Chapter 1964: A Tragic War

After dawn, the rising scorching sun and the bombardment of Cannon shattered the flying sand ocean, placing the Russian Army in a purgatory.

They were attacked by artillery fire and unable to fight back.

This army, known as the Apprentice Legion, had all the defensive works they had built now completely destroyed by the Puluosi Budui with Cannon, leaving nothing behind.

Under such bombardment, the morale of the Russian Army's Apprentice Legion neared collapse.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Frederick II ordered his troops.

Nine battalions totaling 4,300 men assaulted Mierbao, coordinated with the Cavalry led by Fenlanke.

They came from a blind spot that the Russian Army could not observe.

They launched the operation from these places.

While cooperating with the Longyan army, Prussia also developed the production of Hand Grenade.

They formed grenade-throwing units; in this kind of terrain, when there were no Cannon as suitable for shelling as the Longyan Cannon, the attack of Hand Grenade was a good choice.

Hand Grenade are small in size, and after being thrown, they can erupt with decent power; the only drawback is the attack range, which depends entirely on the thrower's ability.

To cope with this battle, Frederick II also organized throwing units.

These soldiers were all experts at throwing Hand Grenade, with the best throwers even able to toss a Hand Grenade forty meters and have it land accurately at the bombardment site.

Such a result was already terrifying.

These men picked up the Hand Grenade, pulled the fuse, and threw the Hand Grenade in their hands out.

The Russian Apprentice Legion did not have major breakthroughs in technology, but they had fought against the Longyan before and knew what this thing was.

Upon seeing the Hand Grenade, they quickly took cover; once this thing exploded, the lethality to their troops was extremely huge.

Therefore, the first thing they chose to do upon seeing these Hand Grenade was to take cover.

They would absolutely not face these seemingly harmless gadgets head-on.

Sure enough, the Hand Grenade went "Boom—" and exploded in the sky, releasing countless shrapnel.

Because the Russian Army had long since taken cover, these shrapnel did not cause them much damage, but the Puluosi Budui.

Took this opportunity, under the cover of the throwing units, to cross the abatis, and their Cavalry quickly routed the Apprentice Legion.

The low-morale Apprentice Legion suffered heavy casualties, and some even made no move during the fighting.

They actually just waited for death to descend like this, and some were even praising Saint Nicholas.

And among the Puluosi Budui, some newly joined Grenadier, while attacking, saw these Russian Army soldiers and actually forgot to use the Bayonet in their hands to attack.

If it weren't for the veteran beside him knocking him down with a fierce punch, he would likely have been killed by the Russian soldiers by now.

After that veteran helped him finish off the Russian soldier, he lectured him: "If you don't finish him off, he will come to kill you!"

Only then did the new recruit realize that he was in the midst of a war.

If he did not fight on the battlefield, the opponent would kill him.

A large portion of the troops committed this time were newly recruited soldiers from Prussia.

Judging from the situation of this battle, the performance of the soldiers on both sides could not be considered qualified.

Having experienced failure, the Prussian soldiers no longer had their pre-war quality, and the performance of the Russian Army was even more worrying.

Russia was previously called the most ferocious army on land, but the combat capability of the Apprentice Legion was truly unacceptable.

Meanwhile, at another position, Naleishi looked through a Telescope at the battle happening on the Mierbao position in the distance.

He hurriedly gathered support troops to launch an attack.

The reinforcements from the Dashipici Highlands had already rushed over, but

It was of no avail.

The combat of the Puluosi Budui this time far exceeded their imagination, as if that invincible iron army had returned once again.

The Russian Army had already been routed and was now fleeing along the Kungelunte Valley; they had completely lost the will to continue fighting.

Frederick II struck while the iron was hot, quickly seizing the Russian Army's positions, and also captured a total of eighty large and small Cannon.

In the view of the general Fenlanke, it was already very difficult for their troops to achieve such results now.

Fenlanke advised Frederick II: "Your Majesty, we should just hold our position; when the sky turns dark, the Russian Army will naturally retreat."

"At that time, we will hold today's gains, and tomorrow we can continue to discuss how to attack other highlands."

However, Frederick II was very opposed to such a proposal, even believing that they should pursue the victory now and rout the Russian Army in one fell swoop.

"No, continue the attack!"

"Our army has just achieved results and is at the peak of its morale; if we shrink back now, it will inevitably affect our army's morale. It is best to pursue the victory now!"

"Rout the Russian army in one fell swoop!"

General Fenlanke had no way to oppose the order of Frederick II.

In fact, this approach by Frederick II was very correct, but Fenlanke believed that their soldiers were already exhausted and needed sufficient rest and adjustment; it was already a miracle that their troops could win this battle.

Continuing the attack now was pushing his own troops into a fire pit, but Frederick II remained unmoved.

He firmly believed that now was the best time to attack.

Determined to fight the Russian Army to the end, Frederick II thought of his loyal troops and issued the order.

"Attack!"

The Puluosi Budui advanced into the rift valley.

And this mistake made Frederick II regret it endlessly, because of this mistake of his.

The entire vanguard, because their spirits were high and they were only thinking about how to rout the Russian Army, possessed too much passion and did not maintain the rationality they should have had.

Therefore, they did not notice the situation of the valley while marching; they moved too fast, and other troops followed them in this way, moving too fast.

They completely ignored that some troops could not pass through and were stuck there.

And because they were moving too fast and were too close together, they triggered a disaster.

Thus, they fell into the misery of being unable to march.

Especially for the Artillery of Prussia, moving Cannon under such circumstances was extremely difficult.

However, they still succeeded; they transported four new types of Austrian Cannon to the newly occupied Mierbao.

They used these Cannon, manufactured by the Tsarist Russia coalition forces, to aim at the Tsarist Russia forces and continue their fierce assault.

At this moment, having clearly realized that the position at Mierbao could not be retaken, they turned their gaze toward another place: Kungetelong Valley!

This valley is the valley that links Mierbao and the Dashipici Highlands.

But this valley is very narrow and crowded, making it difficult for troops to pass through.

Therefore, they now want to trap the pursuing Puluosi Budui inside Kungetelong Valley. The recent transcoding is severe; to give us more motivation to update faster, please move your little hands to exit reading mode. Thank you.