The cadres of the Rainbow Army said with full confidence that there would be absolutely no problem in using an infantry regiment to destroy the French army or an infantry company of the Russian army, and even if they made the highest estimate of the French army, they did not think that a French infantry company could withstand the impact of an entire regiment of the Rainbow Army.

And Liu Chang's attitude also fell to Fu Wen and said: "Well, time is in our favor, as long as it drags on this year, everything is fine, the French and Russians can't afford to drag them across, this war will drag them across, we don't want to destroy a regiment or a battalion at one time, but at least a company and a platoon of the enemy, and over time, victory will be ours!"

However, after setting the tone of the war, he mentioned another crucial issue: "But this is not a reason for us to refuse to resolutely carry out our orders, and in this battle of Shanghai, some units did a very bad job in this regard......

Although he didn't name him, everyone knew that this meant that the third division had not returned in Zhenjiang for a long time, and Sun Huzi also blushed, he stood up and said: "Your Royal Highness King Yan, the situation of our third division is similar to that of the first division, but they have a week of maneuver time, and we ......"

"Sit down!" Liu Chang's expression became serious, and he said angrily: "That's right, the first division is far away in Jiangxi, the military situation is unknown, and the fighters are fleeting, so I gave them a week of maneuver time, you really don't have such maneuver time in Zhenjiang, but how long have you delayed in Zhenjiang!" For a whole eleven days, I issued seven orders in a row, but the Third Division never carried them out, and the storming of Zhenjiang Mansion was unsuccessful, and finally our army was in an extremely passive state!"

This so-called extremely passive state is true, Liu Chang himself had to take an infantry battalion to the front line in Jiaxing, and even prepared to charge into battle with the guard cavalry, where Li Guanglei hit the key point of Sun Huzi: "The first division has a week of maneuver time, and when the order is executed, how many days will it take to return to the east?" ”

Over there, Qu Jie replied: "After receiving the order, continue to fight near Nanchang for four days, and return east after conquering Nanchang, it is really too much of a threat to our upstream from Nanchang, otherwise." Our army will immediately return eastward, and even so, it will still pay 700 casualties, which is the greatest regret of this battle. ”

But Yang Fuqing thought on the side that Qu Jie's battle was handled properly: "If you don't take Nanchang." And Jiangxi is still in the hands of the Qing demon, the Taiping army in the past entered Hunan did not take Changsha, is a major turning point in the country's morale, if you do not take Nanchang today, then the Hunan army can make a comeback at any time, and the Jiangxi departments will suffer from it. ”

His words can be said to hit the nail on the head, and it took only four days for the First Division to assist the Second Division in taking down the provincial capital of Nanchang. After Nanchang fell into the hands of the Hong Army, although the various units of the Hunan Army still broke out of the encirclement and still retained a main force, from the overall situation, the entire Jiangxi Province has completely become the stable rear of the Hong Army, and the Hunan Army can only retreat to Hunan in the end even if it persists in the Jiangxi battlefield.

But the Battle of Zhenjiang was different. In this battle, the Third Division can be said to have lost more than gained, and it can even be said that it has wounded its vitality, and the total number of killed, missing, wounded, and sick people in the division has reached 1,700. Moreover, the troops were quite tired in the battle, so that they did not perform well in the following Battle of Suzhou, and the troops with 10,000 people attacking the three infantry battalions of the French army as the core did not take it down in one go.

And the firepower in all aspects also became fierce, so Sun Huzi now had to review himself: "In this Zhenjiang Battle, I really have something inappropriate, I will review it with His Royal Highness King Yan." ”

Liu Chang's words were very heavy, and he continued to grasp the point of Sun Huzi's disobedience to orders: "In the history of our army, there are indeed several mountains, but I don't think that I, Liu Chang, can't dispatch the rainbow army that I founded by myself. The incident in the Third Division is unprecedentedly serious, and the principal responsible person must not only make a profound review, but also have a sober understanding, and he does not need to return to the Third Division until he has a sober understanding!" ..., he continued: "As for the operations in the two provinces of Sujia, the command of the First Army is directly responsible for ......"

This is to elevate Sun Huzi, the commander of the Third Division. Therefore, Sun Huzi asked directly: "Who is in charge of the troops of the Third Division in Suchang?" It can't be Bao Meiying's little girl in charge, right? ”

This is indeed a true sentence, he stayed in Jiaxing Mansion to review and reflect, and the highest officer commander of the two provinces is Bao Meiying, but Bao Meiying's qualifications are too shallow, and the four infantry battalions in charge of the entire Suzhou Prefecture can already be said to be exceptionally promoted, not to mention the extremely old Third Division troops.

"I have already decided that Jiangning Jingluo Yucun and the new deputy commander of the Third Division, Jin Peilun, will be jointly responsible, has Jin Peilun arrived?"

Over there, Jin Peilun was still sighing at the storm at this meeting, who expected that he would become the eye of the typhoon, he didn't dare to believe what he heard, but he still stood up as soon as possible: "It's here!"

This can be said to be the most important personnel decision since the establishment of Hongjun, and the axis of this personnel decision is on itself.

Compared with his infantry brigade, which was just established this year, he wholeheartedly wanted to be the deputy commander of the Third Division, not to mention that now Sun Huzi, the division commander, was forced to think about it behind closed doors, he was just worried that he would not be able to lead the third division of the unit, after all, he was not a cadre from the Hongjun lineage.

But Liu Chang had already named him: "Lao Jin is our old man, and his qualifications are deep enough, although he is Qu Zhenhan's person, but I just appreciate him a little, he is not confused in major matters, as the so-called Lu Duan is not confused in major matters, and he can be reliable when he is critical, this is enough, this time Lao Jin, you go to the third division, you must also remember this principle." ”

Although Jin Peilun is not Liu Chang's basic cadre, he has never been confused when he was critical, and he made the right choice, especially in the matter of Qu Zhenhan's break, which shows the courage of a cadre on major issues of right and wrong.

Therefore, after these words, the whole room was applauded, and Jin Peilun also walked out of the panic, although there was an unreal feeling, but he felt that this was his best opportunity, he was a poor scholar who had been planning for half his life, didn't he just want to fight for such an opportunity!

That's right, the third division is the first-class main force of the Rainbow Army, and almost all the cadres there are brought out by Sun Huzi, but now that Sun Huzi has thought about it behind closed doors, this is his own opportunity, if he does this job well, then it will be the key role that the entire Rainbow Army can count.

He immediately saluted Liu Chang with a military salute: "I am willing to share my worries for His Royal Highness King Yan!"

Liu Chang reiterated his principles: "This battle is not to fight with the Qing demon, but to compete with the Yi soldiers, it is a matter of the survival of the country, and all ministries must not be afraid of war, so as to prohibit it, do you know?" ”

"Got it!"

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With Sun Huzi such a counter-example, the Hongjun Army's next operations, although it held the idea of using an infantry regiment to defeat a company of the coalition army and an infantry battalion to wipe out a platoon of the coalition army, and also decided to focus on solving the second-rate troops such as the Shanghai Qing Army, the Huai Army, and the Foreign Legion, the whole operation was meticulous.

Almost all of the more than 40,000 troops in the vicinity of Shanghai took part in the fighting, and some units, such as the old units of the First Division, even participated in the battle every week, and although they attacked, retreated, guarded, and searched, although they could not be described as slack, they changed the wait-and-see of the allied forces near Shanghai and the Westerners.

Montoban soon found himself in a quagmire, receiving reports of damage to his troops almost every day, sometimes French, sometimes foreigners, and sometimes Russians, and he had to send troops frequently to the rescue, but soon he found that his troops were almost exhausted, as if they were caught in a sea of rainbow troops. ..., soon Meng Toban found the reason, the coalition army has an advantage in combat effectiveness, but such an advantage cannot be converted into victory, the key is that he can't find a chance for a decisive battle - if there is another decisive battle like Fengjing Town, he can completely defeat the Hong army.

It is based on this concept that Commander Meng Toban gathered eleven infantry battalions and nearly 10,000 auxiliary troops that could be assembled, in an attempt to launch a thunderous offensive against Jiaxing Mansion, trying to hit the main force of the Cross Rainbow Army in a battle, it turned out that he thought too much, his forward had just entered Jiaxing Mansion, Jin Peilun, Yu Cun and Bao Meiying had joined forces to organize an offensive against the Russian army, as a result, this huge force had to turn around and march to the border between Jiangsu and Shanghai, and after a short fire, it received the news that the Rainbow Army was attacking from the direction of Jiaxing.

As a result, in more than half a month, the main force of the coalition army of Major General Mengtoban traveled thousands of miles, killed and wounded hundreds of soldiers, but did not find the legendary decisive moment, and had to wait for the arrival of the next wave of reinforcements in order to launch an attack.

Major General Mentoban attributed the defeat to a lack of troops, believing that as long as he had enough troops, he would be the final victor, but his allies did not see it that way, and even the War Department had news of doubts about Mentoban.

France's domestic support for China has also slowed down, although the news from China that it will still provide China with troops, materials and financial assistance, but it could have provided ten infantry battalions, six infantry battalions at one time, and at least four infantry battalions, and now China is willing to provide two more infantry battalions at most.

Fortunately, the Russians provided aid to 3,500 Russians, but this was their last aid of the year, and they could not be counted on the next round of aid in half a year, so the Westerners in Shanghai were already pessimistic about this expedition, and even the French allies had this opinion: "Shaoquan, do you think the soldiers are to be feared?" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )