Chapter 158: Night Attack on the Coalition Forces, Horses Like Dragons
Monk Lingqin asked in a low voice, "Is there any good way now?" ”
Guo Ye replied: "There are ways, but it's hard to say how much effect it can play......
"What's the solution?"
"Night Attack!"
"Night raid?"
Guo Ye then replied: "Yes, night attack!" However, Saxton has a lot of experience fighting that Yaman, and it is impossible not to be unprepared, let's ......"
Monk Lingqin gritted his teeth and said: "We don't have a choice, the night attack will be the night attack!" ”
Monk Lingqin also shouted: "Come on, pass the order!" ”
Soon all the generals arrived, and Monk Greenqin looked at Guo Ye and said, "Guo Ye, you will deploy it." ”
Guo Ye nodded, not polite, and shouted: "In this night attack, the British and French forces must be prepared, so it is difficult for us to succeed in a direct night attack, and we must respond to the real and the false!" He Qimou! Order you to lead a thousand cavalry and launch an attack on the left flank of the Anglo-French army on time at the fourth watch; Gao Qi, you lead a thousand cavalry, and the fourth watch will launch an attack on the right flank of the British and French forces on time; As long as you launch an attack, the Anglo-French alliance will definitely respond with all its might, mobilize heavy troops for encirclement and suppression, remember, don't rush in at will, Chen Hai, you lead two thousand cavalry, and when the Anglo-French alliance focuses on the two wings, charge directly in front of the Anglo-French army from the front of the position, remember, charge at full speed, rush into the opponent's position in one fell swoop, as long as you kill it, you will penetrate the position of the Anglo-French army in one breath, and divide the left and right wings of the Anglo-French army into two sections! Strangled with all your might! ”
Soon it was the second half of the night, the fourth watch, it was three or four o'clock in the morning, after a day of hard fighting, the British and French troops were already exhausted and went to sleep.
At the most peaceful moment, the Qing army made a move!
He Qimou and Gao Qi led two thousand cavalry, one left and one right, and launched an attack on the flank positions of the British and French forces!
As a modern army, the Anglo-French coalition army is in the field battle, so it is naturally prepared, the terrain where they are located is slightly higher, the field of vision is broad, Yaman has made full arrangements for the guard, but he is afraid that Guo Ye is risking some bad water, once the night attack is carried out, it will be a big loss!
As soon as He Qimou and Gao Qi's cavalry launched a charge from both flanks, the guard company of the British and French forces found out, and hurriedly fired warning shots, and a group of British and French troops began to move closer to the two wings and launched a volley of fire!
However, the 2,000 cavalry led by He Qimou and Gao Qi were also rifles in hand, and their firepower was no worse than that of the British and French forces, and the two sides were once again entangled in the position!
Saxton and Yaman were full of luck, but fortunately they had made strict arrangements, if they hadn't been prepared, if they were directly charged by the cavalry, it would definitely be a big loss!
Saxton and Yaman mobilized heavy troops to start defending against the cavalry attack, but they relaxed the defense of the Chinese army, after all, it was not so easy to resist the cavalry raid in the middle of the night.
This gave Chen Hai's cavalry a godsend, Chen Hai saw that the time was almost up, jumped on the war horse, and gave an order, two thousand Mongolian horse teams, rushed towards the frontal position of the British army, the two sides were not more than a kilometer apart, once the cavalry sprinted, moving like thunder, fast as lightning, and the momentum shook nine days!
The attention of the Anglo-French army was all focused on the battle on both flanks, who could have imagined that the Qing army would have a cavalry that would launch a surprise attack from the front?
A distance of a thousand meters, for a cavalry, it is only a matter of an eye!
Groups of cavalry rushed straight to the front of the British and French positions, and when the British and French found out, it was too late to organize a defense!
The cavalry was nailed into the position of the British and French forces without hindrance!
The horse is fast and the knife is fast, and the person is like a dragon!
The sabers in the hands of the cavalry hugged the heads of the British and French troops, and kept slashing! The British and French troops were completely panicked, at this time, the cavalry had already rushed in, the silver swords, the cold was pressing, and it was too late to shoot, so they could only hold their rifles and barely meet the enemy!
It's just that when the cavalry completely lets go of the speed, the infantry's blocking is simply negligible, and the huge impact force, even if it is not cut without a knife, just the collision and trampling of the war horse is not something that the cavalry can withstand!
The Anglo-French forces on the entire frontal position were completely confused, and they all avoided and avoided the slashing of the swords! Groups of horses began to wreak havoc on the positions of the British and French forces, and there were no light and heavy machine guns, once they were approached by a large number of cavalry, it was a dead end!
One by one, the coalition soldiers couldn't dodge, and they directly became the ghosts of the Mongolian horse team, and they didn't know how to die!
Yaman and Saxton are organizing a coalition against the cavalry on both wings, where did they think that Guo Ye would have such a play? Avoiding its edge, hitting its lazy return, and reflecting the virtual and the real are really wonderful.
The two of them didn't react until the cavalry had completely rushed into the position, and they fell for that kid's trick again! First, send cavalry to attract your own attention, and then the frontal cavalry is the real main force! The empty Chinese army couldn't withstand the crazy attack of the cavalry at all, and it was beaten to the ground!
Yaman and Saxton hurriedly commanded the army to surround the Qing army's horse team, but at this time, if you want to repel the horse team, or annihilate it, it is simply impossible, the horse team that is crisscrossing the position back and forth is really powerful and brave, the rifles of the coalition army cannot be aimed at all, and there is no space for platoon shooting, blindly release the gun, can kill a few cavalry?
The two of them were so anxious that they stomped their feet, at this time, it was absolutely impossible for the coalition army to retreat, once they retreated, the Qing army on both wings would change from a feint to a pursuit, in that case, the entire coalition army would be in danger of collapsing, and it was the way to death! Now I can only hold on.
Yaman shouted: "Leave an infantry regiment on each flank to block the Qing army's attack, mobilize all the other infantry to move closer to the Chinese army, and squeeze the cavalry out of me with shooting!" ”
This is the most effective stupid method, you can only suppress the impact of the cavalry with troops, the infantry of the Chinese army began to increase, and the gunfire became more and more dense, squeezing the cavalry towards the periphery of the position!
It's just that this kind of shooting, stray bullets flew indiscriminately, and it was not only the Qing cavalry that was hit, but also a large number of British and French troops mixed in, and there were more coalition troops who were shot than cavalry! Kill 800 enemies, and lose 1,000 yourself!
Yaman didn't have so much, once Chen Hai's cavalry threatened the two wings, the entire position would collapse instantly, and it was extremely dangerous, and now he could only choose a strong man to break his wrist!
At this time, the sky was already about to brighten, and the cavalry on both wings also began to retreat, leaving the British and French troops in a mess and dilapidated!