readx;? On the front line of the battlefield of Ulm, Brion rode a white war horse, wearing his slightly wrinkled lieutenant general's uniform as usual, and was watching the battlefield with a telescope. Beside him www.biquge.info Chief of Staff MacDonald, Reserve Brigade Commander Desai and other senior officers surrounded Brion every inch in case of accidents.

As soon as he heard the report of the Davout messengers in the past that they had encountered the main force of the Austrian army, Brion still had the heart to stay in the command headquarters, and hurriedly rode his fast horse to the front line of the battlefield. Although the front-line battlefield is extremely dangerous, for Brion once the war is lost, there is a possibility that he will be captured at any time.

However, judging from the current situation, the battle situation is obviously favorable to the French army, and Brion's presence on the battlefield can not only command the French army's offensive in a more orderly manner, but also maximize the morale of the French army, making Brion an idol in the hearts of soldiers and a loyal master. Brion, as a prince of one side, naturally would not fail to understand this.

MacDonald drove his horse to Briand's side, carefully unfolded the German map in his hand in front of Briand, and said: "At present, the main force of the Austrian army has been routed by our Davout Division, which already has two infantry brigades engaged in an exchange of fire with the remnants of the Austrian army in the Ulm area, and it is estimated that it will take only two hours to occupy Ulm. In addition, in order to entangle the main force of the retreating Austrian army, the commander of the Davout division has led the cavalry brigade to continue the pursuit. ”

Originally, the French army and the main Austrian army fought in Erbach, but the Austrian army, despite its numerical and surprise superiority, was still no match for the new French army. After only three hours of firefighting with the French army, they suffered heavy casualties, could not resist, and retreated all the way. Ulm has become the area where the two armies are currently fighting the most intense, and although the main force of the Austrian army has retreated, there are more than 7,000 Austrian troops stationed in Ulm. From two o'clock in the afternoon after the fierce battle in Erbach, the Franco-Austrian army had committed more than 15,000 troops in Ulm.

According to the latest battle report, the French army has launched three regimental charges, and even brought in the howitzer regiment that has frightened the Austrian army after several battles. Although the determination of the Austrian army to hold on to it caused the French army to temporarily stop advancing, it could not withstand the French army's indiscriminate bombardment and stormy attack, and the Austrian army's losses had reached more than 1,400 people at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and it was on the verge of collapse.

Brion nodded, and then ordered: "Inform the Bernadotte Division and the Nala Division to assist the Davout Division in pursuing and destroying the enemy army as soon as possible, and must not let go of this main force of the Austrian army." In addition, the Jubert division was mobilized to rush to Ulm, and I needed to take the city by the 26th and get victory. ”

However, Desai on the side frowned and said: "In my opinion, the current battle situation is definitely not so simple, besides, Sirte's secret troops have not yet arrived, and the Austrian army will give us an unsuspecting fatal blow at any time." ”

War has always been full of accidents and adventures, and as the battle continues, the situation that Desai fears does not happen. However, it seems that the defeat of the Austrian army is already a certainty and cannot be reversed.

At about 4:10 p.m., as soon as the Rubert division had marched to Ulm, the exchange of fire between the Austro-French armies had ceased. The Austrian garrison was starved of ammunition and more than half of the dead and wounded. After retreating into the city of Ulm, more than 5,000 Austrian soldiers surrendered to the French army.

However, in the pursuit battle, Bernadotte's division arrived in time to join forces with Davout, inflicting unprecedented losses on the Austrians. Not only did more than 10,000 soldiers suffer casualties, but even more than half of the regimental-level officers were killed in the battle, and the whole army was scattered. In addition to this, the French army also captured a large number of colonel-level officers, and even general-level staff officers.

However, for some reason, the Nala Division, which received the order, was delayed in arriving and even lost contact. It was not until about six o'clock in the afternoon that the Nala Corps hurried to Ulm to join the Rhine Corps. However, what Brion did not expect was that the casualties of the division were extremely heavy, with more than 4,000 killed in battle, and in addition to the wounded soldiers, only more than 13,000 soldiers remained to continue the battle. Even the 30 howitzers specially allocated to the Nala Division were scrapped due to enemy shelling.

"What's the matter? How did Nala lead his troops to fight? The crime of delaying the fighter plane is counted, but a full division has suffered more than half of the casualties, and he still has the face to come back to see me? Tell him to come over and explain it to me immediately, or I will shoot him myself." Faced with such a large casualty situation, Brion was extremely annoyed.

Indeed, since Brion became the commander of the Rhine Legion, the entire Rhine army has lost only two or three thousand men in a battle, but it has always inflicted two or three times the heavy cost on the Austrian army. But this time, the Nala Division did not plunge into the fierce battlefield like the Davout Division, nor did it achieve certain results. In a certain sense, the Nala Division has been basically disabled.

Unlike the other two divisions under the Rhine Army, the Nala Division and the Rubert Division were formed from 80,000 elite recruits trained and equipped by Brion in the Duchy of Baden every year. It can be said that every company and every soldier in it is Brion's hard work, and even the loss of a battalion in a battle will make Brion feel distressed.

However, Nala, as the commander of the division, was as disgraced as an ordinary soldier, who had just come down from the battlefield, and hurried to the temporary headquarters of the Rhine Corps after washing his face. An extremely luxurious aristocratic mansion, except that the owner of this house had fled with a large amount of property before the French army entered the city, leaving only one house empty.

Seeing Brion, who was silent, Nala didn't say anything flattering, stood upright, saluted, and said as resolutely as usual: "Our division continued to march to the northern front of Ulm according to the original plan, but unexpectedly encountered the main force of the Austrian army, which numbered more than 50,000 people!"

"What do you say, and which force are we fighting against?" exclaimed Brion in astonishment, unable to maintain that characteristic silence about the present situation.

After interrogating and verifying the captured Austrian generals, Brion came to his senses. It turned out that the Austrian army was ready to take the initiative from the beginning and unexpectedly crush the Rhine troops attacking Ulm. The Austrian army was divided into two parts, Prince Schwarzenberg led more than 40,000 soldiers to engage the French army in the frontal direction, and the real main force was personally commanded by Archduke Charles, preparing to fight from Brauboy on the northern front of Ulm to the rear of the French army on both sides.

It's just that Archduke Charles's luck is really a bit back, and he actually happened to run into the Nala Division that was heading towards Ulm. When they meet on a narrow road, fierce firefights are naturally not a problem. Archduke Charles saw that the Austrian army was more than twice the number of the Nala division, and tried to take advantage of the numerical advantage to surround and crush the French army in one go. Who would have expected that Nala would be able to defeat more than a dozen thousand-man charges launched by the Austrian army with the help of thirty howitzers dispatched.

Over the next three hours, the two sides began to fight in a state of stiff warfare, and the casualty toll continued to mount. Archduke Charles, on the other hand, regretted it, and no matter how many attacks he concentrated his forces, he could not get rid of the crazy entanglement of the Nala Division, so he rushed to the southern front to support Schwarzenberg's division. It was not until about five o'clock in the afternoon, taking advantage of the loss of French combat strength, that the Austrian army reluctantly withdrew from the battlefield at a very heavy price. However, the defeat of the Austrian army had become a reality, and Archduke Charles had no choice but to lead the remnants to retreat to Bavaria.

Brion couldn't help but sigh in his heart, with 20,000 troops against the main force of the Austrian army of 50,000 elites, such a difficulty is not much sure even if he himself commands it. What's more, the Nala Division not only repelled the Austrian army, but also forced Archduke Charles to retreat to the German hinterland. In this way, the casualties paid by the French army were insignificant compared to the losses of the Austrians.

From a certain point of view, if the Nala Department had not desperately entangled the main force of the Austrian army, so that the French army could advance smoothly in the war, perhaps the outcome of this war would have been rewritten.

Following the defeat of the Austrian forces at Ulm, the French continued their march to consolidate their gains and quickly took over the Austrian-occupied fortress in Württemberg. The Sirte legion, which had not arrived in time for the battle, immediately arranged for his march to Zurich, the capital of Helvedi, to prepare for an attack on Bavaria from the south.

The Rubel Division, which had suffered few casualties in the war, sent a small number of troops to continue the pursuit of the remnants of the Austrian army fleeing to Bavaria, the German hinterland. Needless to say, the remnants of Austria, which had long had no intention of fighting again, lost at least a few hundred more soldiers.

And after Archduke Charles retreated on the front line of Ulm City, it also represented the end of the Battle of Württemberg, which had been fierce for more than half a month. At present, it is entirely possible to say that the Austrian troops have been completely expelled from the Württemberg area. The two German lands of Hülvedi, Württemberg, which were later known as Switzerland, were under the complete control of Briand, and the people of these two countries seemed to be happy with Briand as their new leader.

"In the past half month, the enemy and our armies have invested at least 200,000 people in total, and in a series of battles, our army has inflicted more than 43,000 casualties on the enemy, captured nearly 7,000 soldiers, captured more than 8,000 guns, nine artillery pieces, and four military flags. ”

The number of enemy casualties is only an estimate, and it is difficult to count the enemy's casualties on the battlefield, but the data of the Rhine Corps is much easier.

MacDonald continued: "Our army is currently going through various battles, and the casualties and losses have reached more than 13,000 people!"

When Brion heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little troubled in his heart, although he had won a complete victory in the Battle of Ulm, the proportion of troops damaged had exceeded 10 percent. However, this data is still quite impressive, compared with the heavy casualties of the Austrian army, the losses of the French army are far smaller than the other side. This shows that the bombing and suppression tactics of adding howitzers have achieved great results.