Russia is really bullish, and later Russia relied on the help of its two allies, weather and space, to defeat Hitler's 5.5 million army, which was even more arrogant than Napoleon.

Many people in later generations admired Napoleon and Hitler, even if the latter was a murderer. But there are also many people who think that Napoleon and Hitler are super stupid after watching the timing of Napoleon's attack on Russia. The war was launched at the end of June, which was too late for the Russian battlefield.

Chen Ming was also a member of the latter group at the beginning, that is, when he grew up, the advent of the Internet era made him understand that the difficulties caused by Russia's harsh environment for the war were not just winter.

In the western part of Russia, that is, in the Nordic region, there are continuous autumn rains in autumn, and the roads are muddy; Winters are cold and snowy; In the early spring, when the snow melts, there are also mud swamps everywhere, and the transportation conditions are very unsatisfactory, and only three or four months from May are suitable for marching and fighting. It is true that Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union at the end of June was a bit late, but it cannot be said that it was a mistake, after all, the defeat of Yugoslavia to ensure absolute security in the Balkans was also quite important for the Axis powers.

And Napoleon, Chen Ming still remembers that he read an article at the time that said that the reason why Napoleon did not officially launch a war against Russia until the end of June was not that he was purely seduced by the 'glimmer of hope' given by Alexander I, but that with the transportation conditions at that time, it would take too long to gather 600,000 troops.

You know, more than a month before the start of the war, in early May, Napoleon and Empress Louisa left Paris and went straight to the front. His army had broken down into several routes, passing through the German countries, advancing towards Poland and gradually concentrating on the Vistula and Neman rivers.

The Vistula River is on the territory of Poland, and the Neman River is on the territory of Lithuania.

Napoleon had already decided to move troops against Russia, but the season for large forces began in May, because of the poor spring traffic conditions in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine.

But in any case, history is based on victory or defeat. Napoleon and Hitler proved with these two wars that it was impossible to occupy the vast territory of Russia/the Soviet Union in a limited time by the old means of transport, i.e. horses or on foot. Neither Napoleon's powerful cavalry nor Hitler's motorized forces were numerically sufficient to occupy and control its countryside.

Napoleon made one last attempt to persuade the Tsar to surrender before launching his attack. He sent Count Denabona to meet Tsar Alexander. The tsar said to the French envoy: "I have no illusions. I understand that your emperor is a great general, but I have two allies - time and space. In this vast country, I will retreat to any remote corner and continue to fight, and I will defend every distant position, but I will never sign a humiliating peace. I am not the one who wants to attack, but I will not lay down my arms as long as there is a foreign soldier remaining on Russian territory. ”

So, when Chen Ming in the East was enthusiastically building a grand alliance with China as the leader, on June 16, 1812, Napoleon came to Lithuania and signed the order for the army there.

Seriously, this date is still a few days earlier than Napoleon in the original plane.

"Soldiers, the Second Polish War began. The First Polish War ended in Friedland and Tilsit. At Tilsit, Russia swore a permanent alliance with France and swore war against the British. And now, it has broken its own oath. When the French eagle did not cross the Rhine again and left our allies at the mercy of Russia, Russia did not explain its peculiar behavior. Russia's fate should be over. Does it think we've degenerated? Aren't we soldiers on the battlefield of the Battle of the Three Emperors? It gives us a choice: shame or war. Our choice is not to be doubted. So, go ahead, cross the Neman and bring the war to Russian territory. For the French army, the Second Polish War would be a glorious war, just as the First Polish War would be. And the peace treaty which we conclude will win its assurance, and will put an end to 50 years of arrogant Russian influence on European affairs. ”

The world is so magical.

At a time when the history of the East is ushering in a new page and ushering in a future destined for even more glory, the fate of Europe has also reached a new turning point.

In a sense, a new chapter was opened in this period of time between the East and the West.

The fate of Europe will be decided by the Franco-Russian war, and the fate of the East will also be decided by the Franco-Russian war. If Napoleon had unexpectedly conquered Russia, it would have been another new fate for the East; And if Napoleon loses the war against Russia as he did in history, the whole world is destined to be conquered by Chen Han!

In the Old Summer Palace, Chen Ming waited for news from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the one hand, and glanced at the map of Europe from time to time on the other. It's time to fight!

On the night of June 18, Napoleon's command crossed the Neman. There was a deathly silence on this side of the Neman, and there was not a single figure in the vast expanse of land, and the brown earth and withered plants and the woods on the distant horizon were unfolded before the French army. The sight before him made Napoleon a little uneasy, and he feared that the Russian army would withdraw from the Lithuanian capital Vilna without a fight, abandoning all of Russian Poland, thereby luring the French army away from the rear bases. At this time, none of the French spies in Poland sent back information, and the French army was almost ignorant of the enemy's movements, which made Napoleon's mood even heavier.

However, the French spies quickly sent back the intelligence, reporting on the deployment of Napoleon's Russian army on the Neman front. At that time, there were three troops on the Neman River front, one was the Russian First Front under the command of Barclay, about 18,000 people, which was the main force in the war against France. Its right flank, commanded by General Wittgenstein, was stationed on the Baltic coast; The left flank, commanded by Dokhtulov, was deployed on the outskirts of Grodno. The headquarters is located in Vilna. The second was the 2nd Front, 80,000, under the command of Bagragion, deployed on the Grodno-Muchavik line, with its headquarters in Volkovysk. The third detachment was 20000 Cossack cavalry led by Platov, also deployed in the Grodno region. However, the Russian troops assembled in Vilna had withdrawn to the Drissa camp three days earlier. What Napoleon feared finally came true, and he ordered Oudino and Ney to lead his army in pursuit of Barclay, while the rest of the troops advanced quickly. On 20 June, the French entered Vilna without firing a single shot. But Napoleon was not happy at all. Here Napoleon received another piece of bad news: more than 2,000 horses had died on the march due to fatigue, lack of fodder, and the cold and cold nights. Also due to hunger, cold and excessive fatigue, many young Guards soldiers also collapsed on the march. Napoleon began to realize the enormity of the expedition.

At this moment, Xie Qinggao in London is also looking at the map of Poland. Napoleon's war against Russia began, so he needed to give Napoleon the first and last advice in this war.

The soldiers of Prussia, Austria, the Confederation of the Rhine, Flanders, Poland, Switzerland, Italy and other countries who were recruited into the army by Napoleon should consume as much as they can. As much as possible, the strength of the French army was guaranteed, with a focus on the consumption of Prussian and Austrian soldiers......

In 1941, the main supply problem faced by the German army was to provide enough ammunition for the troops and enough fuel for the motorized units. And 129 years ago, in 1812, the biggest problem for the French army was to find enough fodder for the horses. Napoleon's nearly 200,000 horses could not survive on the kind of forage to which the Cossack ponies were accustomed, and in battles and marches, Napoleon's cavalry suffered heavy casualties, and horse losses continued to rise.

Napoleon stayed in Vilna for 18 days, anxiously awaiting news from the legions, and the first thing he said when he saw them was: "How many prisoners have you taken?" The answer he received was always very disappointing, and the French army had not yet encountered the Russian army. One day, there was a roar in the distance, and Napoleon, thinking that the French had exchanged fire with the Russians, jumped for joy. He pricked up his ears to see where the cannon was coming from, but soon realized that the roar was nothing more than thunder. Immediately afterward, the sky was dark, and a rare heavy rainstorm poured down from the sky, and in a short time, the surrounding ocean was flooded, roads and fields were all submerged, thousands of horses and soldiers were killed in the water, and a large number of supplies were also destroyed in an instant.

The main forces of the Russian army on both sides continued to retreat, Bagragion had withdrawn to Minsk, Barclay had also abandoned the Drissa camp and retreated to Witesque, and with the fierce pursuit of the French army, the speed of the Russian army's retreat was also accelerating. Napoleon was determined to destroy the two Russian armies one by one before they could meet, and he urged his troops to speed up their advance in order to catch up with the Russians in a decisive battle. He himself left Werner on the night of 6 July.

And when Chen Ming held a perfect alliance meeting on the first day of the seventh month of the Eastern lunar calendar, established the Chinese Grand Alliance led by China, and signed more than 50 agreements and alliances in the afternoon, the French and Russians finally met in Smolensk.

It had been a month and a half since Napoleon attacked the Russian army, but this was the second battle of their firefight.

Previously, the French pursuing troops finally caught the tail of the Russians, and when the Russian troops saw the French army chasing, they immediately scattered a large number of cavalry and rushed towards the light infantry regiment of the French avant-garde like a tide. The French army responded to the battle in a hurry and retreated. However, after retreating some distance, the French light infantry either lined up along the creek, or arranged in the bushes and houses, and fired heavily at the Russian cavalry, and the Russians were shot and fell off their horses and forced to retreat. The French army spent that day on a tense march and heavy artillery bombardment, and Napoleon did not dismount for a day. He decided that the long-awaited battle of the French army would take place at dawn tomorrow. He compared the forces of the two sides and was confident of victory.

But the next day the Russians disappeared. They disappeared without a trace, and the Russian army abandoned Witske. Napoleon's disappointment is simply indescribable. The French could not find a single person, not even a local peasant. After daybreak, the French had to send people like hunters to search for traces of the enemy from all directions. However, it is impossible to know from which route the enemy's main forces were withdrawn, since there are a large number of traces of carriages and horses passing along each road. The French army was like a ship that lost its compass in the vast sea, without any goal.

However, the retreat of the Russian army also made Alexander I feel a little unhappy, although the Russian imperial council had already determined the strategic decision to resist step by step, lengthen the French supply lines, and clear the wilderness, but the retreat still aroused widespread dissatisfaction within the army.

Do you want to go back to Moscow all the time?

So, just when Chen Mingzhi was complacent, Napoleon also ushered in the first battle after entering Russia.

Chen Ming didn't know if the ETO had reminded Napoleon, and he didn't know if Napoleon would really take the OEU's reminder to heart, anyway, he had already ordered Wei Baocheng to prepare for war.

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