Chapter 1103: The Battle of Sost Mountain (4)
Under the strong blows of the Prussian army from the frontal position and the left flank position, the Austrian coalition army was in chaos at the time, and it was simply impossible to withstand such a powerful attack, and the situation was already obvious, how long the Austrian coalition held out!
With the help of the mobility of the cavalry, the Austrian coalition army barely withstood the three-sided attack of the Prussian army, and spent the third day with difficulty, and had to start preparing for the breakout plan on the fourth day. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Benedek has now lost the confidence he had three days ago, and he clearly felt the fierce combat power of the Prussians, and if he continues to fight, it will definitely be the end of the annihilation of the whole army.
"Give an order to the artillerymen on the mountainside, let them aim at the Prussian positions in front of them, attack with all their might, and suppress the opponent's artillery and heavy machine gun positions!"
Benedek gave an order, all the artillery on the mountainside roared again, condescendingly, and started a new round of bombardment towards the front of the Prussian position, and the shells poured down on the Prussian position, and the Prussian army was not to be outdone, and the artillery battle between the two sides fell into a white-hot stage!
"Order, all the cavalry rush forward, and be sure to tear a hole in the frontal position of the Prussian army! The infantry is ready to launch a surprise attack, launch a surprise attack, be sure to rush out! ”
Benedek ordered Likud to personally press the formation, and commanded the cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the Prussian frontal position, and thousands of cavalry launched a fierce charge like lightning, under the cover of artillery!
The Prussian heavy machine gun battalion was suppressed by the Austrian artillery fire, although its power was much weaker, but it was still very powerful, and it was not easy to break through such a strong and powerful military defense line.
Likud commanded the cavalry to launch one charge after another, frantically stirring the Prussian defense line, and the artillery behind was frantically suppressing the Prussian firepower, and the infantry followed behind the cavalry and began to rush up!
Even after three days of fighting the Austrian coalition army, there are still a lot of troops, at least tens of thousands of people, and it is not easy for the Prussian Seventh Army to suppress the opponent in the front!
The two sides fought fiercely from morning to dusk, and the Austrian coalition finally broke through the front position of the Prussian army by the powerful impact of this cavalry, and the army swarmed up and began to flee frantically outside, and must rush out!
Prince Frederick looked at the Austrian coalition army from a distance, and sent an order to Steinmetz: "Steinmetz, immediately deploy the second line of defense to block the escape of the Austrian coalition army in front, and the frontal position is immediately encircled, completely separating the Austrian coalition infantry and artillery, and order the Prussian troops on the left and right flanks to carry out a comprehensive attack on the Austrian coalition artillery behind, and leave all their artillery to me!" ”
Prince Frederick is not incapable of blocking the opponent, but once the Austrian coalition forces are forced to break the net, the powerful Austrian coalition army is not a fuel-efficient lamp, once the bite back, it is enough for the Prussian army to drink a pot! In particular, the powerful artillery of the Austrian coalition army was even more difficult to deal with!
Instead of besieging head-on, it is better to divide the encirclement and break through each one!
The cavalry and infantry of the Austrian coalition army rushed out, but the artillery was unlucky, how could so many extremely heavy artillery pieces be pulled out in a short time?
At the foot of the mountain, the artillery was surrounded by the Prussian troops on the left and right flanks and the Prussian regiments surrounded by the front, and began a fierce attack on three sides, the artillery and heavy machine guns poured ammunition over the lifeless, and one shell after another exploded on the artillery position, directly destroying one heavy artillery after another, as for the heavy machine guns, it was crazy to harvest the lives of the artillerymen!
Even if the Austrian artillery is strong, it will definitely not be able to withstand such a fierce attack!
After all, Benedek is still a general who cares about his head, but his cavalry and infantry have run out, but you are protecting a little artillery behind you, without the backing of powerful artillery, even if you escape, the Austrian coalition will definitely have no chance of turning the tables!
Benedek led a coalition of 40,000 or 50,000 troops to finally break through the frontal defensive line deployed by Prussia, only to find out at this time that the entire artillery did not rush out!
Benedek's head is buzzing!
It's over, my artillerymen, you must not throw all the artillery in it, in that case, the artillery will be dead without the protection of the infantry!
"Order, the whole army immediately launched a surprise attack to the rear, diverted the attention of the Prussian army, and provided cover for the artillery to break through!"
Benedek howled frantically, but at this time, it was obviously too late, not to mention, the front position of the Prussian army once again deployed a strong defensive line, and in the front, the Prussian army actually had powerful heavy machine gun fire, from the left and right diagonal fronts, launching a fierce attack on the Austrian coalition army!
Even if Benedek wants to counterattack with all his might now, it may not work!
"General Benedek, now we can't hesitate any longer, it's important to preserve our strength, we can't save the artillery from the encirclement, retreat immediately, retreat immediately!"
Likud roared angrily, in fact, the current Likud has hated Benedek to death, it is all his blind command, otherwise, how could it be possible that in just four days, the Austrian coalition army was completely defeated? Now the artillery is trapped in the encirclement of others, and it is absolutely lifeless!
Benedek's legion has no chance of a comeback!
Benedek's eyes were bloodshot, full of resentment and unwillingness, but what is the use of this? Defeat is defeat!
"Keep retreating, keep retreating!"
Benedek gave the order unwillingly, and led the main army to continue to break through to the front, and jump out of the Prussian encirclement first!
Tens of thousands of Austrian Allied troops ran out, but, in this way, completely harmed several Austrian Allied artillery regiments! The current Austrian artillery, only with only three or four thousand infantry to protect, such a little guard force, is not the Prussian opponent at all, powerful heavy machine gun fire, in just over an hour, the Austrian infantry to get a clean, Austrian infantry is either dead or wounded, the remaining little artillery, completely desperate, in terms of artillery firepower, is no longer the opponent of others, in terms of protection forces, he has already become a light commander, so what to fight?
Under the siege of Prussia, the Austrian coalition finally raised the white flag at noon the next day and surrendered after a night of persistence.
(To be continued.) )