Chapter 1521 "Crossing the River and Burning the Bridge"

According to the "story" Georgiana heard from Bonaparte, the biggest difference between Moreau and Napoleon was not whether they were republican generals or not.

The army that had just been liberated from the old system actually still followed the system of the old era. It had to listen to orders from the capital. In the past, it was the king and important ministers. In the era of Moreau and Napoleon, it was the Directory. Moreau delayed

Many fighter planes.

He had already arrived at the Rhine River on June 1, but he had been active on the left bank of the Rhine River. First, he did not build a pontoon bridge, and second, he did not maintain contact with the Sombre-Maas Front. After the army crossed the river, he stayed at No.

He waited on the battlefield of Lesheim for eight days before finally deciding to move in the direction of Donaufurt. At this time, he had not yet made contact with the Sombre-Maas Front.

Moreau's decision to cross the river was not his own decision, but he waited for the order from the Directory. Crossing a river like the Rhine is a very difficult military operation and must be done quickly. Moreau planned to cross the river on June 24. He

Let Desaix take a boat and lead 2,500 people to first capture the Oerlian-Rhine Island in the early morning of June 24th, and then occupy Kerr in the morning. He began to erect the pontoon bridge at dusk, and the pontoon bridge was not completed until noon on the 25th.

If he had erected the pontoon bridge before noon on the 24th, and Archduke Charles learned that the French army had crossed the river near Kerr on June 26, if the 70,000 troops of the three armies and reserves of the Rhine Front could reach the right bank before the 26th

And advance, then they can capture and defeat the Austrian divisions walking along the river by surprise, and achieve brilliant results. As a result, Moreau gave Archduke Charles time to react, and he led 24 battalions of infantry and 29 companies of infantry.

The cavalry rushed to support the Upper Rhine Front.

When crossing the river, Moreau divided into three teams. Saint-Cyr led 20,000 people on the left bank of the Rhine, 40,000 people on the right bank, and 10,000 people remained on the Upper Rhine. Archduke Charles led his troops to attack the Upper Rhine.

There are ten thousand people in the river. Three different combat routes and six flanks. The flanks are the weakest part, so they need to be covered. If this is not possible, the flanks must be reduced as much as possible. Only one flank of Moro's army is covered.

, if General Ferino went up the Rhine River and took the opportunity to occupy the two barracks that could accommodate 6,000 men and had fortifications to rely on, otherwise he would have encountered a pincer attack by Archduke Charles' army and the Army of the Upper Rhine in the wild.

, all ten thousand of them will be wiped out.

Desaix also led his corps to advance towards Rastatt at this time. At that time, the Austrian general Radu just led 25,000 people from Mannheim to Rastatt. However, Saint-Cyr heard that the enemy troops came from Mannheim to Rastatt.

When Mu moved up the Rhine, he immediately followed the left bank of the Rhine, passed the Kerr Bridge and entered Freudenstadt, captured some multi-faceted forts scattered at Knibis, and then forced the crossing of Muir through a full day of fierce fighting.

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Why didn't Saint-Cyr take the opportunity to capture Rastatt? As long as Rastatt and Pforzheim were captured, Philipsburg and Mannheim could be isolated, and the enemy's connection with the Neckar River could be cut off.

This style of play allowed Archduke Charles and La Tour to successfully join forces, which gave Archduke Charles 44 infantry battalions and 80 cavalry companies, which gave him the strength to defend Ettlingen and the road leading to Kerr.

Troops were deployed along the three major transportation routes.

This time there was no way to obtain the order from the Directory, and Moreau began to "act without authorization." Originally, Archduke Charles planned to attack Moreau on July 10. On July 9, Moreau ordered Saint-Cyr to take the lead in attacking, defeated Qaim and

After repelling the Saxon soldiers on the Neckar River, the Archduke knew about this battle and sent his center and right wing to attack Desaix. Desaix held out for most of the day and did not retreat to a new position until the evening. Archduke Charles was afraid of going deep alone and being attacked by Saint

Cyr intercepted the retreat, so he began to retreat and sent troops to supplement the permanent guards in Mannheim and Philipsburg. The next day, being pursued by Saint Cyr, Archduke Charles continued to retreat to Stuttgart, where he spent time

On the Neckar and Ferino side, he controlled the banks of the Kinzig River and crossed the Black Forest Mountains. Only then did he completely eliminate the enemies in the Rhine River and Black Forest Mountains areas.

Jourdan also followed orders. First, he did not order the occupation of the Ulm Fortress, and second, he did not join forces with Moreau. He left General Marceau with 30,000 men to defend various fortresses, while he led 50,000 people deep into the heart of Germany, along the

Advancing along the edge of the Turingian Mountains surrounding Sakcha, leaving the Danube River, the vanguard arrived at Schweinfurt on July 21, and the headquarters arrived on the 26th.

At this time, Moreau was looking for command posts everywhere on the battlefield. This was equivalent to the French army forming three independent corps during the march, and they had no contact with each other. Moreau sent troops to chase after Archduke Charles. Archduke Charles thought that

The French planned to join forces at the Altmeer River. Archduke Charles thought that he could risk preventing Moreau and Jourdan from joining forces, so the rear team changed to the front team and advanced to Ettlingen.

In fact, when Archduke Charles drove the French army's headquarters and baggage train out of Heidenheim, the Germans had already won, and the baggage train and reserves were in chaos. He could have ordered an encirclement and suppression. But Archduke Charles could have ordered an encirclement and suppression.

The troops dedicated to completing this task did not arrive at the scene and therefore failed to participate in the battle. The central army responsible for the main attack was commanded by the Grand Duke himself. He faced off against Saint-Cyr. Saint-Cyr did not expect that he would be beaten. As a result, both sides

After a melee, six to seven thousand men were lost. At night, he led the left wing to withdraw to Dillingen on the Danube River, and the center stayed on the battlefield overnight. The French took this opportunity to recapture Heidenheim and allowed the French to resume transportation.

At the same time, Moreau took the opportunity to collect the wounded soldiers, while Archduke Charles received intelligence that the Sombre-Mas Front had crossed the Legnitz River and had already passed Fort Ann and was heading towards Regensburg.

On August 11, the Archduke believed that the Rhine Front and the Hesonbourg-Maas Front had joined forces. In order to avoid being surrounded, he gave up his plan to prevent them from joining forces and began to retreat.

In fact, Archduke Charles misunderstood. Moreau had no idea where Jourdan was. He stayed at the battlefield of Noreheim for a few days, first sent people to Donaufurt, then returned to Göchstadt, and even

They also sent troops to Artemire. Moreau's hesitation excited Archduke Charles. He thought he still had a chance to prevent the rendezvous, so he left General Latour's thirty battalions to stop the Rhine Front, while he led

Crossing the Danube with a detachment of cavalry, infantry and artillery, advancing along the Nuremberg Road, attacking Bernadotte of the Sombre-Maas Front in the position in front of Neumarkt.

Bernadotte had no idea that he would be beaten by Archduke Charles. At that time, the Sombre-Maas Front was mainly facing the attack of Valtians-Rebian. Ferino, who was separated from the Rhine Front, made a circle in the Black Forest Mountains.

It has already joined the Rhine Front on the Lech River. The Sombre-Mas Front has no reinforcements, no baggage, and no major lines of communication. The chaotic and disorderly march has a very bad impact on military discipline. Jourdan is naturally defeated, and morale

Depressed and exhausted, General Marceau was also killed in action. Kleber and Colot were transferred back because they disobeyed Jourdan's orders. Some of them crossed the Rhine, and some of them lived in the barracks in Dusseldorf. Jourdan

When dismissed from the post of Commander-in-Chief, the Directory appointed a battalion commander as Commander-in-Chief.

After defeating the Sombre-Maas Front, Archduke Charles left 50,000 men under surveillance. He personally led 12,000 men to leave the Lanhe River and turned around to attack the Rhine Front.

At that time, Moreau still did not know where the Sombre-Maas Front was. He could only advance blindly, with his left wing heading to Neustadt, which is close to the Danube River, his center heading to Mainz, and his right wing reaching Mosburg.

The paving was wide and thin. Fortunately, his advance encountered few obstacles at that time, because the enemy thought he was going to attack Regensburg, and they were waiting for him there.

But Moreau did not act without authorization, but retreated to the original position. When Archduke Charles left the Rhine River, Mainz, Mannheim, Erlenbrei, and Philipsburg all had garrison troops. Archduke Charles arrived at the Rhine River

Finally, Mannheim and Philipsburg were ordered to dispatch 9 battalions each to attack General Scherber and capture the two bridgehead fortifications of Kerr and Gjunenburg. If the Germans succeeded, then the Rhine Front's retreat would be

No more. Without baggage, supplies and fortifications, it was only a matter of time before we were surrounded and annihilated.

Later, after General Scherber learned what happened from the surrendered soldiers, he began to retreat on September 13, and returned to Kerr City. The German generals who followed him encountered a fierce attack, because except for Kerr City, there were no other places in Schelber.

The National Guard of Strasbourg also participated in the fighting.

Moreau was shocked to know that he was almost cut off. He began to retreat closer to the Rhine River. Jourdan also retreated to the Lehe River at the same time. Fortunately, Ulm, which did not have any defenders at this time, was occupied by the French army.

Six hours after Se left Ulm, the Austrian army entered the city.

The Black Forest was also captured by the Austrians, and the towns were occupied by revolting peasants. All the previous gains of the Rhine Front were lost. His troops were later taken over by Massena. Moreau retreated in an orderly manner, bringing back 5,000 troops.

Napoleon was captured, and Napoleon won a series of victories in northern Italy. The two fronts agreed to attack Austria together, but Napoleon fought quickly alone. In the end, Napoleon overshadowed the politicians in Paris.

Piedmont does not need to be attacked. It is a territory belonging to the Kingdom of Sardinia. France established a satellite state here in 1796, which was merged in 1801. In June 1802, it became a new satellite state, the Subapinnine Republic.

But something happened in Turin last year that shocked Europe and humiliated Napoleon. The French attacked a fort guarded by the Italians and flying the tricolor flag.

Jourdan established a military zone here, and many French troops who withdrew from the Papal States retreated to Piedmont to garrison.

The wealth of Piedmont is comparable to Burgundy in France. With Napoleon's personality, Italy was his most beloved woman and he would not let others touch it. But not so many people said that he deliberately sent Moreau's people to St.

Domingo? Does he hate Moreau?

The Italian Republic actually prefers the name of the Southern Alpine Republic. Where there is South, there is North. They like to restore the way Rome was before - Gaul is just a province of Rome, and Paris is also called the Rome of Gaul.

If Piedmont is governed well, it will have great benefits after being annexed to France. If it is not governed well, and the same incident as last time happens, Moreau will at least have a reputation for lax military management. In 1793, Valmy

After General Charles Francois Dumouriez, the hero of the great victory, betrayed and surrendered, all his men were implicated. Moreau was not implicated because of his skillful military management, excellent military quality and firm republican stance.

Instead, he was promoted to brigadier general. At that time, he was only in charge of one battalion.

If Moreau still obeys the command of the Parliament as before, then he must obey the orders of Napoleon, the President of the Senate. If he does not obey the orders, as a military governor, what does he want to do with so many troops?

The Republic does not allow independence. He will give Napoleon a reasonable reason to intend to commit rebellion and subvert the regime to destroy himself. Therefore, the wise choice is to obey orders.

Napoleon is now the "mediator" of Switzerland. After the Easter coup, Switzerland was divided into the Federalist Party and the Solidarity Party. Thirty-six representatives of the Solidarity Party quickly arrived in Paris, but the Federalist Party was hesitant and was not even sure how many people would come.

Napoleon sent Michel Neuilly as ambassador, took his credentials and a group of people to occupy Switzerland militarily, and ordered all parties to lay down their weapons. The road built by Georgiana came in handy at this time.

At present, the Seney Mountain Road from France to Piedmont is not open yet. It will compete with the Strasbourg trade route. Do you think the people of Strasbourg will help Mozambique like they did in the last war?

Will Luo defend the city of Ker?

Moreau was sent to study law by his father in his early years. His father hoped that he would become a lawyer in the future, but Moreau had no intention of studying. Later, he formed a gang at the University of Rennes in western France and fought with the poor kids in the school all day long.

Later, Moreau took these men to join the army. Last time, because he was cautious in advancing, he suffered little losses. This time, many of the generals who died on the front line were Moreau's former "brothers." When he arrived in Piedmont, everything had to be repeated.

The key is that he still has to listen to the orders of his "enemy". Accepting this kind of appointment is worse than staying at home.

But his ambitious wife Milly Oluo would not agree. This Creole woman was very thirsty for power. She was introduced to Moreau by Josephine, and Georgiana also met his mother-in-law, who was also a

An indescribable character.

Napoleon also had a power-hungry sister, Caroline, who was Murat's wife. Georgiana heard from Belle that the Mamluks had seen her maid Matilda in contact with Caroline's cronies in the middle of the night.

, the other party is female.

Her life here, apart from reading books and watching stars, is extremely boring. How could an aristocratic girl who has seen the life of Paris's upper class be willing to work here?

The other "servants" were not real servants, so they worked so seriously. Maybe the barber who left was the only one who really came to work.

She didn't want to doubt Belle's intentions. She just knew that she couldn't live without a French maid, so she pretended not to hear anything.

Do people change when they become rich?

Georgiana smiled bitterly and shook her head, continuing to read the information in her hand.

Perhaps it was precisely because she was as boring as Bonaparte that they got along so happily. They were both as dry as paper.
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