In the autumn of 1724, the empire's harvest failed this year in the western region of Anatolia due to the excessive heat in the summer. Along with this bad news came the failure of the empire in Germany.

The Duke of Bourbon wisely did not choose the Austrian army to huddle in the mountains of Bohemia. They knew clearly that the defeat of the empire would completely undermine Austria's confidence in resistance, and once the French attacked the empire, Austria would not help.

Therefore, the Duke of Bourbon led the elite French army in Germany to fight three battles against the more than 60,000 imperial regiments under General Sviatos.

Among the three battles, one took place in the Jena area of ​​Saxony entering and exiting Austria.

Jena is located near Leipzig. Historically, the French dwarf Napoleon led an army of more than 200,000 people to fight fiercely against the Austro-Russian allied forces of 300,000 people, and was finally forced to retreat. This symbolized Napoleon's military failure. The reason why the outbreak occurred here

Such a crucial battle was due to the fact that this is the hub of access from the north to the south of Germany. So before I left Germany, I specifically asked Sviatos to deploy heavy troops and build a fortress here.

In this battle named Jena, because the French were not led by the French dwarf Napoleon this time, the French did not fail, but they did not win either. Both sides invested in towns and areas surrounding Leipzig and Jena.

With more than 40,000 troops, they fought with each other for more than two months.

, and ended with the French retreating. Although the French retreated, victory does not belong to us. If the French continue to stay in that place, Sviatos will suffer the most losses in the end. Because after two

After many months of entanglement, Sviatos could only continue to invest troops to wear it out.

It is estimated that Sviatos's side was killed between 5,000 and 6,000 people. In order to preserve Sviatos and the imperial regiment under his command, the empire had to discuss a new strategy.

Then, the strategy of dispatching the imperial regiment stationed in the Hungarian mountains behind Austria was proposed.

At this time, the French are heading north, targeting the Sviatos Army Group with all their strength. Even if we were prepared, we would never have imagined that we would boldly abandon the fortress and attack from behind. Maybe we could hit the French hard on the flank and use the Hungarian Roman Corps to follow the Sviatos Army.

Viatos cut off the entire French army.

Regarding this war, I took the initiative to ask for a war, because if the operation is successful, the flanking attack from the left and right can indeed play a role in making the Duke of Bourbon unable to care about each other. Once the two armies successfully join forces, we can defeat them without sneak attacks across the sea.

The main force of the French army achieved a draw with the French.

But the military didn't choose me to be the commander-in-chief because they were afraid that I would fail. But they still asked me to provide some opinions as a reference. Damn it. Isn't it just because there will be failures that they need experienced people to take charge?

.Really, what kind of thinking.

In this regard, I can only ask them to expedite the two legions [sent] into Bratislava before sending troops, and be prepared to evacuate the people after Bratislava.

After a month of hasty preparations, the Hungarian imperial regiment stationed on the border appeared from behind the French. After winning the first battle, the Hungarian side was quite successful. Not long after, they were in Paris on the Danube River.

Encountered French troops in the Den area.

The two sides would attack and defend each other locally for a period of time. According to my idea, and relying on my strength, I could contain the Duke of Bourbon's troops by sending troops. Even if I could not cut off the French army of the Duke of Bourbon, I could still withdraw it.

Save troops.

However, we failed.

And it was a huge defeat.

Perhaps they had long ago planned to give Sviatos a painful blow, forcing the empire to station a heavy army on the Hungarian border, attack the French from behind, and take advantage of the imperial army to leave the fortress to beat them. It may also be that

The generals who command the army are really that stupid.

Anyway, we started a big battle with the French.

Then in the battle named the Battle of Baden, the seven Imperial regiments that hastily dispatched nearly 50,000 Imperial troops together with the 8,000 Austrian allied forces faced a major defeat against the French army, which had a geographical advantage and almost the same strength, and suffered more than one casualty.

There were more than 5,000 people and more than 10,000 prisoners. In the end, the army that returned to the border of the empire was less than one-third of its original size. All the hundreds of cannons that accompanied the army were lost, half of the 7,000 good horses were lost, and the baggage ordnance was even more lost.

Countless.

At the same time, the French also launched a battle with Hanover, Brunswick and other German princely states in Nuremberg. There is no doubt that the French once again won a great victory.

The Duke of Bourbon won three out of three battles, defeating two of the three main German forces resisting the French army. More than 40,000 people were routed and missing, killed, injured and captured. Now only Sviatos's Russian front army and the Prussian army are left.

The Royal Army has a total of about 120,000 troops. However, at this time, it is meaningless for the French to attack them again. It is just a waste of troops.

For a time, the French army received the full support of most of the German princes, and it was true that the French army was defeated by both sides.

Then, facing the reality that Sviatos's entire army was quite strong, while the Hungarian Border Corps was weak, the French army actively adjusted their strategy.

The French army deployed 30,000 troops, controlled by the Duke of Luxembourg, to establish a defense line in the Erzgebirge Mountains to defend Sviatos and Prussia. Then, they deployed 20,000 troops at Pilsen, the entrance to the Bohemian mountains, and started in Pilsen.

To completely strangle Austria and move towards Vienna

The Nazi attack attacked the Duke of Luxembourg's back and served as a reserve for the Duke of Luxembourg. On the west side of Germany close to France, the French army pulled up a 20,000-strong coalition composed of German princes in an attempt to contain Sviato from the flanks.

Sri Lanka's army.

Since the French army has switched from offensive to defensive in the north-central part of Germany, they must have a main target to attack. It seems that they have realized that the empire's combat-effective army, except for the legion under Sviatos, is a ragtag group. The Duke of Bourbon decided to take the lead.

An army of 130,000 soldiers entered the empire.

At this time, the shortcomings of the Ministry of Military Affairs' lack of war experience were once again exposed.

Yes, I asked them to prepare two legions in the rear, but they only prepared one legion! The reason is that they thought that one legion was enough, and at that time, Hungary only had that one legion, which was drawn from other areas.

Errors may occur.

In other words, there are less than 30,000 troops guarding Bratislava, and more than 20,000 of them are soldiers who have just lost the battle and have low morale!

Damn it next door, they thought Roman pride would help in a demoralizing defense?

Now I can only hope that Bratislava is strong enough to prepare us for the fall of Bratislava.

As early as the tenth century, Bratislava was a city established by the Bulgarians and Bulgarians who gradually took advantage of the decline of the Roman Empire. By the fifteenth century, Bratislava, due to its superior geographical location, was an easy access point to the Hungarian plains and

The entrances and exits of Germany's southern border have repeatedly become territories contested between the empire and the German princes, especially Austria.

If Austria had not been awakened by the rise of France and realized that France could only be contained by joining forces with Rome, it is estimated that the empire would have fought with Austria for Bratislava at this time. It can be said that the Austrians were

The strong French talent completely gave up the idea of ​​seizing this strategic location.

Since Bratislava's geographical location is so critical, Bratislava's city defense facilities are naturally very good, so I can only hope that these city defense facilities can withstand it!

Facing the defeat, a demonstration broke out in Constantinople. Some people organized in the square and demanded that the generals who led the troops be severely punished and killed as a warning to others.

Of course, at a time like this, there will naturally be people settling the scores. These voices accuse the empire of acting recklessly, pointing the finger at the cheap daddy who asked the military minister to send troops hastily. They said that if it had not been for the failure of the Battle of Baden first, the defense of Bra

Dislava's troops suffered heavy losses, and there was an extreme lack of French defenders facing the siege, so that the French troops would not arrive. Therefore, the person who issued the order to call for reinforcements from Sviatos needs to bear full responsibility.

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However, what these angry Romans didn't know was that as early as February when the French army besieged Gyor, the Polish King of the Kingdom of Russia actually deployed troops in the eastern territory of the Kingdom of Prussia. Seeing the intentions of the Russians, he actually wanted to take advantage of the Kingdom of Prussia

At the critical moment when some of the troops of the Imperial Regiment were held back by the Germans and French, they wanted to attack the Sviatos Division.

I don't think so that the Russians made the people in the Ministry of Military Affairs scramble for this, but what I find troubling is that Alexander encountered a strong blockade by Duke Marson on the Italian peninsula.

The Duke of Marseille, who had an army of 70,000, changed the way they used to divide their troops and attack separately in the Italian peninsula. He gathered 50,000 French troops and 20,000 Italian city-state troops together, and then attacked the empire's fortress and port in Naples together.

Kill him.

In order to prevent Alexander from using sea cavalry to charge again, Duke Marson actually invented a train gun in advance to deal with Alexander's sea cavalry charge.

They removed the wheels from the cannon and mounted it on a low wooden plank. The muzzle of the cannon was pointed at the sea. Thick wheels were mounted on both sides of the plank laterally instead of vertically. The artillery slowly pushed toward the port every day. This is exactly what happened.

This measure prevented Alexander from carrying out a sneak attack when faced with the iron hedgehog Duke Marson at sea. If they wanted to cut off the supply line, the French had no idea at all, because they were all eating Italian food.

For a moment, Alexander chose to conduct a defensive battle in South Naples because he was afraid that the French would capture the Light Empire's ports and supply points in South Naples and force us to lose our foothold on the Italian peninsula.

Land. However, if the empire fought on land, Alexander would suffer heavy losses even if he could win, thus losing the significance of his mobile force.

So, at this critical moment, I am writing a book in Constantinople.
Chapter completed!