Chapter 150: Bloody Battle of the Twin Bridges (3)
Hundreds of British troops came from across the river to assist the French army and artillery battalion on the north bank of the river, and there were hundreds of people in the river behind, once they all rushed up, it would also cause a huge impact on the cavalry!
What's more, there is still a dragoon in the distance who don't know when it will come back!
Guo Ye's heart was cold, and he shouted: "Chen Hai, Gao E, speed up the attack for me!" There is another time for incense, and the cavalry must retreat, show me that not a single artillery will be spared! ”
Chen Hai and Gao E's hearts were dark, and the faces of the military gate lords became more and more solemn, it seems that the situation is not as optimistic as imagined!
Chen Hai and Gao He began to command the cavalry to attack more ferociously! The battlefield is even more tragic!
In Lucheng, Grant's cavalry had just launched an attack on He Qimou, when he heard a loud noise in the southwest, two or three hundred catties of explosives exploded, and the power was quite amazing, even if Grant was more than twenty miles away, he could hear it clearly!
Grant was shocked, in the southwest, there was a double bridge, there was such a violent explosion, it must be that the British and French forces and the Qing army were at war again, no one knew what the specific situation was, and now the main force of the Qing army should be in Yangzha, and the war suddenly started, that can only show that the Qing army launched an ambush again, and the British and French forces now do not know what kind of difficulties they have encountered!
Grant reacted suddenly, specially, from the very beginning, this Qing army has been constantly teasing the nerves of the British and French forces, constantly harassing, and as a result, the anger of the commander of Saxton has been provoked, and his main cavalry has run out of twenty miles in one go, coupled with the advance speed of the coalition army, the distance is now close to thirty miles!
Once the coalition forces encounter danger, their most powerful mobile force is beyond the reach of the whip, Grant thought of this, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat! No, we must quickly withdraw our troops and rush to the direction of Shuangqiao!
Grant roared: "Immediately give the order, all the cavalry, retreat with all their strength, and move towards the direction of the twin bridges at full speed!" ”
Grant gave an order, and the royal cavalry began to retreat sharply one after another, and the violent explosion sound, He Qimou also heard it, of course he knew, this was Guo Ye's success, great, you must not let the royal cavalry rush back like this!
He Qimou shouted: "Order, pursue immediately, be sure to entangle the other party to me, draw a knife, and charge!" ”
The Mongolian light cavalry got He Qimou's order, and pulled out the sabre one by one, now is the time to divide life and death, from here to Shuangqiao, only less than thirty miles, with the speed of cavalry, it will not take half an hour, you can definitely rush to Shuangqiao, half an hour, can the cavalry led by the military gate can dry down the coalition army, but it is still between the two!
The Mongolian cavalry began the most ferocious charge towards the Royal Cavalry Regiment, and Grant was secretly frightened, absolutely, definitely a hit, otherwise, the Mongolian cavalry was only less than 500 people, how could he dare to launch a counter-charge against himself!
Grant yelled, "Don't fight, block with a rifle, and get out of here!" ”
The Royal Cavalry Regiment desperately retreated, and He Qimou led the Qing cavalry to just hold on, dragging the retreat of the Royal Cavalry Regiment!
Grant was so angry that his eyes were on fire, this group of cavalry was too ****** fucked up, stalking!
Grant roared: "The first battalion, stay and block the Qing army, the second battalion and the third battalion, retreat at full speed, quickly!" ”
At this moment, He Qimou had no choice, the combat strength of a battalion of the Royal Cavalry Regiment was definitely not under the Mongolian cavalry, and the Mongolian cavalry was completely blocked, He Qimou led the Mongolian cavalry to fight with all his might, but he still couldn't break through the defense line of their Royal Cavalry Regiment, and could only watch Grant's main force go away!
More than twenty miles away, and after a delay just now, by the time Grant's main force arrived at the Shuangqiao, the battle was nearing its end!
Guo Ye's 3,000 cavalry slaughtered wantonly on the positions of the British and French forces, even if the British reinforcements rushed over, and more and more, Guo Ye was not repulsed, Guo Ye gritted his teeth and insisted, even if he paid a huge price, he must kill all the artillery of the British and French forces, and if he did the artillery of the British and French forces, it would be equivalent to cutting off their sharpest swords!
In an hour's time, the artillery of thousands of people was completely crippled, and as for the infantry regiments of the French army and the British army, the casualties were not small, and at this time, the sound of the horses' hooves of the royal cavalry regiment came faintly from a distance.
Guo Ye sneered in his heart, he only came back now, hehe, it's late! Lao Tzu's task has been completed, and all that is left for you is a mess!
"Tell the army, retreat immediately!"
The Royal Cavalry Regiment is surging, there is no need to make another move with them, an hour of fighting, the Qing cavalry has already passed the stage of a drum, and then a fierce battle with the Royal Cavalry Regiment, there is no chance of winning, and it can't be done!
The cavalry of the Qing army rushed away like a whirlwind into the distance.
By the time the Qing cavalry had already run away, the Royal Cavalry Regiment was late!
Looking at Grant with a sweaty face, Clemenceau was so angry that he scolded: "Grant, you are a waste, you are only rushing back now, this is still a fart!" See for yourself how many of our artillery are still alive? Have you forgotten, what exactly is your duty? What is it? It's the artillery, the artillerymen who protect us! Without artillery, how can we attack the city of Beijing! ”
Grant was also full of embarrassment at this time, this matter was so speechless, just an hour, an hour, the artillery was slaughtered! Of the 1,200 artillery men, there are less than 200 people who can barely maintain their combat strength! Heavy losses, absolutely heavy losses, and the British and French infantry on the position, there were also a lot of casualties in this battle, the casualties of the French infantry regiment exceeded 600 people, the casualties of the British infantry regiment exceeded 300 people, and most importantly, the artillery was gone, and the most relied on artillery was gone!
At this time, Saxton somewhere found a small boat, crossed over, and shouted from afar, "Clemenceau, Grant, how is the situation?" What about our casualties? ”
Clemenceau couldn't stand it anymore, ******, it's all you piece of waste, Colonel Yaman advised you not to rush to attack, you just didn't listen, now it's okay, unlucky, right? You are so unlucky, don't get involved with us French!
Clemenceau rushed up and it was an electric cannon!
Bang!
"Ahh
Saxton let out a scream and bowed down, nosebleeds dripping down his fingers, "What the hell do you still have a face?" Can't you see, the entire artillery is now dead and wounded! All the casualties! ”