In the past, transportation and communications couldn't compare to modern times. A communications soldier might need several days just to deliver an order; going there and back, then returning again, would take three times as long.
Still, in a way, this explained why the Austrian Empire's army was always so terrible.
"What formal order? This is both an order from our army headquarters and the supreme command of the German Allied Forces' commander-in-chief.
"Bring up the reserves immediately and build defenses. Let the soldiers on the front line come back and rest."
"Yes, sir!"
As a result, the French Army inside Sélestat became even more bewildered. The attacks suddenly came to an almost complete halt, and the newly arrived German Allied Forces soldiers immediately set about digging trenches and building walls.
This left the already battered city even more dilapidated. Blanqui, who was waiting atop the Bell Tower of the cathedral in the city center to lead Sélestat's militia in a counterattack, was utterly confused by what he saw.
"What's going on? Why have they stopped fighting again?"
Benoît de Coulon and Blanqui wondered the same thing.
Benoît de Coulon had been completely disoriented by the Austrians' grid-like attacks. He felt as if he were fighting dozens of opponents at once.
The German Allied Forces attacked from several different areas, then changed their plans in the briefest time whenever the French Army's command made a corresponding move.
The precision of their artillery barrages in particular made Benoît de Coulon feel that the city's shelters were practically useless.
Whenever French reinforcements left cover to support an area under heavy attack, the German Allied Forces' artillery and rockets would land right on target.
Worse still, once the smoke cleared, they couldn't find a trace of the German Allied Forces.
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