Fox of France

The experiment of destroying barbed wire with explosives was quite successful, but the plan to drive sheep away from stepping on landmines was abandoned after one experiment. Because in the experiment, they just set off a firecracker among the flocks, and the whole flock fled in a mess. After a little calculation according to the direction in which the flocks fled, it was known that most of the flocks ran to went in other directions.

If he really drives the flock into battle, I'm afraid there won't be too many landmines that can be stepped on, but the ugly appearance will definitely lower the morale of his side. But everyone can't let the flocks line up, sing the Pleasant Goat march and step on the landmines, can't they?

In the end, Bagration pointed out: "The power of the French landmines is limited. We push the front with carts, and everyone else follows the ruts."

"This will be attacked by French artillery from a long distance." Someone reminded.

When using shotgun shells, the artillery has a very limited range, while using solid shells, the range is far, but the killing range is very limited. It is okay to use against line infantry, but the effect is very general when used against skirmishers. But if Bagration's approach is adopted, it will actually be advancing in columns. Advance in columns, if you are hit by a solid shell, it will be a string of gourds.

"I think that since we want to advance in columns, we don't need to push any small carts." Grand Duke John said, "When we fought against the French army on the northern front, the French army at that time lacked training and was simply They often used columns when they couldn't get their formation right. They flew towards us in column mode against the gunfire.

Columns are easy to keep, even on the run. As long as there is enough morale, the army can quickly approach the target in columns. Although when the column is bombarded, there will be a lot of casualties once it is hit, but because of the fast approach speed, the number of times the artillery can shoot is correspondingly reduced a lot. And because they formed a column, the volley of rifles could only kill one or two people in the front, so the French army quickly attacked in a column, and the casualties were much smaller than expected.

Once they rushed to the close position, the French army deployed the column into a horizontal line, and then fired a round of volleys before entering bayonet combat. Relying on the advantages of numbers and high morale, the French army used such simple and crude combat methods to defeat us time and time again.

I think that pushing the cart in front can certainly reduce the casualties caused by landmines, but it will also slow down our forward speed, which will make us have to bear more shelling. Instead, directly use the method of the French back then to attack..."

Speaking of this, Archduke John looked at everyone, then pointed to the map and said: "This is the landmine area of ​​the French army. You see, if we enter in a horizontal formation, all the mines here will pose a threat to us. But if we enter in a column Way to enter, these mines, except for those directly in front of our column, the rest, most of the mines will be ineffective. Compared to walking too slowly, the loss of being shelled, I think, directly using the French Perhaps the best way is to quickly advance in the column, then use explosives to blow up the barbed wire, and rush forward to settle the battle with bayonets."

"That's right! Bullets are fools, but bayonets are heroes!" Bagration clapped his hands in agreement.

"It's just that this kind of tactics requires very high morale. When we fought against the French army, we also tried to imitate their tactics. But basically they all failed-they didn't have the high morale of the French army. Such a tactic cannot be implemented," Duke John said.

As a general, Duke John was not very good in the original history. Of course, this is also related to his unlucky luck and his ability to always run into Napoleon. But this person's political ability is quite outstanding. Of course he knew what kind of effect such a sentence could have at this time.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the Russians next to him exploded like a powder magazine that had been ignited.

"Isn't it just that you are not afraid of death? What's the problem? In Russia, there are some heroes who are not afraid of death!"

"If you ask me, what the French can do, there's no reason why the Russians can't. I think it's good as it is!"

"Yes, yes, the bayonet is the hero!"

Everyone yelled for a long time, and finally stopped, and many eyes fell on the old marshal Suvorov.

Suvorov looked down at the map without making a sound. Finally, he raised his head, glanced at everyone, and said, "Since everyone agrees with this plan, we will organize training for this plan. After the drill is completed, we will launch a general attack on the French positions."

Just as Napoleon was confronting the Russian-Austrian coalition forces in Italy, the situation of the French army on the northern front was rapidly deteriorating. After the French army retreated to Liege, it didn't take long for the Prussian army to catch up to Liege, and the two sides faced off in Liege.

In the previous retreat, the French army suffered a lot of casualties and lost almost all of its cannons. When they arrived in Liege, although they were supplemented by domestic reinforcements, but because of today's wonderful weapon procurement system, the number of domestic reserve forces The troops did not get much money for purchasing weapons, and as a result, the weapons they could hold were basically muskets eliminated by the army.

If it weren't for the fact that the fortress of Liege could support it, the French army might not be able to withstand it again.

But a few days later, the British army also arrived dragging their cannons, so Liege's defense suddenly became precarious.

However, as early as when the French army retreated from Hanover, the French government, especially Kano, already understood that there was a major crisis on the northern front. At this time, the best way is of course to recall the Italian Legion. Otherwise, once the north fails again, I am afraid that there will be another Verdun defense battle. If the Verdun defense fails again, then Paris is really about to fly the white flag.

So the Governorate began to frantically issue orders to Napoleon, asking Napoleon to bring his troops back to the country as soon as possible and go north to fight against the British. But Napoleon blocked all these orders on the grounds that the war was fierce and he could not retreat. The Directorate issued twelve orders to Napoleon within a month, but Napoleon ignored them and sat firmly on the Diaoyutai in Italy.

For more than half a month, the Russian-Austrian coalition forces have been confronting the French army. From time to time, there have been some small frictions between the two sides, but there has been no major war. It seems that everyone is on vacation.

During this period of time, the Russian army seriously practiced tactics such as column attack and blowing up barbed wire fences with explosive packs. Finally, everyone, including Marshal Suvorov, agreed that the training was enough, and it was time for the decisive battle.