In fact, Sobieski could have waited to advance with the infantry and chariot troops, but firstly, he wanted to repay Leopold's favor, secondly, he was careless, and thirdly, he was worried that the cavalry and infantry would get mixed up, which would not only Slow down and you might get beaten in vain.
Not counting Leopold's 100,000 infantry and a large number of tanks, his own cavalry alone formed an absolute strength advantage over the Austrian army.
He judged that the number of enemy cavalry reinforcements did not exceed 25,000 to 30,000, which was very close to the actual number, but it was only due to various reasons that led to what happened later.
Sobieski also did not believe that the combat effectiveness of the enemy reinforcements heading north would be comparable to Hussein's main force. Now it seems that this is bad luck...
Running into a machine gun array was completely unplanned. Neither Sobieski nor Leopold expected that the other party actually had such a weapon that could fire continuously.
After misassessing the battlefield situation and issuing orders that led to fatal errors, the charge of the Polish cavalry group gradually evolved into a death sprint!
The brave and fearless winged cavalry fought one after another against the hail of bullets from the Austrian army. Many people had clearly seen the opponent's weapon that breathed fire snakes at all times.
One person is responsible for stuffing the strip into the weapon, and the other person seems to be responsible for firing.
Even if you understand the general principle, it is useless. There is no way to prevent the other party from killing yourself and your companions in a way that is close to massacre.
Each machine gun comes with a standard supply of 5,000 rounds of ammunition, which is 250 bullet plates, but the Ottoman Ambassador specially purchased an additional 150 bullet plates for each machine gun.
If all the standard bullets are used and the barrel is not scrapped, doesn’t it mean that our soldiers have made a profit?
Even if the bullets are not used up when scrapped, they can be cut out from the board and used in the revolver.
This is the benefit of universal bullet sizes. No matter what, there will be no waste.
Those who use fixed-loading ammunition are the Praetorian Guards and tank soldiers, the elite of the Austrian army.
Ibrahim I did not feel bad at all spending money on his elite troops, and believed that the better the weapons and equipment, the higher the combat effectiveness of the elite troops.
There is nothing wrong with this logic, and now you can exchange barrels of refined oil for shiploads of weapons and ammunition without spending money, which is very cost-effective.
As a result of the discovery of astonishing oil fields on his own territory, Ibrahim I was so happy that he also ordered the large-scale construction of ocean-going cargo ships.
The purpose is to transport oil and refined oil products, and to load various commodities from the Ming Empire when returning. It is definitely a plan to kill two birds with one stone.
By 1675, the total tonnage of the Ottoman Empire's merchant ships had ranked fourth in the world after the Netherlands, France, and the Ming Empire, surpassing Spain and the United Kingdom.
The gap between the top three is actually very small. Although the three countries are working hard to build merchant ships to increase their own cargo volume, it is expected that the ranking will change within three years...
Emperor Haojing has written to inform Ibrahim I that the total oil reserves in the areas under his control are about 500 billion barrels.
This means that even if a barrel only earns one silver coin, there are 500 billion silver coins buried under the feet of Ibrahim I!
To use an intuitive metaphor, there are more silver coins at the Sultan's feet than there are stars in the sky. The fantasy has become a reality!
Kuwait's oil fields, which are easy to mine and transport, have become the world's largest oil fields, and the ultimate plan is to achieve an annual output of 10 million barrels.
That means that the Kuwait oil fields alone can net the Ottoman Empire more than 10 million silver coins every year, which is definitely a huge money tree.
After having the ship, we must consider the issue of transportation capacity. The Ottomans must provide free shipping, otherwise the Ming Empire will not have time to transport it for the time being.
Because most of the Zheng Group’s shipping capacity is in the Indian Ocean, on the route from Fujian to South Africa.
Emperor Haojing's fleet has to consider the three major areas of Eastland, Northland, and Australia, especially the construction of Australia as a top priority.
So in order to make more money, Ibrahim I ordered to expand the scale of shipbuilding.
Shipbuilding required cutting down trees, and even grass did not grow in the desert. Asia Minor was the foundation, and the Balkan Peninsula became the largest source of shipbuilding wood.
There are many Ottoman shipyards on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea, but the Venetian fleet will not harass them because the two sides have previously reached an agreement to achieve mutual non-aggression.
As long as the other party abides by the agreement and does not disturb the shipyards in the Balkans, then Ibrahim I will allow it to pay money to pass through the canal in accordance with the regulations.
Venice did not want to offend the behemoth on the opposite side, and Osman was unwilling to put its few troops on its flanks and rear.
Now, after a series of operations, the oil has become a machine gun that continuously spits fire in the hands of tank soldiers.
Looking at the enemy cavalry being knocked to the ground, Jamal thought that if he had 500 of these weapons, he could even kill all the enemies in front of him...
Although I heard that the price of this weapon is staggeringly expensive, judging from the actual combat effects, there is no doubt that it is really worth the money!
Although it took about half an hour to kill and wound about 30% of the enemy cavalry, the shock caused by the machine guns to the soldiers on both sides was far greater than the results and losses.
Even the soldiers of the Imperial Guard originally thought that the revolver in their hands was already the most powerful weapon.
But after seeing the capabilities of the machine gun, I also admired it.
The Polish cavalry group charged like an overwhelming mountain and was beaten to pieces by our own side. The machine guns played a decisive role.
Even if your own firepower cannot stop the opponent's strong advance, you can still rely on grenades and traps to form the last line of defense.
Due to the climate, it is very easy to dig a pit right now. Basically, it will be a pit when you dig it down with a shovel.
One or two pits alone are certainly not deep enough to delay the enemy's cavalry advance.
But once the density increases and they are connected into pieces, it will be easy to get what you want.
The Polish cavalry who rushed to the front of the formation suffered from this kind of pit. With the help of inertia, the horse's head even hit the tank body, but still could not break through the Austrian defense line.
The Austrian soldiers on and around the tank were busy using their muskets and grenades to destroy the approaching enemies.
The Polish cavalry were equipped with flintlock muskets or spring muskets, but facing the heavily defended Austrian soldiers, unless they were shot in the face, the bullets would do no harm at all.
On the other hand, the imported fixed-loading bullets launched by the Austrian army are within the effective range and can completely penetrate the breastplate of the Hussars. A bullet hitting the target can produce a battle result.
When the quality of gunpowder was inferior to that of later generations, Emperor Haojing chose bullets with large caliber and long shells to ensure that the warhead had sufficient kinetic energy after exiting the chamber.
From the appearance, the appearance of the 10mm fixed-loading bullet is not much smaller than the 12.7mm bullet fired by the Browning heavy machine gun. The empty cartridge case can easily fit into the index finger of an adult.
Overcharge has never been a problem that Emperor Haojing needs to consider. It would be nice if the bullets did not get wet...
In addition to being superior to the Austrian infantry in terms of transportation, the hussars were actually less advantageous in long-range shooting and close combat.
Ming army instructors trained the Austrian army in three combat skills: shooting, bomb dropping, and bayonet fighting.
Other than that, just walk in line and let the vanity above you be satisfied.
Shooting is divided into long-distance shooting with the ruler on the gun body, mid-range shooting with the sight hole on the muzzle, and close-range blind shooting, that is, just raising your hand.
This last move must be mastered by all Praetorian Guard soldiers.
Because it is equipped with a revolver rifle and cannot shoot blindly, it means that the revolver has no advantage in close combat.
Before going to the battlefield, each Guardsman equipped with a revolver will be given the treatment of consuming 300 rounds of training ammunition.
Combined with their rich combat experience, this can basically ensure that the Guards soldiers will not waste bullets on the battlefield.
This is the rationality of the unreasonable rules mentioned by the Ming Army instructors. It is better to waste bullets on the training ground than on the battlefield. The latter is undoubtedly fatal to one's own side.
Now is a good time for the Guards soldiers to show their combat effectiveness. Facing the Hussars who are close at hand, as long as they run out of bullets, they can basically kill an enemy with two or three shots.
With good marksmanship, fast reloading, and heavy protection, even if such a Janissary army is at a numerical disadvantage, relying on various obstacles and bunkers, they can defeat ten against one and make the hussars miserable.
Another important reason is that the width of contact with the enemy is not large, and the Polish army's strength advantage cannot be exerted.
The soldiers in the front row were suddenly thrown to the ground, which delayed the charge of their companions in the back row.
Led by the fierce and fearless Praetorian Guards, ordinary Austrian soldiers would naturally not be afraid.
Anyway, there are enemies all around, and we have been completely surrounded. If we don't surrender, we must fight to the end.
Jamal's troops numbered nearly 50,000, including 10,000 infantry, 20,000 cavalry, 250 steam tanks, and a battalion of 36 heavy artillery.
The rest were hundreds of mortars and two hundred rapid-fire cannons, as well as soldiers and coolies transporting baggage.
Those who can fight have been placed in four-way positions. Once the enemy's defense line is breached, it will inevitably seriously affect the security of the formation, and may even cause the entire line to collapse.
Therefore, about 500 self-made chariots and 2,000 horse-drawn carriages were used as bunkers. There were not enough trees as obstacles, so bags of grain were used to make up the numbers.
Half an hour after the battle began, Sobieski had lost nearly a third of his troops.
Although relatively few people died directly in battle, most of whom were tripped or shot and fell from their horses, it could still be considered a combat attrition.
The good news is that Leopold's troops have already come up and can form a second impact on the enemy camp.
Sobieski did not believe that he had dispatched 200,000 troops, half of which were cavalry, but he could not defeat the 50,000 to 60,000 enemies in front of him.
One thing Sobieski made a mistake in judgment was that the opponent had no shortage of ammunition!
The purpose of Jamal's trip was not only to send reinforcements to Hussein, but also to send enough food and ammunition.
This means that as long as the formation is not quickly broken by the opponent, Jamal's troops will never surrender because they run out of ammunition.
There is another problem, that is, because the hussars suffered too many casualties in previous battles, they caused great offensive obstacles for Leopold's infantry.
The infantrymen braved the hail of bullets and ran around obstacles, almost like a cross-country race.
In this case, the so-called offensive formation cannot be maintained at all, and the charge can only be carried out in a quasi-skirmish state.
In theory, low-level officers can still control their soldiers, but from the appearance, they are just a group of ants looking for food.
Because Jamal's troops entered the battlefield directly, the coalition forces had to switch from defense to offense under the temptation of easily obtained results.
In the case where the opponent has not built trenches, it is not easy to repeat the mistakes of the Battle of Krakow.
Just because of the unexpected appearance of a weapon, the actual battle situation went another way...
The combination of machine guns, cannons, revolvers, and grenades, as well as the desperate resistance of the Austrian army, made Jamal's in-situ defense tactics work wonders.
In this case, Sobieski's winged cavalry was completely unable to destroy the city, and even the basic function of rushing into the formation was lost by the opponent.
Considering that Hussein's main force on the other side needed to be eliminated next, Sobieski chose to temporarily withdraw from the battle with the remaining troops.
The loss of more than 30,000 hussars was worthy of Leopold's favor for sending troops to Krakow. No matter how many battle losses there were, Sobieski would not be able to bear it.
There is nothing that can be done about it. Now even if the hussars are close to the opponent's defense line, facing the almost airtight vehicle formation, they can't rush in at all.
Without the impact of their mounts and their speed advantage, the cavalry was completely at a disadvantage against the Austrian infantry.
Sitting on a horse and shooting at the Austrian infantry, this is a mode that no coalition cavalry can win!
As for the weapon that can fire continuously, he didn't get one, which was what annoyed Sobieski the most.
If Leopold's men could snatch or capture it, he would definitely go over and take a closer look, and then think about whether he could imitate it.
The damage caused by this weapon to the cavalry is really great, and it is visually estimated that the number of the opponent's weapons is not very large.
But Sobieski had a bad feeling in his heart. Once there are more and more weapons that can fire continuously, the role of cavalry will be greatly weakened in the future.
Maybe the Ottomans wouldn't make such weapons, but what about the Ming Empire?
The opponent's tanks must have been provided by the Ming Empire. How abominable!
Leopold's infantry was also equipped with 500 chariots, which actually installed iron plates on the carriages.
It cannot withstand heavy artillery at long distances, and it will turn into parts scattered on the ground if hit by small cannons at close range...
Leopold's heavy artillery unit was basically in need of re-equipment a quarter of an hour after the war started.
The opponent's rate of fire was too fast. It took less than ten minutes from calibration to hit, and our own artillery was really unable to hit it.
The rest is to rely on the battlefield smoke released to allow the infantry to mix with the smoke to carry out large-scale charges.
Apart from this, there is no other good way, otherwise all members have to retreat and lure the other party to take the initiative.
Due to the previous loss of Sobieski, Leopold could not order the attack to be canceled now.
Otherwise, so many winged cavalry would be lost in vain, making the previous attack meaningless.
The simple wing cavalry also caused tens of thousands of casualties to the enemy. This is why our side continues to attack.
Leopold himself did not believe that he could not defeat this enemy force by charging first with 100,000 cavalry and then with 100,000 infantry.
Even if the target is changed to the currently arrogant French army in Europe, I am afraid that it will cause great damage to the opponent.
Since the Austrian army's firepower was still very fierce, it was difficult for the coalition infantry who attempted to attack with smoke to quickly kill them.
The corpses of some cavalry and mounts tragically became temporary bunkers for the infantry.
In the eyes of these infantrymen, the role of the dead is to protect the safety of the living.
Using the corpse of a war horse to fire will at least have a higher hit rate than standing and shooting with a gun.
The side effect of charging in the smoke is that you can't see the opponent clearly, and firing is just a blind shot. There is no hope of hitting the prey.
Jamal had given the front-line infantry a break. When the enemy was still far away, he did not need to use the infantry to shoot accurately.
Use heavy artillery at long range and mortars at medium range. Just wait until the target reaches a distance of three to four hundred feet before letting the infantry fire.
On average, each machine gun has half of its bullet plates left, which should be enough, and it is not far from the established scrappage quota.
Even if the army can repel the enemy, the boss Hussein may only see a batch of scrapped machine guns...
However, the purpose of a machine gun is to kill enemies, as long as it can be used in the right place.
Today's battle situation definitely meets the applicable conditions of this weapon, and the results are brilliant.
Not only the machine guns, but judging from the current situation, it would be difficult to transport all the ammunition and food and grass that I carried on this trip to Hussein's command.
The enemy will cut off the connection between its troops and the main force at all costs, and we have to find another way to deal with it in the future.
But first we have to repel the enemy's crazy attack. If His Majesty knows that he has sent a batch of advanced weapons to the enemy, his head will be at risk...
After most of the smoke dissipated, the coalition infantry did rush to a very ideal distance.
Unlike cavalry, which has a relatively large target, except for chariots, it is indeed difficult for the Austrian army to use light weapons to destroy enemies as numerous as ants.
For this reason, the Austrian army returned to its old tricks and began to let the opponent taste the "incomparably sweet" rain of grenades.
The coalition infantry has also been equipped with breastplates, but the legs are not protected by iron plates, which has become a fatal flaw.
Once the leg is injured, it will instantly lose its combat effectiveness and fall to the ground wailing.
At least half of the coalition infantry who rushed forward fell to the explosion of grenades.
They felt as if the other side had endless grenades to throw, and there were even more such weapons than their own troops.
The grenades Jamal prepared for Hussein were basically used to save his life.
Anyway, if you can't escape unscathed, these ammunition will become the other party's trophies.
Rather than that, it's better to use it directly.
If throwing one grenade can't kill an enemy, throw two!
Due to the swarming of enemies, thousands of coalition infantrymen had already climbed up to the tanks or chariots, and some even slipped completely into the formation.
The Austrian army was also forced to start hand-to-hand combat, but fortunately there were not too many troops rushing in.
Jamal also considered sending out cavalry to counterattack, but once the order was given, it meant that his own cavalry would be affected by his own artillery fire.
After much deliberation, they finally did not speak, and decided to continue to resist relying on their defense line and firepower advantage.
In addition to the 10,000 cavalry troops used as a counterattack force, the rest were used to strengthen the defense forces in all directions.
If you attack at this time and encounter several times the opponent's cavalry, you will probably be severely damaged. It is better to stay in the formation and at least cooperate with the infantry and artillery.
Seeing that no less than 20,000 infantrymen fell under the opponent's guns, Leopold still had no intention of withdrawing his troops, which was tantamount to declaring that the attack had been frustrated.
His psychological expectation is at 40%. Only when the loss exceeds this standard will he consider retreating.
They were already wary of Hussein's main force and wanted to strike later.
If we can't defeat the reinforcements now, how can we defeat them later?
If that doesn't work, send another 100,000 infantrymen to coordinate with the existing troops and Sobieski's cavalry to charge again.
Leopold believed that since this battle would determine the future direction of the European continent and even the fate of several countries, there must be no fear of casualties.
If 300,000 people cannot even eliminate 50,000 or 60,000 enemies, then there is no need to fight this battle again.
It's just that the battlefield is still far away from the position where our troops surrounded Buda City. Even if the reinforcements come over, it will be sunset.
Leopold had not yet decided whether to attack overnight or wait until dawn the next day to regroup.
But the order to mobilize reinforcements was quickly issued, and destroying this reinforcement of enemy troops was the top priority at the moment.
In order to avoid turning into a refueling tactic, Leopold ordered the infantry that had been unable to attack for a long time to retreat across the board.
After waiting for reinforcements, the new troops deployed on the battlefield launched a night attack on the enemy in the early morning, trying to catch the prey in one fell swoop.
At one o'clock in the morning on July 18th, one hundred thousand infantrymen of the Holy Roman Empire began to approach the target silently.
Jamal ordered a batch of flares to be fired into the sky every five minutes to prevent enemy sneak attacks.
The reason for this judgment was that he found that the enemy troops had not retreated far at all and were reorganizing less than three miles away from his own side.
In other words, the enemy has never given up on eating his own troops, and a night attack is likely to be the opponent's first choice in desperation.
But it's not impossible to deal with night attacks. Firstly, you can use flares to spot the enemy. Secondly, there are also the souvenirs brought this time.
Jamal ordered his men to dig out all the oil barrels that had been buried underground. Before, it was to avoid being detonated, but now he no longer has that scruple.
If the opponent dares to make a sneak attack, they can just experience the power of the oil barrel explosion!
Two thousand barrels of crude oil were buried in the four directions of the defense line, just waiting for the opponent to take the bait.
On the contrary, I won't lose anything. After dawn, these gadgets can still come in handy.
Jamal's worries were unnecessary. Leopold, who was eager to win, ordered the effective forces on the battlefield to launch a large-scale night attack that night.
Because there were so many people, the Austrians discovered them before they could reach a thousand feet, and the night attack turned into a night battle.
With the cover of night, the opponent's hit rate is greatly reduced, and the infantry of the Holy Roman Empire will not be afraid.
As long as they don't sprain their feet or get shot, they will rush forward like crazy.
The officer has ordered that as long as he rushes into the grenade-throwing distance and throws the grenade into the opponent's side, he can defeat the enemy.
