Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 325

It was already afternoon, three hours had passed since the battle started, and there was not a single Prussian soldier in Li Mu's place.

On the contrary, the rain in the sky started to get heavy again. There was only a few minutes between drizzle and torrential rain, and then the heavy rain never stopped.

The rain curtain blocked the gunpowder smoke in the distance. Li Mu could only rely on the leaping soldiers and his cavalry to get the news. The soldiers were all ready in the rain. The cavalry was required to control the horses to maintain the formation, and the infantry was required to use oil paper to protect the gunpowder and fire starter. live.

The French soldiers held on in the rain.

"Marshal, we haven't seen the Prussians yet, do you want to let the jumping soldiers go forward to see how the battlefield is going?"

An officer next to Li Mu said, the rain kept hitting his face, making his speech a bit intermittent.

Li Mu stared at the hazy distance, but shook his head.

"Let's keep getting ready, the Prussians will come."

Li Mu said lightly, but before he finished speaking, a sharp whistle sounded from the dense forest in the distance.

The sound penetrated the sound of rain and entered Li Mu's brain almost instantly.

All the French soldiers suddenly became excited and looked forward one after another.

But at this time, the toppled rain curtain was unexpectedly much smaller, and the distant scenery had become slightly visible.

A few cavalrymen were frantically coming towards Li Mu, and before they reached Li Mu, they immediately shouted loudly.

"Marshal, there are Prussians, there are Prussians everywhere!"

He spoke a little hastily, and the cavalrymen next to him all looked at Li Mu, and Li Mu finally showed a satisfied expression on his face.

"There are a lot of them, but they don't have a dense formation. They should be retreating. Marshal, you are right!"

The soldier who came to report said excitedly, but Li Mu raised his hand to stop it, and then said immediately to the messenger beside him.

"Let all the infantry phalanx get ready, the cavalry began to turn around, drilled into the dense forest, and drove them all out!"

"Remember, infantry cannot take positions immediately, and cavalry cannot act alone."

"Go, hit! Shock! I want to see Blücher!"

Li Mu said loudly, drew out the saber at his waist and pointed it forward, the soldiers roared, and the horns began to sound.

The sound of horse hooves rumbled, and teams of horses were dispatched from both sides of the position. In the infantry square, trumpets and drums also began to sound continuously. Rows of soldiers were leveling their guns under the shouts of officers. Pour in the fixed ammunition, and then the squad leader will distribute the fire starter.

They put their three-cornered hats on again, stood in a row holding their long guns, and raised their guns to look forward.

The heavy rain seemed to have dissipated completely, and only sporadic raindrops fell in the sky. After the rain, the air was much fresher, and the scenery in front of me became clearer.

The French army's position was very lively at the moment, but there was silence in the dense forest. Even if the French cavalry rushed in, they seemed to disappear in the silence.

Everyone can even hear their own heartbeat clearly.

And just after a short period of silence, a gunshot broke the silence of the dense forest, and then a considerable number of men in dark blue military uniforms were seen running out of the dense forest.

They looked a little embarrassed, and even looked behind them frequently, as if there were pursuers in the dense forest.

Countless soldiers came out from all over the dense forest. They walked not far ahead, and then suddenly noticed patches of blue phalanxes on the plain ahead.

These soldiers froze for a moment, and then someone suddenly called out.

"It's the French, they're coming after us!"

After the words fell, these Prussians became even more flustered, and they all moved towards the sides, but before they could take a few steps towards the sides, groups of green cavalry rushed out from the flanks and drove them towards the middle .

"French hussars, hell, where did they get so many cavalry!"

The dispatch of the cavalry made the Prussians even more panicked. They panicked and had to come towards the position of the infantry phalanx.

However, some courageous Prussian officers began to gather soldiers and let them temporarily form a phalanx to resist the attack.

As more and more Prussians came out through the dense forest, tens of thousands of Prussian troops appeared in this area. They scattered densely and seemed to be very powerful.

Li Mu watched the situation ahead from the side of the river, and came back after seeing two groups of cavalry interspersed, and then said to the messenger next to him.

"Send an order to General Lobo, only attack the Prussians who rush forward, and let the Prussians who don't want to charge go."

The messenger didn't understand Li Mu's meaning, but he went down immediately to convey the order. Luo Bao, who received the order, understood what Li Mu wanted to do, and asked his various phalanxes to readjust their plans, and only act against the phalanx. The Prussians who shot the gun opened fire.

At this moment, the French infantry have been waiting for a long time, and the hands holding the guns are already a little pantothenic.

There was a lot of noise on the battlefield, especially when they saw the Prussians gathering not far in front of them, they couldn't help but clenched their guns, and at this moment they all listened to the sound of trumpets and drums in the team.

The Prussians on the other side also began to move towards the French army after organizing two phalanxes with difficulty. Their drums gradually approached, but the French army's position was already quiet.

After entering a distance of 200 meters, someone on both sides went off fire. After the white smoke came out, an officer rushed up with a hat and pulled the man to the back, and then shouted for everyone to listen to the horn.

Compared with the era of cold weapons, the battle in the era of muskets tested the courage of soldiers, especially the soldiers standing in the first row.

Because the other side's black muzzle is also pointing at themselves, neither side knows when the other side will fire, and whether they will be injured after firing.

The reason why it is called queuing and shooting is that in the final analysis, it is the foundation of the team. Whichever team can't survive, the other side will win.

The commanders of both sides are carefully calculating the distance to each other. As long as they go further, the projectiles can hit each other more easily.

And when the soldiers on both sides were sweating, the officer gestured to the trumpeter on one side of the team.

The urgent sound of the trumpet came suddenly, and the officers began to make a drawn-out sound.

The soldiers in the first row raised their spirits and leveled their smoothbore flintlock guns, aiming at the soldiers in the distance with all their strength.

As the order was issued, there was a crackling gunshot of fried beans, followed by flames and white smoke, which immediately covered the front of the phalanx.

But the soldiers did not stop, the first row immediately retreated, and the second row raised their guns and pulled the trigger.

The soldiers who finished shooting retreated and reloaded their ammunition, but the officers shouted in an orderly manner, allowing the phalanx to fire rhythmically.

The Prussian phalanx was not to be outdone, bullets from both sides took many lives, but the battle continued.

Both the Prussian and French troops used single-row shooting. There was no three-shot shooting on one knee, only intensive single-row continuous shooting.

Such shooting can ensure the continuity of firepower, but it is not enough in the density and breadth of firepower.

Inside the horse, the fallen French army was dragged away by the jumping soldiers, and outside the horse, the bodies of the fallen Prussian soldiers rolled down the hill with a slight slope.

The battle between the two sides is still going on, and the sound of horns, gunshots, and roars can be heard endlessly.

Li Mu was also observing the situation on the battlefield at this moment, and saw that several Prussian phalanxes had affected the French infantry regiment. Those Prussian soldiers were also brave and good at fighting, and the battle situation was extremely anxious.

Li Mu put down the telescope in his hand, then grabbed the reins, looked around, took out his saber and shouted to hundreds of carbine knights.

"Warriors, charge with me, for the glory of the empire!"

"For the glory of the empire!"

These cavalry also roared, and Li Mu's cavalry immediately turned around from one side to the front of the battlefield.

At the same time, the harassing cavalry also noticed Li Mu's movements. According to Li Mu's previous request, they began to gather and charge towards the place where the Prussian firepower was most concentrated.

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(End of this chapter)