Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 1212 The battle between the spear and the shield
"Private Katumote, your marksmanship is really good, you can shoot at targets 400 meters away? I really should let you go to sniper school for further studies!" Holki looked at this and should be in advance The recruit who shot and ruined the whole plan was outraged.After a while he suddenly said loudly: "Soldiers, you are the pride of Great Britain. You are the Royal Guards. Don't let fear dominate your heart. The more you are afraid of death, the more death will come to you. Take out Manly man. Now the whole empire is watching us. Hold Calais!"

"Hold Calais! Long live the British Empire!" Everyone on the battlefield shouted loudly.

On the other side, at the position of the Dragon Army, "Your Excellency, our firepower reconnaissance just now shows that the opponent has deployed powerful troops there. The first attack failed!" An old man in a black cloak respectfully pointed at a young man. The people report in a low voice.

"Hmm! Very good! Order the air force to launch an attack!" The young man nodded.A smile could not help showing at the corner of his mouth.

After the first round of tentative attacks ended, the Dragon Army temporarily stopped attacking the southwest.Then, they dispatched Lanxiang dive bombers and 150mm self-propelled howitzers.Under the screaming sound of dive bombers and the continuous bombardment of large-caliber artillery, patches of yellow smoke rose from the entire British army position.

Then, the armored troops of the Dragon Army appeared here.The multiple wave attack method they adopted, that is, dozens of tanks form an attack wave, followed by a grenadier company equipped with a half-track personnel carrier.After this shock wave, there was another shock wave, just like the waves in the sea, one wave after another rushed towards the British army's position.

This tactic has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that through this kind of attack, the opponent's position is in a high-intensity defense state all the time, so that the opponent's defense line can collapse very quickly.Of course, there are also big disadvantages.The biggest disadvantage is that it requires a very strong force and a strong reserve.In addition, air supremacy and control of heavy artillery must also be on the attacking side.Because of such a dense attack formation, if it is hit by one or two bombs, it will cause extremely serious losses.

Facing the overwhelming attack of the opponent, the British army, lacking heavy artillery and air support, fought very hard.

The Dragon Army placed the main attack target on the orphanage farm on the left, because it was the only protrusion, and the defense was much simpler than the highlands on their right.

After five hours of fighting, the Dragon Army finally broke through there, and Lieutenant Colonel Gudney, who was in charge of defending there, led more than 50 remnants of the farm and gave up the farm that had been turned into a sea of ​​flames.But the position on the right was still in the hands of the British.The Seventh Armored Division is still competing with the British.

"The offensive on the left wing was still blocked by the British army. These British troops are very strong! The battlefield has become like this and they continue to resist? If this commander is captured alive, I must give him a medal! After all, under such unfavorable circumstances It's really not easy to resist!" Standing not far from the battlefield, through the telescope in his hand, he looked at the battlefield that had been bombarded by his own bombs and heavy artillery shells not far away, which looked like the surface of the moon, and excitedly looked at the several standing beside him. said a senior officer.

"Yes!" Commander Chen Changjie standing on the other side immediately interjected, "But I think we have to apply for a medal for Colonel Liu Xiang. If it wasn't for his cooperation, how could he fight so well? Commander Please see, from the start of the attack to the present for a full six hours, all the strength of a brigade, three artillery regiments and two dive bomber brigades has been invested, and even such a small highland cannot be taken down. Colonel Liu Xiang, you are strong His fighting power is really unbelievable!" After speaking, Chen Changjie glanced at Liu Xiang who was standing next to him with great interest.

Liu Xiang's broad face has turned purple.Obviously, what Chen Changjie said was very unpleasant, and it was really hard for him to accept that a dignified armored colonel was being ridiculed by this artillery officer.

"Okay! It's not Liu Xiang's fault!" Seeing that there was a tendency to quarrel, he immediately waved his hand and interrupted Liu Xiang who was about to flirt with each other. "Old Chen, don't talk about anything else, the opponent's tactics are very clever, even if you go up, probably not much better than Liu Xiang, not to mention that this is a strategy I agreed with him, he did it for the sake of the entire battle situation!"

At this moment, a messenger rushed over in a hurry: "Commander-in-Chief, General Chen Jitang sent a telegram!"

"Oh? Read it!" Hearing what the other party said, he said loudly without raising his head.

Huang Jun immediately took the telegram from the messenger next to him, and then read aloud: "We have captured Boulogne. Jieshi, do you want me, an old friend, to help you?" After reading these, Huang Jun Immediately raised his head and said cautiously: "Commander-in-Chief, General Chen has captured Boulogne."

"Very good! Very good! Very good!" Hearing this telegram, he couldn't help but brows happily. While patting the table heavily, he shouted loudly, "Quick! Send a congratulatory message to General Chen Jitang immediately, Express my heartfelt congratulations, and tell him to immediately lead the troops to attack Calais from the side." Then he turned his head to Liu Xiang who was standing aside, "Now you can show your full strength. Tell me, conquering this high ground will How long will it take for the opponent to press into the city?"

"Give me 10 minutes, no! Give me 10 minutes to take down this highland!" Liu Xiang, who was blushing, seemed to be venting his anger.

Just as he was happily issuing orders, Liu Xiang was slapping his chest swearingly.On the other side, in the basement of the magnificent Calais Opera House, little Montgomery was frowning as he watched the battle reports sent from various places. "General! Chief of Staff, General Browning's order!" Little Montgomery's adjutant carefully unfolded a telegram.

"Bastard! Idiot! Idiot!" After carefully reading the telegram on the table, the usually calm little Montgomery suddenly jumped up.Then, the things on the table scattered from the edge of the table like a wind.

"What's the matter with the general?" Colonel Nicholson, Montgomery's chief of staff standing beside him, immediately asked in a low voice when he saw that the temper of the originally gentle officer had turned so irritable.

"Look! This is a good suggestion from our chief of staff! His suggestion is really good!" While talking about Little Montgomery, he handed the telegram to Nicholson who was standing aside.

Nicholson got the telegram and read it immediately. "What? General Browning is too funny, isn't he? He actually gave such an order. Let's launch an attack from Calais and cooperate with the defenders in the direction of Boulogne to launch a pincer attack on the dragon army on the flank, so as to ease the siege of Boulogne , and will also send logistics transport troops to transport supplies to Dunkirk. This! This is simply! It’s just talking on paper!” Nicholson couldn’t help but shouted loudly after seeing this inexplicable telegram.After a while, he gradually returned to normal, and immediately said to his superior: "General, what do you mean?"

"I don't agree! I absolutely disagree. This is simply a risky operation. An absolute risky operation. Now that the enemy is pressing on us from three directions, our strength is already insufficient. Simply defending Calais is a big problem." However, at this time, the division of troops will simply lead us to a dead end. No, absolutely not, absolutely not!" The mobile force in our hands has only one armored battalion, and there is not much mobile heavy artillery support.If I rush into our mobile troops to launch an attack, it will soon fail. We are all calm professional troops, and it is impossible to make such a mistake! Little Montgomery said, "So, I decided not to support and defend Calais with all my strength!" "

Before he finished speaking, a communications soldier rushed in, "Commander, I just received an urgent telegram from the Boulogne defense line! The Dragon Armored Group has occupied Boulogne, and our army is retreating."

"What? Boulogne is lost?" Hearing the news, Nicholson immediately became nervous. He quickly rushed to the map, looked at the map carefully, and said, "If the news is true , then our flanks are in danger. Because the Dragon Army troops can appear there at any time, then we will face nearly 20 enemies."

"I know! I know this!" Little Montgomery had become very impatient at this time, because the current situation was too bad for him, but he hadn't figured out a solution yet.Another bad news came from the phone: "The highlands in the southwest have been lost! The dragon army has captured the outskirts of Calais and is advancing into the city!" After hearing the news, little Montgomery suddenly laughed out loud. . "Good! Good! The Chinese commander is really a fool!"

Speaking of this, he jumped up, and then came to the front of the entire Calais map, took the baton, and said loudly: "Calais has been a city known for its defense since ancient times, and any building is a fortress. If the opponent sends a large number of troops to capture the city, it will take a lot of time and lives. If heavy artillery and aircraft are used, it will take a long time. More importantly, they do not have a large number of infantry. Mechanized troops are very important for Calais This kind of fortress terrain is very uncomfortable. So we can buy a long time. As long as the longer the delay, the better for us! So, the Chinese are finished!" Speaking of this, little Montgomery finally breathed a sigh of relief.Then he suddenly turned his head and said to his adjutant: "Immediately order all the troops to shrink their defenses and prepare to adopt the combat method of iron barrel defense to give the opponent a fatal blow!"

(End of this chapter)