Sturridge's troops, two divisions, up to 30,000 men!

Guo Ye is only leading seven brigades, only slightly stronger than Sturridge, and wants to wipe out the opponent in one fell swoop, but it is not so easy, the so-called hundred-legged worm, dead but not stiff, is talking about Sturridge, although the federal army is fully superior, it is not so easy to eat it in one go.

The Federal Army and the Southern Army fought fiercely for a whole day, and the Southern Army began to be a little unable to support under the onslaught in turns, and the strength of a division in the front was now less than 8,000 people, with heavy casualties, and the rear, due to the fierce bombardment of the Federal Army's artillery battalion, was also complaining bitterly, and completely lost the momentum of frantic support at the beginning.

Sturridge took a deep breath, it was already dusk, from the morning to now, his subordinates have completely lost the initiative, and now if they don't retreat, they will only be defeated, and they must retreat in order to regroup in the future!

Sturridge shouted: "Order, the army retreats in the southwest direction, and moves closer to our cavalry division!" ”

Sturridge gave an order, and the Southern Army began to slowly break away from its original position and retreat to the southeast, but now it is impossible to retreat, because the soldiers on both sides add up to 60,000 or 70,000 people, scattered in this area, and it has completely become a melee, and most of the various departments of the Southern Army have lost contact, not to mention that it is impossible to convey the order to their respective grassroots units, even if the order is conveyed to the various brigades.

At this time, Sturridge was really scared, out of control, and the strength of the two divisions was completely out of his control! Now that the southern army and the northern army are intertwined, it is impossible to convey the order accurately!

The worst thing is that Sturridge's orders cannot be conveyed to the other departments, but he still has professional control over the army around him, and the strength of a brigade, after receiving Sturridge's orders, began to retreat quickly in the southeast direction.

The rest of the divisions, without the support of a brigade on Sturridge's side, were even more of an opponent of the Union Army, and the crazy Federation Army enveloped the entire Confederate Army, constantly attacking, attacking, attacking!

Guo Ye naturally saw the changes in the southern army, and a force tried to break away from the battlefield, retreated to the southeast, and fled.

However, the current Guo Ye is also more than willing but not enough, after all, the Sixth Army has been formed for a short time, and it is mainly American, and it is far from being as good as commanding Baoding Town and Lianjun, with the strength of seven brigades, it is simply unrealistic to want to gather and annihilate the two divisions of the Southern Army.

Guo Ye frowned and shouted: "Xiao Hai, send an order to all departments, let go of the southern army that is retreating in the southeast direction, and concentrate all your efforts to encircle and suppress the other southern armies!" ”

Chen Hai was shocked and asked: "Big brother, we have the absolute upper hand, why do we have to let them run away, send cavalry to completely entangle them, we can definitely encircle them!" ”

Guo Ye shook his head and replied, "Xiao Hai, you also think too highly of our combat power, and you also underestimate the Southern Army, don't you see their strong combat power?" If my guess is correct, the retreating force must be the location of the opponent's headquarters, if they succeed in escaping, then the remaining southern army will be leaderless, and it will definitely be eaten by us in one bite, but if their commander has been on the battlefield all the time, it will always be a huge threat to us, where can we be absolutely sure to eat the opponent? ”

Chen Hai thought for a while, agreed to Guo Ye's order, and began to send orders to all departments, make an opening, let the other party escape, concentrate forces to encircle and suppress the rest of the departments, and absolutely not let any of the other party's troops escape in formation!

One of Sturridge's brigades fought bloodily all the way to the battlefield.

However, it wasn't until he rushed out that Sturridge realized that he had rushed out, but the other departments had now been completely surrounded by others and had lost the opportunity to break out of the encirclement!

Kill it again? The so-called defeat is like a mountain, even if you kill it yourself, you can't regain control of the battlefield at all, and your own departments have all been divided into small units, which are being swallowed up in one bite, how to save them?

Regret it!

Sturridge really regretted it, and rushed out of his room, but the strength of the two divisions, now there are only a few thousand people left around him! And the morale of the army is weak, and everyone is like a lost dog!

Defeated, completely defeated, from the beginning of the battle in the morning, to now, in one day, the southern army has never been able to occupy the slightest advantage, the other party's command is too powerful, is this Guo Ye really as invincible as the god of war?

It's useless for Sturridge to think about anything now, so he can only save his thousands of people before talking about anything else!

Sturridge ran away, but the five brigades that remained in place were out of luck.

With one less brigade and the loss of Sturridge's personal command, the current Southern Army has completely lost its combat effectiveness, and the various departments are fighting separately, struggling to break out of the encirclement, but the more they struggle, the tighter the restraints around them, and the troops are killed by the Federal Army in a structured manner, and all the units of the Southern Army are terrified, and in the face of a group of crazy opponents, they have completely lost their determination to continue fighting.

Guo Ye and Chen Hai commanded the army to fight from dusk to the early morning of the next day, for a whole day and a night, the southern army that fought separately was eaten by the federal army one by one, and the remaining remnants of the southern army were trapped in a small space by the federal army, and there were imposing federal army soldiers in all directions, and the southern army was completely in despair!

The Southern Army was completely defeated, the powerful Southern Army was completely defeated, if they were given a choice, they would never choose to come to attack Richmond, let alone choose to compete with this opponent, they are all a bunch of crazy people, a group of people who don't follow the rules of war!

However, it was such a group of madmen who completely defeated the two elite divisions of the Southern Army, absolutely defeated, except for a brigade led by Sturridge himself, the rest fell!

After the collapsed southern army lost the hope of breaking through and escaping, the battle of the trapped beasts also lost its final meaning, and began to surrender on a large scale, no matter how strong the combat power is, it is useless, and the tigers fighting for themselves are absolutely not as powerful as the wolves commanded by the head wolf!

The corners of Guo Ye's mouth finally showed a comfortable smile, looking at this look, this battle, the captured prisoners, I am afraid of nearly 10,000 people, these are all really experienced soldiers in combat, as long as they are trained a little, it will become their absolute help!

(To be continued.) )