Click, click, click-

At the edge of the woodland, hundreds of sappers armed with long saws in groups of two or three were struggling to sawing trees as thick as a man's waist.

The main work of these engineers was to build bridges in the river, build ladders in the wall, and make holes in the fort, so they had all the tools and experience with them, and they could use all kinds of limited resources to create possibilities.

Jingle Clank Bell –

On the western side of the swamp, timber from the woodland was quickly sawn into planks and then nailed into flat-headed wooden boats.

The reason for choosing a flat head is that the swamp is not equal to a river or lake, and some of the shallows are barely walkable even though they are in the water, so in order to avoid a long detour, you can use horses to drag wooden boats like pulleys through the shallows. In war, soldiers are fast.

Dangdangdang dang -

Behind the low hills, which the Prussians could not see even if they jumped up, dozens of oddly shaped, pointed-tipped wooden chariots were being nailed with copper skins that would bolster the already thick nose of the wagon.

To propel the wagon, at least ten strong and powerful men like grenadiers were needed, and this did not include the artillery that operated the light artillery erected on the wagon. These guns could only fire 3-pound shells at most, and the smaller ones were only 2 pounds, 1 pounds, or even 1/2 pounds, so the weight of the guns could barely be propelled by manpower.

In addition to these dozens of trolleys for storming fortifications, hundreds of other wide-body carts for infantry as temporary bunkers are also being built.

"Are you sure about this battle?"

In the makeshift camp of the Guards, Colonel Pushkov looked at Orlov, who was immersed in carefully studying the topographic sketches drawn by the scouts, and could not help but ask.

"Sir, all I want to say is that I will do everything possible to win the battle, and I will earn the credit that the Guards deserve!"

Orlov, who was frowning and pondering, raised his head and said in a resolute tone.

"Haha, well done!"

Pushkov laughed.

"We Guards have been looked down upon for all these years, and now we finally have a chance to raise our eyebrows, and we must seize this opportunity to show the senior officers who laugh at us all day!"

Because the Izmailovsky Guards Regiment was created by the former Tsar Anna, as the sister who was very bad with Empress Anna, after Empress Elizabeth I succeeded to the throne, the Izmailovsky Guards Regiment began to be severely suppressed, many veteran officers stopped at lieutenants, and a large number of foreigners from the German region and part of Britain and France became middle and senior officers, so the mood in the army was very depressed, and everyone was holding their breath.

"Yes, I hope that when this war is over, I will also be eligible for the Order of St. Andrew, and have the opportunity to meet that Highness again..."

Orlov recalled the figure of a man and couldn't help but be more motivated.

Newspaper –

In the military tent on the outskirts of Vienna, Saltykov was napping sleepily, only to hear the herald shouting and hurried in.

"Your Excellency the Duke, an urgent letter from St. Petersburg!"

The herald pulled out a roll of paper from his leather satchel and handed it to Saltykov's adjutant.

"Letter from St. Petersburg?"

At this critical moment in the offensive and defensive battle of Vienna, I don't know what urgent letter was so hurried, Saltykov's face became even more gloomy.

"Bring it to me!"

Saltykov decided that he should be the first to read the letter, because the fire paint that sealed the paper scroll was a seal that only the Tsar of the Russian Empire could have.

"Tsk... The order was to leave Vienna and attack Prague in Bohemia? Whose bad idea was this? I'm dizzy..."

After reading the letter, Saltykov scolded himself for a while.

The letter was sent in the name of Empress Elizabeth I, asking Saltykov to first cut off the supply lines of the Prussian army besieging Vienna, which borders Brandenburg and Saxony.

Of course, it stands to reason that there is nothing wrong with this order, because if Frederick the Great who is besieging the city is well supplied, and the dead soldiers can be replaced at any time, then it will be a pure war of attrition, and the Russian army is far away from the mainland, with the whole of Poland in between, but there is no time to keep up with it.

However, the problem is that at this critical juncture, a sudden departure as a friendly force can leave a bad idea for both warring sides. For the allies, the withdrawal of the Allied forces is likely to shake the morale of the troops and cause the morale of the defenders to collapse. And for the enemy, is the sudden departure of such a large army because something happened on the mainland? Or is there some other conspiracy? I'm going to have to find a way to stop it, or listen to the truth.

Therefore, the letter also demanded that Saltykov himself explain to the Austrians the reasons for the military operation and, as far as possible, avoid being recognized by the Prussians.

It would be ridiculous if such a strange order was really from the Empress!

Saltykov admits that he is not a fool, but he has not been in the army for many years, and although he is comfortable in the circle of high-class noblewomen, for those who are scheming, ordinary tricks are absolutely impossible to hide, which really worries him.