Chapter 50: Decisive Battle between Munich (IV)

While the Third and Sixth Legion were sweeping the periphery of Munich, Marshal Rana's Fifth Legion also launched a fierce attack on the high ground in the north.

This highland is said to have been a mountain nearly 300 meters high, but Bavarian kings of all generations have worked hard on this mountain and used it as one of the most important strongholds to guard Munich. Gradually, the stronghold became a fortress. It is said that this fortress has never been captured since its construction. Even when Munich fell, it was still in the hands of the Bavarian army. Several of the times were occupied by foreign troops because of the king's surrender. For example, the Austrians stationed this fortress this time because Bavaria had to agree to the entry of the Austrian army under the strong pressure of the Austrian army. The fortress has a very nice name - Eagle Sun Fortress.

On the fortress, there were more than ten old-fashioned fortress artillery and more than a dozen cannons that the Austrian army had only recently moved up. When the French army launched an attack on the fortress, these cannons exposed their Ning Zhe's guns and shot one round of artillery shells at the French army that was slowly advancing towards the fortress. Countless French soldiers were torn to pieces by artillery shells, and their bodies were blown into the air. Blood was sprinkled everywhere, and many of them were sprinkled on the French soldiers. Many new recruits who had not experienced this scene couldn't help but vomited.

Fortunately, the French cannons fired in time and suppressed the Austrian cannons with their numerical advantage. However, because the opponent had the protection of fortresses, the French cannons did not cause any harm to the Austrian army. Instead, the Austrian army was able to unscrupulously shell the French army.

Under the ravage of Austrian cannons, the French army finally reached the foot of the mountain and began to climb up the mountain. From a distance, the black and yellow uniforms of the French army were everywhere. At this time, a large number of Austrian soldiers shot fiercely from the shooting port of the fortress. Countless French soldiers were shot and rolled down from the mountain, and all the soldiers behind him were smashed by him. For a moment, the French army suffered countless casualties. At this time, the gate of the fortress suddenly opened, and two or three thousand Austrian soldiers rushed out from inside. They carried bayonets and launched counterattacks towards the French army. When caught off guard, the French army suffered countless casualties and wounded. Finally, after dropping nearly a thousand corpses on the mountain, they fled down the mountain in a panic. In just less than an hour, the French army actually lost more than two thousand people.

Marshal Rana looked at the fortress in front with a pale face, and said harshly in his heart: "Is it really an unbreakable fortress? I want to see how many times you can block my attack." He ordered the artillery: "Boom hard and smash all the shells onto me."

At his request, all the artillery soldiers shook their arms and carried the shells, filled the shells, and then fired the shells. Hundreds of artillery shells roared at the fortress on the top of the mountain, making deafening sounds and large pieces of gunpowder. But after the smoke, the fortress remained as erect as before, as if it had not been damaged much. So the French cannons fired again, constantly smashing the shells out. Until an hour later, all the artillery soldiers were so tired that they had no strength to fire Rana before ordering the artillery to stop the artillery and the infantry attacked again.

This time the French army still organized tens of thousands of people to charge, but halfway through, the Austrian artillery spoke again, and shells kept falling into the French army's ranks and blew up the soldiers who were charging. However, the Austrian artillery bombardment became very sparse, as if there were only a few cannons roaring in total. It seemed that the French artillery bombardment had played a role before.

When they arrived on the mountain, countless Austrian soldiers poured their angry bullets down through the shooting holes of the fortress. Almost no matter how many people were hit, they ruthlessly took their lives. Finally, after paying a huge price, the French army finally approached the fortress, but they could not get in at all, so the places they entered and exited were blocked. They had to find cover outside the fortress to hide and then shoot with the Austrian army. However, the effect was really bad. Often, they had to pay several lives to get the death of an Austrian soldier.

In desperation, Marshal Rana had to order his troops to retreat. After counting, he found that in one morning's attack, nearly 5,000 brave French soldiers fell under the fortress. After receiving this battle report, Marshal Rana's heart was bleeding. This was one-eighth of his troops, and it was gone. After learning about this situation, Napoleon was very angry and ordered that the attack be stopped before he could think of a solution and that the lives of the soldiers should not be used as a joke.

Marshal Rana did not find a solution to this problem all afternoon, so his army did not launch another attack in the afternoon. The Austrian army on the mountain was afraid of being beaten and cheered. This voice sounded so harsh in the ears of the Fifth Legion. Every soldier of the Fifth Legion was filled with anger and wished he could fight the Austrian army.

At the military summary meeting in the evening, Lanshi and Rye were both excited because they had successfully completed the task assigned to them by Napoleon, although they had used the help of others. Marshal Rana, who was contrary to them, had a very bad face. He seemed to think that Lanshi and Rye were deliberately unable to get along with him, so he comforted himself in his heart: those two guys only received the help of His Highness Andrecy, otherwise they would be the same as himself, and even suffered heavy losses than himself. Thinking of this, he felt a little better.

Napoleon made some summary of today's war and arranged tomorrow's war. Finally, he asked Ranna: "Marson, have you thought of a way to break the Eagle Sun Fortress? You know I have been looking forward to it." If Napoleon goes down the Eagle Sun Fortress, then the plan to attack Munich will be hindered. Because its existence will seriously threaten the rear of the Second Legion, which is mainly attacking the north. The most terrifying thing is that the cannons on the fortress can directly attack Munich City from a high point, so this is why Ferdinand values ​​it so much and sends 10,000 to the place. Similarly, if the fortress is controlled by the French army, they can directly shell out the vital parts of Munich, which is of great benefit to them. Therefore, Napoleon has to take it into his own hands at all costs.

Marshal Rana said with a blushing face: "I'm very sorry, Your Majesty, I haven't thought of a way to conquer the Eagle Day Fortress."
Chapter completed!