The battlefield is a very strange place. Yesterday a French regiment was killed.

There were corpses everywhere within a five-kilometer radius.

Where the corpses are concentrated, the soil on the ground is full of blood. If you step on it, blood will come out from the soil on the ground.

But today, many people died on the Ming Dynasty's battlefield, but very little blood was seen.

Many people don't understand and think that the battlefield is full of blood.

But in real wars like this, there are rarely bloody scenes.

The artillery fire will evaporate the blood immediately, giving you no chance to spray it everywhere.

Only those who are shot to death will have the opportunity to let the blood out of their bodies.

The enemy's artillery was killed. Although he didn't know what weapon was used to kill it, Bayan still felt very awesome.

Without artillery support, the newly arrived Italians wearing gray military uniforms fired a feint and ran back.

The hesitation running was too realistic, and he accidentally entered a minefield while escaping, causing many casualties.

In Bayan's sincere prayers to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, night finally fell on the earth.

Bayan immediately issued a retreat order.

The order was to retreat when it got dark. No one wanted to stay in the cold trenches.

As luck would have it, a cannonball came over and everything was gone.

"Napoleon used the Italians." Thirty kilometers east of the Volga River, Li Xiao took the battle report and muttered while pacing.

"yes!

The last attack was launched by the Italians.

However, the Italians' combat effectiveness was really poor, and they all ran away before they could reach the front line.

Many people stepped into the minefield and were killed. Our soldiers didn't even have a chance to shoot.

The mortar was a good chance to kill him, but he had no choice but to run too fast.

Oh, by the way, there are also those who rebelled and surrendered.

Uh...! Thirty-three people were captured. Due to the language barrier, the interrogation has not started yet."

Stewie said while holding his copy of the battle report.

"Wrong run?" Li Xiao felt a little ridiculous, but he was relieved when he thought of the consistent performance of the Italians.

Husky among dogs, Italy among nations.

It really lives up to its reputation!

"Napoleon actually used Italians, so where did his main force go?

He claims to have an army of 800,000, although we all know that this number is inaccurate. But there is always 400,000!

The French army's organization is similar to ours. If we kill one regiment, there will only be more than 4,000 people in total.

Including the results of the day, the total number is more than 10,000.

It is impossible to kill more than 10,000 people, so Napoleon would have no soldiers left...!"

Li Xiao closed the battle report and looked at the map thoughtfully.

"Could it be that the French suffered too many casualties, and we destroyed their artillery positions?

Without artillery cover, they sent the Italians up?" Stewie guessed.

"It's possible, but I still feel something is wrong.

Napoleon still had two skills in using troops. In the Battle of Austerlitz, there was a reason why he was able to defeat the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russia in one battle.

Today he stormed our fortified positions like this. This is not Napoleon's fighting style.

No...!" Li Xiao looked at the map thoughtfully.

"It's better to send out a plane to investigate after dawn.

The coordination between the reconnaissance plane and the railgun was good today!

It's just that the radio thing mentioned behind has malfunctioned.

The reconnaissance plane could only fly back to report the coordinates, which was a little delayed.

However, the airport is fifty kilometers east of the Volga River, and it only takes ten minutes to fly to the battlefield.

In this damn weather, it’s impossible for their heavy artillery to escape in just ten minutes.”

"The railguns and rocket launchers are indeed doing a good job, but radios are a new thing and malfunctions are inevitable.

Let the technical personnel from the rear seize the time to investigate, and send them out early tomorrow morning to investigate the enemy's positions.

Give me a clear view of everything within a radius of two hundred kilometers.

I always feel that Napoleon is harboring some bad move."

Li Xiao didn't take his eyes off the map, and still couldn't figure out what Napoleon wanted to do.

To say that the lives of soldiers were not taken seriously was something Napoleon could not do.

He is a soldier, and he knows best how ineffective this kind of attack is tantamount to death.

Not only is it ineffective, but it will also lead to low morale due to excessive casualties.

This is very disadvantageous for a large army that is working hard on an expedition.

"Commander, since there is no fighting on the northern front, let's just transfer Mr. Ao here, so that when the French army is exhausted, our counterattack will be more powerful."

"No, although there was no major fighting on the northern front, it was because the Prussians were worried about Ao Ye's First Army of the Expeditionary Force, which had more than 100,000 troops!

If they also reached the southern front, the Prussians would definitely attack Moscow.

If the Russians cannot withstand it, Moscow will fall. This will have a great impact on the morale of the Russian army, and it may even happen that Catherine and the Prussians make peace.

The Russians are still very important and we cannot take this risk.

It should be enough to have Man Ye stationed on the east bank of the Volga River as a reserve force.

Once the French army exhausted its offensive energy in Tsaritsyn, it was time for Man Ye to show off his skills.

Hopefully, the tank can survive the severe cold in Russia."

"This should be no problem, the winter in Liaodong is also very cold. Our tanks are produced by Shenyang Tank Manufacturing Factory and Changchun Tank Manufacturing Factory.

Both of these places are very cold. It should be..., no problem."

Stewie was a little unsure, after all, there was something wrong with the radio on his first battlefield today.

"Who knows! New things are always a little unstable. In winter, not to mention tanks, even guns will have problems.

Back then, on Juehua Island, it was too cold and the barrel of the gun contracted and could not be fired.

Something big almost happened!

So!

When new equipment is put on the battlefield, there are some things that we cannot explain and cannot imagine."

Li Xiao knew that starting the tank would be a big problem in cold conditions alone.

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It was already very cold, and the ice cubes kept hitting the Volga River, making bursts of "sand" and "sand" sounds.

On the position on the west bank of the Volga River, several Russian soldiers held their guns and hid in the trenches, warming themselves over the fire and smoking.

"I heard that the Ming army was fighting quite lively today, but there seems to be no movement here."

"Kriof, you idiot! Do you still want the French to come to our side?

Look, there isn't even a ferry on the Volga River.

We have our backs to the Volga River, and if the French really attack us, we won't even have a place to escape.

Going into the water in this weather can freeze you to death."

"Monitor, don't be angry. Clifford is an idiot!

Behind us is the Volga River. Even if the French capture our position, we will still have our people on the other side.

The French couldn't cross the Volga River either, they weren't that stupid.

If you want to attack Tsaritsyn, you can only attack from the front of the Ming army's commander. Our position is of no use. It doesn't matter whether we fight or not.

Otherwise, this place must be guarded by the Ming army, who can take our turn?"

"snort!

I guess you're right, we really can't stand up to the French.

However, the Ming army will be fine. I heard that last night, the Ming army surrounded a regiment that the French army was attacking, killing corpses everywhere.

There were more than 4,000 people, but few escaped."
To be continued...