Chapter 2766: Verdun is about to fall
The Duke of Luxembourg, who was hated by Louis XIV and favored by Count Loufoy, was a French celebrity. Montmorency was born in Paris on the day he was executed for killing his opponent in a duel, and was adopted as a child by Charlotte de Montmorency, the mother of the Prince of Condé, although the Prince of Condé was six years older than him, But the two became friends.
Later, Francois-Henri de Montmorency followed Prince Condé in rebellion in the Fronde movement against Louis XIV, and was pardoned in 1659. He returned to Paris with Prince Condé, and then François Sauis-Henri de Montmorency married the aged Madeleine-Charlotte de Clermont-Tenner, Duchess of Luxembourg, and went on to acquire the title of Duke of Luxembourg in 1661.
Louis XIV never trusted him, mainly because Luxembourg had rebelled against him during the Fronde movement, but the Count of Lufoy admired the Duke of Luxembourg as a bold and capable cavalry commander who could win battles .
Count Loufoy pointed out that the residence of the Duke of Luxembourg was closest to Verdun and he should be sent to rescue.
At his insistence, Louis XIV gave his favorite minister face and nodded in agreement, so Count Loufoy signed a military order and urgently dispatched the Duke of Luxembourg's troops to rescue Verdun.
At this time, Fort Verdun was under fierce attack, which left Lieutenant General Villeroy in a state of desperation.
The defense of the fortress of Verdun is quite strong, tall and large, and well-equipped, with moats, walls, caves for hiding soldiers, pillboxes and artillery forts, and forts of Sauvage. The fortifications built are as indestructible as a copper wall and iron wall, and it is impossible for any enemy to cross the city wall he built. Lieutenant General Villeroy and his subordinates once believed this.
But now their confidence is seriously shaken, because what they encountered was the Chinese Austrian army!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The Chinese-made 210mm cannons equipped by the Austrians really worked. They bombarded Verdun Fortress outside the range of the French's 150mm cannons. The heavy shells hit the city walls with dust and cracks like spider webs Cloth falling, even collapse, the momentum is astonishing!
In addition, there are kerosene bombs dragging long smoke and dust all over the sky, as well as bombs, gas bombs and stone bombs, as well as the dense rain of arrows, and the danger of being killed as soon as the city wall rises, let Villelo Lieutenant General Yi and his army understood the dangers of the battlefield. When the French counterattack failed to catch up with the Shinra Army, they knew more about the courage of the Shinra Army.
Some veterans who participated in Europe's Thirty Years' War against the Shinra Army exclaimed, "The Germans are crazy!" (Note 1)
They said they had never seen such a ferocious attack, and the French said with a sullen face: "We don't like the Germans!"
The Germans don't speak well, they are old-fashioned and arrogant, and they think that Lao Tzu is the best in the world. The Holy Roman Empire is actually neither holy nor an empire.
Then let's do it, but the opponent's firepower is strong and the attack is accurate. When the French on the top of the city fell in pieces, Lieutenant General Villeroy improved his tactics in time and adopted the tactic of light front and heavy rear, that is, the main force Put it in the cave of the Tibetan soldiers to avoid the firepower of the Shinra army, and when the infantry of the Shinra army advances, put the main force into it.
The Shinra army adopted the Chinese tactics. In addition to the fire attack, Lieutenant General Villeroy saw from the binoculars that the Shinra army was attacking the sub-fort of the fortress in the form of mounds of earth. They carried sacks filled with soil, and Pushing the small trolley of dirt, the soil piled up into mountains, and they went up to the city one after another, attacked the upper city with force, and easily took down the sub-fort.
When attacking the main fortress of Verdun Fortress, the Shenra army also filled the moat with mud. The sand, gravel and mud piled up like a mountain. The Shenra army attacked the city along the slope. Lieutenant General Villeroy had to countercharge many times , Only then did the Shenluo army be beaten down, but the casualties were heavy.
The battle situation was extremely dangerous. The shells and arrows of both sides flew horizontally, aiming and shooting at each other at close range. The troops on the front line fought with bayonets and Turkish scimitars. The smoke column of gunpowder explosion rose into the sky. The earth hills on the upper city of the Shenluo Army were stained with blood!
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What confuses the French is that any unit of the Shinra Army is very capable of fighting, not to mention the Austrians, they are the minions of the tyrant (referring to Yan Changwu), who shamelessly betrayed Christ and obtained the power of the devil , but why are even the Germans in the Grand Duchy of Bavaria and the Diocese of Cologne so fierce and never retreat?
The Shinra Army has a total of 300,000 people, 200,000 are Austrians, and 100,000 are the Allied Forces of the German States. It is said that the 100,000 people are servants. They used to be poorly equipped and have weak fighting will. Retreating, it was defeat after defeat when engaging the French in the Thirty Years' War.
However, this time, both the Austrians and the armies of other states fought quite tenaciously, and the firepower was greatly enhanced, so that the French were condescending, and the defenders suffered more losses than the attackers. !
Lieutenant General Villeroy looked at the Austrian 210 heavy artillery and trebuchet positions in the distance below the city with great hatred, as well as the terrifying bow and arrow phalanx!
He also saw the camp with the red cross on it, and the lieutenant general's complexion flashed across, it was the Austrian field hospital there!
After the French saw the wounded Shinra soldiers being carried down, they were all admitted to the field hospital, and many of them recovered quickly. However, the wounded in France could only wait for their souls to return to heaven amidst the prayers of the priests!
The Austrians adopted a powerful attack force that had never been seen before, made the attack three-dimensional, and severely damaged the French army!
The Austrians mastered a large number of 210 heavy artillery and trebuchets, and adopted the method of attacking the depth of the French defense, killing a large number of French reserve forces,
The firepower was extended, and the artillery shot was measured by a ruler, row by row, and the torrent of the Shinra Army, which came like a tide, followed closely behind the artillery fire, along the piled up mountain, and rushed straight to Verdun The head of the fortress.
Under such circumstances ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the French can only use their lives to fill them up, and use their flesh and blood to suppress the Shenluo army!
Lieutenant General Villeroy went into battle in person, took the lead, with a short gun in his left hand and a sharp sword in his right, leading the army to fight to the death with the Shinra army.
He has been in danger many times, if the soldiers did not come to rescue him desperately, I am afraid that he would be snatched by the Shenluo army!
That's right, seeing that he was a high-ranking general, the Shenluo army wanted to capture him more, so they didn't do anything wrong.
Just when the two sides were fighting indiscriminately, they could only see dust rising from the west, indicating that a large army was approaching, and the Shenluo army couldn't help hesitating.
"Reinforcements are coming!" The French cheered like thunder, their morale was boosted, and they drove down the Shenluo army who had attacked the city in one go!
Note 1: The Holy Roman Empire and the First German Empire are close to a set of two brands of people and horses. The two are not exactly the same, but the world often confuses the two. The land of the Germans includes Austria, Germany (mainly from the west of Austria to the The Baltic Sea, the Atlantic states), the Netherlands and Belgium, Switzerland, Poland, and the Shenluo Empire, in addition to the land of the First German Empire, there are also parts of the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, France, and Italy. 2084/10318126
