The battle has been going on for two hours, and the soldiers on both sides seem to have poured decades of hatred into the battlefield, they treat casualties with indifference, and even the wounded soldiers are gritting their teeth to support.
Prince Henry looked at the stalemate on the battlefield, he lowered his head slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Your Excellency Marshal, you can't go on like this, it's better to let the cavalry charge if the casualties are too great," an officer next to Marshal Lao Dong said to Lao Dong "You idiot, didn't you see that Prussia didn't throw the cavalry into the battlefield, now it's the perseverance and determination of both sides, as long as the Prussians can't bear it, we have hope of victory," Marshal Lauton shook and scolded Lao Dong didn't know that if he continued to fight like this, the casualties would be very large, but there was no good way now, both sides were holding their breath, and whoever moved first would lose this breath.
"Old Dür, do you have any ammunition?"
asked a soldier on the Prussian front who was standing beside him "With your size, Lao Tzu has long told you to aim and then release, you recruits never know that saving ammunition is the last two rounds, and if you want Lao Tzu again, it will be gone" Dur looked at his comrades around him and scolded Durr was a native of Potsdam, who had been in the Prussian army for fifteen years, and next to him was Klaus, a recruit who had just been replenished this year, who was also a native of Potsdam.
The two were in the front of the fourth platoon, and the recruits were nervous when they first went into battle, and they might have wasted the bullets from their guns without receiving orders from their commanders.
"Stand up straight, Klaus, remember to aim before you hit, or you'll have to take a bayonet in the back, you," reprimanded Old Dul.
Klaus pursed his lips and watched as the ammunition in his hand quickly loaded into the chamber.
Before Klaus could finish the two rounds, he saw the commander of their battalion swing his command knife.
"You kid is stunned, don't hurry up and put the bayonet on, this is going to fight the bayonet" Old Dur saw Klaus standing in a daze, he pushed Klaus and said, Klaus hurriedly put the bayonet pinned to his waist on the barrel of the gun.
"Rush" At the command of the commander, the Prussian soldiers rushed towards the Austrians.
The Austrians probably did not expect the Prussians to charge so quickly, and some of the soldiers were as stunned as Klaus at night, and they reacted to the angry scolding of the Austrian officers and hurriedly began to apply their bayonets.
Seeing that the Prussians were charging, Marshal Laudon had a flash of inspiration and commanded: "Order the cavalry unit to be divided into two, one to pierce into the battlefield from the right flank, and the other to intercept the Prussians when the Prussian cavalry is dispatched," the herald of Raudon replied and went down to give the order.
Seeing that the Austrians had sent out the cavalry, Henry slapped his thigh and said: "Great, I finally caught you, and ordered our cavalry to charge the Austrian cavalry from the right flank, and drive the Austrians back for me" The two horsemen charged at the behest of their respective commanders, and tens of thousands of horses' hooves shook the ground like an earthquake.
Klaus, who was fighting, felt the shaking of the ground, and he asked the old Dürr, who was panting for breath: "What's going on, why is the ground shaking so much?"
"You little, that's the cavalry charging, oops, I'm tired, come and help me," Durr gasped as he looked at an Austrian soldier rushing towards him The battlefield was changed by the Austrian cavalry, and although the Prussians were hungry and quickly engaged in cavalry, they were stopped by a small number of Austrian knights, and could not break through for a while.
But the Austrian cavalry smashed into the Prussian infantry like chopping melons and vegetables, and looked at the shaking of the entire right flank a little stunned, how is this a little different from what I imagined.
But before Henry could react, Raudon seized the opportunity, and he threw all the Austrian reserves into the right wing, which could not be supported, and the entire right wing was beaten to pieces.
Henry hurriedly ordered the Prussian reserve to support the right flank, but it was a little late, and the panicked right flank routed and rushed into the formation of the reinforcing reserve.
Henry gritted his teeth and ordered his personal guard to send reinforcements to the right flank, but it was still to no avail.
Laudong was overjoyed when he saw this, and he hurriedly ordered the Austrian army to break through directly from the right flank and directly attack the central army of Prussia.
As soon as the Austrians saw that their right flank had been broken through by their own side, they all pressed forward, and victory was at hand.
But before Laoudon and the Austrians could be happy, the Prussian flag appeared behind them, and Wilhelm arrived at the most critical moment.
Looking at his own swaying position, William was very glad in his heart, and he hurried to catch up after all.
Wilhelm ordered the army not to leave reserves, and the whole army must be completely annihilated by the Austrians and this place, and the Prussians, who were originally a little disheartened, saw that their own banners appeared in the rear of the enemy, and their morale was greatly boosted.
Prince Henry was overjoyed, and he exclaimed: "Our reinforcements are coming, everyone take a breath to defeat the Austrians, and the whole army charges" After saying this, the prancing horses and swords of the leading soldiers rushed towards the Austrian army, and those Prussian routs were encouraged by this and turned back to charge the Austrians.
Field Marshal Laodong was dumbfounded, he did not understand how the Austrians could appear in his rear, now his entire force was engaged with the enemy in front of him, and there were not many defensive troops in the rear at all.
In a matter of moments, the sparse defensive forces in the rear of the Austrians were broken through by the Prussian army, and the Austrians were flanked in front and rear throughout the battlefield, and Laodong was powerless to recover.
Seeing that the situation on the battlefield was becoming more and more unfavorable, Lao Dong bit his lip tightly, and after only a moment, he ordered: "The whole army turned to the right, ordered the cavalry to block the Prussians, and everyone broke through from the right flank and fought their way out" Laudon's idea was good, but could he stand out, the answer was obviously no, Wilhelm saw the disadvantage of the right flank at the beginning and threw most of his forces into the right flank, and it can be said that the pressure on the right flank Austrians was the greatest after the arrival of Prussian reinforcements.
Some of the Austrian soldiers were desperate, looking at the enemy in front and behind, and they no longer had hope of victory.
With the surrender of an Austrian soldier, like a plague spread throughout the entire front, the Austrians abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and Laodong fled desperately under the protection of his own guards on the left and right, but the remaining Austrians were not so lucky, either surrendered or were exterminated.
It is undeniable that there are still many recalcitrant Austrian troops, and these recalcitrant armies are veterans who have survived the Austrian wars over the years, and these veterans are the most valuable assets of various countries, and they still cause a lot of losses to the Prussians.
The whole battle was full of drama, and Dong still couldn't believe that he was turned over by the Prussians at the moment when he was about to win, which was really a big joke made by God.
In fact, there is no problem with the command of Laodong in normal war, and it can only be said that God did play a big joke with the Austrians.
The whole battle lasted more than four hours, and the armies of both sides were exhausted, and the effect of throwing in a group of fresh troops at this time was obvious.
William looked at the battlefield and smiled uniquely as a victor.