King's Landing in France

Chapter 155

February 1792, Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

Louis XVI in exile is pacing back and forth in the side hall of Schönbrunn Palace.

Queen Mary: "You are the second heir to the Holy Roman Emperor! If, if something happens to Franz...you will be the emperor of France and the Holy Roman Empire!"

The locksmith hissed. "Don't say it so loudly! If someone hears it, they'll think we're playing tricks against Franz!"

Mary rolled her eyes: "You! I've been moving around in Vienna these days, maybe I can't..."

Louis XVI: "Stop it! I wouldn't do that, no! Absolutely not!"

Queen Mary bit her lip and finally closed her mouth.

**
At the same time, Franz II, who was about to ascend the throne, was pacing back and forth in his father's study room: "My aunt has been active in Vienna recently, what exactly does she want to do?"

The younger brother of Franz II, Karl Ludwig Johann Lorenz, was dressed in military uniform and stood upright: "Don't worry, brother, the security of the palace is perfect, even if they want to assassinate you, they will not be able to succeed. "

Franz heaved a long sigh: "Forget it, staying here will cause more nights and dreams. My aunt... In short, I don't think she is a good person. Let's declare war as soon as possible and send him back to the throne of France! My father always wanted Divide an extra piece of Polish land, so keep your legion in Hungary, but I think... I think it's just to fight France, and you don't need to use your legion!"

Grand Duke Karl: "I am always ready to accept your orders, I am your sword, brother."

Franz patted his younger brother on the shoulder lightly: "You shouldn't be needed this time."

Grand Duke Karl has always been weak and sick, so Franz didn't think his brother was a great general at all.

It can only be said that he is very blind.

But it's not his fault. Maybe in Europe now, only Andy Frost knows what an outstanding general Karl is.

Franz took a deep breath, and then said to his brother: "I have decided that after the succession ceremony is over, I will immediately declare war on France and send our aunt and her locksmith husband back to Paris!
"Although it is said in many places that Andy Frost, a famous general in France, has come out of the world, but I believe that our Marshal Wumze will not lose to this fledgling kid!"

**
Here in Paris, early this morning, the Jacobin Club gathered a large group of gentlemen.

Robespierre is giving a speech: "We should not start a war at this time! In war, the expansion of administrative power, the expansion of the power of military generals, the people's attention to external things, the worship of military leaders, and the obedience of soldiers, All this will lead to the birth of a character like Caesar or Cromwell!
"We are lucky because in the previous war, Andy Frost, who performed well in the previous war, was a selfless man with little desire for power and a heart for France! He had the opportunity to choose to be the Cromwell of France!
"Think what would happen if, after defeating Lafayette, he marched into Paris immediately! He would become a de facto Lord Protector!

"At that time, no force can stop him!

"But he chose to stay at the Conta! How noble! He must have known that revolutionary Paris would not fall easily, and that General Bouille could not succeed! That's why he didn't go north!
"Now, if we launch a war against the European monarchs, it is very likely that Frost's painstaking efforts will not be in vain! At that time, he may be forced to fight that new Cromwell! Just like He beat the traitor Lafayette like that!"

Robespierre was speaking impassionedly, when suddenly the door was opened, and Mara rushed in: "Everyone! The parliament has just passed a resolution, with an overwhelming majority of 710 votes to 7, deciding to treat Austria and Holy Rome The empire is at war!"

Robespierre was shocked: "What?"

Mara continued with a serious expression: "Moreover, they also passed a resolution to appoint Andy Frost as the commander-in-chief of the Italian Army!"

Dandong slammed on the table: "Damn it! They think Frost is too an eyesore in China, and they want to send him abroad!"

Robespierre: "Now our Jacobin Club has no influence on the army. It's over, no one can stop the war!"

He fell down one after another dejectedly, sat on the chair, and sighed heavily.

**
Konta.

After An Ning received the order from Paris, she was overjoyed and ordered the whole army to eat.

Originally, he was mentally prepared. He worked on the production line in Konta throughout 1792, and it took three to five years to increase the production of breech-loading guns to the point where he could arm some skirmishers.

Then all Europe will tremble under the ferocious skirmishing fire.

Of course, this will not immediately change the form of warfare. In fact, during the American Civil War, troops began to be equipped with Lianzhu guns such as Henry guns, and they still lined up to be shot in battle.

It is not possible to change the form of warfare with just one or two new weapons.

But the breech-loading gun would certainly give Anning's troops a degree of advantage.

Using technology to bully others is also the fun of time travel.

So An Ning was ready to do this for the next few years, but unexpectedly the order came down.

And the appointment he gave was still the commander of the Italian Army he wanted most.

France now has a small territory in Italy, mainly from Nice, along the Mediterranean Sea.

The entire legion stationed here was assigned to the command of An Ning.

However, unlike when Napoleon took office in the Italian Legion later, the strength of this legion was not strong.

When Napoleon took office in the Italian Legion, it was 1796. At that time, the French army had been fighting in Italy for many years.

That's why Napoleon took over such a big pile of Italian legions-although the supplies of this legion were very bad, the soldiers didn't even have shoes, and the military salary hadn't been paid normally for a long time.

But there are indeed a lot of people in this legion, and there are still tens of thousands of people who have been fighting for several years.

An Ning does not have this condition. The French army in northern Italy now has just over 1 people, and it does not occupy a large area.

An Ning had to set off from Nice with his troops to Italy.

In this way, An Ning's original troops, plus the newly assigned troops, totaled 4 people.

The enemies that An Ning may have to face are 3 people from the Kingdom of Sardinia and 5 from the Northern Italian Army in Austria.

It's twice the difference in strength!
But An Ning was full of confidence.

That's what he told his officers.

"Don't be a headache when you see that the enemy has 8 people. The enemy's 8 people are scattered in different places, and they belong to two countries. The coordination between them will be very poor. We have the advantage of concentrated forces, and we can use individual forces to defeat them. The method is to use fast and mobile combat to destroy the enemy!"

An Ning's officers looked at each other.

Then Davout asked An Ning on behalf of everyone: "How can you be sure that the Kingdom of Sardinia will join the war?"

An Ning was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that Napoleon wanted to attack the coalition forces of the Kingdom of Sardinia and Austria because the first anti-French alliance was established at that time.

But the first anti-French alliance was formed after the beheading of Louis XVI in 1793.

It's not formed yet!The king's head hasn't fallen yet!

An Ning slapped his head: "Wait a minute! If the Kingdom of Sardinia doesn't join the war... we can only grab Milan? No, bah, Milan has been liberated?"

Berthier: "Are you still planning to rob Turin, the capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia?"

That's what I planned, isn't it?

An Ning waved his hand: "Forget it, Milan is fine. Then we are facing Beaulieu's 5 Austrian army. Gentlemen, we have won [-] against [-]. There is no reason why we can't beat [-]." ?”

The officers all laughed.

La Salle: "I still think it's too small. If there are 5 people, as long as I dispatch my cavalry brigade, I can capture them all!"

An Ning: "Just blow it!"

In this way, on April 1792, 4, France declared war on the Holy Roman Empire.

(End of this chapter)