Choose which direction to retreat from?

No matter which direction you are likely to encounter the encirclement of the Federal Army, this is for sure, now you have to consider what to do after the breakthrough, after breaking through in the three directions of the east, west and north, it is still under the control of the Federal Army, even if you successfully break through, it is still possible to fall into another predicament, only by choosing to break through to the south, it is possible to completely jump out of the encirclement!

Because once you break through to the south, after breaking through, it won't take much to move forward, and you will enter the area controlled by the Confederate army, although it will take a lot of means to enter the area controlled by the Confederate army, but it is much stronger than being killed by others now, here is almost thirty or forty miles away from Loudoun County, it only takes two hours, you can rush to where you can, and you can get the response of the Confederate army when you enter Loudoun Army, and then you can really escape!

"Order the whole army to immediately break through to the south, send a small group of scouts, cross the encirclement of the enemy army, and ask for help from the Confederate army in Loudoun County, please send troops to meet it immediately!"

Morton couldn't care much now, and directly conveyed the order, thousands of cavalry began to retreat to the south, and the brigades of the Federation Army in the three directions behind began to pursue the rangers continuously, shrinking the encirclement.

Morton doesn't have time to care about what happens behind him, anyway, he is a cavalry, and the two legs of the infantry of the Federal Army are no match for his four legs in any case, as long as he wants to run, and there is no interception in front, they will definitely not be able to catch up with him!

What excites Morton the most is that somehow, the cavalry ran out for more than ten miles in one go, and did not encounter the slightest obstacle. The cavalry retreated too easily. Grant Smart I. Confused for a while, if this guy also gave himself a block in the south, he would definitely not be killed so easily, God help me!

It's just that Moulton was happy too soon!

While the cavalry was advancing, a reconnaissance company commander came running quickly from the south, "General Moulton, a few miles ahead. There is an ambush by the Federation Army! ”

Morton was shocked, rubbing, there was an ambush, it seems that there will be a fierce battle today!

"How many troops does the other side have?"

The commander of the reconnaissance company said urgently: "I don't know, it seems that there are at least 2,000 people, but the enemy has already dug fortifications, and we want to break through, but ......"

Morton snorted coldly, fortifications? So what? It's only two thousand, even more. If their own cavalry attacks together, the Federation Army will definitely not be able to stop it. By this time, the Federation forces in all directions behind him had almost shrunk the encirclement, and it was no longer realistic to turn over and fight, so they could only forcibly attack!

Morton gritted his teeth and shouted: "Order, the fourth regiment will move forward with all its might, launch a surprise attack on the enemy position in front, and in the shortest possible time, give me the capture of the enemy's position!" ”

At Moulton's order, the 4th Ranger Regiment swooped down on the Federation Army in the distance!

Directly ahead, it was naturally the soldiers of the Second Brigade of the First Division led by Chen Hai himself, although the Second Brigade was not as strong as the First Brigade, but there were also a lot of main forces, plus Chen Hai had been waiting here for nearly a day, and his fortifications were impenetrable.

This time, Chen Hai not only built a trench and dug out the soil from the trench, but also directly built three earthen ramparts, the first layer of the earthen fortress was one meter high, the second layer of the earthen fortress was one meter high, and the third layer of the earthen fortress was one meter eight high.

This is Chen Hai's own tactics, Chen Hai's position is a gentle hill, this area is more troublesome than he imagined, too gentle, too open, want to block the cavalry on the flat ground, it is too difficult, and in front of a large number of cavalry, it is even more difficult, whether it is a hollow array, or a platoon shooting, there are certain problems, because, the army does not have any support, once the cavalry is close, it can directly impact the position, when the time comes, don't say that it is the second brigade, even if it is the first brigade with the training army as the backbone, It is also difficult to withstand the ravages of other cavalry!

And now Chen Hai came up with a tactic that can suppress the impact of the cavalry to the greatest extent, because without the help of artillery, he can only rely on the volley of muskets! Now the three earthen ramparts shoot in a low position according to the high and low, and the three soldiers can form a perfect volley, and then the earthen ramparts, the action is more uniform, and it is more convenient to aim, this is the death defense line prepared by Chen Hai for the rangers!

Not only that, Chen Hai also brought more than 100 rockets, which are British Congreve rockets imitated by Colt Company, although these rockets have been significantly backward compared to rifled running, but compared to the cavalry, the lethality is not reduced at all, at the beginning of the battle in Tongzhou, the cavalry of Seng Lingqin was unlucky to be unlucky on the Congreve rocket, once this thing is launched, it will ignite a fire, especially in the field, everywhere is overgrown with weeds, or crops, and then the fire, Even the most well-trained horses will panic when they are forced by the fire!

The cavalry of the fourth regiment quickly pressed forward, and the corner of Chen Hai's mouth showed a sneer, and he said in a low voice: "Order, the first wave of rockets is launched, aim for me!" Give these cavalrymen a dismount first! ”

At this time, the Fourth Cavalry Regiment had already rushed within two kilometers, but it did not usher in any artillery bombardment, and the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment hesitated at the same time, and his heart swelled with a sense of happiness, the other side had no artillery? Great, there is no threat of artillery, so what are the old men afraid of? Charge!

The rangers of the fourth regiment rushed even more violently, and more than a thousand cavalry rushed towards Chen Hai's position like a furious race!

At this time, a sharp whistling sound sounded above the position, and one after another Congreve rockets rushed towards the cavalry, fell into the camp of the cavalry, and the fire rose into the sky! Under the pressure of the rocket, the cavalry was in chaos, especially the cavalry attacked by the rocket was even more panicked, and let out a terrible scream in the flames!

The commander of the 4th Cavalry Regiment, Conglifin, only reacted at this time, wiped it, they didn't have artillery, they were actually equipped with rockets, Congreve rockets! What's more, I was really careless this time, this weapon is no less powerful than artillery in the battle of cavalry impact!

Under the deterrence of Congreve rockets, the Ranger's charging speed was suppressed, and without that crazy momentum, it was impossible to easily storm the front line of the Federal Army's position!

However, Conlifen didn't want to give up so much, and continued to give the order to continue the assault, and just after stepping over the rocket raid, the rangers had a rifle fire in front of them! A dense rain of bullets is coming down on the Rangers! (To be continued.) )