097 How to deal with four times as many enemies as quickly and cheaply
On An Ning's side, as soon as he found out that he had entered enemy territory, he immediately ordered the front team to change to the rear team, and ran away.
Cristina became confused and asked quickly: "Why are you running so resolutely? Shouldn't we take advantage of the remaining power of the victory to defeat the enemy in one go?"
The real reason why An Ning turned around and ran away was that he didn't want to confront the enemy head-on without being sure.
After all, I only have less than 2,000 troops. It is not a big problem to fight 3,000 unprepared enemy troops if I am prepared. But if both sides are prepared, then the situation will be different.
But An Ning couldn't say that directly. After all, it would be a bit ugly to admit that he was timid.
So An Ning responded like this: "You don't understand. When fighting where the masses support us, the masses will tell us the enemy's movements, and at the same time conceal the movements of our troops from the enemy. This is equivalent to the battlefield being transparent to us."
"But where the masses tend to be conservative, the situation is reversed. So we cannot fight the enemy in areas where we have no mass base."
In fact, An Ning's words were not his original creation, but he adapted what a great man mentioned in his own experience summary.
After hearing this, Christina showed an expression of admiration: "You are so cautious. Sorry, I thought too little. However, the enemies have been scared away by us. Do we really need to worry about this?"
An Ning: "They didn't disappear, but they gathered together to form a group. If I guess correctly, there should be a large number of enemies grouped together in the center of the rebellion. It would be very dangerous to be caught by them in a decisive battle in the wild."
Christina smiled and said: "Don't worry, with our reconnaissance, you won't suddenly encounter a large group of enemy troops in the wild."
An Ning: "Please."
Christina gave a thumbs up: "Leave it to me."
**
One day has passed.
Colonel Donald suddenly pulled on the reins and brought the horse to a sudden stop.
The horse neighed, raised its head, and finally stopped with its hooves.
Donald jumped off his horse and looked carefully at the ruts on the road.
The captain following him asked doubtfully: "What's wrong, colonel?"
"What do you think this relatively narrow rut is?" the colonel asked, pointing to the rut on the ground.
The captain looked down and looked confused: "This... I can't see clearly."
"It's the artillery. Only the two cannon ruts are so close together, because the cannon is narrower than the carriages used by farmers to transport grain. The ruts are still very new, and the enemy has just left!"
The colonel mounted his horse and said, "Order the troops to speed up. We are about to catch up with them! If we can catch up before they launch their artillery, we will win a complete victory."
As soon as he finished speaking, his subordinate captain shouted: "Colonel, look over there!"
Colonel Donald turned his head and saw a group of cavalry coming out of the bushes in the distance.
The first two horsemen carried no flags, but the third horseman who turned through the bushes carried the tricolor.
Donald cursed: "Damn it! No matter what, the enemy's commander, that noble killer, is knowledgeable and knows how to spread out the cavalry for reconnaissance."
The cavalry squad that turned around from behind the bushes also stopped when they saw the army here. The rider at the front stood up on his horse, straightened his back and looked towards this side.
Donald's subordinate, the captain, asked: "There are not many of them. A few of us on horseback can go over and eliminate them."
"Don't be stupid. Although they are just a group of ladies, they have been trained by Brienne's cavalry. They were not merciless at all when they killed our troops outside the apple orchard." The colonel shook his head.
At this time, the small group of cavalry in the distance had turned around and ran back along the way they came without looking back.
Colonel: "Now we have no advantage of sneak attacks. Let the troops speed up! Run forward! The reconnaissance cavalry team will not be too far away from the main force. It is estimated that the enemy is only a few miles away from us. Run. As long as the enemy does not give up the artillery
and baggage, we will definitely catch up!"
**
A moment ago, Christina rode her horse and turned around the edge of the bush. As soon as she turned her horse's head, she saw the troops marching in the distance.
"Jesus," she muttered, gathering the reins and letting the horse stop.
The female cavalrymen following her pulled on their reins one after another, and for a moment there was temporary confusion in the entire cavalry.
Christina stopped the horse, stood up on the horse, straightened her body, and picked up the telescope.
"Christina, what should we do?" the subordinate asked nervously, "The enemy is a marching column. Let's rush up and kill them now. We should be able to achieve good results!"
Christina scolded: "You're crazy! The key now is to bring the information back immediately. Andy's brigade hasn't gone far yet, and they still have heavy artillery trucks! If the enemy starts to speed up and catch up now, they will catch up soon.
!”
After saying that, Christina stood up and pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and then swung the whip on the horse's butt.
The horses immediately broke into a gallop.
Christina used her superb skills to stand on the horse and gallop forward.
The other cavalrymen followed him and retreated as fast as they could.
**
"Andy!"
An Ning heard shouts from behind and looked back, just in time to see Christina standing on the horse, riding like a horse rider in later generations, standing and galloping, her body almost parallel to the horse's body to reduce wind resistance.
But because Christina's chest muscles are very strong, this action will greatly highlight her figure, so much so that An Ning can see the gleam of white from such a distance.
——Wow, that’s really big.
An Ning thought without any tension.
Then Christina shouted: "The enemy is not far from here!"
An Ning was immediately numb.
What the hell, I turned around and ran away immediately when I found out I entered enemy territory. How come the enemy still caught up with me after running for a whole day?
Is the enemy so fast?
At this time, when they heard the enemy approaching, the marching queue was a little chaotic. Many people stopped and looked at An Ning with their guns.
Seeing this situation, An Ning simply raised one hand and shouted: "Team, stop advancing!"
Second Lieutenant Russell immediately shouted: "Stop!"
The sergeants relayed the order: "Stop!"
The team stopped.
An Ning turned the horse's head to greet Christina.
When Christina stopped her horse in front of him, the horse ran so hard that it stood up straight, so the girl assumed a posture like that in Napoleon's famous painting.
"Where is the enemy?" An Ning asked.
"It's right in the direction we came from. You can see it by galloping for about twenty minutes."
An Ning opened her mouth: "Isn't this very close? It stands to reason that Clarice should have discovered them when she set off early in the morning. How come she didn't find them until you set off?"
"I don't know, maybe Clarice and the others have been caught." Christina swallowed hard, "What should I do?"
An Ning scratched his head and looked back at his troops.
——The army has artillery. If you move with the artillery and ammunition carts, you will definitely not be able to escape.
It seems that this battle is bound to be fought.
"How many enemies are there?" An Ning asked.
"I don't know. I think the march is very long. If we compare it to our march... there may be six thousand people."
An Ning: "Six thousand people?"
Not counting cavalry and artillery, our infantry only has 1,500, which is four times the strength difference.
Counting artillery and cavalry, the difference in strength is three times.
At this moment, An Ning wanted to leave the army and go run with Christina. Anyway, there was a horse.
But if this place becomes moist, then my long-standing reputation will be gone.
But if it is not moisturized, the strength of the troops will be weak in a hard fight.
If your unit is the Old Guard in the late Napoleonic period, you can try one versus four and rely on high morale to get the upper hand.
The problem is that this army of ours is a bunch of rabble that is little better than a rabble.
Even the non-commissioned officers at the grassroots level are the top soldiers who were promoted on the front line just before the expedition.
An Ning was speechless.
He really had no idea, so he thought about taking a look at the terrain. Maybe he could use the terrain to turn decay into magic.
He straightened his body and scanned the surrounding terrain.
Speaking of which, this peaceful terrain always feels a bit familiar.
——Yes, it feels a lot like the Normandy picture in the game "Hell on Earth". There are hedges made of short shrubs everywhere, and the view is very poor.
Do all French plains have this kind of terrain?
An Ning recalled the scene of fighting in the hell on earth. At that time, he liked to play machine gunner, lying on the ground and shooting through the fence, killing many allied troops...
Um?
An Ning turned to look at the section of road where her team stopped to rest. There happened to be a hedge made of shrubs next to it.
Christina patted An Ning on the shoulder: "Just keep talking, what should I do? The enemy is coming soon!"
An Ning: "Dear Christina, what do you think is the easiest way to use 1,500 people to fight 6,000 people?"
Christina looked strange: "Ah? You ask me?"
An Ning smiled. At this time, he was not panic at all. He even lowered his gaze leisurely and looked at Christina's breasts - they were really strong. Nine years ago, she could still pretend to be a man. How come she is so strong now?
Already.
Christina was so anxious: "Why are you looking at my breasts? How long has it been!"
"Don't worry, have you understood my question just now?"
"I don't understand. Just tell me."
"You will know after you watch my performance." An Ning turned around and ordered to the artillery, "Artillery, move the ammunition truck and cannon forward, move them to the end of the bushes, and throw them in the middle of the road."
Christina: "Are you going to abandon the baggage and run away?"
"How could it be? These cannons are my treasures, and I will not give them up. All infantry, go into the bushes! Hide behind the bushes, all lie down, don't let anyone see you, stand up when you hear the sound of standing up.
Get up! Also, check your muskets to make sure they are loaded and ready to fire!"
Christina opened her mouth wide: "Are you ready..."
An Ning interrupted her: "You also have a mission. You take the girls back, go to the enemy, maintain visual contact with the enemy, and keep wandering far away from the enemy's sight. Go quickly!"