readx;? At the age of 26, Brion became the commander of the Rhine Legion, and the day of his succession was the most glorious day in his heart. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It's just that it seems that Siaiers has fulfilled his responsibilities as an ally well, but in fact he has already done it. It wasn't until Briand took over that he realized that Sières had already split the Rhine Army, and he first incorporated more than 10,000 people from Simon's Second Division of the Rhine Army into the Italian Army in the south. Immediately afterward, on the grounds of strategic offensive, more than 30,000 people of the Fourth Division of the Rhine Army were organized into the German Army, and his loyal supporter, General Moreau, served as the commander of the corps.

As a result, the Rhine Legion in Brion's hands was only more than 60,000 people. In this way, although the German Legion, the Rhine Legion, and the Italian Legion were all on the same Rhine front, the Rhine Army, which was originally known as the strongest army in France, was divided and greatly damaged because of this split.

However, this situation should be good for Brion, after all, his descendants, Bernadotte 1st Division and Davout 3rd Division, two elite troops, are still firmly in their hands. These two units were the first to be equipped with Ferguson rifles and bicycles and trained in Brion's modern weapons.

On 27 August, Brion returned to the Duchy of Baden before taking up his post at the Rhine Corps station. There were a lot of things he had to arrange personally, and he needed to replenish the Rhine troops with more baggage produced by the military factories. However, compared to the political busyness of the previous period, there is a lot of time to rest.

Embracing Audrey's white and delicate body, Brion is enjoying the present time in bed. Although it was daytime, Brion rarely refused when ** arrived, and Audrey had become Brion's woman. It's just that Brion has been busy with his business, and rarely allows her to enjoy such nourishment.

Originally, Brion was only in order to better control the city of Lyon, which was his base, so he made a symbolic engagement to Audrey. At first, Brion didn't pay much attention to the woman, but the woman did win Brion's heart.

In addition, Charlotte is not in the Duchy of Baden, and has been staying in Lyon to deal with political affairs and try to restore their family's original status, so Brion's women are now only Audrey. So Brian's current love for Audrey is conceivable, you know, often the most exciting thing for men is a petite and weak woman like Audrey.

"Duke, I... It seems to be pregnant. ”

Audrey's identity is very embarrassing, she is now only Brion's nominal fiancée, and she also understands that Brion will never marry her so soon for the sake of this child. For one, Brion's power in Lyon is so entrenched that this political marriage is no longer worthless. Second, Brion would never abandon Charlotte for her sake.

But in such a situation without a name, Audrey can only be regarded as a mistress, and the child she gives birth to, even if it is Brion's eldest son, is an illegitimate child. Of course, this is a common situation in all Catholic countries of Europe, and even an emperor has no mercy to tell. To put it bluntly, you can only marry one.

Brion touched Audrey's hand and instantly stiffened, his heart was not happy that he had offspring. Frowning slightly, Brion thought to himself: his first child must not be an illegitimate child, but what if Audrey is given a name, and Charlotte?

Brion's expression made Audrey full of anxiety, her fate had been tied to the fate of the child in her womb, and whether to go or stay was in Brion's decision. However, this one sentence is enough to change their lives.

"This is the end of the matter, you will become the Duchess of Baden. ”

Audrey nodded meekly, no one would doubt Brion's promise, and she wasn't worried about it.

Brion gritted her teeth, Charlotte had been with Brion for the longest time, but now she could only be wronged. There must be a solution to things in the future, and who can say for sure now?

At the beginning of September, due to the historical premonition of the approaching war, Brion had to hurry to register his marriage with Audrey, and without even a proper celebration, he hurried back to the Rhine Legion station.

In order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Rhine Army, Brion specially incorporated the Iron Guards in Desai's hands as a reserve force for future wars and the commando team led by Ferguson, totaling more than 4,500 people, into the Rhine Army, which was directly dispatched by Briand. In terms of baggage, Brion ordered a few days ago to transport a large quantity of ammunition, bed sheets, clothing, and grain and grass produced by the military factory in normal times to the garrison headquarters to ensure adequate logistics in wartime.

As for weapons, since the first generation of Ferguson rifles developed a few years ago is still popular in the Rheinland army, considering the factor of wasting money, Brion plans to consider updating the Ferguson gun model in the army in the future. This time, however, Brion delivered two hundred new field cannons to the Rhine Army at one time.

In this era, the artillery of various countries mainly used howitzers and cannons, and Brion was born in the artillery department of the same class as Napoleon at the Royal Military Academy, so he naturally understood the importance of this firepower. The cannon has a small elevation angle and can be aimed accurately, and is often used in the offensive battles of former enemy troops. Howitzers are fired at a large elevation angle, with great lethality but cannot be aimed, and are often used for covering bombing of the second line of defense.

If you want to achieve the ultimate effect of war, it will inevitably put a great burden on the army. In the event of a defeat in the battle, a considerable amount of artillery had to be discarded.

In fact, as early as when Brion established the Lyon Arsenal, he had already asked the southern arms tycoon Gribois, who had always been very interested in cannons, to conduct secret research and development. After two years, a howitzer with both cannon and howitzer performance finally came out secretly. The first generation plus howitzer caliber 153 mm, the maximum firing range can reach about 3000 meters.

Brion still remembers in his mind in his previous life that the reason why Napoleon was able to cross the European continent was supported by the huge artillery fire of this French army. The earliest cannon howitzer in history was also manufactured during the First World War, and it is simply an alien weapon in this era.

Brion made a startling decision to massively replace the old guns of the Rhine Corps with the Howitzer.

"Ready!"

"Launch!"

As soon as the artillery officer's flag waved, dozens of howitzers roared, and in the blink of an eye, the flat ground a few hundred meters away became a terrifying sea of fire like hell on earth.

Accompanied by several officers, Brion, Davout, and Bernadotte watched the fire in the distance from the field gun, and it was obvious that the power of the howitzer had stunned Bernadote and Davout.

"These monsters of the big guys are simply incredible. Bernadotte patted the body of a howitzer in shock: "Look at that distance, like the wrath of God." ”

Brion looked at Davout, who was so excited that he couldn't speak, and just smiled playfully: "Artillery preparation, the second round of test firing will be carried out immediately!"

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At this time, in the conference hall of the Austrian capital, the Austrian emperor and the senior Austrian cabinet officials were holding an international conference with guests from afar.

This conference was the second international conference after the European monarchies declared war on capitalist France, and just two years earlier, five countries, Prussia, Spain, the Netherlands, England, and Sardinia, had sent emissaries to Austria, all of whom had a common name - the anti-French alliance.

Considering the bad impact of the French Revolution on the monarchy, coupled with the guillotine of Louis XVI, it was a great blow to the power of the feudal dynasty. In the end, Austria, Prussia and other six countries formally signed a treaty and declared war on France. However, as a hardcore ally of Prussia, the Russian Empire did not join the anti-French coalition for the time being, because it was mired in the quagmire of war against the Ottoman Empire.

It is clear that the European countries have lost the so-called unity of the past, and it is clear that they underestimated the strength of France from the beginning, and originally thought that the 14,000 anti-French coalition troops cobbled together could go straight to Toulon after the landing, but they did not expect to be easily defeated by the fledgling Napoleon. After that, the French army began to attack in the direction of Belgium, and although the Coalition won several victories, it is not an exaggeration to say that the situation after that was a complete defeat.

At this time, the Austrian Empire, which was the core of the coalition forces, also had to admit its current inferiority. Austria suffered great losses from the war, and Prussia, Spain, and the Netherlands had already signed an armistice with France to withdraw from the anti-French alliance, especially since Prussia had lost the Alsace region it had acquired in 1788. Britain didn't contribute money or effort anyway, and the only ones who really fought were Sardinia and Austria.

Now all of Europe was waiting for Austria's answer, and the vassal states of the Holy Roman Empire were placing their lives and deaths on the decisions of their Emperor Francis II.

"Our war with France is far from over, and as long as the Austrian Empire does not fall, let France taste the might of the Austrian Imperial Army. This was Emperor Francis's firm answer, the current situation could no longer make him hesitate, he knew better than anyone else that the empire was in decline, and if it did not defeat France, the empire would continue to decay. In a sense, this is a battle to bet on the fortunes of the country.

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At this time, in the French prison, Barras opened a cell with several police officers and came to an unkempt prisoner.

"Monsieur Napoleon Bonaparte, you are now acquitted. Barras said, looking at the prisoner.

It should be mentioned here that in fact, after the fall of the Jacobins, Napoleon was only imprisoned as an accomplice for two months before being acquitted. As for the fact that Napoleon has been imprisoned for almost a year and a half, the main reason is that Briand has repeatedly asked the Minister of Police, Mr. Fouché, to ask him to "take care" of Napoleon.

"Am I released?" Napoleon was a little incredulous, because of his long time in a pitch-black prison, the sunlight outside was extremely harsh to him.

"Yes, I need you. ”