Napoleon II Reborn Chapter 81

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At 2 o'clock in the afternoon on August 10, after having lunch and resting for an hour, the soldiers of the Guards and the Imperial Guard, led by the officers, prepared for a new round of attack.

Marshal Davout and Bessières stood on the ground, staring at the opposite ground, which was the ground that cost him nearly 3,000 people this morning and made him lose face. And this afternoon, he was going to attack the opponent's first line of defense in one fell swoop to wash away their shame.

Through observation in the morning, both Davout and Bessières found that if they could not destroy the two barbed wire fences in front of the enemy's position, it would be very difficult for them to win. In order to prevent the enemy's artillery from suppressing his own artillery, Davout divided the remaining 250 cannons into two parts, and only used one part for shelling at a time.

At 2:20 in the afternoon, the artillery of the Davout Army began to speak, but this time the focus of their shelling was shifted from the enemy's position to the barbed wire in front of the position. Although their shells were not very powerful, the barbed wire fence was also blasted into three openings 70 to 80 meters wide during their repeated shelling. The artillery of the 88th Army also began their suppression when the artillery of the Davout Army fired. In the end, it still ended with the "loss" of fifty cannons by the Davout Army.

Although the 'loss' of so many cannons made Davout and Bessières heartbroken, fortunately, they got a little compensation by tearing a few holes in the barbed wire in front of the opponent's position, but this compensation also had to rely on The next infantry went to get it back, on the condition that they have some ability.

For this attack, Davout dispatched four whole regiments from the Guards, a total of 10,000 people. And Bessières imperial guards don't want to be spectators either. You must know that they were prepared to confront the 88th Legion at the beginning. If they don't have their share, then I don't know what they are going to do.

So under the strong request of Bessières, the Imperial Guard also dispatched two brigades to participate in this attack. Bringing the total number of people involved in this attack to 12,000. Therefore, both Davout and Bessières are full of confidence in this attack.

At 3 p.m., the offensive began. Although the soldiers have tried their best to disperse the offensive formation, but because of their large number, they are still relatively dense in some places. After entering the strike range of the 88th Army, these places became the first places where the mortars of the 2nd Battalion hit.

Under the fierce attack of the 88th Legion, the coalition forces composed of the Guards Legion and the Imperial Guard continued to attack forward. Although many people were 'killed', the large coalition forces didn't care about this 'loss' at all. Finally, after paying a certain price, the coalition forces rushed to the place where the barbed wire was erected. Some of them rushed in from the three openings blasted by the artillery fire. At this time, the heavy machine guns of the 2nd Battalion of the 88th Army had already aimed at this place. area. Together with some infantrymen, they blocked the three openings, but because the openings were too big, many escaped fish rushed in, but were 'solved' by the guarding snipers afterwards. The other part of the coalition brought tools to remove the barbed wire when they set off. They cut the barbed wire with large scissors, and then charged under the hail of bullets from the 2nd Battalion of the 88th Army. Fill. For a while, the position of the 2nd Battalion of the 88th Army was attacked in a precarious situation. Fortunately, the No. 1 Heights and No. 2 Heights also started to attack the coalition forces, which made the situation of the No. 2 Battalion a little easier.

After knowing this situation, Xiao Jie immediately ordered all the artillery to start blocking fire, forming a barrage in the middle of the coalition forces to prevent the coalition forces behind from continuing to attack. In this way, the situation gradually improved.

Davout saw that the advantage he had finally gained was slowly beginning to lose, he gritted his teeth and sent two regiments of 5,000 people to attack again. With the addition of these new forces, the balance of victory tilted towards the coalition forces again. Some areas of the 2nd Battalion's position even started hand-to-hand combat. In order to preserve strength, Xiao Jie had to order the 2nd Battalion to cover the artillery and No. 1 and No. 2 highlands. Withdraw back to the 2nd line of defense. So it was less than a day before the exercise started. The first line of defense of the 88th Army was lost.

The Allied soldiers who had won the victory cheered, but then they lost their joy. After losing their position, the 88th Army launched artillery coverage on their first line of defense. Unexpectedly, the coalition soldiers who did not expect the opponent to be so despicable had no choice but to flee to their own positions desperately. Dawu also didn't expect Xiao Jie to be such a rascal, he cursed Xiao Jie in his heart as despicable, but he didn't dare to say it out of his mouth, the crime of insulting His Highness the Crown Prince is not a small one.

The statistics of the final results of this attack also came out later. The coalition formed by the troops of Davout and Bessières "lost" 7,000 people, while Xiao Jie's side only "lost" 500 people. Including the troops lost in the morning, the station loss of the two sides reached an astonishing 20:1.

After getting this result, Davout's eyes seemed to burst into flames, but Bessière was quite open-minded, and kept persuading him, UU reading www. uukanshu.com He already understands that it doesn't matter whether the exercise wins or loses, anyway, His Majesty the Emperor intends to use them to train His Highness the Crown Prince.

But Xiao Jie didn't intend to end the battle on the first day like this. He was going to send cavalry to take advantage of the night to make a surprise attack on the coalition forces, so as to test the cavalry's night combat ability by the way.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, it was the most exhausting time for a person, and almost everyone except the sentinel was in a deep sleep. Slowly, the soldiers of the 88th Regiment Cavalry Brigade with cotton tied on their horseshoes moved out under the cover of night. They did not run fast on horseback at first, but did not launch a surprise attack until they were only one kilometer away from the coalition's garrison.

The coalition forces did not expect that the 88th Army would attack so despicably at this time, and were caught off guard. Gunshots were heard everywhere, and the camp was engulfed in flames.

At this time, Napoleon, who was in the city of Chartres, was also awakened, hurriedly got up and got dressed, and asked him what happened to his adjutant Di Loc, and whether the royalists had launched a rebellion again.

Dillock went out to inquire about it before coming back to report to him that it was not the royalist rebellion, but the 88th Army's night attack on the Imperial Guard and Guards.

Knowing this was the case, Napoleon smiled wryly, and lamented that his nephew really could think of any way to win. He couldn't help feeling sorry for his most loyal Marshal Davout.

And Marshal Davout was cursing angrily in his tent at this time, and he could hear "bastard", "shameless", "despicable" and the like from a distance. Because in the attack of the 88th Army just now, his'loss' increased by another three thousand.

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