C2863 life and death strangulation (2/2)
The Prussian army behind them quickly retaliated, and those exposed French soldiers all fell from the city walls while screaming miserably!
Of the five engineers, only two were left after rushing to the foot of the city wall. They dragged their comrades' explosives packs along with them and piled them on the city foundation. Then, they ignited the fuse before turning around and running away.
They had not even run two or three steps when they were shot down by the rifles on the city walls!
Boom … A muffled sound rang out, and dust filled the entire section of the city wall. A meter-high hole had been blasted in the foundation area of the city wall, but fortunately, the wall was thick enough to hold up so many explosives.
The French army on the city walls were shaken to the point where they fell all over the ground. Some people held their heads, struggled and rolled on the ground, while others were hit by the vibrations and had their faces covered in blood.
”Stand up... Everyone stand up... The city wall is still there... We're still safe, keep shooting! ”
More and more reserve troops rushed to the top of the city walls and continued to shoot towards the bottom of the city. After a short while, the heavy machine gun roared again, and the first wave of Prussian army began to slow down a little.
”The enemy's firepower is too strong. Wait for the follow-up troops …” ”Dig in the shooting cover for cover...”
Prussian soldier had already learned powerful civil engineering techniques from the Chinese side. The soldiers then started to crawl on the ground to minimize their own surface area, and then used the Engineer's spade s to carefully dig cover for individual shooting.
In just a short while, the city walls were filled with flying dirt. The French Army did everything they could to kill these mice, but these people were too cunning. They always hid their bodies in a safe area.
Behind the gates of Sedan, a column of French cavalry was fully armed and ready for battle, and a colonel was at the head of the column, urging his men forward.
”The Prussian never thought that we would still be able to launch a counterattack under such heavy encirclement!”
”Right now, those despicable Prussian have learnt the cowardly fighting style of the Chinese. They are digging their own graves!”
”What we need to do is to rush out, use our sabers to chop off their heads, and use our horses' hooves to crush their corpses!”
”His Majesty is watching us from the central tower! For the glory of the Empire! Kill! ”
The city gates opened with a rumble, and French cavalry, who had swarmed out, shocked the fighting Prussian army. They did not expect that the French would dare to retaliate at this time.
The sudden attack from the cavalrymen killed the Prussian army by surprise, and the horsemen formed into a trampling formation as they charged towards the Prussian army.
Cavalry! He would always be a noble in the army of the Middle Age. Children with a poor family would never have the chance to meet a horse from a young age and receive training in horse riding.
The French cavalry inherited Napoleon's good traditions from the war. These soldiers were mostly the children of the nobles and middle-class families.
”Charge!” For the Empire! For the glory of our ancestors! ”
”Long live France!” A bunch of bright sharp blades slashed towards Prussian army's head!
Rows of war horses disrupted the formation of Prussian army's infantry unit like a wall. The horse sabers fought with the bayonets, and the fighting capabilities of a person borrowing the horse's speed to fight was not something a riders with a bayonet in their hands could compare to!
”Keep Team... Keep Speed... Smash it... To break through their formation! ”
At this moment, Xiao Letian's hand that was holding onto the telescope was covered in sweat. Is this still the army that Salon and his army lost miserably? ”
”The morale is different!” How did you get reborn in one night? ”