Of course the effect of bomb bombing is very good, otherwise why is it so expensive?
Through the telescope in his hand, Mustafa Koprulu finally discovered that His Majesty the Sultan's money was not in vain... The fragments of the "Spanish Knight", the wood fragments used to build fortifications, and the human body could be vaguely seen. The sky!
The 12-pound cannon and the 24-pound mortar bombarded the enemy for less than forty minutes, and more than a thousand shells had been fired. The explosive ammunition that Mustafa Koprulu brought to the Austrian front line was not much, only more than 20,000 rounds in total, so he had to use them sparingly.
At about 5:50 in the morning, the sound of artillery on the Binhu front suddenly stopped. Dozens of officers from the Yenicherry Corps who led the charge came to the front of the team, drew their scimitars, pointed forward, and then shouted: "Allahu Akbar!"
“Allahu Akbar!”
Cheers immediately echoed across the battlefield!
The infantry of the Jenichery Corps, who had been impatient for a long time, formed more than thirty square formations in battalion units, and were arranged in the open space half a league away from the Austrian army's position. The ten battalion phalanxes lined up again and began to rumble forward.
The Austrian army position opposite was still shrouded in gunpowder smoke, and the white military uniforms of the officers and soldiers were all stained with soot, turning from a white regiment into a "grey animal." François Eugen, who arrived at the front before the Ottomans fired explosive bombs, squatted behind the parapet with his head in his hands like ordinary soldiers. His head and face were covered with dirt, and even his wig was covered in dust. As soon as the shelling stopped, one of his adjutants helped him up.
Francois Eugen spit out dirt, rubbed his eyes, and lay on the parapet to look across. At first, there were so many fireworks that I couldn’t see anything clearly. I could only hear cheers in Turkish coming from the other side. Cheers came in waves like waves. Just by listening to the sound, I can tell that there are many Ottomans coming, there are thousands of them, right?
The Austrian infantry behind the parapet also began to organize their ranks under the command of the officer. There are now no pikemen in the Austrian infantry battalions. Instead, one company of infantry is equipped with Yeager rifles, and the other three companies are equipped with muskets. At this moment, the infantrymen equipped with Yeager rifles were all half-kneeling behind the parapet, placing the Yeager rifles loaded with cork rifle bullets on the sandbags. The musketry soldiers formed three rows behind the riflemen. After the formation was completed, they did not stand, but squatted together to avoid being bombarded.
At this time, a little north wind blew up on the battlefield, blowing away a layer of smoke, allowing the Austrians, who had been bombarded for more than two hours, to see clearly the formation on the opposite side. After seeing it clearly, everyone took a breath of cold air.
On the plain ahead, the Ottomans formed square formations side by side. Francois Eugen counted and found that there were at least 10 battalion-level phalanxes, with almost five to six thousand people!
The officers of the Yenicheri Regiment, wearing exaggerated white turbans, led the soldiers forward with Turkish scimitars, and rows of rifles undulated forward. The distance between the phalanxes was very small, and the entire battlefield was almost filled with soldiers! The morale of the Yenicherry Legion seemed to be extremely high, and cheers came and went, like thunder.
The Ottoman army seemed to have covered the plain east of the lake, coming in like ants.
"Count, please retreat, the front line will be here soon!" A colonel of the Austrian Army named Friedrich von Hausmann approached Francois Eugen and asked him to leave the front line. One line.
Eugen is not a prince now, but just an earl, because the title of prince is almost the same as that of duke - prince is actually translated by the Chinese, and the correct meaning should be prince. Henry's grand duke was about the same age as a prince, prince, or duke, so he could not be given the title of prince (prince) or duke to François Eugen, so he was given the title of earl.
Count Eugen did not insist on holding the front line, but turned around and said to Colonel Hausmann, commander of the 7th Division under his command (not only was he a regiment commander before, so he only had the rank of colonel): "Leave it to you! Hit me hard!"
"Yes, Count!" Colonel Hausmann responded, and then watched Count Eugen stride away.
Count Eugen's plan was very simple, which was to use one division to hold the forward position and severely damage the Ottoman attack. After the Ottomans lost all their energy, they committed another division to launch a counterattack, defeated it with a frontal charge, and then returned to the center to reinforce it.
Seeing that Count Eugen had walked away, Colonel Hausmann took a breath, opened his throat and shouted: "Bring the Ottomans closer and hit them! All rifled guns must be within 100 yards before they can fire..." .Prioritize shooting their officers!”
Although the effective range of the Yeager rifled gun is much greater than 100 yards, it is still easier to hit the enemy if you put it closer.
At this time, nearly 2,000 Yeager rifled guns under Haussmann were on the front line, and 1,500 of them were concentrated in the main impact areas of the Ottomans. The density of firepower was extremely high. If they fired intensively, it would be easy to form a Large expanses of smoke block sight, thereby reducing shooting accuracy.
In addition, Hausman still has 18 6-pound cannons on hand, which are now concentrated on the front that is about to be attacked by the Ottomans. Two of them were destroyed by shells fired by the Ottomans, and 16 were capable of firing shotgun shells.
The bombardment of 16 6-pounders will also produce a lot of smoke, which will also block the view.
So Hausman can only bet on the close range shooting of rifled guns... If he can hit a high kill with 1500 rifled guns and 16 6-pounders at a distance of 100 yards, it can repel The first wave of the Ottoman attack.
The dense formation of the Ottomans kept moving forward. In addition to shouting and shouting, the Ottoman riflemen at the front of the team kept firing, not because they wanted to kill many Austrians, but because they wanted to seduce the Austrian skirmishers (chasseurs). ) fire.
Although cork bullets are loaded faster, the barrel of the rifled gun will still get hot, and shooting will still produce gunpowder smoke...
However, most of the riflemen in the Austrian army were veterans, and the rest were experienced hunters. Therefore, they were not disturbed by the random gunfire of the Ottomans, and remained very calm. The soldiers all lay down behind the parapet, waiting for the enemy to approach. More than 1,500 rifled guns were placed there, but none of them fired.
The Ottomans also behaved extremely bravely, shouting slogans, forming a strict line, and maintaining a walking pace. Seeing that the Ottoman riflemen walking in the front had reached a distance of 100 yards in front of the Austrian defense line, The captains of the Austrian skirmisher companies who were commanding the front line raised their voices and issued orders one by one: "Yeager - shoot!"
The lingering sound of the password was still echoing, and rows of large and small fires suddenly flashed on the Austrian army's position! This is not a salvo, but a precise free fire! The officers and soldiers of the Yenicherry Regiment, who were advancing in square formation, trembled and fell forward in large pieces as if they were suddenly struck by lightning! Almost all the officers who were at the front of the team were knocked to the ground. The screams could not be suppressed, almost drowning out the constant gunshots.
The Austrian skirmishers kept firing and reloading, and after skillfully reloading, they continued to fire. The bullets poured out, hitting the front of the Ottoman team, and there were people falling everywhere.
However, these Ottomans were really ruthless. Although they suffered heavy casualties, they refused to retreat and instead launched a charge with their heads covered.
But a more tragic fate was waiting for them ahead. In front of the two armies, there was a sudden thunderous noise!
16 6-pound cannons that seemed to be holding their breath started! The 16 cannonballs were pushed out of the barrel by the detonating gunpowder and disintegrated in the air, releasing countless projectiles that swept across the Ottoman phalanx and knocked over the warriors of the Janissary Legion one by one. The shotgun swept across, and there was a bloody gap in the phalanx of the Yenicherry Army!
