"His Royal Highness, judging from the current situation, the possibility of France's failure is very small. In just 20 days, the army of the Anti-French Alliance was defeated steadily, losing nearly 200,000 people." Holding the battle report just sent back, Eke said with emotion. The victory of the French army made him love and hate. As an authentic Frenchman, he doesn't like France losing this war from the bottom of his heart, but if France wins the campaign, then their hope of entering France will be shattered, and he wants to fight back to France even in his dreams ah.
"Hehe, is that so? I don't think so. Although France won a great victory at the beginning of the war, the war has just begun. It is hard to say who will win the final victory. Don't forget, the main forces of the Russian army and the Austrian army, as well as the British army. The army has not yet been dispatched, and the only ones defeated by Napoleon are the Prussian army and the army of the Rhine Alliance. Once the main forces of the other three powerful countries arrive on the battlefield, the life of the French army will be difficult." Xiao Jie smiled. He said that he has always been convinced that Napoleon's victory in this war is almost very small.
Eke did not refute Xiao Jie's point of view, but fell into deep thought. He also knew that Xiao Jie's point of view was correct. Although the French army had won a temporary victory, the Anti-French Alliance did not suffer any injuries. Their main force There is basically no loss. Once the opponent's main force enters the battlefield, it is hard to say whether the French army can hold on.
"His Royal Highness, Chief of Staff, the latest news from Paris." A staff officer walked into Xiao Jie's office with a stack of telegrams.
Taking it over and looking at it, Xiao Jie's face immediately changed. He knew that Napoleon's good luck had come to an end, and the counterattack of the Anti-French Alliance was about to begin.
On February 20, 50,000 British Expeditionary Forces landed in Haarlem, the Netherlands, defeated the first part of the French First Army who came to stop them the next day, and then marched towards Amsterdam. On February 22, the two sides fought fiercely in Amsterdam. The French army successfully defended Amsterdam and repelled the British attack by virtue of its firepower and geographical advantages. On February 24, 50,000 British troops landed in Haarlem again, and the two British troops then launched a joint attack on Amsterdam. Under the fierce British attack, the 1st Army was defeated and withdrew from Amsterdam after losing tens of thousands of troops. Return to Rotterdam. The British army also lost nearly 20,000 people, but at this time the initiative on the battlefield was controlled by the British army. It is worth mentioning that the commander of the British army this time was Arthur Wellesley who was defeated in Iberia and fled in embarrassment. The commander of the British Expeditionary Force was also named Marquess, and was honored as the Marquess of Wellington by the British upper class.
In addition, the crisis facing Napoleon is not limited to this. On February 25, the main force of 200,000 Russian troops arrived in Slubice, 100 kilometers east of Berlin, and it is estimated that they will be able to enter the battle in early March. The movement of the Austrian army was not slow. Archduke Charles led 5 legions, a total of 200,000 Austrian troops arrived in Nuremberg on February 26, and began to seriously threaten the security of Napoleon's right wing.
"His Royal Highness, your judgment is not wrong. It seems that His Majesty Napoleon is having a hard time." Eck sighed.
Xiao Jie didn't say anything, he knew exactly what Eke was thinking.
"His Royal Highness, what preparations should we make?" Eck asked.
Xiao Jie thought for a while, and then said: "Order the 88th Army to gather in secret, and the Cavalry Army is also ready to go at any time. The 1st Iberian Army is all assembled near Madrid, and the safety of Iberia is up to you." To the 2nd Iberian Legion."
"In addition, the navy must also be prepared to expand the scope of its activities as much as possible, especially to the north, so that when our army enters France, the navy can protect the west side of our army from being threatened by the British navy."
In fact, the naval operations have already begun after they acquired Setubal Bay. With the launch of the other three "Bonaparte" class warships, the strength of the Iberian Navy has greatly increased. At present, in addition to Lisbon on the Atlantic coast, A Coruña in the northwest corner of Iberia has also become another naval base. Leah class warships greatly enhanced the Iberia Navy's voice in the Bay of Biscay. The war between the Iberian Navy and the Royal Navy has continued, but no large-scale war has broken out until now, but small-scale conflicts still occur from time to time. But most of the time, it is the British side that suffers. Relying on the speed advantage of the warships, the Iberian Navy ran away when it encountered a strong fleet, and ate a weak fleet when it encountered it, which made the Royal Navy very troubled. Even, the 'Prince Joseph' sailed into the La Manche Strait (the lower part of the English Channel). Although it finally fled in embarrassment under the siege of a large group of British warships, it also showed that the Iberian Navy was already threatened. British strength.
On February 27, Napoleon was in Kassel's headquarters, and the atmosphere was very depressing.
Napoleon stood alone in front of the military map, frowning. Since the 21st, the French army has launched a series of offensives, but none of them have achieved the effect he expected. Now, the army of the anti-French alliance is overwhelming, and his situation has become very bad. In the Netherlands, the 1st Army was retreating steadily. If he did not send reinforcements, the British would invade France and directly threaten Paris. But now he has no reinforcements to send, and all the legions in his hand have combat orders.
In the end, Napoleon made a decision. The 11th Army immediately entered the Netherlands to assist the 1st Army in attacking the British army. They must be defeated and driven out of the European continent. Enter France or Germany. At this time, the 11th Army had already fought against Osnabrück with the 2nd and 12th Army. The Prussian 1st and 3rd Army were retreating steadily under their fierce attack. There are still 40,000 people. Under the siege of the three French legions, they will soon be unable to hold on. But Napoleon now had to transfer a legion. Although the remaining two legions still maintain an advantage over the Prussian army, it may take more time to completely eliminate them. In order to ensure the safety of France, Napoleon finally ordered the 4th Army stationed in Calais to also enter the Netherlands, trying to defeat the British army in the shortest possible time.
Due to the arrival of the main force of the Russian army and the main force of the Austrian army, the pressure on Napoleon's eastern and southern fronts increased sharply. Especially the army on the southern front, the current 5th, 7th, 8th, and 9th armies only have about 120,000 people left, but their opponents remain at about 220,000. It is very difficult to say that it is very difficult to defend the southern front with this army. The imperial guards on the Eastern Front, the Guards Corps and the 3rd and 6th Corps had only a little over 100,000 people left after days of fierce fighting, but they had to face nearly 300,000 enemy troops. One can imagine the pressure.
Taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Russian army will not be able to enter the battle until at least the beginning of March, Napoleon made a very bold decision on February 28, which is to order the four legions on the southern front to hold the line of defense no matter what, at least insist on In a month's time, he will lead the main force of the French army to defeat more than 100,000 Prussian-Prussian allied forces, and then start a final decisive battle with 200,000 Russian troops. As long as he can successfully complete the combat mission, the remaining Austrian army will be It's nothing to worry about.
In order to achieve this goal, Napoleon ordered to occupy the 13th and 14th Army Corps in Paderborn, which was marching northward, and immediately marched eastward. The 100,000 Prussian-Prussian allied forces between Wolfsburg and Magdeburg created the conditions for the next stage of the decisive battle.
On March 1, the Imperial Guard and the Guards Corps took the lead in launching an attack on Wolfsburg. The two most powerful French troops on the opposite side attacked, and the 30,000 Prussian company stationed in Wolfsburg spent a day The time was persisted until it was completely defeated. In the end, less than 10,000 of the 30,000 people fled back. When the French army stormed Wolfsburg, two Russian Cossack cavalry divisions also launched a rescue operation for Wolfsburg, but they were intercepted by the French 3rd Army 20 kilometers southeast of Wolfsburg. Living. In order to ensure the victory of the Imperial Guard and Guards Corps, the 3rd Army fought very tenaciously~www.mtlnovel.com~ After they paid huge casualties, they finally withstood the Russian attack. When Kutuzov lost nearly 10,000 people and was still unable to break through the 3rd Army's defense line, he gave an order to retreat. After this battle, there were only more than 20,000 people left in the 3rd Army, and the battle during this period of time made the 3rd Army's battle loss rate reach 50%. The 6th Army also took this opportunity to launch an attack on Magdeburg, but the 40,000 Prussian-Prussian allied forces were on standby, and the 6th Army did not get the slightest advantage and had to retreat.
On March 3, the 13th and 14th Army Corps rushed to the Eastern Front. With the addition of two new force corps, the strength of the French army has been greatly enhanced. And took advantage of the trend to launch a general attack on Magdeburg. In order to conquer here with minimal casualties, Napoleon invested a full 140,000 troops. In the end, on March 5, Magdeburg was breached by the French army. Of the 60,000 Prussian-Prussian allied forces defending the city, only more than 10,000 Russian cavalry escaped. The rest were either killed in battle or captured. But the casualties of the French army were not small. In order to conquer here, they paid at least 20,000 people. But in general, the first phase of Napoleon's plan was successfully completed.
Compared with the eastern front, the situation on the southern front was much worse. Under the fierce attack of more than 200,000 Austrian troops, Napoleon's southern defense line was already in jeopardy, and it might be broken through at any time.
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