In the early morning of March 26, the infantry regiment began to march.

Vasalai didn't know where he was, because the maps given to him by Turkey were not accurate, many of them were drawn in the last century.

However, he can communicate with friendly forces via radio to ensure his control of the troops. For safety, he also put the support troops very back.

Keep going west. After about 0.8 kilometers, there was not a single Russian army encountered.

As he was preparing for the repair, the telegraph operator beside him told him that he had encountered an enemy with a friendly force on the trail.

Vasalai hurriedly stopped his troops and hurried towards the trail.

They climbed over snow-capped mountains and climbed steep hills, but there was no sign of friendly troops.

Fortunately, some local mountain people showed them the way, and the speed of the march gradually increased.

Two hours later, the whistling of bullets was faintly heard, and the source of the sound was behind the opposite hill.

The troops quickly went into alert, all the squads were lined up, and the mortars were ready.

Vasalai was the first to climb the mountain. After hiding yourself, take a telescope and take a closer look.

The Russian troops hiding behind bunkers raised their guns and opened fire, but there were few ways to hit; Instead, their men kept getting shot and fell to the ground.

The Russian officer, aware of the gap between the two sides, ordered the soldiers to fire continuously and suppress the opposing side. At the same time, some people are allowed to get out of cover, close the distance between them and the other party, and then shoot accurately.

But the Russian soldiers under his command did not listen to him at all. They can do it by shrinking behind like a turtle and shooting black guns, but it is difficult for them to attack.

Unlike the Russians, who had no combat qualities, the Austrians were elite.

They could knock out a man with just a few shots, and the high rate of fire of semi-automatic rifles was enough to suppress the Russians.

As long as the Russians dare to charge, they will let the machine guns open fire and knock the Russians back.

This orderly style of play has continued to this day. After hours of fighting, the ground was littered with the corpses of Russians; There were few bodies of the Austrians to be seen.

But these Russians seem to be inexhaustible. The more time passes, the more people they come.

The Austrians were running out of ammunition, and the machine guns had largely ceased fire.

At this moment, they were a little desperate, and they put bayonets on the barrels of their guns, ready to make a last stand.

Suddenly, they saw a group of people dressed the same as them on the mountain peak, and their morale immediately increased, and they continued to shoot at the Russian troops with only a few rounds of ammunition left.

Vasa roared, and fired at the enemy crowd with a submachine gun in hand. After thirty-two rounds were fired, many Russians fell.

But that's not enough. More and more Austrian reinforcements climbed the mountain and poured ammunition on the Russians.

The sounds of the battle are getting louder and louder, and the bullets that are streaked across the battlefield are getting denser and denser.

There were a few more artillery shots, which caused the Russians to roll over on their backs.

The sight of those Russians was really touching, especially when the flanks were attacked. They were pinned down and could only watch as the Austrian commandos on the hill rushed down the hill, but there was nothing they could do.

When they got close enough, the assault team members opened fire with their submachine guns in unison.

As if cutting sackcloth, those Russian soldiers fell to the ground in droves.

The Austrians, who were hiding in the trenches, also crawled out and rushed at the Russians with rifles with bayonets.

The Russians, unable to resist the pressure, left behind their wounded brethren and retreated one after another.

At this time, a group of Turkish soldiers arrived, blocking the way for the Russian army to retreat, and there were several more corpses on the ground.

New blood flowed from the blood that had long since dried up, and dust was constantly splattering on it. The hellish sight is indescribable.

But the exhausted Russians could not care about this. They quickly dispersed, found the gap and ran out.

Vasa ignored them, and after passing the message to Kuster, he received the first and most important order in his life:

"Seven kilometers to the north of you, there is a Russian high ground, knock him down, so that he can prepare for a large-scale attack in the future. According to recent intelligence, there were probably two infantry regiments, totaling about 4,000 men. ”

The previous losses left the infantry regiment with only fifteen hundred men. Fifteen thousand against four thousand, it is difficult to reach the blue sky, but Vasalai did not retreat, but was very excited.

However, in rough and complex terrain, it can take several days to march seven kilometers alone.

Vasalai was not discouraged, though, and saw it as the price to pay before he could receive the honor.

Along the way, the Austrian army went on business as usual, without the frequent accidents before. Three days later, in the afternoon, after a long journey, they finally saw what seemed to be on a series of mountains and hills.

Vasa raised his hand and motioned for the troops to stop and let them make repairs; At the same time, some people were asked to lie on their stomachs in hidden places and observe the movements on the mountain from time to time.

If nothing else, Vasalai intended to attack at night.

This is not only because there is a greater benefit to be gained by taking advantage of the unpreparedness; The soldiers of the infantry regiment were also somewhat tired, and supplies had not yet arrived.

He wanted to wait for these arrivals, and the availability of artillery support, before launching an attack.

While the other Austrian soldiers were resting, Vasalai was the only one lying on the snowy mountain, looking at the Russian army opposite, and constantly refining the plan in his mind.

Before you know it, the whole Caucasus is plunged into darkness. No Russian knew that the heights they were on were about to turn into hell, and they all fell asleep peacefully.

Vasa, whose eyes were full of bloodshots, saw this scene, and hurriedly got up and personally led the reconnaissance company to explore the deployment of the Russian army.

Dozens of people cautiously followed Vasalai, each with their fingers kept away from the trigger to prevent accidental misfire.

They walked along the tower's blind spot, and eventually picked a relatively gentle slope to climb up.

But the place was still very steep, and even if you stuck a gun into the mountain, you couldn't hold your figure, let alone climb it.

The soldiers also did not dare to throw the rope on it, which would alarm the enemy. They had to stick their guns into the gap between the rocks with one hand, and grab the rocks with the other, limping up. From a distance, it looks like a group of disabled people walking.

The hill is only 60 meters long, and it took four minutes for these so-called Austro-Hungarian elite people to climb up, and more than ten minutes for everyone to come up.

The tired Vasalai was the first to come up, and at the moment he was clearing the surrounding obstacles with some soldiers.

Perhaps the Russians never expected someone to climb up from here, and there was not a single Russian soldier in the area.

This gave Vasa a chance. After spending more than ten minutes regrouping, he took the reconnaissance company and began to conduct field investigations.

The number of Russians they encountered gradually increased, and they had to be more careful.

After scouting the surroundings of the high ground, Vasalai did not dare to go any further, for fear of being exposed, he went down where he had come up.

Descending the mountain is far more difficult than going up, but this is mainly because of people's fear, such as the elite of the reconnaissance company, who are used to hellish battlefields, naturally do not fear anything, and the whole process of descending the mountain takes about twelve minutes.

Back in the position, the Austrians, who had nothing to do with the back, took the opportunity to build fortifications. Vasa didn't know how long it had taken to get there, at least not before he could investigate.

But he didn't care so much, Vasa ran back to the regimental headquarters and drew the outline of the high ground with tools.

The appearance of the high ground is very peculiar, there are no obvious edges and corners around it, just like the Russian soldiers, there is not the slightest murderous atmosphere.

Vasa was led by a group of battle-hardened Austrian veterans who had been fighting the Russians with his father in Galicia as early as 1914.

One division of that year, only a few months later, there was only one regiment left, which makes people sigh.

Now, these people will fight for Vasa and win the first big battle of their lives for him.