Chapter 752: Divine Soldiers Descend From the Sky

Chapter 753 Divine Weapons Fall from Heaven

Segur also solemnly stated: "Austria should be fully responsible for any consequences in the Wallonia region."

Amid the discussion among the Hessian nobles, Segur ended his speech, left Malburg and rushed to Würzburg.

On the day he left, newspapers in Upper Hesse published the news that "Vienna tore up the DMZ agreement, and the Walloon Chamber of Commerce requested French intervention."

Before coming to Upper Hesse, Segur had traveled around most of the German states day and night, giving no less than 20 speeches, letting all countries know that it was Austria that provoked the war for no reason, and France Will fight to the end.

Austria officially declared war on France on the day after the French government publicly stated that it would accept Wallonia's request and would send troops to Wallonia.

On the same day, Britain declared war on France on the grounds that "France was maliciously destroying the sugar market."

Subsequently, Prussia, Hanover, the Netherlands, and other countries also openly declared war on France.

Among them, Prussia and the Netherlands have alliance treaties with Britain and must send troops to assist Britain.

Thuringia, Lower Hesse, and Tuscany participated in the war against France at the request of Prussia and Austria.

Three days later, the diplomatic representatives of these countries signed an agreement in Potsdam, announcing the formation of an "anti-French alliance" that "will jointly safeguard the existing order on the European continent."

France immediately struck back and declared war on all members of the anti-French alliance.

The whole of Europe was instantly plunged into the flames of all-out war.

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Wavre.

The sound of artillery in the north of the city has not stopped since dawn. It has just been three days since the Walloon Chamber of Commerce requested France to send troops, but the Walloon police team is clearly unable to support it.

At this time, the northern part of the city was full of Austrians, and the police relied on the iron ore warehouse in the middle of the city to reluctantly resist.

In fact, if Count Radesky hadn't been worried about destroying Wavre's factory and was somewhat restrained, he would have controlled the entire city at this time.

Walloon District Chief Superintendent Gayar could not help but frown deeply as he listened to his subordinates' report on the casualties.

After three days of fighting, police casualties were close to 500. It is extremely rare for a non-military organization to be able to survive such a casualty ratio without collapse.

What's even more terrible is that this morning a group of Austrian hussars raided the police artillery position and destroyed all their cannons.

So now the Austrian artillery can approach and fire unscrupulously, while the police defense line continues to retreat, and casualties have also increased significantly.

Gayard knew that the Walloon police were stretched to their limits.

After discussing with several senior police officers, he said to his deputy:

"Order everyone to abandon Wavre. The people from the Fur police station are responsible for breaking up, and the others will immediately retreat to Namur."

"Yes, sir!"

Gayar raised his head again, looked at the city he had fought for for several days, sighed and said:

"I hope the French army can reach Namur in time."

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, a large number of police officers withdrew from the south side of Wavre, retreating toward Namur in frustration amid the roar of gunfire behind them.

However, they had just walked less than two kilometers when the faint sound of horse hooves could be heard in front of them.

The police had little combat experience and their morale was low at this time, so they completely ignored the reconnaissance matter.

When Gayard could already use his telescope to see the flag of the Austrian Derna Cavalry Battalion appearing in the south, he realized that he had been intercepted by the enemy.

After a while, another mounted policeman came to report that Austrian infantry had also been spotted on the east and west sides.

Since they had just rushed to conduct reconnaissance, the enemy was only less than 600 steps away from them at this time.

Gayar's heart tightened, and he was about to order preparations for defense, but he saw the extremely tired looks on the soldiers' faces.

He shook his head and said to the deputy: "That's it, the boys have tried their best.

"Raising the white flag, they should not have to suffer more sacrifices..."

At this moment, the hoofbeats of the previously extremely neat Austrian cavalry suddenly became chaotic, and then gradually weakened, as if something made them stop.

Immediately, a mounted policeman came galloping over and said to Gayar:

"Sir, the Austrian infantry on the west side has begun to gather westward."

Gayar was startled. He was retreating south, but the enemy's infantry was heading west. Didn't this clear the way?

He hurriedly said to the mounted policeman: "Continue to conduct reconnaissance, quickly! Go to further places to have a look."

"Yes, sir!"

Before the scouts could return, Gayard heard the sound of horse hooves coming again from the south.

He stood on horseback and looked through his binoculars, but was surprised to find that the hundreds of hussars turned westward.

The road to Namur is completely clear!

Although he didn't understand what happened, this was definitely a good opportunity to get rid of the Austrian army's interception.

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At this moment, Gayar suddenly felt that the sound of horse hooves in the distance was much louder than before.

Could it be that the Austrians have increased their troops?

When he was extremely anxious, the mounted policeman from before waved his riding crop and ran over quickly. He shouted loudly when he was far away:

"French! It's the French cavalry! They are attacking the Austrian army!"

Gaya's eyes suddenly widened.

How is this possible? !

Even if the French army had been waiting at the border of Walloon District and rushed over immediately after receiving the request from the Chamber of Commerce, it would take at least a week to arrive.

And it has only been three days, why are they here?

They should be a small number of cavalry coming to reinforce him.

Gaillard was excited and shouted to the police:

"Everyone cheer up and cooperate with the French cavalry!"

Although his command level is average, he has not missed the course of "Command Science".

He knows very well that cavalry can be easily defeated by the enemy's infantry and cavalry without the cooperation of infantry.

At this time, there are tens of thousands of Austrian troops near Wavre, with complete infantry, cavalry and artillery. He must cover each other with the French cavalry to retreat to a safe place.

However, before the police started to move, gunshots and screams were faintly heard from the west.

Gaillard was shocked. Could it be that the French cavalry had been defeated?

He loudly urged the police to form a team, but the next moment, he saw more than a dozen cavalry running past in a mess not far away, and that direction seemed to be heading into the city of Wavre.

He raised his telescope and saw that the cavalrymen were covered in blood and in a state of embarrassment. The gray-green uniforms were Austrians!

Soon, the rhythmic sound of military drums came from the west, and more and more Austrian soldiers were fleeing. Some even ran into the police team in a panic and were immediately captured by the police.

More than ten minutes later, dense white uniforms appeared in Gaillard's field of vision.

On the flags of those infantrymen, there was a golden iris and a dolphin.

It was the French Royal Infantry!

The French soldiers lined up in a very long horizontal column, sweeping across the south of Wavre. Gaillard estimated that there were at least four or five thousand people.

On both sides of them, there were large groups of French cavalrymen wearing bearskin hats, galloping past and driving the nearby Austrian infantry lines forward.

(This volume ends. Tomorrow, a new volume will begin, and the European continent will usher in an era of total war.)