Chapter 93: Battle of Trento – Counterattack
Chapter 93 – Battle of Trento – Counterattack
A green moon was set above the black fluoroscopic night sky, the bright moonlight poured over the earth, and the black world was gilded with a silver veil.
“Hoo, hoo, hoo ……”
“The wind is picking up!”
The commandos were lucky to catch such a good weather on the first day.
Grigi wasn’t a military buff; to plan a night raid, it was natural to consider multiple factors, and the weather was one of the most important.
Venice area is a typical Mediterranean climate, controlled by the subtropical high pressure belt in summer, the Mediterranean water temperature is lower than the land, so the formation of high pressure, increasing the influence of the subtropical high pressure belt forces.
In winter, the Mediterranean water temperature is relatively high, the formation of low pressure, attracting westerly winds, and make the westerly winds greatly strengthened.
Of course, these specialized sayings were unknown to Lieutenant Colonel Grigi, but having been stationed in the Venetian area for a long time, he knew that this season season Trento was dry with little rain and many winds.
The moon was dark and the wind was killing the night, and this night fulfilled all the conditions. The night and the wind were just enough to conceal the movements of the commando.
“Depart!” Grigi ordered on the spur of the moment
With a single order, the death squad quietly left the barracks, and if anyone paid attention, they would realize that they walked with little sound.
A closer look would reveal that all of the Death Squad members were dressed in black, with their cuffs tied up with rope, and even the boots on their feet were wrapped in cloth.
Anyone with a bit of military common sense would know that this was a specialized night attack.
“What, worried?” Ham asked in a low voice
“Aren’t you too? Tonight’s battle is a gamble on our future, if we succeed the road to generalship is smooth sailing, if we fail we retire early and go home!” Grigi said in a deep voice
“You are worried about these lads, right, if it is only personal future, to be unlucky is also the two of us, you still have the merit of defending the city in, Marshal Radetzky can not afford to let you go home.” Hank pretended to relax and said
Victory and defeat on the battlefield is a common thing, no one can guarantee constant victory and not defeat, as long as it is not because of personal factors that cause the war to fail, usually can be forgiven.
Although Grigi was not a famous general and did not have any natural talent. However, through the previous battles, he had proved to be an excellent mid-level commander.
Marshal Radetzky was worshipped as a military god by the Austrian army, relying not only on his military commanding ability, but also more on the fact that he was notarial and fair in his dealings with people, and liked to promote capable juniors, which was why he was respected by the officers and soldiers.
Since this night attack was approved by him, as long as there were no problems with the execution, then there was no need to worry about being pushed out to take the blame.
This was also the reason why Griji’s three dared to launch this night attack, with a superior who had the responsibility and would not rob his subordinates of their credits, of course they would fight hard.
“Nonsense, are you two able to not worry? These lads were brought up by us, if they fall here, how can we go back and explain to their families?” Grigi said with a frown
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Time passes by, the silent night is only left with the whistling wind, also mixed with the curled up fallen leaves, Griji suddenly felt that this wind is so lovely, like a gift from God.
“It’s almost time, it seems that no accidents happened!”
As he said this, sweat was already running down Griji’s forehead, only he himself knew how much pressure he had just taken on.
The two followed suit and looked at the watch on their hands, revealing a relaxed smile, as long as they weren’t discovered by the enemy in advance, then this night attack was half successful.
“Pass the order down, order all troops to get up and dine immediately, and launch the attack in an hour!” Grigi said seriously
“Tell everyone to pay attention and keep the commotion down for me!” Hank added uneasily
Despite the fact that this place was still a few miles away from the enemy camp, and normal movements wouldn’t be able to startle the other side, they still decided to be careful.
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A signal flare was shot, the horn of attack was blown, guns roared, the Sardinian army that was still sleeping was awakened, and by this time the battle had already started.
General Mercer, who had his beauty sleep disturbed, asked angrily, “What is happening out there?”
“General, the enemy has launched an attack!” The guards outside the door replied nervously
Hearing the news, General Messer lost all sleep and hurriedly got up, put on his uniform with flying speed, and rushed towards the command headquarters.
At this time, the aftermath of the blind expansion of the Sardinian army appeared, a large number of new recruits turned into headless flies in the darkness of the night, scurrying around.
The confusion was contagious and soon spread to the entire army. The pressure of only seeing bullets flying around in the darkness of the night, but not seeing where the enemy came from, was not something these new recruits could withstand.
A stray bullet flying out of nowhere hit a soldier, and the surrounding soldiers habitually pulled the trigger and fired in the direction of the looking self-proclaimed enemy.
General Mercer made a quick setup, and Major General Will, who had just gone out after receiving orders, was the first unlucky one, as a stray bullet flew out of nowhere and hit him right in the chest.
Looking at Major-General Will, who had reached the ground, a chill ran through the hearts of the men, and they involuntarily retreated to the commanding officer’s post, a terrible word coming into their minds-“Camp-whistle!”
General Mercer hesitated for a moment, and instantly drew his sidearm and fired a warning shot, ordering in a stern tone, “I don’t believe that the enemy has already fought their way in; their strength is so small that there must not be many of them who have come to sneak up on them.
Everyone go back to me and command the troops, wipe out the incoming enemy, whoever dares to be a deserter, I will shoot him now!”
In front of the cruel reality, a group of officers apprehensively stepped out of the command headquarters. General Messer’s judgment was good, the enemy that came to sneak attack was indeed small.
However, that was only when the sneak attack was initiated just now, while he was setting up the mission, the Austrian army had already poured out by this time.
The distance of a few miles could not take long. Before they could return to their troops, the decisive battle had already been fought.
“Kill!”
“Kill, kill!”
“Kill kill kill ……”
Sardinian barracks had been immersed in a sea of killing, both from the Austrian army’s attack and even more internally from killing each other.
Night covers all this, this time many people have thought of the battlefield life preservation thirty-six plans, a Sardinian soldier by hand extinguished a nearby oil lamp, soon there are more soldiers to follow the example.
Facts have proved that this is indeed very effective, extinguished the lamp to the ground, as long as the luck is not too unlucky, will not be hit.
Well, they were safe in the darkness, the officers looking for the troops had a headache, in the dark, who knew where the soldiers under their command were ah?
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With the news of black holes filling the air everywhere today, many of our author friends are grinding their fists, ready to take the opportunity to create something.
Hai Yue also responded to the call of everyone, just ready to put pen to paper on the silly eyes, I am writing history, do not let the protagonist advance the theory of black holes?
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(End of chapter)