Chapter 76 The Great Battle of Hollabrun II
At 11 o'clock at noon, the sound of artillery broke the silence before the war.
The enemy's and our artillery began to fire fiercely.
We have deployed a total of more than 200 artillery pieces in the central force, but now there are only 129 artillery pieces capable of long-distance bombardment. The French army, which had already planned ahead, concentrated their artillery pieces before us.
Then, at the beginning of the artillery duel, more smoke and flashing artillery appeared from their positions than ours.
After shouting loudly, countless flames flashed from the positions of both sides, thick smoke rose, and explosions were heard.
The artillery sprayed out flames, and the shells whizzed past and hit the ground. Dust flew up and swept across the infantry lines. The fragility of the body was clearly visible at this moment.
Around those double-headed eagle flags, screams and wails began to erupt one after another.
The French army suppressed us on the opposite position with fierce firepower. After observing for a while, I reported the approximate number: "More than two hundred doors."
"Don't be discouraged, our artillery will come up soon." Alexander consoled him.
Why do we obviously have more artillery than the French, but the French can concentrate more firepower on their positions than us?
Because the French people we faced across the street were all elite.
Even though their uniforms were no longer bright and their flags were tattered, the French army that entered Budapest from France was elite from beginning to end.
The infantry, low-level officers, artillery, mid-level officers, and even the senior French officers who command an infantry regiment alone are all battle-hardened warriors.
On the other hand, I have more than 90,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 cavalry under my command. Although they are many in number, they are the 13th Spartan Legion that have actually been on the battlefield. As well as the original soldiers who have participated in Budapest and Bratislava.
Hungarian Legion. Most of the remaining soldiers were new recruits. Although these soldiers had the same equipment and weapons as the Thirteenth Spartan Legion, they lacked the tempering of war, and these soldiers and officers could not be compared with the French.
Alexander's side was better. He brought all the elite troops from Italy. Most of the artillerymen who bombarded the French army under our noses were artillerymen he brought over, although those artillerymen did not have any cannons.
The Duke of Vendôme's tactics are working. However, even if we are not as good as the French in terms of artillery, we are not completely at a disadvantage. You must know that we have an infantry regiment with very high morale.
Many times, high morale means being brave and good at fighting, and it also means victory.
When the infantry of both sides had to undergo the baptism of artillery, our imperial infantry did no worse than the French. Artillery shells exploded around them, and their morale was not destroyed by the artillery shells, nor was it because of the attacks of their companions.
He was afraid of death and injury and could not move forward.
The endless line of infantry moved slowly, with those moving legs swallowing up the land they walked step by step. The mighty and majestic military music sounded in the mouths of the soldiers. When the snow-white French golden iris flags and the imperial flags
When the eagle flags were almost touching at the bottom of the sky, death came.
It's just that this time the sharp weapon used to harvest lives is not the fearsome sickle. Instead, under the white French golden iris flag and the imperial double-headed eagle flag, the soldiers hold up the deadly lead bullets in the black muzzles of their guns.
After a "fire". With the first gun and the first flashed fire, the followers of fire spread to one kilometer.
"hiss…"
The spectacular and tragic scene made me take a breath. In my eyes, the first row of the infantry lines of the two sides was almost swept away.
On the dense line just now, the second row is not much better, but it is still a lot better than the first row.
The flag fell down was re -raised, and it was too late to be sad. The new round of war began.
"attack!"
In the camps, the grassroots officers who realized their own company's joint team decisively ordered an charge to launch, and planned to use their lives to fight for the fire behind their own troops.
Either welcome the enemy's charge.
The front -line troops of the two armies were strangled together. From the perspective of the first round of fire, we were slightly excellent. Whoever asked the French to fight for so long is that no matter how good the military demand officials have been guaranteed to have been fighting for three years.
Each soldier in the army can have a gloss gun that can fire bullets, so it takes it for granted that the French army could not shoot us on Qi, but the ghosts who did not get a rest in these three -year wars were terrible when they entered the white -edged battle.
It's.
The French front -line infantry caused a serious impact on our front -line infantry lines in the situation of heavy deaths and injuries. Just as the French second -line infantry wanted to attack, our artillery fired in time. These poor people
The ruthless bombardment of terrible farm cannon has been encountered, and the losses have been suffering. This also allows us to finally hit their offensive momentum.
But the battle has just begun at this moment.
In the gray sky, the French cavalry rushed out of the filled with smoke. Soon, we saw a large group of heroic and fearless French cavalry rushed out.
In the same way, Gao Zhengwei's hero of Gao Zhengwei led the cavalry's offensive columns to tear our line of defense. Later, the French army will rush to the firepower of dozens of artillery to enter the second line.
In the infantry's muzzle.
The entire row of French soldiers fell down one after another. Although our bombs and faces were hit, the French army still stopped with artillery and fire.
At this moment, the French cavalry torn out on our front line. However, the waiting behind, and the emperor of the second, third, fourth, and even 50,000 people waiting for the French.
Then, then
At this moment of the battle, the Duke of Wangdom used 4,000 people including a cavalry to launch a successful offense. Facing the Duke of Wangdom, it was at the front line, that is, the 55th of the defense line was torn.
The Bada Legion launched a counterattack, and the 55th Spartan Legion leader also continued to enter his reserve team.
"My brother, do you know what kind of jokes did the Russian star have a joke in our empire's legion?" Alexander suddenly said after arranging his cavalry to launch an auxiliary attack.
"What jokes."
"One day, when the 22nd Byzantine Corps entered the battlefield, Berdrist suddenly asked me, wasn't the former legion just enter the battlefield?
"Then your explanation?"
"The 22nd Byzantine Corps entered the battlefield is the 22nd Sparta Legion."
So cold ...
"Why suddenly mention this?"
"I seem to look forward to it, when my 22nd Byzantine Corps and the 22nd Spartan army entered the battlefield, would the Duke of Wan Demhar over there react with Berdrist."
Well…
I glanced at the flag between the 22nd Byzatn Corps and the 22nd Sparta Legion. I found that the above numbers were 11, that is, the flag side was different.
Then I made up for that magical picture and Duke Wandam's confused expression: "It should be a bit possibly, but you will not bring the 22nd Byzantine Corps and the 22nd Sparta Legion for this reason.
of."
"Can't you? Anyway, there are only more than 2,000 people in the 22nd Byzantine Legion."
I asked: "You can't help but want to launch a counterattack so soon?"
Alexander replied: "You can't let the French fight us like this, this will not have a good impact on the morale of the later legion."
"good."
"Pass the order of soldiers, and give me the order to the 67th Sparta Legion. I will retrieve 1,000 cavalry and cooperate with him.
The shelling position. "
The essence of the Emperor ** Regiment, that is, the number of the front -line legion is between the number ten and thirty -five. Today, such a legion is 22nd, 33rd, 27th, 19th, and 16th.
In addition to the 33rd Sbarta Army, the other four are all out of the state of dissatisfaction, while the newly collected legion starts from 53rd to the 67th, 14th legion.
Elite, but what can play than the new legion is also the 22nd Byzantine Army. Well, in a group of Spartan, this number of Byzantine Legion is also regarded as a group of chickens.
Children who are forced to get home must also be counted.
In the case of the French want to break through us, the 67th Sparta Legion has the cooperation of the 22nd Sparta Legion that has gone through a bloody fierce battle and successfully occupied a shelling position in the French army.
More than fifty artillery has given the French infantry strong support. For the French army, this is an unsolved position.
Go out.
Later, the heavy cavalry of the French army swarmed and launched an offense, destroying several infantry battalions of the 67th Sparta Legion. Fortunately, the cavalry on Alexander started the attack from the flanks and stifled the arrogance of the French cavalry.
Seventy -eight to them.
When the French army used more than 5,000 cavalry, I put one on the front of our cavalry, and the four cavalry battalions exceeded 3,000 breastplate cavalry to attack the front line. Then I put it.
The 22nd Byzantine Army [faction] went up, as if he still wanted to capture the highland just now. It seems that the French people are also waiting for this. The critical highland of the land has gathered more than 15 infantry companies and more than 2,000 cavalry.
With the 67th Sparta Legion and a semi -disabled legion dragged the Duke of the Duke of Wan Duim, I felt a little speechless.
Chapter completed!