Napoleon II Reborn Chapter 204

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Soult was besieged, but Masséna was the one who was most anxious. Although he wished that Soult would die in battle or be captured in defeat, that would only be done under circumstances that had nothing to do with him. Now Napoleon is sending He was sent to meet Soulte, and if Soulte was still defeated, then he would not be able to get rid of the responsibility, and Napoleon's anger must follow. As a last resort, Masséna had to order the whole army to speed up Marching, heading towards Ingels Schmidt quickly, I only hope that there is still time to rescue Soult before he is killed. As for the ordinary soldiers, how much can be saved.

After being besieged, Soult realized that it was time for life and death, so he put aside all distracting thoughts and concentrated on commanding the army to deal with the fierce attack of the Austrian army. But after all, he had to fight 90,000 people with 20,000 people, and the place he was surrounded by was a low hilly area that was undefended, and only a few hills less than 20 meters high could be used as defensive positions. Hillier's attack was very fierce, and the hastily established positions of the French 7th Army could not stop the Austrian attack at all, and they were smashed under the powerful offensive of the Austrian army. Almost every second, someone was sacrificed. After just 4 hours, there were only more than 10,000 people left in the 7th Army, and the whole army was squeezed into an area that was about 3 kilometers long and 2 kilometers wide. may be wiped out at any time. Surte's heart is also slowly cooling down, is he going to die here today? Or surrender to those Austrians? As the first marshal to surrender since the founding of the empire? Soult was caught in a dilemma, the instinct of survival and the honor of the marshal made him in a dilemma, but in the end, the instinct of survival prevailed. When he was about to order to surrender, Masséna's reinforcements finally "slowly" late". They suddenly appeared on the battlefield, stunned the Austrian army, and quickly tore a hole about 500 meters long under the Austrian army's line of defense, allowing the soldiers of the besieged 7th Army to withdraw. When the Austrian army came back to their senses and wanted to surround them, the Massena army had already retreated into Ingolschmidt.

Soult didn't appreciate Massena's rescue, and he was smart enough to figure out what was going on. He also knew clearly about Massena's intentional delay, but he didn't say anything, but he hated Massena deeply, and besides, he had to prepare to meet Napoleon's wrath. Sure enough, after knowing that Soult's army was defeated and there were only more than 10,000 people left in the army, Napoleon was furious, reprimanded Soulte severely, and asked him not to participate in the reception. The one who came down from the battle was responsible for the supply of materials for the army. Facing Napoleon, Soult did not dare to have any rebuttals, so he had to attribute all this to Masséna. The discord among the senior generals of the army has always been a big problem in the French army, making them often pay a higher price for victory. This was particularly prominent in the later period of the Napoleon Empire, and it was also a very important reason for Napoleon's final failure.

The victorious Hillier was also in distress at this time. Now that he has also received the news of the defeat of Archduke Charles, there are two paths before him. One is to continue to attack the French army, but at this time his The strength is far inferior to the French army, waiting for his generals to be surrounded and annihilated, and another is to retreat quickly and return to Austria for the final defense, but this undoubtedly opens the door to Austria to the French army. It was hard for him to believe that their carefully prepared plan had failed again. Isn't Austria really France's opponent? He couldn't help asking such questions. In the end, he chose to retreat, preserving a little resistance for Austria. On the morning of April 29th, Hillier withdrew his troops, and the whole army quickly retreated towards Munich. He was going to flee from Munich to Austria.

But when Hillier was hesitating, Napoleon had already made a quick deployment, and he was determined to eat all of Hillier's army that broke into his mouth. The arrival of Savary's 11th Army and Hilaire's 12th Army gave him more troops to carry out his plans. The 6th Army and the newly arrived 11th Army will continue to maintain pressure on the remnants of Archduke Charles. The 8th Army and the newly arrived 12th Army will pursue Hillier's army head-on, while Davout's Guards will quickly attack. Move west from Deggendorf to cut off Hillier's rear.

On the evening of April 30th, Hillier finally fled back to Munich, and the French 8th Army and 12th Army who followed him also appeared outside Munich two hours later. In addition, Davout's corps was less than 30 kilometers away from Munich, and the route of the corps happened to be the only way for Hillier to withdraw to Austria. Hillier knew that he could not escape, so he had to prepare to defend Munich in order to wait for possible reinforcements in the country.

Archduke Charles also discovered Hillier's situation, but he didn't think about going to rescue Hillier immediately, but hoped to take this opportunity to defeat the French army. He gathered all the troops, including the reserves, a full 130,000 people. At this time, Napoleon had only the 6th Army and the 11th Army by his side, with less than 80,000 people. Therefore, Archduke Charles decisively ordered the whole army to attack Regensburg again, hoping to completely defeat the French army. On May 1, the Austrian army surrounded Regensburg, and Napoleon and less than 80,000 French troops were surrounded. He also has no certainty of victory, but decided to take this last bet. If he can break through Regensburg before the French army breaks through Munich, then the situation on the battlefield will be reversed. If the French army breaks through Munich before him, Then the outcome of this war can basically be determined.

Napoleon also understood the intention of Archduke Charles, but he did not back down. Since Charlie wanted to make this last bet, how could he not accompany him? What's more, the reason why he has achieved today's achievements is completely obtained through huge "gambles", but his luck has always been relatively good, and he rarely loses. In addition, Napoleon had a high degree of trust in his soldiers. He believed that it was basically possible for the 130,000 Austrian troops to break through Regensburg, which was defended by his two legions.

Therefore, with the "acquiescence" of the two leaders, two encirclement circles appeared on the battlefield. One was Munich surrounded by 3 legions of the French army with a total of 100,000 people, and there were more than 80,000 Austrian troops inside. The other is Regensburg surrounded by 130,000 Austrian troops. There are nearly 80,000 French troops inside. Although the Austrian army has a numerical advantage, it is not known who will win until the last moment.

Just as the war between the French and Austrian armies entered the climax, Prussia also came to join in the fun. On April 27, Prussia suddenly declared war on the French army. The two legions with a total of 80,000 people launched a fierce attack on Jerome's 10th Army. The French 10th Army suffered heavy losses. Seeing this situation, Jerome learned from his elder brother Louis, abandoned his army, and fled to Paris, making the situation even more critical. In order not to allow Prussia's joining to affect the situation of the French and Austrian armies, Napoleon hurriedly transferred Bernadotte's 1st Army stationed in the Netherlands into Germany to block the Prussian attack. In addition, Le Feve's 14th Army, which was on standby on the French-German border, was also urgently ordered to go to the German front. Oudinot's Ninth Army, stationed in Normandy, also received an order to march into Germany. For a while, the situation of the war changed again, and the French army once again lost the initiative in the war.

In order to seize the initiative of the war as soon as possible, both the French and Austrian troops launched a fierce attack. The defense of the city of Munich was originally very strong, but it was breached by the Austrian army itself a few days ago, and it has not had time to repair it at all, and Regensburg is also facing the same dilemma. At this time, time becomes particularly important. On May 1, the French 8th Army and 12th Army launched a fierce attack on Munich, but Hillier's Austrian army defended tenaciously. The two sides can be said to be evenly matched. , the French army has the advantage of weapons, and the 12th Army is a new force that has just entered the battlefield. Although it is a newly formed army, it still has a good combat effectiveness. You come and go, very violent. On May 2, Davout's Guards Corps also arrived. Although there are only 25,000 people now, it still puts a lot of pressure on Hillier. After all, this legion is the most elite legion of the French army.

In the same way, on May 2, Archduke Charles also launched a fierce attack on Regensburg, and fierce battles ensued. Both Fa and Ao are enduring, and whoever can't hold on first will lose completely~www.mtlnovel.com~ The fierce battle is going on day after day, soldiers from the two countries are throwing themselves into the selfless fight, human How fragile life seems at this moment. In the end, the Austrian army could not hold on first. This does not mean that they could not withstand the attack of the French army, but that there was a problem with their ammunition supply. Munich was a city they had just occupied, and they had no time to store a large amount of ammunition here. In addition, the consumption of ammunition during the war was very high. By May 5, the Austrian army had basically run out of ammunition and food. The situation in Regensburg is much better than theirs. Although it is not very optimistic, it can still be done for a few more days. On May 6, Munich was finally breached after Hillier's army defended for 6 days. Hillier finally led the Austrian army, which had no bullets left, to surrender. At this time, they had less than 50,000 people, and the French army also paid a price of nearly 30,000 people.

After the capture of Munich, the French army had no time to rest. After leaving 5,000 people to guard the prisoners, other troops quickly marched towards Regensburg, preparing to rescue their Emperor from the siege of the Austrian army.

(Uh, the content about the fifth anti-French alliance is still not finished, and it is estimated that it will take another chapter to end!)

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