Chapter 162: Charge
Grand Duke Franz, we will die on the battlefield . We are nobles."
"You're nobles? Aren't the nobles there stopping the rout at the front? Are there still few nobles among the front-line commanders of our army?"
Before the dandies could argue, Franz continued.
"He only knows pleasure, he is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he is here and there. You just want to enjoy the benefits of power but are not willing to take on the responsibilities of being a nobleman, you call it a bullshit nobleman! The nobles' faces have been disgraced!
Pick up your guns and go to the battlefield to prove that you are not a bastard, or else get out of the coalition and stay at home honestly so that I don't see you again!"
As expected, these playboys all fled in the opposite direction of the battlefield, how could the dynasty be full of such corpse vegetarian guys not decline?
Franz forcefully defuses an internal crisis among the men, but the ladies do not learn their lesson, and they walk to Franz's tent (cabin) holding hands with parasols.
On the other side of the battlefield in Celesta, Fanny Curt got up from the ground and silently walked to an Orleans flag that had been left on the ground.
She took off her gloves and grasped the flagpole with her white jade fingers, then held the flag of the Orleans army high above her head and waved it vigorously.
"Warriors of Orleans! Rush with me!"
Fanny Curt did not look back, but rushed straight to the French barricades.
The French skirmisher behind the barricade was looking at his commander with inquiring eyes, after all, the other party was both an officer and a nobleman, and he did not carry a hot weapon, so according to the rules he could not shoot at her with a gun.
However, the French colonel on the front line clearly did not want to follow this so-called rule.
"Monsieur Dan Gila has said that any means are reasonable against the remnants of the House of Orleans."
The colonel added.
"Don't die! The prostitute camp is short of a good horse."
The soldiers on the side let out a lewd laugh, they were the happiest they had been these days, and the thought that they might be able to participate in the aftershow in the evening made them laugh even more presumptuously.
But soon the unpleasant scream was heard again.
"It's an Austrian rocket! Hide!"
This time, the French army went to Alsace and fought extremely aggrieved, first the citizens of Celesta, who refused to give in, and then the mercenaries who demanded money and did not want their lives.
I wanted to replenish some supplies on the spot (loot on the spot), but the nearby Diao people turned the surroundings into a sea of fire.
The constant street fighting was like a flesh mill, destroying the lives and spirits of the French soldiers.
Then something even more terrifying came, and the reinforcements of the German coalition were like locusts all over the mountains.
They were accompanied by rockets and heavy artillery, and the sound of continuous explosions resounded, and the already dilapidated ruins were blown into even more tatters.
Soil and wood chips continued to gargle and fall from the ruins of the broken wall, kicking up a cloud of smoke and dust in front of the French position, choking the French soldiers coughing repeatedly.
When the smoke cleared, the French soldiers were horrified to find that the enemy had rushed in front of them.
Not just the mad woman, but countless roaring angry men. …。。
In fact, the French at this time did not lack blood, they just lacked proper encouragement and leadership.
Fanny Curt was serious, but she was a layman, she had no overseers in her army, and the little bounty offered by Louis Philippe was clearly not enough to kill her.
Fanny Curt and her banner had just taken the lead, and her charge had really sparked the self-esteem of the man. After all, let a nineteen-year-old little widow take the lead, and those big men really feel that their faces are disgraced.
In addition to the Orleans army in Alsace, there were some other soldiers from the German coalition army, after all, there were many people willing to help when it was to fight the French.
Of course, Franz's artillery support also played a role.
Although Franz did not intend to attack, he did not lose face by selling people.
"The lackeys of the House of Orleans have rushed over! Resist! Hold on!"
The French major who had just visited the front line was trapped on the front line by artillery fire, and the rebels, who had just been weakened, had already been killed in front of him, and in a panic, he had forgotten his original mission.
"Drive the rebels out of our land!"
The soldiers on both sides shouted in unison, "Long live France!" , and then fight each other together.
The colonel of the French Second Republic tried to escape, but the screams behind him made him instinctively turn back.
At this time, a spear with a sharp spear pierced directly through his ***, and he was just about to let out a scream when the spear pierced his throat.
Fanny Curt gasped and pulled out the royal flag of Orleans, and she still played tennis and polo regularly, otherwise she would have exhausted her strength by carrying the flag all the way.
However, Fanny Curt is not going to rest, she wants to rush into Celesta today.
"Soldiers! Don't rest! We're going to liberate Celesta today! In the evening, there is enough red wine and steak pipes! I please!"
"Rush!"
It doesn't matter what the wine or steak is, it's the important thing is that someone invites it. At this moment, these patchwork militias have finally become an army that dares to fight and rush.
However, the duchess's sense of direction was clearly problematic, and she shouted for the liberation of Celesta while rushing with the troops of Orleans and Germany.
Rushing out of the air also has the advantage of rushing in a hurry, because the already scattered French army could not transmit information in time, and as a result, many French troops were still behind the barricades to defend against the attack of the German coalition forces, and suddenly Fanny Curt came out from behind the barricades.
In addition, according to the information transmitted by the reconnaissance hot air balloon, the French army seems to have planned a military operation, which was completely disrupted by Fanny Curt.
At this time, the French army and Fanny Curt in the entire city of Celesta were scurrying like headless flies, but one side wanted to fight, the other side wanted to run, and the French army led by Bono de Coullen was defeated.
With victory in sight, all sides began to act, the coalition forces joined the battlefield, and the defenders of Celesta took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and Franz naturally did not miss the opportunity.
When the Austrians entered the battlefield, the French army was completely hopeless.
The eighteen-day Battle of Celesta finally ended on July 1, 1848.
With a total of 58,000 French casualties and another 30,000 captured, Bono de Coullen escaped the encirclement with less than 2,000 men, thanks to which Franz was indispensable.
Franz did not let the German coalition forces continue the pursuit deep into French territory, but divided into three parts, one to guard the border in case the French returned, one to help rebuild their homeland, and the rest to be sent to other battlefields.
After all, the Celesta battlefield did not need so many people in the first place, and the reason why so many troops were concentrated was entirely out of political considerations, in order to prevent unexpected situations from happening.
(End of chapter)
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