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    French sat by the river, nibbling a piece of dry bread.  His face looked a little unsightly. This road was more difficult than he imagined.  From 7 o'clock in the morning to now, they have been marching for more than 6 hours, but they have only traveled less than 25 kilometers.  Moreover, the soldiers are already very tired. If this continues, they may have to wait until tomorrow night to complete the entire journey.

    French himself has great confidence in this battle plan.  He was confident that with the more than 5,000 troops in his hands, he would be able to deal a severe blow to the Western Sichuan Army.  By then, with Henry Wellesley's direct cooperation, they will definitely be able to tear apart the Western Sichuan Army's defense line.  In that case, defeating the Western Sichuan Army is not impossible.  As long as he wins, there will undoubtedly be flowers, applause and promotion waiting for him.  He would be the pride of the British Army.  However, now it seems that the reality seems to be somewhat different from what he expected!

    In addition, French did not expect that the Western Sichuan Army arriving at Mara was not two brigades at all, but three brigades.  Moreover, there is already a brigade of troops who have the same purpose as him and are already about to meet him.  At that time, what he should consider is no longer victory, but how to escape the attack of the Western Sichuan Army.

    Jack is an ordinary upper class soldier in the British Army. Because of his poor family background, he chose to serve in India.  In this case, the monthly salary can be one pound more than at home.  In addition, in the colony, he can enjoy very good treatment and have some outside opportunities. In this way, after spending a few years in India, he can retire and return to his country.  After he retired and returned to China, Henry had already thought about it. The retirement money plus his salary would be enough for him to buy a piece of land in the countryside. Being a small farmer would be a very good plan.  At that time, he will be able to have a beautiful encounter with an English country girl, and then form a family under the witness of God.  Give birth to your own child.  What a wonderful thing this is!

    This is Jack's dream.  However, now his dream seems to be shattered.  Because of the orders of those damn generals, they had to leave the garrison camp.  Go to the plateau to fight.  Jack swore he had never been so scared.  After seeing his comrades fall down one by one, he didn't know when it would be his turn.  He found that the yellow-skinned monkeys were completely different from what he had heard.  in his cognition.  Those yellow-skinned monkeys had long pig tails trailing behind their heads. As soon as the British army's guns were fired, they would be scared to death.  But now, everything that happened on the battlefield completely subverted Jack's cognition.  The combat effectiveness of those Chinese ** teams is not weaker than them at all.  Even stronger.  This made Jack very worried about whether he could survive successfully and return to his homeland.

    This morning, the troops started marching. This damn road is very difficult to walk.  Jack once saw two unlucky guys walking in front of him accidentally falling off the mountain road and falling into the rushing river.  It disappeared in the blink of an eye.  This made his calves tremble with fear.  If it weren't for the officer's scolding, he would have fled long ago.  However, this also left a big shadow in Jack's heart.

    Now, the troops began to rest, and Jack found that his legs seemed to be filled with lead.  He sat on a big rock by the river and rubbed his stiff legs.  Then he took out a piece of bread from his pocket and ate it with the cool water from the river.

    ??Less than four hundred meters away from Jack.  Du Qizheng, the brigade commander of the ninth brigade of the Western Sichuan Army, led thousands of soldiers from the first battalion to where they were.  They used grass and rocks for cover.  Heavy machine guns, mortars and the only two Type 82 infantry guns in the battalion have been set up.  The British guy opposite.  Their arrival was not noticed.  Therefore, Du Qizheng was preparing to launch a surprise attack on them, and then break into the British army. After the follow-up troops arrived, he would completely defeat and eat the British army.  Of course, he did not forget to ask the signal corps to report to Wang Yuze the situation of their encounter with the British army.

    "Get ready, fire!" At 2:20 pm on April 16, Du Qizheng gave the order to start the attack.

    "Boom!" All the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army opened fire.  One after another, the cannonballs hit the heads of the British who were resting and eating lunch by the river.

    "Boom!" The artillery shell exploded in the British army, blowing the British soldiers away directly.  Shrapnel flies everywhere, harvesting lives wantonly.

    "Ta-ta-ta!" Twelve heavy machine guns from the 1st Battalion of the Ninth Brigade also opened fire. A large number of bullets swept towards the panicked British soldiers and knocked them to the ground.

    "Enemy attack! Prepare to fight!" At this time, the British army rang out a shrill command.  Private Jack immediately lay down behind the boulder at the moment when the shell was guaranteed, buried his head low, and prayed for God's blessing.  As for asking him to pick up a rifle and fight with the Western Sichuan Army, go to hell, how is that possible?  He doesn't want to die!

     The Western Sichuan Army used powerful firepower to harvest the lives of the British soldiers. The sound of shelling, machine gunfire and rifles rang out.  Almost every second, British soldiers lost their lives.

    "The artillery fires, the heavy machine guns are set up, prepare to counterattack!" French immediately calmed down after a brief panic.  He hid behind a boulder, shouted loudly, and directed the troops to counterattack.

    "Your Excellency, Brigadier General, the firepower of the Western Sichuan Army is too fierce, and our people are completely suppressed!" A colonel reported to him.  They did not expect to encounter the Western Sichuan Army here, let alone a sudden attack by the Western Sichuan Army. They were unprepared and suffered heavy losses.

    "Retreat. Order all ministries to retreat in an orderly manner, and then launch a counterattack after exiting the firepower range of western Sichuan!" French immediately changed the order.  Under the sudden attack by the Western Sichuan Army, these British soldiers were already panicked. It seemed impossible for them to fight back on the spot and brave the hail of bullets from the Western Sichuan Army.  In addition, French found that although the firepower of the Western Sichuan Army was fierce, it seemed that there were not many personnel.  In this case, they may not have a chance.

    The British soldiers carried out French's order very faithfully. They ducked, rolled and crawled back.  In the process, many British soldiers died under the guns of the Western Sichuan Army.  However, most people still escaped.

    "Brigade commander, what should we do? Are these foreign devils trying to escape?" the battalion commander of the first battalion of the 9th Brigade asked anxiously.

    "Grandma, let's fight. Brothers, fix your bayonets and prepare to charge!" Du Qizheng ordered.  Although this sudden attack caused considerable losses to the British, it did not damage the opponent's fundamentals.  If the other side is allowed to reorganize its army and even set up a defense line, then in this narrow valley, if they want to break through the British defense line, they may have to pay a huge price of casualties.

    Under Du Qizheng¡¯s order, the soldiers of the Western Sichuan Army inserted bayonets into their rifles, jumped out of the trenches, and rushed toward the British troops with great momentum.  Although they only have more than a thousand people, the British army is much larger than them.  Moreover, they were much smaller than the British soldiers in stature.  But they were not deterred by this. They firmly believed that the final victory would definitely be theirs.

    The Western Sichuan Army quickly caught up with the British Army, and the two sides strangled together.  After the British troops discovered that the Western Sichuan Army actually had only more than a thousand people, and dared to rush up to fight with them with bayonets, they stopped running away, turned around, and fought fiercely with the Western Sichuan Army.

    The British people are tall and powerful, and they are also very capable when fighting on the bayonet.  The Western Sichuan Army was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, but they were more flexible. Even if they were faced with British soldiers, they would not be at a disadvantage.  However, their strength was much smaller than that of the British army, which put the Western Sichuan Army in a very bad situation.  Soldiers from the Western Sichuan Army were stabbed to death by British soldiers one after another.

    Fortunately, this situation did not last long. Zhang Ruifeng, the deputy commander of the Ninth Brigade, rushed to the battlefield with two battalions of troops. After receiving the news from Du Qizheng and learning about the encounter with the British army, he immediately ordered the troops below  Abandon the baggage and come quickly.  Fortunately, it was not too late. After the two battalions of new troops joined, the Western Sichuan Army immediately stabilized its decline.

    Brigadier General French felt the crisis. He knew that this time the battle plan had failed.  Later, he wanted to order a retreat, but now that the British army and the Western Sichuan Army were strangled together, how could they retreat.  Moreover, retreating now may lead to the collapse of the army.

    Half an hour later, Qian Tailin, the chief of staff of the Ninth Brigade, arrived with the remaining soldiers of the Ninth Brigade.  Suddenly, the situation on the battlefield developed in a favorable direction for the Western Sichuan Army.  The British army has been completely suppressed.

    By this time, French was helpless, and he issued orders to various branches of the British army to break out of the encirclement.  This shows that he has given up command of the troops and given up his efforts.

    Next, the British soldiers who had already lost their fighting spirit after being oppressed by the Western Sichuan Army either chose to escape or surrender on the spot.  The Western Sichuan Army also sent pursuers to pursue those British soldiers who escaped.  They not only wanted to expand their results, but also to keep their whereabouts so as not to expose this time's battle plan.  However, the Western Sichuan Army was also very surprised to meet the British army on a narrow road here.  Fortunately, they won the victory, otherwise it would be bad if such an army really got around to the back of the Western Sichuan Army.  Although they will not necessarily be defeated, they will obviously be in a hard fight and pay a high price.  Fortunately, it was the Western Sichuan Army that won in the end, and luck seemed to be on their side!

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