Hundreds of Prussian soldiers were busy building fortifications, so except for the more than 70 soldiers who served as guards, the rest of the soldiers were basically unarmed because of the weather and work.
This was great news for the two squadrons of Austrian cavalry, knowing that the unprepared infantry was attacked by the cavalry and almost died, because the infantry could not effectively resist the cavalry charge without a group of infantry.
"Charge!"
A shout sounded in the ranks of the Austrian cavalry, and then nearly a hundred Austrian cavalry quickly began to whip up the war horses under their command, and nearly two hundred cavalry formed a sharp arrow formation in a very short period of time, which shows that these Austrian cavalry all have strength that cannot be underestimated.
Just as the Austrian cavalry began to charge on their horses, more than 70 heavily armed Prussian soldiers immediately formed a standard three-row formation, and the other Prussian soldiers also immediately assembled in the roar of the officers.
These Prussian soldiers no longer bothered to tidy up their clothes, so they quickly lined up under the command of the officers, taking their weapons and carrying ammunition bags.
The distance between the place where the Austrian cavalry appeared and the Prussian army was only more than 400 meters, and under the acceleration of the war horse, this distance could be completed in more than a minute.
However, the reaction of the Prussian soldiers was also very dissatisfied, and when the Austrian cavalry was about to rush to the range of the rifles, an improvised infantry phalanx had already blocked the front of the Austrian cavalry.
"John, take your men around and rush to the soldiers behind, and the others will rush forward with me!"
That's when it happened.
A Prussian cavalry squadron leader spoke, and his words were heard.
The leader of another Austrian cavalry squadron hurriedly beckoned his cavalry to rush to the side, seeing that their plan was to bypass the Prussian soldiers who had already formed a formation and attack those Prussian soldiers who were not ready.
"Shoot!"
A sharp roar echoed over the Prussian formation, and then only a row of gunfire was heard, and the Prussian soldiers in the front row quickly crouched down to reload their ammunition, and the soldiers in the second row quickly pulled the trigger again on the enemy who had already been aiming.
However, it was only the third row of Prussian soldiers who had just finished firing the bullets in the guns, and before the soldiers in the first row could shoot out the bullets in the chambers again, the Austrian cavalry was about to rush in front of the Prussian soldiers.
"Hurry up and get on the bayonet!"
At this time, these seventy or so Prussian soldiers could no longer care about bypassing their Austrian cavalry.
Bayonets were put on the chambers of their guns.
Just when the Prussian soldiers had just put on their bayonets, a hundred Austrian cavalry had already rushed into the formation of the Prussian army, and the high-speed galloping horses directly knocked the enemy in front of them into the air, and after restraining the horses, the sabers in the hands of the Austrian cavalry began to fall on the enemy's heads.
The neighing, gunshots, shouts and cries for help mingled with the sound of horses, a symphony that can only be played in real war.
But this battalion of Prussian soldiers was not easy to deal with, the veterans knew how to kill the enemy as much as possible under the charge of the cavalry, and the Austrian cavalry who rushed to the unfinished preparation was also stopped by a group of Prussian soldiers.
Although the Prussian soldiers who intercepted suffered heavy casualties, they managed to buy time for their comrades.
Just as the two teams of Austrian cavalry were about to join together to charge the remaining Prussian soldiers for another round, they saw that hundreds of Prussian soldiers had gathered together.
Seeing this, the Austrian cavalry knew that nothing could be done, so they immediately rode their horses and evacuated into the distance at the sound of the officers' orders, and this sensitivity to the situation on the battlefield once again showed the extraordinary performance of this Austrian cavalry.
The casualties of nearly 500 infantry in an entire battalion were as high as more than 200, and this result made Nichrao, who later learned about it, lose his temper.
However, it also made him secretly more vigilant in his heart.
According to the descriptions of the soldiers after the war, the performance of the attacking Austrian cavalry was absolutely good, and there were only less than 20 Austrian corpses left on the battlefield, and all the war horses were taken away by the Austrians, which not only shows that the combat effectiveness of these Austrian cavalry is good, but also shows the quality of Austrian officers.
"This battle is not easy to fight!"
Consider that the Austrian army that came this time was 50,000 men.
If all five of them were like these cavalrymen, then Nichlau would have been so depressed that he vomited blood.
But think about it.
The Ottoman Turks have always been known for their cavalry, and even in modern times, the Ottoman cavalry is still a great deterrent to European countries.
And if the Austrian army, which had been able to confront the Ottomans on the Austro-Turkish border for many years, could not absorb certain advantages from the enemy, then the Grand Duke of Tuha could have died altogether.
Dessau's order to Nichlau was to hold Seydlicice for as long as possible, and Dessau had no request at all as to how long, and Dessau revealed that the length of time Nichlau held was directly related to the success or failure of a large battle plan in his mind.
As for Dessau's order, Nichlau naturally wanted to carry it out thoroughly, but Nichlau was at a loss for Dessau's so-called huge plan.
After all, the Austrians' forces were there, and apart from the Ninth Division, the only things Dessau could use were the Fourth Division and the Nineteenth Division, and how much trouble the two divisions could cause to the Austrian army, Nichlau couldn't figure it out.
Dessau's plan was not very complicated, although there was a plain around Brattner, there were also many lakes around Brattner, and there was a Lom River running through the city, which gave Dessau some ideas.
It's already summer, and the rainy season is just around the corner, and once it does, the water levels in the small rivers and lakes around Bratna are bound to rise.
These rising levels could well help Dessau deal with the Austrians, but of course there are prerequisites.
First of all, the low-lying area around Bratner is limited, and if you want to use water to help you deal with the enemy, you must lure the enemy to a low-lying place, so that the water rushing down can cause the most damage to the enemy.
However, the low-lying areas around Brattner were either in the north or in the west, and although there was a relatively large low-lying area in the east, it was not a place where the Austrians had to pass through to attack Brattner. ‘ Because Dessau would either change the terrain a little, or it would have to lure the Austrians to lower ground.
It's easy to say, but it's actually very difficult to do.
First of all, the Austrian army is not stupid, there are not a few examples of using low-lying terrain to irrigate the enemy army in history, and as the head of the army, Tuha and his staff officers will definitely take the terrain into account when formulating military operations, after all, this is the most basic common sense for generals.
On the other hand, if you use manpower to change the terrain, it is obvious that the action cannot be small, and if tens of thousands of people are mobilized to create a suitable battlefield, the movement is too big to hide from the people who have a heart, unless God blesses, otherwise the news leakage is necessary.
Wait a minute!
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Just as Dessau was thinking about how to fool the Austrians, a flash of inspiration flashed through his mind.
"Since you can't hide it from the enemy, why should you hide it, wouldn't it be better to just pretend and then make a noise!"
The more I thought about Dessau, the more I felt that my idea was very feasible.
To the west of Bratna, there are a large number of lakes and jungles, and it is obviously unrealistic to pass a large number of men and horses in such an area, as the complex terrain will greatly slow down the army's march.
To the north was the Bohemian front, and it was absolutely impossible for Austria to bypass Bratna and attack the Bohemian line directly without defeating Bratna's army, because even if the Austrians wanted to, they would not be able to bypass it.
In this way, if you want to attack Bratner, there are only two lines left, one to the east and one to the south.
Seydlice is located southeast of Bratna, which means that Tuha will have two options, either to attack south of Blatna after capturing Sedlice, and to attack from east of Bratna.
If Dessau had recruited a large number of men to modify the terrain south of Bratna, it was likely that the Austrians, who had knowledge of the Prussian army, would march on Bratna from the east of Bratna.
And when the time comes, the largest lake east of Bratna, Lake Buz, will become the biggest support of the Prussian army!
What Dessau had to do now was to force the Austrians to march from the east of Bratna to Bratna, which meant that he needed to let Austria know that the southern part of Bratna was a trap, a trap that the Prussians had painstakingly laid, so that Austria could ignore the possible danger in the east.
After making up his mind, Dessau immediately called for Leohard, and the task assigned by Dessau to Leohard was very simple, that is, to recruit as many people as possible near Bratna, and then take all these people to the south of Bratna to excavate, and it was necessary to dig there into a large enough lowland!
And just as Leohard was about to leave, Dessau stopped Leohard again "Remember, what you have to do is to keep it as confidential as possible, and the confidentiality work must be done as well as possible, without my permission, this matter must not be known to others, and if someone asks, you must not answer!"
"Understood, Your Excellency Marshal!"
When Leohard was gone, Dessau began to sit down and think about the whole plan from beginning to end, knowing that there must be no mistakes in this matter, because this was his best hope of defeating the Austrians!