Chapter 932: A Way in Despair
Faced with the bloody picture in front of him, the general soldier of the New Army, who had just been confident, was immediately stunned by shock. Then, the whole person was like an angry lion, and scolded loudly......
"Bastard...... The cunning Tiger and Leopard Army has not collapsed yet......"
After saying that, the chief soldier quickly shifted his eyes full of anger to the subordinates in front of him.
After only a short thought, he decided: "Mr. Li Qian...... Get your people to retreat right away...... After the round of grenades just now, there are not many people left in the Haw Par Army...... The gunfire behind us had stopped, and as expected, the 5,000 elite surrounded by the Haw Par Army had been wiped out. If we can't break through the line in front of us, the main force of the Haw Par Army will most likely rush over and surround us. When the time comes, without the red-coated cannon, we won't be able to leave even if we want to......"
There is no doubt that in the face of the Tiger and Leopard Army, which has lost and taken care of itself on the battlefield, after receiving the order, Li Qianzong had the same idea in his heart as Zhou Qian at that time, that is, to pick up cheap, and the general soldier gave himself a chance to pick up cheap.
Therefore, in the face of the order, he gave the chief soldier an affirmative answer without thinking about it.
However, what he didn't expect was that when the general soldier gave the order, the general soldier himself had already lost the idea of picking up cheap in his heart.
The failure of the continuous attack already made him feel that the Tiger and Par Army on the opposite side did not seem to be as easy to deal with as he imagined...... In the face of the endless defensive methods of the Haw Par Army, the chief soldier himself did not know whether the 1,000 elite musketeers under his command could occupy the defense line of the Haw Par Army with only a few hundred remnants left.
Look at the Tiger and Par Army's defense line that has been blown up by grenades and has gaps everywhere. In the face of the third round of attacks by the new army of the imperial court, there was almost no pause. The head of the regiment frowned. Wrinkled deeper than ever.
Let's not talk about whether the remnants of less than 500 people under his command can block the attack of the new army of the imperial court. The mere tiredness on the faces of the soldiers made the regimental commander worried about the attack.
He didn't know if his subordinates, who were already exhausted after continuous battles, could withstand a high-intensity battle.
Even if the soldiers under his command won this attack, they were even more tired, and their subordinates who did not have any rest could still block a new round of attacks by the new army of the imperial court.
You must know that judging from the battlefield situation, the new army of the imperial court that attacked itself seems to be planning to fight with itself. Otherwise, this kind of thousand-person attack would not have been round after round.
What's more, on the battlefield ten miles away, the sound of gunfire has just stopped.
Even if the troops of a division were to assemble at once and rush to themselves on their horses, it would take about half an hour.
And half an hour was enough for the new army of the opposite court to launch three consecutive attacks on the scale of 1,000 people.
I saw the head of the regiment who was frowning and couldn't say a word for a long time.
The deputy head of the regiment, who was also aware of the form in front of him, could only speak: "Commander...... It can wipe out two thousand new imperial army here. It's been far beyond my expectations...... Next, all we can do is fight the enemy as best we can. Drag it on for as long as you can......"
"No ......" Surprisingly, the head of the regiment said in denial without thinking about his answer......
"There must be something we haven't thought of, there must be a ...... The whole regiment can't all die here, even if they die, they must complete the mission, otherwise, our cavalry regiment might as well retreat now......"
"Let me think about it, if the division commander, the army commander, or even the prince are here, what tactics and tactics will be used in the face of this situation......
As he spoke, the regiment commander fell directly into contemplation as if he hadn't seen the new imperial army that was getting closer and closer to the defense line on the battlefield.
Just when the deputy head of the regiment's face became more and more anxious, and he couldn't help but want to speak again.
A smile quickly flashed on the head of the regiment's frowning face.
Then, exclaiming, "I thought of it...... We still have a way, this method is used by the Houjin Tartars who fought with us on the battlefield, and it will definitely be able to ......"
After speaking, the regiment commander ordered the deputy regiment commander beside him: "Immediately bring two hundred people and bring four hundred war horses to the back...... Every horse has to find a way to be blindfolded...... Hurry, hurry up, the enemy is about to rush to the position......"
"Charge into battle with a war horse......" After listening to the regiment commander's order, the deputy regiment commander almost subconsciously spoke.
After finishing speaking, the eyes of the deputy head of the regiment also lit up......
The new army of the imperial court attacking him in front of him was only a thousand people...... With the messy buckshot of a thousand musketeers, it is absolutely impossible to stop the crazy war horse.
When the time comes, four hundred war horses, only one hundred war horses need to rush into the new army of the imperial court to attack the troops, and one thousand new army of the imperial court will be stirred up.
Even if this is done, the end of the four hundred horses will be very miserable. However, compared to the soldiers with less than 500 men under their command, these war horses are obviously nothing.
So, after only a short period of contemplation, the deputy commander beckoned two hundred brothers to rush towards the rear of the defensive line.
On the battlefield, when a thousand new imperial troops and more than 200 cavalry regimental musketeers had already begun to shoot, the dense war horses were finally led to the battlefield.
For these war horses that have been with them for a year, or even longer, everyone is full of reluctance.
However, under the order of the regiment commander, he still did not hesitate to stab the bayonet into the buttocks of the war horse.
As a result, the four hundred blindfolded war horses, as if they were crazy, rushed out of the defense line and rushed towards the new army of the imperial court, which had only the last eighty paces left to attack......
In the face of these war horses rushing towards him, the new army of the imperial court, which was still full of confidence in this attack just now, was directly stunned.
However, the officers in the army reacted immediately and immediately organized the musketeers to block the attack, hoping that the dense lead bullets could shoot them on the way to the charge.
However, the horses and the gathering between them were too close......
Even if they used muskets and grenades to the extreme. Four hundred war horses, and in the end, there were still seventy or eighty, like an unstoppable chariot, crashing into the new army formation of the imperial court......
In the blink of an eye, the dense array of muskets was smashed to pieces.
Eight or nine hundred New Army musketeers, although not even two hundred, died in this impact.
However, more than 400 people were directly injured and incapacitated.
As for the remaining two or three hundred men, they had not yet recovered from the confusion and panic, and the cavalry regiment followed closely behind them and fired a dense amount of lead bullets, which were already overwhelmingly flying towards them, enveloping them in them.
Under such circumstances, the attack of the new army of the imperial court failed again without surprise...... (To be continued......)