already mentioned this for the second time. Then he said: "What's more, we have been playing hide and seek with Mentoban for so long, and it is time to fight a tough battle to restore everyone's confidence and tell everyone a not very good news." On the Hunan side, Zeng Demon Tou has made another move, trying to counterattack Jiangxi!"

The reason why Zeng Guofan had the confidence to counterattack Jiangxi was because the Franco-Russian coalition army under the command of Meng Toban intervened in the relationship between the Chinese civil war, so everyone understood: "Obey the order ......"..., but Nan Bohang asked a crucial question: "Then we solve the troops of the Russian garrison, should we withdraw!"

"No!" Liu Chang already had all the preparations: "What's more, we can't withdraw now, instead of withdrawing and causing damage to the troops, it's better to let these foreigners see how powerful we are!"

He was eager to fight, not that Meng Toban was looking for him to fight, but that Liu Chang had been waiting for Meng Toban to come to the door. And Qu Jie asked: "How can there be a repeated situation in Jiangxi, when we return to the east, we have already taken Nanchang, Huo Qiu may not be too careless." ”

"Fight a war to show the foreigners, the Chinese people, and the world!"

Liu Chang said very solemnly: "This battle can't be stopped!"

But he didn't say exactly where his determination to fight the battle came from. Just two hours ago, he had just received a very urgent piece of information, so when the troop commanders came out, he personally left Zhou Xiuying, the cavalry brigade commander, behind: "Xiuying......"

"Your Highness, what do you command!"

Liu Chang smiled: "We must believe in Commander Yu and his reserve infantry regiment, but in front of you, I have to admit that we must prepare in advance, do you understand?" ”

Zhou Xiuying replied dryly: "I understand, but I think you should trust Captain Yu, his qualifications are much older than mine." ”

"But I believe in you more!" Liu Chang said bluntly: "Therefore, I now have a more important mission to you!"

"You say!" Zhou Xiuying said unceremoniously: "I now have four fully formed cavalry companies ready to go out for combat at any time, and if I am given enough time, I can still mobilize four more cavalry companies!"

"Enough!" Liu Chang replied: "Two cavalry companies are enough, you immediately rush to Yu Lingdong's side to assist him in the battle, and ...... If necessary, you can take over the command!"

"I can't, I can't do that!" Zhou Xiuying refused: "This task is too difficult. ”

"The fate of the entire Rainbow Army is on your shoulders, and I know you are also in trouble." Liu Chang replied: "But I have to entrust this mission to you, you are making the cadres of the reserve infantry regiment disobey your orders, right?" Well, I'll give you a formal order right now, and you can take over everything from the entire reserve infantry regiment, and even impose military justice on anyone......"

He paused, but finally said the name: "Including Regiment Leader Yu!"

Zhou Xiuying didn't expect Liu Chang to have such authorization, she grabbed her saber: "I understand, is the situation urgent?" ”

"Very urgent." Liu Chang said what was in his heart to Zhou Xiuying: "Maybe it is the most serious crisis in the history of our Rainbow Army? ”

"Just for Zeng Guofan's preparation for a counteroffensive to Jiangxi? It can't be!"

Liu Chang smiled bitterly, but told the truth: "Don't make it public for the time being, it's in big trouble, and there is a suspicion of rebellion in Shiyunqing, Fujian!"

Zhou Xiuying didn't expect this reason, if you count the number of troops controlled by Shi Yunqing in Fujian, the total strength exceeds an infantry brigade, although the combat effectiveness is not strong, but the rebellion of Shi Yunqing's department may trigger a chain reaction: "I understand, if I want to make up my mind, I will not be soft-hearted!"

He pointed to the problem of the reserve infantry regiment, Liu Chang nodded vigorously: "Everything is handed over to you, you have unlimited power in the matter of the reserve infantry regiment, and I will give you another order, you can command all the troops you encounter!" Unlimited power!"

……

At this time, Montoban was still struggling in the muddy road, and he did not think how difficult it would be to mobilize an entire heavily equipped French division, many mules and horses, carts, luggage and artillery were still fighting in the muddy water.

Not only did the Chinese army fall behind, but now even the French army's baggage and heavy artillery were left behind, and many small wooden bridges could not pass through heavy artillery, and Montoban had to have sappers make an emergency bridge or find a second way, but the more fatal problem was that some mules and horses simply fell in the mud and could no longer advance. …,

The French army brought a small number of military horses from France and India, most of them were purchased from the vicinity of Shanghai, almost all of them were Mongolian horses and mules, these mules and horses had a lot of advantages, but compared with European military horses, they were too light, and the pulling force was too weak, and sometimes the artillery that four European horses could carry had to be pulled by six or even eight Mongolian horses in China.

As a result, the French army used war horses completely according to the experience of the European battlefield, and now many war horses are already overwhelmed, and Montoban can't help but curse: "Tell everyone that this is the greatest conquest in the history of France, and that we must speed up our actions, and if we can't get ahead of the Chinese, then the sacrifices made by our allies will be meaningless!"

"Also, don't forget little Raymond......"

The thought of the officer who had pinned down the entire Hung Army of Suzhou with an infantry battalion and two artillery batteries could not help but be moved by his sacrifice, but he had to be strong enough to lead the French troops to the final victory, and they had to lead the entire infantry division through the river network that was difficult for this large army to penetrate.

And in the front of the French army, has been with the rainbow army has had a succession of fire, the vanguard of the rainbow army is almost all cavalry, they fired a shot at the French army from a distance, and then disappeared from the French army's field of vision, every few minutes, a few more cavalry appeared in the French army's gaze, they have no cavalry, only equipped with some mini rifles, in the war horse slowly loaded the projectile, and fought a round from afar.

This harassment slowed the pace of the French advance, so that soon an officer received an order to expel the cavalry: "Thatch, lead your company to teach these shameless cavalrymen a hard lesson with bayonets and bullets!"

"No problem!" Captain Thatch had already rushed forward with his entire company with bayonets, and watching their majesty on all sides, the cavalry of the Rainbow Army, who had no rifles, retreated in great confusion, and Thatch's company pursued even more urgently, only to be bombarded by a round of sharp fire in his company.

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