King's Landing in France

Chapter 231 The Eve Before the Expedition
On the night when the strategy was decided, An Ning's troops were all preparing for the attack. Berthier carried forward the spirit of a workaholic, and was still dealing with issues related to the attack of the troops, such as supplies and so on.

Numerous advance teams were sent to key nodes on the marching road to stand in front of the army.

Although this army only has more than 2 people.

And the troops that received the order to attack were also sitting all night preparing to set off.

The No.60 Sixth Battle Infantry Brigade was also included in this dispatch. That night, the brigade commander Ju Dumas took a group of people to the Royal Forest near Paris to kill a few animals and eat meat for the whole brigade.

The main function of the royal forest is to hunt for the king. If ordinary citizens do not have a special permit, hunting in this forest will be hanged.

But now that the king has been exiled, and all the forest rangers in the forest have joined the National Guard, this rule naturally does not count.

That is to say, due to geographical reasons, there are not many hunters in Paris. Otherwise, the people of Paris would have been blessed with a sufficient source of meat, and their health status would have been greatly improved.

While organizing the brigade barbecue meeting, Ju Dumas also called two friends from his brigade that he made on the day he became brigade commander.

When Mo Luo saw the posture of the barbecue meeting, he asked suspiciously: "Isn't it going to start tomorrow? Why are you still..."

"It's because we're about to set off, so we add some meat. After the march, the dried meat in the supply is for senior officers. Ordinary soldiers can't eat it at all. They can only eat dry bread and the like."

Kleber: "Is that so? Can we share some meat with us?"

"It should be possible, but it should be too late to take it back and give it to your brigade. Don't worry, ordinary soldiers will also have the opportunity to eat meat after the march. That is, when the battle situation takes a turn for the worse and the logistics supply is cut off, they can kill horses and eat horse meat." gone."

Mo Luo: "Is this called comfort? Let's be more worried after hearing this!"

Kleber: "Don't worry. I heard that General Frost personally commanded this march. The general has been winning battles before, so there will be no problem. This time it should also be a victory. The difference is that more wins and less wins."

Ju Dumas nodded: "Indeed, I chatted with the soldiers, and they were generally very optimistic. This reassured me somewhat. Damn, these people can't even sing songs!"

The loading of front-loading muskets is very complicated. At this time, the French army has adopted prefabricated ammunition wrapped in paper, which simplifies loading to a certain extent, but loading is still very long-winded.

Therefore, in the French army's drill code, the loading of the ammunition is disassembled into several parts, and then compiled into a song. This song is sung during the actual operation. After singing a sentence, one step is just completed.

Corresponding to this song, the snare drum will be used to beat the rhythm.

But most of the National Self-Defense Forces recruited now have no military experience before. They are ordinary citizens and trousers. They don't know how to pretend to play songs at all.

Ju Dumas said worriedly: "When we fought, our shooting must be quite messy. Except for the first round of guns, it is impossible for this kind of troops to form a volley of guns at other times, and they can only fire at will."

Kleber shrugged: "At least the continuity of firepower is no longer a problem."

Moreau: "Don't worry about it. Think about who our army is commanded by. Lawyers, writers and architects. No one would expect us to make earth-shattering feats on the battlefield. I bet your Excellency the General It just puts us where it doesn't matter."

Dumas: "I'm not a writer!"

Although the half black person corrected it very seriously, the other two didn't care about it.

Kleber: "I heard that the destination of this march is the Marne River. Do you have any explanation?"

As he spoke, he looked at Ju Dumas, the only one with military experience.

Black: "It may be necessary to fight a defensive battle. The enemy should come from the north of Alsace. This place cannot supply a large army, and it should only be a small army of the enemy."

Moreau: "So your Excellency the General decided to eat up the enemy's small army first, so why not use the experienced troops he brought from the south, I mean, the ones stationed outside the city at the Palace of Versailles."

"It may be to let us recruits get used to war." Kleber shrugged, "Anyway, Your Excellency General has a reason."

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An Ning sneezed.

The Chinese have a saying that when you sneeze, someone is talking about you.

An Ning rubbed her nose, thinking that there are too many people talking about me at this time.

He was in the Jacobin Club at this time, explaining his plan to his friends, when Danton suddenly said: "Can you delay your departure for a few days? Let's organize an expedition ceremony to boost the morale of the people of Paris... "

An Ning looked at Anton with the look of a fool: "My friend, you know how fast a soldier is! Once the enemy has crossed the Marne River, there will be no obstacle for them to reach Paris."

Danton: "Aren't there still two fortresses?"

An Ning Fu forehead: "The two fortresses are in the direction of Belgium and Luxembourg, which just block the two roads entering France from the Principality of Burgundy."

Robespierre: "The Principality of Burgundy, you still have such a good study of history. Now I feel more and more that you are the illegitimate child of some nobleman, and you were fostered in the cobbler's house."

At this time, the Duchy of Burgundy had disappeared for many years. An Ning was so aware of this incident because players who played France and Austria in "Europa Universalis 4" knew about an incident called the split-skull incident.

The content of the incident was that the Grand Duke of the Principality of Burgundy had his head cracked—literally, he died, and then his land was divided up by various powerful countries.

Through this event, players in France or Austria can eat large areas of wealth for nothing.

It may not be very important to Austria. After all, Austria is Shinra, and some are rich areas.

It’s very important to French players. When Europa Universalis first started, France was far from the complete body it is now. Places like Normandy and Aquitaine were still occupied by the British. It’s crazy to eat this with a split skull. .

So every French player will work hard to split the skull.

As an old French player, An Ning is very familiar with this chain of events, and now he said it out of nowhere.

As a result, inexplicably, he gained a lot of respect from his friends.

Marla raised his glass: "Let's toast to smart and knowledgeable Andy!"

So everyone raised their glasses.

An Ning also took a sip, and then continued the topic that Dandong raised just now: "We can't wait any longer, we have to set off tomorrow, you just wait for my good news."

Robespierre asked seriously, "Are you sure?"

An Ning smiled: "Of course."

Actually not.

Although there were two Battles of the Marne in the history of World War I, the places where the battles were fought were different. The first Battle of the Marne in World War I was mainly to block the German army that had made a major detour from the north of Paris.

Now the Prussian-Austrian coalition forces are coming from the direction of Alsace.

Therefore, the history of the Battle of the Marne cannot help An Ning.

However, as the commander-in-chief, An Ning couldn't show cowardice, so he firmly answered the questions of his friends.

Robespierre: "Then I wish you success! We are waiting for news of your victory!"

(End of this chapter)