Chapter 755 The Late Enemy

"Maybe we should consider surrendering."

Dembovsky, who had previously advocated a fight to the death, said weakly, and soon Tisovsky answered him in an even weaker tone.

"No, that Heinau is a lunatic."

"What did he say?"

"He said we can be shot if we surrender."

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

"He will hang us."

"Is there any difference?"

"Yes, he said being shot is an honorable death, while being hanged is the death of a thief or a gangster."

"He thought it through quite thoughtfully."

The two were speechless. The ambition to revive Poland was gone, and only fatigue and resentment remained.

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

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

"We're here! We're here! We've reached our destination!"

"Great!"

"Long live!"

"Victory!"

"Haha! I'm going to drink up all their wine when we get to Dorobichi!"

"I'm going to beat ten guys tonight!"

"Haha!"

The soldiers shouted excitedly, imagining victory. The officers were not happy, because siege battles are not easy to fight, especially without heavy weapons, which means they have to sacrifice their lives.

Originally, they wanted to recruit some civilians from the villages and towns along the way, but those damn guys were so cunning that they had already run away without a trace.

In fact, even with heavy weapons, it is common to have sieges that last for dozens of days or even months.

At this time, after the blood on their heads dissipated, only anxiety remained, but the officers did not dare to show it, because any emotion they had would be infinitely magnified among the soldiers.

Once these militiamen start to run away, they will be like a flood that cannot be stopped, and of course they may also be like frightened sheep that cannot move.

No matter what happens, it will announce the complete end of this war.

The expected destruction and rebellion did not happen, which made Colonel Monta feel very bored. Although he was only a regiment commander, the troops under his command were no less than those of a brigade commander, and he did not take ordinary generals seriously.

However, Colonel Monta's goal was not a small general position, he wanted to be an imperial marshal. Although he had participated in some battles before, they were just small fights and there were no spectators.

This time was different. Archduke Franz was in this manor. Although he didn't know why the Archduke took the risk himself, it was a good opportunity for him and the entire Royal Dragoon Regiment.

So the more enemies in this battle, the better, the more intense the better, as long as they could satisfy the "audience", their future would be guaranteed.

Colonel Monta looked at those non-combatants with great regret, while those "entourages" who were usually arrogant felt a chill in their backs.

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

Vihliu Yasuski was a little depressed. Why didn't Celestina come back? Are the two still together? It's really obscene!

Franz set up two modified telescopes in the attic on the top floor. Although they look exaggerated, the actual magnification is 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 is still mainly based on 2x and 3x scopes.

In fact, in addition to 2x and 3x scopes, the Austrian military also has a bunch of 1.5x and 2.5x scopes that cut corners.

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

This kind of super-long sight is not only expensive, but also has poor accuracy. It is inconvenient to carry and difficult to maintain.

The material problem of the early lens made it very fragile. It would be damaged or scratched if not handled with care.

(I will provide a picture here later.)

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

At the same time, Franz also made a contribution. He directly drew a schematic diagram of a modern sniper scope for the development department.

This made the entire research progress leap forward. Soon, under the leadership of this young expert who was only 30 years old, the first batch of sniper scopes with practical significance were developed.

The rest was to reduce costs and start promotion, but large-scale promotion was not very realistic, because the mirror technology was not mature enough at that time, and it was impossible for the army to equip sniper scopes on a large scale at least before World War II.

In the attic, Colonel Bordeaux, Miss Mia, Lakshmi Pai were also there, including the tied-up Miss Celestina.

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

Lakshmi Pai asked inappropriately.

Franz did not give a direct answer, but asked with some doubt.

"Why are there so few people?"

Bordeaux answered happily.

"Those Poles are just a bunch of rabble. The fact that they can get here proves that there are still some officers among them. But with this scattered formation, I'm afraid they will be scattered before the fight starts."

Mia Artiez was a little nervous. It was fine if she didn't look at the telescope, but she was a little scared when she looked at the telescope.

"Archduke Franz, you don't have to supervise the battle here in person, right?"

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

Supervising the battle, the word was a bit awkward, but Franz didn't deliberately correct it, 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 a queue. This is not because the 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 row can see who has not kept up and how many troops he has as long as he turns his head.

If they don't march in a queue, it won't take long for the whole team to fall apart. Moreover, the morale of the militia is too low, and it is difficult to conduct offensive operations without officers supervising from behind.

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

"Only more than 2,000 people?" Colonel Monta was so angry that he chopped down a small tree with a knife.

The adjutant asked: "Captain, do we still have to follow the order to hold on?"

"Bullshit! Of course we hold on, don't you see who gave the order."

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