Chapter 419: Tiger Tiger Tiger (Part 1)
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After the three foreign ambassadors learned from De Luiz that the French Empire and the Russian Empire were about to start a war, they knew that they were powerless to dissuade the French Empire from giving up their actions. The information they learned was passed back to the country one by one, expecting their country to make the right choice after the war began.
Just as the foreign ambassadors of the three countries returned to their respective diplomatic embassies in a carriage from the pier in the seventh district, a secret military meeting was being held in the Tuileries Palace on the Champs-Elysees.
In addition to the chief military officers such as Chief of the Army General Staff St. Arnault, Minister of War Kuzan Montauban, and Minister of the Navy Dicko, Major Generals Leboeuf, Major General Niel, Major General Conrobel, Brigadier General Bazin, Brigadier General Trosch... A series of members who have participated in and planned the war in the Near East more or less.
The war, which had been secretly planned since 1849, finally officially began in 1853.
The four-year planning allowed the General Staff to anticipate all possible actions of the Russian Empire, and prepared several sets of countermeasures.
A detailed military map of the Near East has been placed on the walls of the Tuileries conference hall, in the border area between the Danube Principality and the Bulgarian region, and is marked with a dense number of wargame infantry emblems, which represent the present state of the Russian Empire. All armies present in the Danube border area.
"According to the information we have obtained from the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire has assembled about 150,000 troops in the scene area of the Principality of Wallachia, some of which were troops stationed in Poland led by Paskevich. They used to be the main force in helping the Austrian Empire suppress Hungary, and the troops were armed with a large number of old muskets and a small number of rifles.
Although the equipment level of this army is far from that of ours, their will to war is very tenacious. Brigadier General Leboeuf, who is in charge of military explanation and analysis in the Near East, pointed to the infantry logo with a small wooden stick, and then looked at Jerome Bonaparte in the first row of the audience seat in the conference hall uneasily.
This military rehearsal, which was supposed to be explained and deployed by the chief of the general staff, St. Arnault, is a bit "difficult for a strong man" to be explained by a "little" major-general-level staff major-general commander like Leboeuf. .
The "strong man is difficult" here does not mean that Major General Leboeuf's own commanding ability is defective, but that Major General Leboeuf's qualifications are too weak in the French army of the typesetting.
Although many of the "students" in the audience have the same title of major general as him, the gold content between the two is very different. It is really hard to let a junior officer of him give lectures to a group of elderly people in the army. hands and feet.
And the person who made the decision to let Leboeuf come to the stage to explain is none other than the Emperor Jerome Bonaparte.
The reason why Jérôme Bonaparte is willing to let Leboeuf show himself in front of many old people is not only to pave the way for Leboeuf's later promotion, but also that Leboeuf has been involved from beginning to end. Near East Operational Plan, he knows the Near East Operational Plan better than anyone else.
At this time, Jerome Bonaparte also saw the gaze that Leboeuf gave him, and he smiled and nodded to Leboeuf to show his encouragement.
Leboeuf, who was hinted by Jerome Bonaparte's eyes, swept away his previous apprehension, and continued to point the baton to another infantry symbol next to the symbol of Paskevich's infantry in a passionate tone: "Another The only troops were the Bessarabian troops led by Mikhail Gorchakov. The vast majority of the Bessarabian troops he led were drawn and reconstituted troops from the Caucasus.
Neither the quantity nor the quality of the army is as good as the army led by Paskevich!
However, the army stationed in the province of Bessarabia was better at dealing with small-scale guerrilla forces than Paskevich's army, these are military tactics that have been groped from the Caucasus.
In addition to these two troops, a small number of St. Petersburg Guard troops also joined them. They were the most elite troops in the hands of Nicholas I, and their quality was much higher than that of Paskevich and Gorchakov. , but far inferior in number to these two armies, with only about two or three regiments of troops. "
Afterwards, Leboeuf complimented Jerome Bonaparte: "However, all their armies are inferior to ours in terms of equipment quality and personnel. All of this is due to His Majesty's efforts!"
"Stop flattering and keep talking!" Le Boeuf's naked flattery made Jerome Bonaparte smile, and he "rebuked" Le Boeuf in a calm tone.
"Yes!" Upon seeing this, Leboeuf immediately corrected his attitude and continued to explain: "According to the recent intelligence obtained by the General Staff. Once the war between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins, the Russian Empire will definitely attack here frantically!"
Leboeuf put the baton in the place of Silistra: "This is a military fortress built on the Danube, and it is also the biggest guarantee of the Ottoman Empire against the Russian Empire! Once Silistra was defeated by the Russian Empire If they break it, they will repeat the situation in 1828."
In 1828, the Russian Empire, Nicholas I, led 65,000 Russian soldiers and Cossacks to attack Silistra. After occupying Silistra, Tsar Nicholas I went downstream and captured Varna, Edirne.
That time was when Nicholas I was the closest to Constantinople. Unfortunately, under the intervention of Britain and European countries, the Russian Empire could only leave in vain, which also became the eternal pain of Nicholas I.
"Can Silistra's defense resist the attack of 130,000 Russian Imperial soldiers?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Leboeuf.
"Because of the location of Silistra, the Russian Empire cannot effectively deploy troops in Silistra, as long as Silistra itself is properly defended! The Russian Empire's army cannot break through Silista at all. The Terra fortresses!" Leboeuf assured Jerome Bonaparte: "And now the Russian Empire has lost this opportunity, Silistra has deployed an army of nearly 30,000 people, these troops It is completely able to withstand the attack of the Russian Empire, so the original plan of the Imperial Army to be stationed in Varna can still be carried out.”
Leboeuf's words were applauded by some of the generals in the audience. They didn't care about the life and death of the Ottoman Empire, but they must be behind Varna behind Silistra.
Once Silistra fell, Varna would face the onslaught of the Russian Imperial Army.
According to the registration plan of the French Empire, all large materials such as locomotives, rails, and siege guns must be assembled at the port of Rhodes Island before being transported to Varna.
This also means that the large equipment cannot be transported to where the first time, and the imperial generals present do not want to start a war with the Russian Empire before they have a foothold in Varna.
Some generals believe that the Russian Empire is likely to head southwest from Bucharest to Ruse. In this case, once Bulgaria and Serbia start an uprising, the Russian Empire can assist the insurgents nearby.
"If Nicholas I was commanded, he would probably choose this risky method, but Paskevich is a cautious guy, and he would not agree to this plan!" Leboeuf immediately refuted these People's point of view, and explained: "Once the Russian Imperial Army enters support Serbia through Ruse, it will inevitably lead to panic in the Austrian Empire. At that time, the Russian Empire will be in a dilemma."
"The Austrian Empire has agreed with the French Empire to issue a warning to the Russian Empire to retreat~www.novelhall.com~ So the Austrian Empire's army will only become a threat to the Russian Empire's army rather than a help!" Jerome Bonaparte also said. .
Since the "joint operation" between the French Empire and the Austrian Empire over the Russian Empire has always been in a private and secret stage, most of the generals present did not know that the Austrian Empire had betrayed the Russian Empire.
Jerome Bonaparte's words made all the generals present agree with Leboeuf's opinion.
Afterwards, Leboeuf put forward the log-in battle plan formulated in advance by the General Staff.
The first batch of troops registered in the battle plan are the six battalions of the Algerian colony Zhuav troops. They will be transported to Varna to consolidate their positions by transport ships recruited by the navy. The six battalions of Zhuav troops will be reorganized into two. The regiment was headed by Brigadiers General McMahon and Brigadier General Bazin.
The generals present had no objection to the fact that Zhuav was the vanguard, who made the Zhuavs always the most elite army in France.
However, all the generals present began to quarrel red-faced when the second batch of conscripted troops was transported.
According to the plan of the General Staff, the second batch of registered troops are the 1st and 3rd Brigades of the 1st Paris Division, and the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division.
As for the plans of the General Staff, the military commanders of the 1st and 2nd divisions were naturally meaningless, but the 3rd commander objected to the deployment of the 1st and 2nd divisions.
The thirst for military exploits and glory made these generals start a torrid war.
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After the three foreign ambassadors learned from De Luiz that the French Empire and the Russian Empire were about to start a war, they knew that they were powerless to dissuade the French Empire from giving up their actions. The information they learned was passed back to the country one by one, expecting their country to make the right choice after the war began.
Just as the foreign ambassadors of the three countries returned to their respective diplomatic embassies in a carriage from the pier in the seventh district, a secret military meeting was being held in the Tuileries Palace on the Champs-Elysees.
In addition to the chief military officers such as Chief of the Army General Staff St. Arnault, Minister of War Kuzan Montauban, and Minister of the Navy Dicko, Major Generals Leboeuf, Major General Niel, Major General Conrobel, Brigadier General Bazin, Brigadier General Trosch... A series of members who have participated in and planned the war in the Near East more or less.
The war, which had been secretly planned since 1849, finally officially began in 1853.
The four-year planning allowed the General Staff to anticipate all possible actions of the Russian Empire, and prepared several sets of countermeasures.
A detailed military map of the Near East has been placed on the walls of the Tuileries conference hall, in the border area between the Danube Principality and the Bulgarian region, and is marked with a dense number of wargame infantry emblems, which represent the present state of the Russian Empire. All armies present in the Danube border area.
"According to the information we have obtained from the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire has assembled about 150,000 troops in the scene area of the Principality of Wallachia, some of which were troops stationed in Poland led by Paskevich. They used to be the main force in helping the Austrian Empire suppress Hungary, and the troops were armed with a large number of old muskets and a small number of rifles.
Although the equipment level of this army is far from that of ours, their will to war is very tenacious. Brigadier General Leboeuf, who is in charge of military explanation and analysis in the Near East, pointed to the infantry logo with a small wooden stick, and then looked at Jerome Bonaparte in the first row of the audience seat in the conference hall uneasily.
This military rehearsal, which was supposed to be explained and deployed by the chief of the general staff, St. Arnault, is a bit "difficult for a strong man" to be explained by a "little" major-general-level staff major-general commander like Leboeuf. .
The "strong man is difficult" here does not mean that Major General Leboeuf's own commanding ability is defective, but that Major General Leboeuf's qualifications are too weak in the French army of the typesetting.
Although many of the "students" in the audience have the same title of major general as him, the gold content between the two is very different. It is really hard to let a junior officer of him give lectures to a group of elderly people in the army. hands and feet.
And the person who made the decision to let Leboeuf come to the stage to explain is none other than the Emperor Jerome Bonaparte.
The reason why Jérôme Bonaparte is willing to let Leboeuf show himself in front of many old people is not only to pave the way for Leboeuf's later promotion, but also that Leboeuf has been involved from beginning to end. Near East Operational Plan, he knows the Near East Operational Plan better than anyone else.
At this time, Jerome Bonaparte also saw the gaze that Leboeuf gave him, and he smiled and nodded to Leboeuf to show his encouragement.
Leboeuf, who was hinted by Jerome Bonaparte's eyes, swept away his previous apprehension, and continued to point the baton to another infantry symbol next to the symbol of Paskevich's infantry in a passionate tone: "Another The only troops were the Bessarabian troops led by Mikhail Gorchakov. The vast majority of the Bessarabian troops he led were drawn and reconstituted troops from the Caucasus.
Neither the quantity nor the quality of the army is as good as the army led by Paskevich!
However, the army stationed in the province of Bessarabia was better at dealing with small-scale guerrilla forces than Paskevich's army, these are military tactics that have been groped from the Caucasus.
In addition to these two troops, a small number of St. Petersburg Guard troops also joined them. They were the most elite troops in the hands of Nicholas I, and their quality was much higher than that of Paskevich and Gorchakov. , but far inferior in number to these two armies, with only about two or three regiments of troops. "
Afterwards, Leboeuf complimented Jerome Bonaparte: "However, all their armies are inferior to ours in terms of equipment quality and personnel. All of this is due to His Majesty's efforts!"
"Stop flattering and keep talking!" Le Boeuf's naked flattery made Jerome Bonaparte smile, and he "rebuked" Le Boeuf in a calm tone.
"Yes!" Upon seeing this, Leboeuf immediately corrected his attitude and continued to explain: "According to the recent intelligence obtained by the General Staff. Once the war between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins, the Russian Empire will definitely attack here frantically!"
Leboeuf put the baton in the place of Silistra: "This is a military fortress built on the Danube, and it is also the biggest guarantee of the Ottoman Empire against the Russian Empire! Once Silistra was defeated by the Russian Empire If they break it, they will repeat the situation in 1828."
In 1828, the Russian Empire, Nicholas I, led 65,000 Russian soldiers and Cossacks to attack Silistra. After occupying Silistra, Tsar Nicholas I went downstream and captured Varna, Edirne.
That time was when Nicholas I was the closest to Constantinople. Unfortunately, under the intervention of Britain and European countries, the Russian Empire could only leave in vain, which also became the eternal pain of Nicholas I.
"Can Silistra's defense resist the attack of 130,000 Russian Imperial soldiers?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Leboeuf.
"Because of the location of Silistra, the Russian Empire cannot effectively deploy troops in Silistra, as long as Silistra itself is properly defended! The Russian Empire's army cannot break through Silista at all. The Terra fortresses!" Leboeuf assured Jerome Bonaparte: "And now the Russian Empire has lost this opportunity, Silistra has deployed an army of nearly 30,000 people, these troops It is completely able to withstand the attack of the Russian Empire, so the original plan of the Imperial Army to be stationed in Varna can still be carried out.”
Leboeuf's words were applauded by some of the generals in the audience. They didn't care about the life and death of the Ottoman Empire, but they must be behind Varna behind Silistra.
Once Silistra fell, Varna would face the onslaught of the Russian Imperial Army.
According to the registration plan of the French Empire, all large materials such as locomotives, rails, and siege guns must be assembled at the port of Rhodes Island before being transported to Varna.
This also means that the large equipment cannot be transported to where the first time, and the imperial generals present do not want to start a war with the Russian Empire before they have a foothold in Varna.
Some generals believe that the Russian Empire is likely to head southwest from Bucharest to Ruse. In this case, once Bulgaria and Serbia start an uprising, the Russian Empire can assist the insurgents nearby.
"If Nicholas I was commanded, he would probably choose this risky method, but Paskevich is a cautious guy, and he would not agree to this plan!" Leboeuf immediately refuted these People's point of view, and explained: "Once the Russian Imperial Army enters support Serbia through Ruse, it will inevitably lead to panic in the Austrian Empire. At that time, the Russian Empire will be in a dilemma."
"The Austrian Empire has agreed with the French Empire to issue a warning to the Russian Empire to retreat~www.novelhall.com~ So the Austrian Empire's army will only become a threat to the Russian Empire's army rather than a help!" Jerome Bonaparte also said. .
Since the "joint operation" between the French Empire and the Austrian Empire over the Russian Empire has always been in a private and secret stage, most of the generals present did not know that the Austrian Empire had betrayed the Russian Empire.
Jerome Bonaparte's words made all the generals present agree with Leboeuf's opinion.
Afterwards, Leboeuf put forward the log-in battle plan formulated in advance by the General Staff.
The first batch of troops registered in the battle plan are the six battalions of the Algerian colony Zhuav troops. They will be transported to Varna to consolidate their positions by transport ships recruited by the navy. The six battalions of Zhuav troops will be reorganized into two. The regiment was headed by Brigadiers General McMahon and Brigadier General Bazin.
The generals present had no objection to the fact that Zhuav was the vanguard, who made the Zhuavs always the most elite army in France.
However, all the generals present began to quarrel red-faced when the second batch of conscripted troops was transported.
According to the plan of the General Staff, the second batch of registered troops are the 1st and 3rd Brigades of the 1st Paris Division, and the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division.
As for the plans of the General Staff, the military commanders of the 1st and 2nd divisions were naturally meaningless, but the 3rd commander objected to the deployment of the 1st and 2nd divisions.
The thirst for military exploits and glory made these generals start a torrid war.
After the three foreign ambassadors learned from De Luiz that the French Empire and the Russian Empire were about to start a war, they knew that they were powerless to dissuade the French Empire from giving up their actions. The information they learned was passed back to the country one by one, expecting their country to make the right choice after the war began.Just as the foreign ambassadors of the three countries returned to their respective diplomatic embassies in a carriage from the pier in the seventh district, a secret military meeting was being held in the Tuileries Palace on the Champs-Elysees.In addition to the chief military officers such as Chief of the Army General Staff St. Arnault, Minister of War Kuzan Montauban, and Minister of the Navy Dicko, Major Generals Leboeuf, Major General Niel, Major General Conrobel, Brigadier General Bazin, Brigadier General Trosch... A series of members who have participated in and planned the war in the Near East more or less.The war, which had been secretly planned since 1849, finally officially began in 1853.The four-year planning allowed the General Staff to anticipate all possible actions of the Russian Empire, and prepared several sets of countermeasures.A detailed military map of the Near East has been placed on the walls of the Tuileries conference hall, in the border area between the Danube Principality and the Bulgarian region, and is marked with a dense number of wargame infantry emblems, which represent the present state of the Russian Empire. All armies present in the Danube border area."According to the information we have obtained from the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire has assembled about 150,000 troops in the scene area of the Principality of Wallachia, some of which were troops stationed in Poland led by Paskevich. They used to be the main force in helping the Austrian Empire suppress Hungary, and the troops were armed with a large number of old muskets and a small number of rifles.Although the equipment level of this army is far from that of ours, their will to war is very tenacious. Brigadier General Leboeuf, who is in charge of military explanation and analysis in the Near East, pointed to the infantry logo with a small wooden stick, and then looked at Jerome Bonaparte in the first row of the audience seat in the conference hall uneasily.This military rehearsal, which was supposed to be explained and deployed by the chief of the general staff, St. Arnault, is a bit "difficult for a strong man" to be explained by a "little" major-general-level staff major-general commander like Leboeuf. .The "strong man is difficult" here does not mean that Major General Leboeuf's own commanding ability is defective, but that Major General Leboeuf's qualifications are too weak in the French army of the typesetting.Although many of the "students" in the audience have the same title of major general as him, the gold content between the two is very different. It is really hard to let a junior officer of him give lectures to a group of elderly people in the army. hands and feet.And the person who made the decision to let Leboeuf come to the stage to explain is none other than the Emperor Jerome Bonaparte.The reason why Jrme Bonaparte is willing to let Leboeuf show himself in front of many old people is not only to pave the way for Leboeuf's later promotion, but also that Leboeuf has been involved from beginning to end. Near East Operational Plan, he knows the Near East Operational Plan better than anyone else.At this time, Jerome Bonaparte also saw the gaze that Leboeuf gave him, and he smiled and nodded to Leboeuf to show his encouragement.Leboeuf, who was hinted by Jerome Bonaparte's eyes, swept away his previous apprehension, and continued to point the baton to another infantry symbol next to the symbol of Paskevich's infantry in a passionate tone: "Another The only troops were the Bessarabian troops led by Mikhail Gorchakov. The vast majority of the Bessarabian troops he led were drawn and reconstituted troops from the Caucasus.Neither the quantity nor the quality of the army is as good as the army led by Paskevich!However, the army stationed in the province of Bessarabia was better at dealing with small-scale guerrilla forces than Paskevich's army, these are military tactics that have been groped from the Caucasus.In addition to these two troops, a small number of St. Petersburg Guard troops also joined them. They were the most elite troops in the hands of Nicholas I, and their quality was much higher than that of Paskevich and Gorchakov. , but far inferior in number to these two armies, with only about two or three regiments of troops. "Afterwards, Leboeuf complimented Jerome Bonaparte: "However, all their armies are inferior to ours in terms of equipment quality and personnel. All of this is due to His Majesty's efforts!""Stop flattering and keep talking!" Le Boeuf's naked flattery made Jerome Bonaparte smile, and he "rebuked" Le Boeuf in a calm tone."Yes!" Upon seeing this, Leboeuf immediately corrected his attitude and continued to explain: "According to the recent intelligence obtained by the General Staff. Once the war between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins, the Russian Empire will definitely attack here frantically!"Leboeuf put the baton in the place of Silistra: "This is a military fortress built on the Danube, and it is also the biggest guarantee of the Ottoman Empire against the Russian Empire! Once Silistra was defeated by the Russian Empire If they break it, they will repeat the situation in 1828."In 1828, the Russian Empire, Nicholas I, led 65,000 Russian soldiers and Cossacks to attack Silistra. After occupying Silistra, Tsar Nicholas I went downstream and captured Varna, Edirne.That time was when Nicholas I was the closest to Constantinople. Unfortunately, under the intervention of Britain and European countries, the Russian Empire could only leave in vain, which also became the eternal pain of Nicholas I."Can Silistra's defense resist the attack of 130,000 Russian Imperial soldiers?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Leboeuf."Because of the location of Silistra, the Russian Empire cannot effectively deploy troops in Silistra, as long as Silistra itself is properly defended! The Russian Empire's army cannot break through Silista at all. The Terra fortresses!" Leboeuf assured Jerome Bonaparte: "And now the Russian Empire has lost this opportunity, Silistra has deployed an army of nearly 30,000 people, these troops It is completely able to withstand the attack of the Russian Empire, so the original plan of the Imperial Army to be stationed in Varna can still be carried out.Leboeuf's words were applauded by some of the generals in the audience. They didn't care about the life and death of the Ottoman Empire, but they must be behind Varna behind Silistra.Once Silistra fell, Varna would face the onslaught of the Russian Imperial Army.According to the registration plan of the French Empire, all large materials such as locomotives, rails, and siege guns must be assembled at the port of Rhodes Island before being transported to Varna.This also means that the large equipment cannot be transported to where the first time, and the imperial generals present do not want to start a war with the Russian Empire before they have a foothold in Varna.Some generals believe that the Russian Empire is likely to head southwest from Bucharest to Ruse. In this case, once Bulgaria and Serbia start an uprising, the Russian Empire can assist the insurgents nearby."If Nicholas I was commanded, he would probably choose this risky method, but Paskevich is a cautious guy, and he would not agree to this plan!" Leboeuf immediately refuted these People's point of view, and explained: "Once the Russian Imperial Army enters support Serbia through Ruse, it will inevitably lead to panic in the Austrian Empire. At that time, the Russian Empire will be in a dilemma.""The Austrian Empire has agreed with the French Empire to issue a warning to the Russian Empire to retreat~www.novelhall.com~ So the Austrian Empire's army will only become a threat to the Russian Empire's army rather than a help!" Jerome Bonaparte also said. .Since the "joint operation" between the French Empire and the Austrian Empire over the Russian Empire has always been in a private and secret stage, most of the generals present did not know that the Austrian Empire had betrayed the Russian Empire.Jerome Bonaparte's words made all the generals present agree with Leboeuf's opinion.Afterwards, Leboeuf put forward the log-in battle plan formulated in advance by the General Staff.The first batch of troops registered in the battle plan are the six battalions of the Algerian colony Zhuav troops. They will be transported to Varna to consolidate their positions by transport ships recruited by the navy. The six battalions of Zhuav troops will be reorganized into two. The regiment was headed by Brigadiers General McMahon and Brigadier General Bazin.The generals present had no objection to the fact that Zhuav was the vanguard, who made the Zhuavs always the most elite army in France.However, all the generals present began to quarrel red-faced when the second batch of conscripted troops was transported.According to the plan of the General Staff, the second batch of registered troops are the 1st and 3rd Brigades of the 1st Paris Division, and the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division.As for the plans of the General Staff, the military commanders of the 1st and 2nd divisions were naturally meaningless, but the 3rd commander objected to the deployment of the 1st and 2nd divisions.The thirst for military exploits and glory made these generals start a torrid war.
