"Stop shooting in each battalion!"

The Austrian artillery position suddenly calmed down, and the instant contrast made the eardrum and heart increase.

Nizametin gasped heavily, and the other gunners beside him were also sitting on the ground. For the past two hours, they were busy filling the shells into the barrel, and lifting the shells, which were large or small, was a very physically exhausting thing.

The calm lasted less than half a minute, and cheerful military music came from the front. Nizametin knew that his infantry had begun to advance towards the Russian positions.

"I hope those poor infantrymen will not be as cowardly as they did in the previous attack. They will be forced to withdraw when they encounter a ditch!"

After hearing this, everyone burst into laughter. It seemed that the infantry of the 2nd Army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire could not get rid of this joke.

"We still hope that they can successfully fight back the Russians, otherwise we won't want to sleep tonight!" Nizametin took off the black shirt smoked by the launching medicine, revealing his dark and strong muscles. The Hungarian citizen was in a solid state, but his companions all joked that he was shortened by shells.

Soon, the artillery set up triangular tents near the position, and then properly placed the remaining shells not far from the cannon.

Behind the Austro-Hungarian infantry departure position, the soldiers dug a large pit on the ground and then set up a large tent on it. However, they were not going to camp here, but to establish a temporary frontier command here.

Grand Duke Friedrich stood on the edge of the wall of this simple command center and observed the front with a telescope. Under the moonlight, he could probably see the situation on the battlefield clearly. Not long ago, the news that his cavalry encountered the Russian cavalry made him extremely depressed. If the Austrian infantry's attack could not take down the Russian position in front of him, the elderly Grand Duke would be even more shamed.

The advancement of the Austrian infantry seemed to understand this, so their steps seemed to be extra strong and their attack was much stronger than before. With the unremitting bombardment of our own artillery, there seemed to be no sign of anyone moving on the Russian positions, and even the Russian artillery did not fire at the advancing Austrian army like the previous time.

The battlefield was extremely quiet, only the flames left by artillery fire on the Russian positions were still burning silently.

The Austrian infantry continued to advance. When they came to the trench that had hit them, everyone seemed cautious. To their expectations, the Russian trench did not burst out dense bullets like last time. In this strange and calm atmosphere, the Austrian army quickly put up simple pedals on the trench and then stepped over the trench one by one.

Compared with the bodies of many Austrian soldiers on the trench, the trench is obviously much cleaner on the Russian trench. After all, only a few Austrian soldiers crossed the trench in the previous attack, and now the ground there are mostly charred smoke craters.

Grand Duke Friedrich, who was watching the battle in the rear, was more anxious than the infantry in the front. Whether the Russians retreated or had other plans, the answer should be behind the Russian trenches. Grand Duke was looking forward to his soldiers cheering for victory, if his infantry saw the Russians running away after crossing the Russian trenches.

Under the faint moonlight, the Grand Duke saw the first Austrian infantry walking onto the Russian trench at the top of the slope from the telescope, followed by the second and third, more and more soldiers walked to the Russian trench. However, the cheers he had expected did not appear. The soldiers seemed to be looking into the distance, and they seemed to see something special...

The first to climb to the top of the hill were the infantry of Rudiger Battalion of the 13th Infantry Army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They did see something unusual and something that stunned everyone there.

Under the silver-white moonlight, there is a long, thick black line with winding lines several kilometers behind the Russian trenches, and the edges of the lines are almost impossible to see at first glance. There are many small black dots behind the black line, and the black dots are in a state of staticity. Everything there is as quiet as moonlight, making people wonder whether those objects can be moved.

Major Rudiger raised his telescope, and then his hands couldn't help but tremble. He saw that in a place where neither the rifle nor the artillery in the rear were reaching, countless Russian soldiers lined up in a long line, and the white tops of the Russian officers made the black line look a little spotted. He could only see the blurred faces of the Russians from the telescope, but he could feel the murderous aura in the other person's eyes.

The Austrian infantry were at a loss. They didn't know what they should do, nor what the other party wanted to do. However, just a few seconds later, as orange-red Mars appeared on the black spots behind the Russian infantry, experienced Austrian veterans had already felt that the situation was not good. Two red spots broke through the air, and then the whistling sound of artillery shells also stimulated people's eardrums. Many Austrian soldiers had not had time to lie down. Soon, the Russian positions occupied by the Austrian army were bombarded by fierce artillery fire again, but this time they fell shells from another direction.

The black spots behind the Russian infantry were the Russian rapid-fire guns and howitzers. At this time, they were pouring shells into their positions at any cost, and also killing and killing the exposed Austrian soldiers there in large quantities.

Grand Duke Friedrich finally got a report sent back from the front. The Russians gave up the trenches and lined up several thousand meters behind. This seemed a confusing move, but it seemed that the iceberg had already exposed a corner in front of the Grand Duke when his cavalry encountered Russian cavalry on the right wing of the Russian position.

"Oh no!" The Grand Duke cried out in disbelief, "Order the infantry in front to retreat!"

When the news of the Austro-Hungarian cavalry retreating reached the command center, the Austrian infantry in front had just received the news of retreating. Just when the soldiers were still confused by this order, the remaining Austro-Hungarian cavalry had retreated to this area, and behind them, a large number of Russian cavalry also followed.

The retreating Austro-Hungarian cavalry could not organize decent resistance at all, and the main force of the Austrian infantry had already advanced to the Russian positions, and most of the remaining infantry and machine guns were deployed in the direction facing the Russian positions. In this case, the Russian cavalry began to sweep the Austrian artillery positions and infantry departure positions as if they were in an unmanned territory.

The innocent and helpless Austrian artillery had to scatter all over the place. The pitiful weapons they had only had no choice but to fight against the cavalry. Soon, on the open space, beside the cannons, and around the tents, were covered with wounded Austrian soldiers, especially some white tents, which were red in blood from the gunners. The entire artillery position became in a mess. Except for the heavy cannons still in place, the horses pulling the cannons and the cannons were madly loaded around. Most of the tents where the artillery soldiers camped and the camp hangars where the ammunition were stored were hit and trampled.

The Austrian artillery began to drop the cannons and evacuate the position, but their legs could not race against the Russian war horses. More and more people were chopped to the ground by the swords of the Russian cavalry. The brutal guard cavalry had no idea to contain prisoners of war. Even if the Austrian artillery had already surrendered, their saber would cut down mercilessly. The near the Austrian artillery position suddenly became a human area, and the screams of the Austrian-Hungarian coalition soldiers were heard.

Nizametin picked up an engineer shovel and wanted to do something. At this moment, a Russian cavalry also discovered the strong man holding the shovel like a dwarf elves. He rushed out of the cavalry formation alone, waved his saber in his hand and started sprinting from more than 50 meters away from Nizametin. The horse's hooves quickly stepped on the ground with a burst of dust.

The angry Nizametin did not retreat, but stood firmly in place, holding the engineer shovel covered with dirt in his hand.

The saber hit the engineer shovel and made a crisp "defying" sound. The Russian saber broke, and the iron troops of Nizametine's engineer shovel also had a deep gap. The huge vibration made his tiger's mouth numb.

The Russians seemed ashamed of the quality of their swords, threw the broken sword to the ground fiercely, rushed straight towards Nizametin, preparing to use the body of the war horse under their crotch and the huge impact in high-speed movement to hit the dwarf elf in front of them.

Without facing the Russian cavalry without a sword, Nizametin dexterously avoided the impact of Russian war horses again and again. He seized the opportunity of the Russians passing by, and quickly waved the engineer shovel with his strong and favorable arms, and even snapped the Russian cavalry in one go.

The frightened Russian war horse ran wildly into the distance. With a nervous and excited mood, Nizametin walked to the Russian man, but found that the guy had fainted. At this time, Nizametin looked up and observed the surroundings. He found that the battlefield here was completely dominated by the Russian cavalry, so he quickly searched the Russian cavalry, but only found a short dagger and a few Russian coins. He quickly stuffed these things into his pocket, threw the shovel and fled backwards.

In front of the Austrian artillery position, the starting position of the Austrian infantry was also attacked by the Russian cavalry. Grand Duke Friedrich used the 60,000 infantry and cavalry that had not yet attacked to form a temporary and thin line of defense, while the 130,000 infantry that had already rushed to the Russian position were blocked at the other end of the battlefield by Russian artillery fire and cavalry.

The Austrian infantry had to use rifles and bayonets to fight against the Russian cavalry running at high speed. Their machine guns and iron trucks became the most effective weapons to fight against the cavalry, but the huge gap did not allow them to successfully block the Russian Guards cavalry. In front of some Austrian machine gun positions, the Russians did not retreat because of the fall of some cavalry in front, and instead launched an attack from all directions at the same time. The effect of the moonlight offsets the advantages of the Russian cavalry's clothing. The Austrian bullets could not hit the Russian cavalry in the distance very accurately. With the flat terrain here, the Russians gradually gained the upper hand. Grand Duke Friedrich and his infantry were compressed into a small area, and used bayonets to desperately resist the repeated attacks of the Russian cavalry.

Under the soft and bright moonlight, the Austro-Hungarian infantry stranded on the Russian positions could clearly see their way back, but the road was covered with thorns.

At this time, most of the main forces of the Austrian infantry had crossed the trenches and retreated to their own positions again. Most of the soldiers lined up in neat rows under the command of the officers, using rifles and bayonets to resist the attacks of the opponent's cavalry like infantry in the Napoleon era. The Austrian infantry, who had no time to form a formation, were brutally killed by the Russian cavalry. The other Austrian soldiers in the infantry phalanx seemed very helpless. Apart from shooting at the Russian cavalry approaching them, they could only endure the heart-wrenching wails from their companions.

Although the Russian cavalry was helpless with the Austrian infantry phalanx, they wandered back and forth in groups like wolves, not far from the Austrian infantry phalanx, and took action with small groups of Austrian infantry, once they had a suitable target, they would pounce without hesitation.

The remaining Austrian infantry could only keep the phalanx moving forward carefully, their queues were neat and compact, and their pace was heavy and slow.

The Rudiger Battalion, which was the first to board the Russian trenches, became a guard force at this time. The soldiers lay on the edge of the trenches and watched the number of fearful Russian infantry slowly advance towards them. What Rudiger Battalion and other guard forces had to do was to use rifle bayonets and flesh to block the Russian infantry forces with all their strength before their main forces retreated to safety. However, the Russian artillery fire alone had already pressed them down so hard that they could hardly raise their heads. The Russians were still in a dense formation because they knew that these poor Austrian infantry did not have many machine guns. If it were German troops, these Russians would not dare to be so arrogant.

As the Russians expected, the Rudiger camp did not carry the bulky Maxim heavy machine gun, and the number of light machine guns in the Austro-Hungarian army can be described as scarce. Rudiger's soldiers tediously and repeatedly pulled the bolts and then lowered the muzzle. The Russians' dense queues saved them the aiming link, but the bullets they fired seemed to have little effect on the "black tide" ahead.

2000 meters! Russian infantry began to speed up.

1000 meters! Russian infantry began to trot.

500 meters! After the roar of "Ula", the Russians began to charge.

200 meters! Austrian soldiers stopped shooting, they climbed out of the trench with bayonets, and the last moment had arrived.

50 meters! The Austrian soldiers can finally see each other's faces clearly. The Russian faces with different appearances under the yellow cloth hats and felt hats look so cold. Their bright and slender bayonets also have the same cold color. The same slender bayonets in front of the Austrian soldiers have never used since the beginning of the attack. Now, they can finally play a role that matches this era.

A small piece of blue colour poured into the black tide, and in a flash there was no trace.

Behind them, the main force of the Austrian infantry was still advancing slowly under the interference of the Russian cavalry.

When the main Russian infantry force shouted to launch an attack from behind, they couldn't help but speed up their pace, and the team was not as neat and orderly as it was at the beginning.

The Russian artillery fire stopped shooting before their infantry attacked back to their positions. Originally, there were only the sound of horse hooves of Russian cavalry, the sound of rifle shooting and chaotic footsteps in the Austrian infantry formation, but after the Russian army shouted and started charging, everything was covered by this sound.

The Austrian troops lined up in neat rows and slowly advanced, while the Russian infantry rushed forward with bayonets. The pedals of the Austrians on the trench became tools for more Russians. Some wooden boards and ladders prepared by the Russian soldiers could be thrown into the garbage dump.

As the Russian infantry chased them closer and closer, the Austrian officers and soldiers finally stopped their pace. The neat square formation had to make a 180-degree turn, like a warship floating in the sea surrounded by sharks. At this moment, they had to face the impact of another warship. As long as the queue was dispersed, the Russian cavalry, who were as fierce as the sharks, would come up without hesitation to tear their prey. Judging from the current situation, this ending was inevitable.

Amid the commands of the officers, the Austrian soldiers picked up the rifles in their hands with helplessness and worry. A black tide composed of Russian infantry was rushing towards them, while the large number of Russian cavalry cut off the attempts of Austrian soldiers to come up to support them. The infantry leaving the positions and queues seemed powerless to face the cavalry in such plain areas.

"Rise the gun..."

At a distance of 500 meters, the Austrian soldiers in the front row quickly squatted down and aimed, while the soldiers in the second row stood and raised their rifles.

"shooting!"

Amid the gunshots of the Austrian army like raindrops, the Russian infantry rushing to the front fell one after another.

“Go forward in the back row!”

When the Russians rushed to a distance of 400 meters, the Austrian soldiers in the third and fourth row had already moved to the front row. They shot at the Russian crowd again according to the previous soldiers' movements.

The Russians fell down a little again, but the people behind them stepped on their companions' bodies without blinking and continued to move forward.

"Rise the bayonet..."

Some of the Austrian soldiers held their breath, some took deep breaths, and everyone was making final preparations for the upcoming battle.

“Go ahead slowly!”

The huge Austrian military formation began to move, and the soldiers raised their rifles obliquely and advanced slowly.

"charge!"

Oh...

A trembling cry broke out from the Austrian army. The soldiers held the rifles in their hands and rushed forward side by side with their companions.

The Russian army was already panting after jogging for such a distance, but they accelerated again and collided violently with the Austrian army amid the same deafening roar.

Under the moonlight, a black tide was like hitting huge reefs.

When the fierce hand-to-hand combat began, the two sides seemed evenly matched, but with the addition of Russian cavalry, the black wave quickly gained the upper hand. Although the remaining part of the Austrian cavalry also joined the chaotic battle situation, their efforts seemed so powerless.

Seeing this scene, Grand Duke Friedrich felt deeply desperate. At this time, he was powerless to save the Austro-Hungarian infantry that were attacked by Russian infantry and cavalry. Sending more infantry to increase the Russians' achievements. Under the protection of a group of Austrian cavalry, Grand Duke hurriedly left the battlefield. The other Austro-Hungarian soldiers who remained on the starting position had no intention of fighting anymore. They followed their commander and began a major retreat along the way they came.
Chapter completed!