At the beginning of October, the French Revolutionary Army under General Carto finally decided to begin an offensive against Toulon. This is not because of the passivity of our general Carto, but mainly because it is a complicated matter to raise the armaments and supplies needed for a large army, and there are contradictions in the upper echelons of Paris in terms of the strategy of attacking Toulon.

This is the tragedy of the so-called democratic system, and there is a saying in the Celestial Empire that "the general is outside, and the king's order is not subject to it", and this is because the situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, sometimes even the same from day to day. As a ruler, you should delegate power to the generals in question and let him play freely, instead of hiding in the distance and pointing fingers and meddling in things!

Unfortunately, the French did not seem to understand this, and the Paris committee quarreled several times about the attack on Toulon, and finally set the tone in July, that it was not advisable to storm the Franccan Mountains in the east and north, and that Oliouel in the west should be captured, and then a long drive into Toulon.

To put it simply, don't gnaw on the hard bones, pick soft persimmons and pinch them, and get straight to the point! Who wouldn't say such a beautiful thing! But it's not so easy to do it! If you really give up the attack on the northern Franc Mountains completely, it is likely that your side will be attacked by the enemy in the belly and back when attacking Toulon, and you will even be caught fire by the guns of the British Royal Navy!

So the question arises: which of the three armed forces has the most firepower?

Air force? If you don't count the bombs, the Air Force can be said to be the one with the worst firepower, because if you want to fly, you definitely can't carry anything too heavy, and it's good for an average fighter to have two (tǐng) machine guns! And there was no such thing as an air force in this era, right?

Army? The firepower of the army is indeed much stronger than that of the air force, but during World War II, there was a German tank commander who died with practical actions and vivid imagination to answer this question for us, he ordered the tank troops to fire on the navy's warships! As a result, the tank exposed its position and was directly bombarded into slag by the naval guns!

Therefore, among the three armed forces, the navy has the strongest firepower! Of course, it is not necessary to stay in modern times, after all, airplanes can drop nuclear bombs, right? But in the era before the absence of nuclear warheads, the powerful firepower of the Navy was beyond doubt!

After all, the ships of the Navy are measured in 10,000 tons, and the tanks weigh tens or hundreds of tons at most! The tank has at most one high-powered artillery, plus two or three secondary guns, but the warships of the other navy have at least dozens of guns, and they are even more ruthless with hundreds of guns, right? And the power of artillery is far superior to that of the army's artillery, such as the navy of this era, which is at least 24 pounds, and even 32 pounds and 56 pounds of heavy artillery! That's called a dense one! The two are not a grade at all!

Therefore, if the French Revolutionary Army crashed into the city of Toulon without a head and a brain, it would be no different from looking for death! When the time comes, not to mention the city of Toulon, on one side is the defenders of Toulon, on the other side is the fortress of the Franco Mountains, plus it is exposed to the naval artillery (shè) of the British Royal Navy, it is simply embattled! Maybe you'll be blown up to the ground!

Thanks to the fact that our painter general is not a fool, in the spirit of caution, he decided to send Napoleon with artillery troops to destroy the British army in the westernmost part of the French Franc Mountains, this fortress can overlook the entire west of the city of Toulon, echoing the Royal Navy at sea, it can be said that it is one of the biggest obstacles for the French revolutionary army to attack the city of Toulon!

Although this is contrary to the orders of the Parisian side, given that he is the supreme commander of the matter, it is reasonable to improvise as needed on the battlefield! Besides, can you expect the veritable lawyers in Paris to come up with a strategy for storming Toulon just by looking at a map?

The map may show you the general terrain, but it won't tell you how high the mountain is, how many enemies are stationed here, how many cannons there are, how high the outer walls of the fortress are, what structure the fortress is, whether the mountain is steep or gentle! All of this needs to be done on the ground, and it is not something that can be easily done by pointing fingers on the map!

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In a forest covered with rolling hills, under a few low bushes, Napoleon was holding a telescope (shēn) and observing the fortress on the ridge.

And Han Xing was driving away mosquitoes on the side, he shot a mosquito to death, looked at the blood flowers in his palm, and exclaimed: "Oh my God, I didn't expect there to be mosquitoes in France!" These vicious miniature vampires are the creatures in the world that should be destroyed! You say it's okay if you suck my blood, can you talk about hygiene? Every time, I get a bag in the east and a bag in the west, and it hurts and itches, not to mention, and it doesn't get better at all in a few days! You deserve to be killed! Han Xing scratched a bag on his forearm.

What made Han Xing most unhappy was that the mosquitoes seemed to be coming at him, but Napoleon on the side had nothing to do! He stretched out his hand to chase away the mosquitoes, and said viciously: "Fuck off, I'm a zombie!" Isn't my blood supposed to be poisonous? Why didn't you die! If you don't bite a big living person next to me, you have to live with me and not make a noise? Go, go, bite him! What an age! Even mosquitoes like to suck blood differently! ”

Just as Han Xing was speaking, he found that a mosquito had stopped on the back of his left hand and began to eat his blood. Han Xing flicked it away with a fierce finger, pointed at Napoleon on the side and said, "See?" See? He's Napoleon, he's a celebrity! Bite him! If you bite him, you will have to blow it, and then you can say to your descendants, 'Lao Tzu sucked the blood of Napoleon the Great'! I'm a lonely and nameless person, why do you bother me? Go bite Napoleon, bite him, and you will be glorious! ”

"Napoleon, are you done? If I stay here, I'm afraid I'm going to be moved home by these mosquitoes! Han Xing looked at Napoleon, who was intently observing the fortress with a monocular, and muttered.

"It's coming, it's coming! (shēn) for a soldier, can't you calm down a little? It's just a few mosquitoes, you can't die! Napoleon said casually, intently.

"You're right! It's not you who is caught on fire by mosquitoes! I wouldn't have come with you to do any field exploration if I knew it! I'm your humanoid mosquito smoke! Han Xing said with a smile.

"Space, you have to give me an explanation, why these mosquitoes suck my blood and don't die! And the more I smoke, the more addicted I become, and now I actually come in groups to eat the 'family bucket'! Han Xing said hysterically.

"Correct, reincarnation Han Xing, you are a T-virus intelligent advanced evolutionary, and you belong to the successful product of evolution! Strictly speaking, you don't fall into the category of zombies, so you don't have toxins in your blood! And on the contrary, your blood is full of high-quality genes and nutrients that have evolved to bring about it! Han Xing didn't expect to get a response, just complained casually, but the female voice actually answered.

"Daddy! In the eyes of this group of mosquitoes, it is a high-quality nutritional product rich in high protein, which is comparable to ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum! Han Xing (yù) cried without tears.

"Let's go!" Fortunately, Napoleon didn't let Han Xing wait long, and after about a few minutes, he got up (shēn) and put away the monocular in his hand.

"Thank goodness!" Han Xing said with a burst of joy in his heart, "I can finally get rid of the bad luck of moving blood bags for a long time (shēn), goodbye, mosquitoes!" Drink your dew! ”

"I have done a rough survey of the terrain of this generation, and at such an angle, the enemy's artillery cannot hit us! Let's go back and place the cannons here, and we'll have to fight them, hahaha! Napoleon drew a sketch on the ground, then gestured at an angle, and said excitedly.

Han Xing didn't fully listen to Napoleon's words, he only heard one important point, "Wait, you mean that we will come back here later?" Seeing Napoleon nodding, Han Xing's face turned green.

"Are you sure you must set up artillery here to attack that fortress? Or that place? And that place, I think that place is good! Han Xing tried to make a final struggle with a bitter face, and stretched out his hand to point in several directions in the distance.

"Hanschel, no kidding, I've been exploring this place for a long time! I calculated the angle and range of the opponent's artillery, and finally found such a good location! "Napoleon was serious.

"But there are so many trees and bushes here, won't it have an impact on the transportation of artillery?" Han Xing asked bitterly.

"Yes, but these trees can also be the best cover for our army!"

"Doesn't it affect our vision?"

"Don't worry, I only need to calculate the angle of one cannon, and the rest will do! Not to mention that they have such big goals! This fortress can't fly again! Napoleon pointed to the fortress road that was located on the ridge.

"Well, you win!" Han Xing had no choice but to obediently admit defeat and accept the tragic fate of being besieged by mosquitoes, silently praying in his heart that these mosquitoes would be held alive or get out of the way after they were full!

It was a big problem to transport a hundred guns, not to mention that most of these guns were drawn from the city by Napoleon, and most of them were large-caliber heavy guns used to defend the city, at least 18 pounds away.

This makes it extremely difficult for the horses to pull up, let alone pull them up the slopes. Someone has to help push it in the back! These things are heavier than dead pigs! It took two hours for the guns to be put into place. If this is left on the battlefield, I am afraid that a battle will catch up with the final stage!

It is no wonder that in the future Napoleonic era, small-caliber artillery was popular, not only lightweight, fast, but also economical in materials, and most importantly increased in the frequency of (shè) fire. Two light guns can be fired alternately, and one heavy gun can only wait! Frankly, how much difference does it make to be hit by a palm-sized iron ball and being hit by a football-sized iron ball? It's all a death anyway! And the materials for the production of one 24-pounder gun are more than enough to make two 6-pounder guns! Just making smaller shells can save a lot of money!