Chapter 1634: Battle of Medan (4)
From the start of the war to the arrival of reinforcements, two full days passed, and in two days, Molde's Western coalition army was beaten too miserably by the Ming army!
The main reason is that the opponent he faces is too strong, 50,000 elite Tianxiong Army, the first town and the third town are here, not to mention that 30,000 Western Alliance troops are all concentrated here, it may not be the opponent of 50,000 elite Tianxiong Army.
Originally, Molde thought that the army would retreat a little, and the French Army would resist the attack of the Ming army in front of them, and the Spanish Army and the Dutch Army would urgently build fortifications, as long as the simple fortifications were built, they could withstand the crazy attack of the Ming army!
Later, the Spanish Army and the Dutch Army moved very quickly, all the sappers were used, and soon, two trenches were dug in the position, and two simple earthen ramparts were built at the same time, but the trenches were dug and the French army could not withstand it!
The offensive of the Tianxiong army was too fierce, wave after wave, the dense firepower made the French army embarrassed, and even the artillery regiment that was brought in was directly captured by the Ming army.
Finally, when the position was completed, the French army fled to the back desperately, but the Tianxiong army was in hot pursuit, not giving the French army a chance to leave the battlefield at all, and kept coming up from behind, and just returned to the position, the advance of the Ming army arrived!
The elite cavalry of the Tianxiong Army jumped straight over the trench and continued to attack wildly!
The Western coalition army was completely beaten and lost its temper, grandma, as for being so desperate? After a whole day and a night of fierce fighting, you are still so alive, can't you take a breath?
However, the Tianxiong army didn't care about this, the first town and the third town attacked in turn, attacking alone, the French army could not stop the offensive of a military town, as for the Dutch and Spanish armies, not to mention, the two remnants of the army were defeated, and now they can't even hold the two wings, and they have collapsed!
The position that had just been constructed could not hold out for even half a day, and then collapsed again, and had to continue to retreat in the direction of the bay, until it was driven by the Ming army to the port wharf, and in retreating to the west, it was the rough sea!
Molde now wants to wipe his neck directly, the 30,000-strong army has been beaten so miserably, the French army has never lost so miserably, and it can't even withstand a day's attack!
In the two-day offensive, the casualties of the Western coalition army directly reached 10,000, and the most obvious thing is that the surprise attack of the Ming army did not leave any time for the Western coalition army to react, and for the artillery, muskets, grenades and other weapons of the Ming army, there was no preparation at all, from before dawn to noon, half a time, the casualties directly exceeded 4,000, close to 5,000 people!
If it weren't for the fact that the tactical literacy of the Western coalition army was quite good, surpassing the original Russian army, it would have been directly broken up by the Tianxiong army.
Just when Molde was about to commit suicide, the French fleet escorted 25,000 troops to arrive, needless to say, the Western coalition forces had been driven to the seashore, tightly surrounded in the area of the harbor and wharf, even if they wanted to land, now they could not be used!
The commander of the French fleet, Pixon, looked at it with fire in his eyes, and looked through the binoculars, there were dead bodies of the Western coalition forces everywhere, it was too miserable!
"Order, the battleship immediately rushed into the dock, used the side guns, and launched an artillery bombardment on the Ming army in the distance, and the Ming army must be forced back to me, and the various armies are ready to land and meet General Molde!"
Pixon gave an order, more than 20 capital warships entered the dock and began to land on the land, launching a ferocious artillery bombardment, in order to be able to support the Western coalition forces to the greatest extent, more than 20 capital warships had to open the range of their artillery to the maximum, otherwise, the shells would fall on their own positions!
Boom Boom Boom Boom ......
There was a burst of cannon sound from the battleship, and one shell after another hit the Ming army, more than 20 warships, more than 300 naval guns alone, launched an attack on the Ming army together, and the shells smashed on the battlefield one after another, and the battlefield situation changed!
Molde was overjoyed, and finally the reinforcements had arrived!
"Order all departments, under the cover of naval guns, to rush forward, give way to the dock, and receive our reinforcements to land!"
In the distance, Tan Guilin's brows furrowed tightly, damn it, these reinforcements are coming too fast, if you give yourself another day, you can swallow this Western coalition army with a face and bones, but now that people's naval guns are firing, more than 300 artillery pieces are attacking at the same time, even if the Tianxiong army is in the elite, under the intensive artillery fire, it will definitely not take a single advantage!
"Order the cavalry and the infantry of the first town, retreat to the rear, five miles, dodge the attack of the Western fleet, mobilize all our artillery, continue to advance, prepare to attack, as long as the Western coalition forces dare to land, then give me all the fire, we will give them a reception banquet!"
Tan Guilin shouted in a deep voice.
The six artillery battalions of the two Tianxiong armies all advanced up from the rear, while the infantry and cavalry slowly retreated, giving way to the battlefield!
The French fleet forced back the advance of the Ming army, and the Western coalition forces on the transport ships behind began to land on the dock, and 25,000 elite soldiers began to board the dock in groups!
"The dog said, they Western devils really dare to spend money, first 30,000 Western coalition troops came, and now 20,000 or 30,000 coalition troops have been transferred, even if there are a lot of war losses, there are still tens of thousands of troops, this time it is enough for the brothers of the Tianxiong Army to eat!"
Tan Guilin saw the increase in Western troops, his heart became even more excited, according to intelligence, the maximum number of army troops dispatched by the Western coalition army is not more than 80,000, and now 50,000 or 60,000 people have been mobilized, basically the main force has been mobilized, as long as this Western coalition army is killed, then at least Nanyang will be safe, how can the navy alone occupy the entire Nanyang?
"Order, the artillery immediately launched an artillery bombardment, aimed at the dock and the troop carriers at the pier, and hit Lao Tzu hard!"
Tan Guilin gave an order, and all six artillery battalions were thrown into the shelling, and hundreds of shells came in the direction of the dock!
At this time, the six artillery battalions were more than five miles away from the shore of the wharf, just within the effective range of the infantry guns, but they were more than eight miles away from the Western Fleet, and the naval guns of the Western Fleet could not threaten the artillery of the Ming army at all, so they could only watch the Western coalition forces fall into the war again!
(End of chapter)