Just as these tasks were ready, another attack by the Persian army began. Because there were no artillery, the Persian army did not launch artillery bombardment before the attack, but rushed forward directly.
The last hand-to-hand combat allowed General Babuti to see hope for victory. In order to speed up the attack, Babuti sent the Mullah Cavalry Division, which had recovered its strength, and asked them to charge first, and all the infantry followed.
"These guys are all old-fashioned group charge tactics, which is really stupid, but it's just what I want." Seeing the Persian army's group charge led by cavalry, Hong Tao smiled.
At a distance of 600 meters, Persian soldiers began to activate the horses under their crotch. The horses gradually accelerated from trotting and quickly reached the speed of charge. The cavalry quickly accelerated to the extreme and rushed towards the position of the Chinese army.
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The Persian cavalrymen in the charge were very strange. At such a close distance, the Chinese leading troops on the opposite side did not fire. The entire position seemed to be silent as if there was no one, but many wooden boards were erected in front of the position.
This was for the construction of fortifications. The engineers broke them with saws after logging the wood. They were originally used to reinforce the fortifications, but now they have been re-demolted and set up in front of the position.
Although the opponent's actions were very strange, the Persian cavalry gradually accelerated and the distance was quickly brought closer. Seeing the defensive positions getting closer, the Persian cavalry raised their scimitars and prepared to slash.
Six hundred meters is the best distance for cavalry to charge, because a distance of six hundred meters allows the war horses to adjust their speed to the best when they catch the enemy. When approaching the opponent's position, the horse will reach the fastest speed.
Just when the Persian cavalry was more than 200 meters away from the position, Hong Tao gave the order, all the wooden boards were put down. The position that originally had crossed the trenches suddenly became a smooth road, and the guards were brushing together.
Horses standing on the position appeared before the Persian cavalry.
Is the Chinese leading troops going to attack the cavalry? The Persian cavalry looked at the horses in confusion, for some reason, and they always felt a little strange.
However, the cavalry attacked the Persian nation, a nation with horseback, had never been afraid of it. The Persian cavalry held the scimitar in their hands and lowered their bodies to urge the horses even faster.
The distance of two hundred meters was only ten seconds for the cavalry. "Impot the fire." Hong Tao did not dare to neglect and immediately issued an order. The soldiers quickly lit the oil-soaked cloth on the horse's tail with matches.
Feeling the heat at the tail and the burning burning feeling on the butt, the horse was shocked to lose control. In order to get rid of this terrible feeling, all the horses began to run forward. The guard soldiers behind them fired guns into the sky and rushed to drive them.
Horses, when they heard the gunshots, these horses ran faster.
"Oh my God." The Persian cavalry in the front row saw an unforgettable scene, and thousands of horses on fire ran towards them.
Although the horses of the troops were trained and were not afraid of gunfire, the fear of fire was born to all animals. When they saw the fire horses rushing towards them, the mounts of the Persian cavalry were also frightened.
Some horses turned around and ran back, some horses threw away the knights, some horses couldn't help but fall to the ground, and then they were trampled into meat paste by the cavalry behind them, including the horses.
The Persian cavalry was in chaos, and the knights could no longer control their horses and fell off the horses. Under the pursuit of fire horses, the Persian cavalry's horses stomped the master and his companions and ran towards the way they came.
More than 100,000 Persian infantry hiding behind the cavalry were slowly advancing with guns, when suddenly tens of thousands of frightened horses rushed towards them.
The caught off guard turned into a rolling gourd under the horse's hooves before they could understand what was going on.
A large number of infantry were trampled to death by frightened horses. After heavy casualties, the infantry finally fled. The defeated soldiers fled quickly along the way, followed by a large group of war horses running wildly.
Some calm-minded soldiers began to dodge to the roadside and bypassed the frightened herd of horses, but they were soon disarmed by the soldiers of the 211th Brigade who followed him.
Hong Tao had too few people in his hands, so he didn't dare to go too deep. After chasing for several miles, he retreated his troops back. The morale of the victorious 211 Brigade was greatly boosted, but Hong Tao was a little in trouble.
Although our side won, not only seized a large number of weapons but also destroyed a large number of enemies, what should we do if the tens of thousands of prisoners captured?
I only have more than 3,000 people in my hands. If I see the prisoners occupying some of the hands of the people, I can't fight this battle, let alone so many prisoners. Even if they obey management very honestly, so many people will inevitably increase their logistics burden.
There is not much food and drinking water, so how can it be used to supply so many people?
After thinking about it, Hong Tao thought about it. Due to the great losses in the morning, the Persian army kept huddling in the city and did not come out, and it was very peaceful all day. Without the threat of war, Hong Tao brought a thousand of his subordinates from the battlefield.
Hundreds of horses gathered and seized from the position secretly left.
At dusk, Hong Tao gathered all the prisoners of war and told them that the Chinese army was invincible and disdained to detain prisoners. Therefore, they are free now. As long as they no longer fight against the Chinese army in the future, they can ensure safety, otherwise they will be defeated again.
Catch it and shoot it directly.
After a stern threat, Hong Tao drove them all down the mountain without even identifying who was the officer.
These inexplicable prisoners slowly walked down the mountain with their heads hanging down. A lieutenant named Cardogo in the team asked Captain Thracide, another officer next to him, and said, "What do you think is going on?
How could he be released so easily if he was captured?"
Thraid touched his chin and thought, "I don't know, it seems that they are fearless and don't take us seriously at all. It seems that they are not many people. What do they rely on?"
Thrace lowered her head and muttered, not seeing Kadogo's expression of wide open mouth in surprise. At this time, Kadogo patted his companion's shoulder and said, "Brother, I know what they have to rely on."
Thraid raised up in confusion and was about to ask him what he knew, but then he was so shocked by the scene in front of him that he could not speak.
At this time, many prisoners also stopped in surprise and looked up at the distance. At this time, on the horizon, a large area of smoke and dust rolled up, almost covering the afterglow of the setting sun. It was obvious that it was caused by the advancement of a large number of people.
Lieutenant Cardogo said, "Oh my God, it turns out that their reinforcements have arrived. No wonder they don't care about us so much. They want to completely destroy us."
Thraid swallowed heavily and said, "No wonder, no wonder, let's run away quickly, we may suffer when they come."
There were many people who thought the same as them. The entire captive team accelerated their pace and ran towards Badra City, but only a few people really wanted to enter the city, most of whom were officers.
After seeing the strength of the Chinese army, those soldiers were scared to death after seeing the arrival of a large number of reinforcements from the other side. Many people passed by and fled in all directions. In the end, there were only more than 200 people who returned to the city.
Babouti and Labor soon learned from the escaped prisoners that the other team of reinforcements had arrived. They were still shocked by the defeat during the day and did not think about the authenticity of the information. They knew about it.
After the troops were no longer in their superiority, they retreated overnight and fled to Bada City dozens of kilometers away.
When two days later, when the large guards who had arrived in the journey arrived at Badra City, the soldiers of the 211th Brigade had already completely controlled Badra City, cleaned the battlefield, and welcomed the army.
After seeing Hong Tao, Zhang Zhonglin learned about the battle process and praised Hong Tao for being brave and conspiring, and used such strange tactics and deception tactics to scare away a large number of enemy troops. Not only was it not eliminated, it also occupied Badra City.
It turned out that the large-scale reinforcements the prisoners saw were just more than a thousand people sent by Hong Tao. In order to create momentum, they dragged a large number of branches behind the hundreds of seized horses.
These branches naturally raised a lot of smoke and dust on the dry and rainy land of the Persian Empire. It was dusk at that time, the setting sun not only lengthened the shadows and made the scale bigger, but also made the prisoners difficult to see because of insufficient light.
There is a flaw.
Because of the morning battle, the two of Babouti were already frightened. The fear of the Chinese leading army made them lose their calm judgment ability. This made the deception tactics play such a great role, scaring away more than 100,000 Persian troops.
It's right.
After occupying Badra City, Zhang Zhonglin did not continue to go north to attack Bakhtaran, the capital of the Persian Empire. Before the war, Xiaoyu once told him that he must take advantage of himself and let others take advantage of it less.
The areas north and west of Badra City are occupied by the Istanese Empire in the Covenant. Zhang Zhonglin would not have so much effort to clear obstacles for others, so he decided to leave the 17th Army of the Defense Army to defend Badra City.
, to monitor the army in the direction of the capital of the Persian Empire.
The Second Guards Army, the 11th Army of the Defense Army, the 15th Army and the Second Special Operations Army Division headed south together, heading towards the Aberdeen Peninsula and the Sinai Canal, which Fang Xiaoyu attaches most importance to.
The Chinese army was divided into two groups, and the 15th Army of the Defense Army advanced towards the Sinai Canal, while the Second Army of the Guards and the 11th Army of the Defense Army attacked and advanced towards the Aberdeen Peninsula in the southwest direction.
The Second Special Warfare Division will play their strengths and break up the entire division into small teams. They will go deep into the actual occupied areas of the Chinese territory to eliminate the scattered Persian army through special operations to stabilize the local situation.
.With the powerful special combat capabilities of the Second Special War Division and the help of a large number of local garrisons, I believe that the guerrillas formed by scattered soldiers will be eliminated soon.