359 Huge casualties

Some people say that luck is more unreliable than the morning mist, you see him everywhere but you want to master him is delusional, and even sometimes after a breeze, luck will disappear completely.

Now, the mist of luck that has been haunting Xiao Letian finally can't withstand the strong wind blowing from Austria, and it gradually begins to disappear.

From the very beginning of the shelling, Xiao Lotian felt that something was wrong, first of all, the density of the artillery was greatly reduced, and many times it took five or six minutes to fire so many cannons, as if the Austrians were showing off that they had more shells.

This was followed by the abnormal movement of the enemy troops, and in the field of view of the telescopes, the eastern and western flanks were clearly thickened, and it seemed that the Austrians had to choose a new breakthrough.

Just as he was carefully observing the changes in the battlefield, he suddenly noticed that the screaming sound of the cannonball crossing the sky had changed, and the previous sharp breach had become a little silent, and the screaming sound would disappear strangely in the early stage of the cannonball's landing.

"Is it not good? Could it be that the enemy has changed its guns? Is it that the Austrians still have a killer weapon in their hands?"

Xiao Lotian couldn't have seen it, just behind the heavy infantry formation of the Austrian army, Vincent had now become the de facto commander of the artillery regiment, and under his orders, the guns that had been dismantled one by one were being placed in the deep pits that had just been dug.

"Set up the barrel of the cannon, rush up at a forty-five degree angle, and today I will teach you how to get the cannon out of the mortar trajectory...... Are you, you, and you, all rubbish? Didn't you learn trigonometry at the artillery academy? The number of enemy positions is given to you, and the rate of fire and the straight-line distance of our artillery are also given to you, so that doesn't count the elevation angle of the shot?"

"Bring out all the ammunition for me, the division commander strictly ordered that this attack must take the position, otherwise we will all go to the court-martial..."

Vincent ran back and forth on the firing position like a madman, rushing to the firing position to help boost morale and changing parameters, and then rushing up to a high wooden watchtower to observe the results of the test with a telescope.

Xiao Letian felt that the artillery bombardment was not really shooting at all, and the Austrian army's radio frequency exposure was so slow that it was actually adjusting the angle of the artillery, and countless artillery graduates were carefully carrying out mathematical calculations and were desperately trying to improve the accuracy of shooting.

When Xiao Lotian heard the screech of the cannonball's breach in the sky, Vincent had already helped the regiment complete the final artillery calibration.

"Artillery is a well-deserved god of war, our artillery will always be the king of all arms, the future is ours, and victory belongs to us...... God will bless our ...... Open fire..."

With Vincent's order, more than seventy field heavy artillery pieces rumbled, and tons of steel were fired into the air, drawing high ballistics to fight against the earth's gravity.

When the potential of the shells ran out, the gravitational pull of the earth dragged them and began to rush towards the earth at an almost vertical angle, targeting the trenches of the task force.

"Broken...... Evacuate quickly......" Xiao Letian shouted consciously, and at this time, a shell accurately hit his headquarters, and the fire and smoke of the explosion suddenly covered the entire fortification.

Xiao Letian's ears seemed to be singing as if there were thousands of bees singing, and when he shook his head and looked up in a daze, he found that the heavy roof of the headquarters had been blown away and the last layer of wooden stakes remained, and the blue sky and the ballistic trajectory flying in the air could already be seen in the gaps.

The sky and the earth were bloody, and there was a roar in his ears, Xiao Letian used all his strength to get up, he pushed away the hand that Long Ye was supporting, and once again lay on the edge of the trench and looked down.

It was only at this time that Xiao Le really realized that his good luck had really run out.

Vincent was really a talent, this round of shelling caused more results than the previous rounds combined, countless shells rushed straight into the trenches from the sky, the air waves and shock waves of the explosion could always set off one corpse after another, and countless soldiers hiding in the dead corners were killed alive on the spot.

The change in trajectory has greatly improved the accuracy of shooting, and in the past, more than 10 shells in 100 shells could hit the trench in the sky, but now nearly 40 percent of the shells in 100 shells can hit the inside of the trench.

Fortunately, Xiao Lotian prepared three parallel trenches today, fortunately, he ordered to disperse his troops and reduce the density, so that the casualties would not be so large that the whole army collapsed, but in this way, more than 100 people have died in this round of shelling.

"Dispersion...... Scattered...... Don't get together......" Xiao Letian shook his numb head, and his mouth came out of a whisper that was not like a human voice.

At this time, the brothers in the trenches also went crazy, and all the officers forgot to hide and walked back and forth in the trenches, not only to cheer everyone up, but also to treat the wounded.

"Don't be afraid, the enemy's ammunition is almost depleted, and their shelling will not last long......"

"Hold on, show your courage to come out, you have already killed three waves of enemy troops, you are now glorious veterans, don't discredit the word veteran......"

"Brothers, we have been holding out for an hour and a half, the brethren of the Second Legion will arrive soon, and victory will be ours in the end......"

Xiao Hexin and Sima Yun are now anxious and full of bitterness, they are both veterans of the Heavenly Kingdom, they have been mixed on the battlefield since they were teenagers, and they have an almost intuitive sense of danger.

The Austrians are not easy to match, that is also an old military power in Europe, everyone relies on new strategies and tactics plus advanced weapons, will take advantage of a short time, but the fact that the enemy is outnumbered will not change, even if the task force has eliminated nearly 3,000 Austrian troops, but it is still outnumbered.

"Your Excellency...... My lord, where is the headquarters... What is the prime minister doing to us? Look, Long Ye rushed over......" Under the reminder of the soldiers around him, Xiao Hexin saw Xiao Letian's anxious face at a glance, as well as Long Ye's rapidly approaching figure.

Xiao Hexin and Sima Yun had a chill on their backs at that time, what the hell happened? Can Long Ye leave the adult and come over in person? Without saying a word, the two turned their heads and jumped onto the earthen platform, showing their heads out of the edge of the trench in the rumbling artillery fire.

It turned out that behind the smoke of gunfire, a group of Austrian cavalry was rushing towards the trench at high speed, and everyone was still holding a square package in their hands.

"Damn... The enemy grenadiers came up...... They were going to attack with explosives packs...... Snipers are in position, can't let them get close to ......"

This was really the most critical moment, the rain of shells in the sky had not stopped, and the fierce-faced cavalry in front of the trenches was approaching quickly at the risk of accidental injury.

The living treasure trio in the Hamburg barracks, although they love to make trouble, but the three of them also have the best marksmanship, Steven, Daniel, and Grant stood on the dirt platform with their rifles in their hands, and they were startled as soon as their heads came out.

"My God, the Austrians are crazy, how can they send cavalry to charge without stopping the artillery fire?" Shoot quickly, fire quickly......" The sharpshooters in the trench fired desperately, and the cavalrymen on the opposite side fell off their horses one after another, and were trampled into mud by the hooves of the horses behind.

Now the battlefield has turned into a big melee, the bombs falling from the sky are indiscriminately bombarding and indiscriminately, the soldiers in the trenches and the charging war horses are all under great threat, the flying shrapnel pierces the bodies of the brothers of the special task force, and the explosion wave overturns one war horse after another.

The Austrians were really crazy, and the cavalrymen, shouting the slogan "Long live the king, God forbid", rushed forward with red eyes, and when more than forty meters from the trenches, that is, in the area covered with stumps and broken arms, one after another explosive packets were ignited and thrown.

"Revenge for the brothers...... Blow up these Chinese and kill all these Prussians...... Hooray..."After the cavalry threw away the explosive pack, turned the horse's head and began to move quickly parallel to the edge of the trench, these fanatical cavalry threw away the explosive bag and did not finish it, they actually picked up their rifles and fired at the soldiers in the trench.

The small explosive bag was thrown at a distance of forty meters, and the lethality of this explosive bag was so shocking that the task force was so appalling that the task force killed hundreds of brothers in a matter of moments.

"Hahaha...... Well, great, this is the majesty of our Austrian warriors, and I salute you..."The old earl in the rear smiled happily, sat on horseback and saluted the cavalry who had sacrificed their lives on the battlefield.

"You Chinese stupid, right? You can't rely on cleverness, war is strength, and the scale of our thorn flower division of 12,000 people is not for show...... Hahaha, Xiao Letian, how are you going to deal with it? You cowards, how else can you deal with it?"

All the Austrians were excited, the right tactics brought the hope of victory, and the low morale caused by the tragic charge just now began to gradually recover.

"What should I do? What should I do now?" Countless soldiers in the trenches were shouting this voice, even Xiao Hexin and Sima Yun were helpless, the two special battalions only had a total of more than 700 people, and in just over ten minutes, they had already lost more than 200 troops, and this battle was really impossible to fight.

At this moment, Long Ye flexibly rushed to the outermost trench like a black panther, rushed in front of the two battalion commanders, and roared with a blue face.

"Your Excellency has an order... You two are bastards......" Long Ye roared, and the sound of the cannonball explosion was suppressed, his red eyes and the bruises on his neck.

"The adults are scolding you, and the adults are scolding you even if they are injured... You two are bastards, are you used to fighting with the wind? Have you been touching the musket for too long, have you forgotten how to hold a knife?"

"The enemy cavalry dared to rush up and throw explosives packs at the risk of accidental injury, why don't you make a counter-charge ... Ah, the big deal is death, and even if we die, we can't lose our morale...... All the Chinese officers set an example and took the lead in rushing out and killing all these cavalry ......"

Xiao Hexin excitedly pulled off his military hat and threw it to the ground with a snap, he picked up the Mauser rifle with a bayonet and shouted, "All the officers of the new army immediately assemble and form a death squad...... Counter-charge, pick these cavalry to death..."

Sima Yun was also crazy, he tugged at the collar of his coat, and took a few deep breaths, "Prussian recruits, now is the time for you to repay the motherland, the Austrians want to kill us all, what do you say?"

"Blood for blood, life for life...... Killing one is enough, killing two earns one...... Long live Prussia..."Countless Prussian troops, shouting the war proverbs of the East, followed the officers of the East, rushed out of the trenches like a group of fierce tigers, and pounced on the brazen cavalry.

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