Chapter 447: Scattered and Escaped

"Damn it, there are too many enemies, at least tens of thousands of people. The Kalmar Alliance will not put all their garrison in Gothenburg into the attack." Karl said with some surprise. It has to be said that the strategy adopted by the Kalmar Alliance is very effective. Except for a small number of troops left behind, the rest of the troops, nearly 90,000 people, are all invested in the attack. Moreover, we strive to win with one blow, so we did not reserve any reserve team. While the French army was evading the shelling of the Kalmar Union artillery, a large number of Kalmar Union soldiers had destroyed the barbed wire fence in front of the position and began to charge the French trenches.

"Quick, contact General Darcy immediately, we need his support." Monty quickly ordered to the Signal Corps. Now, the only way is to use the fierce artillery fire of the navy to bombard and kill all the Kalmar Union troops who dared to solve the French army's position, so that they can keep the shaky position.

"General, Marshal Monty is calling." Darcy was leaning on the railing watching the movement of the battlefield on the "God's Family". The huge fireworks and the loud shouts of killing in the battlefield showed that the battle was in progress. more and more intense.

After receiving the telegram from the signaler, Dalcy immediately became serious: "Order the ships to prepare and start bombardment in areas e, f and g, 20 rounds of rapidity." According to the coordinates that had been calibrated before, the navy Able to quickly grasp the access of the shelling. The three places e, f, and g are exactly 1,000 meters away from the 400 meters in front of the French position.

According to Darcy's order, more than a dozen warships of the French fleet immediately began to move. The ferocious muzzle began to rise slightly according to the predetermined coordinates. In less than 5 minutes, all ships were ready.

"Get ready, fire!" After receiving Darcy's signal, the gunner immediately gave the order to fire.

Immediately, strips of flames suddenly appeared in the dark night, and the deafening sound of cannons withdrew from the entire battlefield with the roar of millions of naval guns. One by one shells slammed into the front of the French army's position, bringing up the stumped limbs and broken arms that had been followed by a burst of flames. Especially the 305mm naval gun, its power has been fully interpreted. Often, a single shot can create a huge crater with a diameter of more than ten meters and an uninhabited land of hundreds of square meters among the charging Kalmar Alliance army. When it exploded, it seemed that even the ground was trembling.

The bombardment in just 10 minutes immediately divided the Kalmar Alliance army into two sections. In the middle is a blank lot with a width of nearly 500 meters. It is conservatively estimated that at least tens of thousands of people died in the shelling just now. The faces of many Kalmar Union soldiers turned pale, and all the courage they had accumulated with great difficulty disappeared at this moment.

And those Kalmar Union soldiers who had rushed to the front of the French army's position were also stunned by this terrifying moment, and they all stood there stupidly, not knowing what to do. However, the French soldiers seemed to be unaffected at all, as if they were no longer surprised. The completely opposite performances of the two parties immediately caused heavy losses to the Kalmar Alliance army. While the Kalmar Union soldiers were in a daze, the French army gathered all the heavy machine guns, squad machine guns and mortars and launched a fierce attack on the Kalmar Union troops. Caught off guard, the Kalmar Alliance army was like cutting wheat, and a large area was easily killed.

The sober Kalmar Alliance army did not continue to attack, but immediately turned around and retreated to its own position at a speed countless times faster than when attacking. In the process, the French army took the opportunity to kill a lot.

In desperation, Kyle, Eric and the others had no choice but to gather the remnants and prepare to wait for the troops to rest before launching a new attack. According to statistics, in the attack just now, the Kalmar Alliance lost nearly 20,000 people. More importantly, many soldiers were frightened by the fierce artillery fire of the French army. It is absolutely impossible for them to attack the French army again, to be exact, to launch an attack as violent as last time. .

"Son of a son of a bitch, almost broke through the French defense line." Kyle said in a very angry voice. Just a little short of that, the Kalmar army broke through the French defenses. In that case, the French navy would never dare to launch such a violent shelling. Because, at that time, the two armies were completely mixed together. The shelling was sure to accidentally injure French soldiers.

Eric also looked helpless. Although his artillery performed very well. But that doesn't help at all.

"General Woodnor, what should we do next?" Kyle asked. Now, both Boots and Colby stayed behind, and the highest rank on the battlefield was Woodnor from Norway.

"What else can we do? Let the soldiers take a rest first, and try to launch another attack before dawn." Woodnor also said very helplessly. Although he watched his compatriots continue to shed blood and die, he had no choice. Because he knew that if they failed, then his country, his people, would suffer even more brutal persecution.

At this moment, Boots and Colby were secretly preparing.

"What's the current battle situation? Has our army tore through the French army's position?" Booth asked eagerly. If possible, he still hopes to stay here as the supreme commander of the Gothenburg garrison and lead the elite army to leave. It is only when there is really no other way.

"It's very bad. Our army launched a very violent attack, but the heavy artillery fire of the French navy made all our efforts fall short. The troops suffered more than 20,000 casualties. Now, Woodnor, Kyle and Eric are fighting Gather up and prepare to launch another attack. But I think it is unlikely to achieve significant results. After all, as long as there is the existence of the French navy, it is basically impossible for our army to escape its fierce shelling. It must be It was only at a very high price that we were able to get close to the French army's position. At that time, the French army that is ready to fight will easily send our soldiers who have finally broken through their blockade into defense." Colby was also in a low mood Said.

"Damn it, what should we do? Is there really only one way for us to escape?" Buzz said unwillingly.

"Yes, General. Unless we are willing to surrender to the French or die here. Otherwise, if we want to survive, we must leave this hellish place." Colby also said straight away.

"Order our people to prepare for retreat. Once our attack fails again, we will retreat immediately." Booth said with determination.

"Yes, General," Colby replied.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, just before dawn, the Kalmar Alliance launched its best attack. However, no matter from which aspect, this attack cannot be compared with the first attack. The soldiers were all afraid. Often when they heard the sound of the guns, they immediately lay down on the ground in fright and pretended to be ostriches. No matter how much their commanders beat and scolded them, they refused to move forward. Even if they continued to charge, they were immediately defeated as soon as they encountered fierce resistance from the French army. This situation continued until dawn. Woodnor, Kyle, and Eric saw that the attack was hopeless, so they had to order to retreat.

At the moment when the Kalmar Union army failed to attack, Buzz immediately led his elite troops of more than 30,000 people, abandoned Gothenburg, and retreated to the mountains in northern Sweden.

This made it impossible for Woodnor, Kyle, and Eric to plan to stick to Gothenburg. Now that the main general has escaped, they will not stay here foolishly waiting to die. Immediately, tens of thousands of Kalmar Alliance troops dispersed. Woodnor led more than 30,000 Norwegian troops to retreat to Norway. Eric and Kyle led more than 20,000 remnants to retreat to Stockholm. The rest of the Swedish army threw away their weapons and ran home.

Such a change made the French army completely uncomfortable. At the beginning, they didn't know that the Kalmar Union army had left Gothenburg and fled for their lives~lightnovelpub.net~ On the morning of March 5, Monty ordered 10,000 Dutch troops to launch a tentative attack on Gothenburg. However, what they didn't expect at all was that the Dutch army's attack turned out to be extremely smooth, without encountering any resistance at all. This made the generals such as Monty and Carl very puzzled, for fear of falling into the trick of the Swedes.

However, when the Dutch broke through the defensive positions outside Gothenburg like walking, entered the city, and easily occupied the entire city, Monty and the others had to admit it. Their enemies had all deserted and fled. This made Monty and the others dumbfounded. Originally, they had prepared to fight another fierce battle today. But this is also good, at least it can greatly reduce the casualties of the troops.

After occupying Gothenburg, Monty did not immediately launch a pursuit, but adopted a defensive posture. After all, there are still hundreds of thousands of troops and a large amount of supplies still staying on the Jutland peninsula, and they must be transported to Gothenburg before they can launch a full-scale attack, and this time, conservatively estimated to take about a week.

Butz's escape made Sweden's King Gustav IV very angry. Claiming to send Boots and Colby to the gallows. However, in the face of the serious threat from France, he simply cannot spare any troops to encircle and suppress Buzz at this moment. In a fit of rage, he had to let Boots and Colby's family members act as scapegoats. There were a total of more than 30 people from the two families, all of whom were sent to the gallows together.