The emperor left. When he closed the door, I recalled the Battle of Bokenham against the Duke of Villeroy, and began to summarize the characteristics of the French army: "During more than two years in Germany, I and the Duke of Luxembourg, Wang

Several famous generals in France, including the Duke of Dome, the Duke of Villeroy, the Duke of Marssen and the Prince of Condé, competed against each other. As for the armies under these generals, the Duke of Villeroy's army gave me

most impressive

Profound. The combat effectiveness of the elite troops is strong, and the combat effectiveness of the second-line troops is also good. Whether it is close combat or salvo shooting, the French army is worthy of being the most elite in Europe. In addition, I found that the French army has a very distinctive characteristic in its combat, probably because of that

His Royal Highness the Grand Prince's combat style has a profound influence on the French. The French army generally likes to use cavalry to attack the enemy from the flank after sending infantry to stick to the enemy, and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."

"Then we can't defeat the French?" asked the cheap daddy.

I was a little confused. This was not a question he would ask: "It's true that the French army's elite combat effectiveness is very high, and the cavalry troops are even more brave. But to be honest, except for the cavalry troops, the morale of the other soldiers is not very good.

The reason why today's French army appears extremely powerful is because the war has cultivated a large number of outstanding French officers. In the French army, it is those officers and their generals who are good at fighting who maintain the morale of the army. Past victories often make these

The French army appears to be particularly resilient."

"You want to suggest that the Empire deploy skirmishers to imitate the tactics you used at Bokenham to shoot French officers from the flank?"

I don't know how Cheap Daddy learned about this situation, but I have to change his mind now: "I'm not opposed to forming skirmishers. But I don't think it's necessary for us to kill those officers one by one."

"How can we deplete the morale of the French army if we don't kill them?"

"I think we can force the morale of the French army to gradually deplete during the siege by holding on to key positions."

"We are not fighting within our own borders."

"The same goes for the French army. Moreover, the French army is attacking Vienna now. The strong city of Austria can hold on for at least half a year. And we have a huge army next to Austria. As long as we appear before the French army

On the flank, they have to withdraw part of their strength to prevent our attack. The French army only has so many troops, and the intensity of the siege may be weakened. Even if they have more troops

If the strength of their attack is not weakened, the morale of the Austrians will be boosted when they see our arrival, which will increase the difficulty of the French siege. Even if the French army captures Vienna afterwards, we will face a city dominated by our Romans.

By building a fortress, the French, who have been fighting a very intense and tough battle since the autumn of last year, are likely to have low morale in the subsequent siege stage. This gives us an opportunity to counterattack."

Defend and then counterattack, this was the strategy I formulated on the way back against the French who fought hard for a year, even though they captured Vienna and the Austrian capital fell. But the French's physical and mental exhaustion was not just a matter of capturing the enemy.

The capital will be fully restored.

"You mean here, where Prussia and Austria meet on the border, to find a favorable point to build a fortress, occupy it, and then force the French to launch an attack on the fortress to ensure their victory?" Cheap Daddy crossed the map.

Prussia-Austria border line said.

"Yes, in Hesse!"

"Hessen?" The cheap dad glanced at the map in confusion, "This place?"

Well, although the Principality of Hesse is very small, I don't know if I can find it all at once.

I walked up and said: "This is the west side of Saxony, above Austria. Our army appears here to threaten the territory controlled by the French army in the past, and Prussia moves from the direction of Silesia. Although we are divided into two groups,

If the French do not divide their forces into two and send people to control the cities they occupied, we may cut off their lines of communication and supply from the rear, and gradually regain the Austrian territory from the front. However, I do not think the situation of the war will be

It will develop in this direction.”

"What about the French troops? They won't rescue the French army in Germany? What I hear you mean is that they want to use the trophies obtained by the French army in Austria and Bavaria to disperse their forces, so that our military strength in Germany is basically the same as that of the French army.

Hold on to a stalemate, and then weaken the morale of the French army through persistence and defeat the French army. However, if the French army in France appears in Germany, the situation will be reversed."

Cheap Dad’s vision is very sharp, but I don’t have no solution: “The French can indeed do this, but if they do, that’s better. Because after Germany implements a defensive strategy, I suggest here..."

I pointed to the Italian states on the Mediterranean coast and said, "Use our navy to transport our imperial regiment there.

Landing in the rear of the alliance, and then launching a surprise attack on the enemy on their way back, thereby disintegrating the French alliance army in the entire Italian peninsula through a short and quick decisive battle. By then, if the French go to Germany, we will use the navy to sail from Marseille

Land, avoid the French fortresses in Provence and the fortresses of the French allies, and strike hard from the French army’s vulnerable back!”

In this way, I indirectly stated the strategy I had formulated for the empire. I closed my mouth and quietly waited for the cheap dad's evaluation.

"Alexander, what do you think of this plan?"

"The French fleet suffered a fatal blow from the Dutch in the Netherlands. The Mediterranean Sea can basically be our imperial fleet. I think we should not give up the convenience of sea transportation and send our precious troops through the long eastern territory of the empire.

Put it into the battle between Austria and the French. And, I think now is the time

A good opportunity to pave the way for the future occupation of Rome. The second batch of soldiers recruited from mainland France will become the stepping stones for our imperial regiment to become an elite!." Alexander spoke his thoughts slowly, until

I understood that he also knew that now was not the opportunity to occupy the Holy See, so I breathed a sigh of relief.

"So, the army led by Duke Bringas of Germany will implement a defensive strategy and contain the French army with inferior strength."

Cheap Daddy's words made me swallow my saliva involuntarily. I had no choice but to see through the request Alexander and I made to Maurice and his grandfather.

"Yes, Caesar, Duke Bringas also agreed to this battle plan." Alexander said very cunningly, "I am preparing to report the situation later."

"Very well, you all have your own ideas and are very opinionated, but you didn't mention another benefit of our troops landing on the Italian Peninsula." Cheap Daddy left the map and picked up the many documents placed on his desk.

Two reports were produced, "Our army landed on the Italian peninsula, and the fleet blocked Rome's routes to other areas. As long as we promise to the Catholics that we will not expand our territory,

We will give them their power on the peninsula and give them the land and gold they covet. Then once France wants to escalate the war to the level of a dispute between Catholics and Orthodox believers, the Catholic Holy See can make the French on our side.

Obediently shut their mouths. Look, the battle plan I revised and formulated based on the manuscript left by General Ceballas has now been conveyed. Take a look."

Alexander and I took the document given by the cheap daddy. Alexander's copy was all about the deployment of troops and the deployment of generals. As for the target of the attack, I saw the area mentioned in Greek on the last page.

Italian peninsula!

That old scumbag has also thought about transporting the Imperial Regiment from the sea to France through naval transportation?

I turned around and took a look at the document in my hand. After a few lines, I found that this document was actually the document that the old scumbag applied for to rebuild the Imperial Navy thirty years ago. Moreover, the environment that the old scumbag envisioned at that time did not matter whether he was a Frenchman.

Across Germany to launch an attack on our empire's mountainous eastern border, or?

When launching an attack on Austria, if the French army launches an army to march towards south Naples, once the war reaches a stalemate, we can use the navy to transport the imperial regiment behind the French army to cause wanton destruction, thereby disintegrating France, the thorn in the side of the empire, in one fell swoop.
Chapter completed!