Crossing the Continent in the Eighteenth Century

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The battle on the outskirts of Brunswick, the capital of the Principality of Brunswick, ended the moment we appeared before it even started, and the difference may only be the casualties of the Duke of Hesse.

Because the Duke of Hesse immediately thought that we would block their retreat to Hannover, they moved to the south for a certain distance. At a considerable price, the Prince of Dessau divided the front Prussian infantry regiment into two. While one part squeezed the activity space of the Duke of Hesse to the south, the infantry regiment on the west attempted to block the infantry regiment of the Duke of Hesse. retreat.

The Duke of Hesse sent their cavalry to stop the infantry of the Prince of Dessau moving westward. If they launched an immediate attack, they would cause great casualties to the Prussian infantry in the vanguard, but they did not Instead of doing this, after the Prussian infantry stopped moving, they also stopped moving.

Soon, the Hessians paid the price for their stupid act of sympathizing with their troops. The panicked Hessian infantry walked past the cavalry, completely clamping the space of the cavalry, and captured this opportunity. The Prince of Dessau asked me Bringing four regiments of Prussian cavalry into battle.

Considering that this might be a trap, and there might be French troops nearby waiting for us to mess up the formation because of the hunting of the Duke of Hesse, I only sent two Prussian cavalry regiments and told the Prince of Dessau not to pursue them. We are only here to tear off the right-hand man of the Duke of Hesse, not to destroy them here.

The Prince of Dessau, who had only two infantry regiments on hand on the flank, cooperated with two Prussian cavalry regiments with a total of more than 5000 troops to launch the largest attack that afternoon. advantage, but instant confusion ensued during the onslaught of the Prince of Dessau.

Then the Duke of Hesse was killed by a Prussian cavalry saber during the assault of two cavalry regiments.No distinction is made between east, west, north and south time.

From the time we entered the battlefield and deployed until the Duke of Hesse completely withdrew from the battlefield, the whole battle lasted for two hours, of which the real battle time was only about 30 minutes to 45 minutes, but it was less than an hour, the siege The Duchy of Hesse in Brunswick paid a heavy price.

Send a messenger to Brunswick, and I will send an order to the Prince of Dessau to stop the pursuit, and let Schwerin go to count the results of the battle.

Soon, Brunswick contacted us.

Seeing those who came out of Brunswick look at our group of reinforcements with a look of "we finally found the organization", I probably understand why the Hessians chose to turn a blind eye to my previous march and the warning to the French Well, probably they thought they could swallow Brunswick with just a bite of their teeth.

Appease the envoy of the Principality of Brunswick.Sent them back again to arrange a meeting for our top brass, and before dark, Schwerin reported our losses and gains with a notebook.

"A lot of cannons have been thrown away, a total of 65. The number of shells in the shell box is enough for us to fight two battles, but the caliber is different for us to use."

"Different calibers will affect the shelling effect." Constance felt a little regretful. "If all the cannons were cast according to our Roman muzzle system, it would be saved."

at this time.I'm not picky: "It doesn't matter if the caliber is different, as long as it can be used, this can be regarded as making up for the lack of our shelling intensity. You know, the artillerymen of many artillery companies don't even have cannons on hand."

"Too."

After confiscating the Hessian artillery, Schwerin opened a new paper, which recorded the loss of the Prince of Dessau.Seven infantry regiments and two cavalry regiments successively killed and missing more than 200 people.

These casualties are nothing compared to the losses of the Duke of Hessen. According to preliminary estimates, the Duke of Hessen was captured more than 1000 people, and more than 600 people were captured, and fewer died in battle.Because of the darkness, they only roughly calculated that there are more than [-] people in Hesse.

"There are only less than 2000 people." Morris ate all the books he had read in the military academy and passed them out as shit.

"It's great to have such a result." Constance rolled his eyes. In order not to make people think that our senior Roman officers are idiots, he said, "This is a pursuit battle, not an annihilation battle. Although I wiped out the The enemy has about 2000 people, but looking at the number of our prisoners, there are more people than died in battle. It is estimated that the enemy has disrupted the organization in order to escape. It is very likely that the missing soldiers will not return to the Duke of Hesse. Coupled with the chaotic organization, the Hessian Duke's army, without a ten-day-and-a-half-month period, can never recover its combat effectiveness."

Constance is right. Although we have only a few less than 2000 people here, judging from the collapse of their discarded baggage, the loss report on the Hessian side will be much higher than ours, at least twice. Double, because for the Hessians, whether they are killed in battle, captured or lost, they are all within the scope of missing, and missing is a loss of combat power, but for us, missing is something we can’t record of.

"According to me, we should surround this Hessian army with all our strength and annihilate them here. Look at the opportunity ahead. As long as all the cavalry are sent out, all the Hessians will be killed." Planted here."

Morris felt very unhappy that he could not eat the entire enemy army at once, and he was not afraid of being overwhelmed, but what he said made sense. According to the detectives behind us, the French were not here. If we had gone all out at that time, the black The Mori is going to hang here.

It is true to say that I have no regrets, but I can only comfort myself, at least I have completed the initial combat purpose, and I myself have roughly understood the command of the large corps through this battle. Judging from the current situation, there is no That's too bad. Although I can't capture the battlefield with my eyes, I can at least judge the enemy's situation through the sound of artillery, thick smoke and front-line military reports. If necessary, I can go to the front line to observe in person.

After the battle ended in Brunswick, and after contacting the Duke of Brunswick there, I rejected the guy's kind invitation to live in Brunswick for ten days and a half months, and rejected Brunswick The army cooperated with us to fight together, and pursued in the direction of Hesse's retreat the next day.

As for the idea that the Brunswick Army wants to make a small contribution in this war, my request is very simple, that is, to send us an alert when the French army crosses the border.

On the second day, we launched a pursuit.

The reason for pursuing the Duke of Hesse is to consider that the combat effectiveness of the French army in the two armies of the Duke of Hesse and the French army is stronger than that of the Duke of Hesse. Any force will be very valuable against the French army. Prepare, so the two armies of the Duke of Hesse will be obstacles for me to fight against the French army. The method of arriving in Brunswick this time and then looking for fighters to engage is to attack the Duke of Brunswick first. The larger casualties deterred the Principality of Hesse, and then in the follow-up actions, we made a false move to go north to solve the Principality of Hesse first, and then turned to the south when the French army attacked Brunswick.

But, will the French army advance to Brunswick?

should be.

You must know that although the French army has a large number of people, the main force is launching a fierce attack on Vienna in the south. This French army stationed in the Principality of Kassel can be regarded as the main force defending the flank of the French army. Combined with the French army’s rebellion against the Principality of Hesse, let them attack Hanover at will. Regarding the facts of the Principality and the Principality of Brunswick, I think the original idea of ​​the French was that the French army attacked Vienna in the south, and the Hessians joined forces to defend the flanks. In other words, it was a passive defense.

I just don’t know how the French did it. A good strategy turned into an active attack where the French army stationed in the Principality of Hesse to contain Felicia and the others.If this is the case, the situation I can think of is that the generals of the French army and the generals of the Principality of Hesse are not compatible.And the general of the French army is the Duke of Villeroy, a son of the French royal family, which further strengthened my thoughts.

Since the generals of the French army are at odds with the Duke of Hesse, will the French army still go north?

I think it still will, especially when they received the Duke of Hesse and we defeated it, and I was going to beat the dog in the water.

But what if the French army does not come?

Then I will make a fake show and kill the main force of the Hessians with a big stick, and then go south to attack the Principality of Hesse.

Regarding the morale issue, the Prussians won a small victory and their morale was high. Naturally, it would not be a problem to fight the French next. The Fifth Spartan Army still has morale issues?

Except for a certain father of the Fifth Spartan Legion. (To be continued..)