Napoleon II Reborn Chapter 42

In the early morning of October 7th, Xiao Jie stood beside Marshal Bernadotte, looking at the soldiers who had had breakfast and were forming a square formation at the request of the officers, and then looked at the confident Bernadotte, He asked with some concern: "Your Excellency, Marshal, it seems that you are very confident. Are we sure that we will win?" He originally stayed with Napoleon at the temporary headquarters of Ettlingen in the Principality of Baden, but There was no point in being there, so at his begging Napoleon sent him to the First Army, which was being ordered to attack Nuremberg. However, Napoleon asked Bernadotte to take Xiao Jie with him, prevent him from going to dangerous places, protect his safety, and send him back to Ettlingen after this battle. Seeing that Napoleon cared so much about him, Xiao Jie couldn't help being moved. Although Xiao Jie, who felt the atmosphere of the battlefield for the first time, believed that they would definitely win, he still felt a little nervous about the upcoming battle.

Bernadotte smiled and said: "Your Highness, you don't have to worry. We are the most elite army in the empire except the Guards. In the previous battles against Austria, we defeated the Austrians many times, even if their strength It's the same as being more than us. Besides, we are using a new type of rifle this time, and the power and rate of fire have been improved a lot compared to before. So this time we have a certain chance of winning. You can rest assured that our brave soldiers will definitely Let those hateful Austrians know the fate of being an enemy of France."

About half an hour later, the soldiers formed a battle formation at the request of the officers. That is a square formed by thousands of people, and then a large square formed by several or a dozen such squares. The soldiers who formed these phalanxes would then charge or shoot in threes at the enemy, marching in unison to the beat of military musicians' drums.

The current First Army formed exactly three such huge phalanxes, slowly pressing towards Nuremberg. There is a phalanx of 10,000 people on the left and right, and a phalanx of 15,000 people in the middle. At the periphery and junction of the three phalanxes, there are two thousand cavalry of the legion. They will prevent attacks from the opposite direction and break up the formed formation. Behind the three phalanxes are 5,000 reserve troops, ready to support any emergency situation. From the point of view of future generations, such a formation is simply courting death. However, no heavy machine gun has been invented yet, so this formation is also the best choice at present. After all, only in this way can the army's maximum firepower be brought into play. At this time, the biggest threat to such a dense confrontation is artillery, but the technology for using artillery is immature now. Basically, artillery was used on a large scale after Napoleon discovered the advantages of using artillery in a concentrated manner.

The soldiers marched towards Nuremberg with drumbeats and a neat pace, revealing a chilling atmosphere from the neat pace, maybe this is the so-called murderous spirit, which can only be formed on the soldiers who have been killed for a long time Xiao Jie secretly thought of this kind of momentum.

At this time, outside the city of Nuremberg, the Austrian soldiers were also preparing to fight, and they formed a formation similar to the French army under the command of the officers. War in the West is not so full of cunning and cunning as in the East. They believe more in the chivalry of strength and courage. Here, the number of troops and the will to fight of the soldiers play a leading role. After the Austrian soldiers quickly lined up, they drove to the preset battlefield, less than 500 meters away from the city walls of Nuremberg. Then quietly waited for the arrival of the French army. Every soldier's face was full of resolute expressions. They had already learned about the current situation from the commander. Except for a very small number of people who were shaken, the rest of the soldiers were ready to fight the French army desperately. They want to use their own blood to defend the honor of the empire, to prove that they are the greatest soldiers of the empire. Although they always lose more and win less in wars with their opponents, this does not affect their current high morale at all.

Their only forty cannons are lined up on the city walls. At this distance, they will receive the greatest support from artillery, and they will surely be able to tear the arrogant French to pieces. Many soldiers looked at the black muzzle aiming ahead and thought. But they seem to have forgotten that the French army had far more and more powerful cannon than they did.

About an hour later, the French army appeared in the field of view of the Austrian army. They also had high morale and walked towards the Austrian army with neat steps. The impact with the ground made a dull sound. The faces of countless Austrians changed drastically. Morale is also draining rapidly.

At this time, the French army stopped advancing, about a thousand meters away from the Austrian army. Began to rearrange the formations that had been messed up by the march. Keenmeier knew that the longer the delay, the less beneficial it would be for the Austrian army under the current situation. So he decisively launched the command to attack. The soldiers, led by low-level officers, pressed towards the French army step by step. Since they were not within the range of their rifles, they could not shoot. The cannons on the top of the city began to roar. Although the French army was out of range at this time, most of their shells fell one or two hundred meters in front of the French army. Occasionally, one or two supernormal performances fell into the formation of the French army, and the blown limbs and broken arms flew far away~www.mtlnovel.com~ Seeing Xiao Jie's face pale, he tried hard to control himself not to vomit come out.

Bernadotte was also very satisfied when he saw Xiao Jie's performance, and many people vomited in a mess when they saw this situation. It is already very good for the pampered Xiao Jie to do this. Although the Austrian bombardment had a certain impact on the French army, the impact was not great due to the range. Soon the formation was completely adjusted.

Bernadotte shouted: "Fire the artillery. Let me suppress the enemy's artillery. The infantry raise their guns to meet the enemy's onslaught."

At his command, the artillerymen pulled up the cannons and began shelling the Austrians. Also due to the range, they couldn't reach the opponent's cannon, so they had to vent their anger on the enemy's infantry. The French army has many more cannons than the Austrian army, there are hundreds of them. Although these cannons are very useful, they are also very heavy, which is not conducive to long-distance marching. Xiao Jie then gave birth to the urgent determination to develop the mortar.

As the French artillery began to roar, a large number of shells flew towards the advancing Austrian troops. Cannonballs continued to explode in the crowd, blowing up countless limbs and broken arms, setting off waves of **** storms. At this moment of facing death, seeing their former comrades-in-arms being blown to pieces in front of them, many people became timid in the face of death. The morale of the Austrian army began to drain rapidly. At this time they were less than 500 meters away from the French army, but their rifles had a range of only 200 meters.

Keen Maier knew that if this situation continued, his army would only collapse, so he ordered the whole army to start a surprise attack. Only by reducing the distance with the enemy can he be protected from the opponent's powerful artillery~www.mtlnovel.com~Welcome to the book friends Read, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are all at ~www.mtlnovel.com~

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