C367 Final battle (1/2)
The negotiation finally broke down. When Xiao Letian turned around and jumped back into the trench, although he looked relaxed on the surface, his heart was filled with worry.
Would he really be able to withstand the attacks from the Austrian Army behind him? Even if they were afraid of Viscount Ah Lan's life and did not use artillery, how could they defend against an enemy that was ten times stronger than normal?
Maybe the ordinary soldiers could not feel Xiao Letian's worry, but the officers of the New Army who had followed him for a long time could guess it. Xiao Hexin and Sima Yun saw an opportunity and blocked Xiao Letian's path and held a small talk with him.
”Since the lord has made up his mind, then there is no need to hesitate. It's not like we don't have a chance. Before the expedition, we brought three times the amount of ammunition, twice the amount of grenades, and a lot of bulk explosives … ”We have plenty of supplies, and with the intensity, we can last for at least five to six more hours …” Xiao Hexin encouraged them with great effort.
However, Sima Yun was more cautious when he thought about it, ”We do not need to worry about the ammunition, but we do not have enough troops.
At this time, the King Yi who had been silent all this time also spoke up, ”If we don't have enough troops, we can shrink the defense line. Don't we have three trenches, this level of troops to guard the outermost trenches is definitely not enough. Let's retreat and push all of our forces into the innermost trenches.”
”That's right, as long as the enemy doesn't use cannons, we can defend them. ”My lord, you see, we are hiding in the third trench, and the two trenches outside have become natural obstacles, so the enemy's cavalry cannot break through them. All the soldiers will have to dismount and fight inside, and at that time, we will encounter a group of infantry soldiers …”
While they were talking, Xiao Letian's foster son, Bing Tai, and his son-in-law Yepingtai also walked over. The two of them held onto the handle of the Katana, there was no fear in their eyes, there was only desire for battle and slaughter.
”Master Father, we heard your conversation in front of the formation just now. We only wanted to speak up on behalf of all the warriors of the Foreign Legion to express our stance to Master Father … Our Foreign Legion only has soldiers who die in battle, no escaping soldiers, if you want to fight, then fight, no need to hesitate! ”
Xiao Letian was now incomparably gratified. Since ancient times, it had always been a situation where one cannot bear to see the truth, and the brotherly brothers' encouragement caused his heart to be filled with courage. At this time, he once again cast a questioning gaze at Jonas and Lei Ao.
Jonas didn't need to say anything to know what Xiao Letian meant. He smiled and said to the people inside the trench: ”Prime Minister, this is a battle of life and death for our Prussian Kingdom. Do you think our morale needs any encouragement?”
Xiao Letian followed his gaze and looked, and immediately his heart relaxed. He saw that not a single Prussian soldiers was idle, everyone was anxiously preparing for battle.
The leather magazine on Si Diwen's body had long been emptied. He took out shiny bullets from the ammunition box, and carefully checked them before pressing them into the magazine. His hands were so gentle as if he was caressing his lover's hands.
There was also Dan Nier, beside him laid many hand grenades, the release mechanism had already been checked, the ropes were neatly tidied up, and the young man's face was abnormally calm.
Looking at Grant, as the steadier one among the three, he had already checked all the equipment and was now pulling out a piece of dried meat to chew on, saving his energy for the upcoming battle.
Right now, the trenches were abnormally quiet. The soldiers who had been massacring the entire morning had now lost their zeal and become abnormally calm. Even the wounded soldiers rarely cried out in pain. They just quietly rested in the trenches, accumulating their stamina.
King Yi couldn't help but twitch his nose, ”Good boy, I smell the scent of the Veterans of the Hundred Wars. I have experienced countless great battles, and only the Veterans of the Hundred Wars who have walked out from the mountains of corpses and the seas of blood have this kind of calmness. ”If we can bring these good soldiers back home …”
He also knew that this kind of thinking was extremely unbelievable. In this era, the Europeans were the higher races on Earth, and their pride was unimaginable to the Asian. Hence, he decided not to open his mouth and try to recruit them.
Xiao Letian shook his head as if he was trying to shake off all distracting thoughts, clapped his hands and said loudly, ”Do it! What's the point of thinking so much? People die like birds in the sky, and if one didn't die after tens of thousands of years, how many would live past a hundred years? If they were afraid of dying, then they wouldn't die. It would be better for everyone to just be a bastard … ”Hahaha, let's gather! Let's gather at the last trench. Even if we die, we die together …”
”Fight!” Fight! ”Fight …” All of special mix camp's soldiers only had one voice, they began to gather under the Blood Red Army's banner. At this time, waves of bugle calls and dense footsteps came from the Prussian army's position outside the trench. The final battle had finally arrived.
Any soldiers who could fight had put Mauser on the ground and were vigilantly watching the people outside. However, this time, the situation was not as tense as it had been in the beginning of the war. Everyone looked at the enemy with a heavy expression, waiting for the order to shoot from their superior.
Xiao Letian stood at the high point in the open air command post, holding his binoculars and looking around the battlefield. When he saw the figures of enemies and riders appearing from the north side of the high ground, he sighed out loud and said, ”This time Tapris is really angry, he didn't even leave a path for us to escape to, he's going to fight us to death!”
At this moment, the enemy's slow advancing crowd suddenly trembled. With an earth-shattering roar, everyone began to accelerate. The decisive moment had finally arrived.
”No cannon fire? The enemy really didn't have cannons! No, no, no, they were definitely not worried about the life of Viscount Ah Lan. Hahaha … Brothers, the Austrian Army's artillery is out of ammunition, our biggest threat is over! ”