Wars are always full of uncertainties, plans are always unchanged, the old earl wanted to leave some ammunition reserves for his artillery to throw on Prince Karl's head, but a cowardly white rout disrupted all his plans.

The reason why the first two groups of charging stragglers almost reached the total annihilation of the army and did not flee in a major rout? The reason was that at that time the Austrian army was full of momentum, and people did not think that they would lose if they fought more or less.

In order to protect this precious morale, the old earl did not hesitate to use up one-third of the ammunition base, and locked up all the soldiers of the first regiment of Viscount Alain's defeated regiment in the rear, this qiē measure was to improve the morale of the army.

But now, the efforts of Yiqiē have made White's bastard yellow, and those soldiers who have escaped will use their fastest speed to sow the seeds of terror in their own legions, and the soldiers who were originally morale-boosting like balloons, are afraid of the appearance of these losers, which will pierce countless people's hopes for victory like steel nails.

Now there is only one way, and that is to bully these Chinese without artillery, let the artillery regiment come up with a few more volleys, and let the fire and sky-high explosions re-boost the already shaken morale.

But the old earl also had a deep worry in his heart, that is, these deep trenches in front of him. In this era, trench warfare was very rare, and people thought that digging trenches was just a last resort for some towns and military fortresses to defend against enemy attacks, and no one ever thought of using such things in field warfare.

However, just a few simple outrageous earthen ditches created a miracle in the shelling just now, nearly a thousand shells were tilted on the position, and the actual casualties caused were actually in the single digits.

Of course, the old earl would not know the exact casualty figures of the task force, and even if he was worried, he had no other choice now. If even these two battalions could not be eaten, then the one-hour task of blocking the Second Army would become a great dream.

"If the artillery position moves forward a thousand meters and shoots at close range, I don't believe it, are the enemies all iron men? Brave Austrian soldiers, the enemy in front of you is nothing but a group of weak Chinese, they can't even protect their own capital, and they don't dare to take revenge when the British and French troops burn down their emperor's summer palace......"

"That's a bunch of cowards, a bunch of cowards who only know how to hide in the shadows and shoot cold guns...... They didn't even dare to fight us in a dignified manner, knowing that the local rats were hiding in the dirt pit......"

"Warriors of the Empire... Are we afraid of these cowards, God is watching us from heaven, the king is waiting for the news of victory, and even if you don't fight for God and the king, you have to fight for your dignity......"

Brigade Commander Penka rode his horse and galloped in front of the position, he was constantly boosting the morale of the soldiers, and with his roar came from the Austrian army formation, a tsunami-like roar from the mountains and the army.

Xiao Letian was also alarmed by the preparation of the Austrian army, and when he found that the enemy was constantly boosting morale but delaying the attack, he had already guessed the enemy's plan.

"Prepare the brothers, the wounded retreat into the third trench, and the rest of the fighters divide into the second trench and take refuge carefully...... It seems that the Austrians are going to play really this time, this is the calm before the storm, the enemy is preparing for shelling..."

"This damn group of Austrians, they have lost more than 2,000 lives in a row, they are already in a hurry, and they want to find us desperately... But I won't give you a chance, the Stone Bridge Heights is destined to become a sad place for your people......"

With Xiao Letian's order, the three trenches were crowded, and the people in the three-dimensional traffic trenches began to evacuate evenly into the three bunkers, with the light and serious wounded hiding in the rear, and the brothers who could fight hiding in the first two trenches.

All of them had already gained experience at this time, and one by one they were holding their rifles and leaning against the earthen wall on the south side of the trench, and everyone was waiting for the enemy's shelling.

Boom Boom Boom ...... The Austrian artillery fire arrived as scheduled, and more than 70 cannons and howitzers advanced 1,000 sides, pulling the arquebuses under the direct aim of the gunners.

The blast wind from the muzzles of the guns was continuous, and thick gunpowder smoke filled the battlefield, while dozens of explosion points in the trench area on the high ground exploded almost simultaneously, and tons of dirt were thrown into the air, and then fell like a torrential rain.

Tian Da Cannon, who was injured in the trench, opened his voice and shouted, "It's all steady, no one has to be afraid, my family said to keep us safe, then we can be safe...... Wasn't that shelling so bad? How many people did we die in total? So, the enemy is all paper tigers......

Maybe it's a hearing-impaired person, subconsciously he will have a loud voice, Tian cannon, he can't feel how loud it is, but Steven next to him has been tortured by the squad leader and can't speak, this loud voice is actually more torturous than the sound of a bomb explosion.

"You, you...... What are you muttering about it, boy? Louder, haven't you eaten? Hmmm...... It seems like it's almost time for lunch...... Damn, even if it's time for dinner, it's war time, and you have to endure it for Lao Tzu......"

Steven couldn't listen anymore, he leaned into the ear of Tian Cannon and yelled, "Squad leader...... He didn't say he wanted to eat...... He said you keep shouting...... Our military intelligence ...... They were all listened to by the Austrians...... You're too loud......"

This voice was strong enough, and he shouted out next to his ear, and the shock of Tian Cannon was buzzing in his brain, "Why is the stinky boy so loud? I'm not deaf...... Am I loud? How can I not feel ......?"

At this time, the brothers in the entire trench couldn't hold back and laughed, and there was no one Yan Sù who faced a good shelling, which had to let the Austrian army on the other side know, and it was estimated that his nose was crooked.

Although it was the first time for the task force to face the battlefield, they had already experienced the bloodiest hand-to-hand combat, the most tragic artillery battle, and the most tiring trench battle, and what was even more gratifying was that these three completely different battles were all victors.

Veterans are shaped by one victory after another, and the new soldier is always timid when he sees artillery bombardment for the first time, but when he experiences it once and finds that it is nothing more than that, their courage will increase exponentially.

Pitch-black shells whizzed over the heads of the soldiers of the task force, and the earth kicked up by the explosion almost buried them alive, but strangely enough, there were not many casualties in such a heavy shelling, except that at first one shell killed five brothers, and then not even one wounded.

It was a miracle that even the Hamburg recruits subconsciously looked at the Highland Command, "Is this Chinese prime minister really magical?

The battlefield was not to be thought about, and after four volleys there was once again an earth-shattering roar on the south side of the trench, and the earth shook with the rhythmic running.

Xiao Letian yelled in the command headquarters, "What are you doing stupidly, rushing into the first trench and preparing to fight..."

The soldiers of the task force shook their heads, tossed the dirt above their heads, turned their heads and rushed into the communication trench to the first trench, and there was a sound of bolt pulling, and dense Mauser rifles once again stretched out of the trench.

When countless heads emerged from the trenches, the scene in front of them made everyone gasp: "My God, the Austrians are crazy..."

That's right, this wave of stragglers charging the Austrians is really crazy, they actually used 3,000 people at a time, and the entire charging position was densely packed with human heads.

What is the concept of 3,000 men, that is the total strength of the two reinforced regiments, so many people gathered together from a distance like an irregular black carpet on the ground.

In this wave of shocking people, the people behind couldn't see the battle situation in front of them at all, and the people in the battle formation couldn't see the enemy situation on both sides.

"Long live the Empire... Long live the king... A battle will be won or lost..."

"Get on the bayonet, fight with the white blade...... Don't be afraid, God bless the brave......"

"Kill these cowardly Chinese and take back our dignity..."

There were shouts of officers everywhere in the black crowd, and the three thousand warriors only shouted madly at the end, "Hurray... Banzai... Hooray..."The whole SA has fallen into a state of hysteria.

Giggle...... Giggle...... Countless recruits in the trenches were fighting in the tooth barriers, and they were really scared this time, if it weren't for the Chinese officers around them, these recruits from Hamburg would probably collapse.

"It's all for Lao Tzu to straighten his waist, isn't it just 3,000 people? Not much, not much at all...... When the Prime Minister led us to fight in Naha, the three thousand ashigaru was even bigger than this formation......"

"Discipline... You all remember it clearly for me, now the only thing that can save us is discipline, prepare grenades, pull the bolt, and shoot freely within 100 meters......"

The earth was trembling, the enemy was roaring, and when the enemy rushed to a hundred meters away from the trench, suddenly a familiar voice sounded in the trench: "Everyone obey the order...... Open fire..."

It was Xiao Letian's voice, and at the most critical moment, the Eastern Prime Minister left the command headquarters and rushed to the front line with the Wing King and Long Ye.

"Fire...... Shoot...... Kill them......" In a chaotic roar, the entire Mauser in the trenches began to fire intensively, and the bullets whizzed towards the enemy.

The Austrians who hit the head were pierced by bullets and fell to the ground, while the Austrians behind continued to move forward as if they didn't see it, their military boots trampled on the muddy ground, trampled on the bodies of the dead and wounded, and continued to rush forward.

"Accelerate Acceleration...... Rush up, rush up......" Countless officers shouted their trumpets and poured up, ignoring the comrades and brothers who were shot down around them.

"Bastard... How can this be? This group of artillerymen should be killed..."The old earl saw the dense firepower in the trenches, and understood that the shelling just now had no effect, and how could it have not worked if he got closer for a thousand meters.

"God, are you punishing us? Why did you get us a bunch of enemies that we can't kill? Are they demons from hell?"

But now it's too late, the three thousand rushing crowds are no longer able to retreat, everyone in them is coerced by the people around them, and they themselves are also coercing others, charging in one direction has formed a potential energy, and everyone is trapped in it and can't extricate themselves.

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