King's Landing in France

Chapter 358
It was only on the third day after the fall of Augsburg that Alvinzi was able to confirm that there was a "gap" in the encirclement network of the French army.

Then Alvinzi's reaction was far beyond An Ning's expectations.

"This must be a trap!" Alvin Qi said firmly, "Frost would not be so careless to leave such a mistake, it must be a trap!"

So Alvinzi's chief of staff asked, "So how do we do it?"

"Leaving a well-fortified city is a dead end. In Ulm, we successfully held the enemy for two days! If each of our armies could hold on for two days, the French army would not be able to proceed to the next step due to excessive casualties action!

"We must implement a resolute defensive strategy, and we will never engage in a decisive battle with the French army in the wild!"

The officers under Alvinzi looked at each other in blank dismay, and no longer concealed their expressions: the marshal had already been frightened by the French army.

Finally, everyone's eyes focused on the Duke of Brunswick, the commander of the Prussian army.

He is probably the only one who can convince Alvinzi.

The Duke of Brunswick noticed everyone's gaze, cleared his throat and said: "Our supply line has been cut off, although there is a considerable amount of ammunition stockpiled in the city, it is not enough to last for a long time.

"If we don't move at this time, we will be trapped to death by the French army."

Alvin Qi said angrily: "What if we leave the city and meet the French army? We can't fight in a field battle! Now the French army only needs to charge up with bayonets, and the troops will be defeated!"

Brunswick: "Even the French army is not invincible. As long as we find the right terrain and properly deploy our troops, we can defeat the French army! Our strength is twice that of the French army!

"Besides, the French army has been largely dispersed because they want to encircle and annihilate us. As long as we seize the opportunity to concentrate our forces to attack an army or even a division of the French army, we can rely on local strength to win."

Alvinzi: "Are you confident that you can defeat the French army in the field?"

"Of course!" Brunswick said, "The cobbler participated in the Seven Years' War before. If you count the Seven Years' War, I also defeated him."

Immediately, a young officer muttered: "He was a private at that time, right? Or a military musician?"

Brunswick glared at the ignorant young man, then cleared his throat: "In short, the French army can be defeated!"

Alvin Qi nodded: "That's great, how about it, I will write to His Majesty Franz and the King of Prussia, abdicate! I will assist you as a deputy!"

Everyone was blinded.

Brunswick was the most puzzled: "What? Uh, it wouldn't be a good idea to change the situation?"

"Very good! We have an army of 40. It's too shameful to be forced to defend the city by 20 French troops. I support you to lead us to attack bravely and defeat the French army on the plain. This honor is given to you! " Alvin Qi said sincerely.

Brunswick was dumbfounded: "This... But now I wrote to the two majesties to change generals. Even if I got the consent, it will be five days after I received the reply. This is still a fast situation!"

Alvinzi seemed to be full of confidence, and he was completely different from just now: "We now have a fortified city, and we have twice the strength of the French army. We can still hold it for five days! Of course, you want to change the command on the battlefield now." There is no problem with the right, the military situation is urgent, I think the two majesties will understand if we cut it first and then play it!"

Brunswick frowned, and he understood that Alvinzi was sure he would lose, so he threw the blame away.

Anyway, Alvin Qi is also in his 70s and almost [-] years old, and no one can say anything about Ji Liuyong retreating to retire.

Brunswick took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and responded, "Let's wait for your majesty's decision. If the two majesties let me lead the coalition army, I will definitely live up to everyone's expectations!"

Now it was the turn of the surrounding junior officers to be dumbfounded.

The Nima French army is about to make dumplings, and the supplies have been cut off. You actually want to stand still and wait for the order of the emperor and king?
At this moment, all the officers had the idea of ​​"destroy it quickly".

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What the officers of the coalition forces did not expect was that their decision was far beyond An Ning's expectations.

Facing the coalition forces whose feet had taken root and stayed where they were, An Ning was in a bad mood.

On this day, he paced back and forth in his headquarters, saying as he walked: "Oh, what the hell is this? Why is the enemy not moving?"

Just at this time, a new messenger came in, so Berthier said to An Ning after hearing the report: "Moreau reported that the Austrian army has been besieged in the city, and asked what to do next."

An Ning frowned, looking at a series of circles along the Danube River.

Each circle is an encirclement circle, inside which is a coalition army.

He said to himself: "Ten besieged and five will be attacked. I only have half the strength of others..."

Although I have mastered the method of bypassing barricades, it is for street fighting, and there is a siege stage before street fighting.

Moreover, the cities of the Austrians usually have bastions for defense next to them. Although most of the bastions are not very large bastions, they are after all a fortress.

This thing is disgusting to attack.

After all, European military engineering has been developed for so many years, and there is still a skill in building fortresses.

With 40 coalition troops defending the city like this, An Ning suddenly realized that she really had nothing to do.

Unless you can immediately transform into a doctor of science and engineering, equip yourself with C4 explosives, and let other people's fortresses take earth planes.

But An Ning doesn't know how to rub such high-end things with his hands.

It seems that they can only wait for the coalition forces in the city to be too hungry to come out and surrender.

The problem is that An Ning doesn't know how much food these cities have in store, and he is not sure how long the siege will take.

He still remembered the fortress of Mantua in Italy, which had been besieged for more than a year before Davout finally broke through.

Thinking about this, An Ning muttered, "Damn it, it would be great if I could launch a general to blow away the city defense."

Berthier's face changed drastically: "What? Launch a general?"

An Ning: "I'm joking."

Berthier froze for a moment, then asked, "Where's the joke?"

An Ning: "The point of the joke is the launching general... Forget it, don't worry about it. So facing the enemy's fortified city, do you have any suggestions?"

Berthier also had a troubled look on his face: "Our supply line needs to rely on the city."

In this era, due to the low supply capacity, the setting of supply lines must rely on the ready-made storage facilities in the city.

Therefore, in this era, it is impossible to bypass the city and attack the rear. No matter who it is, it must smash the strong fortification.

It seems that the stronghold system of Europa Universalis 4 has been reflected into reality.

An Ning: "Can't we go around? For example, supply from Zurich, and then the army goes straight to Vienna?"

Berthier: "You mean, let Davout go north to occupy Zurich, and then we go straight to Vienna?"

An Ning: "Yes, Italy will be handed over to Massena."

Berthier did a quick mental calculation and nodded: "Well, it should work."

(End of this chapter)