Chapter 441 Magic Box "King Yan!" King Yan! King Yan! ”

After hearing such a voice, Major General Meng Toban was a little puzzled, and he asked the adjutant on the side: "Ask the Chinese people, what is this voice?" ”

The adjutant quickly replied: "That's the people of the [China] people chanting their Royal Highness, His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

"A true hero!" Major General Montoban looked at the red flag on the hill in front of him with a telescope, and he could clearly see the horses there: "His Royal Highness the King is in command on the front line, but the French soldiers, victory belongs to you after all!" ”

"No matter what their past is, it's just the past, and you represent the end of the light!"

He was firmly confident in his statement, and no army in the world could stop the advance of the French army, as the just-concluded Crimean War perfectly demonstrated.

Although the strongest army in Europe purchased a large amount of advanced equipment and trained it with the world's first-class military instructors, the French army easily defeated the enemy and captured the fortress, and Major General Montoban had already seen that the French infantry had rushed into the position of the rainbow army with bayonets with the support of artillery, and the two sides had already started a white battle, and the French army even captured some forward positions.

The battle was to be over soon, and Major General Mentoban had already considered when to throw the last reserves into battle and what to pursue, so he deliberately took off his military cap, walked towards His Royal Highness the king on the distant hill, and rode forward a hundred paces, within range of the rainbow army's Mini rifles.

Ignoring the occasional stray bullets, he was convinced that the battle would be over in half an hour, and if it went well, a decisive result would be achieved in ten minutes.

Major General Montoban proved to be too optimistic, war was an extremely complex art, and after the initial assault, the advance of the French army became difficult. Some veterans even have the feeling that even in the Crimea, the fighting has never been so difficult.

The rain of bullets and shells never stopped, and the most heroic officers in the company were now corpses in the mud. Or dictating their last words on the ground, and some people lost their usual courage and only knew how to roll on the ground, and many companies even lost a third or more of their officers.

The more heroic the company, the greater the casualties, even if the proud French team suffered nearly half of the casualties. They also had to retreat and reorganize the offensive, and the fighting in many areas had become a stalemate, with both sides facing each other and firing in an attempt to eliminate each other with the most intense firepower.

But the other party never retreated, and they shouted: "King Yan! King Yan! King Yan! ”

Their esteemed King did not flinch, and he and his guards were always at the forefront of the battle, and now the battle lines of the two sides can be described as intertwined. Everywhere the infantry was shouting: "Where is the artillery!" Where is the artillery! ”

The distance between the two sides was too close, and now the French artillery, in view of the danger of accidental damage from the grenades, did not dare to organize a powerful salvo as they had done at the beginning. And the artillery of the Rainbow Army, having carried forward the tradition of bayonets on the cannons, dragged the artillery up again and again, and then fired a shot at the French side: "Double shotgun!" Double shotgun! ”

Hundreds of lead shots were not something ordinary people could bear, so Major General Montoban had to order: "Let the Chinese people hurry up and carry our wounded down, we can't waste time, they are all citizens of France!" ”

Everywhere there were dark purple uniforms, the color of the blue uniforms stained red with blood, and now the French had at least two hundred seriously wounded men at the front, and they rushed forward with all their might, and several times opened the shortage. But the Rainbow Army never let them laugh last.

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They did not have many troops, and the reinforcements they sent up were at most only an infantry platoon or infantry company, but each time they appeared in the most critical places, miraculously blocking all the efforts of the French infantry, and the performance of their artillery, according to the French infantry, "outperformed our timid artillery a hundred times......

Although the casualties of the artillery of the Rainbow Army were staggering. But their courage and sacrifice of the French infantry had to stop, both sides were still pouring all their firepower, and the whole battlefield was filled with the smell of death, but Major General Montoban was very dissatisfied with the French team: "We must work hard to ......"

That's right, it must be strived for, otherwise this is Napoleon in the Far East!

"These soldiers can really fight!"

Now each company just roughly counted the casualties, but Shi Huiji was heartbroken, since the formation of the troops, the Marine Corps has never experienced such a large casualty, and this is still the situation when the Marine Corps is in a field position, you must know that the other side is in a state of attack, but now the casualties of the Marine Corps are more than the enemy in front of them.

"This is a strong enemy!" Fu Wendao on the side was also gritting his teeth: "At this point, there is no way to retreat, and you must ask for reinforcements!" ”

"It's time to ask for reinforcements, otherwise our entire Marine Regiment will be killed and wounded, and how many reserves will there be behind?"

Fu Wendao estimated: "There is about a little more than one infantry battalion, and if it is evenly divided, we can only get half a company!" ”

Liu Chang must have a strong reserve in his own hands, so the reinforcements of half a company are more realistic, so Fu Wendao immediately said: "We must work hard, at least one reinforced company!" ”

"What should I do?"

The next moment, Shi Huiji, who was half-kneeling on the ground, almost jumped up: "Counterattack? How is this possible? ”

Now the Marine Corps is on the defensive, but it is still quite difficult to fight, let alone counterattack, but Fu Wendao has his own thoughts: "That's right, it's a counterattack, and if you keep it like this now, it's the end of defending to the death, and you see that there is no ...... over there."

It was a position urgently constructed by twenty or thirty French soldiers, but it was very simple, and there were even some corpses in dark purple tops and red breeches that served as cover there, and Fu Wendao's breathing became heavy: "No, it's there, it's there!" We organized two infantry companies, dragged the artillery up, first organized a feint, and then the two companies worked together to try to take it down in ten minutes! ”

"What if I can't take it off?" Shi Huiji was immediately a little worried: "Maybe it's the problem of the collapse of the whole regiment's defense line!" ”

"That's your responsibility and mine, are you still afraid to be responsible?" Fu Wendao said: "Now it's up to Lao Shi if you dare to fight!" ”

"Fight!" Shi Huiji replied: "If we destroy a Russian company first, and then a French platoon, our marine regiment is enough!" ”

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"The 2nd Battalion of Zhejiang Independent Infantry requests support!"

"Jiaxing Independent Third Battalion requests support!"

Under the red flag, there are still sporadic stray bullets, but these stray bullets are indeed some stray bullets, although the French army is in a death match, but Meng Toban did not think of organizing a group of marksmen to eliminate Liu Chang, this is a kind of classical spirit unique to this era, this is almost the last classical war.

In another time and place, the Civil War a few years later was the last classical war, and the first real modern war, but at least for now, the French commander still retains the last gentlemanly demeanor.

And Liu Chang, who was standing there, even received a salute from a French officer, which was a royal majesty, or at least a prince.

Among these requests, some are for artillery support, some are for infantry support, and some are for ammunition support, so Liu Chang does not have much margin in his hand, and he must save some for the last critical moment, so Liu Chang has to think of allocating all the resources in the most reasonable proportion - although this is an impossible thing.

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However, the request of the Marine Regiment to form a mixed battalion attracted Liu Chang's attention: "Now that the enemy infantry is about one platoon weak, without artillery support, isolated about 80 meters from the front line of our army, and firing at our army, it has been found that the enemy's combat effectiveness is weak, and the regiment is determined to strengthen a company with force, decisively attack, and annihilate all of them, and in view of the complexity of the enemy situation, I request that the infantry company with one artillery department be strengthened......"

This request really touched Liu Chang's mind, he picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of the Marine Corps, but he could only see a piece of gunsmoke, and he couldn't find the legendary French temporary position, but he still said to the side: "Since the Marine Corps wants to strengthen the artillery and strengthen the company, give it to them!" ”

"But in that case, we have less than half a battalion of reserves left, in case something happens here?" Nanbo Airlines gave a reasonable suggestion: "What's more, whether there is really such a fighter, maybe it's anyone!" Why don't you give a reinforced platoon? ”

"Don't forget the lesson of Yanzhou Mansion!" Liu Chang said: "The lesson is profound! ”

When it came to the old story of the Battle of Yanzhou, Nan Bohang didn't dare to talk back to Liu Chang, he just said: "The strength here is insufficient!" And the French army still has a whole infantry battalion that has not yet been used, and there are still a large number of Qing troops! ”

On the battlefield, the Qing army, which numbered at least 2,000 people, had retreated to the second line, and they had become baggage soldiers, stretcher soldiers, and cooking soldiers, but as long as Major General Meng Tuoban gave an order, the Qing army of several infantry battalions would be reorganized and launch a thunderous offensive against the Hong army.

But Liu Chang still has the firmest determination: "We must need a turnaround, a major turnaround!" ”

Up to now, although the French army had suffered a considerable blow, it had suffered few casualties and many wounded, and had not received a truly decisive blow, so Liu Chang was determined to deal the French army with a blow in the face.

Little did he know that now he had opened Pandora's box.

(To be continued,