King's Landing in France

Chapter 279 Praise from Bernadotte
On this day, An Ning talked with Grand Duke Karl all day long.

His own feeling is that the door to a new world has been opened for Grand Duke Karl, and the rest depends on his creation.

The reform cannot be carried out, and there is still the possibility of being knocked off by his brother Franz, but taking a step back, Austria has knocked off the only famous player it can fight, Karl, and that is a good thing!

Maybe it will be processed at that time, and it can be advertised that Frost's three words will make Austria abolish its martial arts.

That night, until late at night, Grand Duke Karl returned to the guest room prepared for him contentedly.

The next day, Bernadotte also arrived at the headquarters from Verdun.

As soon as he entered the door, Bernadotte, like Napoleon, saw the eagle flag placed in the corner against the wall at a glance, and was stunned.

An Ning immediately remembered that Bernadotte was a die-hard republican, and hurriedly said, "This is a gift from Fouché. I don't intend to become a dictator."

Bernadotte was even more puzzled: "Ah? What dictator?"

Well, people didn't think about it at first, I didn't ask myself.

An Ning hurriedly made amends: "Aren't you looking at the eagle flag? When you see the eagle flag, you will think of Caesar and the emperor. I am a die-hard republican, and I will not be a dictator."

Bernadotte: "Of course you are, you are even the founder of the republic. Why do you say that?"

An Ning: "It's okay, it's fine if you don't think about it. I'm afraid you might misunderstand. Please report the situation of Verdun Fortress!"

Bernadotte nodded: "The fortress has been defended for nearly four months in total. The enemy's best attempt was to hit the north wall of the fortress, but we recaptured it. However, the long-term fighting made the outer wall of the fortress somewhat damaged. The bunker in Trench Lee has also been destroyed by the coalition forces, in order to prevent the enemy from making a comeback, the location of the bunker needs to be readjusted.”

In the fortresses of this era, apart from the fortresses, there are also some specially set dark rooms and dark forts. For example, there are several such things hidden in the trenches of the Fortress of Verdun. There are cannons in the dark fortresses. Sometimes, solid bullets can be used to sweep through the enemy's queue, causing huge damage.

Because it is impossible for these dark forts to leave secret passages leading to the fortress-this is tantamount to giving the enemy a passage to bypass the strong walls of the fortress and attack the interior.

Therefore, the entrances of these dark forts are all outside. Once exposed, people will quickly find the entrance and break into it.

The death squads stationed in the bunker of Verdun Fortress have probably all died heroically.

An Ning: "You will get the military engineering experts you need. In addition, list the names of those who are stationed in the bunker, and I will reward their families."

Bernadotte immediately took out a stack of documents: "Here. It should be all. I mean, all of my troops."

An Ning took the list solemnly, and said solemnly: "These people have made outstanding contributions to the Republic, and the Republic will never forget them!"

Seeing this, Napoleon patted his head in embarrassment: "Uh, I didn't bring any staff, I just ran here with a few guards, so...Sorry, Andy, I don't have any documents for you here."

An Ning glanced at Napoleon: "I know."

Napoleon was not good at handling these detailed matters. In real history, Berthier was basically responsible for daily affairs and splitting his battle plan into several parts.

But Bernadotte is different.

The personalities of the two are probably the reason for their discord afterwards.

While An Ning was thinking about this, Bernadotte had already begun to criticize Napoleon: "Shouldn't this kind of thing be carried with you? It is very important to let the command know how many troops you have and how many enemy attacks you can withstand... ..."

Napoleon: "I know this is very important. I didn't say it wasn't important. I just saw the enemy retreat, and I ran to Andy with excitement. This is just a small oversight!"

Bernadotte: "By the time this negligence leads to failure, it will be too late!"

An Ning looked at Bernadotte scolding Napoleon, thinking that the two had changed time and space, or were enemies not getting together?
Napoleon snorted: "I just won the battle and captured Emperor Shinra's younger brother, but you just promised to keep the fortress. What qualifications do you have to teach me?"

Bernadotte: "It has nothing to do with whether you won the battle or not...I am reminding you to do every detail well..."

An Ning: "Alright."

The two of them who looked like fighting cocks stopped and looked at An Ning together.

"As a general, you don't have to stick to small details. It's enough for a qualified chief of staff to worry about this kind of thing. I can't think about every detail, it all depends on Berthier."

Berthier was a little surprised when he heard his name suddenly: "Huh? Me?"

An Ning: "I'm praising your work."

"Uh, I should." Berthier looked very touched, because not long ago, An Ning was still scolding him for his mistakes that caused the French army to almost lose in Babi Village, but now he praises him unreservedly Everyone will be moved by the work.

Bernadotte observed Berthier's expression, and then tentatively asked: "I heard that you punished Colonel Berthier for his mistakes..."

An Ning: "Punish him to wear a maid's outfit for a day! In the future, if someone in my army commits a crime that won't warrant punishment, he will have to wear a maid's outfit!"

Bernadotte frowned: "Could it be... are we the same?"

"You better hope that when you make a mistake, what awaits you is a maid costume, not a guillotine." An Ning shrugged, "But when you do well, I won't be stingy with my praise, just like I did just now. Well done Even if you do well, making mistakes does not prevent you from doing well.”

Bernadotte let out an "oh" and praised: "I heard that you are good at running the army, and now it seems that it is true."

An Ning accepted the flattery with a smile.

Bernadotte is not yet considered his direct descendant, his praise can be regarded as a third party's praise, which is even more precious.

After that, everyone chatted for a while, and then the envoys from the coalition arrived.

The envoys held a white flag and were led into the headquarters.

"I'm Frost. What's the opinion of the Duke of Brunswick of the Allied Forces and Marshal Alvinzi?" An Ning asked, looking at the embarrassed envoy.

The envoy kept looking at the eagle flag in the corner.

An Ning thought, it's over, now that I have found evidence for charging with the eagle flag, and how exaggerated the rumors will become in the future, I dare not even think about it.

An Ning coughed, and finally woke up the envoy who was focusing on the eagle flag: "Uh, it's like this, Marshal Alvinzi and the Duke of Brunswick, let me bring you a letter, mainly about the exchange about prisoners of war."

An Ning: "I don't think our army has many prisoners to exchange, right? Isn't it a bit inappropriate to use the word exchange?"

The envoy was silent for a few seconds, then changed his words: "Then...redemption. When will the prisoners be redeemed? Of course, our army is the one to redeem them."

An Ning turned to look at Berthier: "Why don't you make arrangements?"

Berthier: "Is it really not necessary to contact the National Assembly for this kind of matter?"

"Hmm..." An Ning raised her eyebrows and glanced at Bernadotte, "Okay, ask the National Assembly for its opinion. After all, I am not a dictator."

(End of this chapter)