2772 Hoff's Chaos
Seeing the frightened female nurse holding a white flag and staggering out of the town, the battlefield suddenly became quiet, and the soldiers on both sides who had just shot at the target stopped shooting.
The French soldiers watched the angels in white approaching. When she was more than ten meters away from the French position, two French soldiers suddenly rushed out, protected the female nurse and retreated to the safe area.
It seemed that Xiang Ying could see a riot in the enemy's position opposite in the telescope, which showed that the news brought by the female nurse really shocked them.
"More than 300 wounded soldiers' lives... I just don't care about you, I just don't know if you dare to slaughter your own people!"
Facts prove that these French troops are absolutely afraid of them. The older the troops, the more they care about the soldiers' comrades. The wounded soldiers come from different troops. Although there are only 300, they are related to the emotions of the entire expeditionary army.
If the commander was not open-minded and dared to attack the injured barracks at this time, once his own casualties were caused, his future in the army would be completely destroyed.
How many enemies do you have to make? There are countless!
Xiang Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Grandma... This dying breath finally recovered, blessing my ancestors!"
The fierce battle between the Zhiyuan sailors suddenly stopped strangely, but the bloody battle on the beach south of Spike Island became more and more intense.
The Prussian new force gradually joined, and the French exhausted soldiers were constantly defeated. In addition, the God of War artillery gradually came on the field. Although the Prussian army, which occupied absolute firepower, had a smaller total number of troops, its combat effectiveness did not decrease at all.
The area for landing on the beach is expanding step by step, and more and more fishing boats are coming from Prussian civilian support. By the last delivery, more than 3,000 soldiers can be brought to land.
The front line of hand-to-hand combat has advanced into the dense oak forest. The Pu army is less than 800 meters away from the town in the middle of the island. Judging from the speed of advancement at most forty minutes, they can rescue Xiang Ying and others.
At this point, the French army had completely collapsed. The hungry and thirsty soldiers launched unnecessary attacks again and again, but in return they suffered repeated failures.
The morale of the army has completely collapsed, and the army no longer has the disdainful momentum that was as dominating the continent!
The Navy saw everything on Spike Island. Hoff stared at the change in the battlefield situation on the island, and his face turned pale with anger.
"Shame, it's simply a shame to the empire. Even if you don't have the entire army ashore, even if you were attacked by the Zhiyuan, you caused serious casualties..."
"But 30,000 expeditionary forces have landed at least more than 20,000! Can't even deal with such a little enemy in the 20,000 people? Is this the world's most powerful army built by the Bonaparte family?"
"Shame... are all a group of war criminals who should be on the guillotine!"
Hoff cursed in the command room, but did not notice the dissatisfaction of the people around him. Today, the war is over, isn’t you the one who started it?
If you hadn't issued stupid orders again and again, how could this battle be fought?
Facing the sudden British fleet, you showed your cowardly nature, fearing that the British would suddenly attack and immediately ordered the army to land!
The original grand strategy was overturned like this. Do you know how difficult it would be for the 30,000 army to break the original strategic arrangement and accept the new order again?
Not to mention that the soldiers' work and rest time must be adjusted. You have to wake up many sleeping soldiers and arrange brand new tasks for them and complete them immediately!
This is not the action of thirty or fifty people, but this is a completely new plan for the 30,000 army! Do you know how much work is?
From the moment you rashly change your action plan, the Army is in chaos!
Hoff, you are not only cowardly, but also shirk your responsibility. Faced with the appearance of Zhiyuan, your attitude has not been clear from beginning to end. You have to sink and capture it sometimes. After all, you are still constantly judging the pros and cons, and always want to find the most beneficial result for you!
When I saw that there was a possibility of capturing, I wanted to use this warship to make merit in exchange for my own exemption!
Once we find that the Chinese are resisting tough and hysterically shouting and sinking, how can we convince such a fence-bearing man!
Hoff had no idea that the person below was so dissatisfied. He had never sent the telescope in his hand, and his eyes were red and swollen like rabbits.
"The Chinese have been holding the town for twenty minutes. Why has the army not launched an attack yet? What are they waiting for..."
"The Prussian army is advancing continuously, why is the army still retreating? What about their courage?"
Listening to the commander's foaming nonsense, the adjutant next to him could not bear it anymore. "Sir... the army's brothers are so tired. From the early morning of last night to now, they have not closed their eyes or eaten or drunk. They are extremely tired!"
"In addition, if you lose the support of the artillery, your natural combat effectiveness will decrease..."
"What about the town? If you can't deal with the Prussians, can't you even deal with the hundreds of Chinese?" Hoff started yelling before the adjutant finished speaking.
At this time, the adjutant didn't care about his superiors and inferiority. He stubbornly retorted, "Sir... Although I am not on the front line, based on my simplest military experience, there must be a large number of wounded soldiers in that small town..."
"The army has not attacked, so it must be afraid of the safety of the wounded soldiers!"
"Far! They are all farts! This is war, what we want is victory... When will the army become a group of ladies? Send them a signal and order them to attack immediately and wipe out these Chinese people!"
"I don't want to capture prisoners, just let them take out all the officers' bodies!"
The officers around him were all angry and turned pale, "Sir! You can't give this order! Are you trying to make enemies with the entire army?"
"After this order is issued, you will be responsible for all the crimes of the wounded soldiers' deaths! More importantly, the army will not obey your order..."
"Bastard!" Hoff roared, "I am the commander-in-chief appointed by the Queen of the Responsible State, and I have the highest authority!"
"Even if you have the highest authority, they won't listen!" The subordinates were completely anxious. They found that Hoff was trying to push the navy and army toward their enemies!
"Commander, you need to figure it out! The Queen asked you to command the expeditionary force, but to appease the navy!"
"Her purpose is just because the army did not fight well before, and she hopes to use the navy to break through the situation! She gives you the highest command, and the purpose is to inspire our navy to fight bravely!"
"It's not that your Majesty and the Queen really think that our Navy can surpass the Army!"
"All your orders must take into account the feelings of the army! How could the glorious army created by Emperor Napoleon himself obey us?"
"What's more,..." said the subordinate officers gritted their teeth, "What's more, you have lost the trust of the army after commanding this night. Do you really think you can move as you order?"
"If you don't believe it, just give an order and try it! See if the Army will obey your orders!"
Chapter completed!