Chapter 199: , Highland

After coming out of the parliament building, Lucien immediately turned on the hair dryer mode. He found out all the vocabulary that Napoleon used to count him one by one, so as to show Napoleon the grand and beautiful French. Until Napoleon said with anger and anger: "Lucien, I found that in this world, to solve problems, we still need to rely on force, don't you? Just like those buzzing flies, if you talk to them well, Instead, they don’t know they are jumping around; at this time, you should pull out the knife, stab them, cut their stomachs, pull out their intestines, and go around their necks three times, fiercely A pull... the world is immediately clean. Lucien, don't you think?"
So Lucien stopped talking. Because Lucien knew that although Napoleon would not draw a knife, it was very logical to throw an old fist.
"I am a civilized man. I want to maintain my demeanor. I cannot fight with this barbarian, and cannot be as knowledgeable as barbarians..." Lucien said to himself, and he was satisfied with the spiritual victory.
Seeing that Lucien's clothes were weak, Napoleon entrusted the affairs of Paris to Lucien, and then led the army to Verdun.
Just when Paris was in chaos, in Verdun, the British and Prussian forces resumed their tentative offensive. The result of the offensive was very interesting: the French resisted extremely fiercely at the beginning, almost any location, once lost, the French immediately launched a counterattack, trying to restore the position. But even if the French army regained its position, when the Prussian and British troops re-launched their attacks, they would find that the French defense in this direction was not effectively strengthened, but weakened to a certain extent. This is true even if this place has become the focus of repeated competition between the two sides.
"It really seems to have lost the unified command. Well, General Joseph Bonaparte may really not be able to continue to command, so the officers who defend each position can only organize their own defense. Therefore, in small areas In defensive operations, the French army performed well, but in the coordination of large areas and the use of reserves, because there is no longer a commander who can command the overall situation, it has been particularly slow. Well, what do you think? "" The Duke of Brunswick asked the other generals.
Everyone agreed. But at this time, the liaison officer Major George Cavendish said: "Your Excellency Marshal, I think we should be more cautious."
"Ah, major, do you have any comments?" the Duke of Brunswick asked.
"One of my elders, um, is the Lord Duke of Norfolk, Governor of Ireland, and he provided me with some information he learned about General Joseph Bonaparte."
"Go on." said the Duke of Brunswick. He is also quite in awe of the French commander who caused him to smash his head and blood, so he is naturally very concerned about the information related to this person.
"His Excellency the Duke of Norfolk told me that he had captured some tactical tutorials written by General Joseph Bonaparte from Ireland and some Irish people who submitted to us. From these tutorials, General Joseph Bonaparte was A genius devil, he is sinister and cunning, and he has no sense of honor. As long as he can achieve his goal, he never cares what means he uses. Therefore, the Duke of Norfolk reminds me to be very vigilant about everything about him. I think we can organize an offense, but we must leave enough reserves and prepare a retreat plan first."
"Of course. Well, major, do you have that tactical tutorial here?" the Duke of Brunswick asked.
"Yeah, such a good thing can't be hidden and tucked." Blücher and some other generals also spoke.
"That's okay, I'll write to Your Excellency the Duke of Norfolk when I look back." George, Cavendish agreed.
"Well, let's first discuss the retreat channels and cover issues after tomorrow's attack fails. Well, retreat and cover are the most important and technical tasks. Who of you is willing to take on this important task?"
So except Blücher, almost all the generals raised their hands.
This kind of enthusiasm did not make the Duke of Brunswick happy. In his opinion, it was an obvious manifestation of timidity. But at this time, he couldn't express such emotions. So he took a deep breath and smiled and said: "Everyone is willing to take on such a heavy responsibility, which is good. However, this task only needs one person, um, I have to specify it. Well, Blucher General Er, this task is up to you."
Everyone was a little disappointed with this arrangement, but there was no objection. Because in everyone's opinion, if this task cannot be entrusted to oneself, then it seems to be the next best choice to entrust Blücher.
Then everyone did an in-depth study on when to retreat, how to ensure an orderly retreat, and how to cover each other during the retreat. They continued to study until the night was already deep, and the Duke of Brunswick said, "Ah, I didn’t expect It’s all so late. Okay, lads, cheer up, let’s study the last question: "How to attack tomorrow?" Well, we have to hurry up, after the discussion is over, go back and make arrangements, maybe we can catch up to sleep Sleep."
So everyone quickly completed the arrangement for tomorrow’s offensive action, and then went back to arrange tomorrow’s retreat and offensive. Then, because some officers were too responsible, they explained the retreat arrangements too carefully, and spent more money. A lot of time, so there is no need to think about sleeping.
The next day, the British and Prussian forces again attacked the Verdun position. At the beginning, the attack method was the same as before, and the Frenchman's performance was the same as the previous two days, with a firm counterattack and slow transfer.
The British and Prussian troops took advantage of the "weakness" of the slow mobilization of the French army, quickly mobilized more troops in key areas, and launched an attack in a simple and rude way such as continuous attacks. The effect of the attack is surprisingly good. Although they had to pay huge casualties every time they broke through a trench, they actually broke through four trenches on this day, and finally they were blocked by the French before the fifth trench. Compared with the previous period, today's combat can be said to be very successful. This time, the distant highland was really near.
Encouraged by the results of this battle, almost everyone believes that God is indeed on their side, that the despicable, evil, and terrifying defensive warlord Joseph Bonaparte must have been killed by a bullet. Up. If it weren't for the absence of the moon for most of the night, the high morale of the British and Prussian officers (the high morale is limited to them) would even wish to attack overnight. Because, no matter how sluggish the Chinese people are, they will definitely transfer the army over this night to strengthen the defense of this high ground.
At the meeting that night, General Blücher made a proposal for an offensive. He believes that the French army will definitely focus on strengthening the defense of the high ground and focus all its attention here. So it is better not to attack the high ground directly from the front, but to detour from both sides.
"Tomorrow, we will place the main direction of the attack on both sides of the high ground, and launch a feint attack on the high ground first, until the French people's attention is drawn to the front. Then we will quickly turn the main direction of attack to the two wings. Kill from the two wings. In the past, the target highland was cut off from the other positions of the French army. As long as this was achieved, there was only one isolated highland left and it was easy to fight."
This suggestion was approved by most military officers. But their discussion was interrupted by a counterattack launched by the French overnight.
The French counterattack launched at night was not small, but it was not well organized. In fact, on such a moonless night, it is not suitable for large-scale military operations, so the French counterattack quickly failed. The Duke of Brunswick commented on this anticlimactic and organized night attack by the French: "Our French friends are in a hurry."
Early the next morning, the British and Prussian forces launched an attack on the high ground in accordance with General Blücher's plan. The situation was just as General Blücher had predicted. The defense of the high ground itself was very strong, and the initial feint attack was defeated by a very good defensive force. By ten o'clock in the morning, the British and Prussian forces observed that the French army on the high ground had further strengthened. They believed that the feint had already worked, and they began to launch a large-scale attack on the two wings according to the plan.
In order to cut off the connection between the high ground and other positions before the French reacted, the Anglo-Prussian coalition forces used continuous wave offensive regardless of casualties. In order to let the soldiers die bravely, the Anglo-Prussian coalition forces sent a supervising team.
Encouraged by the supervising team, the British and Prussian coalition forces finally met from the left and right wings before sunset, successfully cutting off the connection between the highlands and other areas. The only thing left now is how to capture the high ground. Once the high ground was taken and the British cannons were dragged up, most of the battlefield was covered by the British gunfire~EbookFREE.me~The gate of Verdun was opened. And considering the impact of the fall of such an important position on the morale of the French army, it is estimated that the subsequent battle will become easier.
In the evening of the same day, the British-Prussian coalition sent envoys to the French army still on the high ground to persuade them to surrender. After all, if you want to hit hard, even under the conditions that have now taken advantage of it, without paying thousands of casualties, I am afraid that it will not be able to take this high ground.
In the letter sent by the military envoy, the Duke of Brunswick expressed his admiration for the bravery of the French army. At the same time, he advised the French defenders that they had done everything they could and were worthy of France. So surrender is not a humiliating thing.
He also assured the French defenders on the high ground that if they surrendered, he would guarantee that their lives, property and dignity would not be violated in any way. In order to guarantee their dignity, he did not even intend to ask the French army to hand over weapons, flags and command knives. They just have to hand over their positions.
However, the commander guarding on the high ground-Captain Firma responded with one word to the Duke of Brunswick's persuasion to surrender. The word is: "Bah!"
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