Chapter 1046: Escape in a Panic

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"Retreat!"

Wesley hesitated again and again and gave the final order.

"Yes, General." The officers answered very straightforwardly.

They were eager to evacuate the first trench fortification as soon as possible.

Before building this fortification, they had never expected that the Dasong army would be so terrible.

They just regarded them as an army of the same level as them, at most a little higher.

But the war started, and their fantasy was instantly torn apart and they fell into reality.

It would be fine if the Dasong army's muskets and artillery were superior to theirs.

According to the soldiers who fled back after the charge, the Dasong soldiers were well-trained.

Not only were they fearless, but their fighting skills were also very superb.

Even in a bayonet fight, they did not gain an advantage.

This is also the reason why the Dasong army launched a counterattack and they were quickly defeated.

In general, the enemy they faced had no obvious shortcomings.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat!"

After receiving the order, the officers crouched and shuttled in the trenches, asking the soldiers to evacuate.

The coalition soldiers stood up and evacuated along the longitudinal corridor of the trench as if they had been pardoned.

Their actions were soon observed.

Qin Shan and Guan Tong made almost the same decision at this time, which was to pursue the victory.

"Toot, toot..." The clear sound of the charge horn resounded throughout the battlefield.

"Kill!" Soldiers who heard the horn rushed forward.

For a time, the dense Dasong army rushed towards the coalition trenches.

Among them, the Qinglong army was in the front and the Suzaku army was on the side.

The Dasong army suddenly launched a charge, and the coalition soldiers who were preparing to evacuate became even more panicked.

The coalition soldiers ran south one by one, fearing that they would fall behind others.

They didn't care about the boxes of ammunition in the trenches, but just grabbed their rifles.

The artillerymen didn't have time to pull away the field artillery, so they simply left the artillery and fled with other soldiers.

The entire trench fortification was in a mess.

However, Wesley had anticipated that the evacuation might be chaotic, so he left 5,000 soldiers on the flanks and front to cover the rear.

He knew very well that if he didn't do this, the orderly evacuation would really turn into a rout.

But just as all his previous tactics were discounted in front of the Dasong army.

The same was true for this retreat arrangement.

The combat effectiveness shown by the Dasong army surprised Wesley again.

The Dasong soldiers seemed to have received some kind of blessing during the charge.

They were flexible and coordinated, dodging and moving in the area between the trenches of both sides under the shooting of the company soldiers.

At the same time, they continued to advance, not afraid of casualties.

Under such a high-intensity charge, the firepower of the coalition soldiers seemed insufficient.

It was impossible to effectively stop their offensive momentum.

The most fatal thing was that it was very troublesome to load their rifles.

Every time the soldiers finished shooting, they had to stand up the muskets to load them, which delayed a lot of time, making the already insufficient firepower even worse.

On the contrary, the Dasong soldiers were very good at reloading.

This allowed them to effectively suppress the coalition soldiers and weaken their firepower when they charged.

"General, it will be too late if we don't leave now." When Wesley was observing, an officer grabbed his arm.

Wesley uttered a heavy "Ah" and turned away.

He was destined to not survive the five thousand soldiers he left behind, and even this retreat would become an indelible stain on his military history.

"Bang bang bang...", "Boom boom boom..."

Sure enough, he walked less than a hundred meters and suddenly heard the explosion of the enemy's grenade.

This was the Dasong army killing in front of the coalition trench.

Without looking back, Wesley shook his teeth and continued to go to the second fortification.

Just when he walked four hundred meters, he couldn't help but look back.

At this time, the coalition soldiers responsible for the rear were completely defeated and fled out of the trench one after another, while the Dasong soldiers in green uniforms chased them closely and kept shooting the coalition soldiers.

"Hahaha, it's just like a cat chasing a mouse." The process of the coalition soldiers' evacuation did not escape the eyes of Zhao Xu and Zhou Yi.

Seeing that the Western Tu coalition was in a very embarrassing situation, Zhou Yi couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Xu had a smile on his face, and his heart was refreshed.

Now, he finally let out a breath of anger.

Since the civil strife in Dasong, these Western Tu people have been haunting him and constantly causing trouble for him.

Now, he beat down one after another scapegoats pushed by the Western Tu people in front, and finally faced them head-on.

If he didn't beat them so hard that they didn't recognize their parents, how could he be worthy of the soldiers and civilians who died in the war?

"Humph, it's not so easy for them to escape." Zhao Xu said.

Before the war, he learned that the Western Tu coalition had built two fortifications.

The second fortification was on the edge of the port in the strait, which was to facilitate their defeat and safe evacuation of Malacca.

But the coalition lost the first fortification, which meant that their artillery on both sides of the strait were exposed to the Dasong army.

As long as these forts are captured, the Dasong Fleet can safely enter the strait.

As for the number of forts near the port fortifications, they are limited.

At that time, even if he has to sink a few warships, he will prevent the coalition forces from withdrawing to Tianzhu.

Having made up his mind, he said to Zhou Yi, "We are no longer needed here. Next, we will prepare to destroy the navy of the Western Tu people."

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhou Yi realized something and became excited.

He was not willing to play a supporting role in this war.

If he had not worried that the artillery on both sides of the strait would pose a threat to the fleet, he would have led the fleet into the strait and annihilated the Western Earth Fleet hidden in the strait.

Therefore, if the Azure Dragon Army and the Suzaku Army could successfully remove the artillery on one side of the strait, they would have nothing to worry about.

As the two were talking, a reconnaissance ship responsible for transmitting battlefield conditions came back.

The captain of the reconnaissance ship boarded the deck and said to Zhao Xu, "Your Highness, General Pan Chang launched a general attack. The Western Earth Army could not hold on and was fleeing to the strait."

"It's worthy of being General Pan. He didn't lose the face of the Marine Corps." Zhou Yi chuckled twice.

Zhao Xu nodded and asked briefly about the process.

Compared with Qin Shan, General Pan Chang obviously adopted different tactics.

After the artillery and fleet bombarded the enemy positions, he immediately launched a charge.

If the charge was not successful, he would withdraw the soldiers and continue the bombardment.

However, this time he would focus on bombing the areas where the enemy's counterattack was strong, and then launch another charge.

After three rounds of this, he tore open the enemy's defense line, broke into the trench position of the Western Turkish coalition, and forced them to retreat.

"It's Frank who raised the white flag the fastest." Zhao Xu sneered.

In theory, even if the defense line was broken, you would still continue to fight for a while.

But his generals immediately chose to retreat, which was obviously related to their command style.

And as far as he knew, it was a Frank admiral guarding the fortifications on the south side.

This made some sense.

Of course, he was just mocking, and the result could not be inferred from this.

But in fact, this Frank admiral was obviously mentally collapsed in the sharp offensive of the Marines.

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