Chapter 2696: Admiral Tellier's plan failed

When it comes to the fact that the white men in Europe keep pace with the times and know how to collect intelligence, Admiral Tellier learned that the current enemy has 100,000 Austrian troops, 100,000 Italian miscellaneous troops, and 50,000 South China troops. Shangyi Daili's miscellaneous army is quite weak, and it can barely defend the home. It is an amateur in foreign wars. In fact, the enemy to deal with is only 150,000. We have few enemies. The subordinate officers were confident enough to defeat the heretics and the Austrians who turned to the heretics.

"With God's blessing, our army will win!" roared the Frenchman.

"For the Kingdom of France, for the sake of God, destroy the heretics!" The French army was full of energy and high spirits.

As the military order was issued, troops one after another marched eastward to attack the Austrians!

The 100,000 Austrian troops deployed along the French-Italian border were under the command of the veteran Marshal Raimondo Montecuccoli. Unfortunately, I didn't expect that after swearing allegiance to the emperor, he was also reused and became the marshal of the Holy Roman Empire (referred to as the Shenluo Empire), which made some Austrians who thought he was finished and humiliated him extremely embarrassing.

Just because he is reused, the Austrians are calm and have no strong will to resist. This is a coup by Yan Changwu.

When Empress Margaret Teresa of the Shinra Empire took the throne, Marshal Raimondo Montecuccoli pledged her allegiance to her. Sitting in the position of marshal was even more at ease. It would be difficult for others to accuse him of being greedy for life and fear of death, and greedy for glory Rich!

Because Margaret Theresa has the blood of the former Austrian royal family, her child will become the emperor of the Shenluo Empire in the future. As an Austrian, it is right to be loyal to their mother and son. They are both the Austrian royal family anyway. Who will be the emperor? , Marshal will support whoever.

Yan Changwu was relieved to use him, and the military power was still in his hands. Marshal Raimondo Montecuccoli had the highest command on the front line, and even his supervisor, the Chinese officer Lieutenant General Ma Jinzhong, had to obey his command.

Due to the outstanding reconnaissance capabilities of the Austrian army, the French army was relatively sloppy, did not pay attention to battlefield control, and the border was not strictly blocked. The Austrian army scouts had already noticed the large concentration of the French army and reported it to Marshal Raimondo Montecuccoli and Ma Jinzhong. After discussing with each other, the two decided to adopt the method of defending and counterattacking, fortify the walls and clear the fields, and use the fortified city to consume the vital strength of the French army.

Speaking of the "infrastructure maniac" --- with the help of the Chinese, the Austrian fortifications are very decent. Let's take the city of Ceres in the northwest of Turin, which is the throat leading to Turin. Under the operation of the Austrians, the city has three solid lines of defense. The first line of defense is on the periphery. A moat eight meters wide and eight meters deep has been dug. The distance between the moat and the city wall is full of traps, deer villages, and iron Gill nets, once stepped on or trapped or stabbed; the second line of defense is the outer city wall, which is six meters high and four meters thick; the third line of defense is the inner city wall, nine meters high and five meters thick. Widely set up artillery forts and blockhouses, which are impregnable.

There are 10,000 defenders in the city, well-equipped and rich in supplies, and they shouted confidently: "The Gallic chicken (this is the emperor's derogatory term for the French, and the Austrians also called it) wants to break into our city. Give birth to two more pairs of wings!"

Therefore, to cross these three lines of defense and enter the city, it really takes some skill.

Except for Celes City, other cities are like this,

However, Admiral Tellier would not go to fight the Austrian fortified city. He relied on the large number of troops to surround the city without fighting. Some troops advanced towards the back of the city and cut off the back of the city.

Transportation, information, and supplies were all cut off, and the Austrians suddenly became panicked.

Marshal Raimondo Montecuccoli's information was very sensitive. The reports of the frontline officers, political officers, intelligence officers, and staff officers all said that the morale of the army was unstable, and many soldiers were unwilling to defend the city.

The Austrian soldiers are still too young. They can't hold their breath. They just feel fear and anxiety when they are surrounded by the enemy. They are not afraid of fighting, but they are a little at a loss when they are surrounded by the enemy.

If it is a mature army, the officers will control the soldiers, and what they say is useless, but the Austrian officers are also very young, many of them have no combat experience, and they have no bottom line like the soldiers.

What if the reinforcements don't come and the city can't be defended?

It's better to take advantage of the current strength and fight the French to the death.

"The French scolded us very badly, saying that we had betrayed God and called us bastards! We want to kill the Gallic chickens, and use them to cook yellow party beiqi soup, boiled chicken and soy sauce chicken!" Austrian youthful Sheng's boys said angrily.

The three cooking methods of Gallic chicken are coming from the Chinese, and even ordinary Austrian soldiers are talking about Chinese dishes.

Marshal Raimondo Montecuccoli pondered: "The children are not sophisticated enough..."

As soon as his words came out of his mouth, Ma Jinzhong understood: "Marshal is afraid that the children can't help but fight?"

"That's right!" Marshal Raimondo Montecuccoli looked at Ma Jinzhong~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Ma Jinzhong smiled and said, "This is not Austria now, the Marshal can make his own decision, and we will obey!"

Marshal Raimondo Montecuccoli was overjoyed, thinking that General Ma was indeed a veteran Chinese elite, and he understood it as soon as he said it.

Now that the warplanes are fleeting, the French have not many troops to attack the border of Italy. When they attack Italy on a large scale, it will be too late to run.

Therefore, the marshal ordered the entire army to retreat, without giving the French army a chance to break through.

The stockpiled materials can be taken away, and those that cannot be taken away are burned.

As a result, deafening explosions were heard one after another in various towns and military camps, and clusters of flames as big as meteor fireworks rose suddenly, and thick smoke billowed.

A large amount of materials were burned, and the town strongholds that had been repaired with strong fortifications were abandoned. Many people felt heartbroken, saying that relying on the fortifications, they could kill many French with those materials. It is a pity to discard them all.

However, the marshal didn't feel bad at all, he just urged the army to retreat quickly, retreating eastward.

When the Austrians evacuated, some Italian nobles and city lords left with their people, and most of the Italians stayed put.

General Tellier of the French army was shocked when he received the news of the Austrians' retreat. His wishful thinking failed, so he ordered the French army to catch up with the Austrians and stop them from leaving.

At first, the news reported by the French army on the front line was: "When we wanted to bite them, their rear guards were all snipers, and they shot us with rifled rifles from a distance, and we couldn't get close!"

Then the news was: "We can't catch up with them, they run faster than rabbits!" 2084/10090003