Chapter 236: The Situation in the Middle Continent
Chapter 189: New World Confrontation (1)
"Hello, Mr. Admiral." Qiu Yu'an gave a military salute to Admiral Kaolan. "Great, you're finally here." Kaolan was very happy that the long-known Chinese army could come to support.
"For the friendship of the Chinese collar, we in the Saint-Martin Empire must remember it in our hearts." Kaolan said excitedly: "I don't know when you will be able to fight." β
Qiu Yu'an smiled and said, "Dear Mr. General, I regret to tell you that we are not here to support your offensive operations. β
Kaolan was surprised: "If you are not here to support us, why do you want to come here?" β
Qiu Yu'an said: "We have intelligence that the Boston Empire will rely on the sea superiority to launch a landing battle behind the flank of your attacking army to cut off your supply lines, and our mission this time is to eliminate the landing force of the Boston Empire and protect the safety of your ** team's flank." β
Hearing Qiu Yu'an's words, Kaolan gasped: "How is it possible, if the Bostonians land successfully, then the 100,000 troops of our St. Martin Empire will be wiped out." It was then that it occurred to him that his defenses on the opposite flank were too loose.
Qiu Yu'an said: "We did not inform you of our arrival this time, but our sudden landing did not encounter the slightest resistance, and we did not even encounter any form of resistance. β
Seeing that Admiral Kaolan's face was a little embarrassed, Qiu Yu'an smiled and said, "But Mr. Admiral don't worry, as long as we are here, I believe that it will not be so easy for Boston people to land successfully." β
"But there are so many landing sites, how do you know where they will land?" β
Qiu Yu'an said with a smile: "I have my own way to do this, I just hope that your army can support us with some food, and at the same time send us some guides." β
Kaolan looked at the Lan Fang mercenaries who had just arrived, and said with some uneasiness: "Of course this is no problem, but how many people have come from your army?" β
Qiu Yu'an replied: "There are about 10,000 people, all of whom are the elite troops of our Chinese Collar. β
Hearing Qiu Yu'an's answer, Admiral Kaolan frowned. He has no idea how elite the army is, after all, he has never seen what the elite troops of other countries are like, and he has the impression that as long as there are enough people, they can win the war.
After thinking about it carefully, General Kaolan discussed with Qiu Yu'an: "Your army is not large in number, I hope to support the strength of a division to help your army resist the attack of the Boston people, of course, this army is completely under the command of your army, and I will definitely not hinder your command." β
In any case, Admiral Kaolan was not very worried about the small number of mercenaries in the Chinese Territory, so he hoped to send his own troops to support them, and also to monitor Qiu Yu'an to prevent them from defecting. Qiu Yu'an naturally knew Dao Kaolan's thoughts, and it would be good to have more cannon fodder anyway, so he naturally agreed.
The Costa Marceau is not the most suitable area for landfall on the east coast of Costa Rica, but twelve kilometres west of this coast is a logistical base of San Martindi**. It is the bee waist of the entire New World, in the territory of the Kingdom of Costa Rica in the Federation of Central South Africa, more than 50 kilometers from the border of the Empire of San MartΓn.
There is an area more than thirty kilometers away from the coast of Marceau that is more conducive to landing, if Qiu Yu'an chooses him, he will definitely defend there, but with the information obtained by Le Cheng, he knows the movement of the Boston Empire in advance, and since he is completely sure that the Boston Army will land here, he can start preparing here in advance to prepare for the attack against the Bostonians.
In order to adapt to jungle warfare, Qiu Yu'an did not carry any large-caliber artillery, not even heavy machine guns. Qiu Yu'an, who had only mortars and light machine guns in his hands, knew very well that he could not deal with the Boston landing force covered by naval guns near the coast, so his position was not chosen by the sea, but in the Traxia Gorge, the only way to the logistics base.
The Traxia Gorge is not large, it is surrounded by cliffs, only in the middle of the canyon there is a valley three kilometers wide at the widest point, and only twenty meters wide at the narrowest point. Qiu Yu'an, who had a limited number of troops, decided to put the only troops in such a place where such a large corps could not be deployed, in order to offset the superiority of the Boston Empire.
Admiral Pershing, with a large transport fleet, entered the territorial waters of the USC under the escort of the Navy. After another three days of sailing, Admiral Pershing's troops landed on the coast of Marceau.
Holding the telescope imported from the Chinese Consulate, a smile appeared on General Pershing's face: "The plan of the army staff is really good, there is no trace of the defense of the Imperial Army of St. Martin here, and the landing was completed without much effort." β
Pershing put down his binoculars and smiled at Lieutenant General Ter, the commander of the 3rd Cavalry Division, who was on the side: "There is no resistance on the coast, and it is obvious that the St. Martin's ** team has not yet discovered our movements." β
Lieutenant General Tel laughed: "By the time they came to their senses, our riding boots had already kicked their ass. β
"Ha Lu Ha." Admiral Pershing said with a smile: "When your cavalry division has landed, immediately start searching and advancing, I will capture the logistics base of the St. Martin Empire Damoth before dark." β
"Yes, Mr. Admiral." Lieutenant General Terr said, "I promise you can have a hot dinner in the comfort of Damoth." β
"I hope so, my lieutenant general." Pershing didn't show too much excitement, and he raised his binoculars again to look at the terrain around him.
"Division commander, the enemy is coming." A sharp-eyed guard was the first to see the flag at the lookout post on the hillside.
Qiu Yu'an spat into the palm of his hand, and whispered in a low voice: "Great, they are finally here, the brothers are all cheered up, solve them all, and when we win those Boston cubs, we will go to the Emperor of the Saint Martin Empire to ask for a bounty." β
The soldiers beside him spread Qiu Yu'an's words, and when they heard his words, whether they were the soldiers of the Lanfang mercenary army or the soldiers of the Saint Martin Empire, they were all refreshed when they heard Qiu Yu'an's words, and the weapons in their hands were aimed at the enemy army.
Lieutenant General Telle sat comfortably on horseback, surrounded by the guards, and beside him was the equally triumphant Boston cavalry, swords and spears sheathed, talking and laughing loudly with each other, as if they had not come to fight, but to go on an outing.
Lieutenant General Ter did not say anything to these loosely defended cavalrymen, who seemed to him to have no defenses at all, and they could easily defeat each other.
Fighting such an easy battle and being able to seize the task of the vanguard, Lieutenant General Tel is very satisfied, which means that after arriving at the opponent's logistics base, he can make a fortune first.
For the infantry of the St. Martin Empire, he looked down on them, in fact, Lieutenant General Ter looked down on any colored people, and for the yellow-skinned St. Martin Empire soldiers, in his opinion, as long as a charge from his own subordinates could disperse them like sheep.
"Where have we been?" Lieutenant General Tel couldn't help but ask out loud when he saw that the terrain around him was getting more and more precipitous. A staff officer next to him said: "We have just entered the Traxia Gorge, and we are still five kilometers away from Damoth, the logistics base of the St. Martin Empire. β
Lieutenant General Tel listened to the staff officer's words and turned his nostrils into the sky: "Is it only five kilometers?" We're pretty close to victory, boys, hurry, we're about to loot the men of St. Martin. β
Hearing Lieutenant General Ter's words, the surrounding cavalry cheered, and seeing the morale of the soldiers, Lieutenant General Ter nodded with satisfaction again, and he arrogantly pointed to the narrow and steep cliff with his horsewhip, and said to the staff officers beside him: "You see, the stupid St. Martin people don't even know how to defend such a steep place, and if there is such an ambush, we will suffer heavy losses." β
As soon as Lieutenant General Tel's words fell, a crisp gunshot came from the cliff, and a blood-colored flower on the head of the commander of the spearhead company who walked in the front immediately bloomed, and the bullet changed its flight trajectory due to the change of pressure after entering his skull, and the huge momentum made the bullet shoot out from the back of the company commander's head after rolling a few times, taking away a large piece of the skull, and the brains of the white flowers were mixed with blood and scattered in all directions.
This shot was the order to attack, and then a dense stream of bullets rained down from the cliffs on both sides, and both men and horses were splashed with blood and fell to the ground, and the entire cavalry group suddenly fell into chaos.
Lieutenant General Ter, who was still in a daze, was dragged off his horse by several guards and pushed behind a rock under the cliff. However, most people did not have such good luck, and the shooting range on both sides of the mountains in the unobstructed canyon was extremely open, and there were almost no dead ends, which caused a large number of cavalry to be shot. Fortunately, there were not many people on the cliffs, so the cavalry division still maintained a considerable number of people, although most of the living ones were also wounded.
Seeing that there were not many people on the other side, Lieutenant General Tel shouted and ordered the cavalry to speed up and rush out of the canyon, and he himself mounted his horse again and charged out with the guards. Many of the cavalrymen quickly bowed down and whipped their horses fiercely, speeding up.
Taniguchi was in front of them, and just as they were glad that they were about to be rescued, one of the soldiers at the front suddenly plunged into the horse rejection pit with his men and horses. Lieutenant General Ter immediately understood that he had not been intercepted by a conventional block, but had fallen into an elaborate trap.
Fortunately, there were not many horse rejection pits, and the subsequent cavalry finally rushed through this area after losing dozens of men, but an infantry line suddenly appeared in front. When the cavalry was about to rush through the line to give the opponent a little power, the cannon rang out.