"Accelerate, accelerate, the most elite young men in the empire, we are the Thorn Flower Division, we are the most heroic first regiment, don't be afraid of hardship, you must know that the rewards after victory will be unimaginable..."
"As long as we defeat those pesky Prussians, we can get a large amount of war reparations. I guarantee that everyone will get a lot of bonuses that will make you laugh in your dreams..."
"Ah ha ha ha... Bah, bah, bah, you bastards, be careful, the dirt has splashed into my mouth..."
Viscount Alan had never been so majestic in his life. Even though she was a well-known romantic aristocrat in Vienna, she had made no achievements in the gilded years of the army, which made his family extremely angry.
But what's the use of anger? Not many people in the entire Austrian military are optimistic about Alan and this group of dandy boys, otherwise they won't form a special division to support them.
Take a look at Alan's outfit on the battlefield. The exquisite sheepskin gloves were actually dyed white. According to his original words, he wanted to retain the beauty of the white cloth gloves and the protective effect of the lambskin.
Of course, gloves are just one aspect that Viscount Alain pays attention to. Look at the texture of his military uniforms. They are made of top-quality woolen fabrics. All the buttons are either gold or silver. If you don’t have money to pull them off when you go out, One button is enough for ordinary people to spend more than half a month.
The superior living conditions since childhood and his status as a noble have made Alan develop a jealous and arrogant temper. The most direct manifestation of this temper is his mysophobia that appears anytime and anywhere.
Alan really likes to make contributions on the battlefield and bring honor to his family, but in his heart he is disgusted with the dirty environment on the battlefield, especially since it rained lightly this morning. After the army trampled the ground, it soon turned into A dirty dirt road.
Look at the cow dung mixed in the mud on the roadside. Viscount Alan really couldn't associate the delicious steaks on the gold and silver plates with these dung. Apart from occasionally shouting slogans, he spent most of the march. They all covered their mouths with gloves.
But just now, the blind cavalryman actually flew in front of him, and the dirt raised by the horse's hooves even flew into his mouth.
Oh God, Viscount Alan felt sick when he thought about the appearance of cow dung, but he also knew that the soldiers around him were looking at him, and this kind of behavior that lowered morale must not be done.
The adjutant who serves him personally has been used to him since he was a child. When the young master becomes an officer, he will naturally have an adjutant for him. In fact, he is just a personal servant. As soon as the adjutant saw the young master's behavior, he knew that mysophobia had occurred again, so he quickly took out a silver flask and secretly handed it over.
Without saying a word, Alan raised his head and took a big gulp of top-quality French wine worth two hundred gold coins. It was not for drinking at all, but for gargling.
With a pop, the red wine slurry spat out on the floor. Good wine is good wine. The strong fruity aroma made the surrounding soldiers twitch their noses. They may never have the opportunity to drink such precious wine in their lives.
"Reporting to the commander... Urgent information has been sent from the front..."
"Ahem, cough..." Viscount Alan, who had just finished rinsing his mouth and wanted to take a sip of wine to soothe his throat, was suddenly frightened by the incoming messenger, and all the sip of wine choked into his trachea.
"Cough cough cough...you bastard...if you don't follow the right path, why did you run away from me... cough cough cough..."
The messenger didn't expect that he had been running all morning, and he was so tired that he was covered in stinking sweat. What he got in exchange was a lot of curses. But he was facing a proud noble, and he was just a civilian, and he was still his immediate boss. Even if he was scolded, They have to be next to each other.
The soldier lowered his voice slightly and said, "Your Majesty, the sentry sent urgent information. A Prussian army was suddenly spotted at our destination, Shiqiao Heights. It seems they want to protect Shiqiao. Please give instructions, sir..."
"Huh? Prussian Army? Why so fast? Open the map..." Although Alan is a dude, he also graduated from a serious military academy, and he still has the skills to talk on paper.
"Well! It seems that Old Moltke is quite capable. He must have discovered our plan... How many enemies are there?"
"Your Majesty, I can see that there are no more than two battalions, all of which are infantry without the support of cavalry and artillery..."
"Hahaha, this is really a sleepy pillow. Isn't this a waste of credit for me? Send the order, let the sentries spread the warning area, and be sure to find out whether they have reinforcements... The other soldiers speed up and advance. Our first regiment must monopolize it. I will not give anyone else any credit for this effort, hahaha..."
Just as he was laughing wildly, the messenger spoke again, "Sir, there is one more thing I need to report to you in secret..." Viscount Alan dismissed the soldiers around him in confusion, "To make a long story short, we have to hurry... "
"Yes, sir... The sentries at the front found that this unit was extremely strange. They found that there were many oriental faces mixed in, and the uniforms were different from those of the Prussian army..."
"Sir, could they be under the command of the Eastern Prime Minister? If we rashly engage in a fight with them, will it cause a diplomatic dispute?"
"What!" Viscount Alan grabbed the collar of the messenger, "Say it again? An oriental face appeared? Is it a light blue military uniform? Are you talking about Xiao Letian's officer corps?"
After receiving a nod from the messenger, Viscount Alan let go of his hand and revealed a strange smile on his face, "Haha, God really loves me. I never thought they would actually join the war... Come on, order the troops to march." , we must be the first to rush to Shiqiao Highlands, we will crush this army..."
"Sir, we are already marching at the fastest speed. If we go any faster, our artillery will not be able to keep up..."
"Don't worry about the artillery. Let the cavalry and infantry start a rapid march. The enemy has no artillery at all. We can overwhelm them with a single charge. As long as I win the first stop... I will execute the order immediately!"
"Yes, sir!" A group of cavalry suddenly dispersed around Viscount Alan. They began to issue orders along the long marching team, shouting as they ran. Soon all the soldiers in the first regiment speeded up and began to trot forward.
Although the Thorn Flower Master has a group of dandy nobles, it is precisely because of the incompetence of the officers that the emperor will allocate more elite soldiers to balance the quality of the entire division.
The Thorn Flower Division has the highest proportion of veterans, and its overall quality is super strong. Under Alan's command, the flow of people quickly accelerated, and the wilderness was full of thunderous footsteps.
There will always be some fateful enemies in a person's life, and some fateful enemies will accompany him throughout his life, just like the Manchu Qing court that Xiao Letian faced, or the British and French, which are already the top powers. These are things that require him to spend his whole life to defeat. To fight.
However, some enemies are destined to be just passers-by for a period of time, such as the Huashan family elders of the Shimazu family and the Manzhou Green Camp in Tanggu Port. These people can only cause trouble for Xiao Letian for a period of time. In the end, these enemies will fight back under Xiao Letian's It was destroyed in ashes.
What is Viscount Alan to Xiao Letian? Perhaps in the eyes of Viscount Alan, this Xiao Letian is his life and death enemy, an East Asian barbarian who has made him lose face. But in Xiao Letian's eyes, Alan was just a clown. After the conflict at the cocktail party, Xiao Letian didn't even bother to recall this clown.
How broad a person's vision is, how broad his heart is. Xiao Letian's heart is filled with the important task of national rejuvenation. Since he has already avenged the insult at the reception, he has no interest in thinking about it anymore.
But life is so lucky sometimes. Xiao Letian, who was commanding the mixed battalion to deploy defenses, never expected that the first wave of enemies he faced would be led by Viscount Alan.
"Reporting to the commander... A small group of Austrian sentries were suddenly discovered in the southeast. They did not hesitate to fight and immediately retreated after discovering our approach..."
"Continue to investigate... Damn it, good things don't work but bad things don't work. I guess the Austrian army will definitely divide its troops. I didn't expect that they actually divided their troops..."
Xiao Letian knew very well that in the Battle of Sadowa, Austria's military strength was definitely greater than that of Prussia. If General Benedek was really preparing to block the Second Army, he could completely use the strength of an army.
Even though the Second Corps has 120,000 elite troops, it still takes time to completely defeat an army. But now for the Prussian army, time is life. If every minute is delayed, the balance of victory will tilt towards Austria. one cent.
"Damn it, I didn't expect Austria to be so troublesome. Benedek is really an outstanding person..." After Xiao Letian and the officers around him finished the small meeting, everyone frowned and fell into deep thought.
After a while, Sima Yun suddenly said, "Sir, maybe the gaffe is more serious than what we deduced. If Austria is determined to delay, they can blow up the stone bridge. Don't worry, this river can't stop it." The cavalry and infantry are advancing, but the artillery cannot. Without bridges, they can only rely on horses and soldiers to pull them!"
"That's right!" Xiao Hexin also reacted. "The Austrian side doesn't need to send too many troops at all. It can just send out a few engineering regiments. If they bring enough, they will blow up all the way. All roads will be destroyed and the army will be forced to leave. Farmland and wilderness, they have many ways to delay time..."
The officer corps immediately started talking. Everyone had serious expressions and realized the seriousness of the situation. In a moment, everyone's eyes turned to Xiao Letian. He was the highest officer here and he could only make the decision.
Xiao Letian looked at the terrain map carefully, then picked up the telescope and looked around. He was comparing each other in his mind. It took him more than ten minutes to finally make up his mind.
"Damn it, what are you looking at me for? What is there to discuss? Get ready to fight. Shiqiao Highland is the only place the Second Army must pass on its marching route, and it is the highest point on the terrain. Whoever occupies this place will win. Dominate the entire battlefield with absolute control... Do you remember the previous civil engineering training? Why are you still stunned? Take action immediately..."
Xiao Letian gave the order, and everyone split up without saying a word. Military orders were quickly passed back and forth between the battalion commander, company commander, platoon leader, and squad leader. In less than five minutes, both special-mixed battalions were in action. , there was a lot of noise in the highlands.
Only then did we really see how elite the Prussian soldiers were. Even though they were just a bunch of rookies who came out of the Hamburg recruit camp, their basic military training was absolutely solid. They didn’t even need Xiao Letian and the others to issue orders. They just relied on middle-level officers to control the entire highland. Divided into different defense areas, all companies and platoons can quickly find their own guard locations.
"Do you still remember the ground rat training on the banks of the Elbe River? Aren't you full of complaints? Today I will let you know how important civil engineering training will be in future wars... Everyone took action immediately, first digging individual soldier pits and sending sharpshooters to cover them. Protect the battlefield, and the others will immediately dig trenches..." "If you shed more sweat now, there will be less blood shed on the battlefield later... Accelerate, accelerate!"
The entire Shiqiao Highlands completely turned into a huge construction site. Engineers' shovels were flying up and down everywhere. The wet, dark soil was lifted up and patted into neat fortifications. In a short time, several structures appeared around the highlands. Hundreds of individual soldier pits.
At the same time, the trenches behind the individual soldier pits also started to be constructed. No one dared to relax a little. Everyone knew that they were competing for time with the God of War, and the Austrian army might appear at any time.
Just when the general outline of the trench appeared, but it could not hide the figure of an adult, suddenly the sentry from the south came galloping back on horseback.
"Traces of the enemy were found...directed to the southeast...a reinforced regiment was visually detected...the Austrian army has appeared!" In the roar of the sentry, a black line appeared on the southeast horizon, and the enemy finally appeared.
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