The commander of the British army is Lieutenant General Ewan MacGregor, a very good army commander, who has fought for more than 30 years, and has been assisted by a hundred battles, and more than 50,000 Qing troops under the command of Ruilin, the governor of Liangguang, have completely become the grain transportation team and engineers of the British army."
Your Excellency Commander, it was the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army that fought Qingyuan, and the main brigade of the Chinese Army, Xuan Jianzhang, had more than 6,000 enemies."
The adjutant, after combining the intelligence of the Qing army, reported to the commander of the British army, Lieutenant General Ewan MacGregor."
Send a brigade to hold out and let the Qing army help build fortifications," said Lieutenant General Ewan McGregor, the commander of the British army, decisively."
Yes, Commander," the adjutant hurried away.Lieutenant General Ewan McGregor, the commander of the British army, looked at the map and frowned, this map of the Qing army is simply a game, he drew it casually, it is more standard than this map, and he secretly hates that he should come early, and he is familiar with the terrain first, but it is not that he can come early if he wants to.President Meng's strategy and courage, the rigor of the arrangement, both the spirit of the Germans, and the wisdom of the Orientals, made the British commander-in-chief Lieutenant General Ewan McGregor feel very uncomfortable, he tried to understand President Moe, what kind of person is he is But the commander of the British army, Lieutenant General Ewan MacGregor, didn't know where to start, he smiled bitterly, he didn't expect that he would go to great lengths to understand a three-year-old child.The commander of the British army, Lieutenant General Ewan MacGregor, suddenly realized that this war might change the direction of his life, and from this day on, his life may be different.February 9, 1873.This is a cloudy day, the whole land of Guangdong, stratus clouds are dark, this kind of weather, so that everyone feels depressed, shrouded in the clouds of war under the Chinese military and civilians, are very painful.The First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army, Xuan Jianzhang's Department quickly rushed to the predetermined target, outside Qingyuan City, in accordance with President Meng's instructions.Both sides are thermal weapons, the small old city wall, can no longer be used as a stronghold of modern warfare, both sides have built fortifications on the battlefield outside the city, and they are very professional, the British army was stunned by the professionalism of the Chinese army, I did not expect that the Chinese army is so professional, not only there are trenches, but also bright forts, ring fortifications, echelon configuration, as if entering the trench warfare of European land warfare.Although he hadn't started fighting yet, Xuan Jianzhang also felt that his opponent was very sophisticated, obviously more than a grade higher than the defeated British army in Hong Kong.The British army has the help of the Qing army to dig fortifications, and the first brigade of the first field division of the Chinese army also has garrison troops to help dig fortifications, the number of people on both sides is equal, but it is obvious that the level of this British army is higher than that of the Chinese army, and there is also artillery cover, whether it is the setting of trenches and foxholes, or the location covered by artillery fire, it is very professional.There are not many people in the Qing army who have muskets, and there are also burning sticks, these bird guns of the Qing army are not at the same level as the Enfield 1866 rifle of the British army, which can be ignored, and the equipment of the Chinese army garrison division is all Enfield 1866 rifles, compared to the Qing army, although it is good, but considering that they have just joined, even the vast majority of people have not issued guns, for fear that they will escape with guns, only veterans and commanders separated from the original First Field Brigade have guns, and the number of guns is less than 20%, It's almost negligible.In order to maintain the standard equipment, President Moe's regular army uses Mauser 1871 rifles, and the garrison uses British-made Enfield 1866 rifles.President Meng asked for the standardization of equipment, which is good for supply, cooperation, and the entire army, and now the Mauser 1871 rifle in his hand is all equipped in the first field division of the Chinese army, until he can produce standard equipment, and the standard equipment is stronger than the Mauser 1871 rifle in his hand, and the Chinese army will expand the army again before changing the equipment.Xuan Jianzhang tried to attack twice in one day, killing and wounding thousands of people, so he didn't dare to move, so he hurriedly contacted President Meng of the Zengcheng command post.The attack of the first brigade was blocked, and the situation of the second brigade was similar, Luo Guozhong's troops also launched two attacks, but they were also blocked out of the Fogang position, and they also made people hurry to contact President Meng.President Meng frowned, almost at the same time received the first brigade and the second brigade attack unfavorable information, which had a great impact on the mood, although this situation, it had long been expected by President Meng, but he was still shocked by the strength of the British army, the great powers are the great powers, the name of the number one power, this is really not blown.President Meng ordered a stalemate, stopped continuing the attack, and suspended the attack from the 1st Brigade of the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army, which was the absolute main brigade.The Second Brigade, Luo Guozhong's Brigade, launched a general attack two days later, at 1 a.m. on February 11.The meal should be eaten in one bite, President Meng ordered the whole army to approach the direction of the first brigade in order to confuse the opponent, in fact, to buy time for the construction of artillery positions, when the time comes, the two artillery regiments, plus the third regiment and the president's guard, cooperate with the second brigade to launch a general attack.The president's guard is generally not on it, but with the banner of President Meng as a cover, it is easy to contain the opponent's troops.This is just a very simple tactic, the experienced commander of the British army, Lieutenant General Ewan McGregor, was not fooled, although he could not judge the direction of Xuan Yuemeng's main attack, but whether it was Qingyuan or Fogang, the British and Qing coalition forces were ready to defend.Being cut off from northern Guangdong by the Chinese army will cause great psychological pressure on the Anglo-Qing coalition army, but Guangzhou is an important town and will not easily run out of food, so it will not be a problem to persist in this way for three or five months.Therefore, no matter how Xuan Yuemeng changed his tactics on the periphery, the commander of the British army, Lieutenant General Ewan MacGregor, always asked most of the army and the Qing army to build fortifications outside Guangzhou.The commander of the British army, Lieutenant General Ewan MacGregor, believed that the strength of the two sides was close and the Qing army had a supply advantage, so he was not in a hurry to attack, and it was better to use the confrontation in China to put pressure on the British government and wait for reinforcements, because the commander of the British army, Lieutenant General Ewan MacGregor, knew that the Chinese army had no backup, and no matter how many reinforcements the British army could add, as long as there was more than one regiment of troops, it would be able to cause huge psychological pressure on the Chinese army.At the same time, Lieutenant General Ewan McGregor, the commander-in-chief of the British army, wanted to use the defensive positions outside Guangzhou to cut off the connection between the First Field Division of the Chinese Army and Hong Kong, and compressed the First Field Division of the Chinese Army and the two garrison divisions in Guangdong, so as to strive for the total annihilation of the commanders of the two sides had different mentality and different tactics, but they were not wrong.The conservatism of the British commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General Ewan McGregor, is in the hands of the president.t1706231537: