War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

"Maybe we should consider surrendering."

Dembovsky, who had previously advocated a dead end, said feebly, and Tisovsky soon answered him in an even more feeble tone.

"No, that Hai Nao is a lunatic."

"How did he say?"

"He said we could be shot if we surrendered."

Hearing this, Dembovsky asked with some confusion: "What if we don't surrender?"

"He'll hang us."

"Does it make any difference?"

"Yes, he said that taking a gun is an honorable way to die, and being hanged is a way to die for thieves and gangsters."

"He's quite thoughtful."

The two of them were speechless. The heroic ambition to revive Poland was gone, leaving only fatigue and resentment.

When did it start going downhill? Perhaps the uprising was doomed to fail from the start.

At this time, a cavalryman came back and shouted excitedly.

"We're here! We're here! Our destination is here!"

"Very good!"

"Long live!"

"Victory!"

"Haha! When we get to Dorobichi, I will drink all their wine!"

"I'm going to hit ten tonight!"

"Ha ha!"

The big soldiers shouted excitedly, thinking about the victory. The officers were not happy, because it was difficult to fight a tough battle, especially without heavy weapons, which would cost lives.

I originally wanted to recruit some civilians from the villages and towns along the way, but those damn guys were so clever that they had already disappeared without a trace.

In fact, even with heavy weapons, it is common for the attack to last for dozens of days or even months.

At this time, after the blood on the head dissipated, all that was left was anxiety, but the officers did not dare to show it, because any emotion they had would be infinitely amplified among the soldiers.

Once these militiamen start to flee, they will be like a flood that cannot be stopped. Of course, they may also be unable to move like a frightened flock of sheep.

No matter which situation occurs, it will declare the complete end of this war.

The expected destruction and rebellion did not happen, which made Colonel Monta feel very boring. Although he was only a regiment commander, the number of troops he commanded was no less than that of a brigade commander, and he did not look down upon ordinary generals.

However, Colonel Monta's goal is not to be a small general, he wants to be the marshal of the empire. Although I had participated in some battles before, they were just small fights with no audience.

But this time it was different. Archduke Franz was in this manor. Although he didn't know why the archduke wanted to take risks himself, this was a good opportunity for him and the entire Royal Dragoons.

Therefore, the more enemies there are in this battle, the better, and the more intense it is, the better. As long as the "audience" can be satisfied, their future is guaranteed.

Colonel Monta looked at the non-combatants with great pity, but those "followers" who were usually domineering felt a chill down their spines.

In fact, as soon as he discovered the enemy Vihliu Yasusky's butler, he offered to help. However, Colonel Monta did not trust these guys. Even without Franz's warning, he still hated these scheming guys in front of him. .

Vihliu Yasusky was a little depressed. Why didn't Celestina come back? Are the two still together? How obscene!

Franz set up two modified telescopes in the attic on the top floor. Although they looked exaggerated, the actual magnification was only eight times.

However, this is also the most advanced military telescope at this time, and it is expensive. Therefore, Franz's sniper plan is very difficult to implement, and it still mainly uses double scopes and triple scopes.

In fact, in addition to the double mirror and triple mirror, the Austrian military also has a bunch of 1.5x mirrors and 2.5x mirrors that cut corners.

At first, Franz let Doubler lead the team to conduct research freely, and the result was the kind of ultra-long sight that appeared during the American Civil War.

This kind of ultra-long sight is not only expensive, but also has worrying accuracy. What's terrible is that it is inconvenient to carry and even more difficult to maintain.

Problems with the material of the early lens made it very fragile. If you are not careful, it will be damaged or the lens will be scratched.

(I will add a picture here later.)

Fortunately, Franz invited Carl Zeiss over, which greatly accelerated the development process. Since Carl Zeiss came to Austria during his college days, his knowledge level at this time was much higher than at the same time in history.

At the same time, Franz also contributed. He directly drew a schematic diagram of a modern sniper scope and gave it to the development department.

This made the entire research progress develop by leaps and bounds, and soon the first batch of sniper scopes with practical significance were developed under the leadership of this young expert who was only thirty years old.

The only thing left is to reduce costs and start promotion. However, large-scale promotion is not realistic because the mirror technology is not mature enough at this time. At least before World War II, it was impossible to equip the army with sniper scopes on a large scale.

In the attic, Colonel Bordeaux, Miss Mia, Lakshmi Pai were also there, including of course Miss Celestina who was tied up.

"There are so many people, Archduke Franz, why don't you run away?"

Lakshmi Bai asked inappropriately.

Franz did not answer directly, but asked with some doubts.

"Why are there only so many people?"

Bordeaux answered happily.

"Those Poles are just a bunch of ragtag people. Being able to get here proves that there are still some officers inside. But with such a scattered formation, I'm afraid they will get separated themselves before the fight breaks out."

Mia Artiles was a little nervous. She was fine without looking at the telescope, but she was a little scared when she looked at the telescope.

"Archduke Franz, there is no need for you to personally supervise the battle here, right?"

She tidied up her words. After all, the word "seeking death" was a bit disrespectful, but she really couldn't understand the meaning of doing so.

Supervise the battle, this word is also a bit awkward, but Franz did not go out of his way to correct him, he just said.

"I just want to adapt myself to this scene in advance. After all, there will be many such scenes in the future."

On the battlefield, Polish officers waved their command knives and drove the soldiers into formation. This is not because line tactics can increase firepower or are suitable for sieges.

There is only one reason, which is to facilitate supervision and management. The platoon leader of each platoon can just turn his head to see who is not following and how many troops he still has.

If you don't advance in a queue, it won't take long for the entire team to disperse. Moreover, the morale of the militia is too low, and it is difficult to carry out offensive operations without officers supervising the battle from behind.

The best thing about line tactics for the enemy is that it is easy to see the opponent's troop strength.

"Only more than two thousand people?" Colonel Monta was so angry that he chopped down a small tree with a knife.

The adjutant asked: "Commander, do we still need to carry out the stick order?"

"Fart! Of course you stick to it, you don't even look at who gave the order."

So a defensive battle of 3,000 people against 2,000 people began. In fact, Albrecht in the distance was even more angry because he still had more than 10,000 elite troops ready to respond at any time.