The negotiation eventually broke down. When Xiao Letian jumped back into the trench, he looked relaxed on the surface but was full of worry in his heart.
Can he really withstand the Austrian attack behind him? Even if they did not use artillery for fear of Viscount Alan's life, could they withstand dozens of times the enemy's strength?
Xiao Letian's inner worries may not be felt by ordinary soldiers, but the officers of the New Army who have been following him for a long time can guess it. Seeing an opportunity, Xiao Hexin and Sima Yun blocked Xiao Letian in a traffic trench and held a small military discussion.
"Now that you have made up your mind, sir, don't hesitate and go with them! It's not like we don't have a chance. Before going out, we brought three times the ration of ammunition, twice the ration of grenades, and a large amount of bulk...ours The supplies are very abundant. If we continue to fight at the same intensity as before, we can still hold on for at least five or six hours..." Xiao Hexin worked hard to cheer up.
However, Sima Yun was more cautious in his considerations. "There is no need to worry about ammunition, but our troops are seriously insufficient. In more than two hours, the number of combat troops has exceeded 300, and the remaining troops may not even be able to fill the trenches!"
At this time, His Royal Highness King Yi, who had been silent, also spoke, "If we don't have enough troops, we will shrink the defense line. Don't we have three trenches? This amount of troops is definitely not enough to guard the outermost trenches. We will retreat and push everything to the innermost trenches." Here, shrink all your strength..."
"Yes, as long as the enemy does not use artillery, we can defend it. Sir, you see, we are hiding in the third trench, and the two outer trenches have become natural obstacles. The enemy's cavalry cannot break through. All soldiers We all have to dismount and fight in, and what we will encounter is a group of infantry..."
While Xiao Letian was talking, Xiao Letian's godson Hyoutaro and godson-in-law Noheita also strode over. They were holding the hilts of the swords. There was no trace of panic in their eyes, but only the desire to fight and kill.
"Father, we have all heard the conversation you just had in front of the battle. We both just want to express our stance to Father on behalf of all the warriors of the Foreign Legion... We in the Foreign Legion only have soldiers who died in battle and no soldiers who escaped. We will fight if we want. Why hesitate!"
Xiao Letian was extremely happy now. Since ancient times, a friend in need has been a friend, and a hero can be seen in a tough situation. The encouragement from his brothers filled his heart with courage. At this time, he turned his questioning eyes to Jonas and Leo.
Jonas knew what Xiao Letian meant without opening his mouth. He smiled slightly and pursed his lips toward the trench, "Your Majesty Prime Minister, this is a life-and-death battle for our Kingdom of Prussia. Do you think our morale needs to be boosted?"
Xiao Letian followed his gaze and immediately felt relieved. He saw that none of the Prussian soldiers in the trench were idle, and everyone was nervously preparing for battle.
Steven was checking the bullets one by one. The leather magazine on his body had long been empty. He took out the shining bullets one after another from the ammunition box, inspected them carefully and pressed them into the magazine, using gentle hands. It's like stroking a lover's hands.
There was also Daniel. There were grenades one after another beside him. The device had been checked and the drawstrings had been neatly packed away. The young man's face was unusually calm.
Look at Grant again. As the more stable one among the trio, he has already checked all the equipment and is now taking out a piece of dried meat and chewing it slowly. He is conserving energy for the upcoming battle.
There was now an eerie silence in the trenches. After a morning of killing, the soldiers lost their enthusiasm and became unusually calm. Even the wounded soldiers rarely wailed, just relying on the trenches to quietly accumulate strength.
King Yi couldn't help but twitch his nose, "My dear, I smell the scent of a veteran of hundreds of battles. I have experienced countless wars. Only veterans of hundreds of battles who have walked out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood can have such calmness and be like this." Taste...if I could bring these good soldiers back home..."
King Yi couldn't say anything else. He also knew that this kind of idea was fanciful. In this era, Europeans are the advanced nation on earth. Their pride is unimaginable to Asians. So just don't do this kind of solicitation. If you open your mouth and say something, you're probably just humiliating yourself.
Xiao Letian shook his head as if to get rid of all distracting thoughts. He clapped his hands and said loudly, "It's done! Why do you think so much? People die like birds in the sky, and they don't die for tens of millions of years. How many people live over a hundred years old?" ? If you are afraid of death, you will not die. We might as well just be bastards... Hahaha, let's assemble, let's assemble to the last trench, and we will die together..."
"Fight! Fight! Fight..." All the officers and soldiers of the special mixed battalion had only one voice. They began to assemble under the banner of the Remnant Blood Army. At this time, from the Prussian army positions outside the trenches, there were bursts of military horns and dense footsteps. The sound rang out, and the final battle finally came.
At the edge of the trench, all the heads were exposed. All the soldiers who could fight picked up Mauser and put them on the soil, watching the surging crowd outside with vigilance. However, this time there was no tension as at the beginning of the war. Shen Rushui looked at the enemy, waiting for the commander to give the order to shoot.
Xiao Letian stood in the open-air headquarters at the commanding heights, looking around the battlefield with his binoculars. When he saw enemy cavalry crossing the north side of the high ground, he sighed, "Tabris is really angry this time. Not even a single person escaped for his life." There is no passage left, this is going to fight us!"
At this moment, the enemy's slowly advancing crowd suddenly trembled, and with an earth-shattering roar, everyone began to speed up. The moment of decisive battle finally arrived.
"No bombardment? The enemy really has no bombardment! No, no, no, they definitely don't care about Viscount Alan's life, they must have run out of ammunition! Hahaha... Brothers, the Austrian artillery has no ammunition. Our biggest The threat is over!"
Xiao Letian jumped up and shouted excitedly in the headquarters, but the soldiers in the trenches had no time to pay attention to him. Everyone's eyes were focused on the dark enemy troops.
"200 meters ready...150 meters ready...100 meters ready...Why panic? The position is so narrow. No matter how many they have, the number of people facing us is fixed. Don't be afraid. Just hold on to me." live……"
"Prepare for eighty meters... prepare for fifty meters... prepare for grenades... blow them up!" As the officers shouted high-pitched military orders, a lump of iron suddenly rose into the sky and flew straight into the crowd in the trench.
Boom, boom, boom... A cloud of smoke and dust rose from the tide of Austrian troops. The distance of fifty meters was a passing grade for the Prussian army to throw grenades. At this distance, there was no problem of missing at all.
"The enemy is approaching the first trench...Fire! Fire! Kill them!" Amidst the roar of grenades, hundreds of Mauser shots were fired in one continuous sound, which sounded like continuous thunder from a distance.
Bullets flew across the battlefield, and Austrian soldiers were knocked down in pieces like chopped leeks. In the densest crowds, even one bullet could penetrate the bodies of two or three soldiers.
These Austrian troops who had just rushed to the edge of the trench were standing on the piled mounds of earth, and they were as obvious as wooden figures on the shooting range. There was no need to aim at such a target. You just silently loaded the gun and pulled the trigger. There was no need to think about it at all. The problem of hit rate.
The bodies of the Austrian soldiers fell into the trenches like dumplings, and there was a wailing on the battlefield! Xiao Letian was a little puzzled at first. He didn't know where the motivation for these Austrian troops' crazy charge was, but when he heard the shouts of the officers in the enemy's charging group, he suddenly realized it.
"Charge... Damn trash, charge quickly... You eat the best military rations in the empire, get the highest military pay, and get the most sophisticated weapons. What's the reason for all this?"
"You remember, it is because the Thorn Flower Master has the highest proportion of nobles among all the troops in the empire! It is because of us nobles that we have brought you such favorable conditions! Now is the time for you to repay your kindness and rush forward to rescue Viscount Alan! "
"No one is allowed to retreat. Those who retreat will be shot immediately! Don't even think about becoming deserters. The door of the Imperial Court is open. Deserters will only die!"
Amidst the shouts of countless officers, the Austrian army was squeezed out of the last bit of morale. Relying on the illusion of security brought by the large number of people, everyone rushed forward feverishly.
Xiao Letian knew very well that when the war reached this point, there was no need for strategists to strategize in the headquarters. It was now a battle of wills, a game of life-for-life, and a balance between the intensity of the charge and the intensity of firepower. addition and subtraction between.
"Maintain the intensity of firepower and never let go of any fish that slip through the net... Where is the Ba Dao Team? Mr. Long, take the Ba Dao Team to put out the fire for me on the battlefield. If there is a breakthrough, block it for me..."
Xiao Letian's vocal cords were about to be torn when he roared. He had no ability in hand-to-hand combat, but he had never given up on rifle shooting training. The Mauser's shooting frequency was no slower than that of the soldiers.
The cruelty of modern warfare is clearly reflected in this charge. The density of the charging crowd and the density of bullet shooting have become a cold and ruthless mathematical formula. If the density of bullet shooting is greater than the density of the crowd, your position can be defended. .
But real war is not acting, it is not the Hollywood movies of later generations, nor is it Xiao Letian’s favorite computer game in his previous life. In a real war, all you face are living lives, and all you do is try your best to end the opponent's life and survive.
Countless Hamburg recruits were now fighting crazy. They loaded and shot mechanically, watching the corpses on the opposite side fall into the trench layer after layer. They even let out bursts of howling like wolves, and some even shed tears while killing people.
Everyone was red-eyed. Behind the charging crowd, Count Tabris and Brigadier Penka ran wildly with the soldiers of their respective guard companies. They shouted wildly to encourage their soldiers.
"Charge! Everyone charge! No matter how big the sacrifice is, we only want Stone Bridge Heights!"
"When the soldiers retreated, I shot the squad leader. When the squad leader retreated, I shot the platoon leader. When the platoon leader retreated, I shot the company commander... It went on like this until I was finally allowed to have the king himself shoot me, the count! No victory, no peace. die!"
This time, the Thorn Flower Master was serious. Under the personal supervision of all senior officers, the soldiers who were threatened with death rushed towards the high ground one after another. Corpses fell into the trench one after another, looking at the two-meter-deep trench. It's about to be filled in.
There will be loopholes in the tenacious guard, and there will be moments of relaxation. There will always be some lucky soldiers who escape the hail of bullets and jump out of the trenches alive. They hide in the piles of corpses to gather strength. When four or five people form a group, He suddenly rushed into the traffic trench and fought towards the second and third trenches.
"Breakthrough has been achieved. The first trench has been breached! Press forward with the entire army and annihilate the enemy in one go!"
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