Chapter 383 Desperate Bahrain

Langfang!

In the face of round after round of attacks by the French army, the security brigade, which is not really the main force, is indeed under great pressure.

"Brigadier Commander! We have lost another battalion, and so far, the third regiment is only half of the men, whether it is replaced by other regiments to take the position. ”

"Good! Then change the four regiments! Tell the brothers, just now the marshal came to the good news, the British cavalry that walked under our noses was surrounded and annihilated by the marshal, and now the marshal has surrounded the French army from Baoding to aid Tianjin, and will soon be able to kill these red hairs, then you can come to support us, we must grit our teeth and hold on, persistence is victory. ”

Hearing this good news, it is really exciting, Langfang's security regiment is more energetic, although the casualties continue to increase, but they have not lost their positions, in the face of the artillery bombardment of the coalition forces, they cannot hold on to the line of fire, and stubbornly fight.

This makes Bahrain anxious.

I have been delayed in Langfang for most of the day, there has been no progress, and even a small Langfang cannot be broken, and there is still talk about retaking Tianjin.

It seems that the blessing and misfortune are not alone, and at this time, it was reported that the new people's army in Beijing took the initiative to attack and recapture Tongzhou, and there was the intention of going south to attack them, and the troops attacking Jizhou were also fruitless.

And the cavalry who went to Tianjin also lost contact, which made him feel a little uneasy in his heart.

had to intensify the attack on Langfang, and its own casualties increased from the original four or five hundred to as many as 1,000, and the consumption of ammunition was even more serious.

"General! Look who's coming! ”

Bahrain did not sleep well all night, and was delayed in Langfang for more than a day, but was never able to annihilate the New People's Army in the city, it seems that the New People's Army is not only two or three thousand people as initially expected, but about four thousand, and there is no shortage of ammunition, and it is extremely resilient. At this moment Major Kerber led a man in, and his awake eyelids suddenly opened.

"Fack! Who's this? ”

"General! This is General Liu, the admiral of the Qing State, after the French troops left Baoding, the New People's Army stormed Baoding, they did not hold it, withdrew from Baoding, all the way to the north, I heard that we were in Langfang, so came to support. ”

Bahrain heard that Baoding was lost, and was a little annoyed at first, but when he thought that this was the land of the Qing State, he would lose it, and the most important thing was that this Qing general arrived in Langfang, so that he could increase the strength of the attack on Langfang, so he smiled.

"Tell General Liu! The lost city, we will help them recapture it in the future, the most important thing now is to take Langfang and reinforce Tianjin, as long as Tianjin is still in hand, everything still has a chance to turn around. ”

Bahrain didn't think about why Liu Mingchuan didn't follow the footsteps of the French army to Tianjin, and went to Langfang as far as he could.

Liu Mingchuan ran with people for a day and a night, and heard that the coalition army was fighting with the New People's Army in Langfang, and knew that he still had a chance to get out of the customs, so he was not in such a hurry, stopped to take the news, and came over to see the situation by the way, and planned for the next plan.

So when I heard Bahrain say that he wanted him to join the attack on Langfang, he shook his head and said: "General Bahrain, I'm sorry, I'm powerless, my troops have been running three hundred miles from Baoding in a row, and they have already collapsed, and they haven't recovered for a day, and they can't pick up their weapons, I'm afraid I can't help you, I believe that a day later, Langfang has already been broken by the armies of the two countries, and I can only wish the general a victory and a great victory in Langfang." ”

After hearing this, Balin couldn't help but feel a twitch, Fake, this reason is strong enough, this sycophant really wants to scold his mother.

Thinking about a unit running 150 kilometers in a row, it really can't pick thorns, and I also admire Liu Mingchuan a little, if it is his troops, I don't think the British army can do it, and the endurance is really not enough for the Orientals.

In the end, he had to let Liu Mingchuan go, and did not coerce him.

The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, he understands that he needs the help of this Qing army more in the current situation, so it is not appropriate to grudge.

In fact, he didn't know that Liu Mingchuan relied on such a speed, more than 2,000 people set off from Baoding and arrived in Langfang, and the number of people was directly reduced by a small half, and only more than 1,200 people followed the team, and the rest were either too tired to walk, or deserted halfway.

It's not that Liu Mingchuan is modest, it's not that he wants to preserve his strength, it's really that he can't fight.

Just when Bahrain was chatting with Liu Mingchuan, the war in Tianjin was completely resolved, and the 4,000 French troops were also wiped out between the Ziya River and the Dongmiao Xiaogan River.

Yang Dongfang breathed a sigh of relief at this time, although the various departments fought very hard, they still immediately made new military arrangements.

"Wang Zhi, you took the 52nd regiment to Tangshan immediately, and when you get there, you are resting, you don't have to take Tangshan, it depends on the situation, but the momentum must be sufficient, and it is said to the outside world that it is a main division, how to blow it...

Wang Zhi, head of the 52nd regiment, responded: "Yes! ”

After the 52nd regiment was launched, Yang Dongfang said again: "Hmm! The regiment and the cavalry regiment went to Cangzhou, destroyed Yinghan for me, and first connected this area together. The 18th Regiment and the 25th Brigade were guarding Tianjin, and the others went to Langfang with me. ”

"Handsome! Wouldn't it be a little less for you to take only one brigade to Langfang, otherwise we will kill the coalition forces under Langfang City first, and then clean up Yinghan when we come back. Feng Zicai said worriedly, you must know that the brigade that Yang Dongfang is going to bring is actually only one regiment with real combat effectiveness, and the number is only 1,300.

"It's okay! The news from Zhang Jinqi of the Security Brigade was that although they suffered more than 2,000 casualties, the Anglo-French troops were no better, and the casualties were no less than those of the Security Brigade, so the Anglo-French forces could not help me. Yang Dongfang said confidently:

"And I'm going to bring them two bad news, if Bahrain knows that he still has the heart to spend time with me in Langfang, then his death will not be far away, I can't ask for it."

Everyone was right to think about it, the coalition army knew that Tianjin had fallen, and all the reinforcements had been annihilated, so where did they dare to come to Tianjin, it must be important to run away.

In fact, when it was reported from the New Nationalist Army of the Langfang defenders that the Tianjin Concession had long been occupied by the New Nationalist Army and that all the cavalry had been destroyed, Bahrain asked people to stop the offensive and discuss countermeasures.

They don't know if it's true or not, but that doesn't prevent them from guessing and analyzing.

In addition, the emergence of a steady stream of new people's troops on the Beijing side frightened them even more, and they couldn't figure out where the troops of the new people's army came from, even if they wanted to.

Tongzhou, Shunyi and other areas have all appeared new New People's Army unit numbers.

In fact, this is also a security regiment drawn by Yang Dongfang from various provinces, of course, these troops have no combat effectiveness, many of them do not even have guns, they are here to make up the numbers, pull the tiger skin and pull the banner, scare Bahrain, and maintain law and order in the occupied areas around Beijing.

"General, what are you looking for me?" Liu Mingchuan came to Bahrain very reluctantlyAt this time, after finding the coalition forces, the temporary safety was guaranteed, Liu Mingchuan took his troops to sleep and rest quickly, and prepare for the next hurried.

has been suffocating in the hands of the New People's Army, he is a little numb, if he mentions something to attack Langfang, he will turn around and leave.

When the generals of the coalition army saw Liu Mingchuan's heartless appearance, they all cursed secretly, what did they come to the East for, just to help such a Qing Dynasty, can this Qing Dynasty still be saved?

Bahrain didn't have time to worry about him, and asked directly: "General Liu!" Just now, the defenders of Langfang sent us a message, they said that Tianjin had already been occupied by the New People's Army, and the reinforcements of our various departments were also besieged and killed, do you think this news is reliable? ”

"Ugh!" Liu Mingchuan was also a little shocked, figuring out the truth of this news, and secretly said that if this thing was true, the New People's Army would also be too strong in combat, and it would eat the 10,000 coalition troops in the concession so quickly, as well as the 10,000 coalition troops who came back.

This is a foreigner! It's not the Eight Flags Green Camp.

"General! Our generals all thought that this was a fake, that the defenders of Langfang were trying to create rumors for us, to better defend the city, and to prevent us from going to Tianjin. In fact, Bahrain also thinks that this news is fake, but the reality is a bit weird, and none of the scouts sent to Tianjin have returned.

Liu Mingchuan shook his head and said: "It's better to believe it than to believe it!" I think we should stop the attack on Langfang, the New People's Army has a way to transmit news, which can be instantaneous to thousands of miles, and it cannot be ruled out that Tianjin will be broken by the New People's Army. ”

"Alright! It seems that we have to speed up the pace of attacking Langfang, this must be the New People's Army's bluff and smoke bombs, the Tianjin Concession must have reached the point of great crisis, and our cavalry may really be besieged and dragged by the New People's Army. After listening to Liu Mingchuan's analysis, Bahrain became more determined in his thoughts, in his bones, he did not think that the New People's Army was so strong and could capture the concession so quickly.

That's 10,000 people, and there are countless ammunition in it, where is it so easy to destroy, it's only been two and a half days, can't the soldiers of the British Empire hold out even two?

What's even more ridiculous is that there are 10,000 troops who have returned to help, and what does the New People's Army use to eat them, it's ridiculous.

The victory of the two wars against the Manchus, coupled with the experience of exterminating the Taiping army, Bahrain actually has strong self-confidence, the Oriental people are not good at fighting, but they have strong endurance, as long as they are willing to spend blood and invest more firearms, any enemy will be defeated by themselves.

So this time, Bahrain smashed the shells reserved for Tianjin to be used in Tianjin, and started a vigorous attack again.

This is what Liu Mingchuan didn't expect, he only had one sentence in his heart, the foreigner was so incomprehensible, he rushed back to the camp and found Wei Rugui, asked people to hurry up and prepare dry food, and sent a team to Xianghe, Baodi and other places on the official road to inquire about the news, to see if there is a shadow of the New People's Army, don't be **** back road by me again.

Of course, this is also what Yang Dongfang did not expect, and Bahrain, a Western straight brain, was unexpected.