Despite the cheering led by Ross himself, the British could not resist under the dense rain of fire. It's not that the British are not heroic enough, it's not that they are not well equipped, but that there are too many enemy troops.

In fact, many of the captives died in battle. However, under the personal leadership of Li Kaifang, the offensive was like a tide, lined up in a neat and compact line formation, and fired at the British army. It's almost a life for a life, and in the end, it's up to whoever can hold out to the end and who wins.

Before the 2,000 infantry sent by Rus' from the north could reach the south, the line of the captives had already approached the British position, and the two sides had once again engaged in a fierce encounter.

In the fierce firefight, both sides fell in rows, and the back row quickly faced each other. However, the strength of the captives far exceeded that of the British, and although the front row of the shooting team also fell, most of them took the initiative to lie down and refill ammunition after shooting the muskets in their hands, so that the soldiers in the back row could continue to shoot.

It means that two rows of soldiers can shoot at the same time, one row crouches down to fire a salvo, one row stands up to fire a salvo, and then lie down together to let the next few rows press down and fire another squatting or standing salvo. The lying soldier can reload his ammunition and continue to shoot again. On the British side, 2,000 soldiers stood in thin two rows, and in the process of firing, as the soldiers continued to be shot, gaps continued to appear, and the firepower became more and more sparse. After three rounds of fire, the British army finally collapsed, with more than 1,400 dead and wounded among 2,000 soldiers, and the remaining 5,600 British troops turned back and retreated, fleeing to the main British force on the east flank.

Seeing this, Li Kaifang restored the battle flag, ordered the whole army to press, quickly pursued, and prepared to wrap the British army with dumplings.

And here, on the eastern front commanded by Ross, the main force of the British army of more than 4,000 people has also become more than 3,000 people, and the original four platoons have now only become three platoons, and nearly 600 British troops were shot and fell to the ground by the Burmese muskets that rushed madly. However, even so, the British still held their positions, formed a rectangular line, and fired three times at the Burmese infantry who came to charge. In addition, more than 30 field cannons fired non-stop, blowing up the dense Burmese army to the ground.

After more than 10 rounds of volleys of guns, the Burmese army suffered more than 8,000 casualties. In particular, the British army's two-round artillery salvo and the grenadiers' bombardment just now caused the Burmese army to lose more than 1,000 people at once. As a result, the Burmese army was frightened and stopped one after another, not daring to rush again.

Wang Ye Meng Huo was also very helpless. He was extremely distressed, these Burmese soldiers were the most outstanding warriors, and most of the brave warriors in Burma had been pulled over, and no one could understand his pain when he saw him die in battle like this. While he scolded Li Kaifang for not keeping his word and not attacking, he was dejected and ready to accept the fate of defeat, and just as he was about to give the order to retreat, deafening gunshots and killing shouts rang out from the southeast, as well as bursts of British screams.

"The captives who helped the heavenly killer have finally attacked! It's done! Meng Huo gritted his teeth and shouted: "Sons, kill me!" The British can't stand it anymore and annihilate them all! He immediately ordered to continue the killing.

Suddenly, nearly 20,000 Burmese soldiers once again swarmed up and rushed over.

The situation of the British army at the moment is the most bad.

The British army, which fled in a rout, was less than a thousand, and rushed to the main force of the British army, which was in a panic. Immediately afterwards, a round of guns fired, and a gap suddenly appeared on the flank of the line formation, and two or three hundred British soldiers were shot and fell to the ground, still because the distance was relatively long, beyond the effective killing range of the captured muskets.

Ross was taken aback, he never expected that he would transfer the British army from the north to the south, but he still could not stop the enemy attack there. It also wiped out thousands of British troops and fled back in panic. What's going on?

The army of the British Empire has never been like this! Three or four thousand soldiers would be defeated by this backward Oriental native, this is simply a shame for the British Empire! Moreover, Ross was terrified and thought that since the enemy's firepower was so strong, it was very likely that the army he led could not resist it, and this was dangerous!

When did this backward Burmese tribe have such a powerful force?

We can't be like this anymore! Ross also made a quick decision, he combined the strength of the enemy forces in three directions, judged that only the enemy army in the south was the strongest, there were still tens of thousands of enemy troops in the east, and only the cavalry in the north had been defeated, so he quickly ordered the whole army to attack in the northeast, break through the oncoming intercepted Burmese army, retreat from the northeast, and make a detour back to Calcutta. At the same time, he sent people to urgently contact and lead the naval fleet, so that the fleet could urgently sail to the inland river to use the naval guns to respond.

Of course, at this time, he knew that he had completely failed this expedition! Mo said that defeating the Burmese army, recovering Dhaka and other cities, and being able to lead the remaining soldiers back to Kolkata safely is already the best result.

At this time, the enemy troops in the south were already in view. Another round of guns came in, and three or four hundred British soldiers screamed and fell to the ground. Rose was startled and retreated first. At this time, the Burmese army in the east apparently discovered the British army's attempt and shouted to intercept it.

The British army could not bear the pressure from both sides, and the originally disciplined line began to disperse, and then collapsed, and fled northeast with General Ross.

At this moment, the Burmese army did not care about loading muskets and ammunition, and some Burmese soldiers with long knives and sharp spears, under the leadership of the generals, jumped up and shuttled through the bushes.

At this time, at such a close short-range combat distance, whether the British army was equipped with a new Enfield front-loading rifled rifle rifle pistol or a brown bass smoothbore gun, it was not as useful as the broadswords of these Burmese tribal soldiers. The British infantry collapsed, and the cavalry and horse-drawn artillery fled in panic.

Major General Henry, who remained behind, led his eight hundred infantry and three hundred cavalry, trying to reorganize in the chaos and stop the retreat. But after a little hesitation, he stopped and just wanted to line up in a dense formation, but in the south of the flank, a dense burst of gunfire rang out, and more than 400 infantry and 200 cavalry were shot and fell to the ground. The remaining 300 infantry and 100 cavalry, who still cared about Henry's orders, hurriedly fled north.

Behind was a series of gunshots, followed by more than 100 British soldiers who were shot and fell to the ground, and Henry only felt a sharp pain in his back, so he turned over from his horse and fell unconscious.

A day later, Ross wept without tears and was extremely embarrassed to lead 500 cavalry and 800 infantry to appear on the warship docked on the banks of the Pajileti River, more than ten miles north of Calcutta, and it was not until the moment he got on the ship that Ross felt truly safe.

In this expedition, in addition to the 2,000 navy intact, nearly 10,000 infantry and 1,400 cavalry, up to now, only about 1,300 people remain, and the artillery is completely annihilated, directly losing 10,000 troops, and if you count the auxiliary forces such as logistics and transportation, the loss of 12,000 soldiers. Although the enemy may have suffered more casualties than this, Rose still knew that he was completely defeated. If it weren't for the response of naval warships, I am afraid that the whole army would be wiped out!

Finished! I'm completely finished!

Now that India is at a critical juncture of rebellion, and the troops are extremely tense, this defeat has lost so many troops, and they are all native soldiers of Great Britain, which will surely cause the entire British Empire, and even the whole of Europe!

You must know that in the huge and cruel Crimean War that has just ended, which lasted more than three years, the entire British lost less than 20,000 people, and only 4,000 of them died directly in the war, which was the result of countless large-scale battles. But this time, in just one battle, tens of thousands of soldiers were lost, and according to Rus's experience, the number of people killed in the battle is estimated to be more than 6,000, and the rest of the wounded, I don't know how many survived.

Rose, who had just felt safe, immediately fell into another crisis! He knew that he would soon be brought back to London to be tried before a court-martial.