Chapter 778 The easiest battle
Beside the bushes, French soldiers leaned on the carriage and sang "Glory and Victory" accompanied by various portable instruments,
"...Loyalty never wavers,
"Dedicate your victory to His Majesty the King!
"Win the supreme honor with blood and fire..."
Well, although none of them are from the Royal Legion, who hasn’t dreamed of joining the direct legion? As long as you sing the military song of the Guards Corps a few times, you will feel a little like the Guards Corps.
Napoleon waved his hands to drive away mosquitoes, and against the background of the singing, he was writing a letter in beautiful Roman script:
【My dearest Desire:
...Although I am about to face tens of thousands of Austrian bandits on the battlefield, at this moment I only miss you...
God testifies, whether I am marching or holding a war meeting, your eyes as beautiful as gems and your smile as gentle as clouds will always appear in my mind...
My love for you is so deep and fierce, it is like a wild horse, carrying my soul to your side...
May our love be like an eternal flame, burning with our passion and longing...】
Well, on his way to Toulon, the Emperor met the sister of his brother's fiancée, Miss Desire Eugénie.
Then the two quickly fell in love.
Desiree's father was a wealthy businessman from a well-off family who could provide considerable assistance to Napoleon's career.
However, history says that when the two began to talk about marriage, Nahuang met the fate of his life - Josephine.
Then he dumped Miss Desire without hesitation and fell into the arms of the noble widow.
In this relaxed atmosphere, the main force of the Italian Front waited by the bushes for half a day. It was not until early the next morning that the rangers reported that the Austrian Dannenfeld Army appeared 9 kilometers away to the south. This ended Napoleon's boredom. status.
Only the mosquitoes near Nice had a night of carnival.
As an old-style force that was trained at the Paris Police Academy and was the first to fight under His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Moulins Corps has always followed the example of the former Guards Corps.
Their queue is obviously much more orderly than other old armies, even more than the Corsican Legion trained by Napoleon himself, and they are also the only ones in the old army equipped with percussion guns, and have very strong combat effectiveness.
Only an hour later, by forced march, they emerged on the northern flank of Dannenfield's Corps.
"Sir Commander, the nearest enemy force to us is 3 kilometers away. There are about 6,000 people, and there should be two to three regiments farther west."
Napoleon nodded to the rangers who were summoned, and then recalled the nearby terrain - he had previously personally surveyed the entire southeastern Toulon terrain and drawn the drawings himself, so he knew this area well.
He quickly pointed to the southwest and said to Marmont: "The hills 3 kilometers away over there are the best shooting positions. You rush to set up an artillery position immediately. The 7th Battalion of the 2nd Corsican Infantry Regiment is responsible for covering you."
"Yes, Commander."
Napoleon looked at Augereau again: "You command the third infantry regiment and two cavalry companies to avoid fighting with the enemy and move south as quickly as possible to block reinforcements that may be coming from the direction of Cagne."
"Yes, Commander."
"The Serrurier Army and the La Alpe Army are responsible for the frontal attack..."
"Captain Junod commands the skirmisher battalion to attack the enemy's right flank. If the enemy shows signs of retreating to Nice, you must hold them off for at least 3 hours..."
"The third, fourth and sixth cavalry companies launched a surprise attack from the west after the enemy's formation loosened..."
"The Menil Corps as a reserve..."
This was originally a surprise attack, and Napoleon also arranged it extremely accurately and meticulously. Basically, any officer who came in could not lose as long as he followed the instructions.
And what Joseph assigned to him were all talented people who were capable in history. For Dannenfeld, this was a nightmare.
When his cavalry discovered the Serrurier Army approaching the Austrian army, the distance between the two sides was only 1.5 kilometers.
Dannenfield was completely confused. Where did thousands of French troops appear?
If he had known that Napoleon thought he was walking too slowly and took the time to write a letter to his mother and girlfriend, he would have probably vomited blood on the spot.
The Austrian army began to organize its defense in a panic, but was soon bombarded by the French army.
Marmont's artillery command ability was second only to Napoleon in France. Four 12-pound cannons and seven 6-pound cannons exerted extremely fierce firepower in his hands.
In addition, the location of the artillery position was "certified" by Napoleon himself, covering more than half of the Austrian left wing, and the angle of incidence was oblique, so the Austrian soldiers always had to be distracted to pay attention to the artillery shells flying from the left.
Before Serrurier started his attack, Dannenfield's defense was already being pushed back.
This battle is simply unwinnable.
Immediately, more than a dozen French infantry columns launched a charge against the Austrian army.
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More than 4,000 soldiers quickly spread out in a horizontal line in front of the Austrian army. Then the fire flickered and the cap guns began to fire intensive volleys.
Dannenfeld looked at the rapidly collapsing battle situation and was so anxious that he couldn't help stamping his feet, but he was unable to make an effective response at all.
Soon, the French cavalry appeared on the Austrian left wing at the right time...
Before noon, the battle was over.
Because the French army moved so fast, Dannenfeld had no time to retreat, and the main force of nearly 5,000 men was surrounded.
Under the abuse of the artillery, the Austrian soldiers began to kneel and surrender.
Even Dannenfield himself was captured alive by the French cavalry after escaping less than 3 kilometers to the west.
Augereau successfully found a gap between the Austrian army's center and left wing and penetrated the enemy's south side. However, before he could encircle the enemy, his own cavalry took his job and blocked the enemy's retreat to the south. road.
Augereau briefly analyzed the battle situation and simply continued heading southwest to see if there were any opportunities in the town of Cagne.
However, as soon as he arrived 5 kilometers west of Nice, he encountered an Austrian army of more than 3,000 people.
Augereau saw the Austrian flag in the telescope and immediately judged that it was the Provera Army in the direction of Cagne.
He hesitated for a moment. He only had 1,800 soldiers in his hands, and it was an encounter. If he was not careful, he might be overwhelmed by the enemy.
But he soon noticed that the Austrian army's formation was messy, the flags were crooked, and they looked very embarrassed.
Augereau immediately drew his sword, pointed at the enemy and shouted to the soldiers: "Victor's legion is behind the enemy. As long as we rush up, we can form a pincer attack!"
The morale of the French soldiers suddenly increased, and they rushed towards him with shouts and shouts.
In fact, Victor was still busy clearing out the enemies around Cagne Town and did not pursue them at all. But it didn't matter, because the Austrian army was almost instantly overwhelmed by the aggressive Augero Army.
(End of chapter)