Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

The Russian column entering Vienna now has two regiments directly for Suvorov to demolish, one is the Absheronsk Fusiliers commanded by Miloradovich, and the other is the Smolensk Fusiliers.

Chatting with Miloradovich was a very troublesome thing.

There is the following saying: "Monsieur, je ne comprends pas l'allemand!" (Sir, I don't understand German!)

"Sir, ich verstehe kein Russisch!" (Sir, I don't understand Russian!)

"Since some people are speaking French, everyone sitting here must speak French, okay?"

"Alexander Vasilyevich, but General Miloradovich, although he can speak German and French, but"

Miloradovich has a bold personality, and it is true that he can understand both sides, but when he speaks any language, it is so embarrassing that his toes can wear out the soles of his boots.

"Well, at this time, maybe I need an interpreter when I speak."

After finishing speaking, Suvorov smiled and pressed his marshal's staff on his epaulettes.

"Show your bravery on the battlefield! Like a bear from the Balkans!"

It was very simple for Suvorov to say this. If he called Misha, the young captain next to him would quickly enter a standby state, waiting for his order.

After all, General Miloradovich, his name is also that. Also, his ancestors were nobles who came from Bosnia and Herzegovina to follow Peter the Great.

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As for the first joint operations meeting, the representatives of the Austrian headquarters were General Melas himself and General Krei's chief of staff von Weerosser.

Mr. Chief of Staff is not a loser. He can communicate with the generals from various countries in three languages ​​at the same time. It can be said that there is no obstacle.

Speaking of which, in the Austrian army, he dealt with General Bonaparte the most, and served as chief of staff to several old marshals. Veteran generals such as Wilmser and Alvinzi were eventually defeated, and even his battle plan was stolen by General Bonaparte's spies. The results can be imagined.

But this does not mean that his organizational skills are not good. It is not a shame to lose to that general, and it really brings a lot of bad luck.

In order to facilitate the unified command of the Russian and Austrian armies, von Weerosser still thought of many ways, especially the communication officers. There are many German cavalry officers in the Russian army, who are familiar with Russian and German and come from the Baltic Sea and Volga River. There are also many Germans in some settlements.

If these people do not serve as chief officers in their own units and work as adjutants or other small officers, they can be placed in the middle to be responsible for the communication between the units. Each of them will send a few Austrian light cavalry or other minor officers. Cossacks came to act as escort.

"General, your idea is good!"

"There is no way. In our Austrian army, there are people who speak various languages ​​in the army. Captain, are you the 'apprentice' of His Excellency the Marshal?"

Of course, Verother's "apprentice" refers to a real student.

"Ja, not only this, I also lead the Chasseur Company in His Excellency the Marshal's Guard. This is the most well-equipped Chasseur unit in Russia. Even the Guards Chasseur Battalion is not so well equipped."

"This kind of troops will be sent to the front line when the time comes. I know your lord marshal's habits. The offensive is always bold and violent. It looks risky, but in fact it is carefully thought out and exquisitely planned. I really want to Learn more from this old marshal, you 'handsome' little captain, do your best!"

Veloser is not young anymore, he is 44 years old this year, but his cheerful personality still makes him look younger and he is willing to deal with young people.

"However, Your Majesty the Marshal wants me to learn some staff work first and come over to be your assistant."

"Of course that's good. You speak German very well."

"When I was serving in Moscow, I served as a flag bearer for the regimental commander, and he joked that I was a 'groomman.'"

"Ah, that's interesting, but why does your accent still have an Austrian accent?"

"Really? For example, let's say this: I traveled all over Europe alone, and it felt great?"

"It's quite interesting. If it weren't for your green eyes, you could easily be mistaken for our little Austrian fellow."

From then on, Solovyov was nicknamed "Old Russian Cousin" in the Austrian army. After all, everyone could understand his accent, but he always spoke very slowly.

Something is going to happen soon. After all, it's not good to have an accident at this moment.

Verother is very proficient in staff business. When he makes plans for the Russian-Austrian coalition, every plan will be reported to Suvorov himself, and the direction of the attack must also be considered.

And Solovyov's main role here is to play tricks.

It has to be said that this chief of staff has good abilities, but his luck is really bad. The only experience in his life where he was able to win a big victory was when he worked under Suvorov.

The rest, without exception, are failures, and takeaways have to take the blame.

This may be a system problem in Austria!

But now there is no time to think too much. The French army launched an attack on General Kray some time ago, but General Scherer of France did not fight well. After the two sides faced each other, they lined up to shoot and bombard, causing considerable casualties to the opponent, and neither side made any progress.

But now the French want to seize the initiative, but their luck on the northern front is not very good. Archduke Karl mobilized his troops very quickly, and Jourdan had to lean back, then turn around and flee, trying to meet up with Massena's army.

Although General Kray performed mediocrely, for the Austrian army, as long as they can hold the existing position, ensure that the two sides confront each other on the Verona River line, and wait for the subsequent Russian-Austrian coalition forces to arrive, his mission has been completed.

"The entire battle line is divided into two parts, one is the Austrian column, and the other is the Russian column. Now we are using a typical strategy of King Frederick the Great. If the French want to hold their positions on this line, then they can only retreat westward and rely on these rivers for defense. Remember, we must break through quickly and complete the encirclement from both wings. If the enemy chooses not to retreat, we will destroy them! Then, we will do the same at the Minzio River. Come and see, how about this?"

He was actually discussing with a captain and several junior officers, obviously wanting them to imitate the thinking of the French generals.

"If it were me, I might choose a temporary strategy of avoiding battle, adopting typical Fabian tactics, retreating the troops westward, stretching the coalition's supply lines, and then waiting for the support of MacDonald of the Southern Italian Corps during the maneuver, regardless of the gains and losses of a city or a place. Finally, here, I would find a way to merge the two corps, and then strike at a certain fulcrum of Marshal Suvorov, and then merge the two armies to seek a battle!"

"This idea is still good. If the French do this, then for us, we need to quickly gather troops here and here. However, this also depends on the enemy's actions."

"The enemy will not be so stupid. When the troops are at a disadvantage and our army has begun to gather troops, they will still rush to attack here, right?"

Another young adjutant said, he also saw the problem.

"If we can't win in Verona, we should consider joining the two armies and find a way to fight again. We can't let us go to Provence!"

"Michael, how are you going to fight in the situation you just mentioned?"

"I don't know how strong the French cavalry is, but we can take the lead in choosing a point on the front line to attack the coalition forces, just like we Russians always like to use Cossacks and hussars to harass."

"This is your usual tactics. If the French do this, their light cavalry will take the initiative to act as eyes and harass our rear."

It may be that Solovyov's ideas have not been sorted out. If he is the French army, he may concentrate the forces of three brigades and attack the isolated Russian units under the condition of accurate reconnaissance. There is still some distance from Venice to Turin.

Some Italians may be more supportive of France. They have gained some benefits after the French army came in, and they have also established a bunch of "XX Republics". It is inevitable that they tipped off the French. There are many people who are in another situation. They are against France and Austria. Even the Mafia, an organization, had the intention of opposing the French in Sicily in the early days. This was hundreds of years ago.

And the other part of people whose interests were damaged during the French occupation of Northern Italy were obviously also the targets of the Russian and Austrian armies.

The situation in Northern Italy is that when winning on the battlefield, you have to win the hearts of the people, as if the feudal lords of the world have united.

If they gossip each other, the French may have a little advantage.

That night, when Suvorov's headquarters set out, a team of Cossack cavalry had encountered the reconnaissance cavalry sent by the French army. The two sides had a brief exchange of fire, but before they could fight, the French ran away.

Karpov, the captain of the Cossack cavalry, was unable to catch up after chasing for a while.

After returning, he began to scold the French with a string of Russian national curses.

"Sukabulie, these French guys are really fast."

"Did you get any information?"

"I only know that it was a scout from a French hunting cavalry regiment who killed two of them and injured several of our brothers."

"Any useful information?"

"The bodies were all brought back. Come and see, Captain. After we searched, we only found a map that looked like a French camping deployment map."

When they encountered the French behind the front line, it was not ruled out that the other side sent out cavalry for reconnaissance or to carry out attacks.

But after the map was seized, it at least showed that the French were still slow to act. After they failed in the battle of Verona, they decided to fight another battle. I don't know what they were doing. It always gave people the attitude of wanting to solve the problem first because they were so angry that they lost.

If they didn't run away now, they would collapse directly when the Russian army arrived.

That is, the battlefield where the Austrian and French armies confronted each other was still far away from the two Russian armies entering Italy. Otherwise, if the situation here really collapsed, even MacDonald, who went to southern Italy and drove the royal family of the Kingdom of Naples to Sicily, would have his retreat cut off.

The Russian army moved very quickly. After Melas and Suvorov determined the order of command, several musket regiments had already accelerated their marching speed. Considering the poor road conditions on the road, and because the local Austrian government really couldn't keep up with their speed - even if they prepared supplies, the Russian army ran too fast, and they couldn't keep up with the local supplies.

After considering the logistics problem, Werosser wrote to Krei, hoping that his former commander could reserve warehouses in the towns ahead, and then use these warehouses to build front-line supplies after the rear corps arrived at the Minzio River. On the other hand, he sent letters to Austrian officials along the way, asking them to transport according to the plan, even including the leather boots for Russian soldiers, which should be larger and all wrapped in foot cloth, which should be thicker than those of the Austrian and French armies.

Sometimes, details are still very important. Although Werosser's plan is not worth mentioning in front of the top generals, he did a good job of details, even checking the arrival time of each corps.

If there was a telegraph, he might have taken off, but now even an optical transmitter is scarce in many places.

However, he was also surprised that his plan, if it was replaced by the Austrian troops, would be fine in a battle, but it would be impossible to complete such a task in a marching column!

He saw the Russian soldiers, all with their boots on their necks, marching quickly on foot.

The drummer on the side was still beating the marching drums, encouraging the soldiers to speed up the pace.

"I think this way, we can achieve the marching goal set by His Excellency the Marshal!"

On the battlefield, as the number of troops increases, the commander actually relies more on a qualified staff to organize troops and supervise the completion of the plan.

Another important point is that the soldiers must have high morale under the encouragement of the commander.

There is always a need for psychology in the army.

At this point, the Austrians always really brought out the carts. If those inefficient Austrian officials failed to complete the task of collecting carriages, they would be visited by these Austrian officers for a heart-to-heart talk. They did not dare to violate the orders of the Austrian emperor. After all, if they really lost their positions, it would not be fun - their colleagues in Bohemia and Hungary actually performed better than them.

Some soldiers who fell behind finally caught up with these vehicles and were able to return to their troops during the rest period.

Thanks to "Tian Hai Shan" for recommending the book!