More than thirty years have passed since the end of the European War, and most of the people recruited had never participated in the last war.
Facing the hell-like battlefield, everyone started to feel a little at a loss from the high morale at the beginning.
The enemy's firepower showed no signs of weakening, and people around him were still knocked to the ground one after another.
The stumps, broken arms, internal organs and brain matter, including the frozen vomit, everything made people feel uncomfortable.
The officers are still roaring, they are not allowed to be cowards, they are not allowed to retreat, they must continue to move forward...
This was very different from the expectations of the soldiers. No one wanted to rush over and actively seek death.
Just as the infantry were stunned by Austrian artillery fire, the Allied cavalry had arrived on the battlefield.
Take advantage of the gaps on the battlefield where there are fewer people on your side to launch an assault on the Austrian defense line.
The cavalry troops were like forks, rapidly approaching the Austrian positions.
However, the coalition cavalry either fell under the fire, or was tripped or blocked by their own corpses and debris.
The closer we got to the Austrian position, the more corpses and debris became denser and denser.
If it weren't for the winter battle, there would be a swarm of black flies in this area...
A group assault launched by more than 90,000 cavalry, but in the end less than 10,000 cavalry were able to rush to the first trench.
Most of them were blocked at the back, while the cavalry rushing in front galloped their horses past the first ditch.
Before the horse could recover its sprinting speed, it was knocked to the ground by Austrian soldiers with machine guns and rifles.
The cavalry's attack speed is much faster than that of the infantry, but the cross-sectional area is also much larger, so the Austrian soldiers' hit rate will be higher.
When bullets failed, grenades or tank guns were used to kill and injure targets. This caused many coalition cavalry to die on the spot.
Less than 3,000 coalition cavalrymen rushed through the second trench, and they had to face a shorter earth wall. Behind the earth wall were tanks and chariots.
Just the crossfire caused by the Austrian infantry made the Union cavalry miserable.
The sharp saber held tightly in the hand is even more useless, and most of the cold weapons will become trophies of the Austrian army.
The machine gun positions on the mound were even more of a nightmare for the coalition cavalry, constantly harvesting the lives of men and horses.
More than two thousand cavalrymen failed to knock down even a single mound, and the bodies of cavalry and horses were scattered in front of the mound.
Fortunately, the sacrifices of these people were not in vain. Under the assault of the cavalry, who sacrificed their lives, the infantry finally regained their fighting spirit and launched the charge together with the cavalry.
Now there is no need to focus on any tactics, just rush forward head on.
If you can't get down, throw grenades and fire with the small cannon on the tank, that's all.
The Austrians were unable to suppress the enemy infantry and cavalry charges simultaneously, allowing the Allied forces to get within a hundred feet of close combat range.
Each side occupied a trench and engaged in a fierce battle where each other's faces and expressions could be clearly seen.
In order to reduce the impact of the pungent smell, coalition soldiers covered their mouths and noses with scarves, handkerchiefs and rags found everywhere.
Those grotesquely burned corpses would not frighten the soldiers who were tired of fighting at this time. Everyone had already stopped caring about them.
No one is afraid of dead people on the battlefield, they just want to find ways to kill the living people on the opposite side as soon as possible!
The Austrian army's oil has been thrown away, and almost all the grenades have been thrown.
Until now, we only have enough bullets and cannonballs, but they cannot sustain the needs of all-weather fierce fighting.
A high rate of fire is naturally a huge advantage, but the consequent disadvantage is that ammunition is consumed very quickly.
Hussein has ordered his men to save ammunition as much as possible, but it still seems to be unsustainable at the moment.
When Oku did not send anyone to deliver ammunition to him, it was indeed very difficult to deal with the crazy siege of the coalition forces.
The ammunition factor was a fatal problem. For the first time, Hussein felt that the situation was not good for his side.
If Leopold made a desperate move, he would continue to storm his own positions regardless of casualties.
Maybe he will succeed, even though he has almost lost nearly 200,000 people before.
Killing 200,000 enemy troops at once would definitely be a brilliant victory.
But if one's troops are destroyed or severely damaged by the enemy, the gain outweighs the loss.
Hussein still did not let the cavalry attack. At this time, except for the south, the roads in the other three directions were completely blocked.
Jamal and others asked whether to send cavalry to reverse the situation, but Hussein was still hesitant.
He did not know whether Leopold had a reserve force on hand, and if so, what the strength of the reserve force was.
Theoretically, it won't be more than 200,000, but this is just based on my own subjective assumptions.
It is still unclear whether the critical moment for both sides has come, so Hussein still made a cautious decision to use cavalry.
Our own defense line is already in danger, and the enemy's offensive has not automatically weakened because it encountered fierce resistance.
At this time, a large number of allied infantry and horse-abandoned cavalry joined the trench warfare.
The two sides kept shooting at each other and throwing grenades at each other across the open area between the two trenches.
Some of the Austrian army's machine guns have been used directly until their barrels were scrapped due to frequent firing, and the remaining bullets can only be distributed to the infantry.
Then he gave up the position on the mound and used it as a emplacement for small cannons to continue bombarding the enemy on the opposite side.
As time went by, the light snow at the beginning eventually turned into heavy snow, and the visibility on the battlefield dropped to an even lower level.
Seeing that the weather was becoming more favorable to their own side, after nearly an hour of shooting, the coalition forces launched a general offensive.
The soldiers jumped out of the trenches and rushed straight towards the Austrian army, which was almost losing sight of its target.
After the first trench was captured by the opponent, the Austrian army had already fixed bayonets on their rifles.
In such bad weather, even if the rifle is equipped with a bayonet, the tip of the rifle will not reflect light, thus affecting the aim.
Facing the charging enemy, the Guards soldiers directly chose to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the opponent after firing all six bullets in the wheel.
Both sides are protected by breastplates. The difference is that the Austrian soldiers' torsos are protected by two iron plates at the front and back, while the opponent only has one on the chest, and the back is the fatal weakness.
Helmets are far different. Sultan Ibrahim, who was not short of oil, equipped his soldiers with chicken helmets with no blind spots on a large scale.
This kind of helmet can completely protect the soldier's head unless the opponent inserts a bayonet directly into the two slit observation holes.
The disadvantages are that it is overweight and has very poor vision. As a result, the Austrian soldiers' reaction speed and movement speed are inferior to their opponents in hand-to-hand combat.
Fortunately, the technique of bayonet fighting was taught through words and deeds by Ming army instructors. At least he learned the three tricks of stabbing, gouging and kicking fairly well, and he did not embarrass the teachers.
Another point is that Ottoman's knife-making technology is world-class. Ibrahim also specially sent craftsmen to develop a special bayonet for the rifle.
As long as it is not a thick iron plate, including iron sheets, soldiers can use this bayonet to pierce the target.
Now that the coalition soldiers have finally passed the extremely painful stage of fire suppression, the comparison is strength and numbers.
It is a pity that the Austrian army did not suffer major losses in terms of strength due to its full-line defense.
There are still about 300,000 soldiers capable of fighting, which is far from the point where we have run out of fuel.
Thanks to Hussein's cross-fire tactics, the Austrian troops fighting on the front line of fire were actually more numerous than the opponent.
Holy Roman Emperor Leopold would not mind his own short-term disadvantage. Facts have proved that perseverance will always pay off.
Compared with the previous situation where he was passively beaten all the way, now that the war has developed to this point, he has begun to change from passive to active.
If the soldiers are allowed to work harder, the Austrian army's defense line will be beaten to pieces, and it is not impossible to be destroyed outside Vienna.
"Pass this king's order and the whole army will attack!"
The 100,000 men on the left side of the Qing army were commanded by Abatai's third son Bolo and his fourth son Yuele, while the 100,000 men on the right side were commanded by Angbang Zhangjing Obai and Chu Ying's third son Nikan.
Dorgon was personally in charge of the middle road, with Zhengbai Qi holding down the rear, and Huilan, the fifth son of Jilhalang, serving as the vanguard of a 50,000-man supervising team.
Dorgon just refuses to let go of the eagle when he sees the rabbit. He will not easily let the Qing army go into battle unless the two heavy army groups on the opposite side fight to the death.
According to the previous agreement with Hussein, as long as Wang Shi helped the Austrian army repel the enemy, the spoils left on the battlefield, in addition to prisoners and valuables, including guns and cannons, could be owned by the Qing Dynasty.
icing on the cake is worse than providing help in times of need, everyone knows this truth.
Dorgon has been waiting for the opportunity, and now, the opportunity has come...
The Qing army has moved to a position directly south of the Austrian army, which to a certain extent ensures that the Austrian army can retreat calmly.
If Hussein's troops can withstand the opponent's attack, everything will be easy to say.
On the contrary, it must be the Qing Dynasty King who escaped first~!
Dorgon deliberately put a distance between the Wang Division and the Austrian army, in order to attract the coalition forces to attack the Austrian army from the south.
When the King's Division launches an attack, the coalition forces on the south side will be the easiest piece of meat to be eaten.
I don't know if the other party discovered his move, or if he didn't intend to attack from this direction at all.
There was no movement at all, not even a single figure could be seen, and all the troops were concentrated in the other three directions.
In desperation, Dorgon had to order his troops to move to the battlefield from a position thirty miles away.
After arriving at the battlefield, he watched for a long time with unsatisfied interest. He waited until the two sides were fighting in full swing before giving the order to join the battle.
Three hundred thousand people!
All cavalry!
More than 200,000 of them are heavy cavalry!
It can be said that the real protagonist of the Battle of Vienna was the Qing army!
Because the participation of the Qing army determined the direction and outcome of this battle...
When the coalition cavalry that could not attack saw the enemy coming from behind, they immediately responded. Nearly 20,000 people on each wing launched a counterattack.
Leopold also threw a reserve of 20,000 cavalry from the city into the battle in an attempt to stabilize the war situation in his own favor.
However, as the Qing cavalry appeared in large numbers, so many that the tail of the team could not be seen, this effort eventually came to nothing.
If they only fight with cold weapons, the combat effectiveness of the Qing cavalry who have been trained by a certain devil boy is not inferior to that of the Polish wing cavalry.
The former is superior to the latter in that it is skilled with bows and horses, and can fire at least a dozen batches of arrows before the two sides come into contact.
Whether it is the opponent's people or horses, they are the targets of Qing cavalry.
The Qing army had an advantage in terms of strength and long-range weapons.
With the double advantage, the attack became very smooth.
Especially the Menggu cavalry at the head of the battle kept distance and used arrows to tease the opponent.
Many Menggu cavalry only wore leather armor and were not suitable for wall-mounted melee combat.
Dorgon didn't let them accept this kind of task, they just needed to use their specialties.
When the arrows are almost shot, just pat your butt and leave, and the Eight Banners soldiers and the Han army will take care of the rest.
The Eight Banners soldiers are responsible for supervising the battle and will not easily go into battle to kill the enemy.
Those who did the dirty and tiring work were basically the Han army, including the soldiers and horses of King Sishun.
Fortunately, the Qing army had a large number of people, and the Menggu cavalry were all skilled bow and horse veterans, so they could fire arrows in the wind and snow without delay.
The strange thing is that the amount of snowfall has not significantly weakened at this time, but the brightness of the sky has increased significantly, which means that the visibility of the Menggu Cavalry has been improved, allowing it to use its strengths.
More than 10% of the coalition cavalry were directly killed by the falling arrows, and the counterattack formation was affected by the fall of these people.
Facing the main force of the Qing army with the Han army at the front and the Eight Banners at the back, the coalition cavalry was not afraid at first. It was not until the fight that they realized how powerful the opponent was.
The soldiers of the Eight Banners are all highly skilled and brave, and they still dare to shoot arrows at close range. The target is not a person, but the opponent's mount.
If you shoot a mount, the cavalry on top will definitely be affected.
The coalition cavalry was only men wearing armor, and the war horses did not have armor.
Except for the Menggu cavalry, the Qing army's men and horses were all wearing armor, and their defense level was higher than that of the opponent.
For the Eight Banners soldiers, they are not afraid of fighting with cold weapons, but they are afraid that the other party will act like a rogue like the devil boy.
Now it was a head-on confrontation between the cavalry, which happened to play into Dorgon's hands.
The Han cavalry was responsible for clearing the way with broadswords, spears, and maces, followed closely by the Eight Banners soldiers.
The result was that the coalition cavalry managed to avoid the long-handled weapons in front, but could not avoid the cold arrows from behind.
At a distance of about ten steps, without waiting for the coalition cavalry to approach them, the Eight Banners soldiers suddenly launched cold arrows.
On the battlefield, there are many unlucky guys tripping over their fallen comrades, being hit by arrows in their legs, and even being pinned to the ground by their own horses.
Some of the coalition's cavalry are also equipped with crossbows. Firstly, these weapons do not fire as fast as bows and arrows. Secondly, they are also difficult to penetrate the opponent's heavy armor.
Due to the influence of many factors, the combat effectiveness displayed by the coalition cavalry in close combat was far different from that of the Qing army.
The 80,000 coalition cavalry counterattacked the Qing army, which was more than three times their own strength. After the two horses crossed the horse, less than half of the former was left.
Because the coalition forces were completely unsuitable to the Qing army's style of play.
The tactics used by Dorgon were an upgraded version of Temujin, which included not only surrounding mounted shooting, but also wall-mounted charging.
It can be described as a combination of hard and soft, soft and hard, there is always one suitable for you!
The King's Division of the Qing Dynasty also lost many elites, but the results achieved were gratifying.
Dorgon also needed to use the spoils obtained from the battle to arm the Menggu cavalry, and he could not let them continue to fight in leather armor.
At the same time, if it can help Hussein defeat the opponent, it will help divert the trouble westward and direct the Ottoman attack to the area west of Vienna...
