The Savior

The Austrian soldiers in the city were thrown into a panic, but their view was blocked by their own men. Some were even stepped on the head by routed soldiers jumping down from the walls, leaving them unable to fire effectively for the moment.

In that brief spell of chaos, several French Army columns had already rushed close to the city walls.

The Austrian officer shouted desperately:

"Idiots, get out of the way! Fire, fire! Drive them back!"

At his command, gunfire finally rang out from behind the crenellations. A dozen or so French Soldiers toppled to the ground.

Yet only seconds later, they rubbed at the places where they had been hit, climbed back up, picked up their guns, and continued charging toward the walls with shouts.

After more than a year of preparations, every member of the French Army's Directly Subordinate Legion was now equipped with Bulletproof Inserts. The soldiers leading the charge in the front ranks, in particular, carried "Heavy-Duty" inserts.

As long as they were not hit in the head or neck, being struck from more than forty paces away posed no danger to their lives.

The French Army's "return from the dead" threw the Austrian soldiers into even greater disarray, and the gunfire from within the city became increasingly sparse.

The two fastest French Army columns had already reached the foot of the walls. Some soldiers spread out to provide suppressing fire, while the others climbed the low walls...

Lefebvre was still bringing up cannon to bombard the walls when he suddenly noticed that the Austrian Army on the eastern side had begun to fall into disorder.

Moments later, a Messenger rode up and reported loudly:

"General, Major Davout has already broken into the city."

Lefebvre smiled and shook his head. Davout was always this