【War court and knee pillow, Austria's destiny】【】

Syria, Beirut. Gablenz felt that the British must be crazy to take the initiative. He really couldn't think of how 5,000 people could attack a position defended by 20,000 people. What's the difference between this and death. However, as a representative of the Austrian military, he couldn't be cowardly, he had to behave like a real soldier. In fact, the Egyptians were also in a hurry. They did not expect that the British army, which had been besieged for more than half a month, would have reinforcements, let alone that the coalition forces would choose to go out of the city to fight. Only Ibrahim, the coach of Egypt, even yelled "God has appeared!" Egypt seeks a better surrender terms. But he was the only one who was happy. Most of the Egyptian soldiers couldn't get enough to eat, and they felt bleak about the prospect of victory. The siege like this is at most just starvation. Once the two sides exchange fire in a frontal war, they will go to the battlefield like the dead compatriots. The battle was on the verge of breaking out. First, Egypt fired at the British troops walking out of the fortress. It's just that, unlike what I imagined, Britain didn't line up and wait to be shot. The British and Austrian skirmishers who came out first had little effect from the Egyptian shelling. After all, the distance between the two sides is still thousands of meters. If you want to hit a human-sized target with the cannons of this era, unless it is God. Immediately afterwards, the artillery of the coalition forces also began to shoot. Most of the long-barreled heavy cannons used by the British used special high-explosive shells with large calibers and high power. Cannonballs whizzed over the heads of the Egyptian procession, causing them to fall to the ground or turn and run. But they soon discovered that few of those shells fell among the crowd. Just when they were grateful that they had escaped, a huge explosion came from the Egyptian artillery positions. Those Egyptian artillery who were bombarded by the 32-pound long-barreled cannon instantly turned into a pile of pieces of meat flying around. Even the steel was blown into pieces, and a 30cm deep crater even appeared on the ground. Immediately afterwards, countless shells fell one after another, on the position of the Egyptian artillery. The momentum of this large-caliber long-barreled cannon is astonishing, and the power of the high-explosive shell explosion is also very terrifying, but after the smoke cleared, the Egyptian soldiers discovered that a few cannons were blown up and a few people were killed. This is the case with cannons of this era. Compared with bombarding infantry, they are more suitable for siege and sea combat, and they use direct fire to attack larger targets. Because of its small shooting angle and straight trajectory, its accuracy is also higher. However, with the artillery at this time, shooting infantry from a distance of one thousand meters is similar to shooting mosquitoes with anti-aircraft guns. It's just that before the Egyptian soldiers were happy, the stragglers of the coalition forces started shooting. The skirmishers on both sides are elite. The British skirmishers come from the Scottish Highland Infantry Regiment. They use the most advanced front-loading musket in the world in this era, the Brunswick 1838 percussion gun, which is only equipped by a very small number of troops in the UK. this rifle. The reputation of the Brunswick rifle is definitely not as good as the famous Brown Bess, but its iconic double ring groove rifling and special bullets must be impressive. It has convex grooves on both sides of the bullet, and it needs to be placed against the groove when loading. Although it looks cumbersome, it is highly accurate and easy to clean, which is a great advancement in the history of muzzle-loading rifles. The Austrian skirmishers are also elite, and they also hold the best rifles in the Austrian Empire, but compared with the British Brunswick, they are instantly inferior. The stragglers of the coalition army are all elites, with accurate marksmanship and courage. As the gunshots sounded, people in the Egyptian ranks kept falling down. But Ibrahim ordered his soldiers not to fight back. Instead, he asked the large troops to retreat, sent out skirmishers to meet them, and used artillery fire to put pressure on the skirmishers as much as possible. Ibrahim has been to France and learned Napoleon's column and skirmish tactics. It's just that he felt that it was not the time to put all his eggs in one basket, because the coalition infantry hadn't all walked out of the fort yet. Of course, he will not let his troops suffer too many casualties before attacking. Using skirmishers to fight skirmishers is the most sensible choice in theory. It's just that Ibrahim forgot one thing, his so-called skirmishers were just ordinary infantry with rifled guns. However, most of the stragglers of the coalition army are veterans who have experienced many battles, or hunters who grew up in the mountains and forests. The shooting among the skirmishers quickly turned into a one-sided massacre. The Egyptian skirmishers wearing turbans were quickly knocked down by more than half, and the rest did not dare to stand and reload ammunition, and lay down one after another. fell to the ground. The Charleville rifle itself was inferior to the weapons of the coalition forces, and loading ammunition on the ground greatly slowed down the loading speed. Soon, quite a few of the Egyptian soldiers who were lying down trying to avoid bullets could no longer stand up. Woke up. At this time, the morale of the Egyptian skirmishers collapsed, and Ibrahim threw the scimitar in his hand to the ground. "Let the death army send these cowards to hell!" "Retreater~lightnovelpub.net~death!" Following an order, a group of Sudanese natives rushed towards those who were fleeing with swords and spears Egyptian skirmishers. Although the Egyptian skirmishers had guns in their hands, they had no bullets at this time, and the difference from burning sticks was actually not that big. In theory, in this case, they have only two choices when facing the Sudanese natives rushing up, either flee or desperately. But these Egyptian stragglers chose to kneel down and beg for mercy. This kind of mortal way, the Sudanese natives couldn't understand what the Egyptians said at all. Just listening to the sound of the blade cutting across the human body and the spear piercing through the human body, those poor Egyptian skirmishers fell into the yellow sand. It's just that those Sudanese natives still didn't feel satisfied, and began to trample on the dead bodies, cut off their hands, feet and heads, and held them high above their heads, showing off their achievements. This kind of behavior made the stragglers of the Allied forces, especially the Austrian stragglers who had never seen such a scene, feel nauseated. "That's how they fight?" Captain Mojo said subconsciously, only then did he realize that he was surrounded by a British skirmisher. The other party couldn't understand his German, so he could only smile awkwardly. So Captain Moho took advantage of the time to change the bullets, went to the back and shouted to the two Austrian stragglers, "These Africans are disgusting to fight!" It is a pity that the two stragglers could not understand his German. , can only reply in very bad German "I don't understand." This situation is common in the Austrian army. Generally speaking, the common language of soldiers is only three things, eating, sleeping and women. General Gablenz put away the binoculars in his hand, and said to Colonel Carter beside him. "Are these cannibals in Africa? It's terrible. It's hard to imagine how you survived the attack of these savages." Colonel Carter shook his head. "Look, they are one of the few jokes on this battlefield."