King's Landing in France

Chapter 170 Quicklime and women, this is the reason for the defeat of the Austrian army
The offensive of the Austrian army began.

Although Austria has a tradition of using light infantry, the Austrian light infantry is an elite unit of the Austrian army, and is now mainly deployed in the direction of the Rhine front.

Beaulieu didn't have many light infantry units, let alone elite air rifle hunters.

But no one sees this as a problem.

The Austrian line infantry lined up in a neat formation, stepping on drums and approaching the French line at the foot of the mountain.

At this time, someone in the Austrian army in the first row suddenly shouted: "Look, what is that?"

The soldiers who had a dead face were startled by the shout, and soon they became agitated: "That seems to be a woman?"

"wear a skirt!"

"It doesn't have to be a woman. It is said that the Scottish Highlanders in England also wear skirts, and they are thicker than you underneath!"

"Damn it, do the Scottish Highlanders have those big pecs?"

The officers roared: "Shut up, shut up! Don't be fooled by the tricks of the French army!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the ladies scattered among the bushes opened fire.

Immediately, several people fell in the queue.

However, because of the poor accuracy of the muskets, how much damage the girls' shooting caused, for well-trained line infantry, this casualty is the same as tickling.

The officers were loudly maintaining order: "Replacement from the back row to the front row, maintain the formation, and follow the drums!"

While talking, the ladies in the bush opened fire again.

Suddenly, the drumming stopped.

It turned out to be played by the drummer following this row.

All of a sudden, the pace of the whole row was chaotic.

The officer shouted: "Don't panic! Follow the drums in the next row!"

Then the officer collapsed clutching his neck.

The warrant officer in the team shouted: "The second lieutenant has been shot! Evacuate him quickly! Listen to my orders!"

Someone shouted: "The enemy is targeting drummers and officers!"

Warrant Officer: "Don't panic! You all understand the accuracy of the guns in your hands! Keep going!"

A sergeant yelled, "Let's stop and shoot the enemy!"

Warrant officer: "There is no order! Our duty is to move on! It's just harassment by skirmishers. Our target is the enemy's line infantry in front!"

As soon as the words fell, the drummer in the next row was shot again.

Fortunately, the drums played by the military musicians in the battalion were even louder, and the military musicians in the battalion were all at the end of the thick queue, so they should not be attacked by skirmishers.

Unlike the drummer in the platoon, there is only one person in the front row covering it, and if you are unlucky enough, you will still be shot.

At this time, all the platoons of the Austrian army that were shot by the female soldiers were working hard to maintain their marching posture.

Sustained casualties are like mosquito bites, not fatal, but very annoying.

The number of key enemy skirmishers is very large, it seems that the bushes in the front and side are full of skirmishers with skirts and big breasts, and there are flashes and smoke of firing everywhere.

This scene is like a person without insect-proof equipment, standing in the wild and being besieged by hundreds of mosquitoes.

Not fatal, but has a huge impact on mentality.

And with so many people shooting, all aiming at the officers and military musicians, there will always be a few shots that get caught.

Every wave of shooting can always hit a few officers.

The key to the harassment was the female soldiers. General Frost didn't even think about it, but this strengthened the blow to the enemy's mentality.

The distance from the slope to the front of the French line is not long, only about 400 meters. As a result, the well-trained Austrian army moved their formation crookedly.

By the time they reached the front of the French army, the Austrian army was already too annoyed.

Just then, the French line privates opened fire.

The neat row of guns formed a wall of white smoke, and the first column of the Austrian army fell down at once, and the morale of the army collapsed immediately.

Marshal Beaulieu on the high ground saw this scene and cursed: "It seems that the French stragglers are very effective in harassing our front line. But the second column will be the fully organized troops!"

Beaulieu was right. After the first column collapsed, the second column stopped in front of the French army. Even at Beaulieu's position, the officers in that row could be heard shouting: "Raise your guns! Fire!"

The smoke from the volleys formed a wall of smoke in front of the Austrians.

Beaulieu: "Okay, charge up, bayonet charge!"

The order to charge was given, and the second column of the Austrians rushed towards the French.

Then it was like a wave crashing onto a reef, and the tide ebbed quickly.

Beaulieu cursed: "Why can't even the first column of the French army break through!"

Compaore: "Should we fire a few more volleys of guns right in front of the French line? We will charge after causing enough damage to the French..."

Beaulieu: "Do you want our army to shoot at the enemy who has occupied the bunker on the open ground?"

Compaore shut his mouth.

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On An Ning's side, she also watched with satisfaction that her "tactics" had worked wonders.

He said to Berthier: "Did you see! Because of the girls' harassment of the enemy, the enemy's first wave of offensive was resolved! The enemy didn't even rush to our second line of defense!"

Berthier: "It's still not certain that it's the effect of the female soldiers...Maybe the Austrian army is weaker..."

An Ning shook her head.

Although the first wave of the enemy's attack was resolved, there are still more than a dozen enemy lines lined up on the hillside.

It was not a happy time, An Ning looked at the enemies lined up on the hillside, and suddenly had a great idea.

He ran to his artillery unit and ordered to the artillery: "Prepare lime bombs!"

The artillery warrant officer asked suspiciously: "Lime bombs? Didn't you and Captain Napoleon say that the lime bombs are not effective because the timing of the fuse is not fixed?"

"Yes, but things are different now."

An Ning raised her hand and grabbed the army flag next to the artillery position: "Look, the wind direction is like this now! A slight northerly wind blows, understand?"

Warrant officer: "I don't understand."

"You don't need to understand, according to my order, load the lime bomb! Put the lead wire to the longest!"

His orders were swiftly carried out.

"All artillery, aim at the hillside!" An Ning ordered, while operating a artillery to aim, then took the torch, and lit the breech block.

The cannon roared, and the shells flew towards the hillside ahead where the enemy was rushing down.

The hillside in front of Diego's highland is very steep, and the enemy's formation is densely packed on the hillside.

An Ning's shells hit the mud directly on the front of the hillside.

Then as the fuse burnt to the end, the shell exploded in a cloud of lime on the hillside.

An Ning pointed to the lime cloud and said, "Look! It's the north wind now, and because of the steepness of the hillside, the lime cloud will linger on the hillside! The enemy troops have to pass through this lime cloud if they want to charge!"

As soon as An Ning finished speaking, the other cannons also fired.

Soon, a cloud of smoke and dust composed of lime appeared on the hillside.

Austrian troops crashed into the quicklime one after another.

An Ning: "Keep firing! Keep the entire hillside covered with quicklime clouds to delay enemy attacks!"

(End of this chapter)