Under the same starlight, Major Raymond became a little frightened because of the inexplicable roar and gunfire of the rainbow army. 1――

He didn't know what was going on, but the inexplicable shouts of these opponents made the old major a little unstable, and soon Major Raymond forcibly calmed down, he put his hand on the Bible, and said in the gentlest tone: "Your Excellency, Father, I ...... sorry for your trouble."

The French missionary, who was holding a cross and a Bible to say his final prayers for the seven French soldiers who had died today, obviously had a lot of hatred for the Rainbow Army, so he prayed with great effort, but he soon touched on another crucial question: "Your Excellency Major, can I ...... for the Russians?"

"He is a citizen of God, but he is an Orthodox Christian!" Major Raymond rejected the missionaries' kindness, and at times, the missionaries liked to give him problems on these issues, and he knew very well that this battle would not be possible without the help of the missionaries: "If you have time, sprinkle the light of the Lord on our warriors, for this is a crusade against the infidels......"

The missionary agreed to Raymond's request, and Raymond cast his eyes on the distant night sky, and the rebels over there stopped cheering, what happened to that?

Major Raymond made his decision quickly, and he even had an expectant look on his face, which could not change him no matter what—because he had no time to wait a second time.

If Major General Montoban, the commander of the expeditionary force, is a typical French tragedy, then Major Raymond, who is forty-two years old, is the last of the whole French tragedy.

That's right, at the age of forty-two, Major General Montoban had caught up with the last glory of Napoleon's empire, while Major Raymond, a contemporary of the Bourbon dynasty, could only listen to others recount the glory of His Excellency the Emperor, but add more pathos to his own story.

Whether it's the Bourbons, or the July dynasty. None of them became a general before the age of thirty, on the contrary, if it were not for the Crimean War, he could not even become a major before the age of forty.

The Crimea that shook the whole country became a story of the past. Major Raymond, who is now standing here, is a forty-two-year-old major, and this may be the last battle of his life.

So Major Raymond quickly restrained all his pathos and pathos, and he knew only one thing, and that was that he could only - he would not tolerate failure.

Yes, there is no room for failure, even a tie, or a small one. He can only use perfection to continue his military resume.

He told himself, old Raymond, you have no problem, just fight according to the method of today and yesterday, it belongs to you.

The opponents are a little stronger than on paper, much weaker than the Russian army in the Crimea, and even inferior to the Turkish army, they are not a small number.

This must mention the Chinese allies on Raymond's side. Their combat effectiveness is not strong, and there are many of them, but a battalion commander named Pan Dingxin can be called competent. His unit is also the strongest of all Chinese auxiliary forces.

In two days, nearly a thousand Chinese were killed and wounded, but Raymond was not worried, he still had 3,000 Chinese auxiliary troops around him, and according to the current casualty ratio, it could continue for a whole week.

As for the casualties of the French and the Russians, it can be described as insignificant, with the efforts of Battalion Commander Pan, the French army only went to the battlefield at a critical time, and yesterday two Frenchmen returned to heaven. Seven French were killed today, while on the Russians' side, two barbarians returned to the arms of Mother Russia, and on the side of the mercenaries, although many were wounded, no dead have yet appeared.

Fight according to such casualty figures. Even if it lasts for half a month, there is no problem, not to mention that Raymond is ready, as long as he can hold out in Jinshan County for two days, Major General Meng Tuoban will definitely send a large number of reinforcements to meet him. …,

While the old major was thinking about the final battle of his life, a Chinese official over there, led by an interpreter, came over and asked, "Your Excellency Admiral Lei, are we properly retreating?" Our enemy may have gotten some reinforcements!"

"Pan!" This is the Chinese that Raymond sees most pleasantly, so he opens the skylight and says: "Trust me, no problem!"

That's right, even if he reinforces an infantry brigade, it's no problem.

He didn't know that the Hongjun on the other side was just one more person.

Even if this person did not arrive at the battlefield, the morale of the entire Rainbow Army was completely different, and at the beginning of the rising sun, whether it was the Jiaxing detachment, the 11th Marine Regiment, or the officers and soldiers of the independent battalion who were transferred to participate in the battle, they all had confident smiles on their faces.

"What kind of troops are we?" Li Guanglei said loudly to a group of young officers in the detachment: "It's not the Jiaxing detachment, it's not the Chuzhou Independent Battalion, we are the Second Dragon Gun Regiment, that's right...... The 2nd Dragon Lance Regiment, beat our flag!"

The dragon spear flags that were made overnight were waving in the wind, and the young officers of the Jiaxing detachment clenched their fists so tightly that they couldn't even speak, and the commander of a vanguard company gave Li Guanglei a guarantee: "Don't worry, let this flag fly in the city of Jinshan County today!"

"That's right!" Li Guanglei repeated the words with magical powers: "His Royal Highness King Yan has come up, he has come up!"

"It's up to us to see how we perform!"

"No matter how fierce the artillery fire of Fayi is, we have determination!"

"Our artillery has only one determination, and that is to put bayonets on the artillery!"

"Let's take the cannon mount to the door of the soldiers!"

"The artillery is all bayonet, and our infantry will be more determined to assault the white soldiers!"

Just when the officers and men of the Jiaxing detachment were full of confidence, Shi Huiji over there brought full good news: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have a new infantry company that has just arrived after the landing, and today our 11th Marine Regiment will put in 700 more people than yesterday!"

Li Guanglei was also arrogant: "I informed the artillery that there is no restriction on firing artillery today, even if all the artillery is exhausted......"

Shi Huiji is a little older than him: "Don't ask His Royal Highness King Yan how many troops he brought up?" ”

"Don't ask!" Li Guanglei didn't think about the problem of failure at all: "I only know that the inspection point has come up, so last night I transferred a reinforced company overnight as the final general reserve, but Liu Ping gave me face and transferred two reinforced companies, one can be used now, and the other will not arrive until noon!"

"Good ......"

"Good!" Li Guanglei held Shi Huiji's hand tightly and said, "Fight well!"

It was only before the outbreak of the battle that the entire battlefield showed a rare tranquility, and the officers and soldiers were enjoying the most sumptuous breakfast.

They all ate breakfast in silence, in addition to an extra soy milk this morning, each person also had two more eggs, in addition to the amount of breakfast has also increased a lot, in addition to a small amount of wine, in addition to the sound of killing pigs in the back.

It was a meal waiting for the officers and soldiers to return, but the officers and soldiers were terribly silent, and from time to time someone lowered their heads and chewed the fritters in their mouths vigorously.

For many, it's the last breakfast!

The fighting of the past two days has cost the entire Rainbow Army hundreds of casualties, and many of them have blood stains and dust on their uniforms, which cannot be changed.

The sun has risen, and some officers and soldiers are nostalgic for this? The sun was rising in the east, and soon the sound of gunfire from the east interrupted their pleasure.

It was the scout troops of the Hong Army who had an outpost battle with the Qing army, so the officers and soldiers sped up their movements, just like they usually did, and ate the fritters in their hands together with the meat-stuffed buns in two bites, and shouted in their mouths: "Ready...... I prepare for ...... "...,

Soon, a large group of enemies appeared in the telescope of the commander of the Hong Army, including Qing troops in uniforms, French soldiers in blue uniforms, and foreign soldiers in gray uniforms, no matter who they were, these were enemies worthy of their attention.

The intensity of the outpost battle exceeded the imagination of both sides, and the forward teams on both sides even had fierce hand-to-hand combat, and it must be admitted that the French army was a good hand in hand-to-hand combat, so the Hong army also suffered a little loss, and they quickly found a place on the side of the Qing army.

The gunfire became more and more intense, and Major Raymond was quickly taken aback: "Are the rebels crazy?" ”

He found Chinese artillery in the telescope, not small cannons like the Chinese's homemade mountain splitting guns, but European light artillery such as twelve-pound mountain grenades, nine-pounder field guns, rifled guns, etc., although these guns were only European light artillery.

When Chinese advanced the artillery to the front line at the risk of losing artillery, the situation of the outpost battle was completely reversed, and Pan Dingxin next to him was a little shocked by the enemy's hard work: "The red thief is crazy......

The Rainbow described this tactic as a bayonet charge from a cannon, and this set the tone for today's battle, and Major Raymond knew that these guns were quite valuable even on the Russian side, let alone the rebels, and he felt that this was destined to be a bloody day.

He told Pan Dingxin: "Don't worry, today's person can only be us!"

In the distance, the infantry of the Rainbow Army gathered, and with the help of binoculars and flat terrain, Raymond saw a sea of grass and green patches!

He remembered the Crimea, where the Russians also launched an offensive with such a crowd, only the Russians fought alongside him today, and the enemy was replaced by Chinese rebels.

The infantry phalanx of the Rainbow Army over there marched forward!