Chapter 1965: The Valley Offensive

In fact, the Kungetelong Valley is a sandy valley extending northwest from Kuniesiduofu Village.

It happens to lie between Mierbao and the Dashipici Highlands.

Frederick II's main force needed to attack the Kungetelong Valley starting from Kuniesiduofu Village, but this narrow, long valley offered no way for the troops' rear supplies to keep up, nor any way for the Puluosi Budui to launch attacks in other directions.

They could only launch attacks against the Russian Army located on the Dashipici Highlands along the direction of the valley, but it was clear that doing so would come at a heavy price.

The Russian Army used artillery to attack at the end of the Kungelunte Valley, which caused extremely severe suffering for the Puluosi Budui launching attacks against them.

In a situation of no other choice, General Fenlanke led a cavalry unit to launch a pincer attack on the Russian Army on the Dashipici Highlands from another direction.

They attacked from the due north direction!

But what was not anticipated was that the Russian Army on the Dashipici Highlands had organized their positions very methodically.

This caused the eight battalions of soldiers led by General Fenlanke to become trapped in a massive quagmire on the north side of the Kungelunte Valley.

And at this time, the Russian Army located on the Dashipici Highlands was not the trainee legion from Mierbao.

They were well-trained, better prepared, and even equipped with the Russian Army's newest type of cannon, the "Unicorn"!

Their secret artillery regiment launched a fierce attack on the Fenlanke troops trapped in the quagmire.

At this time, Frederick II also committed his main right-wing force to the vanguard attack direction, while his left-wing force and center force moved in dense formation from Kuniesiduofu Village toward the east of the Kungetelong Valley.

They engaged in field artillery combat with the Russian Army that could directly threaten them from the Dashipici Highlands.

But because the geography was truly too narrow and enclosed, the slow-moving troops had no way to maneuver at all.

Whether it was the front army retreating or the rear army advancing, neither could be done, nor could they receive supplies.

Yet the Russian Army could easily mobilize troops from the southwest direction and threaten them with ease.

Such combat made one Puluosi Budui officer sigh repeatedly, claiming: "We are fighting against hunger and death, not against the Russian Army!"

In fact, this was indeed the case, because the supply columns carried by the rear troops could not reach the soldiers in the valley, so the soldiers at the very front had to bear the most brutal attacks, holding off the enemy while fighting!

Yet they could not get even a single bit of supplies!

Meanwhile, the rear troops had large amounts of supplies and wanted to send them to the front-line troops, but they could only become food in their own mouths; there was simply no way to send these supplies to the front line.

And the Russian Army could continuously mobilize fresh troops to join the battle.

At the beginning, the strength of the two sides was not disparate, and the Puluosi Budui were even slightly better equipped than the Russian Army, but once such a battle began.

Their troops fell into a great predicament.

Sometimes Naleishi would think that although Frederick II was known on the battlefield as a king who knew how to fight, seeing the lapses in his command now.

It was truly hard to justify such an honor.

At this time, Frederick II also noticed the situation on the battlefield; it could not be called bad, only incomparably terrible.

Facing this situation, Frederick II suddenly realized a problem: in fact, he should not have issued such a command at all.

He could have completely concentrated his strength to crush the Russian Army's eastern flank first, before continuing to attack the remaining enemy troops.

But he had not realized the obstruction of the terrain and the construction of fortifications; the Russians were stronger than them in this regard.

Their Puluosi Budui actually had no way to overcome such problems to directly threaten.

The Russian Army's western flank.

This was something their reconnaissance troops had not discovered.

Such a mistake put the Puluosi Budui in a very awkward position.

This forced Frederick II to order the cluster infantry to launch a frontal battle against the Russian Army in the form of an assault.

Using powerful attacks to shake off this disadvantage.

Such combat made it impossible for the Puluosi Budui general to mobilize the 13,000 Cossack Cavalry under his command to sweep across the battlefield.

And because he had an affair with a certain vile Cossack noblewoman, he had contracted some embarrassing diseases.

Now, at this time, these annoying diseases suddenly flared up, giving him the urge to bang his head against a wall.

In such a state of itching and pain, his command also became chaotic.

Scattered Puluosi Budui cavalry squadrons attacked the valley from the flanks from time to time, though they were repeatedly repelled by the Russian Cavalry under fire cover.

But because of the general's chaotic command, they still paid a not-insignificant price for it.

At this time, Frederick II issued a death order to another of his generals: "If you cannot break through them, then die on the field!"

Upon hearing this order from Frederick II, this general decided to personally lead his troops to launch a fierce attack.

With astonishing courage and charisma, he quickly rallied the previously scattered Puluosi Budui cavalry and galloped through the Puluosi Budui infantry who were in the middle of reorganizing!

In one stroke, he scattered the Russian Cavalry that had been showing off, which made the Russian general very angry.

At this time, what followed were three other infantry regiments of the Russian Army.

With their powerful firepower and firm will, they neutralized the assault Frederick II had initiated.

Just at this moment, that general whose command had become chaotic finally realized that their cavalry being able to sweep across the Puluosi Budui in one stroke before was a miracle, not a stroke of luck that could happen at any time.

Just then, a terrifying bullet grazed his gauntlet; the cowhide gauntlet was instantly ruined, causing him a horrific wound, and his condition worsened due to this injury.

His mind became muddled, and he was no longer able to continue commanding this battle; having no choice, he could only hand over his command to another brave but somewhat blind cavalry general.

The Prince of Württemberg!

After obtaining command of the battlefield, the Prince of Württemberg personally led a Dragoon Regiment to scout toward the northwest of the valley.

But perhaps because of their blind confidence, or perhaps because his eyesight was truly poor, he actually failed to discover the enemy troops.

By the time he issued his order, his own Dragoon Regiment had long since scattered and fled.

The Prince of Württemberg managed to escape with his life, but after this, he handed over the task of scouting the enemy situation entirely to his subordinates.

However, his entire Dragoon Regiment was killed in action; although he escaped back, he also bore wounds on his body.

Moreover, he was seriously injured, and after holding on for a period of time, the Prince of Württemberg had no choice but to finally give the cavalry command to someone else! The recent transcoding is severe; let us have more motivation to update faster. Please move your little hands to exit reading mode. Thank you.