"I know ......"

Mentoban felt his eyes moisten, and he roared: "Open the cannon, use the shrapnel, use the shrapnel!" ”

After he finished roaring, he added: "The victor in this battle is no longer us. ”

The reserve infantry regiment fought too fiercely, and although the French army had the upper hand by virtue of its superiority in artillery and quality, and the number of casualties should be less than that of the Rainbow army, such casualties were still unbearable for the French army - they were thousands of miles away from the French mainland, and every soldier and every bullet had to be transported from the mainland.

Seeing the tears in Mentoban's eyes, the French officers were also uncomfortable, they also knew what kind of pressure their commander was under, and now their only hope was to successfully eat the five infantry battalions in front of them, so that this battle would have a perfect ending, if they waited until the large army of the Rainbow Army arrived, I am afraid that the casualties of the French army would be doubled: "Use shrapnels!"

Under the orders of Montoban, the French artillery had a super-level performance, and the shrapnel of the grenade shells erupted between the soldiers of the two sides like a heavenly maiden, causing waves of blood.

Often the explosion of a shell can make a radius of several meters or even more than ten meters without people who can stand, even if there are still people who can stand, they are covered in blood, the courage and fighting spirit of both sides were bombarded by the flying shrapnel without a trace, those French soldiers who were still holding bayonets could not believe such a betrayal, their shells actually came from behind themselves, they shouted with all their strength: "No, don't!" Don't!"

The deadly shrapnel was still torn apart in the French formation. It also broke through the last strength and resistance of the Rainbow Army, and after the shelling, another French infantry battalion roared with bayonets and rushed towards the defense line on the side of the Rainbow Army.

Zheng Fengxing watched as the panicked soldiers of the reserve infantry regiment retreated into their own lines. Shouted loudly: "The French are crazy, the French are crazy!"

This kind of shelling, which does not distinguish between friend and foe, has left these strong soldiers in a state of collapse. And now Zheng Fengxing's temporary defense line has become the top priority of the entire defense line, but after looking at the situation on the battlefield, Zheng Fengxing's expression is very ugly.

The situation was even worse than when the reserve infantry regiment was reinforced, and now, including the retreating rout, Zheng Fengxing only had seventy or eighty soldiers in his hands, but he couldn't retreat, and behind these soldiers were hundreds of seriously wounded, and several sanitary soldiers were gasping for air. I tried my best to save more soldiers, but they didn't even have a first-aid kit in their hands, so they could only hold the hands of the wounded soldiers and say comforting words: "Hold on a little longer, hold on!"

However, Zheng Fengxing was still relaxed, and he shouted loudly: "Did you see that the French dogs jumped over the wall in a hurry, they actually smashed grenades on their own people, and there were many French people killed." This should have been our patent!"

He roared: "It's just that such a scene was robbed by the French, which shows that we are invincible!"

"Invincible!"

The remaining seventy or eighty soldiers were shouting the word, and the wounded behind the line echoed it.

"Invincible!"

Zheng Fengxing stood at the front of the defense line and said loudly: "Our army ...... Invincible!"

The two sides have already begun to shoot at each other. The scorching Mini rifle bullets caused a succession of casualties in the formation, and this time the French threw in an entire reinforced battalion in one go, and there was a battalion of follow-up echelons behind, trying to take Zheng Fengxing's position in one go.

As long as it takes here, the French army can take advantage of the victory to pursue, completely solve the five more than five infantry battalions that were surrounded before the arrival of the large reinforcements of the rainbow army, and even turn defeat into victory, and eliminate the various units of the rainbow army in the north one by one, but when Montoban wanted to further deploy the action plan, the French army in front was in an uproar.

Almost simultaneously with their uproar was the roar of the iron cavalry, which was Zhou Xiuying's cavalry, they rushed into the formation of the French army like the wind, projecting all the weapons that could be projected at the rushing French army, revolvers, rifles, sabers or everything else, the French army in front of them did not expect such an accident at all, although they made a resolute counterattack, but the offensive was suddenly blocked.

…,

Engaged in this counterattack was the last cavalry company by Zhou Xiuying's side, and an infantry company sent by the reserve infantry regiment to protect her, although there were only two companies of strength, but such a heavenly divine soldier gave Zheng Fengxing confidence, and he shouted loudly: "Invincible!"

The fifty or sixty soldiers beside him were already from more than a dozen formed companies, and they were not familiar with each other before today, but at this moment, they roared with Zheng Fengxing: "Invincible!"

Not only did they roar, but they also had deadly bullets, and Meng Toban was about to issue an order, but he saw an incredible scene.

A grenade shotgun exploded in the formation of the two sides, countless deadly projectiles shot through everything that blocked their progress in a space of several square meters, and there was blood gushing everywhere, Zhou Xiuying's war horse fell to the ground, but the French army did not seize this best opportunity, they were defeated like a low tide, and they still shouted: "No! No, don't! We are French, and we would rather be bayoneted alive by the bayonets of the rebels than by shells in the back!"

The French army's indiscriminate shrapnel did not make the expected brilliant breakthrough, but blew the morale of several French infantry companies that rushed up, and they were not even willing to attack again, because they were afraid that they would be fired at another time by the shrapnel of the attack.

Meng Toban also angrily picked up his cane: "Whose order, who made them fire!"

This was the time to hold accountable after the fact, but the opportunity had passed, and at the moment of delay, the news came that made the French almost vomit blood: "An infantry regiment of the rebels arrived on the battlefield, repeat, it was an infantry regiment of the rebels, and there were a large number of rebel troops behind!"

As a result of this painful news, the French offensive came to a halt at once, and in the course of this day's fighting, the French had shed too much blood and consumed too much ammunition, and even by the most optimistic estimates, the French suffered more than a thousand casualties, not counting the losses of those baggage men in the rear who were attacked by the United States and the British.

If we are pessimistic, it is that the losses of the French army must have exceeded two thousand or even more, and many infantry companies that were nearly full now had only one-third or even less of their personnel left, and Montoban looked at the bloody sun in front of him, and there was a deep terror.

The remnant sun in front of him seems to be the best portrayal of his military career.

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"Xu Fengxing's advance team is almost completely gone, and there are only three to five people left......"

"The second battalion of the Zhejiang Regiment was devastated, and there were no more than 50 people in the battalion who could continue to fight, and the battalion commander Xu died in battle!"

"The reserve infantry regiment is unexpectedly strong, according to the latest statistics, the four infantry battalion commanders of the whole regiment have killed one in battle, seriously injured two people, and only one remains, and the commanders of the sixteen infantry companies of the whole regiment have seven killed in battle, six people have been seriously wounded, and only three people remain, and individual companies have not been able to find a single officer!"

Hearing Zhou Xiuying's report, the officers of the Hongjun Army present breathed a sigh of relief, the reserve infantry regiment and the second battalion of the regiment fought better than expected, although the casualties were mixed, but the entire French army was dragged down, and according to the battlefield situation they observed, the French army suffered great losses.

The Rainbow Army has now invested a large number of troops, not counting the five infantry battalions and some cavalry that were invested in advance today, and now there are already seven infantry battalions that have arrived on the battlefield, and tomorrow they will be able to continue to invest five to seven infantry battalions, which has a relative advantage over the French army in terms of the number of infantry battalions.

Liu Chang glanced at Zhou Xiuying with concern, and he asked, "I heard that you were injured?" ”

"It's fine, it's just a different horse." Zhou Xiuying covered up the past with an understatement: "Bad luck." ”

Immediately, an officer of the reserve infantry regiment defended Zhou Xiuying: "His Royal Highness King Yan, this is not the case, Commander Zhou not only injured his horse, but at that time, the French shrapnel exploded a few meters away from her......"

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Zhou Xiuying shook her head and came to a conclusion: "It's a big fuss, it's just a change of horse, the reserve infantry regiment has lived up to His Highness's expectations today, no matter how fierce Mengtoban's offensive is, they have never taken a step back." ”

This is a bit of a gold paste for the reserve infantry regiment, but Zhou Xiuying then reported another data: "Now the reserve infantry regiment has less than a thousand combat strength, and Commander Yu is ready to reduce the whole regiment into an infantry regiment, what do you think, Your Highness?" ”

The remaining combat soldiers are less than 1,000 people, which is actually only equivalent to a reinforced battalion, and the battalion and company structure is actually chaotic, Liu Chang agreed with Yu Lingdong's disposal: "Agree that the reserve infantry regiment will be temporarily reduced to an infantry battalion, no...... It should be a reserve infantry brigade. ”

After a day of hard fighting, the struggle of the officers and men of the reserve infantry brigade was finally rewarded abundantly, but many heroic officers and soldiers could no longer see this scene, so the officers of the reserve infantry regiment did not have the joy they imagined, but silently wiped the tears from the corners of their eyes.

"Tomorrow is an even tougher day." Liu Chang told his officers: "Your troops are not inferior to today's battalions and reserve infantry brigades, not to mention that there are troops like the 1st Division, so if tomorrow's battle cannot be severely damaged or annihilated by Meng Toban, I will personally lead the guards to charge with bayonets." ”

The morale of the officers was very high: "No problem, please rest assured, Your Highness, tomorrow will be the most glorious day in the entire history of the Rainbow Army, and the French tricolor will be trampled in the dirt by us." ”

Just after expressing such determination, unexpected news came from there: "The commander of the Franco-Russian expeditionary force, Major General Montoban, sent military envoys, and they demanded an immediate truce. ”