King's Landing in France

Chapter 276 Parliamentary Resolution, Attack on the Rhine

At noon on May 1793, 5, the French army attacked the main force of the coalition forces that invaded France.

The main force of the coalition forces was almost defeated, but at the critical moment, the coalition forces that had originally surrounded Verdun rushed to reinforcements, allowing the main force of the coalition forces to retreat to the border.

An Ning wanted to pursue, but Berthier stopped him.

"Our supplies can no longer keep up, and the casualties of various troops are very serious." Berthier said with a serious face, "Because there is not enough wine to wash the wounds, many people can only use traditional methods to treat them. The army has been severely downsized. And after so many days of continuous forced marches, the physical strength of the troops has reached the limit, and they are all maintained by high morale. It is not surprising that they collapse at any time."

An Ning pursed his lips. He originally thought that he would win another complete victory this time, then capture Marshal Alvinzi and the Duke of Brunswick and send them to parade in Paris.

But what Berthier said is indeed true. For many consecutive days of forced marches and continuous operations, the troops were seriously overdrawn.

Many people have not eaten for more than fourteen hours.

After holding back for a few seconds, An Ning sighed: "Order the troops to rest where they are, and let the rear quickly send up the supplies. Then send a team of cavalry to visit nearby cities and let the local National Assembly get things together The troops."

Berthier breathed a sigh of relief: "Great, I'll arrange it right away. Fortunately, you are a general who is willing to listen to your opinions."

An Ning: "That's because I also noticed the exhaustion of the troops. Alright, let's go and do your work."

After Berthier left, An Ning continued to sit down at the table, picked up the wine glass, and watched the French troops clean up the battlefield while tasting the wine.

An Ning: "This wine is not bad."

Fanny: "It's the wine sent by Epernay, which is a famous wine producing area, and the wine produced will be transported to Paris through the Marne River."

An Ning: "That's it. Do you still have the wine they sent? Share it with the troops. We won a big victory today, let's celebrate it."

Fanny: "Your idea is good, but with so many troops, so ordering wine, I'm afraid everyone can only get one drop."

An Ning: "Don't worry, just send the cart carrying the wine barrels to a random army, tell them it's a gift from the general, and don't worry about the rest. It won't take long for the whole army to know the reward from the general It's enough to give a good wine to a certain army."

"I understand, let's deal with it."

Fanny turned her head and left, leaving An Ning sitting at the table alone on the high ground, drinking wine, and a young standard bearer stood beside her.

His flag is flying in the wind.

In An Ning's mind, he began to summarize the lessons learned.

Although the effect of the column charge is good, the casualties are also very high, especially when they are attacked by artillery with solid bullets, the casualties are much greater than those of the horizontal line.

Moreover, the column is not conducive to the use of firepower. Using a column attack is basically equivalent to giving up muskets. Often only the first and second rows will fire during the attack, and the flintlock guns in the hands of soldiers in other rows are basically equivalent to a spear.

Sure enough, the column attack was just a stopgap measure.

The current French army does not change formations, and lacks the practice of loading muskets, so that the columns can maximize their strengths and avoid weaknesses.

But when the training speed of the French army is raised, it is true that a horizontal team should be used to attack.

The other is the salvo tactics. These days An Ning has been observing the effect of the salvo.

In the military academy in Brienne, An Ning learned that a volley of guns can cause a large number of enemy casualties in a short period of time, and can effectively damage the morale of the enemy, which is better than free fire.

But now An Ning always felt that the situation was not right, as if the effect of the salvo was not that good.

I don't know if it was because of the high morale of the French army.

In contrast, random shooting feels more able to exert sustained firepower.

The famous Russian general Suvorov was very disgusted with volley fire. He has always asked the troops to use battle shooting-it can be interpreted as free random fire that has been strictly trained to allow soldiers to fully aim before shooting.

After this series of continuous battles, An Ning felt that Suvorov's view was reasonable.

An Ning planned to write these into the French army's training code, including the advantages and disadvantages of column attack, free shooting should be encouraged and salvo should be eliminated, and skirmish formation should be actively used, etc.

In his mind, a brand new training manual began to take shape.

When he returned to Paris, he planned to write out this new drill and let Lazar Cano train troops according to the new drill.

But he, Frost, is the well-deserved father of the new army.

Just thinking about it, Murat and Ney came to Anning together.

An Ning: "Shouldn't you continue to pursue the enemy?"

"It's like this. My brigade lost a considerable number of horses and many wounded in the melee with the coalition cavalry, so I withdrew temporarily." Murat replied, and then glanced at Ney.

Ney: "My brigade had already finished its rations yesterday, and today we shared some rations from Murat's brigade. We were very hungry and were about to enter the passing villages to rob. I had to work hard to hold down the cavalry. .”

An Ning: "You guys are hungry too, damn it, the logistics are completely out of supply."

Murat: "I can't believe we're fighting on France's own soil."

An Ning: "It's not like you don't know what's going on now, so be content, Kano has worked very hard to provide for us."

The current situation looks like the 200,000 French troops brought out by An Ning have almost reached their limit, and they have to go back to the court to recuperate.

Fortunately, most of the coalition forces have been defeated, and they are probably unable to launch the siege of the two fortresses of Sedan and Verdun.

An Ning: "The two cavalry brigades of yours have been merged into one brigade. You have enough food today, and you will set off tomorrow to monitor the movement of the coalition forces. I will ensure that Alvin Qi exits the border."

Murat and Ney saluted together: "Promise to complete the task."

An Ning pursed her lips and cast her eyes on the scattered French troops on the vast battlefield.

It seems that this continuous offensive battle should come to an end here.

**
Two days later.

Paris, National Assembly.

The messenger rushed directly into the hall of the National Assembly and announced loudly: "After five days of fierce fighting by General Frost, the coalition forces have retreated to the national border. The siege of Sedan and Verdun has been lifted. We have won! !"

There was a murmur of excitement in the National Assembly.

Robespierre cleared his throat, stood up and was about to speak, when a member of parliament suddenly stood up: "Since we have won and Paris is no longer in danger of being surrounded, can we stop the policy of terror?"

Robespierre frowned: "No, no! Although Paris is safe, the enemy has not been completely wiped out! We will continue to implement the policy of terror until the enemy is completely wiped out! Mr. Baggins, what are you doing at this time? What is the intention of making such a statement? I suspect that you are a hidden royal party!"

As soon as the words fell, another member of parliament stood up: "I have evidence, evidence of Baggins' fornication with the Girondins!"

Baggins was shocked: "What? Impossible! This is a frame-up!"

The congressman held up a letter: "This is the letter Baggins wrote to the head of the Girondins. You can find a note expert to identify it!"

Robespierre said with a straight face: "Bring in the note-taking expert, he will give you a fair evaluation, Mr. Baggins!"

Baggins yelled in horror: "No!"

This is actually the normal state of the National Assembly now, because the inviolable privilege of the members of the National Assembly has been cancelled, and now the members of the National Assembly often deliberately concoct all kinds of black materials in order to attack their opponents.

As for the authenticity of the black material, as long as you give the note-taking expert a few gold coins, it will no longer be a problem.

Of course, stuffing gold coins is a dangerous move in itself, and Robespierre hated this kind of behavior. Once discovered, he would inevitably go to the guillotine with the appraisal experts.

But as long as the interests are big enough, there will always be people who take the risk.

Of course Baggins understood the tricks behind this, he sat dejectedly on the chair, waiting for the notes expert to announce his death sentence.

At this time, a new topic was raised.

Danton stood up: "I think the next step is to let the French army take advantage of the victory and attack the rich Rhine region as soon as possible!"

"That's right, occupying the Rhine region can solve our tax source problem!" Someone immediately agreed.

"It is our mission to expand the revolution to the whole of Europe!"

(End of this chapter)