It's not that Hilton and Simeone don't want the Japanese to be substitutes, but in the face of such a strong enemy, now thousands of small Japan can no longer play a role, and when it enters a fierce war, it will drag the three countries back, and the two countries can only go out in person. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Hilton and Simeone led almost all the troops under their command and quickly approached in the direction of Cangzhou!

There is still a short distance from Jinghai to Xue Guantun, a distance of more than 100 miles, the British army and the Spanish army, marching with all their might, will take at least one day and one night, whether it is Hilton or Simeone, at this time do not dare to be careless, really if the two brigades of the French army are completely annihilated, not to mention that they cannot explain to General Bazin, this also greatly weakens the strength of the coalition army, no, now according to intelligence, the strength of the Lu army has increased to tens of thousands! Without the French army as the main force, it is too difficult to gain the upper hand only by relying on the British army and the Spanish army, but the Hilton is even the strength of the Lu army!

The Anglo-Spanish army marched with all its might, and in half a day, it rushed out of the thirty-mile journey! After a short rest, in half a day, the Anglo-Spanish coalition army rushed out again twenty-five miles away, and it was less than fifteen miles away from Qingxian.

"General Hilton, there is Qingxian in front......"

Simeone said.

Hilton said in a deep voice: "It's almost dusk now, work hard, and enter Qingxian County to rest!" ”

Fifteen miles ahead! That's seventy miles in one day, and even if the British and Spanish armies are elite divisions, such a high-intensity rapid march is unbearable......

Simone hesitated: "General Hilton, isn't this too anxious, let's advance seventy miles a day, this will damage our ......combat strength."

Hilton shook his head and replied: "Then we have to go to Qingxian, we came out in a hurry, the food is not much, into Qingxian, we can also supplement the diet on the spot, rest and recuperate, the next day we have to march again in a hurry, if you don't hurry up, it won't work, one hundred and twenty miles, we must rush to Xueguantun in the shortest possible time, no one knows how long the French army can hold out!" ”

Simeone nodded helplessly, but had to agree.

Fifteen miles is also a constant distance for the current Spanish army and the British army, after all, they have already marched more than fifty miles in one day, and the soldiers are not tired, that is pure nonsense, they have no trucks to transport troops and materials now.

By the time we approached Qingxian, it was already dark.

The canal runs through the side, and along the embankment, the Anglo-Spanish forces are still advancing.

On the two mountain buns not far away, through the dense barren grass, a pair of eyes stared at the Anglo-Japanese coalition army in the distance.

"Brigadier Commander, is it time to act?"

Dong Bichang, the head of the first regiment, asked.

Zhang Song's face beside him was solemn, this ambush was not simple, the opponent's strength was not weak, just by visual inspection, the strength was no less than seven or eight thousand people, and they were all strong Western troops, if they wanted to win a battle, the Lu army must also come up with thunderbolt means.

Suddenly, Zhang Song waved his hand and shouted: "Order, attack!" ”

"Boom, boom!"

Suddenly, there was a thunderous sound of cannonballs, and shells fell from the top of the mountain.

The vicinity of Qingxian County is a plain with a flat river, almost no mountains, these two mountain buns, said to be mountains, in fact, there are no stones, just two tall mass graves, mounds, in addition to the grave is the grave, this is also these two places can be used for ambush.

The two mass graves are only two miles away from the official road in the middle, and with a little bit of artillery, they will hit the mass graves on the opposite side, and Zhang Song is also helpless.

However, the two mass graves provided an excellent hiding place for the Lu army, and the barren grass on them was half a man high, and when the artillery was pulled up, nothing could be seen! The Anglo-Japanese army, which was marching rapidly, did not notice it at all!

One shell after another roared and flew towards the official road, hitting the Anglo-Japanese coalition forces, and successively fell into the ranks of the coalition troops, causing a series of explosions!

"Enemy attack, descendants!"

Simeone and Hilton were shocked and hurriedly commanded the team to hide!

How to hide?

Spring has just arrived, and the wilderness is full of freshly drawn wheat, and there is nowhere to hide!

Fortunately, the British and Spanish armies had good military qualities, and they jumped into the drainage ditch next to the official road, leaned down, and prepared to return fire.

No matter how much the British army can fight, in such an unfavorable situation, in the face of a strong enemy, it will also be unable to catch it, on the two mass graves, compared to the position they are in, it is more than six or seven meters higher, and the four infantry regiments and an artillery battalion of the Lu army are condescending, and they launched a fierce artillery bombardment against the coalition forces!

Zhang Song was very bad, he locked on the artillery of the coalition army early, and if he wanted to defeat the opponent, then the only way to solve the opponent's artillery was to solve it, and in a quarter of an hour, the artillery battalion fired hundreds of shells at the coalition army, most of which fell on the artillery position of the coalition army, and the artillery position of the coalition army was beaten into a miasma and embarrassed.

The coalition forces were caught off guard, where did they have time to open their positions and launch an attack with the Lu army? In particular, the artillery, removing the gun jackets, turning the turrets, adjusting the firing elements, plus transporting the shells, all took time, that is, this quarter of an hour, the artillery positions of the coalition forces were overwhelmed, and the artillery jumped into the drainage ditch one by one, and did not dare to raise their heads.

"Order, the 57th Regiment will charge towards the mass grave, suppress the enemy's fire, attack!"

Hilton, as an excellent British army general with rich experience, knew that the enemy must not be allowed to attack like this, and was too passive, and with an order, the British troops of the 57th Regiment began to charge towards the mass grave.

Seeing this, Simeone also gave the Spanish army an order to attack at the same time, attacking instead of defending, and launched an attack on the mass grave on the other side.

Zhang Song was shocked, and immediately overjoyed, surprised, the foreigners were really not given in vain, although they were in a passive situation, but they quickly responded, and directly launched a charge, if they led the green battalion or the Hunan army Huai Army, in the face of a regimental charge, it is absolutely difficult to parry, and the military quality of the British army is definitely not covered!

Happily, he led the Lu army, the Lu army that dominated the world, not to mention the artillery battalion around him, the heavy machine guns equipped with the second brigade and the first regiment alone were not so good that foreigners could deal with!

"Haha, since you are looking for death, then there are you! Order, let the foreigners get close to me and then fight, prepare heavy machine guns, Lao Tzu will give them bloodletting! ”

(To be continued.) )