(Chapter to)
After it was decided to send troops to Italy, the war machine of the French Empire quickly started. The General Staff Department began to select troops to participate in the war and formulate combat plans. Start preparations for war materials and ship those materials to designated locations.
"Your Majesty, why is our 1st French Legion not involved in this operation?" In Xiao Jie's office, Davout stared at Xiao Jie like an angry lion.
"Marshal Davout, calm down. This is a plan formulated by the General Staff. It is also the responsibility of the General Staff to choose which legion to participate in the war. It has nothing to do with me, right?" He righteously shifted the responsibility to others. The initial plan for this plan was to send a legion into Italy to fight. After full consideration, the staff officer Bu proposed to let the Iberian 1st Army join the battle. The Iberian 1st Army has 6 infantry divisions, plus other troops directly under the Legion, the total strength is about 110,000. Equivalent to the strength of three legions in other countries. At the same time, the 1st Iberian Legion is also the earliest legion formed among the legions of the French Empire except the 88th Legion, and its combat effectiveness is second only to the 88th Legion. The current task of the 88th Army is to defend Paris and its surrounding areas, so the task of dispatching troops this time naturally falls on the head of the Iberian 1st Army.
"Your Majesty, but if you insist on asking the French 1st Army to join the battle, I will not refuse to Marshal Eck." Davout said with a wicked smile. The hard ones are not good, so I have to come to the soft ones.
Seeing Davout's treacherous expression, Xiao Jie's face was filled with black lines. Is this the very upright Marshal Davout he thought before? It's like being a different person. "This is really impossible. The French 1st Army has just been recruited, and the recruit training has only been going on for two months. I'm afraid such troops can't be sent to the battlefield now." Xiao Jie persuaded.
Davout remained silent. He knew what Xiao Jie said was true. Judging from the current training situation of the French 1st Legion, it was still far from participating in a real war. "Your Majesty, then you can send me to command the 1st Iberian Army, even if it's temporary, and I can change it back after the war is over." Since the first method didn't work, Davout implemented the "curve to save the country".
"Cough, cough. This is not very good." Xiao Jie looked cold.
"What's wrong, I definitely have more combat experience than General Mike." Davout said, patting his chest.
"But we should also give newcomers a chance? Besides, General Mike has served as division commander for many years and participated in many wars. I believe his command experience is still very rich." Xiao Jie retorted.
"Then I don't care. Anyway, I want to participate in this war. You can figure it out. If it is impossible, let me go to the Iberian 1st Army as a division commander?" Davout began to be unreasonable.
Hey, I have a headache! Meeting someone like Dawu, Xiao Jie really had no choice. I had no choice but to compromise: "Okay then, I will arrange a job for you, which will definitely satisfy you."
Seeing that Xiao Jie agreed, Dawu happily left.
"Your Majesty, I just saw Marshal Davout go out from here. What is he doing to see you?" Davout had just left for a while before Eke walked into Xiao Jie's office with a stack of documents.
"What else is there, isn't it just to be able to go to the battlefield?" Xiao Jie replied a little depressed.
"Then how did you arrange it? I saw that he was very happy when he left?" Eke asked with a smile.
"Forget it, I'm going to give him the position of a military adviser. He can give advice, but he has no actual power. After all, Marshal Davout has experienced so many wars, and it should be beneficial for him to give Mike some advice." Xiao Jie expressed his thoughts.
"That's a good idea." Eck nodded in agreement.
"The 1st Iberian Army has already begun to march towards Nice. It is estimated that the preparations will be completed in two days, that is, on July 27, and all kinds of combat materials and weapons and equipment will be fully prepared. Into Italy." Eck spoke of the General Staff's plan.
Xiao Jie nodded, and then asked: "How is the situation in Italy now? How is the progress of the Austrians?"
"Hillier's four legions have all arrived near Milan. Yesterday they just completed the siege of the northern city of Monza. Now Milan has gathered about 80,000 Italian defenders, but almost half of them are recruits. , did not have much combat effectiveness. After the four armies of the Austrian army experienced a series of battles, there were only about 110,000 people left. In addition, the Austrian 10th army was advancing south. Two days ago, they had already occupied It is now attacking Naples. Murat is organizing 50,000 troops to resist, but his determination is not strong. According to the information we have received, Murat has already begun to transfer supplies to Sicily." Eck replied.
"How long do you think Ou Ren can support if the Austrian army attacks Milan with all its strength?" Xiao Jie asked.
"According to the performance of the Italian army some time ago, they should be able to support it for about 10 days. Milan is a strong city, and Hillier may still have to spend a lot of energy to occupy Milan." Eke thought. Say it all at once.
"Then let's not rush to send troops for the time being, and wait for a while. When both of them have exhausted their strength, we will clean up the mess. As for the specific time, it is up to you." Xiao Jiexie said with a smile.
Eke nodded, and he did not refute Xiao Jie's decision. Because Xiao Jie's decision is definitely the most correct for the French Empire.
Four days later, Eck reported to Xiao Jie again: "Your Majesty, yesterday, that is, on July 28, the Austrian 19th Army fought a decisive battle with Murat in Naples. Unfortunately, Murat was defeated. The army has fled to Sicily, and the Austrian army is sweeping the southern part of the Apennine Peninsula. If I'm not mistaken, Murat's request for help should be on the way now."
"Haha." Xiao Jie laughed loudly. "If Murat's conditions are the same as Eugene's, I will provide him with rescue."
"If not? I'm afraid His Majesty will not let Naples go." Eck laughed.
"Of course." Xiao Jie replied as a matter of course.
On August 2, the defense of Milan had been going on for 5 days. During these 5 days, Eugene's army paid a very heavy price to defend the city of Milan. Where are the reinforcements of the French Empire? Why not come now. Eugene often asked himself this question. But he couldn't show a trace of panic. Instead, he had to be very calm, telling everyone that reinforcements were coming. In order to stabilize everyone's emotions.
Similarly, Hillier was also very annoyed by being unable to attack for a long time. After 5 days of fierce fighting, the Austrian army lost nearly 20,000 people. Although the casualties paid by the Italians must be much higher than theirs, Hillier still I can't stand it. Ordered to increase the attack on Milan, we must conquer Milan as soon as possible.
On August 3, the Iberian 1st Army, gathered near Nice, finally moved into action. The entire corps will enter Italy in four divisions, of which the 2nd Infantry Division will cross the border from the Little St. Bernard Pass, the 3rd Infantry Division will cross the border from the Mont Seni Pass, and the 4th Infantry Division will cross the border from the Montgenevre Pass. , because other troops have to carry a lot of heavy weapons, they can only enter Italy along the coast, but the target city everyone wants to reach is the same, that is, Turin, an important city in western Italy. There, the Iberian 1st Army will take a brief rest and then quickly go into battle. Before entering Italy, all the troops had assembled at the starting point. After the order to start was issued, 110,000 French troops crossed the border and entered Italy. Davout also joined the 1st Iberian Army as he wished under the name of a military adviser, while his own 1st French Army was left to his deputy.
Turin is not far from the border, only 50 kilometers. Although the traffic conditions are somewhat inconvenient, the 1st Iberian Army arrived in Turin on August 5th. At this time, the battle for Milan had entered a fierce stage. The east wall of Milan finally collapsed under the repeated attacks of the Austrian army. A large number of Austrian troops poured in from there, and quickly established a forward position there. Although the Italian army resisted desperately, the Austrian army was still nibbling away at the city of Milan~www.mtlnovel.com~ At this time, Eugene's army was left with less than 30,000 people.
"Your Excellency, good news. The French Empire has finally dispatched troops. At present, their Iberian 1st Army has arrived in Turin, and it is estimated that they will be able to enter the battle in a very short time." Just received this The news, Alexis immediately ran to tell Eugene.
Hearing this news, Ou Ren was also ecstatic. And informed the whole army of this news, for a while, the morale of the Italian army was so strong that it once contained the offensive momentum of the Austrian army.
Almost at the same time, Hillier also got the news. It was over, and France stepped in. Hillier had only this idea at the time. He knows that it is impossible to complete the task of occupying Italy assigned by Emperor Francis I of Austria now, and he may even have to leave these troops here. Hillier suddenly felt cold, even though it was only August.
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