Chapter 2771: French cavalry also did not work
Judging from the experience of the Duke of Luxembourg, the Austrian army's front line is stable, the casualties have not yet reached the point of unbearable, and there are still a large number of troops in the rear. It is not a good time for the French army to launch a cavalry assault at this time.
However, with his king's order, even if he wiped out all the troops, he had to rescue Verdun, so he had to send out cavalry.
The beating of drums, the faint sound of horns, and the French cavalry were advancing.
The horses are raised with great care, they are fat and strong, and they are shiny and beautiful.
The officers and soldiers are well-dressed and proudly riding on their horses. This is the French royal cavalry!
They advanced along the right flank of the infantry, and the horses walked at a small pace at first. When they approached the line of fire, "For the king, for God, for France! Go!" forward.
Seeing the turbulent iron cavalry coming, they ran faster and faster, and the momentum of thunder and lightning could completely smash any obstacles.
The young soldiers under the age of 20 in the Austrian army on the opposite side were fighting well, but when they got better, they faced new challenges. They felt the momentum of the terrible iron current, and they seemed to be unstoppable!
The soldiers couldn't help but change their expressions, trembling in both hands, although they didn't abandon their guns and fled, their movements were stiff and they didn't know how to move.
The officers and non-commissioned officers of the first-line troops were not a few years older than the young soldiers. They treated the soldiers better, but their faces were pale, and they yelled loudly. Units, urge them to reload, aim at the enemy and shoot!
Those young lads are at a loss if they are not prodded.
Then the muskets fired, and then there was the rain of bombs from the Austrian soldiers.
The reorganized Austrian army has more ammunition, and has copied the three basic skills of the infantry of the South China Army, shooting, bombing and assassination. Among them, bombing is to throw bombs with forged fuses... You must have bombs for the soldiers to throw.
In the past, bombs were expensive, and only five-kilogram bombs were thrown by armored grenadiers with strong bodies and well-developed arms, but now individual soldiers can use small bombs weighing one catty to throw them.
The bullets were fired, the bombs were out of hand, and seeing the French cavalrymen fall off their horses, and the cavalrymen on the horses were bleeding, they would also be injured, and they were not invincible.
The morale of the French was as strong as ever, while the morale of the Austrian soldiers rebounded violently. The more they fought, the more they let go. According to the training steps, they attacked the French cavalry calmly and steadily.
What made the Austrians even more happy was that the artillery pushed those 4-pound cannons forward. This kind of cannon was light and flexible, and two people could push it away, and fired shotguns at the cavalry!
Shotguns are the sharp weapon against large groups of enemies. The bangs and blasting shells swept across the cavalry, and they fell off their horses. Their stumps and broken arms stained the battlefield with blood. Fragmented corpses accompanied by sabers were scattered everywhere.
The French cavalry, who were killed and wounded all over the place, still shouted "Come on", charged the forward position of the Austrian army, and had already killed the Austrians, ready to slash and kill these depraved elements with sabers.
However, what greeted the French was a formation of hedgehogs!
The first row of Austrians sat down on the ground, the second row squatted, the third row was standing, but they were short, and the fourth and fifth rows were standing. Everyone's muskets and bayonets were all pointed at the French cavalry.
The war horse rushed into the crowd mercilessly, and the blood was soaring!
"Kill, kill!" The French cavalry slashed fiercely. After paying a high price, they completely broke through the first line of defense on the Austrian flank. Back off.
And on the periphery of these people, small hollow formations cooperated with artillery and formation lines, plus cavalry in full formation, waiting for the arrival of the French cavalry.
On the frontal battlefield, the French infantry continued to attack relentlessly, while some French cavalry galloped around the Austrian hollow squares, hacking down the Austrian stragglers, trying to Break through the Austrian hollow phalanx.
Gu Yu
The Duke of Luxembourg personally led two thousand cavalry to attack the three hollow phalanxes of the Austrian army. He broke through frontally and attacked from the flanks. He spent thousands of troops and defeated the three Austrian phalanxes. It has been killed so that the whole body is covered with blood!
He was uninjured but has been switched to a third horse.
He asked the adjutant to blow the whistle, preparing to gather troops and launch a new round of attacks.
But when he heard the sound of drums, he raised his eyes and couldn't help but change his face.
The Austrian infantry of the brigade formed a dense formation, slowly pressing towards the French cavalry.
Count Christoph Waltz, who commanded in the rear of the Austrian army, found that the French cavalry had shaken the Austrian army's front line. If they attack together with the infantry, it may destroy the main position of the Austrian infantry, so he mobilized the infantry phalanx and ordered: " There is no retreat!"
Under the ruthless military order, the Austrian infantry gathered in groups, strode forward, and shot a rain of bullets!
The power of the musketeers was finally fully displayed at this time. With the continuous continuous shooting, the French cavalry rushing to the front fell down in pieces.
At this time, the French cavalry began to feel a kind of despair.
They advanced for an assault and were blocked from the enemy's formation by bullets. At the same time, the enemy's bombs and arrows kept falling from above their heads, killing and wounding the cavalry.
The Duke of Luxembourg took a deep breath, rearranged his formation, took the lead himself, and rushed towards the thickest part of the Austrian infantry.
The galloping horses failed to break through the Austrian front. When the power of the Austrian attack was fully displayed, the attack power became stronger and stronger. The French cavalry who entered the range fell down one after another on the way to sprint!
The horse neighed, and the dying wounded soldier moaned loudly in despair, being trampled into a pulp by the horse's iron hooves.
The muskets rang out repeatedly, thousands of soldiers gritted their teeth and cursed loudly at each other, and the originally dense formation of cavalry gradually dissipated like ice melting in spring.
A striking target, the Duke of Luxembourg became a bullet magnet for the Austrians, and he was dismounted for the fourth time, without being shot or shrapnel, but with a broken left hand!
He struggled and wanted to continue charging ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but was caught by his own soldiers and led him to the rear.
Run fast enough just in time, because the Austrian cavalry show up.
They were enemies. The French cavalry, who had been exhausted from the rush, met the enemy of the fresh army. The two sides fought desperately on horseback, and the sound of sabers smashing each other surpassed the sound of cannons and explosions.
After a round of charging, there were very few French cavalry still sitting on the horse!
The remaining more than 2,000 French cavalry were beaten to pieces by 5,000 Austrian cavalry!
Seeing the tragic situation of the cavalry, Major General Fandom crushed the telescope in his hand.
If the defeat of the infantry could only make him turn blue, the fiasco of the cavalry made his heart bleed.
Cavalry is not easy to come by. The cost of raising one cavalry is equal to the cost of raising three or four infantry. Now it is good, and they have all been wiped out in one battle.
His face was stiff, and he said seriously: "Retreat!"
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