Chapter 908: A Bunch of Bandits
At this time, an operational staff officer ran in and said urgently: "Brigade commander, chief of staff, a British army has opened outside Kuala Lumpur, almost three or four thousand people, ready to attack Kuala Lumpur!" ”
Wu Jing's heart was shocked, and he immediately replied: "Three or four thousand? Only three or four thousand people, they dare to launch a counteroffensive? Lao Tzu told them to come and go! Order the 3rd Regiment, 4th Regiment, Artillery Battalion to prepare for battle! The 6th Battalion is dispatched, hurry up, and transport all the captured first! ”
Richard on the side said in a deep voice: "Brigade commander, now that we have completed the raid, should we retreat first?" Anyway, we don't plan to take down the entire Malay Peninsula, so why fight to the death with them? ”
Wu Jing glared at Richard and shouted, "You know a fart? Don't make enough noise with Malacca in the Malay Peninsula to disrupt the minds of the Four-Nation Coalition in the Gyeonggi area? No matter how many enemy troops come, our mission is to toss around the Malay Peninsula for six days, six days! ”
"Yes!"
Richard hurriedly shouted. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The second brigade grabbed a good one in Kuala Lumpur, and the first brigade grabbed it even more fiercely in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur is the center of the British Empire in Asia, and its status is not comparable to Singapore, but Singapore is the largest seaport and commercial center in the entire Strait of Malacca, and the wealth concentrated here is only a lot more than that of Kuala Lumpur!
Luo Bicheng personally sat in Singapore and began to plunder the property of Britain and France in Singapore!
The 2nd Brigade plundered only one day, however, the 1st Brigade plundered for two days! Batches of goods were sorted out and began to be moved towards the fleet at sea.
Similarly, when the third day had not yet dawned, British reinforcements from the north arrived.
Luo Bicheng's eyebrows raised upward, and he came to die again?
"How many troops does the other side have?"
"Back to the chief of staff, the opponent's strength does not exceed two thousand, and it is advancing rapidly in the direction of Singapore!"
The operational staff officer replied.
"Good!"
Luo Bicheng sneered: "It's just the strength of a regiment, they still have such courage to pounce on it, they really don't know whether they are alive or dead!" Zhou Ke! ”
Zhou Ke on the side hurriedly agreed and walked up.
"Zhou Ke, lead the first regiment and artillery battalion, break through to the northeast, build a position on the spot ten miles away, and completely defeat the opponent's reinforcements for me!"
Luo Bicheng shouted.
Zhou Ke led an infantry regiment and an artillery battalion and pounced in the northeast direction.
Ten miles away, but more than half an hour, arrived at the predetermined location.
It was just seven or eight o'clock in the morning when British reinforcements arrived, and the two armies met head-on.
This is the British army from Pekan, before the fall of Singapore, the infantry commander Jonal thought that the nearest British army in Pekan City sent a request for help, but he didn't expect that Jonal himself only held out for less than three hours, and was completely defeated by the 1st Brigade, and even Jonal himself didn't know where to flee.
Joseph, the British colonel of Pekancheng, received a telegram asking for help, and he was so frightened that he did not dare to slack off, and immediately gathered the strength of the entire infantry regiment and rushed in the direction of Singapore, from Pekan to Singapore, more than 300 miles, which was not so easy to reach, and it took three whole days for the British army to rush to the north of Singapore!
Joseph did not expect that at this time, Singapore had already fallen, and when he was advancing forward, a scout ran over quickly and said urgently: "Colonel Joseph, only three miles away from us, we have found traces of enemy troops, and the strength is comparable to ours!" ”
Joseph was stunned, the enemy troop trail? The opponent's movements are so fast, and the landing on Singapore has been completed in such a short time? Although the main force of the Asian Fleet went south, there was still a small fleet led by the deputy commander, General Keynes, a small fleet, plus the armed forces of Singapore, how could the enemy capture Singapore so quickly?
Joseph frowned, no matter what, since he is here, he must attack like the enemy army in Singapore, this is his duty, this is the core interests of the British Empire, and there is absolutely no room for loss!
"Leave them alone, all the divisions are ready to fight and attack each other!"
Joseph gave the order to fight.
It's a pity that Joseph's action was still late, and the British offensive had not yet begun, and the officers and men of the 1st Brigade had already struck first!
The artillery battalion launched a fierce offensive against the British troops on the opposite side, and then the officers and men of the 1st Regiment began to charge straight towards the British troops!
The British army did not show weakness, the strength of the two infantry regiments began to mix together, fierce fighting, tragic fierce fighting, the strength of the two sides was extremely close, although the first regiment had one more artillery battalion, but the opposing infantry was four battalions, and the total strength was slightly better than the first regiment.
It's a pity that the British army has been marching for three days in a row, and it has been driven out for three hundred miles in three days, and even the iron army is tired and vomiting blood, not to mention that the first regiment still carries a full artillery battalion!
The artillerymen continued to pour shells onto the positions of the British army, and the British army, which lacked offensive protection, could not raise its head at all, it was too violent, so violent that even Joseph was full of horror, if the opponent's strength was really about a regiment, equipped with an artillery battalion, then not to mention the British Army, even if the French Army came, it would still be given in vain!
At the beginning, Joseph still wanted to defeat the opponent and advance the battle line to Singapore, but in just half an hour, Joseph's mind changed completely, as long as he could withstand the opponent's attack and remain undefeated; However, two hours later, Joseph had to change his mind again, the defeat was decided, the defeat was definitely decided, the opponent was not only fierce artillery fire, this single soldier combat power was no longer under the British army, and now the British army was overly tired, and it was really not an opponent!
"Order, the first battalion is ready to assault to suppress the opponent's offensive momentum, and the whole regiment is ready to retreat to the northwest!"
"Retreat?"
The regimental chief of staff Chris was stunned, this is not the Joseph in his mind, Joseph has always shown himself as brave and diligent, and has never admitted defeat, this time, I didn't expect it, I actually took the initiative to order a retreat!
"Didn't you hear? Fall back! If we don't retreat, we can't run if we want to, the opponent's attack is too fierce, we lack strong fortifications, and it will be a matter of time before we are defeated by the opponent, so we can only retreat first, get out of the battlefield, and then wait for an opportunity to find a fighter! ”
Joseph roared.
"Yes, Your Excellency Colonel!"
Chris hurriedly agreed, personally led the first battalion, and launched a charge towards the mercenary corps that rushed up!
Fighting desperately, the mercenary army was finally repulsed, and Joseph commanded the army to turn around and run, run fast, if it is slow, it will become a snack for man and machine!
(To be continued.) )