Chapter 45: The Imperfect Surround (Central)

In this case, Ferdinand also divided his troops into fewer troops, further reducing his strength. His hesitation also caused him to completely trap his partner General Mike in the French army and eventually destroyed the entire army.

On the morning of October 10, a small town about fifty kilometers away from the Danube. Yesterday, there were about 500 Austrian soldiers stationed here, but when 8,000 French troops appeared in front of them, they all surrendered. They didn't even want to escape, so they raised their hands and walked into the French prisoner-of-war camp.

Lieutenant General Munk, the commander of this army, was in his simple and frugal department, looking at the map and saying to his subordinates: "It's right here. It's in the middle of Ulm and Augsburg. As long as we keep this place, the main force of the deposed Dinant will lose the opportunity to escape back to Munich, and the victory of this war must be ours."

"But we only have eight thousand people? The other party, not including Mike's troops, also have 70,000 people. Can we keep here?" said a major general with some concern. This is also the question that most people want to ask.

Lieutenant General Munk smiled and said, "Dear Major General, things are not as terrible as you think. According to the latest information, Ferdinand's troops are still in Ulm, with only one army of ten thousand people heading to Gepinggen. In addition, there is an army of 20,000 people led by Cleck and was about to come here. I think we will meet them soon. But you don't have to worry at all, and we are only these 20,000 people facing now. Don't look forward to it, we are the most elite guards in France.

, The guardian of His Majesty the Emperor, and we are using weapons that are much more advanced than the Austrian army this time, and we are fully able to defeat Klek's army. There is another news that Marshal Mura has sent five thousand cavalry to us, and they are already on the road, and they are probably here this afternoon. In that case, we will be fully confident to defend the place. Okay, gentlemen, I ask you to go back and organize troops to build fortifications immediately. It is not easy to defend this town."

After hearing Mangke's analysis, everyone regained their confidence. They all went out to organize and not only built fortifications, but everyone was thinking about letting the Austrians taste the power of our Guards.

About twenty kilometers away from the town occupied by Munk and the others, a long line of Austrian troops was moving forward quickly. A lieutenant general with a strong face was riding his tall white horse, and under the protection of the guards, slowly following the team. Suddenly, a sound of horse hooves came from the front, and his guards were ready for battle immediately, and he was protecting him in the middle. This lieutenant general was Lieutenant General Kleik who was ordered by Ferdinand to protect the traffic line from Ulm to Ogst.

After a few minutes, everyone saw clearly that two Austrian cavalry correspondents were coming. The two men arrived in front of Kleik, dismounted and saluted, and said, "God General, we found the enemy's army in a small formation twenty kilometers ahead, with about 10,000 people. They are now building fortifications."

Kleike thought for a while and said, "Tell me the order, stop moving forward immediately, rest on the spot, and prepare lunch in the kitchen."

"General, we should attack them while the enemy has not built a fortification. Besides, it is only eleven o'clock now, is it a little early to have lunch?" A major general asked with regret.

Claik smiled and said, "Yes, it's only eleven o'clock now. The soldiers have been tired after leaving for so long. It's time to take a break, so I let them eat enough to continue the march and fight. Besides, how many fortifications can the French army build in one or two hours? Besides, after we have enough food and drink, it's time for them to have lunch. Think about the physical work that the poor French soldiers had just done all morning, and they had to face the attack of our brave Austrian soldiers. What kind of scene would it be?"

It turned out that Kleke was playing this idea. The major general heard that Kleke's words made a lot of sense, so he agreed.

At twelve:30 noon, the French soldiers who had built the fortifications for the whole morning were finally rested, and they lined up to get lunch. At this time, many officers rushed out of the command center and shouted, "Everyone took a loaf of bread, and then entered the position and prepared for battle."

The soldiers knew that the enemy had appeared, so they reluctantly received the bread and carried the gun into the position, cursing all the way. Many people were full of anger and kept cursing the despicable Austrians. The women of Kleik's family, as the initiator, were greeted by these angry French soldiers at least twenty times. They chose to start the war at this time, and they were too chivalrous. Kleik's actions aroused the strong anger of the French soldiers, and they all exhaled their anger on the Austrian soldiers.

Half an hour later, the shadow of the Austrian army appeared, and they lined up in a neatly quadron to press into the French army. The French army also entered the fortifications with guns. The so-called fortifications were just a low wall of more than one meter along some houses outside the town. It simply did not meet the requirements of protecting soldiers, but this was much better than standing in the wild. Who said that they were at a disadvantage in the number of people now?

Since they marched all the way through the mountains, they couldn't bring many cannons. Now there are only six cannons in total, so it is impossible to use cannons to cause huge losses to the other party like the Battle of Nuremberg. Fortunately, the situation of the other party was similar to that of them, and they didn't bring a few cannons, just a little more people.

Ten Austrian cannons spoke first and launched a 20-minute shelling of the French position, but the French withdrawn from the position in time, so they only blew up some unstable fortifications, and there were no casualties. Seeing that the shelling was useless, the Austrian army also stopped, and they did not carry many shells.

Subsequently, the Austrian army launched the first attack. This time, they dispatched a total of 10,000 people and arranged ten square formations to launch a fierce attack on the French positions. After they entered the range of cannons, the French cannons began to speak, but because the number was too small, it could not cause substantial damage to the Austrian army.

After a while, the Austrian army entered the range of the French rifle. So crisp gunfire sounded on the French positions. Due to the blockage of the low walls, the French army did not shoot in three-stage styles as usual, but lined up in two rows. When the first row of bullets was completely exhausted, the second row was filled up, forming a continuous row of shooting.
Chapter completed!