While the Third Army and the Sixth Army were sweeping the outskirts of Munich, Field Marshal Lannes' Fifth Army also launched a fierce attack on the highlands to the north.
It is said that this highland was originally a mountain with a height of nearly 300 meters, but the Bavarian kings of all dynasties have worked **** this mountain and regarded it as one of the most important strongholds for guarding Munich. Slowly the stronghold became a fortress. It is said that this fortress has never been captured since it was built. Even when Munich fell it was still in the hands of the Bavarian army. Several of them were occupied by foreign troops also because of the king's surrender. For example, the Austrians garrisoned this fortress this time because Bavaria had to agree to the Austrian army's garrison under the strong pressure of the Austrian army. The fortress has a nice name—Eagle Day Fortress.
On the fortress, there are more than a dozen old-fashioned fortress guns and a dozen cannons that the Austrian army has only recently moved up. When the French army launched an attack on the fortress, these cannons revealed their embarrassing muzzles, firing rounds of shells at the French army team that was slowly advancing towards the fortress. Numerous French soldiers were torn apart by shells, their bodies were blasted into the air, and blood was spilled everywhere, most of which fell on the French soldiers. Many recruits who had never experienced such a scene couldn't help vomiting.
But fortunately, the cannons of the French army fired in time, suppressing the cannons of the Austrian army by virtue of their numerical advantage. However, because the opponent was protected by a fortress, the French army's cannons could not cause harm to the Austrian army at all. On the contrary, the Austrian army could bombard the French army unscrupulously.
Under the ravages of the Austrian artillery, the French army finally reached the foot of the mountain, and then began to climb the mountain. From a distance, the black and yellow uniforms of the French army are all over the mountains and plains. At this time, a large number of Austrian soldiers fired fiercely at the French army condescendingly from the firing port of the fortress. Countless French soldiers were shot and then rolled down the mountain, and even the soldiers behind him were all smashed down by him. For a while, the French army suffered countless casualties. At this time, the gate of the fortress suddenly opened, and two or three thousand Austrian troops rushed out from the inside. They held bayonets and launched a countercharge against the French army. Unprepared, the French army suffered countless casualties, and finally fled down the mountain in embarrassment after dropping nearly a thousand corpses on the mountain. In less than an hour, the French army actually lost more than 2,000 people.
Marshal Lana stared at the fortress in front of him with a livid face, and said fiercely in his heart: "Is it really an impenetrable fortress? I want to see how many times you can block my attacks." He ordered the artillery: " Give me a hard bang and throw all the shells on it."
At his request, all the artillerymen shook off their shoulders to carry the shells, filled the shells, and then ignited and fired the shells. Hundreds of shells roared and smashed towards the fortress on the top of the mountain. There was a deafening noise and a large cloud of gunpowder smoke. But after the gunpowder smoke passed, the fortress still stood upright as before, as if it hadn't suffered much damage at all. So the cannons of the French army fired again, constantly smashing the shells out. It was not until an hour later that all the artillerymen were exhausted and had no strength to fire. Lana gave the order to stop the shelling, and the infantry attacked again.
This time the French army still organized tens of thousands of people to charge, but halfway through, the artillery of the Austrian army still spoke again, and shells kept falling into the queue of the French army, killing the soldiers who were charging. It's just that the shelling of the Austrian army has also become very sparse, and it seems that there are only a few cannons roaring in total. It seems that the French bombardment still worked.
In desperation, Marshal Lana had to order the troops to retreat. After an inventory, it was found that in a morning's attack, a total of nearly 5,000 heroic French soldiers fell under this fortress. After receiving this battle report, Marshal Lana's heart was bleeding. This is one-eighth of his troops, and it just disappeared. After Napoleon learned of this situation, he was also very angry, and ordered to stop the attack before he thought of a way, and he could not take the lives of the soldiers as a joke.
Throughout the afternoon, Marshal Lana did not find a solution to this problem, so his army did not launch an attack all afternoon. The Austrian army on the mountain saw that the army was afraid of being beaten, and they all cheered. This voice sounded so harsh to the ears of the Fifth Army. Every soldier of the Fifth Army felt a fire in his heart, wishing to fight the Austrian army desperately.
At the military summary meeting in the evening, Lan Shi and Li Yi were both elated, because they had successfully completed the tasks assigned to them by Napoleon, although they relied on the help of others. On the other hand, Marshal Lana, on the other hand, had a livid face, as if he thought that Lanz and Lie were trying to get along with him on purpose, UU reading www. uukanshu.com So he comforted himself in his heart: those two guys just got the help of His Royal Highness Andresi, otherwise they would be the same as him, and even suffered a lot more than himself. Thinking of this made him feel better.
Napoleon made some conclusions about today's battle, and arranged for tomorrow's battle. Finally, I asked Lana: "Your Excellency, Marshal, have you already thought of a way to break through the Eagle Day Fortress? You know that I have been looking forward to it all the time." If you break down the Eagle Day Fortress, then attack Munich Plans will be hindered. Because its existence will seriously threaten the rear of the Second Army, which is mainly attacking the north. The most frightening thing is that the cannons on the fortress can directly hit the city of Munich from a high position, so this is why Ferdinand attaches so much importance to it, and there are not many men. The reason why China's elite troops sent ten thousand there. Similarly, if the fortress is controlled by the French army, then they can directly bombard the vital parts of Munich, which is of great benefit to them. So Napoleon wanted to keep it in his own hands at all costs.
Marshal Lana blushed a little and said, "I'm very sorry, Your Majesty, I haven't thought of a way to capture Eagle Day Fortress yet."
Napoleon glanced at him and didn't say anything else. Instead, he turned his attention to Xiao Jie who was standing aside. He already knew that in this afternoon's battle, the Third and Sixth Army adopted his method to speed up the battle. the completion of the intended target. Then he asked: "My little Andrési, what do you think?"
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