This sudden turn of events not only caused panic in the Prussian army, but also surprised Wilhelm, who was in the center of the Prussian army "The whole army is on alert, and the cavalry rushes over me from both flanks of the wall of fire!"
And at the moment when William's order was just given, I saw that the fire had spread, and under the light of the fire, the Prussian soldiers undoubtedly became the best targets, behind the wall of fire, one by one French soldiers immediately came out, they calmly raised their weapons and aimed at the panicked Prussian soldiers in the officer's order, and then opened fire mercilessly.
The situation at this moment was undoubtedly extremely bad for the Prussians, who could easily aim at their targets, while the Prussians could not discern where the bullets were coming from.
Seeing this, William could only order the artillerymen who followed the infantry to immediately set up their artillery and then carry out a covering bombardment towards the area behind the wall of fire.
The Prussian army in the front row soon lost control of the formation, and the unknown enemy was often the most feared.
The Prussian cavalry that circled from both flanks of the wall of fire soon became the focus of the French army, and the cavalry exposed to the fire was a huge target, and even the French soldiers who were not accurate in their marksmanship could easily shoot bullets at these tall cavalry.
Seeing that the cavalry had suffered heavy losses, but William was still gritting his teeth and holding on, if the cavalry was withdrawn at this time, it would certainly reduce the losses suffered by the cavalry, but for the entire battlefield, the Prussian army would make no progress at all, and there was a complete danger of being defeated by the enemy.
The surging Prussian cavalry rushed through the wall of fire.
But apparently there was a huge obstacle in front of them, and the ground behind the wall of fire was all covered with iron thorns by the French, and these thorns directly made the horses under the crotch of the cavalry suffer a lot.
Although William learned about this from the herald's report.
But William's face did not look so depressed, and even William was in awe that Napoleon was able to make so many arrangements in such a short time.
But the battlefield is the battlefield, and no matter how much William wanted to see Napoleon, it could not change the hostile relationship between the two sides.
And just when the cavalry was in a stalemate and the Prussian advance in front of the wall of fire was in chaos, a large number of French troops suddenly appeared from the right side of the wall of fire, and these French soldiers did not care about the Prussian soldiers who were in confusion after they appeared.
Coming directly to the center of the Prussian army where William was.
Guarding William's side was the 1st Regiment of the Royal Guard, and because of the location of the 1st Guard, the 1st Infantry had not suffered casualties for the time being.
In terms of morale, it was only a little affected by the striker, but some doubts were inevitable.
This force, which numbered more than a thousand French soldiers, choked time and position, and rushed directly towards the weakest point of the First Advance Corps, where there were less than two hundred soldiers of the First Advance Corps.
Behind these three hundred soldiers was the location of William and his hundred guards.
"Damn it.
Assemble them all and turn to the right!
Take on the enemy from the north!
” Heydrich, the commander of the first corps, spotted the enemy at the first time, and then he immediately gave the order for the whole regiment to turn right to meet the enemy without waiting for Wilhelm.
As the commander of the regiment, Heydrich naturally knew that there were less than 200 troops on William's right side, and the enemy had more than 1,000 people, in case those two companies could not support the enemy and rushed in front of William, even if he Heydrich had a hundred lives, it would probably not be enough to kill.
When the 1st Corps was heading north to meet the French, William immediately ordered the 4th and 5th Corps, which were in the rear, to catch up quickly.
Although the First Legion was no less powerful than the French Army, the First Legion was also the elite of the kingdom.
But if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if.
And until the 4th and 5th Infantry Regiments arrived, the 1st Corps could only stand alone against these odious French in front of them.
"Immediately let the two infantry regiments in the vanguard turn back and eat these Frenchmen for me, and order the cavalry troops to retreat immediately to preserve their strength, and at the same time order the artillery units to continue to bombard the area behind the wall of fire, I want nothing to grow here!"
At the same time as giving the order, William was obviously a little anxious.
The loss of more than 1,000 troops before they even came into contact with the French themselves is not only distressing but also infuriating.
But what William didn't expect was that when the first army around him was all facing the French, the more than 1,000 French infantry were closely followed by more than 300 cavalry, all of whom Napoleon brought out of the Prussian barracks.
After recuperating for a while, it seemed that the cavalry had regained their French elite strength, and after the infantry had shared a lot of pressure with them, they suddenly launched a charge from a road deliberately opened by the French infantry.
Heydrich did not expect such a cavalry to be hidden behind the enemy infantry, Heydrich threw all the infantry into the battle with the enemy infantry, and by the deliberate actions of the French infantry, there was a blank area on the entire front defended by only fifty Prussian soldiers.
More than 300 French cavalry under the leadership of Napoleon pounced fiercely on this area, and in just one round, Heydrich's defense line was broken through by the French cavalry, and the 300 cavalry did not turn around to support the French infantry who were still fighting hard after breaking through the defense line of the first army, but directly pounced on William's position.
"Hehe, Napoleon, do you think this is a loose or a barrel!
How can I be afraid of your surprise attack!
” After William secretly recited a sentence in his heart, he immediately loudly ordered the hundred guards around him to prepare for the charge, and like William, the hundred guards around him were also cavalry.
Although there were more than 300 French cavalry, William could see at a glance that the cavalry that was leading the charge towards him was Napoleon himself.
Although William did not see Napoleon with his own eyes, the portrait of Napoleon is not at all less seen, but compared with ink paintings.
Oil paintings are undoubtedly more recognizable.
"Let's show those French mud legs what is the strongest soldier in Europe!
Come on!
” After yelling, William also led a group of guards around him to rush towards Napoleon's headquarters.
And in William's original position, only a few dozen staff officers and civilians were still standing.
When Napoleon, who was rushing wildly, saw a cavalry rushing towards him on the opposite side, Napoleon's face was happy, although he didn't know William, but under the light of the fire, William's special military uniform undoubtedly exposed William's identity, not everyone can mark a badge symbolizing imperial power on his chest.
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"The King of Prussia is here, let us tell him what death is.
Let him go to Satan!
” With a shout, Napoleon also completely let go of his hands and feet and rushed towards William.
In a sense, the Prussian army had already lost the battle.
You must know that the strength of the Prussian royal guard is more than four times that of the French army under Napoleon, but now it is forced by the French army that William has to personally lead his guards to charge the front line, to some extent, if William fails.
Then the entire Prussian army will face a shameful defeat.
In the history of military warfare.
There are countless examples of surprise attacks leading to success or failure, as mentioned above, this is a classic example of China and Japan winning more with less, and at the same time, these two surprise attacks not only affected the success or failure of the war, but also affected the direction of the country and even the world.
And now Napoleon's move is similar to two examples, if Napoleon defeats William or beheads William, then the pattern of the entire European continent will change, and now this powerful coalition is bound to cease to exist, don't forget that William does not have a real heir!
Soon 300 French cavalry and 100 Prussian cavalry collided fiercely.
And William also fought with Napoleon against the king.
Finally meeting this famous general whom he admired immensely in his previous life, William not only trembled with excitement in his heart, but also surged a tyrannical feeling in his heart.
Stomping one of the people you once admired the most, or even killing them, is such a longing and beautiful thing that it is, and in a sense, even more exciting than drugs.
"Napoleon, the shame of the plundering of Berlin in history must be repaid by you today!
I'm going to conquer Paris, I'm going to be crowned Emperor in Versailles!
” At this moment, William was like a demon, his eyes had all turned red, and his face revealed a different flush as if he was drunk.
A knife slashed at Napoleon, and for this knife, Napoleon had no intention of avoiding it at all, only to see him shake his wrist, and the saber in his hand also slashed at William.
When the sabers of the two sides collided violently, both William and Napoleon felt a huge force rush towards their mouths.
As soon as he was hit, William immediately changed his tactics, he put away his saber and stabbed Napoleon in the chest as his horse came to Napoleon's side.
But in terms of combat experience, how can William compare with Napoleon, I saw that Napoleon was completely unwilling to force William's knife, but the knife in Napoleon's hand was also slashed towards William's neck.
Napoleon's move was a completely lose-lose game, and if William had continued to maintain this position without changing his move when Napoleon swung his sword, then there was no doubt that he would have been slashed, and Napoleon would have been stabbed as well.
This kind of lose-lose fighting method is not at all what William wants to see, and besides, William is the king of Prussia, how can his life fight for Napoleon's life, saying that it is too late and that is fast, William's arm is closed, and the saber in his hand immediately blocks Napoleon's attack.
But Napoleon seemed to be unforgiving, and the force pressed on William's knife continued to increase, and Napoleon's strength also surprised William, even William, who had studied hard since childhood, did not seem to have as much strength as Napoleon, William did not maliciously think that Napoleon did not put all his energy on strength, so that he was shorter than ordinary people.
In the flash of light, William kicked the war horse under the crotch, and then William's war horse under the crotch raised a hind leg as if it was psychic, and then kicked the war horse under Napoleon's crotch, which made Napoleon's war horse unexpected, and was affected by the war horse, Napoleon's strength suddenly weakened, and took advantage of this gap.
William broke away from Napoleon's knife just right.
Just as William and Napoleon were fighting, the two infantry regiments in the rear joined the battlefield in time, and the pressure on Napoleon's cavalry increased greatly.
At this time, Napoleon also noticed that the situation on the battlefield was not in favor of his side.
Although William's situation seemed very critical, after all, William still had some personal cavalry around him, and seeing this, Napoleon shouted and retreated.
Three hundred French cavalry, led by Napoleon, immediately turned around and rushed behind the 1st Ranks.
Seeing this, William immediately shouted: "Everybody chase me!"
And while William's personal guards cavalry followed behind the French cavalry and bit their tails to chase and kill, William also returned to the protection of his own infantry.
Originally, with the breakthrough of Napoleon's cavalry, the front of the First Corps was already in jeopardy.
Despite Heydrich's efforts to maintain the situation on the battlefield, the line of the 1st Corps was suddenly defeated when Napoleon's cavalry returned to attack.
Napoleon did not dwell too much on the line after breaking the line of the First Legion.
Instead, the French infantry retreated.
Seeing that the French army was retreating, William immediately ordered the pursuit to be stopped, after all, the position where Napoleon's troops were coming was completely dark and the situation was unknown.
William was also worried about being ambushed by the French again.
"All armies.
Assemble immediately, and then leave the cavalry behind, and everyone else immediately rushed to the station of the 1st Imperial Division!
” After the order was given, William glanced angrily in the direction where the French army left, he had the intention to chase Napoleon to the end, but after all, Napoleon was not an ordinary person, this kind of military master, you can never guess his thoughts and arrangements.
After the retreat of the Prussian army.
Looking at the Prussian army, which had regained some order, Napoleon also ordered his army to stop the attack.
Look at the Prussian army in the distance.
Napoleon also said secretly "Next time, I will never let you escape so easily, you will die without a place to be buried!"
By the time the Prussian army arrived at the headquarters of the 1st Imperial Division, the French army led by Joseph had already retreated, and the 1st Imperial Division had also suffered huge losses, with less than 5,000 troops left in the entire division.
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This situation made William's resentment towards Napoleon even more inflamed.
In total, the battle that took place at night caused nearly 10,000 losses on the side of the coalition forces, and according to post-war statistics, the French suffered less than 4,000 men, so it can be said that the battle was a complete victory for the French.
After learning of the results, William tore the information in his hand to shreds, and then stopped the attack on the French army that retreated back to Nicholas, and William ordered all his troops to be vigilant against the French army in Nicholas.
However, although Napoleon taught the Coalition a big lesson outside Nicholas, it did not change the tide of the war.
The coalition led by the hereditary Dutch ruler William V broke out in an encounter with the 30,000 French troops who came to support Nicholas on April 6, relying on the superiority of troops, William V defeated the 30,000 French army, although the coalition itself suffered a lot of losses, but after all, it was victorious!
The 30,000-strong army led by Ernst also defeated Napoleon's 20,000-strong army deployed on the central front, and then Ernst did not go to attack Brussels, but led his army north to Nicholas after receiving an order from William.
In William's vision, the most important purpose of the nearly 40,000 troops he led now was to hold Napoleon's troops in the city of Nicholas so that they could not escape, and then wait until the two armies returned to help, and then concentrate their forces to launch a general attack on Nicholas.
After Antwerp was recaptured by the Allied forces, the British once again transported a large amount of supplies and 10,000 reinforcements to Antwerp, and it was not easy for the British to recruit so many soldiers in such a short time.
The British government also officially informed William in an official letter that these 10,000 men were the last conscripted troops that Britain could handle, and if the situation at the front was any more uncertain, then the British government could do nothing at all, unless the British government stopped aiding Prussia, in which case it could recruit some more soldiers.
But for Prussia, once Britain stopped aiding Prussia, then the situation in Prussia would definitely deteriorate further, knowing that most of the pensions for the disabled and dead soldiers came from British aid, and even a considerable part of the supplies were dependent on the British.
If the British really stopped helping, then there would certainly be a lot of change in Prussia, so William agreed to the British government's request that it no longer provide reinforcements.
Ferdinand Jr.'
s three Prussian divisions had moved less than a hundred miles east of the Netherlands, which meant that in another half a month, Ferdinand Jr.'
s three Prussian divisions would be able to join the battle, and through communication with the Dutch hereditary government, the coalition was expected to be replenished by another 10,000 Dutch soldiers.
Therefore, at least in the short term, the advantage of the coalition forces will not only not shrink, but will be further expanded.
However, both the British and Dutch, both inside and outside Prussia, expressed the hope that the fighting would end before Christmas this year, otherwise the three countries would no longer be able to afford such a large army to fight at a distance.
The Allied forces were now largely dependent on the British and Dutch, with the British coming out on top, but even the bountiful British declared that their support for the Allied forces would last at best until next summer.
This meant that the coalition forces had to win the war against France within a year, or they would be disbanded immediately.
When the Palace of Versailles learned of the current superiority of the Allied forces over Napoleon's troops, Louis XVI immediately became alarmed, and the French government immediately sent a note to the Spanish government, hoping that the Spaniards would once again provide 50,000 troops for the sake of the alliance between the two countries.
You must know that the 30,000 troops that came to Napoleon's aid before were pulled out by Louis XVI from France, and now the French royal family has never pulled out another 30,000 troops, unless the Bourbons gave up their rule over France, but this is simply impossible for Louis XVI.
Immediately after receiving the diplomatic note from the French Government, Spain convened a state conference.
Did Spain have any soldiers?
Of course, there are 90,000 mobile troops in Spain, and even though Spain has sent 30,000 troops to help France, Spain still has 60,000 troops in its territory.
But for Spain, there is no problem in sending a large army again, but the point is what Spain can get in this war.
Since the beginning of the war, Spain's situation in its own colonies has been problematic due to the blockade of the Atlantic Ocean by the British Royal Navy, and according to the latest intelligence to Spain, Spain's colonies in various places are struggling to support the British attacks, and some of the colonies have even been occupied by the British.
Having learned of the Spaniards' hesitation, the French gritted their teeth and made conditions.