An Ning sat by the Danube River until five o'clock in the afternoon.
He began to think about whether to send "The Blue Danube" to Mao in advance.
Strauss would not be born for almost thirty years, so he probably wouldn't care about his works being criticized.
While An Ning was thinking about these things without any boundaries, one of his followers, the painter David, set up a canvas next to him and included An Ning holding a wine glass, the Danube River and the smoke-filled city on the other side into the canvas.
Just after five o'clock in the afternoon, Napoleon and Berthier crossed the bridge and arrived in front of An Ning.
Napoleon gave a particularly formal salute, and then reported: "Your Excellency General, we have captured Ulm, and the remnants of the Prussian-Austrian coalition have withdrawn from the city. In addition, we used the method of bypassing the barricades to get ahead of the enemy's burning of supplies.
Previously, we captured the supply warehouse in the enemy's city.
"Ulm has pledged its allegiance to you."
An Ning nodded solemnly, and then asked: "Have you captured the Austrian commander Alvinci?"
"According to reliable information, Alvinzi had escaped from the city and went downstream to the Austrian army. We seized the headquarters documents that the Austrian army had not had time to destroy."
An Ning: "Very good, give the documents to Berthier."
He turned his gaze to Berthier: "Organize people to read these documents to see if there is any information worth noting."
"Understood." Berthier nodded.
An Ning stood up: "Then let's enter the city. Next, we have to consider how to annihilate as many Prussian-Austrian coalition forces as possible."
Napoleon: "Our army can still fight. After supplies, we can go straight..."
"You have worked very hard, you can repair it on the spot." An Ning patted Napoleon on the shoulder, "Give some of the credit to other troops."
Napoleon immediately said: "No, we were able to capture Ulm because of your creative tactics. This tactics broke through the previous military common sense. You are indeed a wise general with unconventional thinking and all the glory goes to you!"
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An Ning smiled and shook his head: "Even if you flatter me, you won't gain anything. You should just accept the credit for capturing Ulm honestly."
"How can this be flattery? This is a fact. How did you come up with the idea of splitting up the army?"
An Ning: "Because I have a deep understanding of the difference between the citizen army and the kingdom's army. You can't understand this level, mainly because you have never been a grassroots soldier in the kingdom's army, and you don't have a deep understanding of the grassroots soldiers of the kingdom's army.
"I started out as an ordinary soldier. After all, I am the son of a cobbler. And you, Napoleon, started at the military academy in Brienne and became an officer when you came out. There is a layer between the officers and soldiers of the Kingdom's army.
With thick barriers, you naturally cannot see the state of the grassroots soldiers of the Kingdom's army.
"All of you have this weakness. Even those officers who came from civilian backgrounds only joined the army after the Great Revolution. All they came into contact with were the grassroots soldiers of the National Guard after the Great Revolution."
Napoleon nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Yes, that's right. You are so right. As expected, only you can lead us to victory, and we don't recognize anyone but you!"
An Ning was inspired when he heard these words. Before he traveled through time, he would listen to the military songs of the Japanese Army from time to time, including "Do we maintain the spirit of the past?" "Without you, there will be no motherland" and "We have no one but you
Denial".
Napoleon's unintentional remark caused a familiar and exciting melody to ring in An Ning's mind. **'s songs are all about energy.
But An Ning's favorite song is still the song "Attack War". After all, it is considered his introduction song. The first time I heard it was sung by a virtual anchor named Baicai...
An Ning began to seriously consider whether to submit "Battle of Attack" and use it together with "Ode to Rome" as the designated song when the French army attacks...
Napoleon: "Andy?"
"Ah?" An Ning suddenly woke up, "Oh, what did you just say?"
"I'm bragging about your great achievements." Fanny said abruptly, while continuing to clear the table.
Napoleon couldn't hold himself any longer: "Well, no, I'm telling the truth. I said Andy, are you too indulgent of your maid?"
An Ning: "I don't care what others say like that. I have no choice. I'm just a cobbler. I can't be noble."
An Ning's self-deprecating statement made many people laugh.
Seeing this, the soldier guarding next to him boldly said: "Then our leather shoes are broken, can we ask you to repair them?"
"Okay, come on!" An Ning said with a smile, and stretched out her hand to make a "bring it here" gesture.
The guard himself was scared: "Let's forget it. My shoes are very good now and they are not broken."
An Ning: "Really? Then you missed the opportunity to let me repair shoes. After all, I am the commander-in-chief of the army. If everyone comes to me to repair shoes, I will have no time to command the army. There will never be any more in the future."
Such an opportunity is here.”
"That's a pity." The guard said with a sincere expression, "The shoes you repaired will definitely become family heirlooms."
An Ning laughed loudly, and the officers looked at each other, then laughed together.
"Let's go, we're entering the city."
**
On the second day after occupying Ulm, the French army had already deployed along the north bank of the Danube, but there was still only Ulm as a bridgehead on the south bank.
The Prussian-Austrian coalition forces were also like snakes on the mountain, holding strong positions along the Danube River.
Berthier asked the messengers to pass on the experience of the Ulm battle to the commanders of the entire army, telling them that when encountering a strongly fortified city, they could dismantle some of the troops and infiltrate through the lanes to bypass the solid barricades.
Alvinzi's headquarters had moved to Dillingen the night before. However, because of the move, he had not yet reestablished contact with the armies.
There was no radio at this time. After the headquarters was moved, messengers would be sent on horseback to each army to inform them of the headquarters' move, and then bring back status reports from each army.
At this time, the general mobile headquarters of the army will result in a state of loss of contact for at least one day, and each army can only perform its own functions.
But Berthier has established a complete system. The French army can ensure that the headquarters can maintain communication with all armies when it moves. This is also the advantage of the French army.
Other countries will have such capabilities only after they imitate the French military's institutional military reform.
Although Berthier is really good at fighting, he is really good as a staff officer. If Napoleon had Berthier as chief of staff when he was at Waterloo, he might be able to avoid a lot of mistakes in command and communication.
Victory was established at the outpost of Waterloo at the Battle of Ligny.
All in all, when the Prussian-Austrian coalition forces were fighting independently due to the movement of their headquarters, the French armies began to test the current enemy.