It was only on the third day after the fall of Augsburg that Alvinzi determined that there was a "gap" in the French army's encirclement network.
Then Alvinqi's reaction was far beyond An Ning's expectations.
"This must be a trap!" Alvinci said categorically, "Frost would not be so careless and leave such a flaw, it must be a trap!"
So Alvinzi's chief of staff asked: "So how do we act?"
"Leaving a strongly fortified city is a dead end. In Ulm, we successfully delayed the enemy for two days! If each of our armies could hold on for two days, the French army would be unable to proceed to the next step due to excessive casualties.
action!
"We must implement a resolute defensive strategy and never engage in a decisive battle with the French army in the wild!"
Alvinzi's officers looked at each other in confusion and no longer concealed their expressions: the marshal had been frightened by the French army.
Finally, everyone's attention focused on the Duke of Brunswick, the commander-in-chief of the Prussian army.
He is probably the only one who can convince Alvinzi.
The Duke of Brunswick noticed everyone's gaze and cleared his throat and said: "Our supply line has been cut off. Although there is a considerable amount of ammunition and baggage stored in the city, it is not enough to sustain it for a long time.
"If we don't move at this time, we will be trapped by the French army."
Alvinqi said angrily: "What should we do if we encounter the French army after leaving the city? We can't defeat them in the field! Now as long as the French army charges forward with bayonets drawn, the troops will collapse!"
Braunschweig: "Even the French army is not invincible. As long as we find suitable terrain and properly deploy our troops, we can defeat the French army! Our military strength is twice that of the French army!"
"Moreover, the French army has been greatly dispersed because it wants to encircle and annihilate us. As long as we seize the opportunity to concentrate our forces to attack one corps or even one division of the French army, we can rely on our local strength advantage to win."
Alvinzi: "Are you confident that you can defeat the French army on the field?"
"Of course!" Brunswick said, "That cobbler had participated in the Seven Years' War before. Counting the Seven Years' War, I also defeated him."
Immediately a young officer muttered: "He was a private at that time, right? Or was he a military musician?"
Brunswick glared at the ignorant young man, then cleared his throat: "In short, the French army can be defeated!"
Alvinqi nodded: "That's great, let's do this. I will write to His Majesty Franz and the King of Prussia to abdicate in favor! I will assist you as your deputy!"
Everyone is confused.
Brunswick was the most confused: "What? Well, it wouldn't be a good idea to change the general at the last minute, right?"
"Very good! We have an army of 400,000. It is outrageous to be forced to defend the city by 200,000 French troops. I support you in leading us to attack bravely and defeat the French army on the plains. This honor will be given to you!"
Alvinzi said sincerely.
Brunswick was dumbfounded: "This...but now when I write to the two Majesties to change generals, even if I get approval, it will be five days before I receive a reply. This is still a quick situation!"
Alvinzi looked confident, completely different from before: "We now have a fortified city and twice the strength of the French army. We can still hold it in five days! Of course, you want to change the command on the battlefield now."
There is no problem with Quan. The military situation is urgent. I think your majesties will understand if we kill first and then report!"
Brunswick's brows knitted into knots. He finally understood that Alvinci was determined to lose, so he passed the blame.
Anyway, Alvinqi is in his seventies and almost eighty, so no one can say anything if Jiliuyong goes back to retire.
Brunswick took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat, and responded: "Let's wait for your majesty's decision. If your two majesties let me lead the coalition, I will definitely live up to expectations!"
Now it was the turn of the surrounding junior officers to be dumbfounded.
Now, the French army is about to make dumplings, and their supplies have been cut off. You actually have to defend where you are and wait for the emperor and the king's orders?
At this moment, all the officers had the idea of "destroy it quickly".
**
What the officers of the coalition forces did not expect was that their decision was far beyond An Ning's expectations.
Facing the coalition forces that were standing there like roots growing on their feet, An Ning felt bad all over.
That day, he was pacing back and forth in his headquarters, thinking as he walked: "Oh, what the hell is this? Why is the enemy not moving?"
Just at this time, a new messenger came in, so after listening to the report, Berthier said to An Ning: "Morrow reported that the Austrian army has been surrounded in the city and asked what to do next."
An Ning frowned and looked at the series of circles along the Danube River.
Each circle is an encirclement, with a coalition army inside.
He said to himself: "If there are ten sieges, five will be attacked. I only have half the strength of others..."
Although they have mastered the method of bypassing the barricades, they are only for street fighting, and there is still a stage of siege before the street fighting.
Moreover, Austrian cities generally have bastions for defense next to them. Although most of the bastions are not very large, they are still fortresses.
This thing is disgusting to attack.
After all, Europe's military engineering has developed for so many years, and it still knows how to build fortresses.
With the 400,000 coalition forces defending the city like this, An Ning suddenly realized that there was really nothing he could do.
Unless you can immediately transform into a doctor of science and engineering, prepare your own C4 explosives, and make other people's fortresses fly.
But An Ning doesn't know how to rub such high-end things by hand.
It seemed that all they could do was wait for the coalition forces in the city to become too hungry and surrender.
The problem is that An Ning still doesn't know how much food is stored in these cities, and is not sure how long the siege will last.
He still remembered the Fortress of Mantua in Italy. The city was besieged for more than a year before Davout finally captured it.
An Ning thought about this and muttered: "Damn it, it would be great if I could launch a general to blast through the city defenses."
Berthier's face changed drastically: "What? Launch a general?"
An Ning: "I'm kidding."
Berthier was stunned for a moment and asked: "Where's the fun point?"
An Ning: "The point of laughter lies in the launch of the general... Forget it, don't worry about it. So facing the enemy's fortified city, do you have any suggestions?"
Berthier also looked troubled: "Our supply lines need to rely on cities."
In this era, due to the low supply capacity, the establishment of supply lines relied on existing storage facilities in the city.
Therefore, in this era, it is impossible to bypass the city and attack the rear. No matter who it is, they must fight against the solidly fortified fortress.
It's as if Europa Universalis 4's fortress system has come to life.
An Ning: "Can't we go around it? For example, supply supplies from Zurich, and then go straight to Vienna with the army?"
Berthier: "You mean, let Davout go north and capture Zurich, and then we go straight to Vienna?"
An Ning: "Yes, leave Italy to Massena."
Berthier did a quick mental calculation and nodded: "Well, it should be feasible."