C337 Sardauar's Fire of War

On July 3, 1866, a drizzle of rain fell early in the morning on the outskirts of Sada. However, this would not affect the upcoming war at all.

When the morning light gradually tore through the mist, the Prussian army began to attack from the right under the orders of General Field. The Austria never expected that the Prussian army would initiate an attack when they were weaker in numbers, and their formation was immediately reduced by a large amount.

Austrian Army was not to be outdone, he immediately ordered his army to retaliate, and in an instant, hundreds of cannons rained down towards Yibei Legion, forming a ton of steel, the sky was filled with the sound of cannons and white smoke.'s army was instantly blasted away.

"Second Artillery Battalion … Dense shooting! The cannon will forever be the king of the battlefield, the God of War! "Let's fight, open the Gates of Hell …"

The mid-century leaf s were gradually being abandoned at this stage, and the military experts of the Austria s had always attached great importance to the cannons. With the support of France, the number of cannons under the hands of the Austrian Army s had already reached a terrifying eight hundred.

Eight hundred cannons in the mid-century leaf was already a terrifying existence. This was not like what happened during the second world war, as the industry level in the Western Powers was only this much now. There were still many deficiencies in steel refining technology, and there were even a large amount of bronze cannons in the army.

In this era, forming a big artillery group was always a waste of money. Later generations of Military experts had analyzed it before, why were the Poo War not widely known to carry needles and rifles? Why use an old forepeak?

The answer left everyone speechless. The reason was simple, the empire did not allow it, but the Austria had allocated a large amount of military funds to the artillery. Naturally, this would slow down the upgrading of individual soldier equipment. Replacing all six or seven hundred thousand infantry with the latest guns? Just thinking about it was an astronomical figure.

It was due to the importance attached to the artillery team that the Prussian side had a taste of suffering. The Yibei Legion who had launched the first attack was blown up before she could even cover the ground under her butt.

The sound of explosions could be heard everywhere, there were flickering flames everywhere, the solid artillery shells contained a large number of flowering bomb s, the huge shock wave swept across the battlefield, and Prussian soldiers was thrown into the air like a rag doll, his broken limbs falling down like rain.

The soil after the drizzle was soft and moist. The explosion of the artillery turned it into a shower of mud. The mud fell with crackling sounds. All the soldiers within a radius of several kilometers saw this wondrous scene.

At this time, the Austrian Army commanding officer, Bei Naidekejiangjun, was riding a big horse, and under the protection of his bodyguards, he was overseeing the entire battlefield.

"Very good, very good. The firing rhythm of the artillery is very good …" Now, immediately order the Saxon army to retreat, and enter the highlands to take advantage of the situation and attack. It's time to make these arrogant Prussian suffer … "

Under the command of the general, the Saxon army began to retreat. They quickly entered the high ground and started to fire at the Prussian army.

The combination of the cannons and the rain of bullets from the rifles caused the seven battalions of Prussian army to fall into a bitter battle. The number of casualties rose rapidly.

"Retreat, order the soldiers to give up their positions, stop attacking …" At the critical moment, General Field finally gave the order to retreat. This probing attack finally ended with the failure of the Prussian army.

No matter if they won or lost, they would not have much of an impact on the overall battle situation. Just as the Yibei Legion turned to defense, the 1st Legion of the old Prince Karl also began to move, and this time, it was the hundred thousand strong army that attacked together. The entire army advanced steadily like a mountain pressure on a mountain.

At around nine in the morning, Prussian army took the lead and left the main force, charging towards the Austria. His goal was a dense forest in front of him, if he occupied this forest, the Prussian army would naturally obtain a defensive position.

However, they never expected that the cunning Bei Naidekejiangjun would actually set up two armies in the forest, instead of the two divisions that were shown in the intelligence report.

Although the overall quality of the Prussian soldier was slightly higher, and although the posthumous Gun of the Prussian army was more advanced, but the huge difference in strength could not be ignored, causing the Seventh Division to fall into a cruel battle in the forest.

One teacher against two armies, all the Military experts in the world would definitely lose, even the commander Bei Naidekejiangjun shook his head in regret.

"Stupid, really stupid, if Lao Maoqi's command skills are only this little, I'm afraid the battle plan I made before is a little overboard … I want them to attack and destroy the Seventh Division. I want to annihilate them and not destroy them. Remember that the enemy Seventh Division still has the task of protecting the left flank. "

"As long as we destroy the Seventh Division, our two armies will be able to easily bypass the enemy's left flank and form a semicircle. At that time, the balance of victory will definitely belong to us …"

At this moment, the aide-de-camp by his side asked worriedly, "Your Excellency, we have the absolute advantage in numbers of troops and artillery on the main battlefield right now, but what I'm worried about is …"

"You mean Second Corps? Are you worried about Karl William? " Bei Naidekejiangjun asked.

"Yes, that's a legion of 120 thousand people. Almost all of Prussia's elites are in his hands. If he suddenly appears on the side of the battlefield …"

"Impossible!" The general shouted sternly, "The Second Corps is now at least 40 kilometers away from the battlefield. Do you think they can fly here with wings? Furthermore, all the telegraph line have been destroyed, Little Karl might not even know that the war has already begun. Do you think he has a pair of God's eyes? "

As long as we finish this battle quickly, as long as we can defeat Lao Maoqi before the Second Corps arrives, we will be in an invincible position! Of course, I do not have any hopes of annihilating the Prussian Legion. I only want the victory of the Battle of Sardauar, and as long as we win here, there will be a stage for diplomats to roam about from behind … "

"A single victory, coupled with the influence of the English and French, will allow us, the Austria, to become the rulers of the Great Germany's circle! This is what I want, and this is what I have to get! "

"Yes!" Your Excellency, Austria will win! The Emperor must win! " The crowd was in an uproar.

However, although Bei Naidekejiangjun had a stubborn mouth, he was still worried about Prussian army in his heart. He was very clear about Prussian army's fighting strength, and was very clear about how strong they were.

Furthermore, the Second Corps was personally led by the Crown Prince, where the elites of all the kingdoms were gathered, the consequences of having this iron army on the battlefield were unthinkable.

Bei Naideke shook his head, and then called over the messenger at his side to whisper to him, and very quickly, the rider carried his latest order and ran towards the back, and in less than fifteen minutes, the reserve unit called Thorny Flower's crew began to move towards the west, and quickly left the main battlefield.

Just as Sada was waging a bitter battle, Xiao Letian and his two mixed camp s were following the pre-laid telegraph line and advancing towards the west.

"Reporting, Sir. The telegraph line ahead of us has been artificially cut off, a total of a hundred meters long holes have appeared, and the corpses of our soldiers have been discovered …"

"Where is it? "Hurry up and lead the way …" When Xiao Letian rode his horse over, he realized that a clearing had already been cleared out in the bushes by the side of the road, and the two Prussian soldiers's corpses were all lying on the ground.

Dragon Lord was an expert at testing injuries. He agilely got off the horse and looked at the corpse carefully: "It's a bayonet wound, one slash was fatal, which means the enemy was hiding in the bushes and launching a surprise attack. There were no traces of a fight at the scene, which means that the victim's entire focus was on the telegraph line."

Dragon Lord's analysis received everyone's approval, the atmosphere of every single Prussian army present was endless, especially the reporter Lei Ao, who took out his camera and began to leave photos.

"This is the proof. I want to let everyone in Europe know how despicable and shameless the Austrian Army is …"

Xiao Letian frowned and thought for a while before suddenly replying, "Jonas! Give me a map, and get a few intelligence officer s who are familiar with the terrain over here … "

Not long later, a large map was opened on the ground. It depicted the topography of the Sada region in detail.

"Who can tell me the general direction of the telegraph line? Who knows telegraphic technique? Oh, you understand? Okay, you use a pencil to roughly mark out the direction of the telegraph line … "Good, good, very good!"

Xiao Letian used his finger to stroke the route on the map slowly, and asked all sorts of questions about the terrain every now and then. After fifteen minutes, Xiao Letian removed his finger from his finger and punched the ground fiercely.

"The Austrian Army's plan is already very obvious. They just want to kill them one by one, and they want to defeat us before the Second Corps arrived. Right now, the distance between the Crown Prince and the main battlefield is more than 40 kilometers, I'm afraid they don't even know that we have started fighting on our side …"

"As I expected, the telegraph line ahead of us has probably already been destroyed to pieces, so it is impossible to hope to fix it. "Damn it, Bei Naideke is really a zingiberis radix, his methods are really ruthless!"

Xiao Letian did not have a lot of memories about the Poo War, he only knew that the battle royale with a million people only lasted seven weeks, and in the end, it was Prussia's victory.

But how exactly did the campaign go on during these seven weeks? And how could the weak troops of his two battalions accomplish anything in such a large-scale battle?

No one could give Xiao Letian an answer to any of these questions, and he could only rely on himself.