Napoleon II Reborn Chapter 180

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With a "boom", under the fierce attack of the British army, the crumbling Tudela city wall was finally blasted open with a hole more than 30 meters long. Swarming forward, the French army guarding the city wall shot desperately there, and the grenades kept hitting there, but there were too many British troops participating in the attack. Although they suffered heavy losses under the fierce attack of the French army, However, many people still took the opportunity to attack.

"Okay, I'm sending two regiments to participate in the attack." Arthur Wellesley applauded loudly when he saw that the walls of Tudela were blown apart, and quickly sent reinforcements, hoping to expand the flames of war.

Maybe the British army was unlucky. The part of the city wall they blasted was just next to the withdrawn 2nd Battalion. After realizing it, he hurriedly grabbed his weapon and shot at the opening. The heavy machine gun was also quickly loaded with an ammunition chain, and the bullets like a storm were hit on the head and face of the British army who was rushing towards the city.

Since the hole that was blown up was only 30 meters long, and there were nearly 300 people in the 2nd Battalion, and there were three heavy machine guns. No matter how many people rushed inside, they were all shot dead. In ten minutes, there was a thick layer of corpses on the ground. The British army also saw that the attack was hopeless, and they suffered heavy losses, so they had to retreat.

"Brave soldiers, the walls of Tudela have been blasted by us, and victory is just around the corner. If you try harder, the French will fail, and the victory belongs to us." Arthur Wellesley said to Of course, he would not be reconciled to the failure of the attack, and began to encourage the soldiers who were about to participate in the attack.

"Okay, everyone is ready to go, the victory belongs to the British Empire." Arthur Wellesley shouted,

"Victory belongs to the British Empire." The inspired British soldiers shouted slogans and launched a fierce attack on the city of Tudela.

"Regimental Commander, a section of the city wall was broken by the enemy. Fortunately, the 2nd Battalion blocked the gap. Now they have suffered heavy casualties, and their weapons and ammunition are also seriously consumed. They need our support." The chief of staff of the 1st Regiment reported to the regimental commander.

"Return the company of the 1st Battalion defending in the east, and the regiment's guard platoon, artillery platoon and heavy machine gun platoon will immediately support the 2nd Battalion." The head of the 1st regiment thought for a while and issued an order. The only mobile power in his hands.

Perhaps seeing that victory is in sight, this British attack was much more violent than previous times. Arthur Wellesley even invested 3 regiments at once, one of which restrained the French on the city wall. Army, one regiment is mainly attacking the gap that was blasted, and the other regiment is looking for another breakthrough.

The arrangement of the British army made the situation facing the French army even more difficult. The two companies guarding the city wall were completely restrained by a regiment of the British army. Opening a new gap, the casualties are heavy, and there is no time to give favorable support to other places. The remnants of the 2nd Battalion and the reinforcements sent by the newly arrived company and regiment headquarters, who were responsible for plugging the gap, took advantage of the favorable terrain and blocked all the British troops outside the city, making it impossible to move forward. The two regiments of the British army mobilized all the French troops, and could no longer take care of others. At this time, the remaining regiment of the British army, under the cover of the other two regiments, found a new breakthrough, which was a dead corner of the French defense. With a loud bang, the dilapidated city wall on the north side of Tudela was blasted open again. This gap was bigger than the previous one, a full 50 meters wide.

"Come on? Get rid of those Frenchmen." As soon as the city wall was blown open, the British army rushed in shouting slogans.

"It's not good, regiment commander, the British army blasted another gap, are they rushing in?" A guard hurriedly ran into the regiment headquarters and reported to the commander of the 1st regiment.

"Damn it, get all the men in regimental headquarters who can take up arms and drive those damned Brits out. Also, abandon the defense of the southern wall and let the company that is in charge of the defense come to support us immediately. Put the guards in line. Also transferred back, the British must be driven out." The head of the 1st regiment issued an order with red eyes. All the people in the regiment headquarters, including the civilian staff and the cooks in the cooking class, took up their rifles and rushed to the gap opened by the British army in the north.

The brutal street fighting was about to break out. Relying on their weapons and familiarity with the terrain, the French army tried their best to stabilize the defense line, but it was basically impossible to drive the British army out. Because the British army now has an unparalleled numerical advantage of the French army, a large number of British soldiers rushed into the city of Tudela from the gap and launched a fierce attack on the positions defended by the French army. It caused a lot of casualties on its own, but at the same time, it also brought a lot of casualties to the French army. Arthur Wellesley's meaning is very clear, that is, to use people in exchange, and to replace the French army defending Tudela. All the troops were killed. If a regiment of the 88th Army can be eliminated in an organized manner, it will be a huge blow to the morale of the French army.

"Order all the people on the city wall to withdraw. At this time, there is no need to defend there. Let's concentrate on preparing for street fighting." The regiment leader issued an order according to the situation on the battlefield. The two companies defending the northern city wall came down, but there were two companies when they went up, and only one company when they came down, and many of them were still injured.

Because the French army gave up the defense of the city wall, a large number of British troops poured into the city of Tudela. Cruel street fighting continued to be staged on the streets of Tudela. It has to be said that the French army is much more capable of street fighting than the British army Much, but what good is that? It is difficult to lower four hands with two fists. In this era when crowd tactics are very useful, it is very difficult for a party with an absolute disadvantage in numbers to have a chance of winning.

Although completely at a disadvantage, the soldiers of the 1st Regiment still did not give up, because the 88th Army has never failed since its establishment, and the honor of the 88th Army cannot be lost in their hands. All the soldiers of the 1st regiment held this belief and fought heroically with the British army.

If the British army did not advance further, they would have to pay the price of their lives. Every street, every house, every dry well, every big tree, and even every ruin has to go through repeated struggles between the British and French troops to determine the final ownership. The fierce battle continued, and the soldiers continued to bleed and die. The battle lasted from morning to afternoon. By this time, more than 2,500 people from the 1st Regiment had fought, and there were only more than 800 people left. Their defense was also completely compressed in a corner of the western city of Tudela City. And what they had to face was two full regiments of British troops.

The battle has reached this point, and neither side has any extra strategies. Around this last area, both sides are engaged in a final fight. The situation of the 1st Regiment is very bad now. They are not only short of people, but also short of ammunition and medicine. The high-intensity fighting lasted for so long, and the ammunition originally reserved by the 1st regiment was almost exhausted. In some areas, they even had to engage in brutal hand-to-hand combat with the British army. In addition, a large number of wounded soldiers need medical treatment, but they have no doctors and medicines.

Victory was just around the corner. With excitement, Arthur Wellesley entered the city of Tudela under the protection of the guards. Although the battle was still going on, it could not affect Arthur Wellesley at all. That excitement. The scene of fleeing all over the mountain being chased by the 88th Army that day is still vivid in my memory. Now watching the soldiers of the 88th Army continue to fall down, Arthur Wellesley feels very comfortable. The disgrace should be washed away with blood. Although there was only one regiment and he suffered heavy casualties, Arthur Wellesley didn't take these seriously at all. In his mind, this regiment is just an appetizer, and the next is the entire 88th Army.

Because the 100,000 troops of Castagnos are attacking Zaragoza from the southwest, Arthur Wellesley believes that the 88th Army will definitely find a way to keep Zaragoza first, and there will be no redundancy forces to attack him. But is this really the case? What Arthur Wellesley didn't expect was that, except for two regiments sent by the 88th Army to block Castagnos's 100,000 troops, the others were rushing here quickly.

In addition to the 88th Army, there is another army that can also threaten Arthur Wellesley, and that is the Cavalry Corps that is looking for fighters. They wandered around the British army, looking for an opportunity to give the British army a fatal blow, but Arthur Wellesley's defense was in place, leaving no chance for the cavalry corps.

"General Petrescu, the situation in Tudela is very critical now. The 1st Regiment has been compressed into an area that cannot be turned around. We must ask for their help." Brad, who was transferred as the deputy commander of the Cavalry Legion, said to Petrescu said. He is from the 88th Legion, and seeing that the 1st Regiment is fighting hard in the city of Tudela~www.mtlnovel.com~, he naturally wants to give some help.

"General Brad, I also want to rescue the 1st regiment, but the British army's defense is very tight, and we will suffer huge losses if we act rashly." Petrescu explained, facing the old minister beside Xiao Jie Son, he didn't dare to neglect in the slightest.

Brad also knew that Petrescu was thinking from the perspective of the Cavalry Corps, so he was not overly embarrassed, but was thinking about how to help the 1st Corps. "General, we can launch a feint attack on them to attract their attention. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is on the way. By then, Arthur Wellesley will be dead with our reinforcements."

After thinking about it, Petrescu finally did not refuse Brad's request. Selling the other side's face at this time may have unexpected gains in the future.

Arthur Wellesley was very surprised by the cavalry corps' attack, and quickly organized a counterattack, which also alleviated the attack suffered by the 1st regiment to a certain extent, allowing them to last until reinforcements arrived. The price he paid for this was that the cavalry corps lost more than 2,000 people in this feint attack, which made the cavalry corps, which was originally insufficient, thinner again.

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