Chapter 176 Delaying the footsteps
Xiao Lin never thought that the 10,000 new troops led by Adolf would be defeated in a single ambush by the people of the Guards, and even if the Guards were elite, they would only have a thousand. The ratio of ten to one, the difference in the number of 9,000 people, is not at all made up by the will of these soldiers who still use single-shot bolt rifles-Yanhuang 1 J-type. Not to mention, because of the chosen method of ambush, artillery and machine guns were largely unusable. Xiao Lin wanted the Guards to do it, but it was only to delay the enemy's attack.
The reason why we had to take the risk of choosing this ambush method was only to disrupt Adolf's rhythm first and inflict a lot of damage on the enemy. Because it was late at night, even if Adolf's new army had eaten well recently and had improved its night blindness, it did not mean that at this time, they could ignore the darkness and march on a large scale. 10,000 new troops, armed with a continuous line of artillery, hurried to a town chosen by Adolf to be in charge of the Báb. The new army ran back and forth several times, and they were all a little tired, but they had to keep accelerating.
At this time, all the heavy artillery of the company had already fired shells, and the fighters of the field division had entered the town with the fighters of the garrison division. Adolf knew that the cessation of the artillery was bad news for him, which meant that the company's troops were already in close contact with the British army. My family knows about our own affairs, and if the two sides are close to each other, the company's heavy artillery will stop firing because of fear of accidental injury, even if there are many new army units in every town, it will definitely not be able to withstand it.
At this time, Adolf couldn't be careful. Besides, he also knew how this section of the road had been handled, and with the idea of luck, he let the troops continue to speed up. Sam, the head of the Guards, stayed in a pit in the middle, ready to jump up and attack. After Sam turned 20, it was really time to run. Not only was he regarded as Xiao Lin's personal disciple, but he chose him to lead the most elite personal guard regiment, because of his special status, even Apache, who was both the commander of the 1st Field Brigade and Xiao Lin's brother-in-law, was not easy to slacken.
Recently, he was also engaged to Alger's second daughter, Avril, and got married to Shoren. He was a little frightened, but Xiao Lin gave a lot of gifts and helped buy a lot of family funds. Dean, who is flattered, has no concept of being afraid of being killed, the only thing he has is to fight desperately and repay Xiao Lin's kindness. If it weren't for Xiao Lin, who was only in his twenties, I am afraid that this young white man would have to recognize his godfather.
Originally, as Dean, he didn't need to fight at the forefront like an ordinary soldier for a long time. It's just that the company's army construction concept is that officers and soldiers are equal, and many officers will fight at the front line. Sam, who was single-handedly changed by Shawling, is even more so. Speaking of which, in this era when communication is very inconvenient, although it is inevitably dangerous for a commander to be on the front line, it is still of great benefit to command the battle. At the very least, the information will be processed in their hands as soon as possible, and it will be translated into instructions for next steps.
Dean sensed the movement of Adolf's 10,000-strong army from afar, and began to prepare. The battle plan had been arranged for a long time, and this ambush only needed to defeat Adolf's front army. When the front part of the enemy enters four-fifths of the ambush, everyone rises up to attack. Attentive to the footsteps of the enemy, they were, and at the same time, with careful and slow speed, they pulled out two wooden-handled blasting grenades from their waists.
There was no need to estimate 100% preparation, as long as there was a rough idea, and in a short time, a gap opened in the ground on both sides of the road, and thousands of cylinders rolled into the middle of the road. The soldiers of the Guards Regiment occasionally learned to throw grenades skillfully, just for this time, even if they couldn't throw them well with great fanfare, they rolled to the edge of the road in three seconds. The new army on the march, because of the violent footsteps, did not notice anything wrong at all for a while.
By the time the warrior on the edge felt as if he had heard something wrong, it was over. Thousands of the latest wooden-handled blasting grenades exploded together, and the entire night sky seemed to be lit up. The fighters hid underground, not being attacked by grenade fragments, and the 10,000 new troops who were still on the march were miserable. The queue of fifteen people, one-sixth of the front end, has been cut off by four layers. The outermost two floors are all dead.
The blasting air and the sound blew up the already tired marcher. Some well-trained officers, on the other hand, stood up and began to order everyone to form a defensive circle and find out where the enemy was. When Dean heard the grenade explode, he immediately jumped up, rolled over and lay on the ground, and the five or six submachine guns in his hand sounded with a crisp sound. The Guards warriors, who were only a second slower than Dean, joined the attack.
Each of them had five magazines, and for this attack, all four magazines had to be fired, and the last one was left for them to escape. The first magazine was finished lying on its stomach, the second was squatting, the third was standing up, and the fourth was slowly marching. Dean's attack was so rapid that it inflicted huge casualties on the enemy, and the front army was so caught fire that thousands of people fell in a short time. The goal had been achieved, and Dean did not like to fight, and immediately sounded the charge horn on his waist, not to charge the enemy, but to charge on the predetermined escape route.
At this time, Adolf had just led the cavalry to surround him, but he could only watch Dean and his men into the night. At least half of the members of the Guards Regiment were equipped with night vision devices, which were not very advanced, but it was enough for them to escape along the previously planned path in this situation. Adolf did not pursue, first of all, it was not safe to pursue indiscriminately because of the black light. Secondly, gunfire can already be heard in the town.
And these gunshots are already weakening. The friendly forces in the town will not last long, and if they delay any longer, when Babu and his troops have completely occupied the town and taken over the town defenses on this side, even if they run to the place, it will be useless. With such a short distance, Dean couldn't arrange another ambush. Instead of wasting time here, go into town and assist the Báb in dealing with the remnants of the enemy.
When a complete group of guards joins the battle, the effect is not explained by one plus one equals two. Originally, the town defenses on the British colonial side were not very good, at least compared to that side, only to the extent of lifting shoes. The men of the Guards Regiment were equipped with only two or three fewer tools than the Night Stalkers, and they easily flipped in, and in the end, some of the remaining British troops were beaten from behind by a thousand soldiers of the Guards Regiment and collapsed.
When Babu and Dean met, they didn't even exchange pleasantries, and went straight to exchanging information. Upon receiving Dean's report, Babu immediately let people enter the wall, and as soon as the head of the first warrior had crossed the wall, Adolf's six hundred cavalry had already arrived. It's just that the gate is watched by the warriors sent by Dean, and these cavalry can't rush in right away. Seeing the troops, Babu asked the assault battalion to rush to this side immediately, and began to build a defense here with the powerful attack of the five or six submachine guns. At the same time, all the machine guns in Babu's line of sight were also transferred here by him.
The dilapidated wooden gate on this side of the town could not stop the 600 elite cavalry of the New Army. The commander of the cavalry of the new army was also a decisive man, and directly decided to abandon the two cavalry in front of him, and ordered everyone not to stop for a moment, and directly smashed open the wooden door. The first two war horses hit the wooden door, and the wooden door shattered, and the two war horses were not happy, they fell directly to the ground, and after struggling a few times, they no longer reacted. The cavalry had long since dismounted and followed behind the cavalry of the brigade.
The cavalry is a class of troops that has become much less powerful since the invention of bolt rifles and machine guns. It is impossible to far exceed the counter-shooting, only close combat is the correct way for the cavalry to open, and it may even be possible to fight more with less and turn the tables against the wind. When they slammed open the gate, only thirty or so fighters with submachine guns arrived at their designated position, joining the fifty fighters that Dean had left behind. These are the elites who have experienced several wars, and have been training 70% except for sleeping for a year, but there is no situation where they are frightened and stunned.
However, without machine guns, these 80 men could not have stopped the 600 cavalry. Babu was horrified and watched the cavalry begin to approach the eighty warriors, and his brain exploded. It wasn't a big deal for these warriors to be killed by the enemy cavalry, but if the gap hadn't been plugged and the enemy cavalry had just finished the battle, the machine guns had begun to shift, and most of the soldiers were resting, the casualties would have been terrible. If this really happens, if nothing else, he, the position of brigade commander, will definitely be taken down.
Babu has managed to get to this position with great difficulty, and he still wants to become a general in the company and enjoy glory and wealth for generations, how can he allow this kind of thing to happen. He snatched the light machine gun from the hand of a light machine gunner next to him and roared angrily.
"The enemy rushed in, and if you don't want to die, if you don't want your honor to be insulted, follow me and gamble the enemy back!!"
Before he could finish speaking, Babu had already rushed forward. Under the leadership of the commander-in-chief of the battlefield, all the soldiers around felt that the strength lost in the previous battle had returned to their bodies. With Babu, he roared and rushed towards the New Army cavalry entering the town, and the five or six types and light and heavy machine guns in their hands, even the pistol revolver, were frantically tilting their bullets at the New Army cavalry. Some of the cavalry rushed too fast, and entered the bunker and engaged in close combat with the soldiers of the Guards who had been there before.