Battlefield B was a new direction for the Prussian offensive, and the Prussian army chose to assemble ferries on the Elbe tributary near Roslau and storm the relatively empty German defenses in this area. www.biquge.info The movements of the Prussian army have always been controlled by the German army, and thanks to the mass mobilization ability of the German National Revolution, even in Prussia, there are a considerable number of members of the National Revolutionary Party, secretly providing all kinds of information to the German army. As a result, the Prussian army was embarrassed to find that when their troops arrived at a place, the German troops on the opposite bank began to build fortifications with great fanfare, and it was obvious that the movement of the Prussian army was in their hands.

Even if Karl I was suspicious and stationed his troops in Koswig, a few dozen kilometers away from Roslau, the Prussian army's action of assembling ferries could not escape the eyes of the German army, and the Prussian army could not cross the river without boats, so the German commander immediately determined that the real direction of the Prussian army's crossing of the river was in Roslau and not Koswig, who was not in good condition.

In this way, when the Prussian army crossed the river on battlefield B, even though the Germans did not have much defense in the area around Dessau before, they still drove a whole infantry regiment to defend it. The scale of the Prussian army, which also launched a river-crossing operation on this battlefield, was not large, about 5,000 people. With the same combat rhythm as battlefield A, the artillery battalion of the German infantry regiment used howitzers to bombard the opposite bank, and the width of the river channel in battlefield B was relatively small, which also made it less difficult to cross the river, and the German bank was dominated by woods and flat land, and it was more difficult to build a defensive line.

The Germans split the artillery battalion into three artillery batteries, supplemented by machine gun companies and artillery platoons from other units, and expanded the defensive area as much as possible. The crossing of the Prussian army on the B battlefield was more successful. Because the Elbe River is winding in this section. This gave the Germans the advantage of the salient on their own shore. The Prussian army placed its own artillery on the convex bank, which put the German artillery positions and fortifications under their own blows. Of course, the Germans could not tolerate this happening, so the commander of the German infantry regiment decided to take the initiative to attack and cross the river first, take out the artillery positions of the Prussians, and ensure the safety of their own firepower.

As a result, a battle across the river was fought on battlefield B, where the defending side had to go offensive to solve its own dilemma. When the Prussian army began to move. German artillery began firing across the Elbe, while soldiers of a German company crossed the river by boat. After crossing the river, the Germans began to seize the convex positions, and about a battalion of Prussian troops engaged in an exchange of fire with the Germans. Under superior German firepower, the units of the Prussian defensive positions were repulsed. However, the Prussian army then began to maneuver towards the convex shore like flies smelling fish, in an attempt to destroy the German troops who had seized the position.

As a result, on the convex bank, which was completely undefendable and did not even have a trench, the Germans and the Prussian army launched a fierce battle. The Germans concentrated their artillery and bombarded the Prussian troops who were trying to occupy the convex bank. Not to be outdone, the Prussian army then set up artillery positions on their own side and fired back. Of course, the sound of such a return fire was very weak, and several pieces of Prussian artillery were knocked out by the Germans after they were first fired, so that the Prussian army once again fell into a situation without fire support.

Braving German artillery fire, the Prussian army continued to concentrate its forces to attack the German troops on the convex bank, and the Germans also reinforced two more companies to cross the river, and the fighting became more and more intense.

At the same time, the very wise Prussian generals chose to launch a river-crossing offensive in another direction, drawing the attention of the Germans with a battle on the convex bank. The Prussian army quickly sent a fleet of ships on the Russell River to the east of the convex bank, and the direction of attack was the defensive position set up by the German army, and the artillery on the defensive position was at this time vigorously supporting the friendly forces on the convex bank.

Fortunately, the Germans had split the artillery before, and at this time there was at least one artillery company with six howitzers and more than a dozen mortars capable of striking at the Prussian army's river-crossing troops, but although the firepower was considerable, the Prussian army's river crossing was relatively scattered, and the strikes were not particularly effective. Fortunately, there were still German machine-gun fortifications above the defensive line, and the crossfire was still enough to inflict great damage on the Prussian army.

As a result, the situation on Battlefield B became extremely anxious and chaotic, and the German and Prussian armies fought each other in many places, and such battles also tested the patience and tenacity of an army. After suffering huge losses, the Prussian army successfully reached the south bank, but its numbers were relatively limited, with just over 600 soldiers, equivalent to two battalions.

However, the landing was of little use, because the German fortifications gave up some distance for the Prussian army to land, and after they came ashore, the German army's dense fire came and swept down the Prussian army that had lost cover in pieces. Some Prussian soldiers used the hulls of their ships to defend them, but soon the German artillery bombardment was more powerful on land than on the water, which made it impossible for the Prussian army to stay on the shore for more than 15 minutes.

However, the Prussian army then used the surviving ships to transport a group of Prussian troops to the German shore again, the flat shore not only brought trouble to the German defense, but also made the Prussian offensive lack of effective cover, in the absence of armored vehicle protection, the use of physical impact on the German fortifications, is extremely unshown, the German army is each platoon is equipped with a machine gun, the squad also has light machine guns and submachine guns, such automatic fire configuration, so that the Prussian army is quite powerless in the face of the German army.

The real danger of the battle took place on the convex shore, the Germans seized the positions here, and the ammunition they carried with them was not much, and the Prussian troops tried to regain their positions one after another, and the Germans were actually relatively young, so the ammunition consumption was very large. After the Germans repelled the fourth wave of Prussian attacks, the German soldiers were left with a few bullets. Finally, during the fifth wave of the offensive, the Prussian army entered the German position, and the two sides engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat. The German soldiers did not collapse as the Prussian army imagined, but shouted slogans, raised their bayonets and slaughtered the Prussian army, the Prussian soldiers, who had always been known for their ruthlessness and efficiency, did not think that they would encounter such an enemy, and were repelled by the Germans who burst out with amazing courage in this white-knuckle battle. Fortunately, the commander in the rear reacted quickly and immediately sent people across the river to send the replenished ammunition, which once again stabilized the German position on the convex bank.

The battle on Field B continued for a day, and the curtain did not come to an end until both the German and Prussian armies were exhausted. The Prussian army suffered considerable losses, with a total of more than 2,000 troops in the convex bank position and the river-crossing position, while the German army also suffered more than 200 casualties, which was a little more bloody than the calmness of the A battlefield. (To be continued.) )