Henry looked at the situation on the battlefield through the telescope, and it was now one-sided.
These Farooq troops, who were still armed with spears, were completely vulnerable in his eyes.
And these people were not his concern. Henry looked around the battlefield vigilantly, and there was no suspicious British troops at all.
This made him feel very uneasy!
The target of this battle was originally the British troops!
"Send out a reconnaissance team and continue the investigation. We need to find out the current movements of the British troops!"
"yes!"
…
At this time, the troops led by Jack detoured from the frontal battlefield to attack the rear of the Arab Alliance Army.
Although the terrain here is not suitable for concealed marches, there are many shortcuts between some hills, and those hills are very good cover!
The topographic map here, Jack has long since died!
Their British rule here for nearly a hundred years was not in vain.
There are many places here that the local Egyptians don't even know very well, but they in Britain know them very clearly.
Just like this trail.
Jack led the troops and looked at the Arab Allied Army's position in the distance, and whispered: "The Arab position is ahead."
“We need to make things bigger!”
"charge!"
Jack gave an order, and his three thousand British cavalry immediately launched an attack.
At this time, among the Arab positions, only Harris led less than 2,000 men to guard the position.
Harris is in the military camp, studying sand table combat.
At this moment, gunfire suddenly came from outside. Harris reacted immediately and rushed out with a musket.
The British troops led by Jack have entered the position.
Seeing the sudden appearance of the troops, Harris was stunned on the spot. How could they appear here?
This is something Harris was completely unprepared for, but now is not the time to think about that.
Harris immediately commanded the troops and launched a battle, but now it was too late.
The enemy's attack was very rapid.
Those defensive offensives made of wood were like paper in front of the grenades carried by Jack.
It didn't take much effort for them to break down these wooden walls.
A group of Jack's cavalry suddenly filed in through the opened gap.
Harris grabbed a soldier and said: "Tell the others we need artillery to suppress the cavalry!"
"yes!"
Harris looked at the charging Jack troops, raised his musket and fired.
But the cavalry moved too fast.
The attack speed and reaction time of the musket make it difficult to hit.
The cavalry only moved slightly or dodged, and they rushed towards the place where the gunshots were fired.
Seeing this, Harris looked at the cavalry, calculated the time, and rolled to avoid the attack.
The cavalry did not turn around, but continued to charge forward!
As a veteran of the cavalry, Harris has long been familiar with the cavalry's offensive methods.
Just calculate and roll away when he locks on you, and you can dodge it.
Using this method, infantry can even fight on foot against cavalry!
"Use a one-line array to attack!"
Harris shouted in unison.
The Arab soldiers immediately gathered after hearing the order, although the combat effectiveness of the cavalry on the battlefield was very terrifying, especially on such a battlefield.
All their cavalry have been dispatched a long time ago, and there is no good way to deal with the cavalry.
But this is not impossible. The one-line array attack mentioned by Harris is a good method.
After forming a line of formation, the attack will become more intensive.
And combined with the range of the musket, the cavalry will suffer!
"Fire!"
Three or four people formed a line and opened fire together, and gunshots suddenly broke out!
The charging cavalry suddenly fell off their horses.
Under such an attack, many British soldiers suffered hidden losses!
But the situation is not optimistic. Britain has more troops than them, and they are cavalry, which are extremely destructive in the position.
Harris looked at the messy position. The most important thing now was to organize the troops as soon as possible.
To resist the British army, if the entire position is destroyed, Henry fighting in the front will lose all his supplies!
They will also lose their retreat route, and they will have no choice but to withdraw their troops!
Although facing a huge crisis, Harris was secretly excited. It was too boring to fight with those Faruk's troops, and the combat effectiveness of these British troops was simply overwhelming!
They actually dared to raid their position with only a few thousand people.
Harris hurriedly found a war horse, mounted it, and fired into the air.
"gather!"
"gather!"
After seeing the signal in the air, everyone immediately understood what to do. This was Harris's assembly signal.
After receiving the signal, they immediately gathered in that direction.
Jack looked at Harris's signal and his heart sank. Although he didn't know the meaning, the crisis was getting closer to them!
If this signal is sent out to tell Henry's troops to retreat.
In less than half an hour, they will all die here!
They must end this battle before Henry's troops come back!
Destroy all the supplies, force them to continue retreating, replenish supplies, and give them enough time!
"Set incendiary bombs and destroy this place!"
Jack was heartbroken and said coldly!
"General, this is the most important grain farming land near Faruk. The wheat is almost mature now."
"If we burn this place down, it's very likely that the flames will spread into the nearby farmland!"
"This will create famine!"
Jack looked at the subordinate who made the suggestion and said coldly: "What does the life and death of the Egyptians have to do with us!"
"As long as Britain's interests are preserved!"
"Do it!"
His soldiers hesitated, but finally lit their torches, firing flaming arrows in all directions.
Egypt is one of the hottest and driest places in the world.
The military camps of the Arab League were made of dry wood and canvas.
In such a dry environment, things like this are almost instantaneous!
Jack looked at the raging fire that burned in a moment, and sneered.
No matter what supplies they are, they will be reduced to ashes in this fire!
The flames burned bigger and bigger, rising into billows of black smoke, reaching straight into the sky!
Harris, who had just assembled his troops, looked at the dark clouds that had risen in the clear sky, and his expression sank!
"They actually set fire to it!"
"Go put out the fire first!"
Harris immediately ordered that the fire must not continue to spread, otherwise it would cause a greater disaster!
