Chapter 274 The disintegration of the monarchy begins with their army
Chapter 274 The disintegration of the monarchy begins with their army
An Ning was greatly surprised by the appearance of this cavalry unit.
The French army is currently very short of cavalry - mainly because of the lack of war horses. Most of the horse farmers in the countryside are nobles. Many horse farmers have good relations with the nobles, so now there are many people who directly defect to the royal party.
The current cavalry of the French army are all former cavalry units that tended to be republican and then joined the National Guard. The newly formed cavalry units are basically zero. The existing cavalry units are also non-renewable resources. If a horse dies, there will be one less horse.
The problem of the French Revolutionary Army's lack of cavalry would not be alleviated to a certain extent until around 1795. At that time, the Jacobins adopted a policy of terror to clear the obstacles to the implementation of reform policies such as land distribution, and the economy began to recover. Most of the rebellions in the countryside
It calmed down and horses began to be supplied.
Of course, this was a historical situation. Now, because of An Ning's intervention, the revolutionary army's horse problem has been alleviated to a certain extent. The south is relatively stable, and it occupies Milan, Italy, so it can raise horses from Italy.
While An Ning was thinking about this, he watched the cavalry appear from nowhere and launch a brave back charge.
The Prussians collapsed immediately, and the cavalry began to chase the scattered Prussian army across the mountains and plains.
An Ning's infantry troops also seemed unwilling to admit defeat. They wanted to compete with the cavalry to capture prisoners, and they also pursued the enemy across the mountains and plains.
When the whole scene was in chaos, An Ning saw two cavalry running towards him against the current of pursuing the enemy.
The leading cavalryman looked like an officer, while the cavalryman running behind held a military flag.
It should be the brigade flag of this cavalry unit.
When the two knights arrived in front of An Ning, the leading officer saluted him: "Salute to you, Your Majesty General Frost!"
An Ning returned the gift: "Salute to you. Who are you?"
Officer: "My name is Michel Ney, and I am the acting commander of this hussar regiment."
An Ning was secretly happy when he heard the name. He had the pleasure of winning an SSR in a single draw. If there was a chat group at this time, he would definitely post a screenshot of Nei's expression to the group: "The newbie won this in a single draw, please say hello."
Use it?"
An Ning: "Oh, it's Major Ney..."
"Well, I'm just a captain. According to the orders of the Ministry of War, I am acting as the commander of the regiment and commanding everyone. I haven't been promoted to a higher rank yet."
An Ning: "Captain Ney, you have done a very good job. To reward you for today's military exploits, you are now a major. I will ask the Ministry of War to issue official documents."
Ney saluted.
An Ning continued to issue instructions: "Although your brigade has just experienced a battle, there is no time for you to rest. I order you to immediately assemble your brigade and move towards Verdun to search for the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry. You must completely block the enemy's reconnaissance."
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Ney: "I'll do it right away."
After saying that, he turned the horse's head and kicked the horse's belly, causing the horse to let go of its hooves and start galloping.
An Ning turned to Berthier and ordered: "Let the troops stop chasing the defeated enemy, rest on the spot, eat dry food, and fill up the water bottles. We will continue the forced march today."
Berthier: "Should we continue the march?"
"Yes, we don't have time to set up camp anyway. Rather than letting the soldiers sleep in the field, it's better to march by force."
Berthier: "Actually, we have occupied the camp that the enemy has not had time to evacuate. We can sleep there first and take a nap to recover our strength."
An Ning thought about it and felt that as the saying goes, sharpening the sword does not waste time cutting wood, so there is nothing wrong with seizing the time to restore the physical fitness of the troops.
So he changed his order: "Repair in place for five hours, and continue to set off after five hours. We must be fast! Quickly attack the scattered enemies before they can react!"
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Late that night, the Allied Forces Command grasped the full picture of what had happened: Frost came up with a group of French troops in a fierce manner.
Alvinzi: "We should mobilize our troops immediately and completely defeat Frost on the frontal battlefield. The French army has such high morale now purely because of Frost's personal reputation. And he is also causing harm to our army.
Due to his influence, ordinary soldiers spread the word about him more and more. We must defeat him once and completely destroy his myth."
Duke of Brunswick: "I agree. Frost had just defeated the Fourth Army. Judging from the way he adopted a column attack, it is likely that he was trying to avoid the shortcomings of his own troops' lack of training.
"Next, he should camp at the position of the Fourth Army, restore the organization that was completely messed up due to the melee, and clean up the battlefield. It is estimated that we will have a day to mobilize the army."
Alvinzi: "We estimate the number of Frost's troops to be between 60,000 and 100,000. In one day, we can gather around 100,000 troops and deploy them at this location."
Alvinzi gestured on the map.
He seemed confident: "We then mobilized the troops surrounding the Verdun Fortress as reserves. These reserves should join the battlefield later. If the decisive battle is scheduled for two days later, the reserves will fight.
Joined the battlefield that afternoon.
"It happens to be the moment when the battle comes to a final conclusion. Whoever puts the last remaining battalion into the battlefield will win!"
Brunswick nodded: "It's a very reasonable plan. Let the staff start working on the map. Our troops are highly trained and professional, and they should be mobilized faster than the French army!"
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An Ning: "The key to action is to be fast! Attack as quickly as possible before the enemy reacts! So we don't have time to restore the chaotic troops to normal. Let everyone join the troops nearby and listen to the command of the officers we don't know.
"Anyway, we are all revolutionary troops, fighting for a common goal. We are not afraid of chaos. Our common belief in fighting for the revolution and the motherland will connect the entire army together!
"The cumbersome process of setting up and dismantling camps in the past can also be omitted. These can be handed over to specialized baggage teams. The troops do not need to be responsible for setting up camps. They can lie on the ground to rest when they are tired. I believe that high patriotic enthusiasm can allow them to overcome this problem.
Little difficulty!”
One of the main reasons why the kingdom's army needs to camp is to allow the soldiers to sleep in the field and possibly run around a lot in one night.
After all, the army is essentially forced by noble lords to work hard, and they are not fighting for themselves.
Berthier: "It goes against common sense."
"Admit the reality, times have changed, and we cannot use old common sense to measure the current French army, my chief of staff."
An Ning paused and looked at the other officers. Now all the brigade commanders of the army were gathered at his headquarters.
"Everyone, this war is a war between a new type of army and an old army. This new army will have completely new characteristics and cannot be measured by the standards of the old army. I boldly predict that they will exceed everyone's expectations.
You know. It won’t be long before European countries will have to imitate us in carrying out military reform. During the process of military reform, the ideas of the Great Revolution will be passively exported to other countries!
"The disintegration of the monarchy begins with their army!"