Make France Great Again

"Major General Niel!"

Baron Raglan called Nielch's name in an easy and friendly tone.

"Sir, what do you say?" Niel nodded and responded to Baron Raglan in a relaxed manner.

"I take the liberty to ask, where did this map behind you come from?" Baron Raglan pointed to the map hanging on the background panel behind Niel. Obviously, he was more concerned about the map than the landing plan. It took nearly four years to complete the military map of the Near East.

Niel did not speak, instead he glanced at Jerome Bonaparte.

"I ordered the War Department to find the map of the Ottoman Empire that survived the First Empire. I didn't expect that I would find it!" Jerome Bonaparte perfunctory to Raglan, he would not admit it I have long had ambitions for the Near East.

Of course, Baron Raglan didn't believe what Jerome Bonaparte said in his heart.

The original Emperor Napoleon had little intention to make military maps of the Near East.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to make a small request to you!" Baron Raglan respectfully asked Jerome Bonaparte.

"Please speak!" Although Jerome Bonaparte had already guessed the request of Baron Raglan, he continued to say.

"I hope that the French Empire will provide the British army with some maps that you have pulled out of old papers!" Baron Raglan said to Jerome Bonaparte with a special emphasis on his voice. It goes without saying.

"This..." Jerome Bonaparte knew that the old general in front of him had guessed it, but he didn't want to destroy the cooperation between the British and French forces because of this trivial matter.

So Jerome Bonaparte can continue to pretend to be confused. He pretended to hesitate for a while, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Yes! I will order the French army to provide you with some help within its power!"

"Thank you very much!" Baron Raglan responded with a smile to Jerome Bonaparte, then turned his head and returned to the topic just now: "Major General Niel, according to your plan, you want to ignore it. The Russian Imperial Army in Wallachia and Moldova is besieging the capital of Odessa with all its strength, right?"

"Yes!" Niel nodded and said calmly: "Instead of having a pursuit battle with the Russian Empire in the Principality of the Danube, it is better to have a vigorous annihilation directly in the Odessa area!"

While talking, Niel pointed to the capital of Odessa: "Part of the Russian Empire's rations in the Danube region, as well as the Russian Empire's transshipment rations in the Caucasus will be concentrated here! This means that as long as we occupy the Here, the Russian troops in the Danube region and the Caucasus region will inevitably be forced to return to aid due to food shortages! The food shortage will inevitably lead to the disintegration of the army, and then we can completely annihilate them around Odessa with idle labor!"

Logging in to Odessa and annihilating Russian reinforcements is the easiest and most difficult plan for the General Staff to achieve in its operational plan against Russia in Crimea. If the landing in the capital of Odessa goes well, it means that the Crimean War has been won more than half.

As the richest region in Ukraine now, Odessa and its surrounding areas can be said to be the granary of the entire Ukraine, and even the granary of the whole of Europe. As Niel said, losing Odessa means all the Russian troops on the southern front. Without supplies, they can only face the situation of passive beating.

However, the reason why it is called the most difficult plan to implement is because the tsar and his military staff (Yomini has returned to the tsar's staff), as long as they are not stupid, can understand the importance of Odessa's chief and auxiliary, and After the British and French coalition forces have mastered the sea power in the Black Sea region, they are bound to strengthen the defense capabilities of the capital of Odessa and its surroundings, even if they weaken the forces of other fronts for the threat to the capital of Odessa!

"You're right, the occupation of Odessa did help our army win quickly, but I don't think the Tsar and his staff didn't think of this! They will definitely have a heavy army in Odessa, wait! We Dive in," Lord Raglan responded to Niel.

"So my suggestion is a tentative attack! If Odessa's defenses are weak, our army will conduct a landing operation! If not, we will retreat immediately and seek a decisive battle with the main Russian army in the Crimea Peninsula! Of course, before we leave, we also have to teach the navy docked at the port of Odessa a deep lesson!" Niel said eloquently.

Hearing Niel's explanation, Baron Raglan was already inclined towards the plan made by Saint Arnault and his staff. His impression of Saint Arnault also changed from a corpse to a general with a little ability.

It's just that Baron Raglan didn't know that this battle plan was formulated and decided by the entire General Staff. Mr. Bonaparte led the members of the General Staff. Once again, the content of this version was obtained after repeated war games and summaries.

It was definitely not a plan made by St. Arnault and the middle and low-level staff adjutants.

After all, it is difficult for the current French army to have a genius like Emperor Napoleon, and even the vast majority of officers in the army are mediocre and idiots.

A wise man has a wise man's solution, and a mediocre man also has a mediocre solution.

Although the French army in the post-Napoleonic era no longer has the military commanding genius of the Emperor Napoleon, it is still possible to find one or two military commanders who are eye-catching.

Niel, Canrobert, Leboeuf, Trochu, Bazin... These precious alliances of the Second Empire in history, now, under the impetus of Jerome Bonaparte, have begun to gradually learn to think with the summary.

It can be said that among all the armies of the post-Napoleonic era, only the French army still maintains an upward momentum!

Of course, Prussia next door, under the leadership of the new chief of staff Mao Qi, also gradually brought the army out of the trough.

Baron Raglan, whose mind is still stuck in the Napoleonic Wars, is now gradually unable to keep up with the times!

"Why did you set the second battlefield in the Crimea Peninsula? As far as I know, it is not an area heavily guarded by the Russian Tsar!" Baron Raglan asked again.

"The Crimea Peninsula is the frontier position of the Russian Empire in the Black Sea! Once the nails in Crimea are removed! Then every inch of the land along the Black Sea will be completely exposed to the cannons of the British and French coalition forces. The Russian Imperial Army in the Caucasus will also be seriously threatened, so the Tsar and his military staff will never let Crimea be left alone!

And a few months ago, the troops that defeated the Turkish Navy at the Sinop naval battle were also in the Crimea! If the Tsar does not want this honorable army to perish at our guns! He will definitely dispatch troops to rescue! At that time, we can completely defeat them, and then force them to make peace! "Nielle said to Baron Raglan word by word, his eyes never leaving Baron Raglan for a moment.

"Excellent plan!" Baron Raglan said, applauding Major General Niel a little, and then complimenting Jerome Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, you have shown me a perfect game!"

"Thank you to all the commanders who participated in this holy war!" Jerome Bonaparte responded immediately.

Then, Jerome Bonaparte asked Baron Raglan what else he thought of the plan.

Baron Raglan stated that he had no other objections, and that he would execute the order together with Marshal Saint Arnault after he went to the Near East to reorganize the British Army.

"That's wonderful!" said Jerome Bonaparte to Baron Raglan with a smile.

Then Jerome Bonaparte said euphemistically: Since Baron Raglan has agreed to the plan formulated by the French army, the British troops should follow the plan of the French army.

Naturally, the right to command the combined British and French army should also be handed over to Marshal Saint Arnault, the current commander of the French expeditionary force. Britain only needs to manage the combined navy.

"Your Majesty, I think Britain and France are two teams fighting side by side! We shouldn't pursue the issue of subordination too much. I don't want our country's newspapers to treat us as people who sell national dignity!" Baron Raglan shook his head and refused. In response to Jerome Bonaparte's request to form a combined command ~www.readwn.com~ and to hand over the army to the command of the French army.

After all, who is the main and who is the auxiliary between the two armies is not just a purely military issue, but also interspersed with some political issues.

Giving up the command of the army to France, Baron Raglan could not accept anything.

If Baron Raglan did this, he would be under the command of a dozen years younger than him.

Baron Raglan would rather not be commander of the expedition for a general who followed the Duke of Wellington on his expedition to the north and south, and did not want to lose his dignity as a British Army.

"Mr. Raglan, we have more troops than you!" Jerome Bonaparte reminded.

"Your Majesty, our army is actively helping your army to win back the lost honor!" Baron Raglan also retorted.

All the French generals present showed a trace of annoyance on their faces, and Baron Raglan was insinuating the setbacks their fathers suffered when they conquered the Russian Empire.

"During the Waterloo era, if the Prussians hadn't run fast, I don't think we would have met..." Jerome Bonaparte glanced at Baron Raglan and retorted again.

"Yes! Your Majesty, if the Duke of Wellington had followed the advice of the Tsar and Blücher, we might not have met!"

The two stared at each other without an inch, and after a while, Jerome Bonaparte let out a hearty laugh, and Baron Raglan also laughed.

"I see, Mr. Raglan! We just need to fight side by side!" Click to download the APP of this site, massive novels, free to read!