Although the process was not very pleasant, the French army successfully deployed its troops into the British trench positions.
In this attack, the French army penetrated directly from the front line to the center line, and the vanguard was only more than 800 meters away from Wellington's command post.
The morale of the French army was high.
Berthier put all the remaining French troops into battle, and a total of 60,000 people launched a full-line attack.
The Royal French Knights were also thrown into the battle. They wore red and white military uniforms and rushed into the trench positions brandishing their sabers.
The riders were highly skilled in riding, and they were like a storm crossing the trenches, slaughtering the British troops who could not organize a defense.
The British center line was breached and the headquarters was exposed to the French attack.
Various British troops were gathered by grassroots officers and began to rush to the center line for reinforcements.
"Soldiers, the French bastards have broken into our position. Now, follow me to eliminate them!"
Without any extra words, the British troops on both sides, under the command of their officers, began to attack the French troops who entered the position.
The smoke has not dispersed yet.
Both sides used all their strength to compete for the center line position.
The French Royal Knights suffered huge casualties and tried their best to prevent the British reinforcements from the outside.
The French soldiers in the smoke on the center line were fighting in the trenches with the supporting British troops.
Victor was a minor general in the Napoleonic regime and was fairly well-known among the officers.
At this moment, relying on his years of combat intuition, he asked his soldiers to equip old-fashioned bowl-mouth muskets before attacking, and filled them with crushed lead pellets.
These broken lead particles are the leftovers left by soldiers when they suppressed lead bullets and modified the caliber. According to past experience, they will be recycled uniformly after the war and re-smelted by the military factories in the rear.
Now, these lead particles are collected by Victor and equipped to his commando team of more than 1,000 people.
"follow me!"
Victor wrapped his mouth and nose in a wet cloth and led a group of soldiers through the trenches.
The smoke prevented everyone from seeing clearly outside the trench, but inside the trench, in the space near the bottom of the trench, the smoke was thinner.
Suddenly, there seemed to be a burst of chaotic footsteps in the distance of the trench.
Victor's commando pointed their bowl-mouth muskets in the direction of the sound.
"It's now!"
"Bang bang bang~"
The strange sound of bowl-mouth muskets spread throughout the trenches. Victor's eyes penetrated the smoke of the trenches and saw a large number of figures on the other side falling to the ground.
The enemy returned fire.
Although it is not a bowl-mouth musket, the Charleville 1777 rifle is not bad in this era. Although it is inconvenient for close combat in trenches, it is not impossible to use.
Wait, Charleville 1777?
Victor broke out in a cold sweat. The Charleville 1777 is the standard musket of the French army. Compared with the British army's Baker rifle and other standard rifles, the sound of gunfire is still different.
Realizing that he might have hit the wrong person, Victor ordered his men to stop and shouted to the other side.
However, the position was full of gunshots and fighting sounds, and Victor's words could only be heard by the team around him.
Silence fell as nearby gunshots fired.
After a brief period of suffering and silence, Victor arranged for soldiers to inspect the battlefield.
Ten minutes later.
The soldiers returned dejectedly and brought bad news.
Their assault regiment of more than 1,000 men massacred more than 2,000 French comrades.
Did you win?
It did win.
The assault regiment formed by Victor went into trench warfare for the first time and killed 2,000 French musketeers at the cost of more than 400 men.
But this is killing one of our own!
"Everyone, listen to me, these brave teammates were killed by the British army!"
Victor's face was filled with compassion as he spoke to the officer beside him.
At Victor's suggestion, the officers and officers nodded like chickens pecking at rice.
At the same time, I was filled with worry.
After all, the wounds of these French musketeers were so special.
The formation of the assault corps is recorded by Berthier.
The 600 men of the Assault Corps silently left this position and began to join the encirclement and suppression of the British troops in other positions.
This time they had experience and let the brave veterans take the lead to conduct a surprise inspection of the situation. Wait until the situation is confirmed before launching an assault.
It was not uncommon for Victor's troops to annihilate their own men in this position.
Whether it is the French army or the British army.
On both sides, there is you among us, and there is me among you. The nervous soldiers can easily shoot because they are frightened by the sudden appearance of the figure.
As soon as the first shot was fired, it was a "crackling" passionate exchange of shots.
So, on the battlefield in the smoke-obscured center line.
The British army was fighting the French and British armies.
The French army was also fighting the French and British armies.
Both sides suffered casualties.
The balance of victory tilted towards France.
Although the French army only had 60,000 people, the British army had 120,000 people.
But on the European continent, who can compare with France than the army?
As long as the French army can engage in close combat with the British army, the French army will always win more and lose less.
Two hours later, when the smoke cleared, the position was revealed.
The miserable scenes on the battlefield were revealed.
France firmly occupied the position, while the soldiers supported by the British army were suppressed by the French army and could not move forward in several positions.
The situation was not favorable for the British army.
Because Wellington had already seen many French soldiers forming a team, preparing to attack the British headquarters.
Coincidentally, the French Royal Knights were rushing in diagonally after rushing through several trenches.
There is only one Guards regiment of more than 2,000 people around Wellington's headquarters, and this Guards regiment disperses its defenses.
The French Royal Knights cannot be stopped in one direction.
The results speak for themselves.
Massena gasped, his long knife resting on Wellington's shoulder.
With a simple signal, Wellington put down the blunderbuss in the face of the knights who surrounded him.
The Duke of Wellington became the highest commander captured since the start of the European War.
Given the power and status of the Duke of Wellington in the British Empire, the significance of capturing him was no less than that of Louis XVI being guillotined.
The British Empire is about to collapse.
The Dunkirk evacuation begins.
The British troops on the edge of the battlefield and in the rear had no intention of fighting after learning that the British command headquarters had been captured.
The British general who was lucky enough to escape the disaster evacuated his troops to the beach and prepared to return to the British Isles by boat.
The beach was crowded with people.
More than 30,000 British troops snatched a few transport ships here.
As the French army approached, the British army even had several armed fights over a ship.
In the end, the entire evacuation operation only evacuated less than 8,000 soldiers.
More British soldiers were captured.
When Napoleon heard the battle reports coming back from the front line at the Palace of Versailles, although he was as calm as water on the surface, he was actually howling with joy in his heart.
No one knows better than him what it means to defeat Wellington now.
At this time, in the British Isles, the dignitaries of the British Empire were still enjoying the dream of maintaining the offshore policy.
The troops of the British Empire were stationed everywhere, with only a few regiments stationed on the coastline facing France. The symbolic significance was greater than the actual significance.
If the French army lands at this time, the consequences will be disastrous!
