King's Landing in France

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An Ning: "Okay, I won't rush, I won't rush! Stop reading, my ears are callused! Are you my mother?"

Fanny: "Let's drink red wine."

An Ning sighed: "Okay, set the table and I'll have a drink. After I sit down, the chief of staff won't worry about me going to the battle in person anymore, right?"

Speaking on a whim, An Ning picked up the chair that Fanny had just set up and handed it to Berthier: "Check it to make sure it won't run away!"

With a straight face, Berthier checked it out and made sure that the stool was a dead object before returning the stool to An Ning.

An Ning was speechless: "Did you really check it? I'm not a real magician, I won't let the chair run away by itself!"

Berthier: "It's hard to say. Now the enemy soldiers seem to believe that you can summon the Roman legion."

An Ning smiled: "What the hell, you really think I'm the reincarnation of Caesar? Then the Roman legion traveled through time and space to be loyal to me, right?"

Is it necessary to add a line of narration when charging: loyalty that never ends until death is the embodiment of Caesar's kingly way...

What Yinskandar.

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While An Ning was on the battlefield watching the vast number of French troops swarming up to attack the main force of Alvinzi's coalition forces, special commissioner Fouché got the things he had just ordered from the local goldsmith.

He looked at this thing and was very satisfied: "Very good, very good!"

Imitation of the Roman eagle emblem, reflecting the fire in the furnace.

Fouché: "The first batch of 100 eagle flags must be completed as soon as possible!"

Chapter 275 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 as she was thinking, Murat and Neyin came to Anning together.

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

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

Nei Yin: "My brigade had 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."

From the current situation, the 20 French troops brought out by An Ning have almost reached their limit, and they have to return 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 Nayin 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.

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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 and said, "I think the next step is to let the French army take advantage of the victory and attack the rich Rhine River area as soon as possible!"

"That's right, occupying the Lai Yin area can solve our tax source problem!" Someone immediately agreed.

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

Chapter 276 Your Eagle Emblem Has Arrived

An Ning received an order from the Parliament on May 5.

"According to the latest resolution of the parliament, you must launch a combat operation across the border to attack the Rhine region as soon as possible."

Looking at the order, An Ning frowned: "What the hell?"

The commissioner who sent the order was a young man. Seeing An Ning's attitude, he repeated the order in a superior tone: "You must start crossing the border to Laiyin as soon as possible..."

"I know what the order is. I'm asking why there is such a thing?" An Ning interrupted the young commissioner, "I thought the commissioner was here to work in the army."

An Ning just won a big victory, and the National Assembly in Paris has not responded yet, but the National Assembly in various places has sent a lot of labor supplies.

He originally thought that the National Assembly would also express something, but he did not expect that what was sent was an order urging to continue to attack the border.

And it was sent by such an ignorant "special commissioner".

An Ning looked at the special commissioner carefully: his face looked childish, and the clothes on his body didn't fit well, and maybe because he wasn't used to wearing such good clothes, his body was a little stiff.

It should be a newcomer who got lucky after the Jacobins seized power.

"Laojun..." The young commissioner hesitated for a moment, "This...maybe the parliament was negligent, but the order of the parliament is also very important! If you want labor, I can write to the parliament and ask them to send someone, but the attack Action must be initiated immediately!"

An Ning: "No, our army does not have enough supplies to support expeditionary operations across borders."

The commissioner was stunned for a moment. Obviously, An Ning's answer was beyond his expectations. After a brief silence, he asked, "Why not? The expedition in Italy is clearly going well!"

"That's because the south is relatively stable and can organize enough transport capacity to transport supplies, and Italy has the support of the newly established Republic of Milan. Most importantly, the Italian Legion has fewer people. The objective situation in the north, let us An expedition across the border cannot be organized in a short period of time."

Commissioner: "How about reducing the number of expeditions?"

An Ning looked at the commissioner with his mouth wide open, as if he was looking at a lunatic: "Although we won the victory, we basically did not fight an annihilation battle. The enemy should be able to recover the scattered troops soon. Crossing the border with a small number of troops is a good idea." Courting death, our army's training level is still low."

An Ning paused: "Unless the elite troops guarding Paris are mobilized. Are you sure you want me to transfer the garrison troops to attack Lain? Paris is only protected by new troops that have not even been trained?"

Commissioner: "Then... Anyway, the order of the parliament must be implemented!"

"The order of the parliament is unreasonable. As the military commander of France, I have the right to refuse unreasonable orders! You go back to the parliament and say that His Excellency General Frost asserted that it is not a good time to attack the Lain area. We need To train the troops, we need to rectify the logistics and hoard supplies!"

Commissioner: "But..."

"Just go back and tell me what you said! Get out now!"

The young commissioner rolled away in a daze.

Berthier, who had been silent all this time, said at this time: "Is this really good for the commissioner of the parliament?"

An Ning: "Is there anything good? Can the parliament remove my command post?"

"What if the parliament really withdraws you?" Berthier asked.

Murat next to him turned his head and ran away as soon as he heard the question, probably because he felt that this was not something he should hear.

Seeing this, Nei Yin followed suit.

But before they fled, An Ning replied: "Even if I obey the parliament's arrangement and give up the command, my troops will not agree. In order to avoid greater chaos caused by the mutiny of the troops, I can only ignore the parliament's orders." The so-called order. The council will definitely understand my good intentions."

If the parliament does not understand, use a straightforward method to make them understand.

Like grape bombs.

An Ning didn't realize that when he thought about these things at this time, he didn't have the slightest resistance at all, and related thoughts came to his mind quite logically.