【1383 Finale 05】
"Pass my order, the three divisions of the Chinese army must rush to the battlefield before dawn tomorrow, and send agents to answer, guide, and track!" Wang Dashan said in a deep voice: "The Fifth Field Division of the Chinese Army is divided into three brigades, two brigades bite the Indian coercive army, and one brigade bites the Afghan coercive army, so as not to let them combine with the British army!" The 6th Field Division of the Chinese Army and the 7th Field Division of the Chinese Army encircled the main force of the British Army, and they must be completely annihilated. ”
"Yes! Checkmate. The chief of staff gave Wang Dashan a military salute and went out.
Wang Dashan looked at the map, compared and drew for a while, thinking that there was no problem with his tactics, and now the key is to see the actual combat effect, he is also a little weak-minded, after all, the army has not fought for more than a year, I don't know if the Chinese army has declined! In the first seven years of the establishment of the Chinese army, it can be said that there was never a battle fought more than half a year apart.
The Fifth Field Division of the Chinese Army, the Sixth Field Division of the Chinese Army, and the Seventh Field Division of the Chinese Army received a telegram from Wang Dashan during the rapid march, and they did not dare to slack off.
The Chinese army will not know anything, it will only give orders.
Among them, the Fifth Field Division of the Chinese Army, which drove and bitten the Afghan and Indian armies, seemed to be the easiest, but in fact, they were the most difficult, and it was the highest level of tactical use to separate the British army from the Afghan army and the Indian army as soon as they entered the battlefield.
The British army has a total of 24 divisions, because the British army is smaller than the Chinese army, usually 8,000 to 10,000 people for a division, so the 24 divisions are only a little more than 200,000 in total.
These 200,000 British troops and the Indian and Afghan coercive armies are intertwined, and if you want to separate, you not only need to have accurate intelligence and powerful attack power, but also be fast enough, like cutting a piece of fat pork, you have to go down with a knife, and the flesh and bones are separated!
The offensive of the Chinese army is very fierce, but it is too difficult to completely separate the British army from the Indian army and the Afghan army at once, so the tactics adopted by the commander of the fifth field division of the Chinese army are to attack and rush violently, forcing the entire army of the other side to collapse! Only in this way can the opponent's formation be scattered!
Moreover, the Fifth Field Division of the Chinese Army had to take care of the Indian Coercive Army and the Afghan Coercive Army, and the British Army had the Sixth Field Division of the Chinese Army and the Seventh Field Division of the Chinese Army that followed closely behind.
The Chinese army coming from afar has not repaired in the slightest, and has been marching for four days in a row! But even so, millions of Anglo-Indian troops were still beaten by a single division of the Chinese army!
20,000 against 1 million, which is a multiplier of 1:50!
Xiang Yu didn't have this big gap when he fought against the water.
Tick tick tick!
The sharp and loud charge of the charge shook the sky!
In the headquarters of the Anglo-Indian army, the commander of the British army in India, General Daniel Lewis, jumped up in fright, these days, he can be regarded as sleeping peacefully, since he drove the Sino-Afghan army out of Kabul, he is no longer worried, because the Sino-Afghan army is not capable of carrying out a sneak attack on the huge number of Anglo-Indian troops.
But now, the density of the stormtroopers, the density of the gunfire, and the chaotic noise in all directions, show that the enemy is outnumbered!
The main force of the Chinese army is coming!
This was the first thought that crossed Daniel Lewis's head!
"Quick! What's going on? My God! Daniel Lewis asked incoherently outside. Is the Chinese army coming? Is the Chinese army coming? ”
The word Chinese army, in the British army, is like a nightmare, although the British army does not have a high status in history, but now Britain occupies the first title in the world for how many years? Except for the Chinese army, no one dared to directly brush the tiger's whiskers, and the most important thing was that the Chinese army had won a great victory.
The adjutant immediately rushed in, obviously just getting up from the bed, "General, it's the main force of the Chinese army, it's the main force of the Chinese army!" ”
"Is it really the main force of the Chinese army? Why didn't you hear the wind beforehand? How many people did they come? Daniel Lewis asked nervously.
The reason why Wang Dashan went directly into battle without allowing the army to repair was that he was afraid of intelligence leakage, and the speed of the Chinese army was enough that the British agents stationed around Herat did not have time to report the news, because the British communication was still very primitive, they had telegraphy, but no wireless telegraphy! Therefore, it was impossible to send back the news from Herat, and the pace of the Chinese army was actually faster than the speed at which the British secret service intelligence could transmit the news.
"I don't know how many people, it is estimated that there are at least 100,000 or more, all over the mountains! The charge was very fierce, and the charge was fatal, and it hit the right flank of our army hard. Our army has been broken. The lieutenant replied.
In this era, the Western armies do not have the operational consciousness of modern armies at all, and they are still in the stage of arranging guns to demonstrate force, where is the sense of defense? There has long been no way to compare with the Chinese army, which borrowed from the German army thinking when it first became an army, but after several years, under the direct care of the Chinese emperor, the Chinese army has continuously strengthened military theory and practice, and the army's tactics have advanced by leaps and bounds, and it has long been far ahead of the world.
Therefore, the British army did not think that the Chinese would cross the Helmand River to attack Kabul before.
At this time, Abdul Rahman Khan came over, "General, the reinforcements of the Chinese army are coming, now we should stabilize the formation and fight a decisive battle with the Chinese army!" ”
Daniel Lewis's thinking was confused, "I think, first withdraw the whole army to Kabul, and the troops that can't be withdrawn will be stationed outside the city, relying on Kabul, which is more conducive to the stability of the army, right?" ”
"General, it's too late, it's still 100 miles from Kabul, we're too far away!" Abdul Rahman Khan hurriedly said: "If you go back now, you will be hit by the Chinese army along the way, and it will be difficult to get together after that." ”
Before Wang Dashan asked the Fifth Field Division of the Chinese Army, the Sixth Field Division of the Chinese Army, and the Seventh Field Division of the Chinese Army to come over, he had already commanded Zhang Haobo and Gao Yitong to lead the Anglo-Indian joint army out with a small force of the Sino-Albanian joint army, so they would have a certain distance from Kabul.
100 miles is actually not a very long distance, so Daniel Lewis didn't pay attention to it before, but now he suddenly realized that just such a small distance may even kill the Anglo-Indian army!
"You are like this, you personally lead the Afghan army to resist for a while, to make time for the army, I will go back with the brigade first, and then let the main force of the British army come to meet you!" Daniel Lewis made a very shameless suggestion at this time.
Abdul Rahman Khan was almost mad at Daniel Lewis's suggestion, and couldn't figure out how he could say such a thing? The British army is the main force, and if the Afghan coercion army can compete with the Chinese army, it will naturally be able to compete with the British army, in this case, do I still need to run to you to be a traitor?
"I'm sorry, General! This suggestion is simply ridiculous. Abdul Rahman Khan shook his head and said: "It's not that I deliberately disobeyed the order, even if the Indian Governor is standing here in person today, he will not agree to your order, how much combat effectiveness is the Afghan coercion army?" Do you think we can resist the Chinese army? In my opinion, at this time, it should be time for the British army to fight the Chinese army head-on! ”
Daniel Lewis frowned, he heard the deafening shouts and gunshots outside, he had never been to such a fierce battlefield in person, he was scared to death, he had fought with the Afghan indigenous army for more than a year, and together he was not as shocked as he was today, Daniel Lewis understood that the Chinese army was the real army in the world, and his courage was about to be broken, where did he dare to leave the British army to break down?
Daniel Lewis was silent, whether the Anglo-Indian coalition could win or not had little to do with him, but if the main force of the British army was annihilated by the Chinese army, it would be related to his personal future, and at the same time to the glory of his family.
Daniel Lewis didn't have the courage to bet on this, and if he lost, he would go back to India, or go back to England and mix around, and if he died, he would talk a fart.
"Well, it's too late, since you don't want to command the army to break off, then, then...... The whole line retreated together and notified all the armies to assemble in Kabul! "Daniel Lewis gave an order that all the generals could and most likely to give at such a time.
Abdul Rahman Khan almost fainted when he heard Daniel Lewis give this order, and said angrily: "General, you have a million troops in your hands, and the Chinese army is only a few tens of thousands, why don't you dare to confront them head-on?" This battle is about the fate of the whole of Afghanistan, the whole of India, and even the whole of Britain, you know? ”
"I know better than you!" Daniel Lewis was furious when he saw that Abdul Rahman Khan dared to yell at him, "Go and carry out the order!" The whole army retreated quickly, and we fought a decisive battle with the Chinese army in Kabul! We have India as a base, even if we fight for supplies, the Chinese army can't fight us, because their battle line is long! ”
"No, General! You can't do this! The retreat of the whole army can only cause more chaos, and the roads here are so bad that it is impossible for a large army of millions to march. Abdul Rahman Khan straightened his neck and said at the top of his voice.
"If you don't plan to obey my orders, please take care of yourself, I can't let the main force of the British army fight hard with the Chinese army, I am a general, I know how to fight better than you." Daniel Lewis endured and endured, and almost said what was in his heart - if you don't want to do it, get out!
Abdul Rahman Khan was so angry with Daniel Lewis that he couldn't speak anymore.
This one argument lasted only a few minutes, and then the adjutant had the herald spread Daniel Lewis's orders to the troops!
The British army was already frightened by the Chinese army's charge and charge, and when they heard the retreat of the whole army, they all wanted to grow a few more legs, and they ran up one by one.
At this time, as Abdul Rahman Khan expected, the entire army collapsed at once, and the commander said to run away, and the soldiers below didn't run away one by one? Such a huge army, without organization, without discipline, without arranging to block after breaking, running together, losing everything.
The Fifth Field Division of the Chinese Army was divided into a number of regimental and battalion-level units, which went to tear apart, specifically chasing the Indian and Afghan armies, and the British army was simply happy, and in order to avoid being 'implicated', the British army kept separating from the Afghan and Indian armies, and gradually formed a whole.
Wang Dashan looked at this spectacular scene of losing his armor and abandoning his armor in surprise, and wondered for a while, he had imagined that it might be this situation, but this kind of idea was just a flash of thought, I didn't think it would really be like this, I didn't expect it, it was even funnier than he imagined, is this the army of the country with the largest national strength in the world?
With this kind of combat effectiveness and will to fight, he also dared to go to Central Asia, which is so far away from the British mainland, to invade?
Abdul Rahman Khan and Daniel Lewis couldn't understand why the Chinese army only chased the Indian and Afghan coercion armies, but this made Daniel Lewis very happy, thinking that the Chinese army was afraid of the British army, or that the Chinese army was afraid of the British and did not dare to do anything to the British army!
In this way, the Afghan and Indian armies were expelled farther and farther away from the main force of the British army, and Daniel Lewis led the British army to walk more than 50 miles a day, and he was really tired.