Chapter six hundred and ninety-eight attack failure
William had to rush back to Brandenburg after staying in Parets for nearly two weeks. For Du Li, she was very satisfied that William could accompany her in Parets for so long. After all, William was not a
Ordinary people still have a huge kingdom to manage.
After William rushed back to Brandenburg, he immediately ordered the troops under Dessau to immediately begin to strengthen martial law, and at the same time paid close attention to the situation in Austria.
For William, he was not prepared to attack Austria at this time. After all, Prussia had just received a lot of benefits from the Austrians, and these benefits had not yet been completely digested by Prussia. In this case, if he took advantage of the chaos,
If we go to war with Austria.
Although Prussia could win another victory over Austria and even completely annex Austria, for William, what he needed was a stable territory.
At this point, Alexander the Great is undoubtedly the best example of a ruler in history.
Alexander the Great was the first monarch in world history who could be called the "World Conqueror", but his rise and fall were sudden. Although Alexander conquered a large number of territories before him, but because of the rule of these territories
It was not stable, which directly led to the immediate disintegration of Alexander the Great's empire after his death. No one would even think of being loyal to Alexander's son.
Therefore, although William had incomparable ambitions in his heart, what he cared more about was the stability of his rule within Prussia's territory.
Furthermore, Prussia's focus is now on the Main River Basin and the newly occupied Bavaria region. Under such circumstances, it would undoubtedly be a very short-sighted move to rashly declare war on Austria again.
The reason why William ordered Dessau to be on alert was actually to prevent the unrest in Austria from affecting the stability of the areas newly occupied by Prussia.
Today's Prussia can be said to be a behemoth. The current territory of the Kingdom of Prussia is equivalent to two-thirds of the territory of later Germany. This is already a very vast territory.
After Dafilia captured Bavaria, Prussia's garrison in Bavaria once reached 40,000 people, and part of them were city defense troops and militia established by Prussia by absorbing prisoners of war from Bavaria.
In Munich, the capital of Bavaria, Dafilia has been in an unusually happy mood since William made him a count and promoted him to the rank of marshal. This has made the Prussian Bavarian garrison filled with a sense of joy.
atmosphere.
"Your Excellency, Marshal, the order just sent by the Military Ministry requires us to immediately order the army to enter a state of alert and block the Rhine River section!"
A staff officer walked up to Dafilia and said, holding the military order he had just received. Dafilia didn't seem to be surprised when he heard what the staff officer said.
Bavaria is much closer to Vienna than Brandenburg. And because a section of the Rhine River Valley happens to be located in Bavaria, after the accident in Vienna, many civilians in Vienna began to flee, and some of them passed through
Shipping fled to areas along the Rhine.
Among them, there were also many Austrians in Bavaria. After investigating these Austrians, Dafilia also learned about the changes that happened in Vienna.
"Follow the orders of the Ministry of Military Affairs! By the way, send more people to care for those Austrian refugees, we can't let them cause chaos in Bavaria!"
"promise!"
After the staff officer left, Dafilia stared at the map hanging on the wall and studied it carefully.
From the map, due to the existence of the Rhine River, approaching Vienna through shipping is undoubtedly an extremely fast way to attack. However, judging from the military orders of the Ministry of Military Affairs, it is obvious that Prussia is not prepared to attack Austria this time.
This made Dafilia feel a little regretful.
Although Dafilia already has the rank of marshal and the title of earl, in terms of qualifications and achievements, he is slightly inferior to Dessau and Ferdinand the Younger, but after hearing that Dessau participated in the assassination of Anna,
incident and was later reprimanded by the royal family.
Dafilia had a further desire in her heart.
Although Dafilia was the son-in-law of the former Marshal Saito, it is undeniable that after the death of the old Saito, although the Zitten family was still a wealthy family in the upper class of Prussia, it could not compete with Ferdinand and the Dessau family at all.
compared to.
Ferdinand the Younger came from the famous Brunswick family. This family was once the ruling family of the Duchy of Brunswick. However, during the period of Frederick the Great, the duchy had completely lost its independent status. However, the Brunswick family
There was no dissatisfaction. Starting from Prince Ferdinand, the Brunswick family gradually gave up the actual control of Brunswick and handed it over to the Kingdom of Prussia.
As for Prince Ferdinand, who had made a great contribution to the soil, William naturally made double use of him after taking full control of the power. Not only did he make him the chief officer of the staff, but he also promoted his nephew Ferdinand Jr. to become Prince Ferdinand.
Marshal of Prussia.
Through his performance in the Seven Years' War, Prince Ferdinand even gained a reputation as a handsome man. It can be said that after the death of Marshal Saito, the influence of the Brunswick family in the Prussian military has exceeded that of Qi.
Teng family.
Compared with the Braunschweig family, the Anhalt family of Dessau did not give in much. The Anhalt family even had more influence than the Braunschweig family.
The current Marshal of Dessau is actually the grandson of Prince Dessau, the spiritual leader of the Prussian army during the War of Austrian Succession, who is also known as the "Old Man Dessau". He is the son of Marshal Moritz of the Dessau family.
Speaking of the Dessau family, they are truly absolutely awesome. During the reign of Frederick the Great, one family and four marshals were the best expression of the influence of this family.
The father of Prince Dessau, Moritz, was the fourth son of the old man in Dessau, and the eldest son and second son of the old man in Dessau were also marshals. Because of this, after all the pillars of the Dessau family died of illness or in battle, Frederick
It was Emperor Lieutenant who desperately appointed Prince Dessau, who was less than thirty years old at the time, to inherit the title and assume the rank of marshal.
Later, the Prince of Dessau lived up to the reputation of his father and ancestors. Whether it was the Austro-Prussian War or the Danish War, Dessau's performance was excellent.
Originally, Dafilia had never thought about competing with Dessau for the two highest positions in the Prussian military, but now that Dessau was being reprimanded, Dafilia saw hope.
Although the Zitten family is somewhat in decline, it is not far behind the Brunswick family, so Dafilia originally had the intention of competing with little Ferdinand.
Although Ferdinand the Younger is currently on his own in France, with a hundred thousand allied troops under his command, Dafilia does not believe that Ferdinand the Younger can surpass her in military exploits, unless Ferdinand the Younger can destroy France.
It’s not that Dafilia is arrogant. You must know that under Dafilia, the Prussian army not only defeated the coalition of princes of the Holy Roman Empire and captured Frankfurt, opening up a road to the Rhine River Basin for Prussia, but also quickly defeated the
Bavaria and also captured the entire Bavaria.
This military exploit is enough to be regarded as the contribution to the destruction of the country.
Thinking of this, a wry smile appeared on Dafilia's lips.
Looking at the orders issued by the Ministry of Military Affairs, although they were put on alert and the section of the Rhine River was to be blocked, there was no mention at all about sending troops.
Maybe others thought it was nothing, but for Dafilia, he obviously understood the decision of the Prussian high-level officials not to go to war with Austria. Otherwise, the order from the Ministry of Military Affairs must have been different.
This made Dafilia feel regretful. After learning about the changes in Austria, Dafilia still hoped that the higher-ups would decide to start a war, because as long as the war between Austria and Austria resumed, Dafilia's position could not be ignored.
Yes, after all, the convenience of the Rhine River is here.
Originally, during the last Austro-Prussian War, after Bavaria was defeated, William originally planned to let Dafilia lead the army to rush directly to Vienna along the Rhine River.
But later, this decision was not implemented due to the opposition of Prince Henry.
At that time, Prince Henry believed that the Prussian army had just occupied Bavaria, and there were still many remnants loyal to the Itans family in Bavaria. If the army left, it would inevitably cause turmoil in Bavaria, which was absolutely not allowed.
Therefore, this decision will be discontinued after that.
"Your Highness, we failed. More than two thousand brothers were all overwhelmed!"
The commander of the British army attacking the Seine River, Couch, who was soaked all over and finally escaped with his life, ran to Duke Andrew and said with a mournful face.
"Kuki, I gave you three thousand soldiers, but look how many are left now! Why don't you die!"
Looking at Kutcher in front of him, Duke Andrew roared with anger on his face.
After the water gate on the Seine was blown up by a British army boat, the British transport ships immediately rushed towards the city of Paris carrying soldiers. However, it turned out that with the help of some British sailors, these British transport ships did not
It was hit hard by French artillery batteries on both sides of the Seine.
The British army even used artillery on merchant ships to teach some Paris defenders a lesson. All this seemed to give the British hope of victory, but just before the transport ship was about to dock, the French had previously built
The dam has played a huge role.
After Napoleon waited until the British army had lost some vigilance, he immediately ordered the army to dig out the previously built embankment. Although due to time constraints, the water in the Seine River isolated by the embankment did not rise much, but it also accumulated a considerable amount of water.
After these dams were blown open, with the rumbling explosions, the raging river water violently rushed toward the British ships sailing on the Seine.
The rapids of the river created huge waves, but in front of this wave, the British ships were as defenseless as ants.
These ships simply lost the ability to control their direction under the power of the river. Except for a few British ships that were lucky enough not to be damaged, the rest of the British ships were all destroyed by this wave.
And even those few ships that were not in great danger were washed far away by the current of the river along the lower reaches of the Seine, even outside the city of Paris.
As for those British ships that encountered misfortune, the soldiers on board were either drowned or barely escaped with their lives. However, after the French army in Paris dispatched river gunboats, these British soldiers were either captured
Either that or he was killed by the French.
"Crying, do you know that I made a promise to Your Majesty the Commander before, but now you have made my promise nonsense, and you are telling me how to gain a foothold in the coalition forces in the future!"
The veins on Duke Andrew's forehead were jumping. For Duke Andrew, he had high hopes for attacking Paris along the Seine. After all, if he succeeds, then if he can conquer Paris, Duke Andrew will undoubtedly be the biggest contributor.
.
But now, everything is over. Not only did Duke Andrew's fantasy of becoming a hero fail to come true, but even the British army suffered heavy losses. You must know that among the coalition forces under the city of Paris, the British army dispatched only 15,000 troops.
Get ahead.
After yelling at Couch, Duke Andrew looked at the wailing British soldiers around him, and finally could only sigh helplessly, and then headed to the coalition military camp not far outside Paris.
At this moment, on the frontal battlefield outside Paris, the coalition forces have not stopped attacking. Except for transferring British troops to Duke Andrew, the remaining 10,000 British troops were placed on the frontal battlefield outside Paris by Ferdinand.
The Prussians launched an attack on Paris together.
The coalition forces under the city of Paris have not stopped attacking Paris since dawn. Although it is only about three o'clock in the afternoon, the coalition forces are already exhausted.
The continuous offensive did not achieve any results. Although the coalition's artillery fire was quite fierce, it was unable to do anything about the city wall of Paris for a while. On the other hand, the French army was different. The French artillery on the city wall could directly threaten the coalition soldiers.
life.
When Duke Andrew came to the coalition headquarters, all he saw were wounded soldiers everywhere. These days, the coalition soldiers suffered a heavy price, with nearly 10,000 casualties, of which as many as 4,000 were killed in battle alone.
The remaining people.
In the headquarters, Marshal Ferdinand Jr. is firmly in the central military tent. Although it seems that the Marshal has not been affected by the unfavorable situation of the war and the huge casualties, little Ferdinand's vaguely beating eyes are.
It still exposed that the Marshal's heart was far from as peaceful as he appeared on the outside.
"Prince Andrew, why are you here!"
Seeing Duke Andrew walking into the two military tents, little Ferdinand's face became a little ugly.
Ferdinand the Younger and Duke Andrew had previously agreed that as long as the British opened a gap in the Seine, Duke Andrew only needed to send fast horses to apply for support.
And little Ferdinand also believed that if the British successfully entered Paris, I am afraid that Duke Andrew, whether it is to grab credit or for other reasons, would immediately lead the army to invade Paris, instead of appearing in front of him like this now.
in the military tent.
"Your Excellency, Commander. I am ashamed of your trust. The attack failed!"
Hearing Duke Andrew's words, little Ferdinand's eyes suddenly became dazed. After several days of attack, the coalition forces paid a total of nearly 10,000 casualties, and all of this was to cover Duke Andrew's attack, but now Duke Andrew
Tell him the attack failed?
Soon, little Ferdinand came to his senses. He rushed to Andrew and grabbed the Duke's collar. He said with an angry face:
"What is the reason? I need your explanation!"
Although it was rude for little Ferdinand to drag a British prince like this, little Ferdinand couldn't care less about being polite now.
Under Ferdinand's actions, Duke Andrew surprisingly showed no dissatisfaction or resistance.
"Your Excellency, Commander, this is really not our problem. Who would have thought that the French actually built a dike in the city of Paris. When our ship entered Paris along the Seine River, the French blew up the dike and used the water flow to
Helped defeat us! The soldiers are powerless!"
While speaking, Duke Andrew's face also looked a little flustered and sad.
For Duke Andrew, the British army suffered such heavy casualties, and as a commander, his responsibility was inevitable.
You must know that the main reason why Duke Andrew became the commander of the British forces in the coalition was that his good brother Ernst was seriously injured on the battlefield and had to rush back to England for medical treatment.
Originally, Duke Andrew wanted to make contributions in the war to win everyone's approval, but now he is a bit in doubt.
"Order to stop the attack immediately! Order the army to return to the camp to rest immediately!"
Little Ferdinand let go of his hands holding Duke Andrew's collar, and then decisively shouted loudly at the officers in the military tent.
Previously, the reason why Ferdinand Jr. was able to tolerate nearly 10,000 casualties in the coalition forces was because he placed great hopes on the British, and paid these casualties in order to maintain considerable stability in Paris.
The pressure was so great that the French did not dare to dispatch soldiers rashly.
But now that Duke Andrew has failed, if he continues to attack like this, the only thing he can get is greater casualties, and this is something that little Ferdinand is not willing to see anyway.
Because of the distance, although Brandenburg also sent reinforcements to Ferdinand the Younger, the reinforcements were still on their way to help, and it would take a long time depending on the distance.
If you continue to consume the coalition forces under the city of Paris, you will simply be committing a crime against the coalition soldiers!