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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 637: Battle of Touching Whistle

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    "Sneak attack! Betrayal! Shameless betrayal! God will abandon them! Children, take up arms and send those people who sold their souls to the devil Satan to hell! The goddess of victory will be on our side!"  Father Tregaro, the senior chaplain of the French army, raised his right arm high and stood on the bullock cart on the roadside. He shouted to the marching British and French soldiers. His expression was angry and ferocious. The old ox in front of the cart gnawed a few times.  After licking the green grass, he snorted when his shouting paused, as if in response to him.

    The passing British and French soldiers marched forward with firm steps. Their morale was high. Just as Father Tregaro said, they were angered by the Taiping Army's shameless betrayal and sneak attack. They wanted to rush back to Tianjin and beat them hard.  Teach these Taiping thugs a lesson.

    Major General Michael sat on his beloved black British thoroughbred horse and watched the passing soldiers under a British flag.  The soldiers passing by all saluted Major General Michael. Major General Michael looked at his soldiers calmly. He knew that a fierce battle would be waiting for them today.

    What is coming will eventually come. Major General Michael expected that there would be such a day. In less than ten years, the British allowed a powerful force to rise in the Far East. The final result must be that the British would personally solve this powerful force.  power, otherwise the British will no longer have a voice in the Far East.  It¡¯s just that Major General Michael didn¡¯t expect that the so-called undefeated God of War from Heaven would dare to declare war on the British and French forces in advance. 27, w¡Öww., considering that they had just declared war with the Russians not long ago, didn¡¯t he understand that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was already in contact with today¡¯s  Are the three most powerful countries in the world at war?

    There is no hesitation in recapturing Tianjin Major General Michael, the coalition must fight back.  Open up the connection with the Tanggu area, otherwise the coalition forces will be cut off from supplies.  Then this expeditionary force of more than 25,000 people will face the embarrassment of complete destruction. This is something that all senior coalition generals do not want to see.  London and Paris on the other side of the world are not willing to hear such news, so Major General Mitchell must go all out in this battle.

    Engineers and cavalry are at the forefront. They are responsible for exploring and clearing the passage to ensure the safety and speed of the army's march. The sooner they get to Tianjin, the better, so that the enemy will have less time to reinforce the fortifications.  Michael did not want to be ambushed or attacked during the march, so he sent his most elite cavalry to the front.

    There are more than 400 British soldiers in the Dragoon Guards and more than 900 people in the Indian Sikh Cavalry Regiment, led by two majors, Fanner and Probin respectively.  Following closely was the French 102nd Regiment led by Colonel O'Malai. O'Malai asked two engineering companies to follow the British cavalry to open the way. The 102nd Regiment advanced in combat formation, ready to support the cavalry and engineers in front.

    Major Fanner's Dragoon Guards walked in the middle, and the Indian Sikh Cavalry Regiment led by Major Probyn was on the two wings, advancing close to the road next to the canal. Tongzhou's six gunboats did not follow Major General Michel and General Colino.  The army set off, and they stayed to wait for orders from the Tongzhou headquarters.

    At 10:23 a.m., Major Probin¡¯s Indian Sikh Regiment first discovered the enemy.  More than ten Taiping cavalrymen appeared on a path beside a sorghum field not far from the left wing, and fifty Indian Sikh cavalrymen immediately greeted them.

    "Those are the enemy's sentries, chase them and destroy them!" Since the Indian Sikh Cavalry landed on this ancient land.  Not yet defeated, the weak Mongolian cavalry had lost its former glory of being the best in the world in riding and shooting. It was difficult for the short Mongolian horses to defeat the British tall Arabian horses in a short-distance pursuit.  At this moment, when they saw the Taiping Army's cavalry, they subconsciously equated them with the Manchu and Qing cavalry.

    The Taiping cavalry also discovered them.  Several of the more than ten cavalrymen turned around and ran back, leaving only ten cavalrymen lined up in a row to form an impact formation.  Seeing several Taiping cavalrymen, they turned around and ran away.  The Indian Sikh cavalry cheered happily. They accelerated their horses, ten in a row, and formed a tight impact formation of five rows. They accelerated and rushed towards the Taiping cavalry. The Indian soldiers in the front row held the spears in their hands.  , rushed over menacingly.

    However, the Taiping cavalrymen raised their guns unhurriedly. Apparently the Indian Sikh soldiers did not know the power of the Cesspin rifles in their hands. When they were 150 meters away, gunshots rang out, and there was a dense volley of gunfire.  Five Indian cavalrymen in the front row were knocked down.  The Indian soldiers who were hit screamed and fell off their horses, and the Indian soldiers' assault formation was immediately disrupted. However, the Taiping Army cavalry did not let them go. They fired continuously until a barrel was shot, and then they pulled it out.  The Gurkha cavalry scimitar on his waist accelerated and charged.

    Fifty Indian Sikh cavalrymen were hit by a hail of bullets. More than twenty people were killed or injured and fell from their horses. The remaining Indian soldiers panicked. Their discipline was always not as good as that of the Dragoon Guards. After suffering a heavy blow, they could no longer maintain their discipline.  A rigorous formation.

    Soon the Taiping cavalry wearing fiery red military uniforms and plumed helmets appearedThe soldiers rushed into the line of the Indian Sikh soldiers. Without the advantage of speed, the spears in the hands of the Indian Sikh soldiers seemed particularly cumbersome, but the scimitars in the hands of the Taiping Army cavalry drew beautiful arcs of death.  In the beautiful scene of blood splattering, the lives of Indian soldiers are harvested.

    The brief sentry battle ended quickly. Only three of the fifty Indian cavalry escaped, and only three of the Taiping Army were slightly injured. Then the Taiping Army killed several Indian soldiers who were lying on the ground and wailing.  After he died, he took the intact war horse and backed away slowly.

    When Major Probyn arrived with more than 150 cavalry, there were only corpses left here.  Major Probin's handsome face turned red. He roared and vowed to make the enemy punished. He sent several small detachments of cavalry to find traces of the enemy's cavalry. He did what he said, and he would immediately warn the enemy.  Rise the sword of vengeance!

    The cavalry detachment that went out came back quickly. From their embarrassed appearance, it could be seen that they had been taught a lesson by the enemy cavalry again. The furious officer of the Indian cavalry squad said to Major Probin: "The enemy's cavalry group is coming this way, sorghum."  There are many people on both sides of the ground, probably more than a thousand people!"

    Major Probin sneered at this. He raised his saber and shouted loudly to the Indian cavalry behind him: "Are you afraid?! The enemy is no different from the Manchu cavalry we defeated before. They are all cowards. They rush up and start from  Step over their corpses!"

    Encouraged by Major Probin, the Indian cavalry roared and swarmed towards the enemy.  They have strict discipline, rigorous formation, fast and determined charge, and the Indian Sikh soldiers are not afraid of hand-to-hand combat. They can tear apart anything in front of them!

    At the end of the sorghum field is an open field with green grass, which is a very good cavalry decisive battle ground. "It seems that the enemy has found a very good burial place for themselves!" In Major Probin's mocking tone,  The Indian cavalry all burst into laughter, and they continued to charge towards the Taiping cavalry on the opposite side.

    The Taiping cavalry on the opposite side only has more than 300 cavalry, and the Taiping cavalry on the other side of the sorghum field has obviously not arrived yet. Major Probin knew that this was a good opportunity to defeat the current enemy, because he had the upper hand, and the 400 cavalry on the left wing were superior.  He gathered the rest of the Indian Sikh cavalry, and he hoped to quickly defeat the enemy in front of him.

    The Taiping cavalry formed a strange single-line formation. More than three hundred cavalry lined up in a row, looking like a thin long red line. Facing such a stupid formation of the enemy, Major Probyn laughed. They quickly  They will collapse under the determined charge of their own cavalry!

    The horn of the charge sounded, and Major Probin led the Indian cavalry to launch an attack. More than 400 cavalrymen swarmed forward, their horses roared and their hooves raised choking dust, and they rushed towards the opposite side menacingly.

    What greeted them was a dense rain of bullets. The Sabers rifles scraped through the Indian cavalry's charging front like the terrifying scythe of death from hell. All of them were wiped out in one fell swoop. The Indian cavalry who fell from their horses were quickly killed by their own horses.  He was trampled into a pulp, with no chance of survival.

    Major Probin was hit in the shoulder by a bullet. The severe pain almost made him fall off his horse. He still galloped forward while lying on the horse. Looking sideways, he saw the Indian cavalry around him falling off his horse.  At this time, Major Probin realized that he had made a mistake. Before, he judged that the enemy only had a few elite cavalry who had this terrible weapon that could fire continuously. But now it seems that almost all enemy cavalry are equipped with this weapon. What he faced was  A group of ferocious enemies with powerful firepower!

    One-third of the people died on the way to the charge, but the Indian cavalry gritted their teeth and charged resolutely. They did not collapse. The Muslim blood in their bodies was burning. The will to fight allowed them to step over their comrades resolutely and continue towards the enemy.  Charge, they believe that as long as they rush over, they can easily tear apart the enemy's thin front line.

    When they were one hundred and fifty meters away, the Taiping Army's cavalry line began to change amidst the loud sound of bugles. The cavalry line of ten people began to split into rows. Their riding skills were very superb. When accelerating, the ten-man cavalry line began to split.  The formation is not chaotic at all, and each team maintains a certain distance between them, but each team charges in a different direction. It is as messy as fish scales but follows certain rules.

    In this way, the Taiping cavalry rushed towards the enemy in this formation. Soon the fiery red and gray collided together. Pieces of fish scales sliced ??through the Indian cavalry's charging formation. When the two sides faced each other, they set off a fierce battle.  A bloody storm.

    The Indian Sikh soldiers are brave and good at hand-to-hand combat, but they find that the enemy on the opposite side is more proficient in this method of killing immediately than they are. The terrifying Gurkha scimitar always attacks you at unexpected angles.  And against their attacks, they can always dodge away as quickly as monkeys.?.  Soon the Indian soldiers fell into a bitter battle. The enemy's ten-man squad came in an endless formation. After killing a few of them, they drew a wonderful arc and passed by. Then another group came, and the Indian soldiers came in.  It was about to collapse under such a blow.

    The loud trombone sounded, which was the unique bugle sound of the dragoons. The Indian cavalry cheered in the bloody battle. They saw hope. The British Dragoon Guards came to support them
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