Chapter 274： Battle of the famous

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The Austrian Empire soldiers present did not understand what Felix Schwarzenberg meant, so they hurriedly asked Felix Schwarzenberg to fight.

Compared to the eagerness to invite the generals, Archduke Albrecht, who was the head of the army, seemed particularly calm, but he still bowed his head and thought.

Felix Schwarzenberg also noticed Albrecht's movements. He waved his hand to ask the generals to be quiet, and then asked the Archduke Albrecht in a gentle tone, "Albrecht, as you are Commander of the troops! Don't you have anything to say?"

Felix Schwarzenberg's voice reached Albrecht's ears, bringing Albrecht's thoughts back to reality. Albrecht looked at Felix Schwarzenberg and said : "Your Excellency Prime Minister, I am thinking about the deployment of our army and the Prussian army!"

"Huh?" Felix Schwarzenberg asked with interest: "Can't the number of troops stationed in the Austrian Empire be comparable to that of Prussia?"

As the conflict escalated, Austria and Prussia increased their troops to varying degrees in the Fulda region after October.

At present, the Prussian Kingdom has about 40,000 troops in the Principality of Hesse-Kassel, and the Austrian Empire has 50,000 troops.

"From the perspective of the existing troops, we are indeed stronger than Prussia! Once the Kingdom of Prussia chooses to increase its troops, our existing troops may be stretched!" Albrecht responded to Felix Schwarzenberg Dao: "The army that the Kingdom of Prussia can mobilize has about 172,000 standing troops and 246,000 secondary and tertiary reserves, which means they have nearly 500,000 troops! I once heard my father praise the Prussian army. The military system, he said the system of the Kingdom of Prussia would allow them to have more troops to carry out their plans!"

Archduke Albrecht's praise for the Kingdom of Prussia made the generals of the Austrian Empire present feel a little embarrassed. Right now, during the period of invitation to war, Archduke Albrecht's words were undoubtedly a blow to morale.

But no one dared to deny the father of Archduke Albrecht, Archduke Karl can be said to be Austria's best general in recent years.

Some of the people present were soldiers of the Archduke Karl at the time.

Albrecht continued to guide from a purely military point of view: "Excluding some of the troops that cannot be used, the mobile troops that can be used in Prussia are about 200,000-230,000! Once a full-scale war occurs, it means that the Austrian Empire must have the same scale. Army! Mr. Prime Minister, if I take the liberty to ask, does the Austrian Empire have any extra troops."

[According to Engels's "War of the Holy Alliance against France in 1852", the Prussian army could mobilize about 250,000 people. In fact, the Prussian army could mobilize less than he thought. 】

The 200,000 to 230,000 troops that Albrecht said belonged entirely to the field army.

Felix Schwarzenberg thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "I have read the report of the Ministry of War, Austria's existing troops are about 470,000, Italy, Hungary, and Galicia. All need to send troops to maintain law and order, and the new reserve team is also undergoing drills, so we can use about 150,000 troops."

Felix Schwarzenberg's words undoubtedly poured cold water on the heads of these generals who invited to fight, and many generals calmed down and looked at the gap between themselves and the Kingdom of Prussia.

"However, we have already won the support of Bavaria and Württemberg!" Felix Schwarzenberg turned his words and gave the crowd a booster: "Before I came to the barracks, I was with Karl Lu. Baron Deppforten had a meeting with the nobles, and Baron Depforten told me that the Bavarian army would be dispatched at the start of the war between Prussia and Austria."

As the foreign minister of Bavaria, Baron Karl Ludwig von Deppforten undoubtedly represented the attitude of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

The general who asked for the battle sobered up from his slump, and they also looked at Albrecht.

"If Bavaria is willing to send troops, then our troops will be above Prussia!" Albrecht said to Felix Schwarzenberg.

"Prince Paskevich also promised us that we would contain some of the Prussian army in Poland!" Felix Schwarzenberg continued to break the news.

This time Albrecht decisively abandoned the previous idea of ​​conservative war, but chose a relatively risky attack method.

Prince Albrecht will never forget what his father said to him, that war is to concentrate superior forces to attack relatively weaker directions.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, since the Empire has chosen to start a war with the Kingdom of Prussia, then please allow me to explain the deployment to the generals present." Albrecht asked Felix Schwarzenberg.

"Of course!" Felix Schwarzenberg, the prime minister, said to Albrecht with a smile. In military affairs, Felix Schwarzenberg did not want to interfere too much with the front-line commanders. judge.

Albrecht's Austrian generals deployed accordingly.

On the night of November 6, the Austrian Imperial Army began to operate under the cover of the sound of artillery.

Since the general headquarters of the Kingdom of Prussia is in Kassel, and there is only one road from Kassel to Fulda, as long as this road is contained, Albrecht will be sure to close the door and fight dogs.

[A team of about 10,000 people is stationed in the Fulda area]

More than 3,000 infantrymen, with 600 people (a battalion) as a group unit, helped carefully spare the Fulda area in batches, and strived to launch the aftermath of the breakup of the Kingdom of Prussia without the Prussian Kingdom's army being discovered. road.

If it was a rigid German general, Albrecht's actions could indeed be called a surprise attack.

Unbeknownst to Albrecht, however, the (temporary) commanders of the 10,000 Prussian soldiers opposite were none other than Ron and Prince William.

At about 1 am on November 7, Prince William, who was sleeping, was forcibly called up.

When Prince William opened his eyes, it was none other than his adjutant Ron standing in front of him.

"What's wrong? Ron!" Prince William looked at Ron suspiciously and said, "Is there any information from Berlin?"

Ron shook his head and reported to Prince William with a solemn expression: "Report Prince, our reconnaissance cavalry found a change in the western forest of Fulda, and the concentration of test-fired artillery in the Austrian barracks today is far more than Not before!"

"What!" Prince William I's expression changed instantly, and he hurriedly got up and came to the headquarters with Ron.

At this time, the headquarters was already full of people, and the heads of the regiments headed by the division commander all looked at Prince William I.

William I no longer hesitated and quickly asked: "How is the situation now?"

The division commander hurriedly explained to Ron and William I that a small group of scout cavalry had found the Austrian infantry in the Braunchel forest west of the Fulda region.

After the two sides came close, the Prussian scout cavalry killed and wounded dozens of people.

"What is the size of the small force?" Prince William asked with a serious expression.

"About 400-500 people!" The division commander responded immediately, and then added: "Because of the forest, there may be more people."

Prince William lowered his head and looked at the map in front of him. After learning about the location of the small group of troops, he drew an x ​​on the map with a pencil.

Afterwards, the general slapped the table with a drawing pen and pointed at the other end of the Blanchard Forest: "The Austrian Empire wants to block our back road!"

"I'm afraid they have more than one army! If you want to contain us, you need at least 2,000 people!" Ron also calmly analyzed.

"His Royal Highness, do we want to..." The division commander suggested to Prince William and Ron to leave the camp as soon as possible.

Prince William glanced at Ron, and he hoped that Ron would come up with a solution.

After all, he was the one who asked to arrange the reconnaissance cavalry. If they didn't arrange the reconnaissance cavalry, I'm afraid they would become the turtle in the urn.

After thinking for a moment, Ron quickly gave his own judgment and said: "His Royal Highness, we must leave! Otherwise, we will not be able to leave if we want to leave after he has completed the encirclement!"

Then, Ron added: "However, we can't escape in such a hurry, otherwise the Austrian team will definitely pursue us."

"What do you mean?" William I said to Ron. UU reading

"His Royal Highness, I suggest that the first and second regiments of the third division launch an attack on Austria, and then retreat slowly!" Ron gave a solution.

"Our artillery...!" The division commander suddenly thought of his more than 20 artillery pieces and supplies.

"Now fire all the artillery towards the Austrian barracks as much as you can, and quickly evacuate after two rounds!" Ron ordered to the division commander.

The division commander seemed a little unwilling, and Prince William immediately said to the division commander that Ron's order was his order.

"Yes!" The division commander, who was deeply disciplined by Prussia's strict military discipline, could only obey.

"Your Highness, you are leaving with the third and fourth regiments!" Ron said to Prince William.

"What about you?" Prince William asked.

"I'm staying here!" said Ron firmly.

After the strategic deployment, the Prussian army moved quickly, and the first and second regiments were assembled at an extremely fast speed.

Just as Ron was about to order his soldiers to attack in the direction of Austria, artillery shells from the Austrian Empire landed on the barracks of the Prussian army ahead of schedule.

In just an instant, the entire Prussian military camp turned into a sea of ​​fire.

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