Chapter 776 "Model Worker" Napoleon
Joubert's eyes suddenly flashed with joy. He never expected that the enemy would make a large circle from the north of Vence and take the initiative to deliver it to his mouth.
He had always been skeptical of Napoleon's orders during this time, but now he could only feel amazed.
Northwest side of Cagne town.
Victor had just gotten up and before he had time to wash up, he vaguely heard gunshots coming from the town.
The sound was much clearer than before, which showed that the fighting position was very close to him.
He was greatly shocked that the Austrian army actually went around to the west of Kani to attack as Lieutenant Colonel Buwanaba said.
Before the scouts came to report, he dropped his toothbrush and shouted to the herald's tent:
"Martino, blow the trumpet and gather the troops! Quick, our fighter planes are coming!"
The troops on his side were always in a state of combat readiness, and the soldiers slept with their guns in their hands, so after the assembly bugle sounded, the team was completed in just over 20 minutes.
Victor ran out on horseback, waved to the soldiers and said:
"The Austrian army has exposed their back to us. Now is a good opportunity to win meritorious service, let's go!"
In the town of Cagnes, the sudden appearance of an Austrian grenadier battalion from the side and rear caused the French defenders to panic.
The officer in charge of the defense shouted that it was bad and hurriedly led the reserve team to the west to defend the enemy.
But the defensive force here was too weak. In less than an hour, all the temporary fences built outside the town had been breached.
Looking at the hundreds of trembling French troops huddled on the main road outside the town, Carretto ordered the grenadier battalions to form columns and launch a general attack with the cooperation of skirmishers.
As the drums of the Austrian army sounded, Carretto and his staff discussed how to cooperate with General Provera to attack the French army on the east side of the town after they invaded the town of Cagne. However, they suddenly felt that something was wrong with the drums.
He turned his head and looked around, and couldn't help but frown slightly. Why did there seem to be drums in the north?
He suddenly got excited and shouted to his staff:
"There is an enemy attack!"
In fact, we can't blame Sebotendorf and Carretto's scouts for not being diligent enough. Napoleon's arrangements were really impeccable.
He had previously asked Victor and others' legion to stay more than ten kilometers away from the battle site. It was not until the Austrian army launched an attack that they started to rush to the preset ambush position.
The main reason is that he can accurately judge where the key location of the battle will be. Otherwise, if you keep the troops so far away from the battlefield, it will be a big gift to the enemy.
The Austrian cavalry had been diligently conducting reconnaissance for more than 6 miles, but the news reported to Beaulieu was that there was no sign of any French troops nearby.
Beaulieu also used this to formulate a battle plan that he considered extremely sound.
At this time, if someone opens the God's perspective, they can see that two lines of infantry several hundred meters long spread out behind the Austrian army that attacked the west side of Cagne Town, blocking all nearby roads.
And the Sebotendorf Army, which was detouring towards the port of Toulon, was rushing into Joubert's arms...
Near Levan, 20 kilometers north of Nice, Napoleon was sitting at his desk calculating something. From time to time he turned his head and said to his staff:
"The ammunition reserves of the Lyon Army are far from enough...
"The winter coats of the Montpellier Army are too thin. Are they called winter coats? They should really let the Notary Investigation Bureau investigate their quartermaster...
"Oh, the ammunition of the Mulan Army needs to be supplied separately, which is a big trouble. Maybe you should go back to Paris and discuss with the General Staff to transfer some copper flash caps from the direct army to them..."
The staff officer kept nodding and jotting down notes in his notebook. He was used to the workaholic commander's approach. The latter almost even personally asked whether the soldiers' buttons were intact.
Although this will ensure that there will be no problems with the army in any detail - Lieutenant Colonel Buwanaba's management ability is undoubtedly genius level - it will cause a new problem, that is, he personally handles the size of the entire army. Affairs are very inefficient. After all, a person's energy is limited. Even if he only sleeps 5 hours a day, he can't handle everything in time.
More than half an hour later, Napoleon finally finished signing the documents piled on the table, rubbed his wrist and said to the attendant:
"Please bring me my coffee. The battle situation in Vence should be here soon. I have to take a rest quickly."
Soon, an exquisite oriental-style porcelain cup was placed in front of him, and the rich aroma of coffee filled the entire tent.
The waiter picked up the candy with tongs and put it into the cup. Napoleon kept smiling and nodding:
"More, yes, more."
Only when one-third of the cup was occupied by sugar cubes did the lieutenant colonel pick up the brandy bottle next to him with satisfaction, pour the amber liquid into the coffee cup, and then signaled to the waiter with his eyes.
The latter used burning thin sticks to ignite the brandy floating on the sugar cubes. Suddenly the red and blue flames jumped, raising the intoxicating aroma of wine, and the coffee cup immediately turned into a shimmering work of art.
After Napoleon waited for the flame to weaken, he blew it gently, took a pleasant sip, and narrowed his eyes with satisfaction.
This is his own way of drinking coffee, and it is also his second favorite enjoyment on the battlefield, after taking a bath.
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Well, it can be seen from this that he is not a devout Catholic. Speaking of which, he would rather believe in cannons.
Just when his coffee cup was about to bottom out, Major Augereau walked into the tent, placed a letter on his table, and said in a consulting tone:
"Lieutenant Colonel Bouwanaba, Baron Defiel has requested reinforcements twice. Perhaps, to be on the safe side, some additional troops should be sent to Vence."
Napoleon drank the last bit of coffee, nodded with enjoyment, and then looked at Augereau: "Please believe that Vence's defense is very solid."
"You know, the enemy's main left wing force is all there..."
"I have fought against the Austrian army many times and am very familiar with their combat effectiveness. Oh, that is still their Royal German Army, which is more powerful than the Hungarian Army led by Sebotendorf.
"They have no belief in a decisive battle at all. If there are a few casualties, they start to consider retreating.
"I have already told Lieutenant Colonel Defiel that as long as he controls the consumption of soldiers, it will not be a problem to persist for more than ten days."
Augereau took a deep breath: "But what about ten days later?"
"Beaulieu must have thought he had a huge advantage in numbers, and oh, he did have more troops, so he would never be willing to advance slowly.
"As long as Vence cannot be captured within a week, he will definitely choose to skip there and attack the port of Toulon.
"Of course, this is also because he is worried that we will mobilize more troops to defend Toulon Fortress."
In fact, Napoleon also deployed a reserve army of 700 men west of Vence. If Delfield made a mistake, these troops would fill the gap in Vence.
In addition, in the event of an emergency in Vence, hundreds of Monaco's royal guards will rush to assist in defense, because the Grand Duke of Monaco was placed in the town of Biot, not far from Vence.
Therefore, he only calculated his troops very carefully, but it was by no means an unwarranted risk.
(End of chapter)