The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 135 Let them come back to kill the foreign devils

Teng Yuzhao himself had personally experienced the combat effectiveness of the Japanese cavalry, and he was well aware of the strengths and weaknesses of both the cavalry battalion and the Japanese cavalry.

Although the cavalry battalion's experience in cavalry combat is slightly inferior to that of the Japanese cavalry, with the advantages of horse speed, horse height and cavalry height, the cavalry battalion has a slight advantage in battles with the Japanese cavalry, especially in this kind of melee situation.

Moreover, the cavalry battalion has the assistance of the defeated soldiers, so winning should have no problem.

What Teng Yuzhao was worried about was how many casualties the cavalry battalion would suffer after this battle.

Although Wu Peifu had just come from the battlefield with the communications squad of the artillery battalion, if the battle had not been over, these communications soldiers would not have been able to pass so quickly and safely, but Teng Yuzhao just couldn't let go.

If the cavalry battle really hasn't ended yet, then the situation won't just make Teng Yuzhao worry, but will cause big problems.

Because if the cavalry battle is still going on, it can only mean one thing: the Japanese cavalry has passed the initial difficult period of confusion and overwhelmed coping, and they have recovered.

No matter what the result is, Teng Yuzhao wants to see it with his own eyes. If he doesn't see it with his own eyes, he won't be able to evaluate the combat effectiveness of his cavalry battalion.

Lying on the parapet and looking outside the west gate, he saw that the cavalry battle there had not only ended, but it was also a complete victory that made Teng Yuzhao very happy.

On the battlefield outside the west gate, there was no longer a single Japanese cavalryman riding on a low horse. All those on horseback were soldiers wearing field gray uniforms.

At this moment, the cavalry battalion, with the help of a large number of ecstatic defeated soldiers who had escaped the disaster, was busy treating and transporting the wounded and cleaning up the battlefield. Hundreds of uninjured ponies were gathered together, and the guns and equipment seized from cleaning the battlefield were tied to the horses' backs.

Teng Yuzhao took a quick look and did not see any significant reduction in the number of personnel in the cavalry battalion, so he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

From today on, although it cannot be said that the cavalry battalion has grown up, at least they have built up the confidence in cavalry warfare, and they will no longer have any anxiety or timidity when encountering Japanese cavalry again.

However, when Teng Yuzhao suddenly saw the cavalry battalion commander Xue Qian gathering his cavalry, he was immediately frightened. He was very worried that Xue Qian would get carried away and take his cavalry battalion to attack the British defense line in the northwest corner.

In hot weapons combat, even if there is no powerful weapon like the Maxim heavy machine gun, as long as the number of people is sufficient and they can be organized effectively, even a unit with only rifles can still inflict fatal damage to the cavalry.

What's more, who knows if Cossack cavalry will rush into the battlefield!

"Someone come here." Teng Yuzhao shouted sternly.

As Teng Yuzhao shouted almost at the top of his lungs, the deputy squad leader of the guard squad quickly ran up to Teng Yuzhao.

"You must immediately run to the Cavalry Battalion and convey my order. Order the Cavalry Battalion to take the captured items and rush back to the woods to protect the safety of the Artillery Battalion. Without my order, the Cavalry Battalion is not allowed to leave the Artillery Battalion again."

"Yes."

The deputy squad leader of the guard squad turned around and was about to run to the city to pass on the order.

"And," Teng Yuzao added hastily, "Try to motivate those defeated soldiers and tell them that those who have the courage and are still men should pick up their weapons and return to the East Bureau to kill the foreign devils and avenge their comrades."

"Yes."

Teng Yuzhao came up with the idea of ​​reorganizing the defeated soldiers and bringing them back to Dongjuzi.

Teng Yuzhao currently has insufficient military strength. If these defeated soldiers could pick up their weapons and return to Dongjuzi, it would at least boost the morale of the assault team.

After explaining the matter of the cavalry camp, Teng Yuzhao turned around and ran towards the northeast corner on the city wall, while sticking his head out to observe the battle situation in the northeast direction.

Although the shouting and screaming on the battlefield in the northeast corner had weakened, the sound of gunfire had become more frequent.

As the south of the city had been breached by the Russian army, many defenders on the top of the Dongjuzi City had already fled down the city, and the firepower of the resistance on the city was very weak. Therefore, the British army attacking in the northeast corner had already pressed forward in full force, and about a thousand British soldiers were approaching the city wall.

Not only did the British army's dense firepower make it impossible for some of the Wuwei vanguard officers and soldiers who still held on to the city to raise their heads, the British army even placed several long ladders on the earthen city, ready to climb up at any time and launch a battle to capture the city.

Under the intensive fire suppression of the British Army, the only Maxim heavy machine gun on the northeast corner of the city wall of the Wuwei Front Army had been out of use long ago because several machine gunners were shot and killed in succession by the British Army. This left the defenders on the city helpless as they watched the British Army below trying to storm the city.

This dangerous situation was not resolved until the vanguard army's heavy machine gun post arrived in the city.

With the help of the Maxim heavy machine guns at the heavy machine gun post, not only were the British troops quickly defeated and unable to gain a foothold in the city, forcing them to retreat step by step, but their attempts to climb the city walls were also successfully thwarted.

As the entire British army was pressing forward, Teng Yuzhao could see the situation on the battlefield outside the city clearly without using a telescope.

At this moment, the Vanguard Army Regiment, which had hurriedly arrived, had launched a fierce full-scale assault on the British troops in the northeast corner in two directions in accordance with Teng Yuzhao's orders. One battalion rushed towards the front of the British army from the west, and the other battalion moved diagonally to the northeast, obviously intending to outflank the British army's flank.

The battalion that attacked the British regiment head-on was in a completely skirmish formation. Although there was no sign of any group coordination, it was full of momentum and progressed quickly.

Under the intensive fire suppression from the city, the British troops below were unable to attack from both sides and were immediately thrown into chaos. They were unable to organize a large-scale volley fire formation to deal with the group of troops rushing over.

The British army could only barely organize a few loose small-scale organized formations, braving the dense rain of bullets pouring down from the top of the city, and stubbornly put up a difficult fight against the group of troops that rushed over, trying to delay the attack from west to east and buy time for the main British army under the city to retreat.

Although the number of British troops participating in the blocking was small, they still caused considerable casualties to the attacking regiment. Soldiers of the regiment that rushed towards the British army were constantly shot and fell to the ground.

At the British Maxim heavy machine gun position under the city, the area around the only two heavy machine guns was filled with corpses of British soldiers in red shirts and white pants, but people kept trying to run up and take control of the heavy machine guns on the position to fight back.

But this is doomed to be in vain.

Although the distance was a bit far, under the focused firepower of several heavy machine guns on the top of the city, the British heavy machine gun positions were still hit by heavy machine gun bullets. It had become a horrible death zone. The hot rain of bullets smashed the bodies of the British soldiers into pieces, and there was no way for the living to get close.
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