Chapter 184: , The failure of the north

Since the Austrians and Russians were so slow, Napoleon planned to take his army directly into Austria, so that the Austrians would not be idle all day.
　　 But Joseph stopped Napoleon.
　　 "Napoleon, I don't want to interfere with your military decision, I just have some news that I need to tell you."
Joseph knows that Napoleon, a rascal kid, listens more to himself in other matters, but in the military, that guy is very arrogant, all day long, "I am not targeting which one of you", especially He likes to refute Joseph, so when Joseph presents military opinions to Napoleon, he needs to give him a vaccination first, so as to save him from making any other flowers in order to raise the bar.
　　 "Our people found a large coal mine in the Rhine region." Joseph said.
　　 "How big is that...?" Napoleon habitually wanted to say "What's so great about that" at first, but suddenly realized that the big coal mine...this thing is real and very important.
　　 "Very big, maybe, maybe bigger than all the coal mines previously discovered in France combined." Joseph replied, "and that place is very close to Lorraine."
"There are iron mines in Lorraine and coal mines in the Rhine region... This is really..." Napoleon clenched a fist with his right hand, and kept beating in the palm of his left hand. Obviously, Napoleon, who loved science, could also understand the large coal mines and What is the meaning of big iron ore.
　　 "It's a pity that these two places are in the north. It would be nice if it were in Italy." Napoleon sighed again, "Well, Joseph, do you want to control these two places in our hands?"
　　 "Of course, such a treasure can only be most useful in our hands?" Joseph replied.
　　 "I feel that not only this treasure, but the entire France must be in our hands to be the most effective." Napoleon said.
　　 "Do you want to be Caesar?" Joseph said suddenly.
"No, our family needs a Caesar, and even France needs a Caesar... But you, my brother, you always hide behind you, want to hide in the shadows, with one that others can’t see. It’s very safe and very Joseph, but Joseph, you must admit that this method is not efficient enough. Even from a scientific point of view. In a system, the more transmission links in the middle , The lower the mechanical efficiency. Well, this is also the reason why you must get the Zeus plan. The same is true in politics. Your current approach is actually artificially reducing our efficiency. I think it’s me who stand up , It’s time to lead everyone."
　　 "You are trying to usurp the throne!" Joseph said, "but... well, let's talk about your plan."
　　 "Not yet." Napoleon spread both hands.
"what?"
　　 "Of course." Napoleon said, "You just told me about the discovery. But Joseph, from what I know about you, you probably already have your own ideas. Well, let's talk about your ideas."
Joseph gave Napoleon a fierce look, and after a while he said: "Napoleon, I think we need a crisis, a crisis that is enough to disappoint the current government. The crisis of the hero who turned the tide. I have studied the military situation in the north and the situation of the enemy’s input that we know now. You have seen some of the relevant information, and there are some latest ones. You can also check it out. "
　　 Napoleon didn't say anything, just picked up the file and looked at it.
"The reason why I don't want you to attack immediately is that your early attack will cause Austria to have a big problem before our Northern Army has problems. As a result, it affects the northern battlefield, and instead relieves the north." Joseph Said again.
"But if I wait like this, and really wait until they gather the army, I may not be able to take advantage of it." Napoleon said, "Archduke Karl of Austria, I have analyzed him with you before. This man's The level is very good. If we did not have an overwhelming advantage in weapons during the last war, it would not be so easy to defeat him. And the Russian commander... Suvorov, hehe, Joseph, you study Have you ever experienced his battle examples and theories?"
　　 "No, I have a lot of things. Besides, military affairs, aren't you still there?" Joseph replied.
"Suvorov can be regarded as the best commander in this era. How ignorant of his battle examples and theories?" Napoleon raised his eyebrows and found a chance to laugh at his big brother, which made him very Happy.
　　 Joseph ignores Napoleon’s provocations, not fighting against opponents in areas familiar to them is one of the most basic principles Joseph believes needs to be followed. So he asked again: "So, how do you think he compares with you?"
　　 "Compared with me... I haven't played before, but I'm very excited to fight him." Napoleon said.
　　 Napoleon rarely said such things. From this, it seems that he was "confident and not sure" about fighting Suvorov.
　　 "So you want to defeat the Austrians before Suvorov arrives?" Joseph asked.
　　 Napoleon nodded.
"Think about it, if the guy in the north is defeated by a guy like Brunswick, and you can beat the Duke Carl and Suvorov in Italy in one fell swoop, wouldn't it be better?" Joseph said .
　　 "You have confidence in me like this, it really makes people... No, Joseph, do you have something good that I don't know? Take it out quickly, don't hide it!" Napoleon said.
　　 "It's something." Joseph said, "You come to the research institute with me?"
　　 Not many people know what Napoleon saw in the institute, but Napoleon didn't seem particularly happy when he left France and went to Italy. It is said that he said to the Chief of Staff Berthier, who he tried to dig from Kano,: "The war is really boring now. Some nasty guys use some of the most crude methods to destroy the beauty of the war. "
　　Along with Napoleon, there is also a batch of military supplies that Napoleon has just purchased. As soon as he returned to Italy, Napoleon took advantage of these things and began to build new fortifications.
　　 On the other side, in the north, the strength of the Prussian and British coalition continued to strengthen. Thanks to the generosity of the British, Prussia's mobilization was quite rapid. In the past few months, they have mobilized another 300,000 troops. Most of these troops are recruits and the training level is not very good. However, the Prussians do not need to send them all to France. The purpose of many of them on the battlefield is to replace the troops used to suppress Polish resistance in the direction of Poland.
　　 Compared with the Irish Independence Army, the performance of the Polish national independence movement is quite average. Those who are determined to rely on the Polish nobles can only engage in small-scale assassinations. Those Polish nobles support their small troubles on the one hand. It is best to give it to the Russians, Austrians, and Prussians. Yeah, put a little pressure, and don't make things too big, so as not to make things difficult to clean up. As a result, the targets of the assassination were some low-level officials or even ordinary soldiers. Actions directed at high-level officials are even intimidating. Even if they have the opportunity to shoot, they can only be shot at the foot.
　　 This kind of resistance is naturally very limited. The Irish have already linked up a duke, but what about the resistance of the Polish nobility? Not even a school-level officer was killed.
　　 The aristocratic faction did not perform well, what about the serf faction? The results of the serfs were even worse. These serfs are basically people who have been away from Poland for a long time, and even have nothing to do with Poland except for their blood. They know nothing about the situation in Poland. Coupled with the eagerness for success, they encountered even greater setbacks.
　　 Indeed, even under the rule of the Russians, the lives of serfs were equally dire. But the depth of the water and the heat of the fire are completely incomparable with Poland when it was an independent country. So when the Russians came, the serfs felt almost the same: "God finally heard our prayers!" Now in Poland, if you want to ask which class is the most supportive of the foreign division of Poland, it must be the Polish serfs. Up.
　　Especially when the female emperor passed away and after Paul I became the throne, in order to show his progress, His Majesty the Tsar passed a series of laws to protect the rights of Polish serfs and enforced them forcefully. The old men of the past could no longer bully the serfs as they wished, so in the hearts of the Polish serfs, "the tsar's little dad" was simply a saint second only to Jesus.
　　What, someone urged us to oppose "Tsar Papa"? Does the person who said this still have a conscience? What, they say they want to give us complete freedom, to build an independent Poland without serfs and nobles? Pooh! What is an independent Poland like, who have we never seen? Who are they lying to? Really, can you believe what the Poles say? If the Poles can believe what they say, the sows will be up the tree! This is totally treating us as fools, this can be tolerated!
　　 As a result, those who went to agitate the serfs to rebel were directly beaten up by the serfs. In addition, the aristocratic faction took the opportunity to get a backstab, so the serf faction was either beaten to death or hanged, and the few kittens and puppies left, ran back to France and cried. .
　　 So on the northern front, the number of the Prussian army and the British army increased rapidly, and it quickly formed a clear numerical advantage over the French army.
　　 The Prussians work hard, the British work harder. The British knew that if France could not be beaten down, the Irish problem could not be solved. If Ireland, which is close at hand, cannot be resolved, or it can only be resolved with a waste of power, the British dominance in the world will be greatly affected. Therefore, the British are better than Prussia in the matter of attacking France. People are more active.
　　 The British also carried out extensive mobilization in the country and quickly mobilized another 100,000 troops. In February 1798, fifty thousand British troops landed in Emden and approached Munster along the Ems River south, posing a huge threat to the flank of the French troops stationed in Hanover.
　　 In fact, the French army has long noticed this danger. In a short period of peace, the French army began to build a fortress in Munster. However, due to various factors, by this time, Montes Fortress had not been fully completed, and the associated firepower had not been fully in place.
　　 Britain’s military production capacity is far from comparable to that of Prussia. For this war, the British placed a large number of orders to various artillery factories in the country.
　　 The technology tree of the British artillery is actually a bit crooked, at least temporarily not suitable for land warfare. Their artillery is dominated by iron cannons. The advantage is that they are naturally cheaper, but the disadvantage is that they are relatively heavy compared to copper cannons. It is often difficult to keep up with the speed of the army. (Anyway, the main buyer of British artillery is the navy. The navy is not very sensitive to the weight of the artillery, but it is quite sensitive to the price of the artillery.)
　　 But now in Munster, the French army is relying on the fortress to defend, while the British army can rely on the Ems River to guarantee transportation. So at this time, the problem of inconvenient movement of artillery is not so prominent, and the advantages of cheap artillery and large output have emerged. So, only two months later, in front of the French defense line of the Munster Fortress, the British gathered more than 400 cannons, including heavy cannons over 24 pounds~EbookFREE.me~ As for the French, there are only more than 10,000 troops and less than 30 cannons in this fortress, and most of them are six-pounder and eight-pounder guns.
　　The gap in firepower between the two sides made this offensive and defensive battle extremely disadvantageous for France. In the prolonged shelling, the casualties of the French army were obviously greater than that of the British army, and Munster’s fall seemed only a matter of time. Once Munster fell, the French army in Hanover would become lonely.
　　 Therefore, the French army had to retreat from Hannover.
　　 Since ancient times, retreat has been the most dangerous military operation. Especially a long-distance retreat can easily become a big rout. In the original history, during Emperor Napoleon's expedition to Russia, the French army did not suffer any losses on the battlefield until the capture of Moscow. But during the retreat, it was different. The Russian army pursued all the way, the French army lost their armor and armor, and almost all of Napoleon's old foundation was lost on the way of retreat.
　　The situation of the French retreat is slightly better. After all, the distance is shorter and there is no severe winter. But the loss in the retreat is still inevitable. General Rubel successfully retreated the main force to Liège. But his army lost almost all its artillery and lost more than 40,000 men in these series of battles.
　　 To be honest, in this series of operations, Joubert's performance was not bad, and many commands and decisions can even be called remarkable. But within a few months, he lost the entire Hannover and retreated hundreds of kilometers. In any case, it was a huge failure.
　　 This series of failures immediately caused a big wave in Paris.