"Commander Gao, Director Zhang" the non-commissioned officers shouted, and several people's eyes were red, and they rushed over to check together.It was Gao Yitong who looked up first, shook the sand on his body, and stood up with the support of the two non-commissioned officers.Gao Yitong saw that Zhang Haobo did not react, and shouted anxiously: "Lao Zhang, how are you, Lao Zhang" Zhang Haobo was shocked and fainted, and was shouted and shook by several people, until a non-commissioned officer poured cold water from a kettle on Zhang Haobo's face, Zhang Haobo came to his senses, "Well, the British shells are really powerful, more powerful than our president's 1878 artillery." ”Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Zhang Haobo speak.Strange to say, the war of the Chinese army has basically not stopped, but so far, the Chinese army has not had a major level officer sacrificed, and the officers of the Chinese army usually rush to the front, not shrink in the rear, or shrink in the command post and do not come out, especially the regimental level officers, this is a very magical place, if Zhang Haobo and Gao Yitong were killed by the explosion just now, it would have broken this precedent."
It's a pity that our artillery brigade won't let us come over, otherwise, our firepower will never lose to the British" Gao Yitong said with a smile, seeing that Zhang Haobo was fine, he was in a better mood, and said to a few non-commissioned officers around him: "Order, retreat while fighting, let the Afghans not be brutal, if the British attack is too fierce, they will retreat to Kabul for street fighting, and leave half of the people outside Kabul to respond." ”"Yes."
The signal corps hurried down to give the order.Gao Yitong is the commander of the main division of the Chinese army, leading the Afghans to fight, tens of thousands of people are not a problem, the key is that the Afghans are not very obedient, the indigenous army is brave and good at fighting, and they rush up to fight with the Anglo-Indian coalition army at every turn, and the casualties are too great, this is not the effect that Gao Yitong wants, every time he is told thousands of times, there are still many Afghans rushing forward, but there is no way, after all, it is not the regular army of the Chinese army, Gao Yitong can only endure it.This is still the fact that the agents of the Chinese Bureau of Statistics are temporarily placed in various thousand-person teams as instructors, otherwise, they will not be able to call the Afghan indigenous army.Gao Yitong looked at it, and Kabul's outer defense line was already in a cloud of gunsmoke.However, he was not very worried, the Afghans were fierce, but they had no tactical and strategic literacy, and after fighting for a while, they would naturally obey the command of the officers and agents of the statistical bureau sent to various thousand-man teams, and as long as they followed in the general direction, they would not collapse.Gao Yitong did not have time to reorganize the more than 3,000 Afghan indigenous troops in his opponent, so they still followed the oldest army structure of the Cold Weapon Era, five, ten, hundred, thousand, this kind of formation.In other words, Gao Yitong and Zhang Haobo did not intend to train the Afghans to the same structure as the Chinese army, as long as they could pull them to fight, they really trained the same as the Chinese army, and there will be a lot of trouble in the future, they are only fighting temporarily, and they will not expect this kind of army in the future.The thinking of the Chinese army and the British army is completely opposite, the Chinese army of President Meng never wants people outside the Han nationality, only the Bureau of Statistics recruits people everywhere for training, regardless of skin color and region, as long as they serve the emperor and the Chinese country, they can do it, the Chinese army is not like this, the Chinese army is completely the army of the Han people.Only a part of the Mongols in the cavalry division, but also the Mongols who were civilized enough to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters, had a chance to enter the Chinese army.The Anglo-Indian army mobilized at least 100 artillery pieces and launched a frenzied artillery bombardment on the first line of defense of the Sino-Afghan coalition army.The caliber of the artillery of the British and Indian armies is not large, the largest is only 105 mm, and most of them are 75 mm field guns and infantry guns.Because of the difficulty of transportation, the British did not have enough shells, and after ten minutes, the infantry began to charge, and then under the command of the Chinese officers, the Afghan indigenous troops began to shoot according to the order and retreated.Although it is not easy to bring, but the soldier's duty is to obey, this is no problem, most of them have their own leaders with them, the leaders before coming, were mobilized by Yamrali separately, knowing that they have to listen to the command of the Chinese army officers, a small number of unrestrained troops, dead and dead, the majority of the troops have withdrawn, you are still fighting with people in the positions of the Anglo-Indian coalition army, don't you can only wait for death a few times, the Chinese army officers said to fight, said to leave, the Afghan indigenous army also learned to listen to orders.Between people, between nationalities, there can be no big difference in physique and wisdom, as long as it is a person, it is almost the same, so the local Afghans saw that the tactical quality of the officers of the Chinese army was not comparable to them, and they were slowly convinced.After the artillery fire stopped, tens of thousands of Indian soldiers with white strips of cloth on their heads and the indigenous troops under Abdul Rahman Khan armed with broadswords and spears, driven by the British troops, launched a chaotic attack on the positions of the Sino-Afghan army.The speed of these haphazard formations of troops was so slow that the officers of the Chinese army found it ridiculous.Because whether it is the British, or the Afghan indigenous army under Abdul Rahman Khan, or the Indian soldiers, they are not willing to fight, even if it is dozens of times the advantage of troops and huge armament advantage, you are not willing to fight, can you rush up and shoot at each other, they are all bows and arrows, the local indigenous army of Afghanistan under the guidance of the Chinese army officers, built a simple position, only exposed their heads, and released arrows in the position, the casualties are much smaller, but they can only temporarily delay the marching speed of the Anglo-Indian army, When the Anglo-Indian troops were within fifty meters, they hurriedly withdrew backwards.In this way, the two sides danced, as long as the Anglo-Indian coalition army seized a position, the Sino-Afghan coalition army would tentatively fight for it, and when the Anglo-Indian coalition army continued to advance, the Sino-Afghan coalition army continued to retreat.The distance between the two sides was always between 50 and 100 meters, and the speed of the arrows on both sides was obviously not as fast as the speed of the cursing on both sides.While scolding, while fighting.Zhang Haobo was happy, "Although I have watched it for a few days, every time I see the two sides fighting like this, I want to laugh." ”Gao Yitong also smiled and said: "Yes, Kandahar is such a small battlefield, both sides can fight there for more than a year, where is the war Now with our command, even if the main force of the Chinese army can't come, I still have the confidence to gain a foothold in this area of Kabul." ”Zhang Haobo nodded, "Now it depends on our logistical mobilization capacity, as long as the Central Asia Province does not have a problem with its own supply, the Afghans should be able to be self-sufficient." ”In this way, the battle lasted until dark, and the Anglo-Indian army pressed outside the city of Kabul."
It's strange, these Afghans don't seem to be able to fight before, we had to fight with them for a long time every step forward, how can we fight and run backwards now," Daniel Lewis, the commander of the British army in India, said as he looked through a telescope.Abdul Rahman Khan also observed with a telescope, "Because of the guidance of the Chinese officers, they don't seem to be able to fight as before, but they are obviously more disciplined generals, have you noticed that the people on our side are dying, and their casualties are very small." ”The dead are all Indians and Afghans, Daniel Lewis will not care about their life or death, and hummed, "Death is death faster than before, but it's okay, we have a lot of people, just drive them all out of Kabul, take Kabul, we are equivalent to full control of the southern part of Afghanistan." ”Abdul Rahman Khan listened to Daniel Lewis's nonchalant tone, and knew that Daniel Lewis did not care about the life and death of Indians and Afghans, but he did not say anything.In this British invasion of Afghanistan, in fact, all the deaths were Indians and Afghans, the British did not suffer many casualties, fought for more than a year, and the casualties were only one or two thousand, while the Afghans died millions of people, counting the Indians, it should add up to tens of millions.At the edge of Kabul's city defense, there were many bunker-style dwellings, and the Chinese army officers led the Afghan indigenous troops to resist street by street, building by building, and at night, the march of the Anglo-Indian army was interrupted.Daniel Lewis then ordered the attack to stop.t1706231537: