The fifth night of the fight town Nanguan (5)
In the early morning of March 25, Colonel Nigri retreated from Zhennan Pass with the remnants of the Second Brigade of the French Army and hid in Wenyuan City in embarrassment.
It didn't take long for the Qing army led by Feng Zicai to pursue Wenyuan City, and the Donghai team had changed into the clothes left behind by the Qing soldiers who died in the area of Wenyuan City a few days ago, waiting for an opportunity to blend in with the besieging army.
Due to the restoration of their original appearance, the Gallic team hidden in Wenyuan City could not recognize the Donghai soldiers mixed with the Qing army at all. And until this time, they still didn't know what the ending of Wenyuan City would be.
The arrogant French did record this Qing-French war in their history books, but as the ultimate victors, they only mentioned a few times about the defeat of Zhennanguan, and they were even more reluctant to record it in the textbooks for students to remember.
Therefore, at this time, the Gallic team had to pay the price for the arrogance of the French, and they still did not know how to run when the disaster came, and they always thought that on the eve of the end of the Qing-French war in March 1885, they should maintain their advantage in this battle. Of course, it's normal to have this kind of thought, it's human nature.
After infiltrating the Qing army, the Donghai team began to implement the second step of the battle plan. Huang Zhi, who has a C-rank "social", was invincible in the face of friendly troops at this time, and easily caught up with Feng Zicai, the commander of the Qing army.
Huang Zhi's "cordiality" and "incitement", coupled with Sima Fuqiang's ingenious sand table, immediately made the old general accept the overall plan of the East China Sea team.
China's art of war has too many tactics and strategies in siege, which are completely unknown to Westerners in this era. This time, Huang Zhi recommended to Feng Zicai the most basic "encircling three ques and one", leaving a way out for the French army to flee to Langshan, and then ambushing the troops in the middle of the road to intercept, which is much easier than fighting a tough battle.
The French army was newly defeated, their morale was already low, and Wenyuan City had been bombarded by the Donghai team once, and they were already devastated, which made them feel that this city was difficult to hold. Seeing that the road to Lang Son had not been blocked by the Qing army, they had no fighting spirit, and only thought about retreating to Lang Mountain, which was relatively safe, before Wen Yuan City was completely surrounded.
The art of war of the Chinese can be called an art, which is fully displayed here, and subtly disintegrates the last trace of the fighting spirit of the French army psychologically. Only the next day of the attack, that is, on March 26, the French army, which had no intention of holding on, was defeated and fled in the direction of Lang Son according to the established deployment of the East China Sea team and the Qing army.
As the opponent of the East China Sea team, the Gallic team naturally felt that it was safer to hide in the French army, but in fact, they were not familiar with the local terrain and did not have much choice, so they could only follow the route designed by the East China Sea team step by step to the trap that was enough to destroy them.
Wenyuan City is less than ten miles west of the south of Zhennan Pass, it is a small mountain city, sandwiched between the two sides of the two mountains are commonly known as the East Ridge and the West Ridge, and the valley of the middle road connects each other. The southeast of Dongling is the only road leading from Boon Yuan City to Lang Son, so the artillery erected here can change the coverage area of the artillery fire at any time as long as the position and firing angle are slightly adjusted.
Dongling has always been the focus of contention between the two armies, the first two said that when Nigri led his troops to attack Zhennan Pass, he transported a few flowering cannons to Dongling, but after the defeat and retreat, he had no time to take care of them, all of which were captured by the Qing army. For the smooth implementation of the ambush plan, Feng Zicai was not even willing to use it when attacking Wenyuan City, just to wait for better results at this time.
The mountain road from Wenyuan City to Langshan is more than 20 miles long, and it is all surrounded by jungles, so it can be said that there are suitable places for ambushes everywhere, it just depends on how Feng Zicai and the East China Sea team choose.
This is naturally another good opportunity to play with psychology, the so-called "those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety", and this is what the French will experience next. The result of Feng Zicai's discussion with the East China Sea team was to set up the ambush point at the place where they were about to reach Lang Son, where the French army could already overlook Lang Son Castle in the distance, and it was the time when the vigilance was most lacking.
The Gallic team was mixed with the French army and fled all the way in fear. If it weren't for the potential threat of the East China Sea team, the ordinary Qing soldiers would not pose a threat to them, and even if they were defeated, they would not be so embarrassed. However, in their opinion, the East China Sea team is no more than Erer, and they must not have experienced a life-and-death battle, except for the second rash attack that caused two injuries, they did not know how to take advantage of the opportunity of the Qing army to break the city to attack themselves.
However, even if the East Sea team took advantage of the opportunity to break the city to attack the Gallic team, in their opinion, it was just a self-inflicted move. The dream man of the Gallic team has already kept in mind the appearance of the people of the East China Sea, even if the other party changes into the clothes of the Qing army, he will not want to pass the test in confusion. As long as the Gallic players pay attention to collective action, keep a safe distance from each other, and do not leave the local advantage of the East China Sea team to fight more and less, the opponent will naturally not be able to threaten them.
At present, Lang Son Fortress is already in sight, it is said that there are still thousands of French troops stationed there, and the ammunition supply is sufficient, and it is believed that the Qing army has no chance to take it. Once they enter Lang Son City, it will be difficult for the Dong Hai team to play any tricks, while the Gallic team can start preparing for a counterattack.
Just when they wanted to get into trouble, in the jungle on the side of the mountain road, Sima Fuqiang launched a "climb high and overlook" search for a while, and finally found these eight people among the French soldiers who were panicking like lost dogs. Because of the fear of being left alone, the goal of the Gallic team is still obvious. He gestured to the Qing scouts behind the top of the mountain, and then entered the battle position with his teammates.
Moments later, the rumbling of cannons from the top of the hill and the whirling of several flowering shells fell on the French lifeline. The first instinct of everyone on the trail is to take shelter and look for any nearby trees or rocks that can be used as shelter.
The Gallic team was no exception, having experienced many hot-arms wars, and all of them had a good sense of military affairs, which was better than that of the full-fledged soldiers present. Almost instantly, they dispersed, each finding suitable cover.
"Action!" Huang Zhi, as Feng Zicai's most trusted dream man, temporarily took over the temporary command of the ambush troops.
With the rumbling sound of artillery fire, the Qing army Wang Xiaoqi's troops poured out from both sides of the mountain road and directly entered the white-knuckle battle with the French army.
It is not that they were completely "bewitched" by Huang Zhi and gave up the firepower advantage of artillery bombardment in order to cooperate with the plan of the East China Sea team to attack the Gaul team, but the ammunition in the hands of the Qing army was only enough for one round of attacks.
This ammunition was only enough for one round of bombardment, and it was brought out from Wenyuan City by the East China Sea Team on the 23rd, and it was simply used as a suspicious soldier, so that the French army could not organize a defense and counterattack at the first time. Therefore, when the Qing army fought out from both sides of the road, most of the French troops still hid behind various bunkers in fear, not daring to probe at will.
Huang Zhi's choice of timing was very good, but this good was for the East China Sea team, not the Qing army. He waited until the dream man of the Gallic team was closest to his own team before issuing the order for a general attack, naturally in order to achieve the best surprise effect.
When the six dreamers of the Donghai team poured out from both sides of the mountain road mixed with the Qing soldiers, the members of the Gallic team were still hiding behind their respective bunkers, because they didn't see the familiar faces of the 23rd, they were not very worried about these ordinary Qing soldiers in front of them, but they were afraid of the flowering bullets that might fall on their heads at any time.
Under the cover of the Qing soldiers, the dream people of the East China Sea team quietly approached their respective targets in accordance with the guidelines set by Zhang Wei for them, holding the standard weapons of the Qing army in their hands, and the weapons they were good at were still hidden in the weapon bags.
The Gauls were dazed and unaware that death was approaching them, and seeing that the Qing artillery bombardment seemed to have no intention of continuing, they also stood up boldly and fought the Qing soldiers with their superiority in force. A few of the more conscious ones were also looking for opportunities to get closer to their teammates in order to take care of each other, but it was clear that they were too late.
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