Chapter 3: Reversal (3)

Wadsey sat in the headquarters with a blank expression, although his military uniform was still straight, although his military boots were still shiny, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that his spirit had completely decayed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Sitting on an army of more than 100,000 people, he still fought against the backward and barbaric natives in his eyes, but the result was that after losing his troops, he was surrounded by people in such a narrow area that was no more than six miles long and no more than four miles wide. In other words, anyone would have been hit hard, and Wadsey had been hit almost as big as 10,000 tons.

He was not a strong-willed soldier in the first place, and after receiving such a big blow, he was shaken and panicked. When the situation changed suddenly, he didn't react immediately, but stayed for a long time in front of a lot of bad news. By the time he tried to withdraw the troops from the city to fight back, it was already too late. The large camps outside the city were breached, the camps burned, and the artillery was taken or destroyed.

In the end, they repelled the enemies, but lost all the strongholds in the city. And those enemies are not so much repelled by them, but rather retreat after achieving your goal. Now they, the wine glass enemy is compressed and enclosed in such a small space, and even a rifle bullet can penetrate the entire position.

After that, they didn't think about breaking through. However, in the face of the enemy's superior cavalry, any attempt to break through would turn into a suicidal act. The cavalry changed their tactics and rushed into the ranks of the breakout without fear of death, slowing down their movements even if they suffered heavy casualties. Then, as they slowed down, they were surrounded and eliminated by the enemy infantry that was catching up.

After attempting a breakout, Wadsey extinguished this thought and shrunk his forces. Anyway, they didn't think about attacking now, so everyone cowered in the trenches that had been dug, and the enemy came in a volley of guns. Anyway, they still have an army of forty or fifty thousand, and after shrinking, the density of troops has increased greatly, and the defense is much easier. In this case, if you are attacked by artillery fire, the casualties will increase significantly. But fortunately, there are those trenches, and the anti-artillery capabilities are still top-notch.

And somehow, the enemy, having surrounded them, seemed to be satisfied. Neither the offensive nor the artillery bombardment was carried out, but only trenches and fortifications were dug on the perimeter. Even though they have been surrounded, they are still digging non-stop, and they have the potential to dig through the earth.

All Wadsey could do now was keep praying for reinforcements to come as soon as possible. Otherwise......... He couldn't think about it anymore.

For this earth-shattering reversal that took place under the city of Beijing, all parties reacted quickly as if they had been pricked by a needle after being stunned. Anyway, it's better to move than to wait.

After hearing the news, the coalition forces near Tianjin first spent several days to confirm the truth of the news. After it was determined that the troops under the city of Beijing were indeed crippled, they began to frantically send troops in the direction of Beijing.

However, after the destruction of the railway, it was extremely difficult to transport troops in heavy snow. Not to mention, there are layers of resistance on the way.

Three days later, Lieutenant General Wadsey, who was already considering the amount of food and grass, met with a lieutenant who had rushed into the encirclement and the thirty or so soldiers he had brought with him.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" The lieutenant was covered in blood, but he still saluted with grace.

"Lieutenant," Wadsey didn't talk nonsense with him, and asked directly, "When will the reinforcements from behind arrive?" ”

"Report to Your Excellency, we are all reinforcements!" The lieutenant said.

"What?" Wadsey was surprised, "How many people were there when you came out?" ”

"An infantry regiment!" The lieutenant said with a full sense of puff, "We broke through the enemy's six blockades all the way, and these are the ones who can rush in." ”

"..............." Wadsey endured for a long time before he didn't scold. A regiment of infantry, you rushed in more than thirty people, and you are embarrassed to speak so loudly?

There were already a lot of people in the surrounded, and there was not a lot of ammunition, and what they lacked most now was fuel and food. The enemy forces that surrounded them did not attack much, except for the occasional infiltration of small forces, and mainly shelled all the buildings on the ground. In addition, as long as they showed signs of fire, a burst of shells fell on the opposite side. The heavy snow has been falling non-stop, although it stopped for a long time in the middle, but after half a day, the snow began to fly all over the sky again.

Now they are trapped, cold and hungry, and what they need most is not bullets, rifles and soldiers. All they needed was steaming hot food and countless cotton clothes, or some cannons. Relying on those riflemen alone is completely useless.

However, in the temporary headquarters of the coalition forces in Tianjin, those generals still kept sending infantry regiments to the city of Beijing. These infantry rushed through many obstacles, trekked hundreds of miles in heavy snow, and when they broke through, at best, they would have half of their forces left. But the people in the encirclement were still very dissatisfied with this situation, because they had eaten less, and now they had hundreds of more mouths.

The coalition side did not want to concentrate its forces and attack from inside and outside. However, no one dared to risk the death of the lieutenant general or his capture. The Germans were the most active about this, and their lieutenant generals were surrounded inside. A week later, the Germans could proudly claim that all their armies had completed the Victorious Division. Because, all the German troops have already entered the encirclement.

It was mainly the German, American and Austro-Hungarian armies that were surrounded, so it was also the generals of the three countries who were in a hurry. After their army was depleted, the main thing that remained was the Japanese army and the Russian army. Although the British wanted to show their existence, it was a pity that their army was not large in number, and in the course of several months of war, it was crippled batch after batch. The current British can't even get a full infantry regiment.

Because of the heavy snow and the fierce resistance of the Qing people outside the Guan, the Russians could no longer advance after advancing to Shenyang. Therefore, the matter of rescuing the encircled Lieutenant General Wadsey and the 60,000 troops in the encirclement fell on the heads of the Japanese.

After urgent consultations, the Japanese Cabinet decided to send two more divisions. But this is all far water, and it can't quench the thirst of the near. And the Japanese are not all tendons, there are already so many troops thrown in front, what can they do now with two or three of them?

Even if the British minister wore out his mouth, General Oyama still did not agree to rely on his two divisions and some infantry wings to attack.

Da Shanyan said sincerely: "Your Excellency, the number of our soldiers is not enough, so let's wait until the follow-up troops arrive before attacking." ”

The British minister was not as anxious as he seemed, and the British were almost dead before. It's time for the Germans to die too. The French also had no problem, and their interests were on the side of Indochina, not in North China. They were glad to see the Germans and Austria-Hungary deflated. As for the Americans, everyone ignores them.