Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 599
Prague battlefield.

Austria has assembled as many as 18 troops here, which is larger than the North German Allied Forces on the Prussian defense line.Originally, the Austrian Emperor Leopold I wanted to unite the armies of other German states, but after all, they are all states and have their own interests. At the moment of war, they prefer to use their main force to protect their territory instead of Sent to Bohemia to accompany Austria against Xi Qing.

In Prague, Xiqing finally failed to realize his previous aggressive style of fighting. The Austrians' densely fortified fortifications and thousands of artillery made Xiqing's armored forces dare not easily carry out breakthrough operations against the Austrian army. .The Qing army tried several times. Although it caused some damage to Austria, Austria's defense line was basically stable.

The Austrian army lacked mobility, so it was difficult to launch a counterattack in the face of the Western Qing army, and could only stick to it.

Uleden was extremely anxious at this time. He originally hoped that he could defeat the Austrian army that was several times larger than his own division and take credit for himself, but the reinforcements promised by the general headquarters never came. There were only three Qing troops before and after attacking Prague. Division and some sporadic troops, the total size is less than 5 people.

"As long as more troops are invested, we can win. What is the headquarters doing, why should the battle be postponed?" Uledan was very dissatisfied.

Lalbin, who stood beside him, dared not intervene; Uledan would take it out on him when he was irritable.

Ulleden repeatedly studied the Austrian defense line. This is a fortified defense line around Prague. It not only has densely fortified fortifications, but also complicated tunnels. Obviously, the Austrians have been preparing for this day for a very long time.The Austrians not only mobilized the army, but also mobilized ordinary people to build a defense line for them.

Uleden's army was able to break through the two lines of defense, but it would soon be counterattacked by the Austrian army.The Austrian counterattack was very fierce, and Uleden didn't want to cause too much damage to his troops, so he retreated.The Austrian army did not need too long to restore its fortified positions.

This is why this young officer is still not satisfied. In fact, with less than 18 troops, he was able to contain the [-] new Austrian troops and keep them trapped in Prague, which is already a very big result.

Lalbin, who was next to Uleden, thought: "The general headquarters did not issue any substantive attack orders for several days in a row, but only asked the three divisions to cooperate with the attack, and to attack the army to control their own losses. This is obviously a means of feinting. It seems that the main offensive line of the headquarters is not in Prague."

Lalbin's idea was quickly verified. One day later, Uledan received news from the general headquarters that the Eighth Army of the Qing Army suddenly broke through the Ostrava defense line, approaching [-] tanks, thousands of artillery pieces, and ten troops. Thousands of troops swept down from the plain, pierced in from the waist of Austria, and the goal was Vienna, the capital of Austria.

What is even more surprising is that the Second Army Corps of the Qing Army actually left Prague, detoured and continued southward, and achieved a situation of encircling Vienna with one left and one right wing with the Eighth Army Corps. The Wanqing Army besieged Prague.

The timing of the battlefield has changed.

The Eighth Army Regiment of the Qing Army wiped out tens of thousands of Austrian troops in mobile warfare, and successfully occupied the important Austrian town of Brno.

Leopold I hurriedly asked the Austrian army to assemble and asked the Prague Austrian army to break out of the siege.This is completely a layman's request, but it is also a request that has to be implemented. Austria's territory is too large, from Bohemia to Hungary, there are too many places bordering Xiqing, and they all need to be guarded by the army, which makes their There are not enough troops.

And the Prague Austrian army, which lost its solid line of defense, was not enough to deal with the Western Qing army.

Uladen finally got his dream fight.

In the early morning of April 4, the Austrian army began to shell the Qing army. After an hour and a half, the Austrian infantry began to rush out of their trenches, preparing to attack the Qing army's positions.

Uleden was not in a hurry, and began to order the Qing army to retreat.In this way, while retreating once, Uleden retreated nearly [-] kilometers. At this time, Uleden, like a poisonous snake, used the tank troops in his headquarters to make a detour, attacking the rear of the Austrian army, and he The infantrymen attacked frontally with the cooperation of artillery, and made a tactical action of attacking the Austrian army from both sides.

It didn't take long, and Uleden's troops wiped out more than 2000 Austrian troops, and most of the outstanding tens of thousands of Austrian troops were defeated by the Qing army.The other Qing army units that did not enter the battlefield in the follow-up followed the gap exposed by the Austrian army in one fell swoop and broke through Prague's thick fortified defense line.After a simple resistance, the Austrian army finally failed.

After fighting for more than ten days without any results, Ulerden completed the counterattack in just one day.

The Austrian army suffered more than 6000 casualties in the Battle of Prague, and as many as 12 Austrian troops surrendered.Although they actually still had weapons, the morale of the army was broken. The Qing army divided and encircled them, and finally forced the Austrian army, which had no fighting spirit, to automatically become their captives.

Once Prague is lost, Bohemia is declared over.And Vienna, the capital of Austria, has reached the most critical moment.

After that, the Qing army completed the encirclement of Vienna with more than 20 troops from the two armies in less than a week. Leopold I only made some symbolic resistance, and his army looked weak and ridiculous in front of the Qing army.In the end, Leopold I chose Frederick William's way and fled to Italy by plane, leaving behind his 20 Austrian troops. His behavior also made him a laughing stock in Europe, and made nearly [-] Austrians He became a prisoner of the Qing army.

In the next two months, the Qing army sent troops from Ukraine and the Balkans one after another. A large number of troops that were not even fully equipped defeated the troops in Hungary and other Austrian territories, and finally almost completely controlled Central and Eastern Europe.A large number of Qing troops even directly took over the equipment from the Austrian army and became fully equipped troops.

More than 30 German troops were captured before and after. Fei Yanggu was full of fighting spirit. At the same time, he ordered the Qing army to start selecting obedient prisoners among the captives, and incorporated them into the Eight Banners to coat them and become new subordinate troops.

Even Bai Mingxiu had expected that European countries would fail one after another, but Bai Mingxiu was shocked by such a soul-stirring loss.Xiqing controlled a huge land and population, which would soon be transformed into Xiqing's national power. It seemed that Xiqing's threat to Ming Dynasty was really increasing.

(End of this chapter)