Chapter 2777: Spear can't break shield

Let’s say that Lieutenant General de Mawuba was ordered to lead an army of 30,000 troops into the city of Reims. Seeing that a large army entered, the people in the city felt a little more at ease, and Lieutenant General Mawuba was relieved to see the strong city defense, thank God Bless you, thank the King for the appropriation and thank General Vauban for the fortifications!

Sebastien Leprestree de Vauban, a famous French military engineer. Born in a small aristocratic family in Saint Leger-de-Fourgeres in central France, he joined the army at the age of 18. He made the fortification technology at that time develop to an unprecedented height. The fortress designed by him has a complete and reasonable firepower system, and the city defense is strong and almost indestructible.

In the ten years before Louis XIV's pro-government, through Vauban's continuous efforts, a complete fortress defense system was established around France, making the French mainland an invincible position, advancing and retreating.

These fortresses designed by him have been modified and perfected, and they can still play a great role in the modern World War I and World War II. You must know that the power of modern explosives and cannons is not trivial, but General Vauban The fort made in the seventeenth century can still withstand the test of modern artillery fire.

It has to be said that this person is a genius.

The city defense of Lance City is also in his hands. The city wall is strong and solid, especially the bastion system is perfect.

The essence of the so-called bastion is to change the fortress from a convex polygon to a concave polygon. This improvement makes no matter which point of the attack the castle will expose the attacker to more than one bastion surface (usually 2-3). , the defender can use crossfire for multiple strikes.

The city defense built was really good. The French army "carry bags" moved in, and at the same time encouraged the citizens to participate in the defense, saying: "The hypocrites Austrians have entered our country. They want to stain the glory of the Lord and intend to overthrow France. They are as abhorrent as the British. Therefore, we must show the spirit of fighting against the British and defeat the Austrians!"

Besides: "Everyone, don't be afraid, we have reinforcements, just hold on for a while!"

Due to the great confidence given to everyone by the city defense, the citizens of Reims actively participated in the military defense, including organizing a reserve team, a transport team, preparing to assist the rescue of the wounded, and donating money and materials. They did it very enthusiastically and full of confidence. Get ready to whack intruders.

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"Wow! Another Verdun!" an Austrian exclaimed when he saw the walls of Reims in the distance.

"Even if it's not as good as Verdun, it's about the same!" Another Austrian also exclaimed.

The two Austrians who spoke were the Austrian Sixth Army that first rushed to Reims, and its commander, Lieutenant General Henry Montecuccoli, was the son of Marshal Raimondo Montecuccoli, commander of the Shinra Army. Due to the ineffectiveness of the Sixth Army in its previous attack on Verdun, Marshal Raimondo Montecuccoli did not want to see his son, so the Sixth Army was sent out as a forward, out of sight.

In fact, it is easy for someone in the DPRK to handle things. Marshal Raimondo Montecuccoli found an excuse to send his son as a forward. This battle left the army to become an idle lord. First, he was old enough, and second, his prestige was too high, and his achievements were so high that it was impossible for him to make too many contributions!

However, Lieutenant General Henry Montecuccoli had seen the city defense of Reims City and couldn't help but wonder, what luck!

With such a strong defense, the strength of our own army is seriously insufficient, the number of people is too small, the cannon is too small, alas!

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There are 36-pound and 24-pound cannons on the bastion, and there are several 150-pound cannons, which are condescending, while the Sixth Army of the Austrian Army only has 12-pound field guns, and the French have the advantage in artillery alone!

Colonel Mangala, the chief of staff of Lieutenant General Henry Montecuccoli, put down his binoculars, shook his head and said, "I can't fight!"

Yes, with the strength of the Sixth Army, it can't be defeated. Only when the army comes later, using 210 heavy artillery and counterweight trebuchets, and building earth hills, can there be a chance of victory.

But it will be protracted and seriously affect the march.

Lieutenant General Henri Montecuccoli sent someone forward to fight, but Lieutenant General de Mavuba was unmoved. He raised his exemption card and was determined to rely on the city defense to wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

Colonel Mangala said: "Our staff should think of a way!"

The staff department did not exist in the previous army. Emperor Yan Changwu first established it in the Nanhua Army, and later extended it to the troops under his jurisdiction. Europeans also learned this system. The staff system plays a very important role. After the establishment of the staff system Afterwards, as long as the commander of the army puts forward the operational concept and general direction, the formulation of the specific operational plan and all the specific arrangements for personnel, logistics, materials, etc. need to be completed by the staff.

This is a fresh military system, and the staff members are also very young, such as Colonel Mangala, who is in the prime of life and flexible in thinking.

Let's say that Colonel Mangala convened a military meeting. Except for the staff members of the army, division, and regiment, everyone brainstormed, thinking about whether they can take the city of Reims before the army arrives?

As a result, all of them looked embarrassed and shook their heads.

Someone proposed to use Vauban's siege method to attack the fortress built by Vauban to see if it is a spear or a shield?

It turned out that Vauban, the French general, was versatile and could build fortresses as well as attack them. He invented the famous parallel siege method~www.wuxiaspot.com~that is to use several zigzag traffic trenches to connect 3 parallel trenches. The first of the parallel trenches was used to stockpile weapons, and its location was chosen to be outside the maximum effective range of the defender's artillery fire, thus avoiding the enemy's longitudinal attack, the second trench was used to erect artillery, and The third trench was used to cover tunnel soldiers and assault troops. In addition, a pile of spoils should be piled up in the dead corner of the defender's attack, which is used to spy on the movement of the enemy city and drive away the defenders.

Vauban’s siege method is to use trenches to approach the enemy’s city for siege, or bury explosives to blow up the city to reduce casualties. You have a gun, I have a chest, this kind of trench digging is not a warrior!

However, some people proposed and some objected. The opponents plausibly said: "It was Vauban who built this city. Do you think he will let us use his siege methods to deal with his fortress?"

Make sense!

After much deliberation and talk, it seems that there is no constructive solution. The city is indestructible, at least not for a short time. Colonel Mangala asked: "What else can we do, such as leading the French army out of the city to fight? "

Thinking in this direction, I really figured out a way for them. 2084/10365505