Chapter 184: Victory or Defeat
Such false propaganda has the advantage of inciting ethnic hatred and at the same time endorsing the righteousness of one's own side, so that soldiers can do those unjust things without scruples.
But the downside is obvious: after the collapse of their own morale, ordinary soldiers are too afraid of what they may suffer after surrendering, so they all choose to flee in a hurry.
As for the French army overseers, they are not fools, and they will naturally be loyal to their duties when there are few deserters, but if they really face this kind of rout at this time, they will choose to block the car with their mantis arms unless they are crazy.
At this point, the defeat of the French army was decided.
Ramosillier finally couldn't sit still when he saw those empty ships in the sky, after all, when the information was sent before, he only thought it was the nonsense of those gods in the Papal States.
In fact, when he saw those hot air balloons before, he had a vague feeling that maybe the Austrians would build bigger hot air balloons
At this point, however, Ramosillier saw something even further, as the airboats could not only control the direction of flight, but also drop bombs on the ground.
Combined with the previous powerlessness of the French army against the hot air balloon, the same result was the result in the face of the air ship at this time.
Unilateral beatings on the battlefield are much more terrifying than the battlefield being unilaterally transparent.
However, at this time, the German coalition forces that detoured to the rear of Saarburg changed their tactics, and in the face of the fierce onslaught of the French army, they directly chose to use incendiary bombs to burn down the nearby woods.
True, the forces behind the coalition forces were really not enough to block the full attack of the French army, but the fire could. The trees weren't temporary fortifications at all, they were all Coalition soldiers blocking the road with combustibles.
In the face of raging fire, no matter how brave a warrior is, he has no temper, after all, no one wants to fight a battle that is certain to death.
"Extinguish the fire! Extinguish the fire! ”
Although the fire could not reach the fortress of Saar, the coalition airboats were already hanging overhead, and the infantry would soon advance here.
As the fire spread, so did the tall trees, and the fiery serpent greedily devoured everything that could be burned.
Billowing smoke kept rising, choking people from approaching. Black smoke obscured the sky, like a boulder.
The French soldiers were carrying buckets and shovels in the hope of clearing a way through the fire, but the most vicious and violent group of mankind seemed so weak and helpless in the face of the power of nature.
What's worse is that the secret forces of the coalition forces have not completely withdrawn, and they will occasionally fire two shots or two rockets at the French fighting fires.
On the other hand, the fear and retreat of the French army undoubtedly irritated the nerves of the German coalition, which had already paid so much for the war that they wanted to take it all back with interest.
In particular, the Austrian airboat unit raised the morale of the German coalition army to the peak, and the soldiers frantically launched an attack on the French position, looking for the French who were still resisting.
The French artillery once again became a key target for the Austrian army, and the French artillery that remained in the artillery fire and sniper fire finally collapsed when they saw the adjacent air boats.
Without artillery support, it was only a matter of time before the French positions were completely lost.
Ramosilier chose to surrender because there was simply no other way out.
However, by the time Albrecht received his instrument of surrender, at least a third of the French army had died under the Allied attack.
However, this apparently did not satisfy Albrecht, and another day later the German coalition finally accepted the surrender of French Field Marshal Ramosilier.
At this time, the more than 40,000 French troops originally stationed in Saarburg were less than 3,000, and almost all the rest were wounded.
At the surrender ceremony, Ramosirier limped and handed over his command knife, and the coalition soldiers could not help but burst into a sea of cheers when they saw this scene.
Generally speaking, after the surrendering side hands over the command sword, the victorious side will politely return the sword to preserve the honor and dignity of the other side.
However, at this time, the high-spirited Albrecht forgot about this for a while, and he threw Ramosirier's command knife directly to the soldiers.
As soon as Albrecht had done this, he reacted, and he looked at Ramosilliers with great embarrassment, so he had to step forward and whisper comfort.
"General Ramosirier"
"It's the marshal!"
Ramosirier angrily emphasized.
"Marshal Ramosilier, I'll buy it back for you when the ceremony is over."
"Not necessarily! I'm a captive! ”
To be honest, Albrecht did not have the slightest affection for people like Ramosillier, who did not deserve sympathy and respect, either from the point of view of an Orthodox person or from the point of view of a nationalist.
Ramosirier became Marshal of the Second French Republic without putting up any resistance at the time of the February crisis, and is even now leading troops to attack the territory of his former monarch, Louis Philippe.
In the eyes of the orthodox, this is a traitor who has received the favor of the country and defected to the battle, and even has to cut down the original monarch for the sake of his new master.
In the eyes of German nationalists, Ramosilier was an aggressor, a butcher, and deserved to be slashed with a thousand knives.
If it weren't for years of royal education, Albrecht would have wanted to go up and punch him twice at this time. But as a member of the Habsburgs, he couldn't do that, but that doesn't mean others won't.
Albrecht listened to Ramosirier's words and turned to leave, and as soon as the Austrian Grand Duke and the commander-in-chief of the allied forces left, the nationalists, who had been patient for a long time, rushed forward.
One of them tossed off the French flag and slammed it to the ground, followed by a group of people reaching out and stepping on it.
Soon the delicate tricolor flag was trampled into rags, and looking at the flag that had become rags, a French officer couldn't help but stand up and scold.
"We have surrendered, you have no right to humiliate us like this!"
"You also know that you have surrendered? This flag now belongs to us, and we can do whatever we want. ”
"You should have the least respect for your opponent! Mr! ”
"Sorry, sir! All I know is that you're a damn aggressor! We didn't invite you here!
I would prefer to farm at home if I could! Milking the cows! Instead of fighting to the death with you damn French guys!
It's best to be respectful before you ask someone to respect you, and if you're bringing champagne, we've got a pilsner too.
You can't blame us for being tense with guns and sticks! ”
Plzeň refers to Pilsner beer.
The French officer suddenly seemed to have caught some inspiration and said with a smile.
"You are the aggressors! This is not your country, but our French land! ”
But he soon couldn't laugh anymore.
"No, sir! This is the land of our Germans! We've lived here for generations! You were the ones who took it! ”