Chapter 747 I thought of a piece
Southeastern France.
Grenoble.
The commander-in-chief of the French and Italian Front, Di Mobin, moved his eyes away from the front line defense map and said to General Dutt:
"If I remember correctly, the Priven Army was established just last year. The merged ones don’t even have cavalry.”
Dutt nodded: "Yes, General. It used to be three infantry regiments and a skirmisher battalion of the Montpellier Army. Because a large number of elite soldiers were transferred, they were finally merged into the Plevin Army."
The so-called The "transfer" actually means that soldiers with ideals and ambitions sign up for military academies. After graduation, they naturally join the corps directly under the General Staff Headquarters.
And the Montpellier Legion gradually withered. In fact, this is a common situation in the old French army in recent years, but it is more serious here in Montpellier.
Demobin leaned back on his chair tiredly and said: "It is too hasty to let them be responsible for the defense of Bresse.
"The Jourbet Army should have just left Lyon. Why not let them garrison Bresse? ”
Dutt sighed: "It's the arrangement of Lieutenant Colonel Buwanaba, General. He has mobilized the army frequently recently, but he doesn't seem to pay attention to the defense of important places."
Di Mo Bin waved his hand: "Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is full of vigor, what he does A series of unexpected strategic deployments were made, but in terms of employment, there was obviously still some lack of experience.
"Lieutenant Colonel Bwannaba did fight some good battles in commanding the artillery in the Southern Netherlands, but the 30,000 men were not included in the mission. It would be too hasty to leave an army of many people to him. "
General Dutt said: "Do you think, should Lieutenant Colonel Buwanaba be ordered to adjust the deployment immediately? ”
“That’s fine. "Demobin nodded, looking a little helpless.
Before leaving Paris, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told him not to interfere too much with Bouwanaba's command, so now he could only watch the young officer misbehave.
Perhaps, he will have to be behind with his old bones to clean up the mess.
To the east of Toulon, the city of Nice.
After hearing General Dut read out Dimobin's order, Napoleon stood at attention and said: "The commander can question me or even blame me. He has the right to do so. But I am not prepared to change the plan."< br>
He thought to himself that these old antiques were too short-sighted. They even just wanted to deal with the Austrians near the Alps.
Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not really let them command the Italian campaign.
General Dut frowned: "With all due respect, the troops you sent to Bresse... Yes, they do patrol diligently outside the mountain pass every day, but their numbers are too small and their combat effectiveness is worrying. "
"This is exactly why I chose them," Napoleon said, "to screen out those with such poor quality. Legion, it really took me some effort."
"But what if the Austrians attack at this time?"
Napoleon smiled proudly: "I will lead the main force from Cardiff immediately. Dibona Pass into Sardinia. This is why I established my headquarters in Nice."
Dutt's eyes widened immediately: "But...but what about Bresse? If the Austrians are left alone, they will be able to invade Lyon in just half a month!"
"I will leave the Lyon Army behind. If we reach Lyon, they will delay the enemy's attack.
"At the same time, our army has crossed the Alps from the south, and then I will quickly move north to attack Turin.
“Please believe me, before Beaulieu attacks Lyon, I will cut off the supply line from Turin to Bresse.
“Then, we have two options.
"If the Austrians continue to attack Lyon, I will cross the Alps again from the west side of Turin and attack their back. "If the enemy chooses to return to support Turin, I will assume a posture to attack Genoa eastward. Neither the Austrians nor the British will sit back and watch us establish a stronghold in Genoa, so they will definitely come to fight our army decisively.
"At that time, I can choose the most suitable battlefield in the southern part of the Piedmont Plain and defeat them."
Dutt digested it in his mind for a long time and discovered that This combat plan is indeed very feasible. It takes full advantage of the French army's fast marching speed and leads Beaulieu by the nose.
He suddenly thought of a question and shook his head: "No, your plan has a fatal flaw.
"The supply lines eastward from Nice are all close to the Mediterranean Sea, which is easily attacked by the British fleet. Even attacking Genoa is extremely difficult."
Speaking of which, this old general still has some battlefield experience.
Historically, Napoleon set out from Nice to attack Italy and was indeed seriously threatened by the British fleet. Fortunately, he was lucky. The supply convoy just avoided the attacks of British warships every time until the French army controlled all of Sardinia and began to supply supplies from Turin.
Napoleon was very confident and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that we can gain control of the Mediterranean Sea. You have also participated in the meeting of the General Staff and you should know this very well."
Du Te Xin said, that was probably the Crown Prince's way of stabilizing the morale of the army. Do you really dare to make a battle plan based on this?
It is normal for him to have such thoughts. After all, Britain has dominated the ocean for a long time, and the French subconsciously lack confidence in challenging the British fleet.
Historically, the British Navy did annihilate the Franco-Spanish-Dutch fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar and completely controlled the Mediterranean.
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But this time, the French had steam battleships.
It is still unclear who will own the Mediterranean.
However, Dutt only hinted to Napoleon that the British navy would definitely pose a threat to his supply line, and asked him to prepare in advance, and left reluctantly.
Fourteen days later, Napoleon appointed the Mullan Army commanded by Andre as the forward, preparing to pass through the Catipona Pass.
He personally led the Corsican Army, Jourdan Army, and Marmont's artillery battalion as the middle route army. After the Mulan Army controlled the other side of the mountain pass, he immediately moved north to attack the southernmost part of Sardinia. of Cuneo.
Augereau and Serurie acted as two wings to cover the main force.
However, as soon as the Mullan Army approached the Catipona Pass, it immediately reported to Napoleon through the Schaap signal in Nice that a large number of Austrian rangers were sighted near the pass.
"Scout?"
Napoleon listened to Lucien's report and couldn't help but frown slightly:
"Could it be that the Austrian's main attack direction is Toulon?"
He said more The more I thought about it, I thought it was possible, so I immediately laid down on the map to check the location of the legion.
The center army is still 20 kilometers away from the Katipona Pass, and the armies on both wings are also widely separated. Therefore, Beaulieu may have only discovered the Mulan Army.
He immediately made a decision and said to his brother:
“Order General Andre to retreat immediately after fighting the Austrians.
“Order Augereau and the Serrurier Army It also shrinks to the west.
“Let the rabbit come out of the hole, and let’s let the hound out!”
(End of this chapter)