"But don't worry, most of your supplies will be provided by rail, and we will use armored trains to ensure the transportation of your supplies and artillery, and you can choose to carry some of your artillery or transport it by train. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info it is indeed difficult to defeat the opponent in the vast South African steppes with half a cavalry division, and your first task should be to ensure the smooth flow of the railway, and then think about other things. ”

"I understand that my troops will be concentrated on both sides of the railway line for cruise, and the Boer cavalry will also be limited in supply, and it will be impossible to cross Hanover and continue southward, and if I use the forces at hand to cooperate with the troops left behind, I am confident that the traffic from Hanover to the front line will be safe!" General French said.

Five days later, the British army, which had advanced rapidly by horse and car, finally reached the edge of the Boer guerrilla zone, and when nearly 5,000 British troops appeared in front of them, both Pershing and Calyput felt the pressure! These are the pride of the British Imperial Army, the elite that has been tempered thousands of times.

Although the advent of machine guns and artillery has reduced cavalry to auxiliary troops, under certain circumstances, they are the worst enemies of Pershing and Calyput! They thought that the British would send reinforcements, but they didn't expect the size of a cavalry division to come back at once! (5,000 people put in Germany are cavalry divisions......) What's more, there are also 4 improvised armored trains, these monsters armed with 3-pounder guns and machine guns are ugly, but everyone admits that in the absence of flat-fire guns, they are the kings of the battlefield, and it is difficult to even paralyze them, except for blasts and mines!

"Hank, it's British!" The most immediate pressure was felt by the troops who were on reconnaissance and harassment missions on the front line, and the experienced hunters knew very well the advantages and disadvantages of both sides, and they acted in regimental units, and the size of nearly 500 cavalry in 3 cavalry companies made the Boers dare not even fight with black guns!

There was once a bold Boer who tried to harass this unit, and he fired only 3 shots! Killed a British soldier, and then he fell into the British encirclement, the British knew very well that the Boer scouts had at least 2 horses, so they mostly used the method of encirclement and interception or segmented pursuit when hunting, just like lions hunting prey, constantly chasing, constantly consuming, and easily killing the opponent after the opponent was exhausted.

When the British set their sights on their prey, the huge cavalry regiment was like an eagle with outstretched wings, they would spread a wide front, and then quickly close the circle, at this time, the Boers who were absolutely inferior in numbers would not make much difference whether they evacuated or resisted, because if they evacuated, they would take turns to follow, like wolves, full of physical strength of the personnel. And if you resist, even if you have better weapons, but in the open to resist the charge of several times the number of people, even if the Boers can kill more British soldiers, they will eventually be solved by sabers or rifles, and Hank is now in this situation!

"We've been cut off, these guys are veterans, they've been staring at us for days, and they even know the rules of our actions." One of his subordinates said in alarm. Boers are good hunters, but not necessarily good commanders, they act too casually, and in front of sophisticated commanders, they are full of loopholes! For example, Hank's troops, in order to get water, they usually move along the river, and they have the habit of temporarily storing supplies in a certain place, and when the British found out about these two points, it was naturally very easy to encircle them, but in fact, this time, they threw themselves into the net!

The hounds were ready, they spread out a ring of encirclement, and gradually narrowed the encirclement, for this operation, this cavalry regiment even carried 2 6-pounder guns and 4 machine guns, under the cover of the cavalry, machine gun and artillery groups were placed outside the range of the Boer mortars, the British began to adjust the formation, their horses began to move slowly, the atmosphere of slaughter enveloped the whole battlefield, the snow sabers were drawn from the scabbards, shining in the cold light of the sun. And at this time their opponents are on the bare riverbank!

The British had a great opportunity to surround them at night, and then attack at dawn while Hank and his men were cooking! The guy who threw away the meal immediately grabbed his rifle, and then hastily deployed his position, the defensive line around two machine guns and two 60 mortars was so vulnerable in front of the British that two 57mm guns could tear this line apart in a few rounds.

The ballistic advantage could not be brought into play, and the range was not enough, how could the 60 mortars confront the 57 rapid-fire guns, the high-explosive shells fired by the British artillery quickly covered the defensive line, and clusters of orange fireballs rose in the position, and many people could not stand this blow anymore, they tried to escape from this line on horseback, but soon, these people who were already on the verge of despair were either harvested by shrapnel or cut down by the swarming British cavalry after just running a short distance.

"Release the smoke grenade! We're ready to break through! Rose, drive the extra horses in another direction! The shells that kept exploding overhead made Hank finally take it anymore, and he began to deploy, preparing for a decisive breakout with little chance of victory!

"Wait, Hank, it's the vibration! The sound of shaking from the ground! Lots of horses! It's a brigade of cavalry! "The sound of shaking on the ground made the Boers excited, which represented the hope of life, although it may also be British, but no matter how bad it is, the result will not be worse than now, and if it is the Boers, then they will be saved, Hank and others know that the Boers have a large cavalry force around them.

As if to verify this, the British began to gradually shrink their forces, they withdrew the encirclement and began to retreat to the southwest. No, it's not appropriate to say retreat, they just retreated to a small dirt slope, and then dismounted to deploy defensive positions, because of the drag of baggage and artillery, the British knew that they couldn't go, and the regular Boer cavalry could continue to pursue with one man and two horses, so even if these artillery pieces were discarded, the British would still not be able to evacuate smoothly, at least a piece of meat would be torn off!

"Send a telegram to the general at once, and say that we have run into the main force of the Boers!" The British cavalry was also in the vanguard, but with stronger troops, better weapons, and advanced means of communication, unlike the four radio telegraphs in the entire Calyput Regiment, General French had twelve radios at his command, which could fully guarantee the communication between any regimental unit and the logistics unit. (provided it's not too far away)

The second more is offered~~~,Yesterday's subscription is actually very bad.,It's also 2 more.,More than 500 less than the day before yesterday--! (To be continued.) )