Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 1215
"Blossom in the center! Hehe! Is this your tactic? Is this your final tactic?" Looking at the map on the table, Little Montgomery laughed loudly, shaking his head while laughing. "The tactic is correct. But it is doomed to fail!" Having said that, little Montgomery shook his head slightly.For him, the opponent's tactics are very much in line with his taste.Although he was fighting a complete defensive battle on the surface, in fact, his ultimate goal was to delay time and wait for the arrival of his large army.And it would be foolish for the Chinese to throw all their mechanized troops and reserves at the start of urban street fighting.After all, for a fortified city like Calais, it is unwise to invest so many tank troops in a maze-like city. If it weren't for the British's lack of anti-tank weapons and anti-tank methods, Calais It will definitely become the grave of Chinese armored soldiers.

Soon, at 1:[-] p.m. that day, a team was dispatched to persuade them to surrender.The capitulation squad, composed of the mayor of Calais, France, flew a white flag and passed through the firefighting area between the two sides to the headquarters of Little Montgomery.There, the mayor handed Montgomery Jr. a letter from the Dragon Army calling for the surrender of the British army.

"Surrender?" After seeing clearly what was written on the letter.Little Montgomery gave the hateful Frenchman a blank look, and then replied coldly: "If the Chinese want to occupy Calais, they must pay a heavy price." Then he asked the mayor to return a sentence: "Surrender is not The duty of the British Army, our duty is to fight. I believe you Dragon Army is the same. We will fail, but even if we fail, we must maintain the honor of our army.”

"Hehe! That's great!" After listening to the depressing description of the chubby mayor of Calais, he was very happy. The commander-in-chief's abnormal behavior surprised everyone present.Because they really can't see that the other party's refusal to surrender is good for them.

When everyone was amazed, they said: "It seems that Montgomery has fallen for it!" He rubbed his chin with a smile on his face, and continued: "Order the troops to implement the second plan B!"

At this time, the dragon army also began to step up their attacks.The troops led by Liu Xiang have gradually controlled most of the railway station.Now he was ordering the remaining infantry to mop up the blind spots inside the station.

The Long Army used explosives and flamethrowers to pull out the "nails" who were hiding in the station and were still fighting desperately one by one, and the rest of the troops organized a temporary defense line on the entire periphery, because they knew that it was very dangerous here. Important, the British will not be reconciled to the occupation of this area, so they will definitely launch a counterattack.

On the other side, the dragon army's attack on the Calais airport was also going on at the same time.Perhaps it was stimulated by Liu Xiang's capture of the railway station, which annoyed He Jian, who had just served as the commander of the independent brigade.The first battle in the Calais area was taken away by his colleagues, which made him very uncomfortable.

He ordered his troops to step up their attack on the airfield, while the British troops there fought to the death.Every building has to go through repeated scrambles.The corpses of soldiers from both sides piled higher and higher on the ruins. Although the dragon army had an absolute advantage, they still couldn't take down the entire airport.

The series of actions of the Chinese did not hide from Montgomery's eyes at all. He had already roughly judged the movements of the opposing commander.In response to Long Jun's series of actions, he immediately formulated corresponding countermeasures.First of all, the connection between the old city and the new city must be restored.If contact is to be restored, the Gare de Calais must be recaptured.As long as the railway station is captured, the British army will be invincible.Little Montgomery made a decisive decision and joined the reserve team to quickly seize the train station.

The British counterattack took place at four o'clock that afternoon.The soldiers of the two battalions rushed towards the Long Army's position from the southwest and northwest.In order to allow his troops to attack the opponent's defense line more quickly, Montgomery Jr. ordered the starting positions of the two battalions to be no more than [-] yards away from the Chinese defense line, so that the Chinese artillery and aircraft could not be used.

The British invaded the railway station like a tide, and the two sides exchanged fire quickly. The entire railway station building was surrounded by shooting and explosions. and chapped throat.Because the battle was so fierce, the medical staff on both sides couldn't enter the battlefield where the battle was raging.As a result, many wounded were not bandaged, and they could only lie in the basement temporarily converted to a wounded rescue center and wait to die.

Faced with such scorching and violent artillery fire, large troops could not be deployed at all.Soldiers on both sides took combat groups as units, built fortifications in some destroyed houses, and fought against the opponent's attack very hard.

The night came without knowing it, and for Calais it was a dreary and terrible night.The whole of Calais was shrouded in the light from the rising white powder flares. With this artificial light, the two sides continued to fight at night.At this time, the entire building of the railway station was on fire, the walls collapsed, and the steel bars were twisted, but the soldiers continued to fight. At this time, the railway station has become a huge mill. Immediately after the mill, it turned into mutilated corpses.The battle lasted until the second half of the night. At the railway station, neither side made decisive progress. The British army did not capture the railway station. They only pushed their defense line into the park next to the railway station and occupied the ticket hall of the railway station. and a third floor building.And the Chinese have no way to completely drive each other out.

In addition, there are still several "nails" installed in the railway station that have not been removed.But in the face of such heavy casualties and such high-intensity fighting, both sides have lost the bargaining chip to continue fighting.

So the two sides had to stop again.They all seized the time to make up, waiting for the second round of attacks in a few hours.

At 5 o'clock in the morning on May 30, the sky was just turning pale.The little Chateau Nijore jetty near Calais was already buzzing with people.There are heavily armed Dragon Army soldiers everywhere, and the marching columns are neatly standing in an area that belongs to them.

On the other side are all kinds of equipment that have just landed ashore.From small Panther tanks, to 105mm howitzers and 75mm mountain guns, to tanks and trucks equipped with recoilless guns.All kinds of equipment are included, neatly piled up on the other side.

The half-track command vehicle also arrived here, and the armored command vehicle with the five-clawed golden dragon logo was very conspicuous in the entire queue.Seeing the convoy slowly approaching, the noisy team immediately quieted down.Everyone's eyes are quietly watching the team.

"Long live!" I don't know who spoke first, and then all the soldiers present raised their arms and shouted involuntarily.

Came to the temporary headquarters.

"Can we start attacking?" As soon as he stepped into the gate, he shouted loudly to Zhang Xuesi, who was issuing orders.

"Yes!" Zhang Xuesi replied immediately: "The troops are ready and ready to attack at any time!"

"That's good! Let's go!" Wei Wei nodded, and then said to Zhang Xuesi and several senior commanders expressionlessly: "Remember, before eight o'clock, the Port of Calais must be captured!"

"Yes!" All the people at the scene burst into a roar, which seemed to have been backlogged for a full 100 years, and then they all put on their military caps, left the headquarters, and conveyed the order to attack.

"Du Yuming!" He stopped and was about to leave the Lightning Assault Captain. He and his Lightning Troop arrived here today by barge.

"Commander-in-Chief, what's the matter?" Du Yuming first stopped in his tracks, and then gave a military salute respectfully.

"Do you know your mission?" He took out the cigarette case and threw a cigarette to the other party.

"I know!" Du Yuming took the cigarette unceremoniously, lit it and took a deep breath. "Commander-in-Chief, please rest assured, I have done this kind of thing more than once. Moreover, all the people I brought this time are elites."

"Be confident, that's good!" Wei Wei nodded: "This mission is very dangerous, and, I want this person whether he lives or dies! Remember? Whether he lives or dies!"

"Yes! Live or die!" Du Yuming immediately threw away his cigarette, gave a military salute, and then left the headquarters without looking back.

"Bang!" A clear gunshot came from near the Port of Calais, floating over the originally silent city, appearing unusually loud and strange.A few seconds later, a sound like fried beans replaced the ethereal gunshot.

"What? What did you say? You said that the port of Calais was attacked by the dragon army on a large scale? How many troops did the other side invest? What? You don't know, how many are too many? Ah? At least two divisions" located in Calais The headquarters on the ground floor of the opera house had exploded at this time.

Since the fierce fighting broke out in Calais Port, the telephone and radio in this place have not stopped, making everyone in the headquarters jump, they really don't know what happened in Calais Port.Ten minutes later, preliminary news was uploaded from all directions.That is, the port of Calais has been attacked unprecedentedly.The Chinese invested a lot of troops here, and the large number and intensity of their attacks made the British army defending the Port of Calais feel overwhelmed.Although they have built some positions, since the port of Calais is already in a relatively flat place, there are not many places to defend.In addition, a large number of refugees gathered near the entire port, and the refugees who scattered to avoid artillery fire at the beginning of the war also brought great difficulties to the defense of the British army.Finally, there is the powerful fighting power of the Dragon Army.All these made the British defenders feel very tight when defending.

(End of this chapter)