"It's almost time, prepare to attack!"

After finally surrounding an enemy, the coalition officers and soldiers who had been extremely tired of being unable to defend the enemy finally had a chance to vent their anger. Although there were only more than 3,000 Chinese troops surrounded this time, the cavalry team from Nepal to India is said to have only more than 10,000 people, and more than 3,000 people have accounted for almost one-third of the total number of enemies. Therefore, as long as you can achieve a beautiful victory and perfectly eliminate these more than 3,000 Chinese cavalry, it will definitely be able to effectively curb the Chinese people's harassment of northern India and change the current environment in which the coalition forces are located.

"The biggest mistake of the Chinese in this war is to unstoppable division of troops... If their cavalry did not disperse, but instead directly entered the area of ​​Asansol with its powerful strength, threatening us to harass and attack Prince Eugen in the wing of the Asansol coalition, or to Delhi to harass and attack Prince Eugen, the results they achieved would definitely be much greater than simple harassment!" said the coalition commander of the operation, French Major General Lunsed. This time, the Chinese cavalry harassment of northern India was too much. At the "invitation" of the threatened Indian kings, the coalition forces privately drew more than 7,000 from the city of Asansol.

The troops and several nearby local kings formed a coalition force, with a total of 15,000 people. Through the strategy of luring the enemy, he successfully surrounded this cavalry team of more than 3,000 people on the bank of the river outside Jiangbull. This was another "battle" after Marlborough defeated our troops of the tenth prince of the Qing Dynasty, Yinzhi, since the coalition entered India. As the commander of this battle, Major General Lunsed has always been very hostile to Marlborough and also a little despised, but he was still very happy to be sent by the other party to perform this task, and his impression of Marlborough was a little better... At least, the British man was quite interested.

"General, should you send those Indians to attack first?" Colonel Collins asked hesitantly after hearing the order of Lunsed. Although this joint operation was mainly composed of the coalition forces, the number of Indian troops exceeded that of the coalition forces. More than 8,000 people. Let such an army deal with the cavalry with only more than 3,000 people, and the other party cannot carry out due to regional restrictions. Even if it cannot win, it can at least eliminate many enemies. After all, if the coalition forces are alone, they will naturally not be injured or killed.

"I know your plan, Colonel!" Don't you want those Indians to be cannon fodder? Lunsed looked at the Indian generals who were walking towards their respective troops with expressionless faces, and then looked at Collins and said, "The Indian soldiers are not considered soldiers at all. They are too casual and the army is too undisciplined. Moreover, I found that they have always had a fear of the Chinese army... I don't know if this is because they heard of the bloody massacre in the Bangladesh area! So, if they were asked to act as pioneers at this time, I'm very

It is hard to imagine that they can fully exert their combat effectiveness. Maybe they will be beaten back by the Chinese... In that case, even if the Chinese cannot take advantage of the situation and break out of the siege, our morale will definitely be difficult to maintain! Therefore, I would rather let them take the responsibility of guarding the periphery than let them take the lead in order to preserve their own strength! Moreover, we must fight a better battle in this battle, so that those Indians who are already a little restless can re-recognize our strength. Only in this way can we stabilize our camp and then achieve the final victory."

"...I understand, general! Thank you for your advice!" Collins nodded and was taught. Lancend said it very well. Marlborough once said so. As a fan of Marlborough, Collins naturally would not raise any objections.

"Yeah!" Lunstee nodded, and ordered: "Col. Please tell us before and let them advance layer by layer! First, compress the scope of activities of the Chinese!"

"Yes!" Collins saluted and turned around to pass the order.

...

Under the gaze of the surrounded Qing army and the onlooker Indian army, the coalition forces began to attack.

Lunstead used a line tactic! This was a new tactic created by Swedish king Gustav II when hot weapons such as mesh guns and artillery began to replace cold weapons on a large scale. Although this tactic is very similar to the common tactics used by the ancient Roman Empire army, this tactic is "the return of the same tactic at a higher level." Moreover, Guthatav II was the first European general to coordinate the infantry and artillery battles. His military thought continued to influence European military strategists from the beginning of the seventeenth century until now (and to the 20th century). Lunstead admired the Swedish king who eventually died on the battlefield. This was not just because the king once said

"The welfare of the kingdom depends on God, and the navy", "The artillery fire should be fierce, concentrated, and avoid dispersing, and artillery should cooperate with other weapons and weapons" and other famous military quotes, but because His Majesty from Nordic, his Majesty, who had won a brilliant record and defeated Russia, Denmark, Poland, Prussia, and the Catholic coalition forces in the Thirty Years' War, once expanded Sweden's territory to almost the entire Nordic! French astrologer Nostradamus, who was famous for writing a book of prophecies of "Centuries", once predicted that at the end of the sixteenth century and the beginning of the seventeenth century, a lion king would appear in Nordic, who looked down on the European continent and made earth-shaking careers, but unfortunately died young and would kill Germany. It is obvious that Gustav II was the "Nordic lion".

Since the Qing cavalry was already surrounded by the coalition and had to establish his authority in front of the Indians, Lunsed almost never left a reserve. In fact, using linear tactics, almost no one would leave a reserve. Linear tactics means to carry out the maximum number of strikes on the enemy in the shortest time! Lunsed divided the battle formation into three lines, each line consisting of three columns, forming a battle formation with extremely shallow depth and extremely wide front. However, since he was ordered to come secretly this time, he could not bring the heavy artillery in the army. However, his wings were on the verge of the protection of the Indian army and cavalry, and the infantry artillery was also placed between the horizontal lines, which could exert the maximum combat power with the musketeers lined up in horizontal lines. In addition, the Chinese cavalry on the opposite side also formed a dense impact formation... Lunsed believed that with one blow, he could at least eliminate half of the enemy.

"Tsk tsk. General, why are the tactics of these Westerners so similar to the tactics of muskets of our Grand Commander? Well, there are fewer artillery and they are too exposed. Unlike our Grand Commander, we will definitely hide the artillery tightly before the war!" Looking at the line formation set up by the coalition forces opposite, someone from the Qing army led by Yue Zhongqi said.

"It's a bit similar. However, it's just the surface similarity!" Yue Zhongqi nodded secretly after hearing this. He once heard about the war in Europe. The war in Europe is not like the war in the East. It is always a war that will do its best to survive. Most of the war in Europe are fought among the dynasty rulers there. The purpose of the war is mostly limited to seizing a province, adjusting the border, or gaining a politically favorable position.

, or in order to win the rights and interests of some royal members, the scope of the conflict is also limited. Because there are many countries, forces are mixed, you are me and I are in me. If you want to completely eliminate the enemy, it will be of no benefit to both sides of the war, and it may attract attacks from others. In addition, the application of linear tactics and fortifications, the war in Europe has the characteristics of "fixed fighting style, many positions, limited goals, rigid principles, consistent rules, indecisiveness".

"Dongmei. People set up such a formation. It seems that they are planning to give you a few ruthless waves. Once the bullets arrive, the lethality is quite large... Moreover, they are so scattered that my cannons may not be able to kill a few!" Zhao Dahe, the most famous "Three-finger General" among the army that was originally in the middle, walked back from the village and said to Yue Zhongqi.

"No hurry! The fatal weakness of this linear combat formation is obvious: the depth is too shallow, easy to break through; the front is too wide, difficult to rescue each other; although there are wings on both sides, if they cannot be defended, they will be easily attacked; the horizontal line is long, difficult to move, etc. It can be said that every part of the Westerners, whether it is the central army or the two wings, is easily a weak center of gravity. Poor mobility is not convenient for the change of the virtual and real center of gravity; the strange and right are exposed, suffocating the devil;

All local troops were thrown into battle at once, and without reserved reserves, not only could they not form continuous strikes, but it was even more unfavorable to deal with sudden changes. With the horizontal infantry as the main firepower, even if they could win, it would be difficult to effectively pursue the enemy. It would be difficult to fight an annihilation battle... Besides, since we have made careful arrangements, even if they are ten times more powerful, it would be useless. Just listen to my signal!"

Yue Zhongqi replied. Zhao Dahe was Yu Zhong's savior, another brave general, and he made a lot of contributions to commanding the artillery. That time, Yu Zhong led his troops to return to Sichuan along Tibet, but he was intercepted by A Linga halfway. Zhao Dahe led his artillery back to Sichuan with the large army. Later, because he was once the old man's military flag, he was named the governor. Although Yu Zhong later thought of lowering this old subordinate to Yunnan and Guizhou,

The court refused to let go, so he had to give up. However, this time, when the European army attacked, there might be several fierce artillery battles. Therefore, before Yu Zhong sent troops, he finally transferred Zhao Dahe over. However, Yu Zhong had already arrived in Myanmar at that time, and it was a bit unreasonable to ask Zhao Dahe to take artillery to cross mountains and ridges, so he asked him to come with Yue Zhongqi. However, since he still had to climb the plateau, Zhao Dahe brought no heavy artillery this time.

"You have one set after another... I don't care anyway. As long as you don't let my baby artillery get into trouble! Otherwise, I will never end up with you, and the Grandmaster will be enough for you!" Zhao Dahe smiled.

"Haha, how dare I let your artillery accident?...Don't say that someone will cause trouble for me, I can't afford to pay for this loss alone!" Yue Zhongqi also smiled.

"General, the Western Invaders are moving!" As Yue Zhongqi and Zhao Dahe talked, the deputy general next to him reminded him again.

"Oh?" Yue Zhongqi and Zhao Dahe took out their telescopes from their bodies and looked towards the coalition forces. Sure enough, the coalition soldiers began to step in order toward their side.

"It's good to come! Wait a little longer! Wait until they get closer and start!" Yue Zhongqi smiled at the corner of his mouth and ordered him again.

"yes!"

...

"boom"!

The battle kicked off with a cannon. However, Colonel Collins, who was staying in the front army, intending to watch the "heroic posture" falling from the horse after the Qing cavalry was shot, was surprised to find that after just one cannon, the Qing army opposite seemed to have fallen down from the horse as if they were all caught in evil!... The artillery seemed to belong to the French Army. Did the "Gallic roosters" have invented super artillery that can knock out more than 3,000 people at once? Colonel Collins felt confused and unsolved, so as the commander of the front army, he did not continue to issue an order to attack the attack site. As a result, he was also surprised by the Qing army's actions, and the coalition soldiers looked around for a while. They could not keep in.

The continuity of the attack. However, it was this all-round hesitation that caused huge losses to the coalition forces! First, fierce artillery fire suddenly broke out from the Qing army and the infantry artillery arranged by Lunsde in the middle of the queue in a short moment. But in this fright, the coalition muskets fired one after another under the subconscious pull of the soldiers, but in the end, they did not form a powerful synthetic firepower at all. Then, the Qing army opposite them hid behind the war horses, and then... the war horses were hung up, and more than three thousand war horses were driven by more than three thousand Qing soldiers who had been demoted to infantry behind, and rushed towards the coalition soldiers who were anxious to load bullets like "crazy"!

"Cavals attack!" Collins roared fiercely.

He didn't expect the Qing army to have such a strange move. You know, he and Lunsed originally planned to use the three-row musket team to conduct continuous shooting, which could not only form a dense rain of bullets and effectively prevent the enemy's counterattack. However, the Qing army's strange moves suddenly made their soldiers shoot out the bullets in the gun, and they were not accurate yet... The effective range of muskets at this time was not far. Therefore, during the period of loading, the Qing army's war horses could completely disperse their linear queues. At that time, the Qing army holding sabers could definitely easily kill the coalition soldiers... Although the coalition soldiers were equipped with bayonets, how much effect could this play? Therefore, in a hurry, Collins didn't have time to consider that he was not the commander of this battle, so he directly commanded the cavalry with about 3,000 people used by Lunsed to protect the flanks into the battlefield, in order to change the current situation.

However, the changes in the war once again exceeded Collins' expectations. Among the flanking cavalry, there were only one thousand people belonging to the coalition. This was only drawn by Marlborough considering that they were going to deal with the Qing cavalry on this trip. The other two thousand people were drawn from the Indian army, in order to avoid the Qing army's desperate attack on the flanks of the linear queue as much as possible. However, Collins did not expect that the cavalry of the coalition army had just launched, and the Indian cavalry with them suddenly waved their sabers in their hands - these Indians actually raised their weapons to the soldiers of the coalition!

"I've fallen into the trap!"

Collins' eyes were shattered. Although there were no British among the main forces of the coalition cavalry, but most of them were French dragoons, after all, they were also part of the coalition. What's more hateful is that if this cavalry was eliminated by the Indians, they would have no chance to make a comeback this time. What's more, the coalition's components are quite complex, and many countries have considerable rifts and even hatred. Compared with Britain and the Netherlands, Austria-Hungary and Turkey, etc., among which, the conflict between Britain and the Austro-Hungary and France is the most severe. Heavy. Therefore, while facing the enemy, the coalition forces should also pay attention to internal unity at all times. However, the current French prince, the Earl of Toulouse, has been captured alive by the Chinese. If another general in France is captured or beaten to death by the Chinese this time, then the French army that is confronting Yuzhong with Marlborough will definitely feel dissatisfied... With almost no damage to the generals of other countries, France has lost a general and a major general one after another. It would be strange if the French, who are already dissatisfied with Britain, would not feel dissatisfied.

However, although Collins thought a lot at this moment, he no longer had the ability to change the situation on the battlefield.

The sudden turn of the Indians, the strange assault of the Chinese, and they had no reserve team left behind. In this case, even Marlborough could not reverse the situation here! So, after a brief thought, Collins took his followers around him to the formation decisively fleeing behind the formation!

...

"General, we must retreat quickly!"

Collins did not want to be a deserter, and he did not want the Chinese to take down Ranced after capturing Toulouse alive, so he wanted to take Ranced with him... to carry out a "strategic retreat" according to the commander's order, and no one could say anything about him. However, although he had decided to retreat temporarily, Collins still had to express his sincere admiration for Ranced's calmness. At this moment when the entire army was about to be defeated, the French major general was able to drink with a coalition officer. It was amazing! But... Collins couldn't understand when so many more soldiers in British uniforms appeared around Ranced? He didn't remember that he had brought such a team!

"Hello, Colonel Collins is right? Please forgive our rude..." Collins was stunned, and the "coalition officer" who was drinking with Lunsed had stood up and saluted him: "My name is Drake, the British. Thousand General of the Imperial Army of the Qing Empire! He is ordered to invite you and General Lunsed!"

"Bang!"

Collins wanted to take his musket, but was hit behind his head by a stick that came out of nowhere!... The stick was almost as thick as his head!

"Have Klaus, you abominable maniacs!...If you break this guy, how can we get the merit?" Drake, the former pirate leader who was transferred to the Imperial Army because the coalition forces blocked Temasek and had nothing to do, could not help but shout loudly when he saw his subordinates' extremely fierce stick.

"I am defending your safety, sir! You see, he is pulling out a musket!" Harvey Kraus, the former pirate who was sent to manage the septic tank by Made because he did not listen to the arrangement, immediately retorted dissatisfiedly when he heard the original leader's scolding.

"Who are you?" Lunsed, who had been captured, shouted.

"I told you... we are the Imperial Army of the Qing Empire!" Drake said proudly. Capturing a major general and a colonel at one time should be enough for him to advance to a higher official position, right? After being a tycoon in the customs office for so many years, it was his biggest concern.

"Imperial Army?...Are you Chinese mercenaries?" Lunsed asked after thinking for a while.

"I am worthy of being a general, but I don't know if what you said is right or wrong!" Drake said with a wry smile.

"Why?" asked Lunste.

"Enough, don't think about delaying the time!" Hearing Lunsed's question, Drake's attitude suddenly became bad, "Don't think your people can come back to save you. This time, not only were Indians helping us, General Yue also arranged more than 8,000 cavalry behind you! When you sent troops here, you were doomed to fail! Under the double blow of General Yue and those Indians, it is still unknown whether your soldiers can retreat here!"

"I surrender!"

"ah?"

"I said, I surrender! Please help me send a message to your general. I will persuade my subordinates to surrender and ask him not to attack again!" Lunsed said lightly.

"You are really just...but, my dear general, do you know what we will use you for?" Drake asked suddenly.

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Lunstee was stunned and asked. What is the use of himself? Why is this a bit wrong?
Chapter completed!