Chapter 253 Battle, I choose the home field

By the time the herald sent by Zhou Ruidong brought the order to allow Liang Gang to attack, Liang Gang was already sweeping the French stragglers with his soldiers and horses on the streets, these guys were much more difficult than the 3oo French army that was eliminated earlier, and for a while the city was jumping with flying dogs.

And for Bac Ninh to take it so easily, this made Zhou Ruidong, who originally planned to besiege Bac Ninh and then deploy the siege and reinforcement plan, had to temporarily change his plan, he immediately let go of a few Vietnamese servants captured by Xiao Qian, and asked them to bring a letter to the French garrison on Ou Songling.

And the focus of the whole campaign, from besieging the city to fighting to defend the city, it seems that the progress is going smoothly, at least the initiative is already in their own hands, with Bac Ninh as a barrier, and there is no need to even consider the issue of the French Seventh Brigade to return to help, Zhou Ruidong immediately convened the command center meeting, the defense of Bac Ninh is also the top priority of this battle, think twice, or Liu Yongfu, who has just completed the defense of 6 Erzhuang, is stationed, just let them have a rest.

As for the location of the reinforcements, several people undoubtedly took a fancy to the small Dongcao 1o miles southwest of Bac Ninh on the map, where there is a shallow river, the east side of the road is a piece of wasteland, and the west side is a mound with a height of about 3o meters, the small river ditch can just block the advance and retreat of the French, and the mound and wasteland can ambush the soldiers.

However, this kind of ambush on open ground cannot have an absolute advantage, and it is more of a decisive situation, not to mention, Zhou Ruidong's troops at hand cannot form an absolute advantage over the French, but there are exceptions, that is, the French only send a small part of the army to reinforce, but this probability is not too great.

After all, such a large-scale army movement, the French estimate that it will appear soon, and the news that can be a few days is already very successful, Zhou Ruidong can even guess that Gu Ba's move after receiving the news that he actually crossed the Songdong River upstream from the upstream overnight must be an attack by the whole army!

Now the Seventh Brigade and the other 3 brigades of the French Expeditionary Force have been completely cut off from the Sino-Vietnamese border, obviously this situation is very unfavorable to the French, which is also part of the decisive battle plan he planned, but the Protector is now also putting himself in the middle of the attack of the 4 French brigades, so ensuring the retreat of Baishuitan is also an important guarantee.

Zhou Ruidong stood in front of the map, carefully judging every step of the arrangement, and arranging the back hand in the defense of each point, the first BO offensive of the French must be very strong, but after nearly two months of defensive battles in 6 Erzhuang, a fact has been placed in front of him, even without the fire support of the Makqin machine gun, it is very difficult to break into the position equipped with 8O submachine guns and O2 rifles that can be loaded with magazines.

& field artillery maneuver xìng is not bad, through guò animal power can be easily moved, but the power of this straight shè cannon in frontal shelling can be effectively resisted by trenches, most of the shells play a role only in digging craters, and the shells that can really cause damage need to be directly into the trench to have an effect, which is not small for artillery.

On the evening of March 3, the prelude to the decisive battle to protect the north of Vietnam began......

In less than three days, the Seventh Brigade, which was actively preparing for an attack in the huge hilly area north of Bac Ninh to Lang Son, still had not received any information and was actively preparing to attack the passes on the Sino-Vietnamese border in a vain attempt to attack Guangxi in one fell swoop.

After re-sending 5 companies of soldiers into the 6 Erzhuang defense area, they were besieged by tens of thousands of idle Qingzi troops, and lost more than 100 people and hurriedly withdrew.

Lieutenant General Gu Ba judged that the guards on the opposite side obviously had no intention of taking the initiative to attack, which made him very depressed, and at this time, Major General Bo Slip, who was stationed on the left flank, sent people to send five Vietnamese servant troops, which were several of the Vietnamese boys who were captured by Xiao Qian on Bac Ninh Road, and they naturally did not know that Bac Ninh Province was lost, but only came to report that a large number of Qing troops had appeared on Bac Ninh Road.

Hearing that there was a problem on the road to Bac Ninh to transport supplies, this made Gu Ba surprised, he realized that he seemed to have underestimated the enemy army in front of him, the other party should have a stronger strength to hide behind, the map marked that the attack site was only 2o miles away from Bac Ninh, and more than 6o miles away from Ou Song Ling.

He immediately summoned a staff officer to inquire about the report on the investigation of the Songdong River in the past few days, and it became clear that since the day before yesterday, the intelligence north of the Baishuitan in the upper reaches of the Songdong River had been cut off...... This was originally possible for the reconnaissance troops, after all, more than 6o miles away, and the area was still hilly, and it really took several days to walk back and forth. ,

The problem is that the news that the three reconnaissance teams sent out there have all lost their news, which is a big problem! Combined with the news sent by the servant army, he immediately concluded that another Qing army had crossed the Songdong River from upstream, and this goal was self-evident, and it was very likely to be Bac Ninh.

However, besieging Bac Ninh under your nose is not a smart way in any way, but ...... The stupidity of the enemy is not the moment to show his wisdom!

Gu Ba immediately convened a meeting of the commanders and staff officers of the three brigades, and briefly relayed the news he had just received, and immediately a staff officer expressed almost the same judgment as Gu Ba, and the soldiers who had only returned from the defeat of 6 Erzhuang in the morning confirmed that the frontal enemy had not withdrawn, and seemed to have been strengthened, and these series of corroborations seemed to prove one point, the intention of the frontal enemy army was to blitz Bac Ninh!

At this time, Major General Thaler, a beer-bellied man, suddenly put forward his idea, "Everyone, I am a little skeptical about the source of information this time, the Qing army was able to block the news for 3 days, why did I suddenly get so much information now?" Since the other party is so bold, is there anything special to rely on......"

Although the beer-bellied man is quite looked down upon by Lone on weekdays, the questions raised at this time are also very sharp, but this seems to make Lone who is about to announce the battle plan a little unable to get off the stage, and the problems mentioned by Thaler may not necessarily be able to infer any great results, after all, the information on the battlefield is changing, and it is impossible to adjust the battle plan anytime and anywhere.

In this era, orders are still shouted in the era, and it is the army itself that ultimately determines the victory, and Gu Pull waved his hand to interrupt Sale's question, "General Sale, you have overthought it, if the Qing army has strong strength, why should you abandon Hanoi and Bac Ninh, trapped in the turtle shell of 6 Erzhuang, the Qing army that appeared this time must be the Chinese trying to attack Bac Ninh with trickery, soldier noble god, we will immediately go out to pursue them!" ”

The analysis of the solitary is not old-fashioned, the interlocking reasoning is indeed reasonable, and on the battlefield, there are indeed too many uncertain factors, the soldier is an unbreakable truth, the French generals regarded as the holy Napoleonic maxim, the battle attack must be attacked with three times the strength, it is a complete offensive theory, defense... It is an absolute secondary position in the theory of command of solitary command.

The staff officers below echoed it, and the beer-bellied man Thaler no longer insisted, a new operational map was hung, the battle order was reissued, and the battle time was set at two hours later, with General Bo Slip's 4th Brigade Regiment 55oo men as the vanguard, and 4 battalions of 2ooo Vietnamese servant troops under the command of Bo Slip.

The second echelon was the 11th Brigade of General Sailer, a beer belly man, with a total of 52oo people, and the 3rd echelon of the lone team of 48oo people, which suffered heavy losses in the early attack on 6 Er Zhuang, so he assigned another 8 battalions of Vietnamese servant troops to follow the action.

The main point of the plan for seeking combat this time is embodied in the four words "soldier noble god", so Lieutenant General Bo Hua, who is in charge of the first line of attack, issued an order for a rapid march, the 6o mile must be completed by evening, and the attack will begin at dawn tomorrow, at that time, the 11th Brigade in the center will also assist in flanking from the right flank to complete the encirclement and annihilation of the small group of enemy troops in the front.

In fact, after a few days of rest, the French army did show a good will to fight, and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the 17th Algerian Company of the 4th Brigade and the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Battalion of the 4th Brigade had a jiāo fire with the servants of the 1st Battalion of the 4th Brigade who were responsible for the task of blocking the outpost.

It's just that in the fire on both sides, to the surprise of the Algerian black battalion, the soldiers on the opposite side kept shouting numbers when they fought, and the fight was active, and even some soldiers quietly attacked from the flanks.

There were not many troops on both sides, and the sky was getting dark, and after the ping-pong fire, there were injuries to each one, but the four associations and the first battalion took the initiative to withdraw.

I have to say that after Ma Long took charge of the Protector Sixie, this military training has not been left behind at all, and these soldiers have no special tasks in Hue, and they train all day long, but the salary is sufficient, and they can also get quotas to buy all kinds of fresh products shipped by sea at a low price after becoming a soldier.

These two benefits alone made those Vietnamese boys who were driven out because of unqualified training crying and shouting at their mothers to join, and Ma Long's countermeasure was to increase the amount of training so as to eliminate more unqualified soldiers. As a result, he has been in Hue for more than a year, and he has been nicknamed "Iron-faced General", which is still a compliment in person, and he is called "Horse-faced General" behind his back! ,

More than a month ago, he could have trained these Vietnamese soldiers who had never seen blood and sent them to the position of 6 Erzhuang, and in his thoughts, this was the kind of soldier who was a soldier, and today, it was the first time that the four assistant servants went to the front line to fight alone, which is also remarkable.

The weapons of the Vietnamese servant army are mainly the Lin Mington needle gun, which is the most commonly used by the Qing army, although there are only four brigades, but they are very happy to fight with the French black soldiers of a company opposite, if it is about training and individual soldiers, these Vietnamese boys are still a lot of gaps from the French regular army, but in terms of morale, the Vietnamese servant army is much stronger than the French army opposite.

Because before the start of the war, Ma Long's gang had already conveyed the reward order of Lord Qincha......

Kill a French soldier, reward 3o silver coins, Algerian black soldier, there are also 25 pieces, and the opposite servant army, the Yellow Flag Army and the like are only 1o pieces, the so-called luàn shot to kill the hero, this has long been decided, if it is not sure who killed the French army, it will be divided into the battle team. At this time, I saw more than 2ooo black soldiers, and it was the bright 5ooo Nanyang beckoning!

Zhou Ruidong and Gu Ba, the two supreme commanders of the front line, obviously realized that the battle was about to start, of course, the armies on both sides were making final adjustments, and in the deep night, the world here was obviously a reconnaissance force belonging to the two armies for the time being, and there were sporadic jiāo fires everywhere that night......

It wasn't until a glimmer of light appeared in the east that Major General Bo Slip, who was ready to attack, seemed to have something wrong again, and except for the occasional squad of scouts of the opposing side on the frontal battlefield, there was no movement on the position seen before dark yesterday.

He immediately ordered the attack of the first BO, and the next situation made him ponder for a long time, and the forward troops rushed to the nearest few improvised fortifications without any suspense, which were already empty...... After ten minutes of careful consideration, Bo Slip gave the order to continue the pursuit, which was too unusual.

According to military common sense, abnormality is suspicious, but if the attack is stopped at this time, if the Qing army is indeed broken and fled, it will be a big joke, and the situation of the Qing army retreating at the slightest fire is really not a new thing in northern Vietnam, he immediately judged that the small Qing army in front of him must have fled after hearing the wind, and ordered a pursuit...... He didn't want to give up his exploits in this battle.

However, after three or four miles of continuous pursuit, the real engagement began!

At a distance of 18 miles from Bac Ninh, the first defensive position appeared, which was less than 3oo meters from the avenue and was only a makeshift position built on a mound thirty or forty meters high, but ...... If this position is in the gauntlet, if you want to walk through the avenue, you will inevitably have a few dòng eyes for rifle bullets from the mountain.

Therefore, it is clear that this and chā's máo thorn in the throat have become a thorn in the side of the swarming team, and the lone army is still more than thirty miles behind the slippery rear, and the accompanying baggage and heavy weapons make the degree like a snail, in order to achieve the effect of defeating the enemy, the 11th Brigade also received an order to start detouring from the right flank to the back of the high ground.

Zhou Ruidong was in the command post 4 miles away at this time, and the large battle map had been hung up, which marked the detailed information collected by the Intelligence Department within 2o kilometers around, from the mountain road, the trail, and even a mound, and a wide avenue extended from the map to the upper left, and on both sides of the road there were many small flags.

The French have arrived at the predetermined battlefield, and there is no doubt that it is undoubtedly a brainless move to say that victory is in sight now, and the blades of both sides have been raised, and the next step is the life-and-death contest between each other.

At this time, both sides had shallow positions, and the French 4th Brigade on the front relied on a small ditch across the road as a defensive position...... This problem is too complicated, Bo Slip naturally doesn't have time to think about it carefully, what he has to think about is how to clean up the small mound in front of him.

Several officers in charge of observation quickly gathered the news to Bo Slippery hands, on the top of the mound opposite, the other party should have dug a trench, in addition, there are no other fortifications, the Qing soldiers stationed on the top of the mountain, the observation is estimated to be about 3oo people, but after careful observation, the officer is now on the flat ground around the mound, and the other party has also dug a few trenches.

"Damn the yellow-skinned monkeys, where did they go for the natives?" Bo Slip pondered this question helplessly, professional soldiers in this era have no obligation to dig trenches, mainly because they want to dig, and they don't have tools, who will carry hoes and shovels with them...... And the heavy firearms on his side are still dangling on the road with Lieutenant General Guba. ,

However, such a simple fortification was not enough to make Bo slip feel tricky, and after a rough estimate of the enemy army in front, there were nearly 15oo men, but his own strength on hand was 75oo men, five times that of the enemy, and he immediately ordered 6 companies to be put into the middle of the road, 1o companies on the left and right flanks, and in addition, Major White was specially assigned to command 7 companies to outflank the rear of the opponent's position from the left flank.

After the baptism of the Franco-Prussian War, most of the officers in the French team recorded their experience in the war and summed it up, but most of the conclusions can basically be put on an arbitrary hat, and the huge French team has already appeared a law in the example of the defensive position, that is, the difficulty of breaking through head-on is much greater than that of attacking on both flanks.

Therefore, in many of these so-called new theories, there is a one-sided emphasis on flank attacks, but these officers have just forgotten some prerequisites, that is, the premise that flank attacks can achieve miraculous results is already that it is necessary to put enough pressure on the enemy on the frontal battlefield, and only by completely suppressing the opponent in terms of strength and combat power can the encirclement attack on the flank break the opponent's confidence.

Major General Bo's perfect three-way simultaneous and flanking tactics were problematic in the first phase of implementation, and the theory that the French soldiers were far superior in shè and discipline to the enemy in the Far East, according to the practice of the past, seems to have been overturned today.

In charge of defending the mound, it was the third battalion of Ma Desheng of the Huzhang Kuibu, which had won many laurels in the military competitions of the team and individual soldiers, and even in their battalion, there were at least 22 soldiers who had passed the assessment and were awarded the title of god shè, which was unique in the entire guard.

At a distance of 7oo meters, Zhan Biao, the captain of the second brigade of Ma Desheng's third battalion, took the lead in firing the first shot, and the French soldiers who were bowing their heads and rushing forward heard the screams from behind...... Roa。