On this day, An Ning chatted with Archduke Karl all day long.
His own feeling was that the door to a new world had been opened to Archduke Karl, and the rest was up to him.
If the reform cannot be carried out, there is still a possibility of being beaten by his brother Franz, but to say the least, Austria has beaten Karl, the only famous general it can defeat, which is also a good thing!
Maybe when the time comes, it can be processed a bit, and it can be advertised as saying that Frost will make Austria abolish its martial arts in three sentences.
It was not until late that night that Archduke Karl returned to the guest room prepared for him with satisfaction.
The next day, Bernadotte also arrived at the headquarters from Verdun.
As soon as he entered the door, Bernadotte, like Napoleon, saw the eagle flag placed in the corner against the wall and was stunned.
An Ning immediately remembered that Bernadotte was a die-hard republican and hurriedly said: "This is a gift from Fouche. I have no intention of becoming a dictator."
Bernadotte was even more confused: "Ah? What kind of dictator?"
Okay, I didn't think that way at first, but I didn't bring it upon myself.
An Ning quickly made up for it: "Aren't you looking at the eagle flag? When you see the eagle flag, you think of Caesar and the emperor. I am a die-hard republican and I will not be a dictator."
Bernadotte: "Of course you are, you are even the founder of the Republic. Why do you say this?"
An Ning: "It's okay, just don't think about it. I'm afraid you will misunderstand me. Please report the situation at Verdun Fortress!"
Bernardo nodded: "The fortress was defended for nearly four months in total. The enemy's best attack was on the north wall of the fortress, but it was recaptured by us. However, the long battle caused a certain degree of damage to the outer wall of the fortress.
The bunker of Trench Lee has also been damaged by the coalition forces. In order to prevent the enemy from coming back, the location of the bunker needs to be readjusted."
The fortresses of this era had some specially set up darkrooms outside the fortress. For example, there were several such things hidden in the trenches of Verdun Fortress. There were cannons in the bunkers. When the enemy entered the trenches and charged towards the other side,
Sometimes, you can use solid bullets to sweep through the enemy's queue, causing huge damage.
Because it is impossible to leave a secret passage leading into the fortress in these bunkers - this is equivalent to giving the enemy a passage to bypass the strong walls of the fortress and attack the interior.
Therefore, the entrances to these bunkers are all outside. Once exposed, people will quickly find the entrance and break into it.
The death squads stationed in the bunker at Verdun Fortress have probably all died heroically for their country.
An Ning: "You will get the military engineering experts you need. In addition, give me the names of those stationed in the bunker, and I will reward their families."
Bernadotte immediately took out a stack of documents: "Here. It should be all. I mean, all of my troops."
An Ning took the list solemnly and said in a deep voice: "These people have made outstanding contributions to the Republic, and the Republic will not forget them!"
When Napoleon saw this, he rubbed his head awkwardly: "Well, I didn't bring any staff, I just ran here with a few guards, so... I'm sorry, Andy, I don't have any documents to give you here."
An Ning glanced at Napoleon: "I know."
Napoleon was not good at handling these detailed matters. In real history, Berthier was basically responsible for daily affairs and split his battle plan into several parts.
But Bernadotte is different.
Their personalities were probably the reason for their discord later on.
While An Ning was thinking about this, Bernadotte had already begun to scold Napoleon: "Shouldn't this kind of thing be carried with you? It is very important to let the headquarters know how many troops you have and how many enemy attacks you can withstand...
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Napoleon: "I know this is important. I didn't say it wasn't important. I just saw that the enemy was defeated and ran to Andy in excitement. This is just a small oversight!"
Bernadotte: "By the time this oversight leads to failure, it will be too late!"
An Ning watched Bernadotte scolding Napoleon, wondering if the two of them would have been enemies if they had changed time and space.
Napoleon snorted: "I just won the battle and captured Emperor Shinra's brother, and you just promised to hold the fortress. What qualifications do you have to teach me a lesson?"
Bernadotte: "This has nothing to do with whether you win the battle or not...I am reminding you to do every detail well..."
An Ning: "Okay."
The two men stopped like fighting cocks and looked at An Ning together.
"As a general, you don't have to stick to trivial matters. Just let a qualified chief of staff take care of this kind of thing. I can't take everything into consideration. It all depends on Berthier."
Berthier suddenly heard his name and was a little surprised: "Ah? Me?"
An Ning: "I'm praising your work."
"Well, I should." Berthier looked very moved, because not long ago An Ning was scolding him for his mistakes that almost led to the French army's defeat in Babi Village, but now he praised him without reservation.
Everyone would be moved by his work.
Bernadotte observed Berthier's expression, and then asked tentatively: "I heard that you punished Colonel Berthier for his mistakes..."
An Ning: "He was punished by wearing a maid uniform for a day! From now on, if someone in my army makes a mistake that does not lead to punishment, he will have to wear a maid uniform!"
Bernadotte frowned: "Could it be...are we like this too?"
"You'd better hope that when you make a mistake, you'll be waiting for you in a maid uniform instead of a guillotine." An Ning shrugged, "But when you do well, I won't be stingy with my praise, just like I did just now. Well done.
Even if you do well, making mistakes will not prevent you from doing well."
Bernadotte said "Oh" and praised: "I heard before that you are good at running the army, and now it seems that you are indeed so."
An Ning accepted the flattery with a smile.
Bernadotte is not yet considered his direct descendant, and his praise can be regarded as the praise of a third party, which is even more precious.
Afterwards, everyone chatted for a while, and then the envoys from the coalition forces arrived.
The envoy held a white flag and was led into the headquarters.
"I am Frost, what do the Duke of Brunswick and Marshal Alvinci of the Allied Forces think?" An Ning asked, looking at the embarrassed envoy.
The envoy kept looking at the eagle flag in the corner.
An Ning thought to herself, it's over. Now that she had found evidence for charging with the eagle flag, she didn't dare to think about how exaggerated the rumors would become in the future.
An Ning coughed and finally woke up the envoy who was paying attention to the Eagle Flag: "Well, that's it. Marshal Alvinci and the Duke of Brunswick asked me to bring you a letter, mainly about the exchange.
About the prisoners of war."
An Ning: "I think our army doesn't have many prisoners who need to be exchanged, right? Isn't the word exchange a bit inappropriate?"
The envoy was silent for a few seconds and then changed his words: "Then...redemption. When will arrangements be made to redeem the prisoners of war? Of course, our army will be the one to redeem them."
An Ning turned to look at Berthier: "How about you make some arrangements?"
Berthier: "Is it true that there is no need to contact the National Assembly before making a decision on this matter?"
"Well..." An Ning raised his eyebrows and glanced at Bernadotte, "Okay, let's ask the National Assembly for its opinion. After all, I am not a dictator."