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Capítulo 1306: Chapter 1211
On the battlefield, over two kilometers wide, the flames among the scattered soldier cluster of the French Army flickered like stars, countless high-speed spinning Minie balls continuously hit the bodies of Austrian soldiers, repeatedly thwarting their charge.
The central few Austrian infantry regiments charged to within less than 30 steps from the French Army, but could no longer hold their ground, starting to drop their weapons one after another and turning to flee for their lives.
As for the soldiers on the flanks, they abandoned the charge after just over ten meters.
There was no choice; the firepower of the French was just too intense.
The accuracy of the rifled guns was frighteningly high, almost hitting once for every four or five shots.
And the loading of Minie balls was also very convenient and quick, the ball was inserted into the gun muzzle and just needed a few taps, basically no different from the smoothbore gun.
This caused the Austrian Army to lose over 2,000 men in just a short stretch of charge, especially the first row of the infantry line, almost entirely wiped out.
Vernick, surrounded by his guards, hastily fled southwest, with his last order being “Have the reserves enter the defensive positions.”
Immediately, Major Nansuti commanded over 700 hussars to cut into the Austrian Army’s left wing.
Since this side collapsed the earliest, the soldiers were already in disarray, and the cavalry could easily weave in and out among them, with the horse saber slicing through bodies at any moment.
The Austrian Army’s left wing became even more terrified, starting to run horizontally to the south to avoid the cavalry.
Yet this blocked the retreat route of the central road soldiers.
Six or seven thousand soldiers thus collided together, pushing and trampling each other, screams endless, resembling a scene from purgatory.
Subsequently, the French Army’s scattered soldier cluster began to expand to both sides, forming a semi-circular encirclement around the Austrian Army.
The Austrian Fairman Corps responsible for the rear guard was so scared by the sight that they didn’t dare engage in battle; after firing a few symbolic shots, they immediately retreated west.
Moro didn’t order a pursuit; his task was to use local penetration to disrupt Archduke Karl’s rear, so it was necessary to end the battle as quickly as possible and then swiftly transfer, otherwise, they could easily be surrounded by enemy forces with superior strength.
You should know, he only had 33,000 men in total, while the entire Venice area had 180,000 Austrian troops.
Oh, now there’s probably less than 170,000 left.
Austrian soldiers who couldn’t flee the battlefield promptly chose to surrender; the vast plain was covered with men kneeling.
Moro glanced at his pocket watch; not even two hours had passed since the battle began.
At five in the afternoon, the French Army threw the weapons and military uniforms of the captured Austrian soldiers into the nearby Bakilioune River, then dispersed them in batches.
Savary’s face turned crimson with excitement as he reported today’s achievements to Moro: “…at least four to five thousand killed, maybe seven thousand, you know, it’s impossible to count.
“The prisoners just dispersed also exceeded ten thousand. We’ve captured 5 officers ranked Major and above.
“The only regret is letting Vernick escape.”
Moro smiled and said, “No matter, his corps is finished.”
Beside him, Nansuti asked, “General, where shall we go next?”
Moro thought for a moment, then asked back, “If you were His Highness Carl Ludwig, where would you most worry we’ll go?”
Nansuti replied without hesitation, “It should be Treviso, General. It’s his most important logistics storage point.”
Moro nodded: “Then we go to Treviso.”
He waved to the Order Officer: “Have everyone rest here, set out north early tomorrow morning. Also, notify Victor and the MacDonald Corps to come back and regroup.”
“Yes, General!”
The next morning, Moro encountered the MacDonald Corps west of Vicenza, the two armies totaling 26,000 soldiers, heading towards Treviso.
Two days later, when they arrived at Konuda Town, they launched a rather half-hearted attack on the small town and were repelled by the more than two thousand Austrian troops defending here.
Then they continued north for over ten kilometers, quickly turning west to cross the Brenta River.
At this point, they were fully located in the heartland of Venice, more than 90 kilometers distant from Verona, yet only over 40 kilometers from northwestwards of Trento.
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