Half an hour later, Feng Xianghua met a spy sent by his father Feng Zicai on the road. After seeing his troops, Feng Xianghua fainted in prostration. One of the two scouts carried Feng Xianghua on his back, and the other pressed Les to drive quickly towards the Dongling position.

On the other side, Nigel had already received the news of the attack on the rear artillery battalion. The commander of the infantry regiment also let the family take prisoners, and for a moment he couldn't believe this fact.

Tony, the adjutant next to him, said: "General, without artillery, we will lose our firepower advantage, and according to the battle just now, it can be seen that the firepower of this group of Qing troops is not under us." Let's retreat to Liangshan first, since they can go around behind us to attack the artillery camp, they can also take a detour to surround us. ”

"No" Nigel had lost his mind at this time, "Since they went around to the rear to sneak attack our artillery battalion, then the Qing army in front of us no longer has many troops, and I will capture Dongling tonight." ”

"General, according to the first step corps returns. The Qing army that attacked by the sneak attack had all been annihilated, with only more than 500 people. And after going back alone. Tony patiently persuaded.

"This is impossible, 500' men sneak up on an artillery battalion escorted by an infantry regiment? Even the head of the regiment let the family take prisoner? The Army of our republic could not be so unbearable! ”

Tony didn't want to believe it, but shook his head......

"Boom......" The French began a new round of attack.

They simply relied on the fire of machine guns to suppress it, and this time they pressed all three regiments without leaving one of them.

The Qing troops on the battlefield saw the dense heads of people below, and they had goosebumps all over their bodies. The soldiers at the front of the position could not wait to open fire before the French approached.

The unique sound of the "Click......" Gatling gun and the sound of the Mauser bolt form a terrifying lurily. The French army at the front was immediately defeated, but the French army behind continued to attack on the corpses of their compatriots. And didn't back down! The distance is getting closer and closer, and I have to admit that the French machine gunners are quite accurate, as if they put the machine guns on the shoulders of the charging comrades and aim at the Qing position. The shells bloomed only in the positions, and not a single one hit the charging French.

Nigel believed that the momentum and strength of his army could destroy all the confidence of resistance, but this time he was one step short.

The positions at the front changed hands repeatedly, and the positions in the rear rows regained the position by several counter-charges. However, the French army continued to attack frantically, and the corpses of the Qing army could be seen everywhere on the position, but most of them were the corpses of French soldiers with unique military uniforms and high hats.

Nigel saw this tragic picture in the telescope, and his brow was twisted into a figure of eight. I secretly wondered why my predecessors came here to beat the Qing army and flee, throw away their armor. And now it's my turn, but I have encountered such a strong resistance. Don't want to take a step back? It was long before he remembered the words of Napoleon, the entrenched leader of France: "A sheep commanded by a lion can defeat a lion commanded by a sheep." "But is the Qing State able to compete with the army of the great republic just by reorganizing it three years ago?

On the Qing army's position, Feng Zicai's eyes were bloodshot. It can be seen that he is very tired after holding on to the position for a day, but he still raises his eyes and looks into the distance.

Judging by the attack just now, the French threw a whole brigade of infantry. But from the intelligence point of view, the French should have only two infantry regiments in front, and one was responsible for guarding the artillery battalion. It was clear that the infantry regiments guarding the artillery battalion had joined them, but the French did not use artillery. Otherwise, he couldn't keep it no matter what, so why hasn't his son come back yet? Thinking of this, the old general's nose was sour, and tears flowed down his eyes.

Feng Zicai only had one wife, and did not have three wives and four concubines like other Qing officers, and his wife successively raised three sons and two daughters for him, and the eldest son died when he was three months old. The third son was stubborn, and he was killed by this fiery general by himself by messing with the girl at home! Only this second son has been loved by him since he was a child, practicing martial arts and following him to fight in the north and south. But now it's in a foreign land......

Thinking of this, Feng Zicai burst into tears. Just as he wanted to organize troops to rush down and fight to the death with the French army, a personal soldier rushed over, "Feng Biaotong, Battalion Commander Feng is back." ”

"Huh? Hua'er is back? Feng Zicai couldn't believe his ears.

"Father, the child has returned. One of my battalions was wiped out, and only I came back and captured a devil officer! The French artillery camp has been completely destroyed by me. Feng Xianghua knelt on the ground.

"Well, the French army has lost its artillery, and if it cannot be attacked for a long time, it will definitely retreat. Yang Fei and Zhou Ping, you and the two of you led the men and horses of the battalion to cut off the retreat of the French army, and the other battalions threw all the things you didn't want to me and rushed down with me to annihilate the French army! Feng Zicai went from hell to heaven, and his heart was full of joy. I thought I had lost my beloved son, but I didn't expect my beloved son to make a great contribution! The excitement is palpable!

"Father, you are very old. It's up to your son to fight for you! You can command in the center, and the French devil will kill a battalion of my men and horses, and this revenge will not be avenged. It's hard for a child to calm the hatred in his heart! Feng Xianghua thought of his brother who died for his breakthrough, and his heart was like a needle prick, and tears slowly slid down the dirt and blood stains on his face.

Feng Zicai looked at his son's wounds, and forcibly endured the reluctance in his heart and said, "You have made a great contribution, go back to recuperate first." General Zuo is still 60 years old and still personally commands the expedition to Xinjiang, and gets on the horse to meet the enemy. There are no fathers and sons on the battlefield, only military orders. Go down. ”

In the French camp, Nigel had completely lost his mind. Another futile return, the lives of more than 1,000 French soldiers have been lost in Dongling!

"General, retreat! It seems that the Qing army is about to counterattack, and if the rear road is cut off, we will not even be able to retreat. We have sacrificed more than a thousand people to take this place. They are all excellent soldiers of the Republic. Tony said with tears in his face.

Nigel was hesitating when he heard this, and a staff officer walked in, "The reserve team found that the Qing army had copied up from behind and cut off the communication lines for transporting arms and food. Our convoy stopped 50 miles south of Zhennanguan and was unable to cross over. The number of Qing troops is unknown, but there were at least 1,000 people. ”

Hearing this news, Nigel's face was like ashes, and he said for a while: "Retreat, we retreat." ”

Frankly speaking, if the French army did not want to quickly occupy Zhennan Pass at the beginning. It's going one step at a time, even if Feng Zicai is allowed to occupy Zhennan Pass. The French army used their traditional way of infantry and artillery to fight together, and perhaps the Qing army was no match at all. Don't say that Zhennan Pass can't be defended, even Dongling can't hold it at all.

Nigel's light enemy rushed forward, leaving the artillery battalion behind, and after the attack was frustrated, he remembered that he wanted to use the artillery battalion and found that it had been attacked by the Qing army. Then, in a state of frustration, he attacked and left behind the corpses of more than 1,000 French soldiers, and finally reluctantly retreated after the supply lines were cut off.

It's a wrong step, a wrong step.

The French army is skilled in tactics, that is, when the structure is crippled, each company can still calmly organize alternately to cover the attack, and the ranks are neat. The guns were fired very accurately, and although the soldiers of the Qing army had undergone two or three years of live-ammunition training, they often jammed their guns during the battle because of nervousness. Except for a few times when they fought hand-to-hand with the counter-charge, they were braver than the French, and there was really nothing remarkable about it.

But in any case, the French army was finally repulsed. Inflicted heavy losses on one of its brigades and took Zhennan Pass from the French. Completed General Lu Yiwei's order - hold on to Zhennan Pass!

The French army withdrew to Liangcheng without the Qing army completing the encirclement. Feng Zicai didn't rush out after getting Zhennan Pass, but just stuck to the same place. Waiting for reinforcements!!