Grinin's erroneous tactics brought incalculable mistakes to the 5th Regiment, in the age of firearms, when the strength of the two sides was not much different, no cavalry could break through the rifle platoon defense with a dense charge, not to mention that the 2nd Brigade currently has extremely sharp repeating rifles, with the help of three earthen ramparts, it is even more impossible for the 5th Cavalry Regiment to pick up cheap.

The ferocious rifle fire gave the Fifth Cavalry Regiment a dismount, and in an instant, the dense array was beaten out of a blank area by the dense firepower of the Second Brigade, and the cavalry suffered hundreds of casualties, Grinin was stunned, but it was impossible to change the formation at this time!

"Charge, charge, keep charging for me!"

The Fifth Cavalry Regiment, which was carried away by hatred, continued to launch a more frantic attack towards the position of the Second Brigade, but thousands of repeating rifles fired together, and it was definitely not the Fifth Cavalry Regiment that could rush through by charging straight like this, Grinin gave up the roundabout tactics that the cavalry was best at, and only relied on a momentary bloody courage to carry out a frontal attack, which was undoubtedly worse!

Under the pressure of the frantic fire of the 2nd Brigade, the 5th Cavalry Regiment had to be routed again, and by the time it returned to its position, the 5th Cavalry Regiment had already suffered more than a third of its casualties!

Not only was Grinin depressed, completely devoid of the fighting spirit just now, and Morton in the back was now dumbfounded, this is a hard nail, a real hard nail, I really don't know when such a strong army appeared in the Federal Army, they are not only strong in firepower, but most importantly, the command of the battle is really excellent, and they launched an attack on the cavalry twice. It's the best time to choose. The defensive deployment of the position has also surpassed all the Federation generals seen before. Fantastic!

At this moment, Morton was a little shaken, can he still take this position?

Immediately, Morton strengthened his confidence again, there was still time, he had already run thirty miles from Fairfax, and even if the Federation army behind him wanted to surround it, it would take at least half a day. Maybe even in a day, I've only been attacking for an hour!

If you turn around and retreat in the direction of your thoughts at this time, it will be a big mold, and the superior firepower of thousands of federal troops here will follow, and the opposite side will usher in the artillery attack of the federal army. Due south, it won't take long. Reinforcements from the Confederate army will arrive, and then there will be a chance to turn the tables!

Morton gritted his teeth and roared: "Order, three cavalry regiments will attack me in turns, and we will suffer casualties, and the other side must also have casualties, so we will consume them with them, I don't believe that they can continue like this!" ”

The order for Morton to attack with all his strength had been given, and all three cavalry regiments were mobilized, divided into two parts, and launched a series of attacks on the positions of the second brigade, and the battle became even more tragic in the narrow strip.

Thousands of cavalry flipped volleys, which also caused great damage to the three earthen fortresses built by Chen Hai, after all, this earthen fortress was rammed with soil in a hurry, without any reinforcement measures, under the fire of rows of bullets, there were more dense bullet holes on the earthen fortress, and the soil had begun to soften.

Fortunately, even so, the earthen ramparts still played a good protective role, at least the soldiers of the second brigade did not have to be exposed to the cavalry's rifle fire, only one head was exposed, and the possibility of being hit by the rangers was reduced to the lowest limit.

The casualties of the officers and men of the second brigade were reduced to a minimum, but the casualties of the cavalry on the opposite side continued to rise, whether it was men or horses, all of them were exposed to dense rifle fire, even if the cavalry was fast, it was still difficult to escape such a dense fire!

Looking at the cavalry that were attacking in turn, Chen Hai also couldn't bear it, if he kept letting the rangers attack like this, at least his own earthen fortress would not last long, and it would collapse, and the soldiers of the second brigade who had lost the barrier would be even more difficult!

Chen Hai shouted in a deep voice: "Sun Jiawang, immediately prepare to launch the rocket!" Towards the densest place in the crowd, thirty rounds, give me a hard beating of them! ”

Now the only way to do this is to use Congreve rockets to deter the cavalry tactically.

As soon as Chen Hai's words fell, Sun Jiawang, who had already been ready to stop, waved his hand, and Congreve rockets took off into the air, roaring towards the rangers with flames!

Dozens of rockets successively landed in the dense array of the rangers, beating the rangers bitterly, and the frightened war horses crashed around, and even hit the cavalry around them!

The huge deterrent power of the rocket, coupled with the huge casualties of the re-emergence of the rocket, forced Morton to withdraw from the battle again and prepare for a new round of attack!

All three regimental commanders gathered around Morton, waiting for Morton's orders.

Now Morton is also a little at a loss, this hard bone is too difficult to gnaw, and he has broken his own teeth, specially, what kind of army has this always been!

Grinin said urgently: "General Moulton, I suggest that we move towards the bud rice field on both sides, along the edge of the bud rice field, and directly attack the two flanks of the federal army's position, I don't believe that their flanks can be so strong!" ”

Moulton's eyes lit up, although Grinin's method is a bit stupid, but it is also a good way, although there is a delay in time, but it is much more cost-effective than such a forced onslaught, in less than two hours of fighting, the current cavalry casualties have reached more than a thousand, and if you continue to fight like this, I am afraid that the opponent's position will fall, and your thousands of cavalry will almost have to be reimbursed!

Morton nodded and replied: "Well, Grining, your fifth regiment is immediately moving towards the two flanks, no, towards the right flank position, Conlifin, gather your fourth regiment, still attacking from the front, attracting the attention of the opposing Federation army and pinning down their main force!" The Sixth Regiment is waiting for an opportunity! ”

As an experienced general, Morton quickly made the most targeted deployment from the point of view, this time, the opposing Federation army can't stop it, we don't have the luxury of defeating the opponent, even if it is to kill a way, and then escape, this is our biggest goal!

Moulton's order was given, and three cavalry regiments began to split up.

While the Rangers and the Second Brigade were fighting, behind Chen Hai's position, a fierce battle was quietly coming!

(To be continued.) )