New Shun 1730

Originally, the Austrian army thought that they could end the battle with victory with a little more effort, but their morale was already in disarray.

The Prussian army, which had turned into a horizontal formation, fired two shots at the Austrians who were huddled together in complete chaos, accompanied by military music and war drums, like a drill performance, with the ultra-high firing rate of four to five reloads per minute that the Prussians were proud of.

A horizontal formation of 12,000 people, two volleys.

The battle ended here.

The hit rate was not high at this time. The Prussians' tactics were fast firing rates, so they would not emphasize a close-range volley like the British.

But even so, the two volleys instantly broke the Austrians' left wing. More than 4,000 Austrian soldiers were hit by these two volleys, and instantly lost one-sixth of their total strength, and the battle was declared over.

At the same time as the front line collapsed, Prussia's most vulnerable and relatively the worst cavalry in Austria sent out the remaining troops to bypass the battlefield after being driven away from the battlefield.

Now, this cavalry that had gone around the rear also knew that the opportunity had come. They rushed towards the position of the Austrian commander.

The front line collapsed, and the commander's position was attacked again.

Originally, Prussia, which lacked cavalry, could not have fought a decisive battle.

But when the commander's position was attacked, the young Prince of Lorraine was already panicked, and in a panic he ordered the entire army to withdraw from the battlefield. In fact, it was just running away.

At this time, if the right-wing cavalry that had not collapsed yet was sent out to desperately attack the Prussian reinforcements and buy time for the central infantry to withdraw from the battlefield, there would still be a chance to withdraw most of the troops.

However, the only reason he could become the Austrian commander was because he was the brother-in-law of the Austrian queen.

Not all foreign relatives are useless, but how many Wei Qings and Huo Qubings are there among foreign relatives in ancient and modern times?

At 10:15, the Prussian reinforcements appeared.

At 10:50, Austria collapsed across the board.

Prince Lorraine fled with his men, without organizing a retreat under defeat conditions. Of course, if he had such a skill, the battle would have ended with Austria's victory an hour ago.

Fourteen thousand Austrian soldiers laid down their weapons and surrendered, and only six thousand actually died in the battle.

The Prussian side also lost nearly six thousand people.

Although the death toll was similar, it was an annihilation battle that was definitely enough to be recorded in history, an annihilation battle that turned the tables in a completely adverse situation at the beginning.

When the battle was coming to an end, the staff officer of Dashun wrote a paragraph on paper with a pen, which was the information that Liu Yu urgently needed.

The first part roughly introduced the process of the entire battle, and the second part wrote about the results of the battle, as well as a small part of the subsequent speculation on the strategy of taking over the task.

"…The above is the process of the entire battle."

"The Prussians won the victory, but lost all their cavalry and 80% of their horses. There are less than a thousand organized cavalry left. It seems to be a victory, but the Prussians are no longer able to fight, at least before reorganizing the cavalry, it is impossible to launch any form of offensive."

"The command level and tactical quality of the Austrians are laughable. But I believe that the garrisons of the colonies of various European countries must be worse than these Austrians and are really vulnerable. The Austrian army suffered a devastating blow, but their cavalry ran away."

"We talked to Frederick about some of the things that the Whale Marquis said in Weihai, such as artillery , the use of cavalry. It touched him greatly. From the end of the battle to the time I wrote, he had been asking about the cavalry after the reform of the Celestial Empire. "

"Especially cautious, he asked how we defended against the tide of Mongolian irregular cavalry, relying solely on infantry and artillery."

"From these points, Frederick was extremely worried about the lack of cavalry."

"And after asking about the cavalry and infantry, Frederick also satirized the French national arrogance and the high-handedness that made him sick. It seemed to be an attitude that was revealed unintentionally. "

"From the news we have received from the Bohemian and Silesia military formations these days, the Austrian side precarious."

"Although Count Kfenschler of Austria led the Northern Italian Army and the Hungarian Army to capture Munich, dividing the anti-Austrian alliance into two parts. Among them, the main force of the Bavarian Elector is in Frankfurt; the main force of France is in Prague; the main force of Prussia is in Chatuchitz, which is only more than 200 miles away from Prague where the French army is stationed. In fact, there is no obstacle for the Prussian and French armies to join forces."

"But considering their logistics methods...Excuse me for being blunt, the French and Prussian armies may not choose to join forces, but may be mutually supportive."

"The current situation is like this: the Bavarian army is in Frankfurt, and the French army and the Prussian army are in Frankfurt and Prague. Between the two cities, there are the troops of Count Kfenschler of Austria. He occupied Munich and effectively blocked the French and Bavarian corps from joining forces. "

"If we use the land of our dynasty as an analogy, Bohai and Shandong are Austria. The French army is in the capital, the Prussian army is in Tianjin, and the Bavarian army is in Wutai Mountain. The main Austrian army is in Baoding Prefecture, cutting off the connection between the north and the south. Austria still has spare strength, either from Bohai or from Cangzhou Prefecture, and the Prussian army will bear the brunt. "

"But if they work together, the Prussian army will advance from Tianjin with the French army to Baoding Prefecture, and the Bavarian army will attack Baoding Prefecture from Wutai to the west. If the main force of the Austrian Prince of Lorraine is not destroyed, it can be said that the center is blooming; but now that this army has been destroyed, it is like catching a turtle in a jar. "

"Or if the Prussian army now adopts the tactic of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, and moves down the river to threaten Bratislava and Vienna, forcing Count Kfenschler's North Italian Army and Hungarian Army to return, France and Prussia will unite as one , set up an ambush, and the Bavarian Army follows closely to outflank it, then the last organized field army in Austria will be destroyed, and the dismemberment of Austria is a foregone conclusion. "

"But...it is unknown whether the French and Prussian armies can unite as one. Before I came, Marquis Jing mentioned the contradictions in the checks and balances between countries. If Prussia is worried about France becoming bigger, it will withdraw from the war once peace is made."

"Then, if the Prussian army in Tianjin withdraws, the road from Bohai to the capital will be wide open; if the Austrian army in Baoding moves north to the capital, the French army in Prague will become a lone army and may be eaten at any time."

"Therefore, Prussia's attitude determines the direction of the war. If Prussia is determined to dismember Austria and does not hesitate to make France bigger, then Austria's strongest field army will be a turtle in the urn; but if Prussia is worried about France becoming bigger, it will withdraw after taking Silesia. Then the French Army of Prague is the turtle in the urn.”

"How this matter will go, we still need to decide on our own."

"As for the fact that rocks from other mountains can attack jade, the three of us think that there is no way to judge. But the Austrians need a staff, and the Prussians need to practice how quickly their battalions can change formations."

"And, they all need a systematic artillery construction."

"In fact, their artillery level is far inferior to that of the French army, and their understanding of the use of artillery is not correct. I will tell you in detail when I get back."

"According to what the Marquis said, the Beijing Academy of Sciences system originated from Leibniz, and Leibniz was the president of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. Artillery is closely related to mathematics. I have always felt that Prussian artillery must be the strongest, but In fact, the mathematical level of their artillery officers makes it difficult to imagine that Leibniz was the president of the Berlin Academy of Sciences..."

"After this battle, the Prussians are likely to take a detour just like the experience I gained in returning to the country in the southwest. I personally feel that they may be more inclined to disperse the artillery among the infantry and choose more Light support artillery will not focus on the concentrated use of artillery like ours. Because the experience of this battle is that infantry dominates the battlefield, artillery is best to become an auxiliary to the infantry - and the Austrians will use grenadiers. The effect of using it separately with artillery seems to be good, and it has basically destroyed the defensive forces. "

"I think they will pay a price for this, just like the military experience we gained from returning to the land in the southwest has also cost us. I firmly believe that Jinghou's artillery system and usage ideas are the right ones. of."

While the Prussian army was still cleaning the battlefield, the staff officer finished writing the letter and handed it into the hands of one of the three people, asking him to set off overnight and immediately inform Liu Yu of the outcome of the battle in Amsterdam.

This place is a long way from Amsterdam, but the staff officer who sent the letter flew the banner of Dashun, and people along the way have already been arranged to respond.

True to the eight-hundred-mile speed, the battle ended on May 17, and on May 23, the news had reached Amsterdam.

At this time, Amsterdam did not know the situation on the battlefield or even the Battle of Chatuxitz.

Of course, even if we knew about it, there would be no shock on the stock exchange, because the Netherlands has not declared war yet and is sitting on both sides. But if war is declared early, the stock exchange will definitely be shaken once the news comes.

After Liu Yu got the intelligence from the front line, he compared it with the accurate longitude and latitude map obtained from the French and drawn by Galileo's Jupiter method, and looked at the situation of the warring countries above, and he was very excited.

"Excellent! Come here, serve the wine!"

In the excitement, I asked someone to bring the wine and drank a drink with a few confidants around me. I couldn't help but feel proud.

"The Celestial Empire has stepped out of Manlajia and set sail to the west of the South Seas, starting today!"

Things have become eight points, or even nine points.

Others didn't know it at this time, but how could Liu Yu not know Frederick's "credibility"?

In other words, if Prussia wants to be the protagonist in this era of great strife, and be destined to become one of the Seven Heroes, it can only choose a "disreputable" diplomatic method.

If Austria is strong, Prussia will be finished.

France is strong, but Prussia still has to finish.

Just like the story of the "Eighteen-Way Alliance of Lords" that has happened countless times in the land of China, they may be closely united in adversity, but once the times are good, the alliance is not far from falling apart.

These staff officers saw very accurately that the Prussians had lost all their cavalry and horses, and now they had become a barrier between the French army and the Austrian Home Army. Frederick would soon withdraw from the war. Because, from the beginning, Prussia wanted to accept British mediation. It was the Austrians who refused to accept it and refused to cede Silesia, so they had to fight.

If you seek peace through war, peace will exist.

Austria, which originally had a tough attitude, not only lost a main field army after this battle, but also the North Italian and Hungarian armies stationed in Munich were surrounded by the three armies of Bavaria, France, and Prussia. middle.

Prussia originally wanted to talk and accept mediation. Now it seems to have won, but it has lost almost all its cavalry and has no ability to attack again.

The Austrians don't want to talk, don't want to accept mediation, and now the situation makes the strongest field army precarious. At this time, they will inevitably choose to accept mediation and negotiate with Prussia.

For Liu Yu, this is the opportunity he has always wanted: to make the Dutch feel that a big bargain has come! The Republic of the Seven Provinces cannot beat the Franco-Prussian alliance, and the British allies are afraid that Hanover will be captured by the Prussian army and dare not declare war on France and Prussia. If Prussia withdraws from the war, Britain can certainly join the war. In addition to the Netherlands and Austria, three countries beat up one France. How can such a bargain not be taken?

The Regent Oligarchs want to take it, and the Orange Party also wants to take it. The Consul's throne, which was originally a bit difficult to handle, has instantly become a hot commodity. The "tributary state" issue, which the two factions originally had the same idea and wanted to deal with in a low-key manner, has become "concerning the state system, the dignity of the motherland, and selling out the country for profit."