Chapter 340： Strategy for the war with Russia

"Your Majesty, please look!"

Brigadier General Leboeuf, who was sitting opposite Jerome Bonaparte, spread out the map on the table. There are 4 maps in total, which recorded the Danube region (Romania), the Bulgaria region, and the vicinity of Constantinople and Grampus. Region of Rimia (Sevastopol).

Each map is completed at a scale of 1:80,000 according to Jerome Bonaparte's request. It can be said that it is the most detailed and timely military map in the world today.

[PS: The military maps of the Russian Empire and Britain are roughly 1:320,000, and the maps are probably drawn during the Napoleonic Wars. 】

On these military maps, the height of each mountain and the width of the river are accurately marked with numbers, which can be called quite perfect.

"You've done a great job!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded with satisfaction after reading each one carefully.

From a certain point of view, the bureaucratic class in the world is a virtue. As long as the superior does not issue a death order, the lower bureaucracy will only complete the order at a discount.

Only after the death order is given to them, the bureaucrats will try their best to complete the task.

The bureaucratic class that was cornered was enough to break out several times of efficiency beyond the previous one. Of course, don't expect bureaucrats to collide with sparks of thinking in some creative fields. Most bureaucratic classes will only change 1 to 2, not 0 to 1.

"This is what we should do!" Leboeuf responded humbly.

"With these maps, France is enough to be invincible in the next war in the Near East!" Jerome Bonaparte pointed to the map of Romania and said to Leboeuf.

Next, Jérôme Bonaparte and Leboeuf played a simple game about what form the Russian Empire might take in the Near East.

Combining the four maps, Leboeuf pointed out that the Russian Empire would most likely launch an attack on Bulgaria from Bessarabia (currently the territory of the Russian Empire) after capturing the two Danube principalities.

At that time, the Austrian Empire will inevitably send troops at the same time.

"According to the estimates of the Secretariat, the combined army of the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire will be around 500,000 to 600,000 people." Leboeuf said to Jerome Bonaparte in a serious tone.

"Why do you think the Austrian Empire will join the war with us?" Jerome Bonaparte did not refute Leboeuf's assumption, he asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, there is no way for the Secretariat to speculate on diplomatic issues, but we must prepare for the worst! The war is changing rapidly, and we must think of all strategies." Leboeuf replied frankly to Jerome Bonaparte road.

Jerome Bonaparte nodded with satisfaction. Leboeuf's calm attitude made him aware that the "permanently defeated" general was making rapid progress.

He may be even more brilliant now than in history!

Jerome Bonaparte thought to himself.

A person's ability to lead an army in battle is never fixed and depends on the ruler's decision-making.

Why are Liu Bang's subordinates all born in Peixian? Why are most of Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates Feng Yang?

Or why did Napoleon's men gather stars?

Probably because the ruler himself is also a person with some illustrious military exploits, otherwise most of them are just ordinary people.

The same person will show different results in the hands of Jerome Bonaparte and Louis Napoleon, because Jerome Bonaparte has a vision beyond this era for a hundred years. When exploring the road of future military warfare, trying to get out of the shackles of the Napoleonic Wars.

[PS: After the Napoleonic Wars, the thinking of European countries has been limited to the Napoleonic Wars. Even when the dawn of total warfare had already emerged in the Civil War, everyone, including Mao Qi, believed that the Civil War was nothing more than "two armed thugs chasing each other at home, with nothing to gain."]

Jerome Bonaparte has seen the trend of history, and he understands the military changes in the next few decades, standing on the shoulders of everyone and overlooking the world.

The vision of the monarch also determines the vision of the generals, and those who fail to keep up with the footsteps of Jerome Bonaparte are doomed to be eliminated.

Leboeuf was the one who tried to catch up to Jerome Bonaparte, otherwise he would have been ruthlessly left behind by Jerome Bonaparte.

"Go ahead!" Jerome Bonaparte smiled and put his hand on the table, making a look of listening intently.

In Leboeuf's script, the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire will unite and advance to the Bulgarian region at a very fast speed, and even the Balkans such as Serbia will also be attacked by the Austrian Empire.

As long as the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire react fast enough, they can sweep the Balkans and Bulgaria, and Greece, as a neutral country, will inevitably be coerced by these two countries and declare war.

"In the event of a war, France must be fast! We must transport our troops with great speed, and then defeat the incoming enemy! This way we can deter Austria through war, so that they do not dare to join at will War." General Leboeuf put forward the idea of ​​a quick victory.

"The Austrian Empire will be negotiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and they will not join this battle! I have confidence in Minister De Ruiz!" Jerome Bonaparte then asked Leboeuf: " What port are you going to log in at? Gallipoli?"

"No!" Leboeuf shook his head and replied to Jerome Bonaparte: "The Office of the Secretary once asked the military attache in Constantinople about the Gallipoli port and the surrounding environment. That area is in the Pacific. Small, it is not conducive to the expansion of the large corps! So we decided to log in in the Varna area! The port here allows the French army to get strategic supplies faster!"

After all, Leboeuf pointed to the port of Varna in the Bulgarian region.

Jerome Bonaparte saw on the map that the terrain from Varna to Aksakovo was flat and very suitable for large-scale troops, and to the north could attack the Danube Principality to cut off the supply of the Russian Empire, and to the east could pass the Admiral's army Transport to Sevastopol Fortress, then attack Sevastopol Fortress.

As long as the Sevastopol fortress is destroyed, the fleet of the Russian Empire in the Black Sea region will be completely destroyed. Because of the distance between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Whether attacking from the Caucasus region or from the Danube Principality will face the problem of supply difficulties, which requires relying on the navy of the Sevastopol fortress as support to transport supplies. Once Sevastopol is captured, it will penetrate deep into the Ottoman Empire. The Russian army would be in danger of collapsing because of supply problems.

Of course, this was also a strategy based on Jerome Bonaparte's purpose of defeating (the Russian Empire) rather than ripping it out.

If you want to completely destroy the huge empire of Russia, unless Britain and France launch simultaneous attacks from the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, and then the Kingdom of Sweden will also attack Finland, only in this way can the Russian Empire face a complete collapse of order.

Even so, there is a high possibility that the Anglo-French Allied Forces will retreat voluntarily.

The infrastructure of the Russian Empire is so poor that it will be hellish to supply logistics.

Jerome Bonaparte also understands that living beings like Maozi will only fall into the quagmire by relying on external forces, and they will only disintegrate internally.

The spiritualists of the Decembrists in the Russian Empire have not yet completely died out.

"However, this requires the favorable cooperation of the naval department!" Jerome Bonaparte continued to Leboeuf.

"We believe that the Empire's navy will be able to complete its mission!" Although Leboeuf had not met with Dicko, he had also heard of Dicko's resolute and resolute style, as well as Jérôme Bonaparte's attitude towards the navy. care. Since Jérôme Bonaparte came to power, the navy's spending on shipbuilding has been increasing year by year.

If the Admiralty is not even capable of destroying the figure of the Russian Empire's Black Sea Fleet, then Leboeuf has reason to doubt whether the Imperial Navy still needs to exist.

"I discussed this with Minister Dicko! He told me that the existing naval fleet is fully capable of destroying all the fleets of the Russian Empire in the Black Sea!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Leboeuf with a smile , and then added: "However, the Office of the Secretary of the Navy Department and the Office of the Secretary of the War Department must cooperate with each other!"

"Secretary of the Admiralty?" Leboeuf seemed to have heard a great term.

"That's right! The Admiralty has also established a fleet of regional fleets that has been vertically managed by the Ministry of War!" Jerome Bonaparte spread his hands and complained a little: "Minister Dick has always been good at learning. It's not like some people are complacent once they achieve a staged victory."

Leboeuf did not dare to respond to Jerome Bonaparte. He certainly understood that the object of Jerome Bonaparte's complaint was none other than the Minister of War, Saint Arnault.

As an adjutant, Leboeuf didn't want to mix it up at will.

"Go on!" Jerome Bonaparte smiled apologetically, finding that he had unknowingly diverted the topic again.

Subsequently, Leboeuf proposed two plans. The first cake was to bite Varna and go northward and go deep into the interior to completely destroy the Russian Empire. The second plan was to attack the Sevastopol area and then sweep the Balkans. of the Slavs.

"Who came up with these two plans?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Leboeuf.

"The first plan was proposed by Colonel Bazin, and the second was proposed by Colonel Trosch! Both plans are very insightful!" There is a saying that the bridal sedan chair carries people, and Leboeuf is also appropriate Praise a colleague.