King's Landing in France

La Salle: "He felt that the enemy might attack again, so he stayed in Varazze to strengthen his defenses!"

An Ning: "Ask him to come here quickly! No, he wants to direct the defense, I should go to his side! Julian! Bring my horse!"

An Ning was so excited that she rubbed her hands together.

Look at my luck, I found another hero!The luck of drawing cards, Ou exploded, okay?I thought that this time I was finally a non-chief. Massena was still working as a peddler and hadn't joined the army yet.

I have Davout on the left and Massena on the right. What else can stop me in this Italy?The answer is no!

Vigorous!

Just when An Ning was excited, Fanny came in with his breakfast: "It's time for dinner."

An Ning: "Don't eat, the military situation is urgent!"

"I knew it, so prepare something that you can eat while riding a horse." Fanny said.

An Ning: "Really? Great!"

At this time, Yulian came in and said: "League commander, the horse is ready!"

An Ning picked up the bread and sausages on the tray, walked outside while eating.

Chapter 161 The Attacking Davout

As soon as An Ning left the gate of the headquarters, he ran into Beethoven and David head-on.

Strange to say, the musician and the painter became close friends for some reason and acted together all day long.

As soon as they saw An Ning, they greeted him, and then asked happily: "Is the front line tight? Are you going to the front line now? Please let us go together!"

An Ning: "No, I'm going to Varazze now. I asked them to find Massena before."

Beethoven asked suspiciously: "Why do you want to find this Masséna? Does he have any outstanding deeds?"

An Ning grinned, revealing a mysterious smile.

In fact, as early as a year ago, when An Ning issued the list to Lazar Kano, who was not on the front line now, there were rumors that An Ning had received a revelation from God.

An Ning was worried that there would be some problems when he opened the list. At that time, he had no choice but to find out where those people were, which was as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack, so he compiled the list.

But now he found that there was no problem at all, and instead increased his legendary attributes. Beethoven is the only one who directly asks questions face to face like Beethoven.

Maybe Le Sheng is a little bit special, not affected by An Ning's rumors that have been rumored to be miraculous.

Anyway, things were like this, and An Ning didn't bother to explain in detail.

At first, he was worried, if these people were not as fierce as in the legend, wouldn't it be bad?

Then when he played Lafayette last year, the performance of Davout and Lana dispelled his doubts.Especially Dawu, with solid military knowledge and bravery in combat, is a fierce general just like the legends in history.

That is to say, Lana is really too young and doesn't really understand military affairs, and he still needs to study, otherwise An Ning would have thrown him out to command a division long ago.

As for Massena, the current Massena is just a warrant officer, but at least he has been a soldier for so many years, so he should be of great use.

This morning's battle also proved this point, Massena is indeed very fierce, as witnessed by La Salle.

Therefore, An Ning strengthened his determination to appoint Massena as division commander.

An Ning said to Beethoven and David: "It's okay if you two are willing to follow. If you want to go to the battlefield, you can find Napoleon. His artillery team should set off for the frontal battlefield immediately."

David: "Let's follow you, and we will also meet Massena, whom you have been thinking about all the time."

La Salle intervened and said, "Oh my God, you want to draw this Massena. I saw it with my own eyes. The Austrians attacked at dawn. Massena himself raised the flag to counterattack and pushed them back outside the town. If it wasn’t for him, I would have been captured! Then I found dozens of cavalrymen, rode out of the town, and charged the Austrians in the back!”

Beethoven smiled and said, "From what you said, it's your credit for winning in the end?"

"Of course... er, no, er, this, Massena and I are one and a half!"

An Ning had already mounted the horse at this time, and he said while eating a hot dog, "You can half believe what he says, especially when he smells of alcohol."

"You are right! When I scouted the enemy situation, you must not believe half of it. I must have got 100% accurate enemy situation at that time!"

An Ning smiled, and then urged Beethoven and David: "If you two want to come, hurry up!"

"Immediately, Your Excellency the General!"

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At this time, Davout was commanding the troops to face the Argento Division on the top of Mount Nikino.

He analyzed the terrain of the mountain and believed that General Frost's reverse slope tactics should not be copied, but formed on the top of the mountain.

The Austrian artillery was then able to hit Davout's troops.However, last night Davout ordered the troops to rush to repair some fortifications before staying overnight, so the casualties caused by the artillery were not very large.

The four artillery pieces of Davout's troops bombarded the Austrians even more fiercely, relying on the condescending advantage.

When the Austrian infantry came up, Davout's formation took effect. The enemy was attacking from the back, which consumed a lot of energy, and the momentum of the charge was also weakened, so they were repulsed several times in a row.

Taking advantage of the time when the enemy went down to reorganize the attack, Davout ordered the troops waiting on the back slope to come up to replace the exhausted troops that had blocked several waves of charges.

The switch was done quickly.

The Austrians could only stare blankly, because Davout was on the mountain, and even if the Austrians wanted to take advantage of the chaos of Davout's defense change, they would still need time to climb the mountain.

When the Austrians charged for the fifth time, Davout received Frost's order: firmly crucify the Argento division in front of him, and suck it!

After seeing the order, Davout murmured: "It seems that the commander ordered other troops to go around, otherwise the order would not be able to be explained."

The adjutant next to him asked, "Shall we charge?"

Dawu shook his head: "No, no! If the enemy breaks up, we won't be able to complete the mission. Damn, the order came late, and I won't switch defenses if I come earlier. Let the enemy think that we only have so few people!"

The messenger was about to return to the headquarters to report that the order had been conveyed. When he heard Davout's words, he turned his head and said pitifully: "I have tried my best to run, but the mountain road is really difficult. I dare not let go even on horseback." Legs run."

Davout: "I know, I'm not blaming you. Now I can only hope that the Austrians are determined enough to conquer this mountain. Go back and report!"

"Do you need me to bring a battle report?"

"Just tell the commander that everything is fine and I promise to complete the task."

After Davout finished speaking, the orderly saluted and ran away.

If he didn't go back, seeing that he had been gone for too long, the headquarters would think that something happened during the transmission of the order, and would send another orderly and several armed cavalry guards to deliver the order.

As soon as the messenger was sent away on the front foot, the watchman on the back foot shouted: "Teacher! Look!"

Davout immediately opened the binoculars to observe the changes in the enemy's formation, and soon he came to a conclusion: "Damn it, the enemy found out that we have a strong force, and they are going to sneak!"

In this era, after defeating the enemy, the enemy may run to the rear and regroup.

In this era, regardless of the bayonet or the musket, the killing efficiency is actually not that high, so after defeating the enemy, the enemy's troops may run back as high as [-] to [-]%, and they can fight again after regrouping.

To completely nullify the opponent's army, it is necessary to completely wipe out the opponent's organizational system, take away the army's flag, the army's roster, the officer's roster, and everything else, and burn them.

In this way, even if the enemy finally runs back, they will have to reorganize for several months.

In addition, there is another practice in this era, that is, the captured officers must make an agreement that they will not fight against "our army" within one year.

Regardless of the lack of coercive power of this agreement, everyone in Europe often abides by this agreement.

Later, when Napoleon arrived in Egypt, he did the same to the Ottoman army. As a result, he agreed and was let go. He turned around and joined the Ottoman army to continue fighting the French army.

So Napoleon had no choice but to kill the captives of the Ottoman army who surrendered.

All in all, only by dismantling the enemy's organizational system on a large scale and capturing the enemy's troops can the enemy lose a large number of personnel, which cannot be replenished in a short period of time.

Simply crushing is not enough.

Faced with the signs that the enemy began to retreat, Davout immediately lost his composure.

After thinking for a while, he lowered his collar and said, "Let's start advancing now!"

"Charge?"

"No!" Davout said loudly, "If you don't charge, push towards the enemy, then stop and shoot, keep in contact, and prevent the enemy from running away smoothly!"

Chapter 162 Montenotte Assault

Napoleon climbed the mountain with his cavalry artillery for a long time, and finally saw the Nikino Mountain in front of him, but he couldn't hear the sound of fighting at all.

Napoleon looked at the mountain with a telescope in doubt, and found that there was no Davout on the mountain, only some troops cleaning the battlefield.

There is a medical clinic on the hillside. Napoleon was curious, so he let the troops continue to advance along the mountain road, and rode up the hillside by himself to the medical clinic.

There was wailing everywhere in the hospital.

But Napoleon soon discovered that there were not many wounded French soldiers here, but all wounded Austrian soldiers in white clothes.

Suddenly, a high-pitched curse in Italian came from the medical center: "What are you doing, pig! Are you deliberately torturing me?"

Napoleon jumped off his horse, walked over curiously, and found an Austrian lieutenant colonel cursing away the nurse who washed his wound.

The nurse was looking troubled because she didn't understand Italian.

Napoleon said: "He is going to wash your wound with wine. Our Excellency the General thinks it will be good for the wound."

The Austrian officer turned his head and looked at Napoleon: "Corsicans? Huh? The Corsicans have become French pigs!"

Napoleon's Italian had a strong Corsican accent, and Northern Italians looked down on Corsicans just as they looked down on South Italians.

The rich in northern Italy look down on the poor guys who also speak Italian.

Napoleon: "Let him wash your wound..."

"I don't!" the Italian yelled, "I'm festered, do you understand? The festering means everything is going well! Soon I'll have a fever, and then I'll be fine!"

This is one of the many ignorant cognitions of this era. Because people in this era do not know the existence of microorganisms, they do not understand the mechanism of wound infection.

They believed that the pus and edema produced by wound infection were evidence of the body's recovery, as was the high fever caused by infection.

They even smear the wound with burnt ashes because the wound is too clean and does not suppurate, causing the wound to become infected and suppurate, which in turn causes people to have a fever.

Therefore, although bayonets and smoothbore guns are very ineffective in this era, some very minor injuries, such as skin scratches by bayonets, are "serious injuries" that will cause combat attrition and high fever for days at every turn.

In this case, if An Ning can rub penicillin with his hands, the survival rate of wounded soldiers will be greatly improved immediately, but unfortunately, An Ning can't do this. Military doctors in the army wash the wound with alcohol to keep it clean.

For this reason, many doctors protested against him.

Apparently, this Italian-born Austrian officer also believed that washing the wound with spirits was the abuse and torture of the captured personnel by the French army.

Napoleon patiently persuaded him in Italian, but the other party not only disagreed, but his voice became louder and louder.

Finally, Napoleon got annoyed, and slapped the other party's face: "Fuck, yes, it's abuse! Accept it honestly!"

Although Napoleon was not tall, he was a professional soldier after all. His body was well exercised and his arms were strong. This slap directly tilted the opponent's head.

"Damn it, my father never hit me!" the Italian yelled.

Napoleon gave him another slap.

The Italian finally fell silent.

Napoleon: "Wash his wounds! Follow your orders from the general!"

When the nurse did so, Napoleon looked around for the military medical officer of the medical center: "Where is the military doctor! Where is the military doctor?"

The military doctor came out from the tent next door, holding a saw in his bloody hand.

There was no cure for infection in this day and age, but they finally realized that the decay of the wound was fatal, so they often sawed off the limb where the wound had begun to decay.

Yes, amputation is the most important "treatment" method in field medical clinics in this era.Doctors don't necessarily know how to cure people, but they must be very good at sawing bones.

Doctor: "Who is looking for me?"

"I am Napoleon Bonaparte, where is Davout?"

Doctor: "I chased the enemy towards Montenotte. It seems that the general gave him an order to stick to the enemy, but when the order came, the enemy had already started to slip, so Commander Davout led his troops to catch up. gone."

Napoleon: "How many hours has he been walking?"

"Almost two hours."

Napoleon cursed, turned and rushed out of the tent, got on his horse, and urged the horse to run down the hill.

His troops were still advancing along the mountain road, and Napoleon urged loudly: "Hurry up! Davout has been walking for two hours! We must catch him before he reaches Montenotte!"

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Davout was very anxious at this time, because the enemy retreated too fast.

He once wanted to go around behind the enemy to intercept the enemy, but there were too many mountains around, it was impossible to do it.

As for the charge, Davout always felt that as long as his troops charge up and engage in close combat, they will soon defeat the enemy.