Chapter 1472: No. 3 Position

Kelinxi wiped the corner of his mouth lightly and said indifferently, "Winter in America is not so easy to get through."

Kelinxi looked at the two officers, tapped his fingers forcefully on the table, and said in a deep voice:

"We must end the struggle for this gold mine as soon as possible!"

"I will leave this operation to you; take advantage of the fact that the French have not yet reacted to catch them off guard!"

"Yes!"

Captain Gelin and Captain Qiaozhi stood up one after another and gave a standard military salute.

There are three French positions near the gold mine, arranged in a triangle. In fact, looking at the map, no matter which position the British attack first, the other two positions will be alerted.

The success of that surprise attack that day was just an accident among accidents; the British call that position No. 1 Position.

The activity range of No. 1 Position originally had natural barriers to defend, and in coordination with the other positions, according to the French's original understanding, this situation would absolutely not have occurred.

However, Longyan's cannons did not play by the rules.

The firing range of those Longyan cannons was too far, which directly caused the safety distance the French believed in to become completely ineffective.

This was the only reason that British surprise attack succeeded.

But the remaining two positions, No. 2 and No. 3 Position, are not so easy to capture.

Captain Gelin and Captain Qiaozhi, who returned to the front line, looked at the map drawn of the area near the gold mine.

This map clearly marked them out.

The locations of No. 2 and No. 3 Position.

The two positions are not too far apart, and the traffic between the two positions is also very well-connected.

Both positions are on high ground; although they have natural barriers to defend, they do not rely as heavily on the terrain and geographical advantages as this position does.

These two positions do not have overly dangerous terrain; they are even flat, and there are no positions higher than them nearby.

According to the current situation of the British, if they rashly attack either one of these two positions, they will be ambushed by the other position.

At that time, the British Army would be attacked from both front and rear, which is obviously not feasible.

They cannot engage in combat with only one of these two French positions.

"Qiaozhi, if we fight both of these positions at the same time, do you think we have any chance of winning?"

Captain Qiaozhi looked at the map, his face lost in thought.

If he had enough troops, he would definitely choose to send a team to attract the opponent's attention while attacking the other position at the same time.

This is the most useful, most practical, and simplest effective plan.

However, the British do not have that many troops now, let alone that many Cavalry.

He noticed that there are no very high places around this position, and the terrain looks relatively flat.

It is too suitable for a Cavalry charge launched by the French Army.

With just one wave of charges, the British Army would definitely lose its combat capability and even suffer heavy losses.

"My opinion is that we must absolutely not have a head-on conflict with the French; there is no possibility of winning on the front battlefield."

"Even if we possess Longyan's ultra-long-range cannons, it won't work; the No. 2 and No. 3 positions occupied by the French are too suitable for Cavalry charges."

"According to our army's current combat strength, there is no way to block them."

Captain Gelin frowned tightly; there are only these three routes that are the best for attacking these two positions, but they are all equally suitable for the French to launch a charge.

Captain Qiaozhi looked intently at the locations marked on the map, and soon his gaze fell on the back of No. 3 Position.

The terrain on the back of No. 3 Position was not drawn.

Captain Qiaozhi asked, "What is the terrain on the back of No. 3 Position?"

Captain Qiaozhi looked at the map carefully, looked at the real part of the back of the No. 3 map, and frowned.

This part was obviously not drawn, but there was a blank space on the map.

This indicates that this part of the terrain

is either considered unimportant by their scouts or because this part of the terrain is strictly guarded by the French, and they could not get close or find out.

"Let the soldier who made the map come in and ask him, and we will know."

Captain Qiaozhi nodded, and soon, under Captain Gelin's order, the soldier who made the map walked in.

Looking at Captain Qiaozhi and Captain Gelin, the soldier gave a standard military salute.

"Greetings, officers!"

Captain Gelin glanced at him and asked, "Why is there no terrain on the back of No. 3 Position?"

The soldier stepped forward and looked at the map he had drawn; there was indeed a large piece missing at No. 3 Position.

"Reporting to the officers, we were unable to view the back of No. 3 Position, so it was not drawn, but according to our inference, the back of No. 3 Position should be a cliff."

"A cliff?"

Captain Gelin asked suspiciously, "How did you determine that this place is a cliff?"

"Based on the terrain!" the soldier replied, "According to the method we British are currently using to draw maps."

"The Contour Line Mapping Method."

"The terrain of No. 3 Position is obviously on the higher side; based on the geography and the trend of the mountain range, it is inferred that there is either a cliff on their back or a route that can go up the mountain."

Hearing this analysis, a flash of brilliance crossed Captain Qiaozhi's eyes.

He looked at this guard and asked with his voice trembling slightly from excitement, "How did you invent this Contour Line Mapping Method?"

The British soldier said with a look of shame, "This was not invented by me; it was the French. We discovered this drawing method from the terrain maps captured from the French."

A flash of gloom crossed the eyes of Captain Qiaozhi and Captain Gelin, as if they felt a sense of loss because this extremely effective map-drawing method was not invented by them.

Captain Qiaozhi patted him on the shoulder and said indifferently, "Your analysis is very good. In the future, when discussing combat plans, you scouts must send people to be responsible for explaining the maps drawn."

"Yes!" The soldier was overjoyed.

This is equivalent to a disguised promotion of their military rank.

Captain Gelin looked at the empty space at Sanhao Zhendi, his brows slightly furrowed: "Qiaozhi, I think it would be better if our combat objective were placed at No. 2 Position."

"We are familiar with the terrain of No. 2 Position, and its elevation is lower, which is convenient for our attack; the feeling Sanhao Zhendi gives me is that it looks like a trap set by the enemy."

Captain Qiaozhi, however, disagreed. After thinking for a moment, he looked at that empty space and said: "The French care so much about the rear of Sanhao Zhendi, there must be a problem; I think it is necessary to check it out."

Captain Gelin nodded: "Very well."

"How about this, tomorrow I will lead a squad of men to take a detour from here to the rear of Sanhao Zhendi to examine the terrain and see if we can discover any clues."

"Good!"

Sanhao Zhendi is located within the Gold Mine Mountain Range, occupying a small hill; if one wants to take a detour to the rear of Sanhao Zhendi, one must cross the gold vein and climb the mountain from the other end of the gold mine.

Here, mountains connect to mountains, but they are also covered in dense jungle; now that the weather is turning cold, it is no longer peaceful in the mountains.