C2663 Salbrucon (2/2)

The boat and the rope became the skeleton of the pontoon bridge. Soon after, the engineers began to quickly lay down the planks. After two hours, the four pontoons would be passable.

”Attack …” Cannon Cover... ”Infantry fighting for the beach and building a beachhead...”

A group of French soldiers with red pants shouted out as they ran up the floating bridge with rifles equipped with bayonets in their hands! They quickly arrived at the other side!

Only now did the Prussian army's counterattack cause a certain amount of casualties. They started to pour fire on the French army who were fighting for the shore, and the dense rain of bullets killed layer after layer of them.

The French soldiers had also turned bloodshot. They rushed forward and kneeled on one knee to fight back. Some of them even lay on their hands and knees to use the corpses as cover and started fighting back.

At this moment, the French army had already fully adopted the needle rifle, especially the excellent one. The dense firepower quickly occupied the initiative, and the area on the other side of the river under their control expanded by an inch.

The bugle for the charge was loud and clear, the French army's morale was high. At one o'clock in the afternoon, three groups of troops had already stood firm on the other side, causing the commander, Flosad, to heave a sigh of relief.

”The truth is that Prussian is not as powerful as I thought! Let the engineer continue erecting the pontoon bridge... The artillery can now move forward and use the range of the cannons to expand our position on the other side! ”

”Tell our cavalry to eat some rations and feed the horses! Two hours later, cavalry regiment will charge! ”

From the first day onwards, the main idea of the French Army's field operations was to first use big cannon bombardment, and then the intensive shooting of the infantry to stabilize the Central Army, followed by cavalry surrounding with flapping wings to break through the enemy's formation.

It was this set of tactics that led the French army to victory after victory!

Flosad was obviously Napoleon's iron fan, his thoughts and tactics this time were no different from 70 years ago!

In his mind, as long as the cannons of the French army passed the other side, they would be able to completely cover the positions of all the Prussian army.

Then it would be the time for the cavalry to shine!

When the first batch of cannons started shooting at the other side of the river, the Prussian army's position outside the city finally gave the order to retreat.

Countless of fortifications and fortifications had abandoned their positions and retreated towards Salbrucon City. Before French cavalry could even charge forward, a large number of Prussian army s had already retreated into the city that was protected by the city walls.

”Haha …” Hahaha … Was this the elite that Bismark was so proud of? ”Hahaha …” Flosad said while laughing maniacally.

”The entire army is surrounding this isolated city. Artillery is set on the eastern high ground, suppress these defending troops for me …” Ha ha-ha, they even threw their cannons outside the city! ”

”No need to save ammunition, just keep firing …” Flosad looked at his pocket watch and realized that it was already 4.45 in the afternoon.

There was not enough time to attack the city, so the casualties would be very high at night!

”Except for the artillery, the entire army is in repair …” We will recuperate and store up our strength for the night. Tomorrow, we will continue our assault on the city! ”

”Send our war report to His Majesty! Tell His Majesty that we have achieved complete victory, and that the Salbrucon is now under our control! ”