Outside the woods where the forward command post of the Ottoman army's left wing was located, Grand Vizier Mustafa Koprulu stood on the carriage of a four-wheeled carriage, holding a telescope and looking at the scene opposite. He saw with his own eyes that his men rushed towards the seemingly thin Austrian defense line in a dense formation, and were immediately killed one by one by the enemy. It is impossible to estimate the number of dead, and the soldiers of the Yenicherry Legion, who were originally high in morale, have fallen into panic. The people in front had turned around and fled, while the people behind didn't know the situation and were still surging forward in groups.
One after another, one forward and one back, they collided violently, and they immediately fell into chaos.
Seeing this scene, Grand Vizier Mustafa Koprulu already felt something was wrong!
The Austrians were much stronger than he thought. After being bombarded for such a long time, and facing the massive impact of the Jenichery Army, they could actually hold on without moving at all... No, not only did they hold on without moving at all, but also It also caused huge damage to the attacking Yenicheri warriors!
This shows that the army that Archduke Henry of Austria hastily expanded is not a mob at all, but an elite with combat effectiveness... But how did Archduke Henry turn the recruited farmers and citizens into elite soldiers in a hurry? ?
Just when Archbishop Mustafa Koprulu couldn't figure out how the Austrians could fight so well, cheers of "Hula! Hula!" suddenly came from the front... This was The Austrian infantry charged!
Mustafa Koprulu quickly raised his telescope higher and aimed it at the place where the shouts came from. He saw rows of white-clad soldiers carrying flintlock rifles with bayonets, coming out from behind the parapet. They surged across the trench again, then adjusted their formation slightly, and then pounced on the chaotic Ottoman soldiers as a company line unit.
During the encounter with the enemy, their formation was maintained very well. Everyone seemed unhurried, and no one fired randomly. They just approached unhurriedly, then stood up as a team, leveled their muskets at the officer's command, fired a salvo...and finally launched a hand-to-hand charge. !
"Damn..." Mustafa Koprulu cursed. He witnessed the entire process of an Austrian infantry company advancing, forming, firing, and charging. He was immediately shocked by their performance.
Even the most elite Yenicheri warriors cannot reach this level!
Not even during training, let alone on the battlefield?
The personal martial arts of the Yenicheri warriors must surely exceed those of these Austrians... They are all professional soldiers who have been trained for a long time. They are proficient in shooting, swords, lances, bows and arrows, horseback riding and other skills, and can undertake very difficult combat tasks. . Such as reconnaissance, night raids, sieges, and ambushes.
But their discipline and formation are completely incomparable to the Austrian line infantry!
Moreover, the outstanding personal combat skills of the Yenicheri warriors did not seem to be of much use in front of the Austrian positions, artillery, and rifled guns...
"Retreat temporarily!" Knowing that this wave of attacks had completely failed and there was no point in persisting, I had no choice but to give the order to retreat.
In fact, there was no need for him to give orders at all. The Ottomans' first wave of attacks could not proceed at all. They had been defeated by their opponents and had to withdraw and reorganize.
Now that they had received the order from the Grand Vizier, the Yenicheri soldiers who were still resisting desperately retreated like the tide.
Of course, it was only the first wave of offensive organized by Mustafa Koprulu that was repelled!
This great vizier has a full 20,000 Yenicheri warriors on hand, and he still has the capital to fight!
The Binhu battlefield is only a component of the Binhu-Danube battle... For the Ottoman army, their attack on the Binhu front line is just a feint attack, and there is no need to be too desperate.
But Mustafa Koprulu didn't want to fight, but the Austrians on the opposite side worked hard and took the opportunity to pursue them, stepping on the corpses of the Ottomans.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers of the tenth battalion of Yenicheri were beaten to pieces, they were almost about to turn from an organized retreat into a full-scale rout. Mustafa Koprulu had to order his artillery to immediately fire expensive explosive shells to stop the Austrian attack.
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"Suddenly, breakthrough!"
At the same time that the left-wing feign attack force commanded by Mustafa Koprulu personally fired explosive bombs, the center of the Ottoman army commanded by Mustafa Kara successfully achieved a breakthrough!
It seems that the strategy of "pulling the two wings and breaking through the middle" agreed upon by Mustafa Koprulu and Mustafa Kara has achieved some success.
The center of the Austrian army's defense line was quite empty. After Mustafa Kara concentrated 120 artillery pieces for 40 minutes of fierce bombardment, there were signs of collapse. The brave and skilled Mustafa Kara Pasha immediately seized the opportunity, decisively threw in 15 battalions of Yenicheri officers and soldiers, and launched a fierce attack!
Although they were also shot by the Austrians with accurate rifled guns, fired several rounds of volleys by the Austrians with muskets, and suffered a burst of shotguns, the losses were not small!
However, the offensive of the Yanichery officers and soldiers was not broken. These brave soldiers shouted slogans and bravely rushed into the Austrian position with all kinds of ammunition. Then they started their best hand-to-hand combat, and finally won, driving the Austrians from their position...
Just when Mustafa Kara was ecstatic and wanted to order the Tatar cavalry assigned to his command to attack, one of his staff officers came to him and reported: "Pasha, we are behind the Austrian defense line. A new line of defense has been discovered!”
"What? There is a defensive line behind the defensive line?"
"Yes...it seems there is more than one!"
More than one? Mustafa Kara was a little speechless. Why do these Austrians like to build fortifications so much?
"Let me go take a look!" Mustafa Kara did not dare to attack rashly, so he had to lead a small number of guards to the front line, and arrived behind a parapet that had just been captured by his men.
When he arrived at the place, he discovered that the Austrian defense lines were layered... Behind the first parapet, there were many ring fortifications, strongholds and another parapet!
I don’t know if there will be a third line of defense behind the second parapet? If this fight continues, when will it end?
But it won’t work if we don’t fight – there are still many banks in Vienna waiting to be robbed!
And if Austria is not defeated, the Czech Republic and Upper Hungary will also collapse!
So this battle must be won now!
Mustafa Kara was heartbroken and ordered his infantry to continue attacking.
Another ten battalions were ordered to begin a three-sided siege of a circular fortification blocking the path of the Ottoman army.
The fighting around the ring fortifications was still fierce, and the Austrian defenders, although small in number, had no artillery. But they had a lot of Yeager rifles, and they shot accurately and hard, especially targeting Ottoman officers! They actually repelled two rounds of attacks by the Ottomans in succession.
However, Mustafa Kara's third round of offensive was still successful!
Probably because the ring fortification was too big and the defenders were too few. So after withstanding two rounds of fierce attacks by the Ottomans, the number of defenders was further reduced, and they could no longer defend it!
Seeing the flags painted with pots and pans being planted on the commanding heights of the ring fortification, Mustafa Kara once again led his staff and guards to move forward to the ring fortification that had just been captured.
Then, regardless of the dissuasion of several regiment leaders and staff officers, he went to the front again, lying behind the parapet made of sandbags to observe the second line of defense of the Austrian army ahead.
At this time, the skirmishers of the Jenichery Army were launching a tentative attack. Several hundred people pulled out a loose array and fired guns at a distance of one or two hundred yards outside the Austrian defense line. The Austrian army's counterattack firepower was sparse. , even if the skirmishers of the Yenicherry Corps approached step by step, they could not fire off a heavy rain of bullets.
It seems that the Austrian's center is really a bit empty! Mustafa Kara thought to himself: Victory is in sight...if we work harder, we will win!
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