Chapter 368: Avoid the truth

"We have found at least 3 cavalry regiments now!" Pershing put the flag indicating the British cavalry on the map, and the third cavalry regiment responsible for rescuing Hank fought against the British, although the former possessed superiority in strength and firepower. But the latter occupies a favorable geographical location, and soon after the battle, it was discovered that a large number of British troops were coming here, and then the Boers chose to withdraw, and the British pursued them. More and more British troops gradually appeared in Boer. In people's field of vision, they always bit the Third Cavalry Regiment firmly, did not launch an attack, but did not give up!

"This is not in line with our plan. We are only trying to eliminate the original British cavalry and destroy the railway hub, but the extra troops are no longer considered within the scope. In this area, the number of British cavalry is ours. The armored trains that suddenly appear on the railway line are very annoying! Our space for activity will be further compressed. I think we either choose to retreat or go lightly and continue to go deep. It is not suitable to lose everything. Mobile things! Including artillery." The Boer representative Will Jon said with some worry.

"This is impossible. We have paid a huge price for this operation, and our mobile artillery units have crossed the Orange River. It is too difficult to go back. It is unacceptable to give up halfway. The British have troops. Advantage, but they don’t know our layout or our strength! At least for now, they think that we are still a traditional cavalry, until we have artillery, sufficient reconnaissance force, and carry a large number of automatic Weapons, this is our advantage!" Calypte said.

Caliput is trying to improve this unit as much as possible. The so-called cavalry should now be called high-mobility infantry on horseback. The role of the cavalry’s charge has been weakened as much as possible, and all firepower and configuration are close to the regular army. Heavy weapons, while acquiring more intelligence by adding reconnaissance units, and then the main force arranges the most appropriate marching route to reduce unnecessary wear and tear, so as to compensate for the problem of the cavalry's speed drop when carrying heavy equipment.

The artillery and logistics units are even more separated from the main cavalry regiment. Their safety is more about using sentries deployed on the periphery to solve the problem, focusing on avoiding the enemy, rather than smashing the opponent after encountering the enemy. This artillery unit has not participated in a battle since the beginning of the operation. What they have done is continue to rush to send these artillery to the preset battlefield! Calypte increased the speed of the troops as much as possible by dispersing the march and reconfiguring the capacity. Now it seems that the overall speed of the troops has exceeded his expectation. Even the slowest troop, the marching speed per day It's more than 50 kilometers!

Now, the main force of the Boer Army is hidden near Kohlsberg, a town located between Hanover and the Orange River, an important transportation hub and material storage warehouse, as well as a large number of road repair vehicles, if you can If you destroy here and kill a large number of defenders, the Boer Army can even blow up the bridge over the Orange River on its back!

"We can't give up. If we retreat this time, I am afraid that we will never have the opportunity to cut off the British transportation artery. Their cavalry will be more and more, the black holes in the communication line will be less and less, and then we will be frontally Crush it," Calipt said.

Just when the Boers were still arguing about whether to continue the operation, a piece of information completely ended the debate. "The Leopard Commando ambushed a train on the railway to Kelsberg. They completely destroyed the locomotive and at least 5 carriages with 40 kilograms of explosives, and found a 120mm rapid-fire gun used by the British Navy on the wreckage. And some navy personnel."

"Brothers, we must act decisively now, let the 1st Cavalry Regiment lead the British to the west, and then buy time for the main force to break Kelsberg." This time Pershing clearly stood on Caliput's side. .

"Well, you two have your own opinions. My vote is not important anymore." Will Jon finally gave in.

Afterwards, Pershing explained this decision when referring to this decision: "Except for the British hurriedly allocated part of the navy's heavy artillery to the army at the beginning of the war, at other times they were dominated by 12-pounders. Now, they Suddenly began to transport the 120mm heavy artillery to the front line. This can only explain two problems. The first problem is that the British’s supply potential is beyond our expectations and can support heavier firepower to the front line. The other point is The British may be about to launch a general offensive. The naval gun is much stronger than the land gun. We are very worried about the situation on the front battlefield.

But what is the actual situation? When Pershing and others got the truth later, it could be described as dumbfounding. According to the British script, the cavalry focused on protecting the lines of communication, while the 120mm artillery was too heavy, and the ground mobility was almost zero. In this case, the British would put it on the train~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Maneuver back and forth on the traffic line.

When General French discovered the Boer 1st Cavalry Regiment, he thought that the Boers had almost concentrated all their mobile forces here. He estimated that the size of the opponent was about 2,500 to 3,000. The guerrillas that were targeted were no more than 1,200 people. The reason for this illusion was that the Boers had too many horses.

"This opponent is worthy of my concentration!" When I thought that I had bitten the main force of the Boers, General French was very excited. He immediately urged the logistics to bring more horses and supplies over, and then he would lead him. The main force encircled this force, and he even abandoned the heavy artillery for this reason, and it was obviously not good for these heavy artillery to be thrown into the wilderness, so he decided to send it to Kelsberg. But unfortunately, several of these artillery pieces were destroyed by a roadside bomb, which caused many things afterwards!

French was attracted by a partial division and chased the vast African savannah, while Calypte took 2 complete cavalry regiments, 5 small units (equivalent to cavalry companies) and one with 12 doors of 75mm The artillery battalion of artillery pounced on Kelsberg. The total strength of Calipute is about 3,500 people, but when they started investigating, they found that the town was not easy to fight!

It does not lie in how many opponents there are, but the firepower they have is too strong, and there are also armored trains. The railways surrounding the entire town have greatly increased the mobility of these trains and significantly increased the difficulty of tackling tough ones!

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