Chapter 2695: The French monarchs were also frightened

All the equipment of the captured Austrian army was placed on the table for the officers of the French army to visit:

Including steel helmet, short-barreled rifle, firecracker, bear-killing knife, kettle, telescope, and two small bombs weighing one catty.

Well-equipped, this is an ordinary soldier, who is actually equipped with binoculars, and in the French army, that is the treatment only officers have.

There are also steel helmets. When the French officers heard that the Austrian army was full of helmets, their faces were ugly.

The steel helmet is a good thing, which greatly strengthens personal protection. The French army cannot popularize steel helmets to soldiers. Only officers and commandos are issued metal helmets to strengthen defense.

In that era of underdeveloped technology, any metal was valuable, not to mention how much would it cost to equip such a metal helmet with high defensive power on a large scale?

The French army also saw the Austrian characters on metal helmets, muskets, and bear-killing knives, indicating that they were self-made by the Austrians, indicating that Austria has enough funds to support the army.

That's right, after Yan Changwu became emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, his palace was only repaired, no new palaces were built, no luxury goods were bought, no **** were held, and royal expenditures plummeted.

The finances are biased towards the army, people's welfare and investment, and Austria's metal smelting industry has arisen from this. It is licensed by the technology of the South China Empire to produce steel helmets.

In fact, Austria has certain qualifications, people are smart, and the machinery industry in later generations is developed. The industrial output value accounts for more than 40% of the GDP. It is a proper industrial country.

It is not bad now. Its steel, machinery manufacturing, mining and other industries are well developed in Europe, and its arms are self-sufficient, and the quality is not bad.

If the equipment has already made the French see and worry about it, then the supplies carried by the Austrian soldiers are the envy of the French.

see what?

Compressed biscuits, beef jerky, chocolate, hoppy toffee, cigarettes, coffee, tea, raisins, peanut candy, etc. Oh, and toilet paper and lighters!

Listening to the introduction of the use of the items, as well as the meals and benefits of the Austrian Army, the expressions of the officers became more and more exciting.

Lieutenant-General de Laporta asked his deputy, Major-General de Laporta, how he felt, and the major-general said solemnly: "I want to be an Austrian officer!"

Austrian soldiers were treated so well, not to mention the treatment of officers.

The lieutenant general nodded and said, "I want to too!"

Wan Gui said that the senior officials of the French army felt that the situation was serious. The Austrian army has such equipment and logistics supply capabilities, coupled with its strict training, its combat effectiveness is terrible. Maybe they have no experience, but as long as they fight, they will have experience. , At that time, with their various favorable conditions, France is in danger!

Therefore, when Lieutenant General de Laporta sent an urgent document to Paris, he pointed out: "If a war is inevitable, it is better to fight early than late!"

He didn't explain too much, and only asked the messenger to send all the equipment and supplies of the captured Austrian army to Paris!

At this time, Paris was still arguing about war and peace. Some ministers said they wanted war, while others were cautious, and their opinions were not unified.

It goes straight to the front of the imperial court. After seeing the French King Louis XIV and his courtiers, even if they have seen the big world, they were shocked!

The French soldiers only ate black bread and black beans. How could they have enjoyed such delicious things as chocolate, hopping deer candy, cigarettes, coffee, tea, raisins, and peanut candies!

Even the officers of the French army can only drink coffee and tea at most, but they cannot have as rich supplies as the Austrian army.

Lieutenant General de Laporta said that Austrian soldiers eat and drink while fighting, have plenty of energy, and because of good welfare, their morale is high.

"Their only shortcoming is that they lack experience, so they are fighting on a small scale to accumulate experience. We can't let them grow up, but we have to launch a big war to annihilate their vitality and make their training in vain!" Lieutenant General Laporta pointed out in the report.

The Minister of State for the Army and the head of intelligence, Earl Lufoy, agreed with Lieutenant General de La Porta. He said: "At present, the New Austrian Army is reorganized, and the Holy Roman Empire is governed by Yan Kun, the prince of the South China Empire. He is a heretic. Different from his pagan father, Yan Kun has just arrived and is not in tune with the Austrians, and the military orders are not unified, which is an opportunity to take advantage of."

The Earl of Loufoy has changed from a slow-attack faction to a rapid-fire faction!

He presided over the construction of fortresses in various parts of France before, and built deep trenches and thick fortifications.

Now it seems too conservative. The reorganization of the Austrian army is equivalent to a rookie. As a veteran army power, there is no hope of victory if you are still looking forward and backward like this!

He is the person in charge of the army. Since he wanted to fight, Louis XIV gave him face and agreed, "Let's fight!"

The head of the army, Admiral Tellier, invited Ying to say: "I am willing to go and share the worries for Your Majesty!"

Louis XIV gave his courageous promise. Count Loufoy asked Admiral Tellier how many troops he needed.

Count Loufois asked him about his battle plan. The general said that he would stop and build fortifications immediately after attacking Milan and Genoa. When the enemy counterattacked, he would retreat to the border and enter the fortresses that had been built long ago. Earl Wa nodded repeatedly: "Very good!"

Seeing that the ministers and generals were getting along well, Louis XIV said happily: "Our army will surely win this battle!"

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Admiral Tellier led an army to the southeast corner of France bordering Italy. In fact, the 20,000 soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army sent by the city of Paris, another 80,000 elite troops have been deployed close to the front line, so Admiral Tellier brought 20,000 The Royal Army marched lightly and at a very fast speed. It took two weeks to reach the front line. It can also be seen that France is a vast country and is indeed a big country.

Earl Loufoy managed 400,000 elite troops painstakingly, and a quarter of them belonged to Admiral Tellier. He has gray hair, although he is old, but he is full of energy~www.wuxiaspot.com~ he wears luxurious clothes and rides a horse The strong white horse galloped back and forth, and wherever it went, there were bursts of cheers, full of energy!

"Okay, the military spirit is available!" Admiral Tellier said with satisfaction.

In addition, another 200,000 local miscellaneous troops joined him. These soldiers or militiamen are "self-provided armaments and fodder", belonging to local township soldiers, some of which are regular troops supported by state finances, second-rate troops, such as German troops. ·The troops commanded by Lieutenant General Laporta, for example, are partly armed by nobles—originally, the unification of France had cleaned up the local armed forces, but with the pressure of the pagans, Louis XIV relaxed his control over the local soldiers.

The armed forces of the nobles are fairly good, at least they have military numbers; there are also some real civilians, "one soldier from seven households", and the directly recruited civilian husbands are drawn to the battle after a little preparation.

Their equipment varies from good to bad. Many of them hold arquebuses from the 14th and 15th centuries, and some old nobles even wear medieval chain armor.

Under the banner of "destroying the heretics" and "destroying the Austrians who took refuge in the heretics", the morale of the French army was high, and they were ready to teach the Austrians and the Chinese a lesson!