Chapter 14 Field Battle?

After defeating Suvorov, Napoleon decided to divide his troops. Only 30,000 Austrian troops remained in Krugan-Napoca. Napoleon set out on his journey with two new brigades and a reorganized division of the Guards, totaling 25,000 people.

Hussein Pasha was sent to Komrat with 25,000 people. When Napoleon defeated Prince Coburg and returned to Fokshani, he quickly seized Komrat and cut off the Russian supply, creating conditions for a decisive battle.

The remaining troops were led by Yusuf Pasha and stationed in the Brasov area to take advantage of the rest.

From the historical trajectory of the original time and space, there were two leading figures in Europe's tactical innovation during this period, namely King Frederick II of Prussia and Emperor Napoleon of France, and its most obvious sign was the use of synthetic armies.

The concept of combined armies emerged during the Seven Years' War. Frederick II, who was defeated by Austrian Marshal Daun in the Battle of Kolin, led 22,000 soldiers and quickly turned to the southwest to meet the 65,000 coalition soldiers led by French Marshal Prince Soubise and Austrian Prince Hildburghausen.

The most classic Battle of Rossbach in the entire Seven Years' War broke out.

The battlefield was located in the north of the Saar River. Due to the huge gap in the number of soldiers, Frederick II rarely took a defensive position. The Prussian defense line was in the north-south direction, facing the west.

The coalition forces relied on their own military advantage and marched eastward in three columns, directly between the Prussian positions and the Saar River, intending to force the Prussian army to retreat. When the coalition forces were already quite close to the Prussian army, Frederick II ordered the soldiers to leave the tent.

This was exactly regarded by the coalition forces as a precursor to the Prussian army's retreat, and the coalition forces quickly accelerated their march to meet the enemy.

However, at this time, Frederick II had already shrunk his left wing and concentrated his forces on his right wing. The coalition forces were then led into the narrow strip between the southern part of the Prussian position and the Saar River.

At this point in the battle, the outcome was actually doomed. Because the so-called column is not a combat formation, it is a marching formation. Once the troops meet the enemy, they will quickly turn into a horizontal column, so that the coalition has more muskets on a front line, forming a suppression of the enemy infantry.

But in the Battle of Rossbach, the unfavorable terrain made it difficult for the coalition forces to deploy their troops, and the suppressing party immediately became the Prussian army. With the advantage of firepower, the Prussian cavalry quickly defeated the coalition vanguard.

But they did not pursue, because suppressing the opponent with cavalry in the area outside their own artillery would only result in the use of infantry phalanxes, and the battle situation would then stalemate.

Under the leadership of General Seydlitz, the Prussian cavalry began to detour and further press the coalition infantry towards the Prussian position. When most of the coalition infantry had entered the Prussian artillery area, the massacre began.

The dense infantry phalanx of the coalition forces quickly became chaotic and disintegrated under the bombardment of 18 heavy artillery pieces of the Prussian army.

Seizing the opportunity, Frederick II commanded the Prussian infantry to charge into the coalition forces. The Prussian cavalry, which had previously made a detour, directly attacked the coalition forces from behind, and the outcome of the battle was completely determined.

In this battle, the coalition forces lost 4,500 people, 5,000 were captured, and the Prussian army lost a total of 600 people.

The power of the combined army was fully demonstrated in this battle. The mobility of the cavalry, the lethality of the artillery, and the versatility of the infantry showed amazing coordination under the clever command of Frederick II.

After Frederick II, it was Napoleon who further developed the combined army. Compared with the original time and space, this time, this great commander showed his superb military talent earlier.

In Sibiu, Prince Coburg's troops had already collided head-on with the Ottoman army led by Napoleon. With his own superior forces, Prince Coburg chose to take the initiative to attack.

"General Perk, you lead the cavalry to bypass the enemy's back, keep close to the enemy at all times, and compress the enemy's space for activities."

"General Julius, you take the artillery and two battalions of infantry to quickly seize the high ground."

"General Flor, you lead the rest of the infantry to quickly deploy into a horizontal formation and attack the enemy in a three-row battle formation."

Facing the aggressive Austrian army, Napoleon did not choose to seize the high ground, but pulled the front line back, letting the infantry form a scattered formation, trying to avoid the enemy's artillery fire, and at the same time deployed the artillery in the center, with three or four infantry phalanxes to defend the artillery.

Due to the problem of Prince Coburg's marching command, the Austrian army's horizontal deployment was a little later than the Ottoman army under Napoleon's command. At this time, the Austrian artillery was seizing the high ground and was unable to provide fire support for its own side. At this moment, a huge fire vacuum zone appeared in the entire Austrian army.

Napoleon quickly seized this critical moment. The Ottoman artillery began to fire first, and the infantry followed suit. The Ottoman army took the lead in controlling the advantage in a short time, and Napoleon immediately ordered the cavalry to charge.

The cavalry in a wedge formation plunged into the Austrian army, and the disadvantages of the scattered distribution were fully revealed in front of the cavalry at this moment.

The sharp sabers constantly challenged the fragile nerves of the Austrian soldiers. The fear of comrades being chopped to the ground by the Ottomans from time to time caused a large-scale panic in the entire Austrian army.

Seeing the poor performance of his own infantry, Perk quickly began to lead the cavalry back to help, trying to save the Austrian army.

But the infantry phalanx and artillery positions of the Ottoman army blocked Perk outside the battle circle, and it was always difficult to break through.

When the Austrian artillery finally reached the high ground, the entire infantry unit had collapsed under the high pressure exerted by the Ottoman army under the command of Napoleon. The soldiers fled in all directions. Prince Coburg tried his best to stop them, and even went into battle in person with a saber to supervise the battle, but with little effect.

Suddenly, a bullet hit Prince Coburg's head. He fell off his horse powerlessly, and the command knife in his hand fell to the ground. The blade reflected Prince Coburg's lifeless pupils.

Seeing the commander-in-chief being killed, the morale of the Austrian army was even lower. Perk quickly fled with the cavalry. The commander-in-chief was killed and the army was defeated. It was also the commander-in-chief who took the blame.

He Perk retreated with the cavalry, which was a decisive move to preserve the strength of the empire.

As for General Julius, who was sent by Prince Coburg to seize the high ground, he could neither advance nor retreat.

Fight, you will definitely lose, run, let alone whether to bring this pile of cannons, even if you don't bring them, the two-legged infantry can't run faster than the four-legged cavalry.

"Damn Perk, he didn't even take me with him when he ran away." General Julius cursed General Perk in his heart while ordering the soldiers to lay down their weapons and surrender to the Ottoman army.

In the Battle of Sibiu, the Austrian army suffered 5,700 casualties, 6,000 prisoners, and countless fleeing soldiers.

As the god of war, Napoleon showed his unshakable dominance on the battlefield for the first time.

"The so-called art of military command is to turn disadvantages into advantages on the battlefield when one's own troops are actually at a disadvantage."

- Napoleon Bonaparte

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