In two days, the British army fought fiercely with the Lu army for two days under the Red Mountain and Niu Qingshan, and in two days, the British army launched no less than 30 offensives towards the two peaks, all of which were stubbornly beaten down by the Lu army.

In two days, less than 10 heavy machine guns were blown up at the front of the position, and all the rest were blown up, less than 20 artillery pieces remained, and more than 6,000 soldiers suffered more than 3,000 casualties, many of which were newly recruited recruits. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is the hardest battle that the Lu army has experienced since it became an army! Six thousand against forty thousand, besieged by the opponent for two days and two nights, if you count the battle on the beach the day before, it is three days, such a fierce positional battle, the most fatal, can only be hard top!

As for the British army and the Japanese army, it was even worse, as the attacking side, the casualties were definitely much greater than the Lu army, and the more than 10,000 Japanese troops who pressed up again were reimbursed more than 3,000 people, and as for the British army, the casualties rose directly to 5,000!

In other words, in three days, the British army was killed by one infantry brigade, and the Japanese army was killed by four infantry brigades, such casualties were too heavy, and now Saigo Takamori vomited blood in his heart.

As for Horton, now his heart is also trembling, it's too fatal, such a terrible Qing army, it's really the first time I've seen it, not afraid of death, tactics are sophisticated, united as one, and the combat power is outstanding, even if it is placed in Europe, it is also a super-first-class army!

Now Horton is really difficult to ride a tiger, and the strength of a brigade will nail itself to the bottom of the mountain, if it continues to fight like this, when it comes to Zhili, the British army is afraid that it will die!

But just withdraw? That's a shame!

Horton looked at his most important assistant, the commander of the Seventh Division of the Army, Sherwell, and said in a deep voice: "Severn, what do you think of this battle?" ”

Xie Wei shook his head and replied: "General, in my opinion, the opponent has already paid a huge price, their artillery and heavy machine guns have almost been lost, their soldiers have also suffered more than half of the casualties, and there is absolutely no one in the battle force, I think we must continue to attack, one day, I think at most one day, we can completely defeat this strong enemy and take the Red Mountain!" ”

"However, the price we paid is also not small, this price is not even something we can bear, thousands of casualties, and the next casualties will rise significantly, these are the elite of the British Empire, and we can't afford to lose either......"

Horton replied with a painful ache.

"But we can't just let it go, in that case, we'll lose a lot, we'll lose a lot, and we'll not be laughed at by the French? The honor of the Imperial soldiers will be ruined at our hands! ”

"This ......"

"Okay, then listen to you, launch another onslaught, in one day's time, you must take the Red Mountain for me, no, transfer the main force of the British army of Niu Qingshan, besiege the Red Mountain, be sure to take the Red Mountain for me!"

Houghton gritted his teeth.

Even if there are thousands of casualties, the strength of the British army is still more than 20,000 people, and the strength of the Japanese army is still six or seven thousand.

The British artillery fire became fierce again, although the British artillery losses were not small, but in the end they still had 30,000 artillery brought by the Japanese army, three artillery battalions, a full seventy or eighty guns, all pulled up.

All over the mountains, the shells once again shrouded the red mountain, and at the bottom of the mountain, rows of Japanese troops as the forerunner, and the British army as the backbone rushed towards the mountain again!

Zhang Suimou's brows furrowed tightly, no, I really can't hold on, there are more than 6,000 people in total, and now more than half of the casualties are lost, this is the Lu army, if it is replaced by any other Qing army, it will definitely collapse long ago!

Even now, the Lu army is a little unable to support it, not timidity, not psychological collapse, but the supply of weapons and ammunition is somewhat unavailable, there are only twenty artillery pieces, thirteen Green guns, such a small number of troops, if you want to withstand the next attack of the British and Japanese forces, it is almost impossible!

It's just that Zhang Suimou is unwilling to ask for help immediately, and if he asks for help sooner, it will bring more pressure to the brothers behind!

"Order, press all the reserves on me, fight! Be sure to repel the attack of the foreign devils this time! ”

Zhang Suimou shouted, rushed out of the command post first, held a rifle in his hand, and began to shoot down the mountain!

It's just that Zhang Suimou is too unlucky, he is not Yan Chunyu after all, or Gao Qi, he has too little experience in hot weapon warfare, and the trajectory of the cannonball can be predicted almost equally, but this bullet is difficult for him to avoid, so standing on the trench to shoot, the target is too conspicuous, and several bullets fired on-hand hit Zhang Suimou's chest, Zhang Suimou turned over and fell into the trench!

"Brigadier Commander!"

Later, Duan Zhiqiang, chief of staff of the Second Brigade, was shocked, a tiger pounced on Zhang Suimou, and hurriedly hugged Zhang Suimou, only to see that Zhang Suimou had fainted, and the three bullet holes in his chest were bubbling with blood, one of which was in the heart.

"Medic! Military! Hurry up and roll over to Lao Tzu! Bandaging! ”

Duan Zhiqiang is also the old man of the Lu Army, the position of the brigade commander of the Second Brigade should have been his, regardless of seniority or ability, he is the best choice, but because of Zhang Suimou's existence, Guo Ye was unwilling to chill the heart of the Taiping Army, so he wronged Duan Zhiqiang to serve as Zhang Suimou's deputy, however, as soon as Zhang Suimou came, he successfully shocked Duan Zhiqiang, enthusiastic, cool, studious, rigorous, and tenacious, but the excellent qualities of all soldiers are vividly reflected in Zhang Suimou, and the demeanor of the big brother is revealed. Duan Zhiqiang admired Zhang Suimou very much, and the two naturally became good partners.

Now that Zhang Suimou is seriously injured, Duan Zhiqiang is naturally anxious.

However, the brigade commander was seriously wounded, and the second brigade suffered most of the casualties, and it is impossible to continue to hold on and ensure that the position is not lost!

"Cavalry, cavalry, immediately gallop to Qiaotou Town, and ask Brigade Commander Long Tao to gallop to the aid of Red Mountain! Fast! Tell him that one day is our limit, and if it's too late, let's wait to collect the bodies of the brothers of the Second Brigade! ”

(To be continued.) )