"Let the brothers of the Ba Dao Team withdraw! Suspend the rhythm of the attack...the bombardment is about to begin!"
Sima Yun looked at the Houtaro Noheitas who were killing each other like gourds of blood and were about to go crazy. He quickly issued an order, and the killing army finally slowed down.
At this moment, bursts of muffled thunder suddenly came from behind the battle formation, and the sky was full of artillery shells flying over everyone's heads.
The steady stream of French cavalry in front of them was blown down, and the smoke of explosions was everywhere within sight. Only then did we see the advancement of Prussian artillery. The breech-loaded rifled cannon fired accurately and reloaded quickly.
The most important thing is that these artillery shells are all trigger fuzes. The artillery does not need to calculate the distance to replace the fuzes. Ready-made ammunition can be loaded and fired!
Such quick reaction ability was completely the nemesis of the cavalry. In the round after round of shelling, the French cavalry who had been killing crazily just now suffered heavy casualties, and finally had to withdraw to the city of Sedan.
McMahon organized more than 7,000 cavalry to go out of the city to counterattack. After a bloody battle, less than 4,000 came back, and half of the warriors were killed!
There was no time to feel sorry for the casualties of these cavalry. Just after the second round of shelling, the Prussian attack began again. This time, a full 30,000 commandos rushed up like an overwhelming swarm of ants.
The counterattack in Sedan City was not without fierceness, and the casualties caused by the heavy machine guns were also huge, but no matter how strong the firepower density was, it could not suppress the Prussians' madness.
Soon, soldiers were everywhere under the city wall shooting upwards, and the firepower at the top of the city was actually suppressed alive.
No French army could raise their heads, bullets flew over their heads, and these soldiers huddled in the corners of the city wall in fear all day long.
"Fight! Get up and fight..." The officer hit these timid soldiers with his sword. The bullets passed by him and the city wall was hit with stone chips flying!
"Fight! If we don't fight, none of us will survive once the city is broken! Attack..." Bullets flew up to the top of the city. The officer who had just been boosting morale was shot through the chest by a bullet, and his body rolled down from the top.
Under the city wall, groups of engineers rushed forward. Under the cover of the firepower of their comrades, they charged forward with their backs bent. Pack after pack of gunpowder was piled at the base of the city wall. They opened the gun and turned around to escape.
This is not just one or two assault blasts, this is a breakthrough across the entire outermost fortress of Sedan City!
Boom...boom...huge explosions came one after another, and the Sedan city wall was suddenly in danger!
"Breakthrough! Breakthrough...the city wall was blown down..."
No matter how strong the city wall is, it can't withstand so many explosions. Soon, six huge gaps were blown out of the outer city wall of Sedan, and the excited Prussian troops rushed upward like crazy.
The French soldiers lying on the ground on the city wall were awakened by the shouts of killing. When they opened their eyes, they saw that the sky and the earth were blood red. The blood on their foreheads flooded into their eyes like a waterfall. Everything was blood red and distorted.
The huge shock wave that just exploded caused serious casualties on the city wall. Many comrades were shocked to death, and even he was shocked to the point of bleeding from his mouth and nose.
The soldiers struggled to stand up and looked at the huge gap around them like the edge of a cliff. The swarming Prussian troops poured in through the breach like a flood.
The soldier smiled bitterly and pulled the bolt of the gun to load the bullet. He pulled the trigger condescendingly without taking aim. The sound of the gunshot passed through the crowd below and a soldier fell to the ground and screamed.
Then he pulled the bolt again, and then pulled the trigger. The injured French soldier stood alone on the edge of the cliff and shot down!
"Damn invaders...go to hell...go to hell..."
At this moment, a bayonet was thrust into his back. In severe pain, he watched the blood-stained blade emerge from his chest. It turned out that the Prussian army attacking the city had come up from the stairs and was attacking the city wall. The remaining defenders were massacred.
The veteran had already felt that his soul was quickly leaving his body. He was floating in the air and watched as his body rolled and fell into dust from the city wall.
The trumpet of his youth sounded in the sky again. In the Crimean Plains, the young and handsome me was charging forward against the artillery fire of Tsarist Russia. So many people died, but I won the final victory.
On his deathbed, the veteran recalled his military life. After two drops of tears, his consciousness finally disappeared into nothingness!
"Long live... the city of Sedan is broken... long live!" Countless Prussian soldiers put their team's flags on the wall of Sedan, and the Prussian army's main formation in the distance cheered excitedly.
But when these soldiers standing at the top of the city looked behind the city of Sedan, a cold air came up, "Oh God! The city of Sedan has been armed to the teeth!"
Sedan City is not an ordinary commercial town. The outer city wall is not the only means of defense. Sedan is a large military fortress!
Behind the first city wall are countless residential areas, factories, workshops, military camps, stables... extremely complex streets, and there are sandbag walls everywhere.
There are even permanent shooting fortresses in the city, with several cannons and firing ports for stationed soldiers. These fortresses can completely cross fire with each other.
The entire Sedan is a war fortress, and it definitely makes sense for the French Emperor to choose to garrison here!
The French troops retreating from the city wall penetrated into this complex street fighting area like a tide, while the Prussian troops who followed behind were hit by crossfire.
Every building is a fighting fortress, and all windows can fire cold guns. As soon as the Prussian army rushed into the street, they saw rifles sticking out of all the windows on the left and right.
"Kill these Prussian invaders! Give me back Alsace! Give me back Lorraine!"
Bang bang bang... The hail of bullets swept away a piece of the Prussian army, and the rest could only retreat backwards!
"Street fighting is about to begin... Street fighting cannot stop the brave Prussian army... Open all city gates... Clear all breaches... The army attacks!"
The Prussian troops outside the city were still surging forward, and the Junkers noble officers gave full play to their leading role. Under their leadership, no matter how heavy the casualties were, these Prussian troops still fought to the death.
Xiao Letian stood on the watchtower and slapped his thigh anxiously, "Cooperate with the infantry and artillery! How many lives will this cost! Are these Prussians crazy?"
"Luo Huo...Sima Yun...don't be stupid, you two! Human life is the most valuable, and the least valuable thing now is time!"
Facing the opened city gate, the Belgian soldiers who were temporarily under the command of the Chinese all screamed excitedly. They had killed many people in the cavalry charge just now. Now they were eager for revenge and launched the charge without waiting for orders.
"Asshole! Who told you to charge... Stop attacking and wait for orders!"
"Unorganized, undisciplined! Stop...stop..."
However, these temporarily transferred Belgian soldiers did not develop the habit of obeying the Chinese at all. The follow-up troops were stopped, but the vanguards of the first two battalions had already cooperated with other Prussian troops to rush in from the city gate.
