Chapter 1000: The Battle between the Manchus and Austria (2)
"Meet the Regent!" Kosovo, Qing army camp, Zihar knelt down in front of Dolgon: "The slave is ashamed of the regent, he was not able to capture Serbia, but was defeated by the Austrian and Serbian coalition forces, please punish the regent!" ”
"Get up. "Dolgon also knows the whole story, Austria suddenly sent troops to intervene, and the 80,000 Qing army led by Zihar has only more than 1,000 rifle teams, only 5,000 cavalry of the Eight Banners, and the rest are mostly the Indian flags with the worst combat effectiveness, and the combat effectiveness of the entire army is not high, and it is not surprising that it was repelled by the same number of Austrian and Serbian combined forces, so Dolgon did not blame Zihar for this.
But it doesn't matter, now that he has come in person, he can't destroy Serbia if he doesn't believe it! Dolgon's eyes flashed with murder.
There were originally 80,000 Qing troops under the command of Zihar, and when they besieged Belgrade, they lost more than 10,000 people, and were defeated and retreated by the Austrian army, losing more than 10,000 people, and there were about 57,000 Qing troops left.
On the part of the Austrian and Serbian combined forces, they also lost about 20,000 people, but after the defeat of the Qing army in Zihar from Belgrade, the Serbian king continued to recruit Serbs into the army, and the number of Austrian and Serbian combined troops was about 73,000 at present, which completely exceeded the remaining Qing troops under the command of Zihar.
However, now with the 34,000 Qing troops brought by Dolgon, plus the remaining 57,000 Qing troops under Zihar, the Qing army in Kosovo has reached more than 90,000 people, and the number of troops has once again surpassed the combined Austrian and Serbian forces.
In June, Dolgon personally led the more than 90,000 Qing troops to the north and continued to attack Serbia.
"If the Qing barbarians with huge ambitions want to occupy Serbia, God will not agree! I, Austria, will not even say yes! Knowing that the Qing army was attacking again, the commander of the Austrian army, Salmonburg, said firmly.
Serbia is very important to Austria, in the past, the Ottoman Empire was because of the occupation of Serbia, and always threatened the security of Austria, now that the Ottoman Empire has fallen, Serbia is independent, which is in line with the needs of Austria, and the Austrian emperor can no longer allow Serbia to be occupied by others, even if Serbia is to be occupied by others, it can only be their Austrian Empire.
Salmonburg squinted his eyes slightly, and his face was cold.
The Qing army attacked northward, and the Austro-Serbian army also resisted in the south, and the two sides met in Kraljevo, a hundred kilometers south of Belgrade.
"Kill!" Nearly 10,000 cavalry of the Qing Army rushed into the armor shield cold weapon corps and cavalry corps of the Austrian army, and fought with the Austrian soldiers inside.
The number of Qing cavalry and Austrian soldiers was almost the same, around 10,000 people.
Although only 2,000 of the Austrian soldiers were cavalry, unlike the Qing army, which were all cavalry, the other 8,000 Austrian infantry equipped with sophisticated armor and shields were also the elite of Austria.
On the other side, more than 70,000 Indian and Persian flags also entered the Serbian legions.
The combat effectiveness of the Persian flag is not weak, although the Indian flag is worse, but the number of more than 70,000 is much higher than that of the Serbian army of less than 50,000, not to mention that the Serbian army only has a small amount of armor, and its combat effectiveness is greatly weakened, and it is completely pressed and beaten by the Indian flag and the Persian flag of the Qing army.
The rest is a duel between rifles and flints.
The Austrian flint rifle corps had 20,000 men, while the Qing army's rifle corps had only 3,200 men. Theoretically, Dorgon should have drawn some cavalry and infantry to support the rifles, but Dorgon was not in a hurry.
After the Qing musket team was fully equipped with rifles, although the combat effectiveness of the stronger team increased several times than that of the original flintlock team, it had never fought a big battle between rifles and flints, and now was a good time.
The 20,000 Austrian flint guns marched slowly forward in a neat pace.
The 3,200 Qing Army Rifle Corps also marched forward slowly with neat steps.
"These Qing barbarians, with such a number of muskets, dare to face the attack of our 20,000 Austrian musket team, let us send them to God!" The commander of the Austrian army, Salmonburg, put down his binoculars and said sarcastically.
Obviously, Salmonburg did not take the more than 3,000 Qing musket teams in his eyes.
Although the Manchus defeated the Ottoman Empire, which had been threatening Austria, in essence, this should show that the Manchus were stronger than the original Ottoman Empire, but the Austrians had always regarded the original Ottoman Empire as a barbarian tribe, and now the Manchus have replaced the Ottoman Empire, and naturally inherited the status of 'barbarians' in the eyes of Europe.
The Austrian royal family was born from the glorious Habsburg dynasty a hundred years ago, and although it does not consider itself a member of the Habsburg family and does not listen to the Habsburg family descendants, the pride of inheriting the Habsburg family has not changed at all.
300 meters, 200 meters-----
"Attack!" The Austrian general shouted.
Suddenly, the Austrian soldiers rushed forward, intending to rush into range as fast as possible, and fired the first shot at the Qing rifles.
Austria was still in its prime, and had often fought with the Ottoman Empire in the past, and its soldiers were rare elites, and even if they rushed forward sharply, there was little confusion in formation.
When the Austrian flintlock team reached 200 meters, it charged quickly, although the soldiers of the Qing rifle team in front of them were stunned, but the soldiers of the Qing rifle team quickly reacted and pulled the trigger.
A volley of bullets flew over the "Papapa---- and dozens of Austrian soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.
The soldiers of the Qing rifle team quickly loaded their ammunition, and the soldiers of the Qing rifle team, who had not yet fired in the back, rushed to the front and continued to shoot at the Austrian soldiers in front.
In a short period of time, the Qing army fired several rounds, killing and wounding hundreds of Austrian soldiers.
There was still a distance of nearly 200 meters, and the Qing army opened fire, and killed and wounded hundreds of their own soldiers, which made the Austrian soldiers and generals stunned for a moment, but they quickly recovered, and reluctantly accepted the fact that the Qing army's rifles had a longer range than the flint guns in their hands.
"Rush!" There were Austrian generals shouting.
The range of the Qing rifles was more than 70 meters farther than their flints, and only by breaking through these more than 70 meters could they bring the Qing army into their range and counterattack!
The Qing rifle team continued to shoot at the "Papapa--- killing and wounding a large number of Austrian soldiers who rushed forward.
As for the Austrian soldiers, in the end, they are elite soldiers, under the command of the generals, even if they fill with their lives, the Austrian flint team is constantly approaching the Qing rifle team.
One hundred and fifty meters, one hundred and thirty meters, one hundred and twenty meters-----
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