The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1087: This, a high official, is valuable!

Six people withstood the attack of 6 elite hussars. This is something worthy of bragging for any soldier.

But it was nothing to Ludwig von Lens and his comrades. After all, more ridiculous things had happened in the colonies.

This was the first official appearance of Steam Fortress on the European continent, but it fell far short of the expected results.

The Austrian Imperial Weapons Development Bureau has high expectations for it, believing that this large-scale killer weapon can completely replace the status of cavalry in plain areas.

It was the emergence of steam tanks that further promoted the development of breech-loading artillery.

After all, if ammunition needs to be loaded outside the iron shell, then the mobile fortress itself will lose its meaning. The reason why breech-loaded artillery was not equipped at this time was not because it was not available, but because it could not solve the problems of aiming and recoil.

However, the experts at the Austrian Imperial Weapons Development Bureau were still very optimistic. After all, theoretically this was a one-sided massacre, and the air rifle was also a weapon they had high hopes for.

However, the reality is that the power of three vehicle-mounted air rifles is still not enough. If his comrades had not arrived in time, Major Lens would have died heroically for his country.

According to his idea, if all Hungarians were such desperadoes, then the role of these mobile fortresses would be very limited.

However, even the most powerful elites are no better than headless chickens when facing an enemy force dozens of times their own size after losing their commanders and a large number of their main backbones.

But this approach was quickly rejected. It is impossible for the government to officially support this approach, but the minimum respect for folk traditions should be maintained.

Folks usually associate black people with black wizards. After arriving in the Americas, they were combined with local legends of the undead, the Great Plague, and the Black Death that once occurred in Europe.

The war between whites and blacks is not a war between nations, but a showdown between the living and the dead, light and darkness, "justice" and "evil".

Lance has fought many battles in the colonies over the years, killing heinous bounty criminals, savage Indians, unscrupulous bounty hunters, Mexican gangs, French mercenaries, members of the Doomsday Ark Society (cultists), and North American giants. brown bear, black man
In fact, most Austrians at this time had never seen a black man, and they even doubted whether such a creature really existed.

However, there was no possibility of retreat at this time. The blood on the sabers of the Hungarian hussars was still wet, and their blood was spilled on this land.

However, in the first battle with the Hungarians, he was sweating profusely. Ludwig von Lens was no longer the ignorant college student who shouted "defend the homeland" in the Confederate Parliament. He had spent many years in the colonial military career. It made him clearly feel that there was only a thin line between himself and death, and he even thought about his last words.

Back to the topic, Lens searched his memory for those so-called powerful enemies. Not to mention decent resistance in front of the Austrian regular army, it would be considered very courageous not to wet his pants.

Some of the fleeing hussars were overtaken and shot off their horses, some got lost and unfortunately fell into the ditch, some tried to hide but were soon discovered, some wanted to surrender, and some tried to protect their last glory. Launch a desperate charge against the steel behemoth.
But there is only one ending for all of them, and that is death. If there had been no influence of nationalism in the past, the two sides could still negotiate interests no matter how deep their hatred was. Ransom in exchange for prisoners would be extremely common in Europe.

Coupled with the encouragement of the church, Austrians living in North America believed that black people were messengers of plague, followers of the devil, and cursed people.

According to the logic of the church: Black people who will be reduced to ashes by fire must be devils, and if they cannot be burned to death by fire, they are even more devils.

However, priests and doctors soon stopped the farmers from doing this, because it could easily cause plague and may lead to some strange diseases.

Blacks can be infinitely resurrected, and the only way to defeat them is to purify those cursed bodies with fire.

Some people suggested using the corpses of Hungarians to compost as they did in the past. This would not only make the best use of the materials, but also make up for some losses. The most important thing is to humiliate the Hungarians.

The farmers did not spare any of the invading Hungarians, but they were not relieved even after killing them. They dragged the bodies of the Hungarian hussars and hung them on trees, nailed them to crosses, and even fed them directly to dogs.

As a result, the officials of the royal territory only gave a guideline that it was forbidden to hang them, and they should be cremated and buried on the spot.

Ludwig von Lens had no objection to the people's choice of how to dispose of corpses. After all, he had seen more horrific things in North America.

For example, some Indians and Red Dead Redemptioners directly ate the corpses of their enemies.
Compared with these trivial details, Ludwig von Lens was more concerned about whether every battle on the European battlefield was so tragic, and he didn't know how his comrades were doing now.
But he obviously thought too much. He was just unlucky and happened to encounter Hungary's elite troops. In fact, most of the Hungarian hussars in the entire royal territory had been dispersed at this time, and their demise was only a matter of time.

In fact, most of the Hungarian assault teams collapsed when they saw the steam tanks. There were very few who could stabilize their position and launch a counterattack.

Major Sandor Roy and his hussars are indeed the best of the best, but no matter how strong the elite is, they cannot make up for the gap in the times.

Only three of the 150 elite hussars were left when they fled to the border, and they were about to escape this terrible "trap."

Yes, at this time Major Sandor Roy believed that this was a trap. He must go back to prevent Janos Damojanic from continuing to send troops to raid. Instead, he should dig trenches to prevent the enemy's all-out counterattack.

Although we have reached the border, this is also the place where the Austrians are most heavily defended, Sandor Roy said for the sake of safety.

"You two, as long as I can go back safely, I will give each of you one thousand... no, two thousand forints. If you die, I will also ensure that this money will be sent to your family."

Hussars are indeed the most greedy for money. Two thousand forints used to be enough for an ordinary Hungarian soldier to work hard for twenty years without food or water.

However, at this time, two thousand forints may only be exchanged for two hundred florins of silver coins. This is indeed a large fortune, but it may not be worth risking one's life for it.

"Five thousand!" said one of the older hussars.

Sandor Roy cursed secretly, but his expression remained unchanged and he responded.

"Okay! Five thousand is five thousand. I'll give you two five thousand, as long as I can go back safely."

The older hussar smiled, showing his rough yellow teeth.

"It's five thousand each."

"What?" Five thousand for each person, and the two of them together are ten thousand forints, Sandor Roy said through gritted teeth.

"it is good."

Because he knew very well that he didn't have time to work with these two guys here, and the Austrians might chase him at any time.

But Sandor Roy still miscalculated. They had made too much noise in the royal territory, and the royal territory had already begun a general mobilization.

You must know that there are millions of people in the entire royal territory, and they are generally young and middle-aged people. Everyone has a gun. Once mobilized, there are hundreds of thousands of militiamen.

Not to mention their thousands of hussars, even János Damojanic's main force cannot sustain so many troops.

Sandor Roy and the two hussars were spotted as they were running wildly. They had just dismounted and were about to sneak across the farmland the way they came.

Just after hearing a burst of gunfire, the old hussar and two horses who had just been bargaining with Sandor Roy fell in a pool of blood.

Sandor Roy pushed away another hussar and tried to mount his horse to escape, but the hussar also became more bloody and pulled Sandor Roy off his horse. The two sides immediately struggled with each other.

Among the militiamen who gathered around were several Prussian veterans. They recognized one of them as wearing the uniform of a major officer, and they immediately stopped the angry people from wanting to commit a blood sacrifice.

"This, high official, is valuable."