"Major General Niel!"

Baron Raglan called out Niel's name in an easy-going, friendly tone.

"Sir, what do you say?" Niel nodded, and responded to Baron Raglan with a measured response.

"I take the liberty of asking, where did this map behind you come from?" Baron Raglan pointed to the map hanging from the background board behind Niel, and it was clear that he was more concerned about the military map of the Near East that had taken nearly four years to complete than the landing plan.

Niel didn't speak, and instead glanced at Jérôme. Bonaparte.

"This map is what I ordered the Ministry of War to deliberately look for the remnants of the Ottoman Empire map of the First Empire, but I didn't expect to really let me find it!" Jérôme. Bonaparte was perfunctory to Raglan and would not admit that he had long ambitions for the Near East.

Of course, Baron Raglan didn't believe Jérôme in his heart. What Bonaparte said.

Emperor Napoleon had little intention of making a military map of the Near East.

"Your Majesty, allow me to make a small request to you!" Baron Raglan respectfully addressed Jérôme. Bonaparte pleaded.

"Please!" Despite the fact that Jérôme. Bonaparte had already guessed Baron Raglan's request, but he went along with it.

"I hope that the army of the French Empire will provide the army of the Kingdom of Britain with some maps that you have pulled out of the pile of old papers!" Baron Raglan deliberately accentuated the voice to Jérôme. Bonaparte said, and the meaning was self-evident.

"This ......" Jérôme. Bonaparte knew that the old general in front of him had already guessed the approximate, but he did not want to destroy the cooperation of the Anglo-French forces because of this trivial matter.

So Jérôme. Bonaparte could continue to pretend to be confused, he pretended to hesitate for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Yes! I will order the French army to provide you with some help in any way possible! ”

"Thank you very much!" Baron Raglan smiled at Jérôme. Bonaparte responded, and then turned back to the topic just now: "Major General Niel, according to your plan, do you want to ignore the Russian Imperial Army in Wallachia and Moldova and besiege the capital of Odessa with all your might?" ”

"Yes!" Niel nodded and said calmly: "Instead of fighting a pursuit battle with the Russian Empire in the Danube Principality, it is better to conduct a vigorous war of annihilation directly in the Odessa region!" ”

Niel said as he pointed to the capital of Odessa: "Part of the rations of the Russian Empire in the Danube region, as well as the transshipment of military rations of the Russian Empire in the Caucasus, will be concentrated here!" This means that as long as we occupy this place, the Russian troops in the Danube region and the Caucasus will inevitably be forced to return due to food shortages! The shortage of food will inevitably lead to the disintegration of the army, and then we can completely annihilate them around Odessa! ”

Landing in Odessa and annihilating Russian reinforcements is the easiest and most difficult plan for the General Staff to achieve results in the Crimean operation against Russia. If the landing in the capital of Odessa goes well, then it means that more than half of the Crimean war has been won.

As one of the richest regions in Ukraine now, Odessa and its surrounding areas can be said to be the breadbasket of the whole of Ukraine and even the breadbasket of the whole of Europe.

However, the reason why it is called the most difficult plan to realize is because the Tsar and his military staff (Yomini has returned to the Tsar's staff) as long as they are not fools, they can understand the importance of the Odessa Chief, and after the Anglo-French forces have mastered the sea control in the Black Sea region, they will inevitably strengthen the defense capability of the Odessa capital and its surroundings, even if it weakens the forces of other fronts!

"You're right, the capture of Odessa is indeed beneficial for our army to win a quick victory, but I don't think the tsar and his staff did not think of this! They will definitely have a heavy army in Odessa, wait! We're jumping headlong into it," Lord Raglan replied to Neel.

"So my advice is to attack tentatively! If Odessa's defense capability is weak, then our army units will conduct a landing operation! If that doesn't work, we will immediately retreat and seek a decisive battle with the main forces of the Russian army on the Crimean peninsula! Of course, before leaving, we also want to teach the Navy docked in the port of Odessa a profound lesson! Neiel said eloquently.

Hearing Niel's explanation, Baron Raglan was already inclined to St. Raglan's heart. The plan developed by Arnault and his staff was very important to St. Arnault. Arnault's impression has also changed from a corpse vegetarian to a general with a little ability.

However, Baron Raglan did not know that this battle plan was made and decided by the entire General Staff, and all the processes were made after repeated deductions before submitting the battle to Jérôme. Bonaparte presented, and then there was Jérôme. Bonaparte led the members of the General Staff, and once again after repeated war games and summarizations, the content of the present version was reached.

Definitely not holy. Arnault and the mid- and lower-ranking staff adjutants decided on a plan that was decided by patting their heads.

After all, it is difficult for the current French army to have a genius like Emperor Napoleon, and even the vast majority of officers in the army are mediocre and stupid.

Smart people have smart solutions, and mediocre people naturally have mediocre solutions.

Although the post-Napoleonic French army no longer had the genius of military command like the Emperor Napoleon, it was possible to find one or two military commanders who would make a difference.

Niel, Conrobert, Leboeuf, Trochu, Bazin...... These noble alliances of the Second Empire in history are now in Jérôme. Under the spur of Bonaparte, he also began to gradually learn to think and summarize.

It can be said that of all the post-Napoleonic armies, only the French army still maintains an upward momentum!

Of course, Prussia next door, under the leadership of the new Chief of the General Staff, Moltke the Elder, gradually brought the army out of the trough.

Baron Raglan, whose thinking is still stuck in the Napoleonic Wars, has gradually failed to keep up with the times!

"Why did you set the second place of combat on the Crimean peninsula? As I understand it, it was not an area heavily guarded by the Russian tsars! Baron Raglan asked again.

"The Crimean peninsula is the forward position of the Russian Empire in the Black Sea! Once the Crimea is removed, this nail is uprooted! , then every inch of land along the Black Sea will be completely exposed to the guns of the combined forces of Britain and France! The Russian Imperial Army in the Caucasus was also under serious threat, so the Tsar and his military staff would never let Crimea go unpunished!

And a few months ago, the forces that defeated the Turkish Navy in the Battle of Sinop were also in the Crimea! If the Tsar didn't want this army of honor to be destroyed in our guns! He will inevitably send troops to the rescue! At that time, we can defeat them once and for all, and then force them to sue for peace! Neiel said word by word to Baron Raglan, never taking his eyes off Baron Raglan.

"Wonderful plan!" Baron Raglan said, applauding Major-General Niel a little, and then to Jérôme. Bonaparte complimented: "Your Majesty, you have shown me a perfect deduction!" ”

"Thanks to all the commanders involved in this holy war!" Jérôme. Bonaparte immediately responded.

Subsequently, Jérôme. Bonaparte asked Baron Raglan what else he thought of the plan.

Baron Raglan said that he had no other objections, and that he would join St. Raglan when he had gone to the Near East to reorganize the British Army. Marshal Arnault carried out the order together.

"That's great!" Jérôme. Bonaparte said to Baron Raglan with a smile.

And then Jérôme. Bonaparte euphemistically stated that since Baron Raglan had agreed to the plan drawn up by the French army, the British army should follow the plan of the French army.

Naturally, the command of the combined British-French army should also be given to the current commander of the French expeditionary force. Marshal Arnault, Britain only needs to manage the navy of joint operations.

"Your Majesty, I think that Britain and France are two teams fighting side by side! We should not be overly concerned about subordination, and I don't want our country's newspapers to treat us as betrayers of the dignity of the country! Baron Raglan shook his head and rejected Jérôme. Bonaparte formed a joint command and handed over the army to the command of the French army.

After all, between the two armies, it is not only a purely military issue, but also a political one.

Surrendering the command of the army to France, Baron Raglan said that it was impossible to accept anything.

If Baron Raglan did this, then he would have to obey the command of a decade younger than him.

For a general who followed the Duke of Wellington in his expeditions to the north and south, Baron Raglan would rather not be the commander of the expeditionary force than lose his dignity as a British army.

"Mr. Raglan, we have so many troops than you!" Jérôme. Bonaparte reminded.

"Your Majesty, our army is actively helping your army to win back the lost honor!" Baron Raglan replied in the same way.

There was a hint of exasperation on the faces of all the French generals present, and Baron Raglan was alluding to the defeat of their fathers in their conquest of the Russian Empire.

"At Waterloo, if it weren't for the Prussians' speed, I don't think we would have met......" Jérôme. Bonaparte glanced at Baron Raglan and choked back again.

"Yes! Your Majesty, if the Duke of Wellington had listened to the advice of the Tsar and Blucher, we might not have met! ”

The two stared at each other without yielding, and after a while, Jérôme. Bonaparte laughed heartily, and Baron Raglan laughed too.

"I see, Mr. Raglan! We just need to fight together! ”

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