"Captain Bonaparte, since you are here, then this military meeting can officially begin!" General Carto's face was full of solemnity, and he said with a blank look.

Napoleon "cut the line" to the right hand of Salicetti in the front row, and after standing still, bowed slightly, signaling that General Carto could start. Han Xing followed closely behind, after all, his role was now equivalent to Napoleon's deputy and personal captain.

The officer who was forced out of Napoleon's way was a typical handsome, macho man, and judging by the gold-rimmed cavalry uniform on his (shēn) and the gold-encrusted saber pinned to his waist, and the fur hat with the wind (sāo), he knew that he was a proud cavalry officer.

A trace of anger flashed on his face when he was cut into the line by Napoleon, but in view of the rank system in the army, he was only a lieutenant, and Napoleon was a captain, and Napoleon was higher in rank than him, so he could not attack Napoleon, so he set his eyes on Han Xing (shēn). I'm going to knock the mountain and shock the tiger!

"Ensign, this is not your place, you should go to the back!" The cavalry officer held his head high, patted Han Xing's shoulder, and said in a slow and arrogant tone.

Apparently as clever as Napoleon, who saw through his tricks at a glance, these cavalry and infantry officers were unusually dissatisfied with the fact that their artillery officers had been so highly regarded lately, that they had stolen their limelight, and so they picked quarrels and provoked trouble, trying to show themselves color.

So without waiting for Han Xing to answer, Napoleon was the first to speak: "Second Lieutenant Segaard is my subordinate, subordinate to the sequence of artillery units, where I stand, he should stand!" His place is right next to mine (shēn)! The implication is naturally that he is my person, and he will come to me if he has the ability!

"Oh, it's good to follow the royal bastard! Brother steady! Han Xingbu (jìn) was moved and his heart warmed.

"But judging by what he's wearing, he's obviously a cavalryman!" The cavalry officer pointed to Han Xing's clothes with an indignant expression.

Napoleon just slanted his blue-gray eyes and glanced at the cavalry officer with disdain, as if he were looking at a fool, and then said coldly: "This lieutenant, which military school did you graduate from?" Don't you even understand the simple truth that cannons need horses? ”

There was an immediate burst of laughter, but after only a few seconds, the whispering stopped abruptly and was replaced by an awkward cough. Although the joke was so funny that they couldn't hold it back. But they and the cavalry officers were members of the "First Anti-Napoleonic Alliance" on the same front! Even if you laugh, you have to support your teammates, don't you?

"Captain Napoleon, as you say, I think you are in the wrong place, your artillery positions are in the back!" The cavalry officer was already speechless, and God knows how much of a psychological (yīn) shadow that laughter left on him? Although it was a "friendly soldier who was injured by mistake", he has a low IQ and no common sense, which is a real hammer!

So an infantry officer in his thirties with a stubble on his chin and a vicissitudes on his face took over the conversation, and as he pointed to an inconspicuous corner at the back of the long table on the map, several officers who had been standing there immediately dispersed and made way for an empty seat.

The poor cavalry officer, who was hiding in the crowd, immediately gloated after hearing the attack of his companion: "Hehe, you dare to laugh at me for being stupid, I think you are really stupid!" Even I didn't dare to attack Napoleon directly! Finally someone can refresh the lower limit for me! ”

After all, although the cavalry and infantry are now artillery of the same caliber against Napoleon, these two groups are no less coaxing in the Ping (rì).

"If you think so, I'd be happy to be in that position!" Napoleon, though he said this, only slowly turned (shēn), and gave General Carto and Mr. Salicetti a meaningful look as he swept over them.

"Enough! This siege of Toulon was fought in a fortified position, relying on artillery! Captain Napoleon's place is here! If you are not convinced, if you have the ability, use your head to smash the walls of Toulon for me, and count you as capable! General Cartor seemed to know that it was his turn to strike, so he slapped the table and said the final word.

The general spoke, and the officers wilted like frosted eggplants, and one by one lowered their heads, as if they were students who had made a mistake and had been reprimanded by the teacher.

"Since you have no opinions, this military meeting of ours has officially begun!" General Carto said in a deep voice.

The meeting listened in turn to the number of commanders of cavalry, infantry, and artillery units, the availability of weapons and ammunition-related materials (qíng), and specific statistical reports, and finally came to the following conclusions.

The Alpine Legion under the jurisdiction of the Carto Division originally had more than 12,000 people, and used more than 4,000 people to defend the coast around Marseille, and the existing available troops were more than 8,000 people, and the whole cavalry battalion was more than 1,000 people, divided into 5 companies. There are more than 500 artillery pieces, a total of nearly 100 artillery pieces, and the rest are infantry.

The French army was divided into two parts, one part was the more than 12,000 people led by General Carto, the other part was more than 6,000 people led by General Lapudo, and the two troops were one east and one west, flanking Toulon, totaling more than 18,000 people.

However, due to the defense of Marseille, in fact, only more than 14,000 people were really engaged in the siege of Marseille, and in Toulon City, the British and Spanish coalition forces also had more than 14,000 people, of which Spain provided more than 4,000 people. But for a tough battle, the French army obviously did not have an advantage.

"According to the instructions of the Parisian side, and my personal understanding, I think that we should do everything in our power to take the Franc battery, in order to remove the worries from the north, and concentrate on dealing with the threat from the sea from Toulon to the east and the British navy to the south!" General Carto coughed and gestured with his cane on the map.

"As long as you take the Franc Battery, you can take advantage of the geographical advantage of the Franc Battery, condescendingly, and bombard the city of Toulon and the British fleet anchored in the Toulon Bay! Then, Captain Bonaparte, please report on the latest progress of your unit in the capture of the Franc battery! General Carto made an impassioned statement, and then called Napoleon to report.

"Okay, you're too ruthless, aren't you? If you move your mouth here, Napoleon will have to throw his head and sprinkle (rè) blood? If you win, you are a good leader, and if you lose, Napoleon is not properly commanded? It's all you anyway, right? You should be Napoleon's dog! Han Xingbu (jìn) complained about this cheating general Karto.

Napoleon stepped forward in response, took the place of General Carto, put his hands behind his back (shēn), held his head high, and bowed his head slightly, which was humble and polite, without losing a trace of arrogance, and then he spoke: "Your Excellency, our plan to capture the Decree Fort is proceeding in an orderly and orderly manner, and the situation is under my control!" ”

"It's still going on in an orderly manner???? I'm laughing to death, it's obviously a big defeat, and I've returned home several times, and it's not an exaggeration to say that I've lost all the bottoms, and it's 'in progress'! The situation is indeed under Napoleon's control, and when he sticks out his head and is beaten, isn't it Napoleon who has the final say! Han Xing, who was well aware of the actual situation (qíng), was immediately amused by Napoleon's "rhetorical art", and wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh, so he had to rigidly tense his facial muscles (ròu).

"However, during the field exploration of the capture of the Franc Battery, I found some small loopholes in the Franc Battery, and I wonder if it is necessary for our army to spend a huge amount of manpower and material resources to take the Franc Battery!"

"Napoleon! If General Carto's original plan is directly overturned, it is likely to cause General Carto to blow up, and he may think that Napoleon is deliberately blocking him! And Napoleon just looked for an entry point from his own professional category, which seemed like an accident, and naturally seemed more convincing! Han Xingbu (jìn) applauded Napoleon's speech and his appropriate way of expressing it.

"Go on!" General Carto stared intently at the map, absent-mindedly coping.

"Just like your plan, General Carto, we have captured the Franc Battery in order to uproot the enemy's stronghold in the north, clear the way for our army to attack Toulon, and try to take advantage of the geographical advantage of the Franc Battery to strike at the city of Toulon and the enemy forces in the Gulf of Toulon! However, based on my field research, I found that ????" Speaking of this, Napoleon paused, deliberately coughed, and sold a pass.

Only when everyone's eyes and attention were focused on him (shēn) did he continue: "I have found that the artillery of the Franc battery is practically unable to reach the bay of Toulon at all, even if it threatens the city of Toulon ???? It's not enough! In other words, even if we spend a lot of manpower and material resources to take this Franc Fort with casualties, it will play an extremely limited role and will not be able to achieve the desired effect at all! ”

"Are you sure? Captain Bonaparte? General Carto immediately came to the map, carefully examined the distance between the Franc Fort and Toulon Bay on the map, and asked suspiciously.

"I'm pretty sure there must be no one here who knows more about artillery than an artillery officer like me, right?" Napoleon scanned the crowd with his head held high, and then replied without humility or arrogance.

"Captain Napoleon graduated from the Brienne Military Academy and received a systematic study of military expertise in artillery at the Paris Military Academy, and I fully trust the judgment of Captain Napoleon!" Sensing the suspicious gaze of General Carto, Mr. Salicetti felt the need to support his partner and "little brother" Napoleon, and spoke.

"So, Captain Napoleon, as the commander of the artillery unit, what do you think about the next step?" General Carto's tone paused heavily on "Takami", obviously quite dissatisfied.

"Your Excellency, the fact that the Franc battery is located on the commanding heights of the Decree Mountains and occupies a favorable terrain overlooking the entire Toulon Bay can easily lead people to the misconception that the Franc battery has a wide range of firepower! Even I didn't notice this at first, until by chance I accidentally discovered that the range of the Franc Battery's (shè) was not as far as we thought! With Napoleon's explanation, General Carto's face softened.

"Accidentally? I'm afraid that several escapes have been blown up from experience! Han Xing teased in his heart. Of course, he was on Napoleon's side, but military meetings were obviously a boring and boring affair, and if Robert and Ed had been left for a while, I was afraid that they would have started directly! Where is the need for so much nonsense!