Chapter 233: Double the Present Life
The British and the French have always been at odds, but after all, everyone is an alliance, and there are problems that can still be discussed, but today Mitchell and Montauban have a fierce conflict. They disagreed, and the situation of the battle did not leave them time to discuss, and the rapidly changing battlefield left them with fierce quarrels to solve problems.
In the face of the fierce offensive of the Gu'an army, the coalition forces were on the defensive, but the veteran Montauban soon found Goxinga's weakness. The Gu'an Army's offensive was too hasty, although it used the advantage of weapons to suppress the coalition forces for a while, but the torrential rain did not end, and the Gu'an Army, which lacked follow-up deployment, would definitely be bitten by the coalition forces once the offensive was frustrated and could not quickly open the situation. Therefore, Montauban advocated shrinking the troops, using the fortifications to hold the base camp, wearing down the spirit of the Gu'an army, and then counterattacking when the situation was favorable.
Mitchell agrees with Montauban's decision, but he can't support Montauban's decision anyway. Because the heavy artillery units of the British army and the infantry of the two battalions are still alone, if the defense line is retracted now, it will be tantamount to abandoning them to the Gu'an army. Mitchell absolutely could not accept such an outcome, so the British army not only could not retreat to the defense, but also had to take the initiative to attack and get back the people who were bitten.
"Mr. Lieutenant General, it is irrational to strike now, you can let your heavy artillery units withdraw on their own. Whatever your decision, we will not attack under such conditions. The argument became pointless, and Montauban threw down a word of anger and left.
"Damn French bastards!" Mitchell raised his middle finger at Montauban's back.
If the infantry battalion could hold the camp, the British heavy artillery and infantry could have withdrawn on their own, but this was no longer possible. In particular, the heavy artillery units have been bitten by the Gu'an army from three directions, and they must maintain a battle formation, as soon as they give up the counterattack and try to move, they will immediately be sent to hell by the enemy who pounces on them. Now without the cover of strong troops, it is impossible for heavy artillery units to move.
When Mitchell was angry, Goxinga was also very uncomfortable. His lips were cracked, his mouth was so dry that his throat felt like a piece of charcoal was stuck in his throat, and he still felt uncomfortable after drinking a whole bag of water. Gradually, his whole body felt uncomfortable dry, hot and no sweat, and even his face felt dry, which made him have a headache. Guo Xing'a could only drink water as hard as he could, and at the same time smoked a cigarette to refresh himself.
"Dong Weng, you seem to be feeling a little unwell?" Pi Runmin was a little scary when he saw that Guoxing Ah Shui was drinking.
"It's a, it's on fire!" Guo Xinga drank a sip of water, suppressed his cough, and lit another bag of cigarettes for himself. Now that the two sides have done it openly, he doesn't have to worry about too many hidden things.
"Dong Weng is relieved, at present, our army has an advantage in three ways, and Tan, Bi, and Ji are still quite effective." Pi Runmin felt that the situation was good, and he didn't know what Guo Xing's urgency was.
"They all played well, especially Ji Ying, the problem is with me!" Guo Xinga found himself unfit to be a commander, and when he commanded one or two thousand people, he was already a little difficult, and now he could not command a huge army of tens of thousands at all.
After the three roads fought separately, Guoxing'a completely lost control of the troops, and Tan Shaoguang and others were fighting separately. Goxinga had already discovered the problem of insufficient stamina of the troops, but he was at a loss as to how to deploy troops to solve this problem. Having lost the advantage of a sneak attack, Goxinga simply could not find a way to break through the coalition defenses. In this battle at the moment, Guo Xing'a can no longer give any instructions except for scratching his ears and cheeks in the rear.
"My lord, transfer me all the machine guns you have now! Bozhtu's cavalry will have to come and join me, too! When Guo Xing'a was hot and dry, Tan Shaoguang suddenly appeared in front of him.
"How did you get back!" Guo Xing'a was startled, he couldn't have imagined that Tan Shaoguang actually left the troops and ran back by himself.
"The opportunity is rare, my department needs strong support, I'm afraid that others won't understand, so I can only come back to you by myself. Don't worry, it's okay, it's still burning right now, and Chengtai can withstand it. Tan Shaoguang also snatched a water bag from the guard squad, raised his head and drank it.
"That's all there is to the rich people, you have to take it away, you have to take away the machine gun, what should Bi Yuntao and Ji Ying do!" Guo Xing'a feels that he doesn't know Tan Shaoguang anymore, why is this person like this! The appearance of eating alone is too ugly.
Guo Xing'a was particularly partial to Tan Shaoguang, and on the pretext that Tan Shaoguang was the main striker, he transferred all the army's firepower ace artillery battalion to Tan Shaoguang. Secretly, he asked Changlu's reconnaissance battalion to copy it and serve Tan Shaoguang as a reserve behind his back. In other words, compared with Bi Yuntao and Ji Ying, Tan Shaoguang already has two more battalions, and they are also the two strongest battalions in the whole army. But he never expected that Tan Shaoguang would have to support, and he also asked Guo Xing'a to collect all the machine guns in the reserve and send them to him.
"They can't arch anymore, there must be no hope of gnawing the fortifications, and the cavalry of Bozhtu can't help them in the past. I had a good chance of biting some of the remnants of the British infantry and their heavy artillery. The horses of our regiment are all left behind in order to conceal them, or I will not use Bozhtu. As long as I was given enough machine guns, I would be able to crush their defensive fire, and it would not be a problem for the cavalry to rush forward and annihilate them completely. And you can follow them here, open the gap, and break through the defense line of the foreign devils. Tan Shaoguang's words are reasonable, and the various plans are very detailed.
"Done! Believe in you once! I've got all the money for you, and if there's a case, I'll have to let the guard platoon and the baggage battalion go up!" Guo Xing'a had some difficulty commanding by himself, and felt that Tan Shaoguang's generation of famous generals must not be wrong in his judgment, so he let go of the gamble. Moreover, Tan Shaoguang proposed to be able to completely annihilate the heavy artillery units of the British army, which made Guo Xinga feel very satisfied, and if he could snatch the heavy artillery back, it would be worth some blood.
"Don't worry! I know what to expect! Tan Shaoguang turned around and prepared to go back.
"Remember, once the captured British heavy artillery is immediately transported back to the rear, there must be no delay!" Guo Xing'a, a fan of wealth, said as he licked his dry lips.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll call a group of people from the baggage camp to go and get it back as soon as possible!" You rush Bozhtu! I'll get the machine gun first! Tan Shaoguang looked selfless and selfless.
However, Tan Shaoguang still played a little clever, he was able to get dozens of machine guns and machine gunners back, but there was still ammunition! Naturally, I had to catch some strong men from the baggage camp to help. Moreover, these people have been abducted, but they have been abducted, and they will not be able to come back without taking down the heavy artillery. Although the training of the baggage battalion is a little worse, it still has a certain combat effectiveness, and it is always good to have a few more heads in hand at a critical moment.
Guo Xing'a, who was abducted by Tan Shaoguang and took away more than 100 people, did not pay attention to these details at all, and urgently ordered the Bo Ritu Division, which was a reserve in the rear, to move forward to support Tan Shaoguang, and prepare to attack the British artillery position and seize the artillery. Guo Xing'a, who didn't have any hole cards in his hand, didn't feel relaxed, but became more and more hot, and his throat became tighter and tighter. Guoxing Ah wanted Fuquan to get him some water to wash his face and relax, but as soon as he looked up, he saw something unusual in the coalition camp.
More than a thousand war horses gathered into a huge phalanx, and the bright red military uniforms made Guoxing's telescope red. Lieutenant General Mitchell finally made his own decision, and it was true that as Montauban said, the infantry must not leave the fortifications easily, they must defend to the death. Therefore, he could not give up the heavy artillery troops, and sent heroic cavalry, the field fortifications of the Gu'an army were very rudimentary, and the cavalry was definitely able to crush them. As long as the Gu'an army is temporarily repulsed, the cavalry can cover the withdrawal of the heavy artillery troops, and even get the opportunity to counterattack.
"Fear God and be faithful to the King!" Major General Durant, who commanded the cavalry, raised his saber and made a very simple stand up mobilization, and then led the cavalry to rush to Tan Shaoguang's headquarters.
Lieutenant General Mitchell observed the battlefield meticulously, and his judgment was basically correct, the strong British cavalry definitely had the possibility of overwhelming Tan Shaoguang's troops, but all this was before Tan Shaoguang went to see Guo Xing'a. Now Tan Shaoguang has brought back 60 machine guns and nearly 100,000 rounds of ammunition, all of which are deployed on both wings. It was like a pocket, welcoming the galloping British cavalry.
"Let Bo Ritu support Tan Shaoguang at full speed, at full speed! Also be prepared to engage the British cavalry! Guo Xing'a, who licked his lips, looked at the British cavalry like a stormy wave, and finally had a little sweat in his palms.
The British cavalry had a very high level of technical and tactical literacy, first slowly driving their horses forward, then jogging, and finally launching an all-out sprint. The whole process was as smooth as flowing water, and their neat phalanx did not appear a little disordered in the wild running.
Then sixty machine guns began their performance to usher in a new era, the sound of gunfire and rumbling horses' hooves mingled, and the shouts of the British cavalry were as loud as yesterday's Qing army. The fiery serpent was intertwined in the air to form a net of fire, and all those who dared to approach were all strangled cleanly.
When the gunfire stopped, the sound of horses' hooves was still deafening, but immediately there were no brave knights. On the road of the British cavalry charge, the corpses of people and war horses were compiled into a magnificent picture, and only the hooves of the war horses that were not dead for a while were twitched, proving that they once existed.
In one minute and twenty seconds, the 1,300 cavalry of the British army, except for less than 200 people, withdrew to the camp, and only a few dozen lucky ones ran through the fire net and rushed into the position of the Gu'an army. However, dozens of scattered cavalry were caught in the middle of thousands of infantry, and they only had one ending being captured. Among the dozens of captives was Major General Durant, who was lucky.
"Damn, this is a new weapon for the Orientals!" Montauban almost bit his tongue off in the face of a powerful machine gun, and Lieutenant General Mitchell was already stunned.
"Concentrate your firepower and take the heavy artillery position!" The fiasco of the British cavalry shocked everyone, and the trapped British army was even more disrupted, Tan Shaoguang keenly seized this opportunity.
"Kill!" The sound of horses' hooves shook the earth again, but this time it was Bo Ritu's cavalry regiment, and there were no machine guns in front of them, only the gap that Tan Shaoguang had opened for them.
When the cavalry of the Gu'an Army rushed into the fortifications, the heavy artillery units and the remnants of the infantry of the British army were irretrievably defeated. The infantry and artillery were powerless to fight back against the cavalry rushing in front of them, and the flying sabers could easily decapitate them. The infantry clung to their rifles, but the artillerymen could only drop their artillery, and the British troops fled to the main position in a swarm.
"The heavy artillery is in hand, and the overall situation is decided!" Goxinga watched as Bozhtu's cavalry occupied the position of the British heavy artillery unit, and Goxinga jumped up from his horse in excitement.
"My lord, Mr. Zou Degui is back, and there are 100,000 urgent things to report to you!" Fuquan leaned into Guo Xing's ear and said softly. It was like a basin of cold water, which suddenly extinguished the fire that Guoxinga had just ignited.