"Ur! Ur!"
In the middle of the Binhu-Danube battlefield, cheers in Turkish rang out again!
Victory is in sight...just one last breath away!
Seeing the battle flag of the "Foodie Legion" with pots and pans painted on it once again planted on the position where the Austrian army once defended, Mustafa Kara Pasha almost burst into tears.
This battle was too difficult, and it was also too dangerous. The danger was unexpected!
The Grand Duchy of Austria is obviously a country that runs banks and lends money at high interest rates. How is it now more powerful than the Holy Roman Empire back then? Can loan sharking also increase combat effectiveness?
Mustafa Kara commanded tens of thousands of the most elite Janissary warriors of the Ottoman Empire, fighting from early morning to afternoon. Repeatedly fighting for every trench, every parapet, and every fortification with the Austrians who were far outnumbered by them!
Soldiers on both sides made the greatest determination, shooting at each other with muskets, killing each other with bayonets and scimitars, bombarding each other with various artillery pieces, throwing wooden handle grenades at each other, and charging at each other repeatedly with cavalry!
Although the individual combat effectiveness of the Austrians was far inferior to that of the Jenicheri warriors, their discipline was better and their formation was stricter. They did not behave at all like a temporarily expanded "militia".
What makes Mustafa Kara even more incredible is that although the number of Austrians is not large, they are well organized and have better command. Whether it's defense, retreat, or counterattack, it's all just right.
The very limited reserve force of the Austrian army performed particularly well. They could always appear in the most suitable place at the most suitable time and carry out the most decisive action!
The battle-hardened Mustafa Kara saw the performance of the Austrian army on the battlefield and knew that their commander must be a very great strategist.
In such a noisy and chaotic battlefield, filled with gunpowder smoke everywhere, it is not something that ordinary generals can do to use troops with a huge disadvantage in numbers to such an extent!
This should be the level that people like Prince Condé and Marshal Dureny can achieve... But how could the Grand Duchy of Austria have such powerful people? Who is in charge today?
The clown-like Count Eugen? Or the pretty boy John Churchill who came back from the New World?
But what worries Mustafa Kara the most is not the commander of the Austrian army in the center, but the fighting that is unfolding on the left and right wings!
The Ottoman army was obviously locked in a hard fight on both wings. It had turned from offense to defense, and was being forced back by the enemy.
The Grand Vizier has sent people to urge him several times - for the sake of God, hurry up and defeat the Austrian center!
Of course Mustafa Kara was extremely anxious. Now the outcome was hanging by a thread!
Although the left and right wings of the Ottoman army are only responsible for containment and feint attacks, once they are defeated, Mustafa Kara's center army will be pocketed by the Austrians...
Just when Mustafa Kara was so anxious that he almost had a heart attack, God finally opened his eyes and the Austrians finally couldn't stand it anymore!
Mustafa Kara, who was standing on an ammunition truck, watched thousands of defeated Austrian soldiers running into a forest in disorder, with a winner's smile finally showing on his wrinkled old face.
As long as this forest is captured, the Austrians on the Lakeside-Danube battlefield will be divided into two sections.
The balance of victory finally tipped towards the Ottoman Empire!
It seems that God still protects our Ottoman Empire...
"Send the order," Mustafa Kara put away the telescope, his face already serious, "The 52nd Regiment, the 53rd Regiment, the 54th Regiment, the 55th Regiment, the 56th Regiment ...Attack!”
There are a total of fifty-six "foodie regiments" of the Ottoman Empire's Jenichery Legion (the military flags are either cooking utensils or gourmet food). Except for a few housekeepers, they are all now in Austria.
There are a total of twenty teams under the command of Mustafa Kara. Fifteen of them have already taken turns in battle, and the remaining five have been held by Kara Pasha... Now it is time for them to attack. Got it!
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At the edge of the woods south of the Pozno Fortress, a middle-aged staff officer in his forties put down his telescope, turned to John Churchill and said: "General, the Ottomans have sent five more regiments...all of them are fresh troops! "
John Churchill was leaning against a big tree, holding a telescope, with an expression of excitement that could not be concealed on his handsome white face.
"What regiment is this?" Churchill asked.
"Twenty..." the staff officer said, "General, so far, twenty regimental flags of the Yenicherry Regiment have been discovered in the middle. If these regiments are all relatively full, we have withstood forty thousand. Onslaught of Nicheli warriors!”
"Okay!" John Churchill nodded heavily, "Send the order, the Army's First Division will line up one-eighth of a mile north of the forest!"
"Yes, General!" The staff officer gave a military salute and turned to leave.
At this time, the crisp sound of firing Yeager's rifle had already sounded. This was the firing of the Austrian private responsible for luring the enemy.
Hearing the gunshot, John Churchill put away his telescope, took his guards and staff, turned around and headed deep into the woods.
When he led his men through the woods and appeared on the north side of the woods, the Austrian infantry, cavalry, and artillery in white military uniforms were quickly forming a formation - a mixed infantry, cavalry and artillery force of more than 10,000 people had to quickly form a formation. And adjusting the formation in time is not an easy task.
It not only tests the training level, but also tests the mathematics and surveying knowledge of junior officers! With such an illiterate civilization from top to bottom, it is simply impossible to quickly form a neat and orderly team.
The gunfire in the woods became intensive, and it was accompanied by the high-pitched shouts of the Turks. It was obvious that the Ottoman army had launched a charge.
John Churchill had already climbed onto his horse. Surrounded by more than a dozen staff officers, messengers and guards, he galloped to the rear of the 1st Division of the Austrian Army, which was lining up. Then he stood on the stirrups, stretching his neck and looking at the front. forest.
At this time, the gunfire in the forest became thicker and denser. Shouts, screams, explosions of grenades, and even the neighing of war horses became louder and noisier from far to near.
Suddenly, an Austrian chasseur in white military uniforms rushed out with a rifle on his back, and then more Austrian chasseurs in white uniforms ran faster than the last. Fell into a ditch... into a ditch that wasn't too wide or too deep.
Behind the trench, there were Austrian army officers and soldiers arranged neatly in a horizontal formation. The riflemen in the front row had all kneeled down for shooting, and the rifles in their hands were leveled. Between the arrays of the four infantry regiments, the cannons belonging to the First Division were also set up. The 6-pounders were all loaded with shotgun shells, and the black muzzles faced the woods.
Behind the four infantry regiments of the Austrian Army's First Division lined up in a row, 12 12-pound short guns and 6 24-pound mortars were also lined up.
The Ottoman Yenicheri warriors and the Tatar cavalry passed through the woods almost at the same time and appeared in front of more than 10,000 Austrians who were waiting in full formation!
When they rushed out of the woods, they only looked at the Austrian chasseurs in front of them who were running as fast as rabbits. When they rushed out of the woods and saw that the Austrians running in front had fallen into the ditch one by one, they realized something was wrong - how could they? Just fell into a ditch? What a wild plain, where did the ditch come from? Who dug it? Also, why did the Austrians fall? Don't you watch the road when you walk?
Looking up again, all the Ottomans and Tatars were frightened by the scene in front of them! Behind the woods, it turns out that there is a road leading to heaven! From now on I will never eat the food of the Jenichery Legion again, and I will never see my home in Istanbul and the Crimean Peninsula again...
