Chapter 913： influences (2/2)
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Compared to a quiet Vienna palace, the Palace of Versailles is now brightly lit, and you can still hear the roar from time to time.
Undoubtedly, those who dared not to sleep in the middle of the night and roared in the palace of Versailles could find no second person except Napoleon IV.
Since the Luxembourg line was torn, the French army has been galloping in Central Europe, ”fighting the German Federation and lifting Belgian children's shoes”.
In the plan of Napoleon IV, this state of the French army should continue, killing Vienna all the way to defeat Austria.
However, the plan hasn't changed fast. This is just preparing to drink the Ma Rhein River, and it has been a hit.
Napoleon IV was difficult to be angry, and no one was in his position. At this moment, there is no guarantee that he will perform better.
First, the bad news of the airship troops on the front line came to a heavy loss, proclaiming the end of the era of airships, marking France's investment in airships over the years, all of which have been water tickets.
Napoleon IV was an emperor who grew up receiving new education. He could barely accept the technological changes.
It’s not just an airplane. With France’s strong family, it will come out in a few months.
Anyway, this year's aircraft has limited power. Apart from restraining the airship, the role it can play on the battlefield is not as great as that of future generations.
Despite the loss of air supremacy, Napoleon IV was still full of confidence in the French Army.
In his view, without the assistance of airship bombing forces, it is nothing more than the cost of winning the war, and there is still time to push back some more.
It is a pity that this branch of the French Army, which has high hopes and has a long history, gave him a single-digit answer sheet.
The number of casualties exceeded 30,000 and the number of casualties was as high as 50,000. This is not a battle, but a day's battle.
After paying such a heavy price, the results were minimal, and the casualties of the Austrian army were conservatively estimated at most three digits.
Most of these were caused by artillery, and a small amount were caused by airship bombing. Although the airship did not throw a few bombs, they flung the street gorgeously, but they fell into a giant bomb.
Of course, after the airship rushed down the street, while scouring the coalition forces, it did not forget to visit the French camp.
In this regard, they are treated equally, and where they fall is entirely determined by the will of God.
As for the infantry who launched the offensive, not to mention their heavy casualties, in fact, they just walked around the battlefield and sent a large wave of heads.
The situation is worse than the original Som and Battle of Time and Space. The British just ignored the threat of the machine gun fire net, and the bureaucrats took a hand.
The French army didn't even know the Makqin machine gun, so they rushed straight up. It’s not a big deal if you just don’t know.
The commanders on the front line will definitely report back to the top when they find the casualties heavy. As long as the offensive tactics are adjusted in time, the loss will not be that great.
Unfortunately, all this is not applicable to the French army. Tell a story.
In the battle against Luxembourg, a French-Italian mixed infantry division was ordered to launch the main attack on the enemy position.
After the battle started, the heroic French soldiers went forward and launched a charge. One of the Italian soldiers formed the infantry regiment, which was particularly brave in the battle.
Nearly two-thirds of the 2146 people in the whole regiment fell halfway through the charge, so that the division chief immediately stopped and replaced them for rest.
As a result, after the soldiers were collected in the evening, when the number of people was finally counted, the 2146 soldiers that the regiment should receive actually had 2101 soldiers.
In the missing platoon, the Corpse Collection Team only found Qiju corpses. Whether the remaining people were dead in the battlefield or ran away on the road has not been determined so far.
Due to the large number of people involved, apart from removing the officers involved and sending them to the military court, the French command did not dispose of the gang of soldiers, but drove them back home.
There is no doubt that such an understatement is undoubtedly a failure. By the time the top French army responded, the situation was out of control.
The power of role models is immense. There is no shortage of people in this world who are afraid of death. Almost all French troops follow suit.
The high-ranking French army naturally took measures to severely punish these guys, but once the Pandora's Box was opened, it could not be solved by closing it.
In order to avoid punishment, all kinds of strange excuses have appeared. Of course, more of them are pretending to be wounded. Many people deliberately get a little injury and then hide in the rear hospital to recuperate.
It was not until Marshal Patrice McMahon came out of the mountain to clear up the military discipline and changed the original punishment mode.
No matter how it changes, the commander's preconceived impression will not change for a while.
All the factors come together and together caused this tragedy.
From the overall situation, the casualties of tens of thousands of people are not worth mentioning to the French Empire.
The problem is that in order to open the gap as quickly as possible, Marshal Patrice McMahon put the main force of the French army on the front line, so now it is precisely the French that are suffering heavy losses.
You can see from the specific number of the army. Generally speaking, the number of the lower number of the troops, or the front troops are all standing troops. They have been established for many years, and the combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of the new troops.
After Napoleon IV had almost vented, Prime Minister Terrence Burgin stepped forward and persuaded: ”Your Majesty, this is the end of the matter.
Let’s find a way to get rid of it. Whether it’s an enemy’s plane, or a new machine gun or mortar that has just emerged, it’s worth our possession.
Today’s battles are not all the responsibility of the frontline generals. The Austrians used these new equipment to beat us by surprise and did not represent anything.
Having learned the lesson of this defeat, I believe that in the following battles, our army will exert its fighting power. ”
Including Prime Minister Terrence Burgin, many people in the top level of the French government are not convinced by the inexplicable war today.
In their view, the Austrians simply caught them off guard by relying on more advanced equipment. As long as the French responded, the situation would change.
After hearing the Prime Minister's persuasion, Napoleon IV's look did not improve, and immediately rebuked the landing army minister: ”What is the Army Department doing, we invest so much military money every year, why is the equipment so much behind the Austrians?”
Don’t tell me this is an accident. Whether it’s an airplane or a machine gun, it was born for decades. Why is our army not equipped? ”
After a series of reasons, the Army Secretary buried his head even lower. Nothing wrong, this is it.
Technical innovation in armaments has never been easy. The original space-time Maxim's machine gun was the first to show off its power. It was still used by the British to deal with the indigenous people. As a result, they still jumped into the pit during World War I.
Not to mention this time, Austria hides these things at home, and the outside world knows nothing.
Not before today, in everyone's consciousness: The Makqin machine gun is just an ordinary machine gun, and there is no essential difference from Gatling; the plane is a flashy toy, and it is useless except for flight shows.
This is a broad judgment from all walks of life. The army minister is not a traverser. If he does not hang, he can open it. Naturally, he cannot jump out of this circle of thinking.
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