King's Landing in France

Chapter 173 National Self-Defense Forces, Advance!

An Ning saw a flag come down from the high ground!

Not the kind of troop flag that every regiment has, but a bigger one!
It means that Beaulieu gave someone a flag and asked him to lead the charge—couldn't Beaulieu charge himself?The old man is over 70 years old.

An Ning immediately commanded the cannon: "Aim at that flag and fire!"

Now the flag is still far away from Napoleon's position, and it can still shoot a wave of blocking shots. When it gets close to the poor accuracy of modern artillery, it is unclear whether to cover Napoleon or send him to his funeral.

The shells fell around the enemy army that was charging with the flag, but because the slope was too steep and the angle of the shells fell was not good, they failed to bounce.

Yes, in this era, rushing down a relatively steep hillside also has the advantage that the enemy's shells do not bounce when they hit them.

If it weren't for the fact that An Ning's side was filled with lime bombs, then this wave of bombardment would have no effect at all!
The lime bomb exploded on the ground, knocking down several people with fragments and forming a cloud of white quicklime dust.

But the charging enemy rushed into the dust cloud without fear.

The Austrian soldiers did display admirable courage.

An Ning shouted: "Ms. Oliver! I order you to bypass the frontal battlefield and attack that mill!"

This is the only mobile force in An Ning's hands that can bypass the frontal battlefield.

Although this terrain is very unsuitable for cavalry to play - it can be said that it is basically impossible to charge up on this terrain, basically the cavalry can only be used as a hand-to-hand combat unit on horseback.

But An Ning still issued an order that he could not let Napoleon be captured.

In fact, it's okay to be captured if you think about it carefully. The Austrian army should not hurt Napoleon, who has a noble title.

The Austrians who rushed down had already reached the mill. An Ning saw that Napoleon had turned the muzzle of the gun and fired grape bullets at the flag. As a result, a wave of shrapnel went down, and the person holding the flag did not fall!Obviously, all the people around are down!

The female soldiers covering Napoleon also charged and fought with the Austrians.

The cavalry were now marching through the bushes between the hills to make a detour, and had not yet arrived.

An Ning saw Napoleon draw out his saber and stand on the cannon directing the artillerymen.

Looks like he's ready to fire another shot at this distance!
Finally, the loading was completed, and Napoleon stood on the cannon, pointing his saber at the Austrians not far away.

A soldier ignites the fuse of a cannon.

The muzzle shot out flames almost against the Austrians.

While An Ning was watching the scene nervously, Berthier suddenly said: "The cavalry on the left wing is attacking!"

An Ning hurriedly put down the binoculars and looked to the left - the field of view of the binoculars is too small to be suitable for seeing things in a wide range.

He saw Lasalle's cavalry appearing in the direction of the river valley to the north, forming a super long front in two horizontal formations.

It looked like a moving city wall, or a huge wave of a tsunami, rolling towards the enemy on the plain along the Bomida River.

**
a few minutes ago.

La Salle had been on the river bank watching Davout's troops push across the Bomida.

He was waiting for Davout's troops to gain a foothold on the east bank of the river.

Davout's military flag has always been at the forefront of the troops, leading the troops to ford.

The enemy troops on the river bank continued to shoot, and French soldiers continued to fall into the water, causing small-scale chaos.

However, perhaps inspired by the division commander's flag, the movement of the whole army to cross the river has not been interrupted.

The artillery attached to Davout's division kept roaring on the river bank, doing their best to provide support for the troops crossing the river.

La Salle watched from the bank and muttered: "Come on! Cross the river and spread out in front of the enemy! Hurry up!"

Finally, Davout's military flag boarded the river bank, and after a while most of Davout's division troops also boarded the river bank.

There are still a small number of troops still in the water because of the bending of the river bank.

The newly disembarked troops began to form and then opened fire on the Austrians.

Seeing this scene, La Salle put away his binoculars, picked up the flagon from the saddle, took a big sip, then hung up the flagon, picked up his pipe: "Everyone! It's time for us to attack! We rushed across the river Go, and spread out on the bank! The formation is a line, a perfect line!

"The key is speed! As long as we charge up quickly, the enemy will have great psychological pressure facing the horizontal team!

"Let's go, warriors!"

After speaking, Lasalle took the lead and rushed into the river, the horse's hooves splashed in the water.

His cavalry rushed into the water after him, and the water splashed for a while.

After a while the cavalry arrived on the other side.

Lasalle: "Expand the formation! Quick, line up!"

The well-trained cavalry immediately formed on the river bank, and a brigade of cavalry formed a horizontal formation nearly 150 meters wide, with the riders' knees touching their knees.

La Salle stood alone at the front, and he drew out his saber: "For France! Charge!"

The trumpeter blew the charging horn, and the cavalry brigade followed La Salle and began to accelerate!
"Speed ​​is the key!" La Salle yelled. "Faster, faster!"

As long as the cavalry starts to run, the horses will chase each other because of instinct, so the speed will become faster and faster.

During this process, the formation will gradually disintegrate, because after all, some knights have better horses and run faster.

But the prestige brought by the high-speed charge is very amazing.

As long as the cavalry is fast enough, the morale of the enemy will collapse before the cavalry actually touches the enemy.

La Salle led the cavalry to charge at full speed, and the enemies lined up on the river bank were shocked when they saw the "huge waves" approaching from the side.

The collapse occurred in an instant, the most marginal brigades were the first to break up, and then the chaos spread to the entire army.

The enemy started howling and fled in all directions, and was chased by the cavalry. A few were shot from behind with sabers, and many more were trampled to death by horses after falling down.

No matter how hoarse the Austrian officers were, the collapse could not stop.

Davout was watching all this happening, and his deputy said eagerly: "Let's charge too, or the cavalry will take away all the credit!"

Davout: "No, the charge will cause the formation to be chaotic, our task is not only to defeat the enemies in the front, but also to outflank the enemies on the Diego Heights from the side!

"This is the most important task that Your Excellency General entrusted to us!
"All battalions, advance!"

Davout said he stepped forward, his steps were firm.

His troops also began to move, like an iron-cast city wall, and the dense spear forest rose and fell with neat steps, as if there was a pulse of life.

The four brigades of the French army rolled forward like a steamroller, pushing all the mess left by the cavalry charge under their feet.

(End of this chapter)