C354 a one-sided massacre (1/2)

The two mixed camp s under Xiao Letian and all the other officers only had a total military strength of around 700 people. This level of military strength could not even be considered as a bubble in the entire Sardauwa battle, and if General Lao Maoqi were to integrate them into the main assault team, then the impact that the two mixed camp s would have on Xiao Letian would be negligible.

However, no matter how small or weak a chess piece was, as long as it was placed in the right position, it could still play a huge role. It was just like a pawn in a chess game that crossed the river.

Today, the chess piece, the mixed camp, was placed in the right spot by Xiao Letian. The Shiqiao uplands was destined to become the place where Xiao Letian and his Iron-Blood Army would become famous.

A distance of 60 meters would not even take 10 seconds for the future generation of sprinters. However, for these fleeing soldiers who were charging at them, even if the mud under their feet was harder to walk on, or if their comrades were holding them back, they would be able to easily rush through in 20 seconds.

In Old Count and Peng Ka's plans, the first wave of more than a thousand soldiers charging forth was actually just sending them to their deaths. They had carefully calculated before the battle with their staff officers. This wave of soldiers had been scattered for about 100 meters and had the highest casualty rate, starting from 60 to 50 meters. Adding in the power added to Prussian army's newly equipped rifles, the casualty rate should be as high as 60%.

The huge casualties were exchanged for the remaining 40% who charged into the trenches to engage in close combat. The remaining 40% were far from being able to win in close combat, so their sacrifice was just to buy time for the remaining scattered soldiers to charge.

What was a wavy charge? The tactic chosen by Austrian Army was the typical wave charging technique. After the first wave of scattered soldiers reached a distance of 60 meters from the trench, the second wave of 1000 people dispersed soldiers began to slowly enter the battlefield and gradually jog to increase their speed.

When the first wave of soldiers started fighting in close quarters, the second wave of soldiers were about sixty meters away from the trench, and this second wave of soldiers was very lucky. Without the rain of bullets, more than 90% of the soldiers would be able to enter the trench and join the hand-to-hand combat.

Not only were there second wave of soldiers, the Old Count had also sent five thousand people to the third and fourth wave.

In the plans of the Austrian Army, there was no such thing as a failure. According to all the staff officers' calculations, the biggest casualties of the Austrian Army were only the first wave and the second wave of scattered soldiers charging forward.

To thornbush gardener, over two thousand casualties were like a drizzle. As long as they could take down the Shiqiao uplands, as long as they could stop the Prince Karl from advancing for an hour, the thornbush gardener's mission would be considered as completed.

But... However, no one had expected that this sure win situation would turn into a pile of mud.

Old Count's hands were trembling, the edges of his glasses were deeply embedded in his flesh, as he subconsciously muttered.

”How can this be? Why did the high density artillery covering not have the desired effect? Why were their rifles firing so fast? ”Even if it's a rifle, it can't be that fast!”

”What happened? Who can tell me what exactly happened here?”

No one could answer Old Count's question, because Austria's intelligence agencies did not know the exact parameters of the Mauser's rifle, much less that the Mauser's rifle was only using bullets.

In Ta Bulisibojue's eyes, even if you're using a reloaded rifle, if you wanted to fill the ammunition, it should be divided into two steps. You can't put the bullets and gunpowder in together, right? It had to be done step by step.

In the Old Count's mind, the main advantage of reloading was one's shooting posture. A reloaded rifle could be used to reload, or it could even be used to half kneel down, or it could also be hidden behind a bunker and sit on the ground to reload. This was the advantage of a reloaded rifle.

In fact, in that era, many Military experts had used rear mounted rifles as special weapons for their cavalry. They had never thought that there would be a day when all their soldiers would use this new weapon.

It was because of this misunderstanding that caused thornbush gardener to suffer greatly.

Right now, not only the Old Count and the baron were shocked, all the officers and soldiers watching the battle were also dumbfounded. They looked at this one-sided slaughter until their jaws almost fell off.

The charging army of over a thousand men fell to the ground within a few seconds, as if they had been slashed formlessly by the god of death's scythe. Countless soldiers trembled from the bullets and fell to the ground.

The Mauser's rifle lay on the pile of soil, sparks blossoming from its muzzle. The ruthless soldiers silently pulled the triggers to harvest the life after life, the sixty meters distance between them became a gap that Austrian Army could not cross in life and death.

”Very good … Keep up the pace... ”There's no need for you guys to think on the battlefield, all you need to do is calmly pull the trigger …”

”You bunch of noobs. Today, I'll let you see Blood. In the future, you can brag and brag about being veterans …” You, you, you're standing so high up, aren't you? To be a live target for the enemy? ”

”Everyone, prepare your grenades. The enemy is already within thirty meters. Wait a bit for them to get closer …” ”Blast them to death …”

All the New Army officers in the trenches calmly gave out orders. Their auras infected all the new army forces in the hamburger, and the enemies in front of them were all swept up by their own forces. At this time, every single one of them had an inexhaustible confidence in themselves.