Chapter 45: The Imperfect Surround (Part 2)

Under Kleike's strict request, his soldiers launched a second attack. This time, Kleike still organized 10,000 people and sent a 500-strong team to the police. If he failed and escaped at the battle, he would be responsible for killing him. Of course, the people in these soldiers were his personal soldiers.

So under the threat of the bayonets of the soldiers in the army, the Austrian army launched an attack on the French positions again. First of all, the French cannons began to speak. Amid the rumbling cannons, the Austrian soldiers were constantly blown up and the flesh was flying everywhere. But the blood of the companions seemed to arouse their ferocity, or because there was a supervising team behind and French bullets in front. They were dead in front and behind, and there might not be a chance to rush forward. So when it was almost at the range of the French rifle, the Austrian soldiers stopped carving the formation and rushed towards the French positions with bayonets.

Kleike was so angry that he cursed behind him: "You stupid pigs have forgotten all the infantry warriors. Don't you know to keep the attacking counterattack?" But then he shut up and stopped cursing because he found that such a messy charge seemed to be better than the first charge just now.

Faced with the chaotic stormtrooper type of the Austrian army, the French army didn't know what to do. Their shooting effect was obviously much smaller than the first time. Looking at the Austrian soldiers who rushed over like wild animals, many timid French soldiers couldn't even hold their guns.

At this time, General Mangke decisively ordered: "The whole person fires freely, no longer divided into the first or second rows." So the gunshots on the French positions also rang out in a mess. Austrian soldiers were constantly hit, and bullets bloomed with red and charming flowers on them. But at the same time, more Austrian soldiers failed and passed the bodies of their comrades and continued to attack forward.

After reaching the range of the Austrian rifles, many Austrian soldiers stopped and raised their guns to shoot at the French army, because the French army kept firing and they didn't even let a single shot. But their shooting speed was too slow, and they often had only one shot. When they changed the bullets, they could not know where they could end their lives. After paying the price of blood, Austrian soldiers finally realized that they were shooting against French soldiers. Due to weapons, they were seeking death. Later, no one did such stupid things again. But when they understood this truth, they had already paid no less than four thousand lives since the attack.

Now the Austrian army has returned to the age of cold weapons, and the guns in their hands seem to be fire sticks. If there were no bayonets in front of them, after paying a huge price, the Austrian army finally rushed to the front of the French army. "Everyone is bayonet!" The French officers passed on the orders of Lieutenant General Munk.

The soldiers of both sides collided violently, and they used bayonets to fight against each other's weapons. However, because the Austrian army was at a disadvantage in terms of numbers and had run so far and consumed a lot of physical strength, they gradually fell into a disadvantage in the hand-to-hand combat with the French army. They were slowly driven out of the position by the French army.

Seeing this situation, Kleik quickly ordered the reserve team of more than 7,000 remaining people in his hands to attack. After they arrived at the battlefield, the Austrian army slowly moved back to their disadvantages. The French army fell into a hard battle and had to exchange space for time, slowly withdraw from the position, and began to compete with the Austrian army for control of every street, every house, every ruin, and even every number of trees in the town. But the Austrian army had half of them, so the streets or houses controlled by the Shijun were soon lost.

When the situation was at its most dangerous time, the French army was about to be driven out of the town. General Mangke had already made the worst plan. If they could not hold on, they would have to retreat. Just as he was about to make a decision, a roar like thunder came from afar. But slowly, the sound became more and more.

"Cabin, cavalry." The sharp-eyed soldiers shouted. Then they saw the flying eagle flag, and all the French soldiers shouted: "Our cavalry is here." Then they burst out with unprecedented morale and fought fiercely with the Austrian army.

On the other hand, the Austrian army, affected by this, had its original high morale decayed suddenly. After being violently attacked by French soldiers, they no longer cared about the supervision team. It seemed that when they saw the French cavalry, they ran away, and then ran away desperately.

But how can a person run more than four legs? Under the fierce impact of the French cavalry, all resistance seemed so pale and powerless. In the end, most Austrian soldiers chose to surrender wisely, as the saying goes: It is better to live without dying.

Finally, on the afternoon of October 10, only Kleike and the tragic army of less than 1,000 people fled back to Ulm. In order to shirk responsibility, Kleike reported that he was ambushed by the French army. The French army that ambushed him had at least tens of thousands of people and tens of thousands of cavalry, so he suffered such heavy losses.

But Ferdinand didn't listen to his explanation at all, and directly asked someone to arrest him and prepare to send him to the military court after the war ended. But at the same time, he realized that although the French army that appeared between Ulm and Augsburg was not as strong as Kleik said, his strength was also very strong. So he knew that the road to Munich had been closed to them, and staying here would have to die.

He immediately ordered General Mike to withdraw from the battle, meet with him, and prepare to break through to Munich. But they were lost at the best time. As early as the morning, the five French corps attacked General Mike's troops, but now they can't withdraw even if they want to. Rey's Sixth Corps also conquered Heidenheim at 10 a.m. under the guidance of some soldiers of the Guards, and is now accelerating towards Ulm.

Ferdinand regrets it very much now. If he had ignored his so-called honor and retreated two days earlier, then they might have been in Munich now. To meet the 100,000 troops in Munich, they might not have the strength to fight with the French army. But it is too late to say anything now. His old partner has been completely surrounded in Stuttgart and can never rush out. Even if he leads his army to rescue, it will have no effect at all. It can only increase the record for the French army.

So Ferdinand said sorry to his old partner in his heart, and led his last ten thousand troops to start the escape route. Their speed was very fast, and he knew that if they were entangled by the French Sixth Army, they would never be able to escape.

Finally, Ferdinand led his army southward, passed Meminggen, passed Mindelheim, circled a large circle, and finally escaped back to Munich.
Chapter completed!