Chapter 760 Attention
Major Abel and his soldiers only lasted for a few minutes before being defeated by the Ming cavalry that rushed over. Even Commander Major Abel was cut off his head at the moment of fighting and was killed on the spot.
However, it has to be said that these French soldiers have bought their troops precious time, even if it is only a few minutes. Captain Madan, who followed closely behind, followed with hundreds of people. Although they did not have time to line up, they made the same move as Major Abel and met without hesitation.
He cut off Major Abel's head with one knife. Yin Xiong tilted the horse's head and continued to rush forward with his legs. He knew the advantages and disadvantages of the cavalry. This was not the time to chase these French troops. He must continue to charge without giving the other party a chance to breathe a breath, so as to completely rush the French army's camp to defeat the opponent.
But who would have thought that after rushing far away, the reinforcements of the French army arrived, and this time the number of French troops was obviously more than the ones just now.
Yin Xiong couldn't help but frown, but at this time he could no longer have time to think, so he immediately took his subordinates to meet him.
Although Captain Madan and his soldiers were still brave, they were almost massacred when facing the hasty infantry of the cavalry. In just a few minutes, Captain Madan's troops collapsed, and more than half of his soldiers were injured or killed. At this time, even the brave French soldiers could no longer maintain their courage, and fleeing soldiers appeared on the battlefield.
As for Captain Madan, his luck was better than Major Abel. He was seriously injured and was not killed, but he no longer had the ability to fight.
Lying on the ground, Captain Madan looked helplessly at the cavalry surrounding him who were massacring his soldiers, but he was powerless and could only close his eyes in pain.
However, the sacrifice of Major Abel or Captain Madan, including their soldiers, was not meaningless. The ten minutes of blocking finally brought valuable time to the French coalition.
The well-trained French Legion basically completed the array in these ten minutes, and the French Dragoons were more important to be prepared. At this time, Louis Alexander finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that in front of the French and Dragoons that had been arranged, there was no army in this world that could defeat them head-on, even the Ming Empire.
The changes in the French-Superior Allied Forces were naturally clear. At this time, the Ming cavalry commander Lu Li knew that it would be useless to charge again. If he did this, it would not only not have any effect, but it would even directly ruin this precious cavalry.
Lu Li decisively issued an order to retreat. With three sharp bone flutes sounded, the Ming cavalry began to retreat voluntarily.
Louis Alexander saw the actions of the Ming cavalry, so he naturally knew that the Ming cavalry was obviously getting a bargain and planning to run away.
At this time, in this attack, his coalition had lost half of the regiment's strength, and because he wanted to prevent the cavalry charge, both Major Abel and Captain Madan's troops were elites in the French army.
The losses of these elite soldiers, coupled with the deaths of two outstanding commanders (he didn't know that Ma Dan was only seriously injured at this time), made Louis Alexander feel even more heartbroken.
"Tell Colonel Henry and let the Dragoons attack!" Louis Alexander decided to dispatch his ace with a blue face.
Since the opponents were shamelessly fleeing, they must pay the price for their actions. He believed that his dracos would teach these abominable Ming cavalry a lesson to restore France's pride.
As the order was issued, the dragon cavalry quickly dispatched. When the dragon cavalry rushed out and headed towards the retreating Ming cavalry, everyone in the coalition gave a shocking cheer. At the same time, Louis Alexander did not forget the other side that was still fighting. The battle on the other side just now became chaotic due to the sneak attack of the Ming cavalry. The defense Ming army not only took this opportunity to recover all the lost positions, but also killed and injured many coalitions.
Louis Alexander decisively sent a regiment to withdraw the coalition forces that had already been defeated, and at the same time ordered the artillery to continue firing at the Ming army's positions. Moreover, this time the artillery bombardment was extremely fierce than any other time, as if it was to vent all the shame he had just suffered, and to retaliate the Ming army with countless shells.
Half an hour later, the war on the front line gradually subsided, and the French-Superior Allied forces, which used artillery fire to vent their entire body, finally retreated. As the artillery fire gradually stopped, today's attack not only failed to capture the Ming army's defense line as expected, but instead encountered a sneak attack by the Ming cavalry in general, causing heavy casualties to the French-Superior Allied forces.
The preliminary count of casualties, and the reported numbers made Louis Alexander's face twitch slightly. Just one day, the number of casualties in his troops was close to a regiment, which was a major loss that had never been encountered since the war with the Ming army.
At this time, Louis Alexander hated the Ming cavalry even more. Now he only wants his own dragon cavalry to annihilate all the Ming cavalry to make up for this huge loss.
But more than two hours later, the attacking Dragoon finally returned. When he learned the news of the Dragoon's return, Louis Alexander quickly greeted him, but when he saw the returning Dragoon, he was stunned, because he did not see the joy of victory on Colonel Henry's face, but saw extremely solemnity. At the same time, he also found that there were a lot of fewer Dragoons, and even Colonel Henry was slightly injured.
"Col. What happened? How are the cavalry of the Ming Empire now?" Louis Alexander asked anxiously.
"Your Excellency, this is a powerful opponent. Their equipment is no worse than ours, and even better than ours. If it weren't for the previous battle and their small number of people, the outcome would be unpredictable." Colonel Henry said with a serious expression.
"What the hell is going on?" Louis Alexander asked in surprise.
Colonel Henry thought for a while and said, "The Dragoons won the victory, but failed to win the entire victory. Now the cavalry troops of the Ming Empire have all retreated after losing a part of them. In this war, the Dragoons actually did not gain much advantage. In addition, please take a look at this."
As he said that, Colonel Henry took out a musket-like musket and handed it over. Louis Alexander took it and looked it carefully, suddenly his eyes widened. He immediately asked, "Is this the musket used by the cavalry?"
"Yes, the Dragoons suffered a loss on this weapon, because we did not expect that the opponent would be equipped with such a musket. The structure of three barrels could be fired three times. At the beginning, my subordinates were caught off guard. In addition, they also carried short cannons that could be fired quickly, which could be bombarded in a very short time. Your Excellency, I have to admit that the strength of this opponent is also hope that you can pay attention to this point." Colonel Henry said very seriously.
Chapter completed!