Outside the woods where the forward command post of the Ottoman army's left wing was located, Grand Vizier Mustafa Koprulu stood on the carriage of a four-wheeled carriage, holding a telescope and looking at the scene opposite. He saw himself with his own eyes

The subordinates rushed towards the seemingly thin Austrian defense line in a dense formation, and were immediately killed one by one by the enemy. It was impossible to estimate the number of dead people. The originally high morale of the Yenicherry Army soldiers had also fallen into panic.

The people in front had already turned around and fled, while the people behind did not know the situation and were still surging forward in groups.

One after another, one forward and one back, they collided violently, and they immediately fell into chaos.

Seeing this scene, Grand Vizier Mustafa Koprulu already felt that something was wrong!

The Austrians were much stronger than he thought. After being bombarded for such a long time, and facing the massive impact of the Yenicherry Army, they were able to hold on without moving at all. Not only did they hold still, but they also gave the attacking Yeni

Cherry warriors with huge damage!

This shows that the army that Archduke Henry of Austria hastily expanded is not a mob at all, but an elite with combat effectiveness. But how did Archduke Henry train the conscripted farmers and citizens into elite soldiers in a hurry?

Just when Archbishop Mustafa Koprulu couldn't figure out how the Austrians could fight so well, cheers of "Hula! Hula!" suddenly came from the front. This was the Austrian infantry charging.

!

Mustafa Koprulu quickly raised his telescope higher and aimed it at the place where the shouts came from. He saw rows of white-coated soldiers carrying flintlock rifles with bayonets, coming out from behind the parapet, and again

They surged across the trench, then adjusted their formation slightly, and then rushed towards the chaotic Ottoman soldiers in company lines.

In the process of engaging the enemy, their formations were maintained very well. Everyone seemed unhurried, and no one fired randomly. They just approached unhurriedly, and then stood up as a team. At the officer's command,

Level your musket, fire a salvo, and finally launch a hand-to-hand charge!

"Damn it," Mustafa Koprulu cursed. He witnessed the whole process of an Austrian infantry company advancing, reorganizing, firing, and charging. He was immediately shocked by their performance.

Even the most elite Yenicheri warriors cannot reach this level!

Not even during training, let alone on the battlefield?

The personal martial arts of the Yenicheri warriors are definitely better than those of these Austrians. They are all professional soldiers who have been trained for a long time. They are proficient in shooting, swords, spears, bows and arrows, horseback riding and other skills. They can undertake very difficult combat tasks, such as reconnaissance and night attacks.

, siege, ambush.

But their discipline and formation are completely incomparable to the Austrian line infantry!

Moreover, the outstanding personal combat skills of the Yenicheri warriors did not seem to be of much use in front of the Austrian positions, artillery, and rifled guns.

"Retreat temporarily!" Knowing that this wave of attacks had completely failed and there was no point in persisting, I had no choice but to give the order to retreat.

In fact, there was no need for him to give orders at all. The Ottomans' first wave of attacks could not proceed at all. They had been defeated by their opponents and had to withdraw and reorganize.

Now that they had received the order from the Grand Vizier, the Yenicheri soldiers who were still resisting desperately retreated like the tide.

Of course, it was only the first wave of offensive organized by Mustafa Kopululu that was repelled!

This great vizier has a full 20,000 Yenicheri warriors on hand, and he still has the capital to fight!

The Lakeside Battlefield was only a component of the Lakeside Danube Battle. For the Ottoman army, their attack on the Lakeside front line was just a feint attack and there was no need to be too desperate.

However, Mustafa Koprulu did not want to fight, but the Austrians on the opposite side worked hard and took the opportunity to pursue them, stepping on the corpses of the Ottomans.

Seeing that his tenth battalion of Yenicheri officers and soldiers were being beaten so badly that they were about to turn from an organized retreat into a full-scale rout. Mustafa Kopurulu had to order his artillery to immediately

Fire expensive explosive shells to stop the Austrian attack.

"Breaking through, breakthrough!"

At the same time that the left-wing feint attack force under the personal command of Mustafa Kopurulu fired explosive bombs, the center of the Ottoman army under the command of Mustafa Kara successfully achieved a breakthrough!

It seems that the strategy of "pulling the two wings and breaking through the middle" agreed upon by Mustafa Kopululu and Mustafa Kara has achieved some success.

The center of the Austrian army's defense line was quite empty. After Mustafa Kara concentrated 120 artillery pieces for 40 minutes of fierce bombardment, there were signs of collapse. The brave and capable Mustafa Kara Pasha immediately seized the opportunity.

, decisively invested 15 battalions of Yanichery officers and soldiers and launched a fierce attack!

Although they were also shot by the Austrians with accurate rifled guns, fired several rounds of volleys by the Austrians with muskets, and suffered a burst of shotguns, the losses were not small!

But the offensive of the officers and soldiers of Jenichery was not broken. These brave soldiers shouted slogans and bravely rushed into the Austrian position with all kinds of ammunition. Then they launched their best attack

They fought hand-to-hand and finally won, driving the Austrians from their position...

Just when Mustafa Kala was ecstatic and wanted to order the Tatar cavalry assigned to his command to attack, one of his staff officers came to him and reported: "Pasha, we have another attack behind the Austrian defense line."

Found a new line of defense!”

"What? There is a defensive line behind the defensive line?"

"Yes...it seems there are more than one!"

More than one? Mustafa Kara was a little speechless. Why do these Austrians like to build fortifications so much?

"Let me go and take a look!" Mustafa Kara did not dare to attack rashly, so he had to go to the front line with a small number of guards, and arrived behind a parapet that had just been captured by his men.

When he arrived at the place, he discovered that the Austrian defense lines were layered... Behind the first parapet, there were many ring fortifications, strongholds and another parapet!

I don’t know if there will be a third line of defense behind the second parapet? If this fight continues, when will it end?

But it won’t work if we don’t fight. There are still many banks in Vienna waiting to be robbed!

And if Austria is not defeated, the Czech Republic and Upper Hungary will also collapse!

So this battle must be won now!

Mustafaka was heartbroken and ordered his infantry to continue the attack.

Another ten battalions were ordered to begin a three-sided siege of a circular fortification blocking the advance path of the Ottoman army.

The battle around the ring fortifications was still fierce. Although the Austrian defenders were not large in number and did not have artillery, they did have a lot of Yeager rifles, and they shot accurately and hard, especially targeting Ottoman officers!

They actually repelled two attacks from the Ottomans in succession.

However, Mustafa Kara's third round of offensive was still successful!

Probably because the ring fortification was too big and the defenders were too few. So after withstanding two rounds of fierce attacks launched by the Ottomans, the number of defenders was further reduced, and they could no longer defend it!

Seeing the flags painted with pots and pans being planted on the commanding heights of the ring fortification, Mustafa Kara once again led his staff and guards forward to the ring fortification that had just been captured.

Then, despite the dissuasion of several regimental commanders and staff officers, he went to the front again and lay down behind the parapet made of sandbags to observe the second line of defense of the Austrian army ahead.

At this time, the skirmishers of the Jenichery Army were launching a tentative attack. Several hundred people pulled out a loose array and fired their guns at a distance of one or two hundred yards outside the Austrian defense line. However, the Austrian army's counterattack firepower was sparse.

, even if the skirmishers of the Janissary Army approached step by step, they would not be able to fire off a heavy rain of bullets.
Chapter completed!