Chapter 234: Choking
"Tuanza, where are the foreign devil cavalry? Are we ready to charge? After a period of slashing and slaughtering, the light cavalry regiment had cleared the positions of the heavy artillery units of the original British army, and the companies were helping the baggage soldiers to move the captured heavy artillery and other items back. Li Qiao got a vacancy, so he ran to Bo Zhitu's side and asked about the movements of the coalition cavalry.
It's not just a gust of wind Li Qiao, everyone was very nervous before the charge, they had a small fight with the cavalry of the coalition army, and both sides had their own strengths and weaknesses. However, this was the first time that the cavalry at the brigade level had engaged in a large-scale battle, and they were a little unsure about whether they could defeat the enemy. But when they arrived on the battlefield, they were only responsible for storming the defensive line that had been opened up, and they did not even see the shadow of the coalition cavalry.
"The cavalry of the foreign devils is gone!" Bozhtu sighed a little disappointed, and he also had the idea of competing with the coalition cavalry in his heart.
When Bo Zhitu attacked the heavy artillery position, Tan Shaoguang's infantry did not follow, but quickly advanced to the depth of the coalition army, biting the defeated British army that had fled and killed the base camp of the coalition army. The original British salient is now the rear of the Gu'an Army, and Bo Ritu, who is holding back his strength to show his skills, can only help move the artillery.
"How could it be, I still heard the sound of horses' hooves when I first turned around!" Li Qiao asked suspiciously.
"See for yourself!" Bo Ritu took Li Qiao and walked in the direction of the forward position, and then let Li Qiao himself admire the magnificent corpse mountain and blood river behind Tan Shaoguang's department.
"How so!" Li Qiao was shocked, which was not trivial.
Li Qiao and Bo Ritu were both people who grew up on horseback and were born cavalrymen, so they also knew cavalry very well. At no time in history, in any battle, has a cavalry been killed and wounded so quickly and on a large scale. After all, the cavalry in the charge is very fast, and it is difficult to be targeted. Usually cavalry can reach the enemy with a very small sacrifice in exchange for a little time, and then slash and slash at will. This kind of broken human and horse equipment is really unacceptable to Li Qiao.
"The lord transferred sixty machine guns to Tan Shaoguang, and it was like this in a minute and a half! The era of rushing at the speed of the horse is over! After I go back, I am ready to give the next death order, and in the future, my troops will not attack the enemy's guarded positions unless they are absolutely sure! "Bozhtu was a little frustrated.
I should be happy if my own people won the battle, but Bo Ritu was still a little uncomfortable from the bottom of his heart. If he changes places, Bo Ritu will definitely not be able to break through Tan Shaoguang's machine gun position, and the cavalry that has been crisscrossing the Eurasian continent for more than a thousand years seems to be about to begin to decline. Although he said something similar when Shandong Guoxinga took out the machine gun for the first time, Bo Ritu was not particularly concerned about it at that time. And today he witnessed with his own eyes the weakness of the cavalry in the face of machine guns, and the shock of Bozhtu is beyond words. Bo Ritu somewhat looked down on the cavalry of Seng Lingqin, although they were known as elite, but their technical and combat literacy were too poor. However, the British cavalry was a respected opponent for Bozhtu, they were well-equipped and well-trained, and their overall strength was slightly stronger than their own. But such a strong cavalryman, in the face of machine guns, was still only slaughtered, and some of the pride in Bozhtu's heart collapsed.
"Tuanza, there are a lot of scattered war horses! Why don't the people of the cavalry group clean up! Li Qiao didn't think about it so much, he liked horses the most, so he quickly found some ownerless war horses that had run away on the battlefield. These tall and divine Arabian horses, Li Qiao's harazi is about to flow out, but the British cavalry was defeated by Tan Shaoguang, and this trophy should be regarded as Tan Shaoguang's cavalry regiment, Li Qiao is embarrassed to rob his brother's things.
"You should bring someone over and bring the stables back first! They are all good horses! The cavalry regiment is now fighting on foot, and it is the time for a strong attack, where is the time to care about this. "When Bo Ritu was leaving, he gave Li Qiao a look that you understand.
"Huh!" Li Qiao had a knowing smile on his face, he would count the horses that were collected, and the number would definitely be good when he returned it to Tan Shaoguang, as for what kind of horse it was, it would depend on the situation at that time.
Tan Shaoguang is busy now! I didn't care about these little things like war horses at all. After successfully breaking through the position of the heavy artillery troops, the original salient of the British army was suddenly turned into a depression, and Tan Shaoguang's unit directly broke into the interior of the coalition camp. At present, Tan Shaoguang is facing the deep defense line of the British army, as long as this defense line is broken, the coalition army can be cut into two sections. The main cavalry force of the coalition army has been completely annihilated, and if it is divided and surrounded, it will inevitably fall into a situation from which it will never recover. Bi Yuntao and Ji Ying contained the French troops on both wings, and the key to victory or defeat was whether Tan Shaoguang could defeat the British army in front of him.
The British army had just been routed by the forward, losing the main cavalry force and all the heavy artillery, and the general situation was in favor of Tan Shaoguang, but some small details also made Tan Shaoguang feel a little difficult. The interior of the coalition camp was very clean, and the troops could not find suitable cover for a while, so they could only lie on the ground and shoot at the coalition forces. The Gu'an army can lie on its stomach, but the British army has fortifications, and the casualties of the troops can come up. Moreover, the British army has concentrated a large number of troops after the fortifications and is ready for white-knuckle warfare, and it is not easy for Tan Shaoguang to gnaw this hard bone. However, Tan Shaoguang is not in a hurry, it is more beneficial to him to continue to shoot in this way, the ammunition of the two armies is running out, and the strong attack cannot be defeated, and there is still the option of exhausting their ammunition.
"Let the brethren prepare to charge!" Looking at the noon sun, Tan Shaoguang was ready to launch an attack. The firepower of the British counterattack has become more and more thin, and it is likely that their ammunition has bottomed out.
As Tan Shaoguang's order was conveyed, the soldiers of the cavalry regiment were all loaded with bayonets and ready to charge. But just as Tan Shaoguang was about to give the order to attack, more than a dozen fast horses galloped over from the rear.
"Your Excellency! After the troops stopped attacking and collected the spoils, they withdrew from the battle under alternate cover, and the whole army retreated south to Yizhuang to assemble! When the war horse ran in front of him, Tan Shaoguang saw clearly that it was Fuquan.
"Why? Our army is victorious, what a great opportunity! "Tan Shaoguang couldn't accept Guo Xing's sudden retreat order no matter what, this was even more uncomfortable than Yue Fei's twelve gold medals, and it was a failure!
"Commander Tan, there is a big incident in the back, this battle is meaningless, and if we continue to fight, it will only increase the casualties of our brothers. When you see that your situation is better, I am afraid that you will not be able to figure it out, so I specially sent me over! Fuquan also felt that such an opportunity was a pity.
"The sky has fallen, and we have to finish fighting! How can you just withdraw like that! "Tan Shaoguang really wants to find Guoxing's theory, how can there be a sudden U-turn on the battlefield.
"Adults are afraid of you! Now the foreign devils can't shrink out, and we can only gnaw at their defense line when we attack, and the brothers have suffered too many casualties, and the adults can't accept it! Now that we have won for a while, it is not a trip in vain, Captain Tan withdraws! Fuquan didn't know why Guo Xing'a suddenly withdrew his troops, so he could only talk nonsense according to his own understanding.
"How can there be an immortal in a war, what nonsense is he talking about, what happened, he can't even wait for half a day!" Tan Shaoguang is already a little smoky, and Guo Xing'a is also a pig teammate!
"What's going on?" Tan Shaoguang was still arguing with Fuquan, and several guard soldiers who followed Fuquan had already found the battalion company commander below and directly conveyed Guoxing's death order, so all the departments gave up the attack and began to retreat. Tan Shaoguang looked at the offensive he had just arranged, and all of them shrank back, and he was even more angry.
"Alas! Withdraw! Tan Shaoguang still wanted to struggle, but when he looked around, Bi Yuntao and Ji Ying also began to retreat, and he was left alone, so he could only reluctantly order a retreat.
Montauban took the two Mitchells and saw the Gu'an Army leave, and they didn't pursue, or even try to track the Gu'an, because they had just exhausted their strength. As long as the battle lasts for an hour, they will run out of ammunition and can only face the charge of the Gu'an army with bayonets, and now there is no room for pursuit. And the ghost troops have left them with too much trauma, and this strange retreat is hard to guarantee that it is not a trap. The commanders of the two armies unanimously decided that it would be safest to respond to all changes with the same and honestly squat in the camp. As for tracking the Gu'an army, they didn't think about it, but the conditions really didn't allow it, their cavalry had been lost, and there was really no one to send out.
The Gu'an army won the battle and captured a lot of good things, and the soldiers were overjoyed. However, several regiment commanders were not happy at all, and they missed an opportunity to turn the tide and gather and annihilate the main force of the coalition army in one fell swoop. Everyone couldn't understand why Guo Xing'a suddenly ordered the troops to be withdrawn, and what could make Guo Xing'a give up the chance. Fuquan, as Guo Xing's shadow, naturally didn't run away, Tan Shaoguang and the others had already watched him, and they had been asking Guo Xing'a for the reason for his sudden withdrawal.
"A few people! I really don't know! Mr. Zou Degui came back from nowhere, and hurriedly found the adult and whispered for a while. The lord called Mr. Pi Runmin over again, and the three of them discussed for a while before deciding to withdraw from the army. Fuquan summoned everything he saw.
"Zou Degui? What did he say to the adults? "Several senior cadres of the General Staff Headquarters know that Zou Degui is engaged in intelligence, and it is really not trivial for him to suddenly appear.
"I don't know! They were whispers, and I didn't hear a word! Fuquan shook his hand with an innocent expression.
At this moment, Guo Xing'a has already arrived in Yizhuang, and Pi Runmin and Zou Degui are arguing endlessly, and the quarrel makes him have a headache. He also felt that his body was getting drier and drier, and his throat was even more uncomfortable, and he could only smoke bag after bag to relieve his chaotic emotions. But the more I smoked, the more headaches I had, the drier my throat became, and the more uncomfortable my body was, the more irritable I became.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, all the departments finally retreated to Yizhuang. In total, more than 200 troops were killed and more than 400 wounded, and they were all sent back to Gu'an to recuperate. Several regiment commanders stopped the team and hurried to see Guoxing.
"Please ask for ...... for your lordship" Bi Yuntao and the others were still saluting, and Tan Shaoguang had already rushed up directly.
"The good things have come to naught, what happened?" Tan Shaoguang's tone was hurried, almost questioning Guo Xing'a.
Guo Xing's throat became more and more uncomfortable, but he just poured water on himself and did not answer Tan Shaoguang's question.
"Captain Tan, something is wrong! Early this morning, the emperor has already led his concubines and ministers to move to Chengde and go to the autumn hunt of Mulan according to his ancestors! Zou Degui shook his head as he spoke.
"Ahh Emperor Hokkai! Everyone including Tan Shaoguang was stunned, no one thought that such a horrific thing would happen, the king of a country actually left the capital and ran away.
"Without the emperor, we can't fight? Are you fighting for the Chinese nation, or for your Emperor Xianfeng? Tan Shaoguang didn't care about Xianfeng at all, and still asked Guo Xing'a aggressively.