When Sima Yun and others saw the 20,000 National Guardsmen, they realized that war is really not something that amateurs can play.
What a chaotic scene this is. The 20,000-strong army is like a bloated water snake on the road with no end in sight. The distance between the two armies is less than 800 meters, but the National Guard has not yet completed its deployment!
"What kind of bullshit war is this? Don't they know how to read a map? The start should start four kilometers away from Bobigny. Why is it still a march?"
"What are they doing in the grape fields? Oh my god, they seem to be interrogating the women and children who escaped? Are these guys ruthless to their own people?"
"No artillery was found...The intelligence is accurate, there is not a single artillery..."
Right in front of the team, a group of Chinese officers were as relaxed as watching daily exercises. Each person with a high-power telescope could even see the panic expressions of these Frenchmen.
Xiao Letian was also speechless. Of course he knew that these self-defense team members lacked formal training, but he really didn't expect that they would become such a mess.
Military is a kind of science, a very rigorous science. Even the military's food, clothing, housing and transportation have a lot to pay attention to, and every rule has a scientific basis.
The small town of Bobigny is more than ten kilometers away from Paris, and these National Guardsmen should have taken into account all variables in the march from the beginning.
What is their marching speed, what is the approximate speed of the enemy, and at how many locations are they expected to meet?
After these issues have been carefully considered, it is time to plan the grouping of the troops. Twenty thousand people is not a small number, that is two full reorganized divisions.
If we continue to split it up, there will be twelve reinforced regiments and thirty-six combat battalions... With so many armies, how should we deploy troops and form formations? Who controls that area, who is the vanguard, who is the rear, and who is responsible for the flanks?
All issues must be planned, including communication between troops. These are all big sciences!
After making these plans, during the march, once the troops are about three kilometers away from the predicted battlefield, the troops will deploy and slowly approach according to the combat formation. Once the enemy is discovered, they can immediately enter the battle.
But there are none of these things. The National Guard's 20,000 people are like a dead snake. They can't see the end of the road on the long road. The leading troops have discovered the Chinese cavalry, but the follow-up troops still don't know what's going on.
Seeing the Chinese military flag, Frankel ordered the troops to deploy on the spot. The leading troops approached and exchanged fire, and the following troops surrounded them on both sides.
"Attack! This is the first battle of the National Guard! We must win and defeat these invaders..."
These French troops no longer bothered to interrogate the women and children. They abandoned these women and children and quickly returned to their own troops. Under the call of the military flag, they began to form a fighting camp.
Two thousand Chinese cavalry troops were divided into four battalions. The first three battalions were deployed in an arc in the wheat fields. The fourth battalion served as a reserve team and quietly waited for orders behind the three main forces.
These veterans of hundreds of battles looked disdainfully at the enemy changing formations in the distance. Everyone knew that just one charge at this moment could kill all these chaotic ducks!
The National Guardsmen on the avenue all ran in panic. The soldiers just followed the flags of their own troops aimlessly. No one knew what the plan was.
Soldiers from different units clashed back and forth, and even the two battalion heads were mixed together. You swept my soldiers away, and I hugged yours. Many confused soldiers waited for a long time before they realized that the military flags above their heads were not right.
Wanting to change from a dead snake formation on the road to an unfolding battle formation, these soldiers actually wasted more than twenty minutes on such a simple task.
But twenty minutes later, the phalanx that could be put into action in front of the Chinese troops was only nine battalions, with more than 3,000 people. After these 3,000 people, there was more smoke and more chaotic troops.
Xiao Letian put down the telescope helplessly, "What the hell is this? The provisional government sent them to die!"
Luo Huo rubbed his hands excitedly, "If we order a charge, just one charge... I can pierce their troops! Victory is so simple..."
Xiao Letian rolled his eyes at him, "Follow the order well, I have no interest in killing people today!"
The unexpected calmness of the Chinese troops also confused the French. Delecluse had to calm down a little and said, "There is a conspiracy. These Chinese must have a conspiracy!"
"Why don't they take advantage of the chaos to attack us? Why don't they attack?"
But Frankl would not think so much, "That's because these Chinese are cowards... I have determined the number of people, but it is only more than 2,000 people, four reinforced battalions..."
"We have the advantage in numbers and we will definitely win!"
"The leading troops attack... get close and shoot... drag these enemies back... cover the follow-up troops and outflank the enemies!"
The military flag wavered, and the nine battalions of French troops began to rush forward in chaos. More than three thousand people shouted the slogan "Long Live the Republic" at the top of their lungs. The jungle composed of shining bayonets was like a rainbow.
This was the first battle of the National Guard, and Blanqui had indeed invested money. What they wanted was to establish the reputation of the Self-Defense Force in the first battle, so they took a large number of new rifles from other units to arm them.
Moreover, these soldiers are also young adults drawn from various armies. Those over thirty years old are rare. Most of them are young people in their twenties, which is when they are in their prime.
"The more you are a grassroots team, the better you are at shouting! Haha... Today I will teach you how to fight... A dog that really bites never barks!"
Xiao Letian threw the binoculars into Wang Junlan's arms and yawned loudly. "Since they like running, let them run for a while... Let's retreat..."
As soon as the head of state gave an order, the sound of military bugles echoed in the military formation. The expressions on the faces of these Chinese elites did not change. They turned their horses and ran away.
The Chinese do not pay much attention to cavalry troops, and up to now there are no large-scale organized cavalry regiments within the Chinese!
However, this does not mean that the Chinese soldiers do not understand cavalry tactics. On the contrary, these soldiers are extremely skilled in equestrian skills and are also very proficient in cavalry tactics.
The Chinese do not develop large cavalry corps mainly due to strategic considerations. Xiao Letian must use limited resources to take the lead in developing the Deep Blue Navy. He must first make the navy bigger and stronger.
We really don’t have that much money to build a cavalry regiment!
However, the Chinese army is trained according to the standards of special forces, which means that corresponding cavalry training is also a part of daily training.
Although the horse control skills are not as skillful as those of the French Queen Eugenie Cavalry, it will not lead to chaos!
The four troops turned around and began to flee backwards in unison, and the horses began to dance in the wheat field with brisk steps!
