King's Landing in France

Chapter 354 The Cobbler and the General

An Ning sat by the Danube until five o'clock in the afternoon.

He even began to wonder whether he should bring "The Blue Danube" to Mao in advance.

Strauss will not be born for almost 30 years, so he probably won't care about his work being covered in hair.

While An Ning was thinking about these, one of his attendants, the painter David, set up a canvas beside him, and included the tranquility with a wine glass, the Danube River, and the smoky city on the other side into the canvas.

Just after five o'clock in the afternoon, Napoleon crossed the bridge with Berthier and came to Anning.

Napoleon gave a special formal salute, and then reported: "Your Excellency, we have captured Ulm, and the remnants of the Prussian-Austrian coalition forces have withdrawn from the city. In addition, we used the method of bypassing the barricades to burn supplies before the enemy. Previously occupied the supply warehouse in the enemy city.

"Ulm has pledged his allegiance to you."

An Ning nodded solemnly, and then asked, "Have you captured the Austrian commander-in-chief Alvinzi?"

"According to reliable sources, Alvinzi has escaped from the city and went to the Austrian army downstream. We seized the headquarters documents that the Austrian army failed to destroy in time."

An Ning: "Very good, hand over the document to Berthier."

He turned his gaze to Berthier: "You organize people to read these documents and see if there is any noteworthy information."

"Understood." Berthier nodded.

An Ning stood up: "Then let's go into the city, and then we have to think about how to wipe out as many Prussian-Austrian coalition forces as possible."

Napoleon: "Our army can still fight, and after supplies we can go straight to..."

"You have worked very hard, you can fix it on the spot." An Ning patted Napoleon on the shoulder, "Give some credit to other troops."

Napoleon immediately said: "No, we were able to capture Ulm because of your creative tactics, which broke through the previous military common sense. You are indeed a wise general with wild thinking and unreasonable thinking. All the glory belongs to you! "

An Ning smiled and shook her head: "Even if you flatter me, you won't get any benefits. You should honestly accept the credit for occupying Ulm."

"Why is this flattering? This is the truth. How did you come up with the idea of ​​splitting up the army?"

An Ning: "Because I have a deep understanding of the difference between the citizen army and the kingdom's army. You don't understand this level, mainly because you have never been soldiers in the kingdom's army at the grassroots level, and you don't have a deep understanding of the grassroots soldiers in the kingdom's army.

"I started as an ordinary soldier. After all, I am the son of a cobbler. And you Napoleon, your starting point is in the military academy in Brienne, and you are an officer after you come out. There is a layer between the officers and soldiers of the Royal Army. With a thick barrier, you naturally cannot see the state of the soldiers of the kingdom's army at the grassroots level.

"All of you have this weakness. Even those officers who were born as civilians joined the army after the Great Revolution, and they only came into contact with grassroots soldiers of the National Self-Defense Force after the Great Revolution."

Napoleon nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Yes, that's right. You are so right. Sure enough, only you can lead us to victory, and we will not recognize anyone except you!"

An Ning was shocked when he heard this sentence. Before he crossed over, he would listen to the military songs of the Communist Party of China from time to time, including "Do we maintain the spirit of the past", "Without you, there is no motherland", and "We have no one but you." deny".

Napoleon inadvertently opened his mouth, and a familiar and passionate melody sounded in An Ning's mind. **'s songs are all about an exciting song.

But An Ning's favorite song is "Attack War". After all, this is also his introductory song. The first time I heard it was sung by a virtual anchor named Bai Cai...

An Ning began to seriously consider whether to bring "Attack War" over and use it together with "Ode to Rome" as the designated song for the French army to attack...

Napoleon: "Andy?"

"Ah?" An Ning woke up suddenly, "Oh, what did you just say?"

"I'm bragging about your great achievements." Fanny said suddenly, and at the same time continued to clear the table.

Napoleon couldn't hold back all of a sudden: "Uh, no, I'm telling the truth. I said Andy, are you pampering your maid too much?"

An Ning: "I don't care what other people say. I can't help it. I'm just a cobbler. I can't be noble."

An Ning's self-deprecating statement made many people laugh.

Seeing this, the soldier guarding next to him also boldly said: "Then our leather shoes are broken, can I ask you to repair them?"

"Okay, come!" An Ning smiled, and stretched out her hand to make a "bring it here" gesture.

The guard persuaded himself: "Forget it, now my shoes are fine and not broken."

An Ning: "Really, then you missed the opportunity for me to repair shoes. After all, I am the commander of the army. If everyone comes to me to repair shoes, I will have no time to command the army. There will never be any more Such an opportunity."

"That's a pity." The guard had a sincere expression, "The shoes repaired by you must be family heirlooms."

An Ning laughed out loud, and the officers looked at each other, and then laughed together.

"Let's go, let's go to the city."

**
On the second day after occupying Ulm, the French army had already deployed along the north bank of the Danube, but there was still only one bridgehead in Ulm on the south bank.

The Prussian-Austrian Allied Forces are also like snakes on the mountain, guarding strongholds along the Danube River.

Berthier asked the messengers to pass on the experience of the Ulm battle to the commanders of the whole army, telling them that when they encountered a city with strong fortifications, they could dismantle part of the troops and infiltrate through the lanes to bypass the strong barricades.

Alvinzi's headquarters had moved to Dillingen the night before.But because the headquarters moved, he has not yet re-established contact with the various armies.

There was no radio at this time, and after the headquarters moved, orderers had to be dispatched to the armies on horseback to inform them of the headquarters' move, and then bring back the status reports of the armies.

At this time, the general mobile headquarters of the army will lead to a state of being out of contact for at least one day, and each army can only play its own role.

However, Berthier has established a complete system, and the French army can ensure that the headquarters can maintain communication with the various armies when it moves, which is also the advantage of the French army.

Other countries will only have such capabilities after imitating the French military's institutional military reforms.

Although Berthier is really good at fighting, he is really good at being a staff officer.If Napoleon had Berthier as chief of staff when he was in Waterloo, he might be able to avoid a lot of mistakes in command and communication, and win the victory in the Battle of Lini at the outpost of Waterloo.

All in all, when the Prussian-Austrian Allied Forces were in a state of fighting on their own due to the movement of the headquarters, the French armies began to test the current enemy.

(End of this chapter)