Chapter 1967: Counterattack

At this moment, the Russian Army seized the opportunity to counterattack!

Their cavalry regiments assembled and launched an all-out assault on the Puluosi Budui, fighting them until six o'clock in the afternoon!

The infantry and cavalry of Prussia were all reduced to a state of paralysis.

Seeing this, Frederick II wanted to salvage the outcome of this battle; he hoisted the military flag of the Puluosi Budui and shouted to the soldiers who had long since routed: "If you are still brave warriors, follow me!"

Yet this time, no one answered.

All the soldiers were exhausted, and the fear of death in battle had already occupied their numb hearts.

Continuing to fight was completely impossible, and, having collapsed, they had given up resistance.

Meanwhile, the Russian commander at Youdengbao, Naleishi, also lowered his Telescope; he no longer needed the Telescope to see the scenery on the distant heights clearly.

The once verdant heights were now dilapidated, the soil on the heights having been churned over and over by artillery fire, the earth mixed with blood-red to form a terrifying color.

Looking out, there were corpses everywhere.

He did not know how much damage their troops had sustained in this battle, nor did he know if this battle was a victory, and even less did he know if the Puluosi Budui still had the capacity to attack.

He cast all pessimistic predictions to the back of his mind and said to the generals behind him: "Soldiers, generals, I congratulate you on achieving victory, a total victory!"

At this time, the cavalry of the Russian Army was still pursuing the remnants of the Puluosi Budui.

After experiencing such a battle, Frederick II had no choice but to continue fleeing north.

The remnants gathered at Mierbao were making a final stand, attempting to buy their troops a little bit of time.

However, under the Russian Army's Delu howitzers, Unicorn cannons, and their fierce infantry, this remnant force of only six hundred men was quickly annihilated.

Continuing to flee, Frederick II could no longer extend a helping hand to his remaining troops.

Behind him were the constantly pursuing Russian Army; if he were caught by them, Prussia would be finished!

At this moment, in a precarious situation, Frederick II encountered the 49th Infantry Regiment coming to his support.

Although it was an infantry regiment, they were also equipped with Musket, and they were a new infantry regiment established through the reorganization of engineers.

But these new recruits, who had just arrived on the battlefield, formed a Square Formation like veterans and fought stubbornly until they were crushed by the Russian Army!

At this time, Frederick II and his few attendants were hiding behind these heroic new recruits.

Constantly praying that they could block the pace of the Russian Army.

But the enemy's fierce attack soon swallowed these brave soldiers, and even during the flight, two of Frederick II's beloved horses were killed in battle.

He himself suffered great harm, and a Bullet even struck his chest, but fortunately, there was a cloth bag there, and inside the bag was his gold snuffbox.

It was this snuffbox that saved his life, and during the retreat, the most vicious unit, the Cossack Cavalry, encountered him unexpectedly like a shadow.

Two squadrons of his guard regiment were annihilated!

The commander was captured, the military flag was seized, and the entire unit lost at least more than half of its strength; had it not been for the timely support of the Qiteng hussars, he would likely have been captured alive by the Cossack Cavalry!

Whenever Frederick II recalled this experience later, he would lament that although he had encountered countless crises, this was his most humiliating one!

However, after he learned who the founder of this Cossack unit was, he felt even more how absurd fate was.

The strongest Cossack Cavalry unit of Tsarist Russia was actually one of the few legacies left behind by their German Marshal Mi Ni He. M..

At this time, night had fallen, and the gods in the sky seemed to be in a chaotic battle as well, emitting rolling thunder and illuminating everything on the battlefield.

The Russian Army, having ended the battle, began to search the battlefield for wounded soldiers, killing them to obtain their valuables; this was a plunder from Hell.

As for the fifty thousand soldiers gathered by the Puluosi Budui, only three thousand were now fleeing under the command of Frederick II.

They had discarded all their supplies, and hunger and fatigue clung to them like a viscous monster, telling them with the simplest sensations that they were still alive.

But it would be better to be dead.

The living soldiers not only had to endure the hunger in their bellies but also had to listen to the wails of their comrades beside them; they evaluated themselves this way: they were ghosts in Hell, and everything around them had long since become numb.

Yet this was not the most desperate part; for the Russian Army, they had achieved victory and were temporarily liberated from the war.

But for the Prussian soldiers, their war had not even reached the halfway point.

Even in such a state, Frederick II, wanting to quickly disengage from the battlefield and reorganize his army, still insisted on their most severe Prussian military regulations, using active and strict military discipline to restrain this army that had lost its fighting spirit.

And in order to make a comeback once more.

He also demanded that Major General Fu Lai Ming strictly inspect the defeated soldiers and, except for high-ranking officers and the wounded, forbade any on-the-spot reorganization.

Such circumstances made the already suffering soldiers even more pained.

And after escaping danger, Frederick II immediately handed over the command of the remaining troops to Lieutenant General Ao Gu Si Du and ordered him to take an oath to declare allegiance to his successor, Wei Lian Er Shi!

After finishing all this, he rushed back to the west bank front to continue gathering the troops.

This war was far from over; he needed these surviving forces to defend his own country.

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In this war, the Puluosi Budui deployed a total of 53 infantry battalions, 95 cavalry squadrons, 140 heavy Cannon, and 100 light Cannon, totaling 50,900 men including artillery and engineers, with post-war losses of 19,100 men and 170 Cannon!

The Russian Army deployed 86 infantry battalions, 71 cavalry squadrons, and 248 Cannon, totaling 59,500 men, with post-war losses of 15,500 men!

The Puluosi Budui could be said to have suffered a crushing defeat, but the price of victory paid by the Russian Army was also extremely huge; after this battle, the entire Kungetelong Valley was stained with blood, and the fields were covered with the corpses of soldiers.

After this battle, for a long period of time, the Puluosi Budui and the Russian-Austrian Allied Forces were temporarily unable to continue fighting.

The Russian-Austrian Allied Forces temporarily abandoned the plan to attack Berlin; they needed to regroup and did not further expand their results.

During this period, Frederick II relied on reinforcements from local military and civilians and the collection of defeated soldiers to reassemble the scattered troops.

His troops actually quickly reached a strength of 35,000 men again.

This should have been a happy thing, but for Frederick II, it remained pessimistic; it was just that the lifespan of their troops had been extended from being calculated in days to being calculated in weeks.

Everyone knew that this was clearly impossible.

This war was far from over.

And they had to reassemble their strength and continue to advance and attack toward their respective goals.

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