Napoleon II Reborn Chapter 203

When Napoleon was preparing to attack the troops of Archduke Charles with all his strength, he did not forget to order Eugene Beauharne, the Italian governor far away in Italy, to lead the Italian front army to cross the Alps and attack Austria from the south. Hold back part of the opponent's troops.

As Napoleon's stepson, Eugène Boharne was quite loyal to Napoleon. Originally, he also had the idea of ​​inheriting the throne, but after Napoleon confirmed Xiao Jie as his heir, Eugène Board Nei also gave up and concentrated on running his Italy. Of course, his management is completely different from Xiao Jie's management of Iberia. Xiao Jie wants to make Iberia stronger, so as to provide help for his hegemony career, while Eugene Boharne's approach in Italy is different. Different, he is in order to squeeze the wealth of Italy to the maximum extent and plan for his own future. Under such circumstances, there are constant turmoil in Italy, and it is necessary to rely on strong force to suppress it to maintain its rule. Therefore, the Italian Front has maintained a huge force all year round, with a total force of more than 70,000 troops, which is the largest force in France except Xiao Jie's 88th Army. But in fact, Eugene Beauharne claimed to have an army of 150,000 to the outside world. Needless to say, his intention is that the empty salary of 80,000 people is also a very large amount every year. It is more feasible for him to do this in peacetime, but it will be more troublesome in case of war. Isn't it? As soon as Napoleon ordered him to lead his army to attack Austria from the south, he immediately worried very much. The reason is that Napoleon asked him to send at least 100,000 troops, and the remaining 50,000 are enough to maintain the stability of Italy, but Eugene Beauharne only has 70,000 in total. Where can he make up 100,000? As a last resort, Eugene Beauharne had to leave 20,000 people stationed in Italy in the end, and led the remaining 50,000 people to the battlefield. But Austria had also been prepared for a long time. They had stationed heavy troops at the Pleken Pass for defense. Eugene Beauharne had been attacking for several days, but was unable to break through the Austrian defense. If you want to cross the Alps and enter Austria, there are two places for the army, one is the Brenner Pass and the other is the Pleken Pass. If they attack from the Brenner Pass, they have to go around a big circle , so Eugene Beauharney had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to attack the Pleken Pass. Not to mention that he couldn't take it down, but he lost a lot of troops and lost a lot of troops. He almost lost tens of thousands of people in the attack for several days. In the end, there was no other way. Eugene Beauharne chose to attack by detour, but this time he did not choose to cross the Alps, but attacked Austria from Slovenia, which belongs to the Turkish Empire, to the south. Austria was caught off guard, but time was lost (it was already May 11 at this time), and was dragged to the south by an Austrian regiment, unable to move forward. To make matters worse, after Eugene Beauharne's army was transferred away, an uprising against French rule occurred in Italy, and the uprising quickly swept across northern Italy. The 20,000 troops left by Eugene Beauharne were simply Unable to cope with the situation, he was besieged by the rebels in Milan, Genoa, Turin and other major cities. Napoleon was furious when he learned of this situation. If the French army had not won a decisive victory in the war against Austria, and Eugène Beauharnay was the only son of Josephine, Napoleon really wanted to put him Send to military court. In the end, Napoleon sent Morton's 13th Army to Italy, which stabilized the situation. It was not until two months later that the uprising was completely extinguished. But after the war, in order to avoid similar incidents, Napoleon increased his control over Italy and relieved Eugene Beauharne of the leadership of the Italian Front, which made Eugene Beauharne hold a grudge against Napoleon. So much so that when Napoleon needed help later, he refused to send troops to support him.

Of course, these are Eugene Boharne's performance in this war, back to the German battlefield in April. On April 22, Hillier's two legions approached the city of Munich and launched a fierce attack on Soult's 7th Army. , just blocked Hillier's attack. Seeing this situation, in order to win here as soon as possible and go north to attack Napoleon's army, Hillier mobilized a corps reserve team to join the siege of Munich. The addition of Austrian reinforcements immediately increased the pressure on the 7th Army, and it was almost overwhelmed. In fact, with Soult's talent and the fact that the 7th Army is the main force among the many French armies, it is not impossible to rely on the solid Munich to block the siege of the three Austrian armies for a week. But the problem is that Soult is not in the state at this time. He has been thinking about the position of the chief of staff of the French army. But Clark picked up a bargain. This made Sirte very angry, and often complained that Napoleon was eccentric, and he was not so concerned about commanding the army. Therefore, in this case, on April 25, Munich was finally broken after the Austrian army paid a huge price. The 7th Army had more than half its casualties and had to retreat to the north. The Austrian army also lost nearly 30,000 people, and the troops were very exhausted. They were temporarily unable to pursue, so they had to stop for a brief rest.

While the 7th Army was fighting the Austrians in Munich, Napoleon's attack also began. The three legions launched a fierce attack on the main force of the Austrian army of Archduke Charles. Among them, the Guards Corps attacked Ingol Schmidt, the 6th Army attacked Regenstauf, and the 8th Army attacked Sdowanf. The three legions of Grand Duke Charles were all deployed nearby, but Grand Duke Charles underestimated the combat effectiveness of the French army, or he overestimated the strength of the Austrian army. Among the three legions of the French army, except for the 8th Army Aside from being a little weaker, the other two armies are all battle-hardened troops, among which the Guards Corps is particularly powerful. The Austrian army was obviously not the opponent of the French army in a one-on-one battle. On April 22, Davout's Guards defeated his opponent and attacked along the Danube to Regensburg, the headquarters of the Grand Duke Charles, but the most elite army in Austria was also stationed in Regensburg , They actually blocked the attack of the Guards Corps, but at this time the French Sixth Army had defeated their enemy and began to march towards Regensburg. The situation on the battlefield became unfavorable for the Austrian army. Grand Duke Charles hastily dispatched the three legions in the rear as a reserve team to join the battle. He had no idea that the situation would reverse so quickly. In his estimation, no matter how bad his three legions were, they should be able to last until Hillier. Defeated the French 7th Army in Munich, but the reality is indeed very cruel, and the previous idea was completely his wishful thinking.

After learning that Austrian reinforcements were coming, Napoleon decisively ordered Davout's 3rd Army to advance southeast along the Danube, making sure to block the Austrian reinforcements halfway. The task of attacking Regensburg was taken over by the 6th Army and the 8th Army. Davout accomplished the task entrusted to him by Napoleon brilliantly. In Deggendorf, he took advantage of the favorable terrain to fight three against one, and blocked the reinforcements of the three corps of the Austrian army. Can't move forward. But the Guards Corps paid a very high price for this. A total of 15,000 people died here, and the water of the Danube was stained red by the blood of the dead soldiers. In the end, the Austrian reinforcements had to divide their troops, leaving two legions to contain the French Guards, and the other detoured to Regensburg, but time was running out. When the Guards blocked the Austrian reinforcements, Napoleon also concentrated his forces and launched a fierce attack on Regensburg. In order to take Regensburg as soon as possible, Napoleon concentrated all more than 200 cannons in his hands (all 75mm field guns produced by Andresi Arsenal), and carried out a violent bombardment of Regensburg regardless of ammunition. On the afternoon of April 25th, the city wall of Regensburg was smashed for a long time.

When Archduke Charles learned that the reinforcements were blocked on the way~www.mtlnovel.com~ Now that Regensburg was breached again, he finally had to sigh, ordered to abandon Regensburg, and fled to Poland with less than 50,000 remnants. Simian Mountains. Archduke Charles retreated, but the legion that came to aid him by detour hit the muzzle of the gun, was ravaged by the two legions of the French army, and fled after leaving tens of thousands of corpses. In this battle, the French army lost a total of more than 30,000 people, while the Austrian army lost 80,000 people. It can be said that it was a complete victory. Having won the first battle, Napoleon was very happy. In his opinion, the final victory is not far away.

On the night of April 26, before Napoleon's joy came over, the news of the failure of the 7th Army had already come. At this time, more than 20,000 people from the 7th Army were fleeing to Ingol Schmidt, and behind them was Hillier's army with more than 90,000 people. At this time, Hillier didn't know that Archduke Charles had been defeated, and he fantasized about going north quickly to cooperate with Archduke Charles to give the French army a fatal blow.

Napoleon was furious when he got the news, but he still sent Masséna's 8th Army to meet the remnants of Soult. However, because Masséna had conflicts with Soult, he deliberately delayed the time along the way, causing Suerte to be defeated. At noon on April 28, the remnants of Walter were overtaken by Hillier's army in Ingolschmidt and fell into a tight siege.

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