2,500 British Royal Navy soldiers and marines with 2,000 horses, dozens of various vehicles and tractors, and more than a dozen guns of various calibers went to the front line by train, and when they entered the combat area, they also needed to use their own feet and horses to find the cavalry of French, and then take out the Boers together with the cavalry of French. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"The reason why the Boers were able to break through our fortress this time is that they carry a large number of artillery, and their artillery units will certainly not move very fast, our task is to find their artillery units, keep them in our field of vision, and wait until we and General French converge, we can launch a general attack, when the time comes, the Boers only have two choices, one option is to throw away their fire pillars, and the other option is to fight us in a decisive battle! And we have 7,500 people in total, and we will never lose! Colonel George wrote in a telegram to General French.

"The whole army marched lightly, except for the necessary weapons and enough dry rations for 5 days, and threw away the rest! All guns with a caliber greater than 75mm were dismantled and buried in the old ground! Horses are flooded into other departments! Shrink our logistical fleets so that our supplies can be obtained from the villages and towns along the way. "After receiving George's telegram, French gave the order after a moment of silence!

"General, counting the time of engagement, we must set aside at least 7 days of food, and after losing the follow-up heavy artillery, our firepower will be at a disadvantage!" The staff officer next to him said with some embarrassment.

"The horses that are no longer fit for long distances are our mobile granaries! The villages and towns along the way will give us supplies! If they don't, then we'll teach them how to be loyal to the Queen's government! Send all the scouts out, we need to know where the Boers are as soon as possible, and if we can't defeat them in another 5 days, we won't need to go back to Cape Town! France's words were full of shuddering determination! This kind of desperate momentum has not been seen in the British Army for a long time!

Orders were quickly given, tents, cooking supplies, various vehicles, personal belongings were discarded, and all sorts of debris were scattered along the road where the British troops had evacuated, giving people a feeling of embarrassment. Paul, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Regiment of Boer, looked at the British position in front of him like a garbage dump and fell into thought, the British were gone, and they walked in a panic, because Paul even saw a pile of artillery parts thrown everywhere.

"We've won?" An officer asked tentatively.

"No, we didn't win, and we are even about to face our biggest challenge." Paul took a few steps, carefully observed the slightly messy horseshoe marks on the ground, and said: "The British discarded these things not in a rout, on the contrary, they were in order to lighten the burden of the troops and march quickly. Their horse corps, though a little disorganized, is still in good order on the whole, suggesting that their chain of command is still in place. ”

"And you see over there, after leaving the camp, the whole army is divided into three ways, and the British cavalry should be deployed in an inverted triangle, which is clearly to encircle the opponent who appears at any time! The British are in a hurry, after all, they still have troops of almost 5000 people! After hearing of the fall of Kirsberg, our opponents not only did not evacuate, but decided to fight to the death! Paul said with a gloomy face.

"Abandon all unnecessary items, we must catch up with them before they attack the main force!" As Paul walked, he commanded,

"But sir, before that, we had missed supplies twice in a row, and although we had more forage, we only had enough food to last three days! We have to make our way to the next supply point...... The adjutant next to him hurriedly admonished.

"If you don't have enough food, you will kill the horses! You can drink horse blood without water! Start with my mounts. Paul said with a grim face.

"However, this is the soldier's own property, and if we do this, it will cause a huge backlash!" Before the adjutant could finish speaking, Paul had already raised the semi-automatic rifle in his hand and pulled the trigger on a horse next to him that was too overworked to continue the long march!

Bang! A slightly shrill gunshot echoed across the wilderness, and this shot directly silenced everyone! "Now, starting with me, throw away all the items you don't need! I promise that when we take the next English town, you will be able to take whatever you want! All the price we pay here will be compensated exponentially, and even the whole of South Africa will be our pasture! But only if you can win under my command! Paul shouted in an almost roaring voice!

If someone can stand in the clouds and overlook the entire South African plateau, then it can be clearly seen that two shadows, one large and one small, are moving rapidly, the British in front are moving towards the Calyput regiment with all their might, and the British cavalry, which used to be relatively slow, can now be described as fast, after they gave up most of the supplies, the speed of action has increased in a straight line, and the entire cavalry unit has even divided into several groups passing through the villages and towns along the way, using sabers and rifles to get supplies. They were like locusts, and "no grass grows" wherever they pass.

The latter force was a bit of a disarray, the Boers also gave up a lot of baggage and supplies, and were also trying to bite the tail of the British, but the retreat of the British was completely a drum movement, several cavalry scattered, and the Boers found that there were British everywhere, and they could not tell which one was the main force of the British, or that the British did not have the main force and auxiliary. So it caused some confusion when it came time to track.

At the same time, the tracking speed of the Boers was actually slightly slower than that of the British, in addition to the reason for the unknown goal, on the other hand, there was a problem of supply, the Boers were one man and two horses, and they ran very fast, but only if the supplies were sufficient, and now, Paul has missed the supply twice! Horses can only feed on forage, and horses that are not fed grain and alfalfa can maintain good physical strength for a long time? Apparently impossible! And if you loot the villages and towns along the way, you can't do it now, because the villages and towns along the way have already been robbed by the British themselves! The granary can starve rats to death!

The efforts of the British were not in vain, they soon found the traces of the Calyput Legion, after a short three-day rest, the Calyput Legion on the one hand to raise supplies, on the other hand to transport the wounded, three days later, his corps can finally travel lightly, but unfortunately, this legion after a storm, the total number of casualties reached more than 700 people, in addition to 200 lightly wounded, the battle attrition of more than 500 people!

However, this is not the worst, the worst thing is that the mobile artillery is exposed at this time, and it is difficult to hide again!

The second is more ~~~! (To be continued.) )