Section 13 Bloodbath of the First Division
Led by Brion, a team of heavily armed infantry guards kicked open the door to the conference room like a steel robot. This unusual situation could not help but startle everyone, and in the room were the brigade commanders of the first division and each brigade. It is clear that Brion's trap succeeded.
"Brion, you're ......" The commander of the 4th Brigade felt that the situation was wrong, and just as he was about to pull out his gun, he was shot dead by a guard with a rifle.
With a burst of blood, the body fell, and everyone at the scene was shocked by the bloody scene. Everyone didn't expect that this little division commander who had just taken office not long ago would really do something to them, and he didn't even leave them a chance.
Brion glanced around the scene indifferently, and took out an arrest warrant from his pocket that had already been written: "The commander of the fourth brigade wants to attack the commander because of the failure of the plan, and now he has been punished. According to the assassin attack that occurred the day before yesterday, the assassination attempt by Krupp, the commander of the 2nd Brigade, and the commander of the 3rd Brigade, Cedera, to betray the kingdom by attempting a military coup have basically constituted the crime of treason and a military coup! Now, according to the order of the military headquarters, the two are arrested on the spot!"
The two of them were stunned when they heard this, and looked at the corpse lying on the ground, all that was left in their minds was the fear and despair of this young man. In their past military careers, they have also encountered treason, and every time they have been executed by themselves, but they never thought about it. This time, what awaits them will be their own gallows, and they will still be sentenced to death.
"Brion, I have no grievances with you, why do you want to harm me like this!" Krupp looked at the cold-blooded and ruthless young man with resentment.
In the past twenty years, he and Cedra have survived the battlefield. Even if wounded on the battlefield, they never retreat until the last man falls. It was because of this admiration and enthusiasm for the Kingdom of France that the military department made an exception to promote them to brigade commanders.
Although it is the most important thing to please Brion in the eyes of the military department, in the eyes of others, they must be said to be traitorous demons.
"Huh. Brion sneered: "Arrest these two rebels who plotted a coup d'état!"
"Yes!"
In this army, Brion believed most in the Predator Guard, which he had secretly cultivated when he was the regimental commander. This army not only has weapons and combat effectiveness far exceeding ordinary infantry, but also has a strong psychological quality. It can basically be defined as an iron man who can't even knock the later torture machines into their mouths, so Brion also used this army especially in the previous siege and annihilation battles.
Amid the angry scolding that filled the corridors, the two wronged leaders were finally arrested and put in a military prison. And those three brigades, because the commander was arrested, the position of brigade commander was vacant.
But Brion didn't stop there, instead intensifying his inspections. All cronies associated with the three brigade commanders in the army were shot or imprisoned for life on charges of being part of the party. Such measures once caused the first division to be completely chaotic, and the group was leaderless. After several days of investigation, nearly one-third of the cadres above the battalion level were arrested, and all the forces opposing Brion were all uprooted!
The day after the military conference in Paris, General Pisglu received the news that the army had been baptized in blood, so he hurried back to the garrison of the Rhine regiment surrounded by dozens of his men. Originally, this sweep plan was carried out in the days before Pisgru's departure, and its purpose was to establish the exclusive military power of Brion in the 1st Division. This undoubtedly undermined the prestige of Pishglu in the army, and the general, who hurried back to the headquarters, was always thinking about what else could be saved.
"Report to the general, Lieutenant Colonel Bernadotte of the 1st Division salutes you on behalf of the division commander Brion!" Bernadotte saluted very formally.
Originally, when Pishglu got the news of this, he was furious when he heard it, and as soon as he returned to the headquarters, he sent someone to inform Brion to come over. Brion has been a Chinese for more than ten years, and of course understands what will happen next. So he simply sent his most loyal subordinates to be scolded in his place on the grounds of handling military affairs.
Pishglu anxiously flipped through the documents and cases of the past few days: "Lieutenant Colonel Bernadotte, why didn't you inform me of this incident? And report to me the specific situation of the past few days! I must know!"
"Yes, General. Bernadotte pretended to open the folder in his hand, and carefully recalled in his mind the words confessed by Briand: "Report to the general, this incident is a very bad treasonous coup d'état! The brigade commanders of the three brigades of the first division actually colluded with the Austrian Empire in order to launch a military mutiny. At the same time, they planned to send fifty-two Assassins to assassinate the division commander, Commander Brion. In the end, it was fortunate that the Iron Guards of Chief Brion besieged and killed this group of traitors!"
Bernadotte paused and continued: "Due to the failure of the assassination plan, the three criminals decided to start a mutiny, so they plotted treason in the conference room before the mutiny. Fortunately, Lord Brion's reconnaissance team has discovered the plot of these thieves, so they have already caught them all!"
Although Bernadotte seemed to be deeply distressed by this incident on the surface, he actually secretly admired Brion's superb manipulation skills. Such a remark that adds oil and vinegar can not only push the responsibility for this bloodbath incident cleanly, but also show meritorious service. What's more, now the entire division is Brion's people, and even if Pisgru takes the opportunity to retaliate, he can't do anything.
"Lieutenant Colonel, please pay attention to your words! You say that there is a problem with the person I arranged?" Pishglu pushed the glasses he had just fitted, and asked angrily, "Then you are scolding me for having a problem in disguise?"
"Of course not, of course not. ”
"What do you mean? Explain it to me!"
"This ...... That ......"
Bernadotte had never seen a general so angry, and he finally understood why his boss had pushed this job on him, because he was looking for someone to be scolded! Now, Bernadotte recalled his childish thoughts at that time, and there was a regret in his stomach! He knew that Brion was so shrewd, and he should not have volunteered to come and suffer.
While Pishglu was making a big fuss in the headquarters, on the flat ground not far away, Brion was patiently teaching the cavalry commanders who had recently been sent by the military academy.
"The cavalry is a glorious and powerful army in this era, and it can be said that it can do anything on the battlefield! But war is cruel, and it is not up to you to change the tide of war. Remember that in any case, to win against your opponent, you don't rely on strong combat power in the first place. It's the brain, no matter how fast you are, you can't get a bullet, and you must protect your own lives first of all on the battlefield! This is the premise of everything. ”
Brion smiled and looked at the royal school students, and then pointed to the hillside in the distance: "What should you do if you pursue the enemy army here? I think you should stop the useless attack, the cavalry should be used on the plains, and the horses can only be effective when they gallop on the endless flat ground! If you really want to make an effort for the army here, then guard the main road and wait for the support of the infantry! Every one of your lives is precious, and I don't want to waste every life in battle!" ”
As he spoke, he wrote sixteen words on the blackboard: Defeat the enemy, Hunt down the enemy, Protect life, and be good at using your brain.
"By the way, take care of your most reliable partner. Brion sat down with a smile: "Although I am an artilleryman, I am also a qualified cavalryman, and my pure black war horse is called Thunder, he is a naughty fellow. ”
"Division commander. A tall young man sitting in the back row raised his hand a little shyly: "What if the enemy sets up a rifle phalanx and an artillery array?
In Europe at that time, this was indeed a big problem, because the honorable warriors would rush forward, but it would be the fate of most cavalrymen to die in this way! He remembered the Taiga drama he watched when he was in junior high school, when in the Battle of Nagaku, Japan, Takeda Katsuyori's 25,000 cavalry fought against the 3,000 iron artillery regiments of the Oda coalition army, and in the end, it was not the infantry of the Oda family who won a complete victory.
Thinking of this, Brion snapped his fingers: "I remember that there is an old Chinese saying, called "soldiers come to block the water and cover the earth! Another point, remember what I said, save your life! By the way, what is your name?"
"Louis. Nicholas. Davout, I have always been your loyal follower!" said the young man with a salute.
Hearing this, Brion almost fainted. His dream finally came true, and Davout was one of the twenty-six marshals of Napoleon, a famous general. In the duel with Prussia, with 20,000 men, the main Prussian army of 50,000 was defeated!
Even Napoleon's marshals were his admirers, and it seemed that the heavens were helping Brion!