Napoleon commanded his troops and ran towards the center.
While maneuvering on his horse, he thought to himself: Today's mounted artillery is still too troublesome to maneuver.
We should get a four-wheeled cannon that can be fired when it stops, and then run away after firing.
Napoleon thought so.
It’s best if the muzzle is pointed towards the back, so you don’t need to turn around after shooting, just moisten it directly!
As he thought about it, he began to imagine what this new type of gun truck would look like. If the warrant officer next to him hadn't reminded him loudly, he wouldn't have realized that he was approaching a frontal battlefield.
"Captain!" the warrant officer shouted, "we are approaching the frontal battlefield!"
Napoleon suddenly woke up and looked around blankly: "What the hell, why are there so many female soldiers?"
The female soldiers were scattered throughout the bushes, relying on the shelter of trees and stones, and fired guns at the Austrian army on the front battlefield.
A lady saw Napoleon and shouted to him: "We are harassing the enemy! Follow the general's orders!"
Napoleon looked at the surrounding terrain and praised: "You have occupied a very good side firing position! We are going to set up cannons here!"
"Then we will make way for you!"
"No, no need." Napoleon waved his hand, "Let's just put the cannon at the front so that we can shoot accurately! Come on, grapeshot!!"
The artillerymen skillfully removed the cannon from the back of the horse and pushed it to the front of the bush.
"No, no, we have to move forward. Let's push it to the stone mill in front!" Napoleon commanded.
So the artillerymen pushed the artillery out of the bush.
Many Austrian troops noticed the artillery suddenly pushed out from the side, and their eyes widened.
Finally, the cannon arrived next to the stone mill. Napoleon pulled away the soldiers pushing the cannon and personally pushed the cannon while turning its wheels, aiming at the enemy's line.
Then he grabbed the torch and lit the cannon.
With a bang, half of the targeted platoon was sprayed down.
Then the platoon immediately became exhausted, and the soldiers turned around and started running.
Napoleon was happy: "Okay! Keep loading!"
At this time, another gun of his artillery team also opened fire, and also disintegrated a platoon with one shot.
At this time, the Austrians finally couldn't sit still. An officer ordered the troops to turn around and prepare to shoot Napoleon's small artillery team with volleys of guns.
Unexpectedly, at this time, a large number of female soldiers ran out of the bushes.
A woman wearing a sergeant's badge yelled, "Girls, line up! Cover the artillery!"
The female soldiers formed a line next to Napoleon's artillery and fired volleys.
When Napoleon saw this, he immediately shouted to the artillerymen: "Look! Even the ladies are bravely facing the enemy's bullets, but you are all shrinking your necks!"
The soldiers were stimulated and completed loading as quickly as possible.
Napoleon once again took aim personally and blasted away the most threatening group of enemies with one shot.
The young captain was very excited: "Austrians, this is the art of war!"
**
An Ning watched Napoleon's performance with a telescope the whole time.
What the hell? How did he become like this?
Just because I praised him for attaching bayonets to cannons, he started to play like this?
In the Napoleonic Wars, it is indeed mentioned that Napoleon liked to use light cavalry and artillery units to inflict heavy damage on the enemy.
But there is no mention in the biography of Napoleon that he inflicted heavy damage on the enemy fifty meters away?
What made you become such a Bonaparte? Is it because you didn't meet your destined Josephine?
An Ning directly complained about her desire.
At this time, the battlefield on the front presented a strange state. The enemies were lining up to rush down from the high ground of Diego. Halfway through the rush, there was Napoleon leading a team of cavalry and artillery.
The skirmish formation is no longer played. The female soldiers form a line and side-shoot the enemy.
At this time, if the enemy dispatched several regiments to attack Napoleon, the brigade deployed frontally would not be able to rescue him at all.
Not to mention that the enemy may have cavalry - no, the Austrian army must have cavalry.
The Austrian cavalry was still hiding on the high ground, because the high ground where Diego was located was higher than the Anning headquarters, so the enemy's cavalry troops could not be seen at all.
If the enemy cavalry sneaked down and rushed down, Napoleon would have become a prisoner of Austria!
An Ning has one head and two heads.
Can we just send Christina and the others out?
However, this narrow and obstacle-filled terrain is not suitable for cavalry deployment at all! An Ning's original idea was to wait for La Salle to open up the situation, and then send Christina and the others to the left wing.
Such a large number of cavalry can sweep across the entire battlefield like a whirlwind of clouds. It's cool to think about it.
An Ning was hesitating when he suddenly saw Austrian cavalry appearing from the east of the high ground.
They rushed along the road towards La Harp's troops.
**
ten minutes ago
Marshal Beaulieu found his left flank collapsed.
He cursed in a low voice: "Damn it, we obviously have fortifications on this side of the road, how could we be destroyed by the enemy so easily?"
Condoré: "Should we let the reserve team..."
"No!" Marshal Beaulieu sternly denied, "It's not time to use the reserve team yet! Using the reserve team just so early in the battle is a very dangerous signal!"
After a brief thought, Marshal Beaulieu ordered: "Order the cavalry troops to attack eastward and sweep the enemy's infantry troops along the road! At least force the enemy into a square formation!"
Troops arranged in a square formation move very slowly, basically losing their ability to attack.
In fact, moving the phalanx itself is a very difficult thing. After all, when the phalanx moves as a whole, only the soldiers on one side are walking normally, and the soldiers on the other three sides are either walking sideways like crabs or walking backwards.
After the first messenger ran away, Marshal Beaulieu ordered again: "Send officers to collect the scattered troops on the left wing, and reorganize the front when the enemy is forced to form a phalanx!"
Immediately, someone else ran away.
Marshal Beaulieu encouraged the officers in the headquarters: "It doesn't matter! It's just the collapse of the left wing. Didn't the enemy's front line also collapse? This is considered even..."
Suddenly someone shouted: "Look, over there!"
Marshal Beaulieu immediately looked towards the front of the battlefield, and saw Napoleon occupying the flank and firing at his attacking line.
"What?" Beaulieu was shocked, "Why did the artillery come to this position? This is not in line with the principles of using troops!"
Condoré immediately asked: "Should we call back part of the cavalry?"
"No! There are a lot of enemies on the left wing. Without a sufficient number of cavalry, we can't force them to form a square formation! Besides, the enemy's artillery is so close to our infantry! Let the infantry charge and we can capture it! Who wants to
Lead an infantry charge yourself?"
An officer with a beautiful mustache stood up: "Here I am, I am the son of the Duke of Styria. Please give me this honor! Your Majesty the Marshal!"
The marshal looked at the officer carefully, nodded, and gestured: "Give him a military flag! Boy, take this military flag and go win!"