Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The two mixed camp s under Xiao Letian and all the other officers only had a total military strength of around 700 people. This level of military strength could not even be considered as a bubble in the entire Sardauwa battle, and if General Lao Maoqi were to integrate them into the main assault team, then the impact that the two mixed camp s would have on Xiao Letian would be negligible.

However, no matter how small or weak a chess piece was, as long as it was placed in the right position, it could still play a huge role. It was just like a pawn in a chess game that crossed the river.

Today, the chess piece, the mixed camp, was placed in the right spot by Xiao Letian. The Shiqiao uplands was destined to become the place where Xiao Letian and his Iron-Blood Army would become famous.

A distance of 60 meters would not even take 10 seconds for the future generation of sprinters. However, for these fleeing soldiers who were charging at them, even if the mud under their feet was harder to walk on, or if their comrades were holding them back, they would be able to easily rush through in 20 seconds.

In Old Count and Peng Ka's plans, the first wave of more than a thousand soldiers charging forth was actually just sending them to their deaths. They had carefully calculated before the battle with their staff officers. This wave of soldiers had been scattered for about 100 meters and had the highest casualty rate, starting from 60 to 50 meters. Adding in the power added to Prussian army's newly equipped rifles, the casualty rate should be as high as 60%.

The huge casualties were exchanged for the remaining 40% who charged into the trenches to engage in close combat. The remaining 40% were far from being able to win in close combat, so their sacrifice was just to buy time for the remaining scattered soldiers to charge.

What was a wavy charge? The tactic chosen by Austrian Army was the typical wave charging technique. After the first wave of scattered soldiers reached a distance of 60 meters from the trench, the second wave of 1000 people dispersed soldiers began to slowly enter the battlefield and gradually jog to increase their speed.

When the first wave of soldiers started fighting in close quarters, the second wave of soldiers were about sixty meters away from the trench, and this second wave of soldiers was very lucky. Without the rain of bullets, more than 90% of the soldiers would be able to enter the trench and join the hand-to-hand combat.

Not only were there second wave of soldiers, the Old Count had also sent five thousand people to the third and fourth wave.

In the plans of the Austrian Army, there was no such thing as a failure. According to all the staff officers' calculations, the biggest casualties of the Austrian Army were only the first wave and the second wave of scattered soldiers charging forward.

To thornbush gardener, over two thousand casualties were like a drizzle. As long as they could take down the Shiqiao uplands, as long as they could stop the Prince Karl from advancing for an hour, the thornbush gardener's mission would be considered as completed.

But... However, no one had expected that this sure win situation would turn into a pile of mud.

Old Count's hands were trembling, the edges of his glasses were deeply embedded in his flesh, as he subconsciously muttered.

"How can this be? Why did the high density artillery covering not have the desired effect? Why were their rifles firing so fast? "Even if it's a rifle, it can't be that fast!"

"What happened? Who can tell me what exactly happened here?"

No one could answer Old Count's question, because Austria's intelligence agencies did not know the exact parameters of the Mauser's rifle, much less that the Mauser's rifle was only using bullets.

In Ta Bulisibojue's eyes, even if you're using a reloaded rifle, if you wanted to fill the ammunition, it should be divided into two steps. You can't put the bullets and gunpowder in together, right? It had to be done step by step.

In the Old Count's mind, the main advantage of reloading was one's shooting posture. A reloaded rifle could be used to reload, or it could even be used to half kneel down, or it could also be hidden behind a bunker and sit on the ground to reload. This was the advantage of a reloaded rifle.

In fact, in that era, many Military experts had used rear mounted rifles as special weapons for their cavalry. They had never thought that there would be a day when all their soldiers would use this new weapon.

It was because of this misunderstanding that caused thornbush gardener to suffer greatly.

Right now, not only the Old Count and the baron were shocked, all the officers and soldiers watching the battle were also dumbfounded. They looked at this one-sided slaughter until their jaws almost fell off.

The charging army of over a thousand men fell to the ground within a few seconds, as if they had been slashed formlessly by the god of death's scythe. Countless soldiers trembled from the bullets and fell to the ground.

The Mauser's rifle lay on the pile of soil, sparks blossoming from its muzzle. The ruthless soldiers silently pulled the triggers to harvest the life after life, the sixty meters distance between them became a gap that Austrian Army could not cross in life and death.

"Very good … Keep up the pace... "There's no need for you guys to think on the battlefield, all you need to do is calmly pull the trigger …"

"You bunch of noobs. Today, I'll let you see Blood. In the future, you can brag and brag about being veterans …" You, you, you're standing so high up, aren't you? To be a live target for the enemy? "

"Everyone, prepare your grenades. The enemy is already within thirty meters. Wait a bit for them to get closer …" "Blast them to death …"

All the New Army officers in the trenches calmly gave out orders. Their auras infected all the new army forces in the hamburger, and the enemies in front of them were all swept up by their own forces. At this time, every single one of them had an inexhaustible confidence in themselves.

In a short ten seconds, the Austrian Army had lost 60% of its troops, and the remaining 40% wasn't considered lucky either. When they rushed to twenty meters into the trench, a bunch of grenades exploded their last bit of hope.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The battlefield was filled with fire and smoke. This terrifying scene stunned the following second wave of soldiers charging at them. Countless of soldiers subconsciously stopped in their tracks. Even the military officers in the team had forgotten to command them.

The scene of the war that they saw today had already completely exceeded their imagination. Even the officers who graduated from the advanced military academy were at a loss. Such a battle style was not recorded in any military textbooks in this world.

The sounds of gunfire, explosions, and shouts gradually faded away. At some point, a light breeze had blown away the smoke from the grenade's explosion.

Only now did everyone see that the massive charging formation, which had lasted for hundreds of meters, had been completely destroyed like a dead snake.

From sixty meters away, the ground was littered with corpses, with layers upon layers of them that caused people to be alarmed. Twenty meters away from the trench, there were some lucky survivors scattered around. They stood there in a daze by themselves, or gathered in groups of three or five and stared at the enemies in front of them.

At this time, the battlefield was enveloped by a strange atmosphere. This lucky young man had already lost his will to fight and had his soul sucked away by the massacre. His eyes were filled with confusion as he stood there foolishly, even forgetting to run for his life.

At this time, the Prussian soldiers in the trench also stopped his firing. They looked at those semi-stupid Austrian s, unable to make a move no matter what, and the new army officers also did not give any orders to open fire. Xiao Letian hoped that they were a group of brave, cold-blooded soldiers, not a group of homicidal maniacs.

In the group of three, Dan Nier looked up and met the gaze of a Austria soldier that was over ten metres away. Somehow, this Austria soldier that was over forty years old looked like one of her uncles in Dan Nier's eyes.

"Shh!" "Shh, shh, shh!" Dan Nier whistled to the Austrian Army and whispered, "Let's go! Are you stupid? We're not shooting anymore, why aren't you guys leaving? "You're the only one left, you still want to fight?"

Speaking to that point, Dan Nier suddenly felt a little hot on his back. Turning his head around, he realized that Class Rep Zhao Yidao was glaring at him, but the Class Rep strangely did not stop him from talking.

This time, Dan Nier had nothing to worry about, he suddenly roared, "Run! You bunch of fools, you've all been annihilated, why aren't you running? Are they waiting to die … "

With Dan Nier taking the lead, it was followed by Si Diwen, Grant and even more soldiers shouting from the trenches, "Run! Hurry up and run … "You guys are the victims this time, you bunch of silly birds are the victims …"

The roar finally woke up the Austrian Army who were scared silly. They looked at the rows of pitch black gun muzzles on the opposite side, then looked at the broken limbs beside them. Their scared souls finally flew back.

"Fuck you! Even if you shoot me, I won't serve you anymore …" These Austrian Army scampered off, and regardless of how loud the military drum charging from the battle array were, no one turned around to look.

This was just a small episode on the battlefield, after a short period of shock, the Austrian Army quickly recovered his ability to attack, the second wave of soldiers started to speed up, the military officers in the team were crazily shouting, cheering for the soldiers.

In Xiao Letian's eyes, this second wave of thousand strong soldiers were smarter than the first wave. They had learned from their previous failures, so this time, the number of separated soldiers were longer, the thickness of their formations had also increased, and the distance between the soldiers had been widened.

"Smart, Austria is indeed worthy of being one of the strongest in the European army. She managed to find a way to deal with it so quickly … Facing our rapid firing frequency, they have no other good methods apart from increasing their speed and reducing the density of their charge … "

Xiao Letian gently twisted the focal point of the binoculars, and said with a sneer, "What a pity, what a pity. Even if you guys temporarily change your tactics, it won't change the outcome of you losing … Because on the battlefield, it's not just you who get trained and improved! "

Xiao Letian was not wrong, at this time, the two special mix camp s under his command had already perfectly fused into the battle state after a close fight, becoming familiar with the unique atmosphere of the battlefield.

The Mauser's rifle once again rang out in a dense group. One by one, they tossed the grenades above the charging soldier's head, and the sounds of gunfire and explosions blended together.

The warriors of special mix camp no longer panicked. Everyone calmly fired, the bullets rain was accurate and ruthless. But this time, Austrian was really going all out, all the soldiers shouted "Long live the King" and held their bayonets as they sprinted forward.

This time, they didn't even miss the shot from fifty meters away. More than a thousand of them charged forward like a raging bull. The bullets had taken away their lives, and the grenades had blown away many shadows. Every step they took on the charge had been filled out with their lives.

In the end, the Austrian Army had to pay a total of seventy percent of the casualties before they could be considered to be close to the trench. At this time, all the remaining surviving Austrian Army officers shouted crazily, "Charge …" Charge... "Charge into the trenches and kill them all …"

As for Ta Bulisibojue, who was standing behind, he was so excited that she almost fell off her horse. As for the third wave? Why aren't you accelerating... "Catch the fighter jet! You must seize this opportunity. This is an opportunity that you have used your life to fill in!"

"Charge!" Directly in front of the Old Count, the third wave of thousand soldiers dispersed and let out a collective roar, and pounced towards the highlands like a torrent.