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The gunfire in the distance was still ringing out like a burst, and there was no time to stop. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info: It was the cavalry power of the 18th Mountain Army and the First Army of Dali, and the cavalry of the Anglo-Indian Army were fighting together. However, it is not the Indian Ah San who is a little dark-skinned, but a serious white European! According to the report from the front, they were confronted by the Queen's Guards Dragoon Division. Just by looking at the number, you know that it is not easy to deal with.

However, it was not these cavalry from Europe that made Zhu Guowei, Wu Changqing and Luo Ange rush to worry. After all, this is no longer the time when cavalry dominates the battlefield. But is there a main force of the Indian army behind this European cavalry? Naturally, there were some infantry and cavalry units in the Anglo-Indian army, which consisted entirely of white Europeans. The status of this kind of unit in the Indian army is a bit like the Eight Banners soldiers when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs earlier, which belongs to the main force of the main force and is used as a sea god needle. In the previous battles of the British Indian Army, the dispatch of white European teams meant a large-scale attack by the British and Indian troops.

And the Queen's Guards Dragoons are the most elite British troops in the British Indian Army, not one of them! In the early years of the Mysore Wars, the Maratha Wars and the Sikh Wars, this force was at the forefront of the battle. It is almost equivalent to the elite of the current Ming Royal Guard, it is impossible for them not to dispatch the main force of the Indian army together!

Zhu Guowei frowned, "The main force of the Indian army has gone around behind us?" ”

"They may have been lurking on the north bank of the Surma River or in the Tripura region to the south." Luo Ange nodded, and also agreed with Zhu Guowei's analysis. "Before, our cavalry search curtain was open, and we didn't find them in time!"

The 18th Mountain Army of the Ming Army and the First Army of the Dali Army were both configurations of the Mountain Army. The cavalry was already insufficient. And it went well before. Invincible all the way, no one paid too much attention to their flanks.

"What's going on behind our backs? Is there any news from the Southern Route Army? Zhu Guowei stood in front of a map table made of ammunition boxes, his eyebrows tightened, and his eyes fixed on a military map of East Bengal.

"The Anglo-Indian vanguard has crossed the Mekna River and made several contacts with our rear troops, but their attacks have not been resolute." Luo Ange reported the news he had just received to the King of Dali.

"Or the Gurkhas?"

"It's the Gurkha infantry and the Sikh cavalry," replied Roange, "because of the cover of the Sikh cavalry." We don't know how many Indians are chasing us? ”

There is a blockade in front, and there are chasing soldiers in the back! Things don't seem to be going well.

"Is there any news from the Southern Route Army?" Zhu Guowei asked.

"Still attacking Chittagong." "The terrain of Chittagong is dangerous, and it has always been a British naval base, protected by fortresses, and it is very difficult to fight. The logistics line of the Southern Route Army was not very smooth, the heavy artillery could not come up, and the fighting lasted for almost 10 days, and the ammunition was also consumed badly...... And now the main forces of the Indian army are clearly concentrated in the area of the south bank of the Sulma River and the east bank of the Mekna River. If we want to go south, we must first feint north. Attract the main force of the Indian army to the north. ”

"What about the north? Has the north bank of the Surma River been searched? Was there a fort blockade line for the Anglo-Indian army? Zhu Guowei interrupted Luo Ange, he already knew that he could not count on the King of Siam.

"Already searched. No Anglo-Indian forts were found, not even a shadow of the Anglo-Indian troops was seen, and the cavalry also found a wooden bridge over the Surma River that had not been demolished by the Anglo-Indian troops. ”

"Wooden bridge?" Wu Changqing frowned slightly.

"The bridge of teak, very strong enough to pass through gun wagons." Luo Ange added. Teak is abundant in Assam, Myanmar and Siam and is a major export commodity in these three regions, and has long been used to build bridges for houses. However, it is rare to see a sturdy teak bridge in Bangladesh.

"It seems that the Indians were negligent, or it may have been someone who took money to leave the bridge." Zhu Guowei analyzed, "It is also possible that Will. Hemming's trap! ”

"King, then we ......"

"Cross the river!" Zhu Guowei took a breath, "Let's jump out of the British and Indian army's flank first, the north bank of the Surma River is open, and our army can go north and east, but if it can't work, we can cross the Garni River in the upper reaches of the Mekna River and go west, and then turn around and go north to the Brahmaputra Valley on the east bank of the Jamuna River...... If it doesn't work, find a way to go south and look for an opportunity to join forces with the Southern Route Army. Fortunately, this area is a grain-producing area, and our army of 100,000 is not hungry. ”

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"Tell Lieutenant General Wolseley to immediately lead the main forces along the Mekna River and the Garni River north, and to occupy the preset positions on the west (north) bank of the Garni River. It was sufficient for Gordon's 10th Army to continue the pursuit of the Chinese army. ”

Bala in Dhaka? Inside the Katla Palace, the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, Will Will. Admiral Hemming stood in front of the map and gave the order.

"Your Excellency, the 10th Army has lost about 4,000 men in the previous battles, most of which are Gurkha and Sikh units assigned to them, and the combat effectiveness of the whole army has been greatly reduced, if Chinese turn back and strike a blow......" Indian Army Chief of Staff Yvelyn. Wood hurriedly reminded.

"Don't worry, our enemies aren't that smart." Will. Hemming laughed, "If the king of Dali is smart enough, he should break through the blocking of Scott's cluster and retreat to Assam." Without the continuous preset position, even if there are 200,000 troops, it is impossible to stop the 100,000 Chinese who are bent on returning to the east. And we didn't dare to chase too far, because no one knew if the Chinese reinforcements had reached Assam...... Zhu Jishi's son actually performed quite well, and when he saw that the signs were wrong, he didn't have the strength to storm the Mekena River defense line, but in the process of retreating, he still didn't show the determination that an excellent military strategist should have! Overall, he's still a little too tender. ”

"But the preset positions along the Garnier River alone may not be able to stop him." Evelyn. Wood frowned, "We don't have as many forts there as there are along the Mekna River, and once they break through the Garni River defenses, they will go straight to the Cassie Hills to the north, and it will be difficult for us to deal with them as soon as we enter the Cassie Hills." After all, it was a mountain army of two Chinese, and the mountains were the battlefield where they could best exert their might. ”

"No, they're not going north to fight the Garnier." Will. Hai Ming smiled, "If I'm not mistaken, Zhu Guowei and his second brother Zhu Guoxiong will soon run out of ideas." When the time comes, he will ask Ying Tian for instructions, and Shi Dakai can only think of a way on the sand table platform thousands of kilometers away. And I happen to know the Chinese star very well...... Shi Dakai will definitely think that the north bank of the Garni River is the preset battlefield for our army to gather and annihilate Zhu Guowei's cluster, so he will definitely not let Zhu Guowei launch an operation to forcibly cross the Garni River. And I will also give Chittagong to the King of Siam. ”

"Give way out of Chittagong?" Evelyn. Wood was stunned, "Do you want to lead Zhu Guowei south?" ”

"Shi Dakai will definitely command like this." Will. Hemming patted the map table lightly, "It's obvious...... The main forces of our army converged on the north bank of the Garni River, and the southern front was relatively empty, so it turned south, threw off the main force of our army with a rapid march and went straight to the direction of Chittagong, and joined forces with the southern route army of the King of Siam. ”

"But after they succeed, there will be more than 200,000 troops...... It will be even more difficult to destroy then! ”

"No, there won't be more than 200,000 troops." Will. Heming looked at the map and said leisurely, "The King of Siam has always maintained his own back road, and he does not have the determination of the King of Dali to fight without a rear. So the deeper his army goes into Bengal, the longer the back road that needs to be guarded, and it would be good to be able to maintain an army on the front line, and there is actually no way to maintain his back road.

And the Dali King's cluster will definitely be attrition during the long-distance maneuver, and now is the annoying rainy season, can the soldiers from southwest China adapt to the ghost weather here in Bangladesh? I think there will be a maximum of 150,000 men when the two forces meet. Then I'll be able to surround them somewhere near the Bay of Bengal. In this way, the Chinese emperor could only let his navy fight a decisive battle with the Eastern Fleet in the Strait of Malacca! (To be continued......)