The next day, as soon as the staff officers came to the headquarters, they would receive a spiritual baptism.
It's a bit like the recruitment of new members of MI6. When a new member arrives, Sir Cumming, the head of MI6, first tests his courage by performing a ruthless task of pulling his thigh with a saw.
The French army's staff officers had to bear the strong mental impact of seeing the chief of staff dressed in women's clothing.
An Ning also added a setting next to it: "As a staff officer, you have to be calm and calm when things change. But if you are so shocked when you see the chief of staff wearing a maid uniform, how can you be a good staff officer to me, Andy Frost?"
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Berthier asked anxiously: "Will this become a regular project for the staff department to test staff officers in the future?"
An Ning: "Don't worry, I'm really just punishing you for making mistakes this time."
From now on, whenever one of your own officers makes a mistake that does not lead to him being shot, he can do this once.
Berthier began to assign tasks to the staff. After starting to work, it seemed that he gradually forgot that he was wearing a maid uniform and devoted himself to his work wholeheartedly.
But the staff officers were in a miserable state. They really tried so hard before they became embarrassed.
An Ning pretended not to see the expressions of the staff and continued to discuss military affairs with Berthier.
Murat's cavalry was sent out, looking for enemy cavalry units everywhere, while the infantry in An Ning's hands rushed towards the nearest allied forces one by one.
An Ning's first target was the Allied Fourth Army, which was 35 miles away from Babi Village.
The French army set off in great force.
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The main task of the Allied Fourth Army so far has been to serve as flank cover.
Originally this was a very leisurely mission, at least until the French army dispatched for a decisive battle with the Allied forces.
But now that the French troops were popping up continuously like onions in the field, the Fourth Army's leisure was broken.
Then on this day, the Fourth Army received an order to go to Babi Village with General Brzeski's troops who were originally preparing to rush to Babi Village.
So early that morning, the Fourth Army began to dismantle the camp tents.
At noon that day, the reconnaissance cavalry of the Fourth Army encountered the French cavalry and was beaten back. Brigadier General Kruger, the commander of the army, did not take it seriously. The French army has been everywhere recently, so it is normal to encounter a few cavalry.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, a group of French troops appeared near the Fourth Army's station. They were just like the French troops that the Fourth Army encountered before. As soon as they saw the Fourth Army's camp, they rushed up regardless.
As a result, Brigadier General Kruger personally commanded the artillery of the Fourth Army and used three rounds of ground bombs to disrupt this wave of offensive.
Yes, just three shots.
Brigadier General Kroger: "Really, these French people actually let us win without honor! Come on, let our soldiers shout at the retreating French army and let them go back and study the art of war.
Come back after you practice..."
"General!" the staff officer shouted, "look!"
The brigadier general looked in the direction pointed by his staff, and saw another French army climbing over the hill!
The French army that was originally defeated actually turned around and followed after seeing the new military flag!
This new group of French troops rushed towards the Fourth Army's position in a marching column!
Soon, the artillerymen finished loading, and Kroger waved his hand: "Fire!"
The ten artillery pieces assigned to the Fourth Army fired at the same time, and the smoke from the shelling formed a wall of smoke in front of the Fourth Army's position.
However, this time none of the ten shells hit the advancing French column. They just swept through the scattered ranks of French soldiers around the column, killing less than ten people.
The French army continues to move towards the Fourth Army's position!
Just as Kroger was about to give the order, his staff shouted: "General, look!"
The French troops of the third brigade crossed the hill.
They also used marching columns to rush toward the Fourth Army with murderous intent.
Then comes the fourth brigade!
Kroger felt that the situation was not good, and he quickly said to his staff: "Pull out all the troops!"
Now only four brigades of the Fourth Army are ready for battle and have formed a horizontal formation. The remaining troops are still breaking out of camp. They have received the latest order and are preparing to set off for Babi Village.
Breaking out of camp is a complicated job. You need to dismantle the tents and put them away on the baggage cart.
The army in this era was very cumbersome to move, and it would take a whole day to dismantle tents and other things.
If you want to speed up this pace, you can only burn the camp tents.
However, burned camps require logistical capacity to be replenished, so unless it is an extremely urgent situation, the troops will not give up the camps easily.
Kroger: "Quick! Bring out all the troops who are dismantling the tents!"
As soon as he finished speaking, more French troops came over the hills.
All the French troops rushed forward as soon as they saw the Prussian troops, without even forming a formation.
If Kroger hadn't deployed four brigades this morning in order to prepare for attacks by French troops that have appeared from time to time in the past few days, he would have been caught off guard!
Kroger's troops opened fire, and the first round of volleys finally caused the French troops at the front to suffer considerable casualties. Many French troops visibly hesitated.
But just as they turned around to run, they saw a long line of their own people behind them cheering and rushing forward. They gained courage and turned around again to charge towards the Prussian army.
On the Prussian side, because the salvo had just been fired and everyone was reloading, there was a firepower window for a while.
The French took advantage of this window of opportunity and rushed forward with a roar.
However, when the French army rushed forward, the Prussians finally completed loading.
In the second round of firing, the French army suffered much greater casualties than before, so the stragglers on both sides of the French column attacking began to turn around and run away.
However, an accident happened to the French army attacking in column.
Because they are a column.
The front row fell down and the back row didn’t know.
Not to mention the people in the back row who didn’t know, the fourth row didn’t feel the threat of death from the beginning. Those in the back who didn’t feel the threat of death rushed forward with the help of those in the front who were shocked by the death of their teammates!
The French offensive column suddenly ran into the Prussian line.
Then the column was thicker and the horizontal column was thin, which suddenly formed a local strength advantage, and the Prussian horizontal column was directly dispersed.
When the stragglers who had been dispersed saw this scene, they immediately stopped escaping and turned around to yell at the attackers.
The French offensive column was like a warship with an angle of attack, one after another hitting the Prussian defensive column.
The Prussian army was originally prepared with four brigades, but it was hit by four French brigades.
The French brigade was still a large brigade, with more soldiers than the Prussian brigade.
Although I have not received any military training, I have not practiced reloading a flintlock rifle, and I do not know how to move in line, but I have many people!
My morale is high!
There is no need for training in bayonet fighting, just stabbing and that's it!
Kruger shouted wildly and finally stabilized the troops. As a result, new French troops crossed the mountain and appeared in his field of vision.
French troops came over the mountains from afar, and then launched an attack in columns!
The Prussian army fell into chaos and was barely maintained by its usual training and a large number of officers!
The Prussian officer corps played its due role!
But at this moment, Frost's military flag appeared on the hill.
The first Prussian soldier who saw the flag shouted in horror: "It's Frost! The Roman legions are coming!"
Krueger: "There is no Roman legion! Use your brains, how can there really be a Roman legion?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the staff officer shouted in horror: "General, look behind us!!"
Kroger turned his head and saw a group of French hussars appearing behind him.
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The "blacksmith" drew his saber: "Although I don't know what happened, we just happened to be here! Everyone formed a wall formation!"
The cavalry quickly formed two rows like a city wall.
The distance between the two cavalrymen was so close that their knees touched their knees.
Michel Ney: "Cavalry company, advance!"
A brigade of cavalry swept across the earth like a strong wind.