Just when Jérôme Bonaparte was thinking about how to punish the Russian Empire after the war, a knock on the door reached his ears.
He quickly locked the code book in the drawer again, then folded the encrypted telegram and put it in his pocket, and shouted out the door with a serious face: "Please come in!"
The door of the office slowly opened, and Jerome Patterson's figure appeared at the door, "Your Majesty, all division commanders have arrived at the headquarters!"
Jerome Bonaparte nodded, stood up and responded: "Okay! I understand! Let's go!"
After Jerome Bonaparte and Jerome Patterson left the office, they went straight to the headquarters combat conference hall.
When Jérôme Bonaparte pushed open the door of the war conference room, he saw Canrobert, Bosquet, and Trochu (who were replaced by Jérôme due to the outstanding performance of Inkermann) in the war conference room.
Bonaparte promoted him to the commander of the Third Division. The original division commander Pelissier completely resigned as the commander of the third division and concentrated on serving as the acting commander of the expeditionary force.) Marshal Regno and Marshal Pelissier, at this time, they were in good order.
Sitting at the long conference table, they were waiting for the arrival of Jérôme Bonaparte. After Jérôme Bonaparte appeared in front of them, the four division commanders and an acting commander stood up at the same time and said to them in unison.
Jerome Bonaparte saluted as a sign of respect.
Jérôme Bonaparte also returned the salute to them with a solemn expression, then walked step by step to the main seat of the long desk, pulled out the armchair, and sat down.
The atmosphere in the entire conference room became even more depressing the moment Jérôme Bonaparte sat down.
Everyone sitting in the seats was silently waiting for Jérôme Bonaparte to speak, and as the initiator of the meeting, Jérôme Bonaparte was still organizing the words in his mind.
After a while, Jérôme Bonaparte, who had organized his speech, said to them in a heavy tone: "The purpose of calling you here today is to announce a matter of national mourning!
Marshal of the French Empire, Commander of the Expeditionary Force, recipient of the Order of the Legion of Honor, Marshal Saint-Arnaud, Count of Sevastopol, fell into a coma at around two o'clock this afternoon. At three o'clock in the afternoon, Saint-Arnaud
Marshal Nuo will completely pass away and return to the embrace of God!"
As soon as these words came out, except for the three people who had already learned about the death of Marshal Saint-Arnaud in advance, everyone present showed shock and sadness on their faces.
The most miserable one among them was Trochu.
As the adjutant of Marshal Saint-Arnaud, he has been favored by Marshal Saint-Arnaud since he served as Minister of War.
Even when Saint-Arnaud was recuperating in Constantinople, as an adjutant, he was still living on Marshal Saint-Arnaud's legacy.
To put it bluntly, a large part of the reason why Trochu was able to obtain his current position was because of the legacy of Marshal Saint-Arnaud.
You must know that the current Trochu is only 39 years old. Take Bazin, who is about the same age as him (actually Bazin is 4 years older). Although the current Bazin has the same military rank as him, he has the same rank of major general.
, but Bazin’s position was only that of the leader of the Zhuav regiment.
And Trochu is now in charge of the most elite army in France. It can be said that the gap between the two is obvious to all.
Let’s look at the people who belong to the same rank as him. Most of them are in their 40s to 60s. Even the youngest Canrobert is now an “old man” of 45 years old.
Trochu can be said to be the youngest among all division-level generals.
If he had not been the adjutant of Marshal Saint-Arnaud, then Trochu would never have been able to take the command of the Third Division.
Of course, if Marshal Saint-Arnaud had not been seriously ill, Trochu would not have been able to sit as commander of the Third Division.
Trochu himself was a banner specially erected by Jérôme Bonaparte in order to let other forces take a look. Even if Marshal Saint-Arnaud had died, the forces behind Marshal Saint-Arnaud would not
Will be abandoned by His Majesty the Emperor.
However, whether Trochu can take over the banner of Marshal Saint-Arnault and unify the followers of Marshal Saint-Arnault depends on his own ability.
The topic has gone too far. At this time, Trochu has not thought of this step. Now he only thinks about whether he can send his old boss off for the last time.
After all, one cannot forget his roots.
"Your Majesty!" Trochu's voice was slightly choked.
"Please allow me to resign to you as division commander!" Trochu begged Jérôme Bonaparte.
As soon as this sentence was uttered, he was immediately decisively rejected by Jérôme Bonaparte: "No! I don't agree! Major General Trochu, this battlefield is not a workplace! I am the French army, nor the British army, nor you.
You can quit if you want! If you really want to quit, then take off your military uniform!"
"Then I would like to take a period of leave!" Major General Trochu retreated and said to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"How many days of vacation do you need?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked Trochu.
"About a week or so!" Major General Trochu replied to Jérôme Bonaparte.
Jérôme Bonaparte stretched out three fingers and said to Trochu: "Three days, I only give you three days! After three days, you will return to the army on time, do you hear me?"
"Yes!" Brigadier General Trochu responded with a sonorous tone.
"Go! You can go to Constantinople now!" Jerome Bonaparte waved to Major General Trochu.
Trochu then asked Jérôme Bonaparte if he had any other instructions for him.
Jérôme Bonaparte told Trochu that everything would be done after he comes back!
"And!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Major General Trochu: "Let us say goodbye to Marshal Saint-Arnaud and tell him that we will definitely defeat Russia!"
After Trochu left, Jérôme Bonaparte once again issued an order to everyone present: lower the flag of the French Empire hanging in Sevastopol to half-mast, and at the same time announce to the French army the death of Marshal Saint-Arnaud.
information.
Everyone said with one voice that they would definitely obey Jérôme Bonaparte's order.
After finishing his sad story, Jérôme Bonaparte told one happy thing: "There is another thing! According to reliable information, my brother Nicholas of St. Petersburg has now suffered from the disease.
Serious illness! Soon, he will return to the embrace of God!"
After hearing the second message from Jerome Bonaparte, everyone present immediately smiled with joy on their faces.
The current Russian Empire must be dragged into wars by Nicholas I. It is like a compressed spring. The harder Nicholas I works in the early stage, the stronger the rebound will be in the later stage.
Once Nicholas I is gone, their army in the Crimean Peninsula will probably become even more depressed.
It is just around the corner to defeat the Russian army on the southern line of the Crimean Peninsula.
"Your Majesty, I think we should do something!" Canrobert put forward his own opinion.
"What do you want to do?" Jerome Bonaparte responded with interest.
Even though he had figured out his strategy now, he still wanted to hear their opinions.
Canrobert told Jérôme Bonaparte that he believed that the army should send a group of people to Simferopol to spread the news that Nicholas I was seriously ill. In this case, the military morale of the entire Russian Empire would inevitably change.
subject to turmoil.
Then they can take advantage of the turmoil in the military's morale to attack everywhere. The troops from the town of Yevpatoria quickly head to Perekop, cutting off the only channel between Crimea and the interior at lightning speed.
At the same time, the main force of the coalition forces can attack Saki, Bakhchisaray and Simferopol respectively.
By then, the Russian Imperial Army will inevitably choose to retreat towards Perekop.
When they reach Perekop, they will find that the gate of Perekop has been closed to them, and the 200,000 troops of the Russian Empire will become a turtle in the urn of the coalition forces.
After wiping out Russia’s elite troops on the southern front, are you still afraid that they will not surrender to France?
After listening to Canrobert's strategy, Jérôme Bonaparte nodded with satisfaction, and at the same time expressed his thoughts to Canrobert and others.
Finally, Jérôme Bonaparte issued an order to Pélissier, asking him to lead the expeditionary force staff to formulate a qualified plan and hand it over to him in the shortest possible time.
Then he will coordinate the personnel of each unit at the next coalition meeting. "If this plan succeeds, we will be able to defeat the Russian Empire before winter completely arrives, thus forcing them to return to the negotiating table!"
If we fail, we may have to wait until next spring for a decisive battle with the Russian Empire.
You don’t have much time left for us!”
"I understand! Your Majesty!" Pellissier replied solemnly to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Okay! That's all I have to say! Do you have anything to add?" Jerome Bonaparte asked.
"Your Majesty, when will new bullets be delivered?" General Canrobert asked.
After Jérôme Bonaparte thought for a moment, he told Canrobert that the transport ship carrying 10 million rounds of mine bombs was now docked at the port of Cyprus and was expected to arrive in Sevastopol in the next two days.
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"By the way, Your Majesty! Our division is also somewhat short of cans and cigarettes. Can you ask the Munitions Department to send some over?" Bosquet continued to make a request.
"Each unit receives a fixed amount of supplies each month. Your division can only wait until next month." Jérôme Bonaparte glanced at Bosquet angrily. He knew that the second
The reason why the divisions consume so much is because they go to nearby villages with cans every week for a wave of "advanced consumption."
Nowadays, cans and cigarettes have become the new currency of Crimea.
