War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Celesta is lost! This news exploded in Lamosilier's mind like a thunder. He immediately thought of the rear route being captured, the entire middle line being lost, the German Allied Forces raging in the hinterland of France, and the frontline pointing directly at Paris.

Countless horrific scenes flashed through Lamosilière's mind, but he soon regained consciousness.

"Celesta was lost? You didn't capture it at all, did you?"

Lamosilière's words were full of sarcasm, which made the herald's heart skip a beat.

The fall of Celesta was the story given to him by Bono de Cullen. The reason was naturally to shirk responsibility and save face, but on the other hand it was also to allow Lamosilière to send troops for rescue.

After all, the fall means resistance, which can still weaken some of the strength of the German Allied Forces.

However, Lamosilier did not accept this at all. He was indeed the commander-in-chief of the Central Army, but the Alsace theater was under the charge of Bono de Cullen.

This was decided by Bellevue himself. Originally, he wanted to share the credit for encircling the central route army and encircling the point for reinforcements. As a result, stealing the chicken ended up losing the rice, and now it was natural that he should take the blame.

It is precisely because of this that Lamosilière behaved extremely coldly.

"Your Excellency, Marshal, General Bono de Cullen has a close relationship with you. If the general loses, the Austrians will definitely come to cut off your retreat!"

The herald was so anxious that he almost cried, describing the terrible future that might happen in an emotional voice.

But Lamosilier just replied coldly.

"Then let them come, and I will take care of them all."

These words surprised Bono de Cullen's herald. In fact, just now Lamosierier had already figured it out that it was impossible for the German coalition to bypass the Vosges Mountains and attack him.

Because the German Allied Forces had too many people, and the Vosges Mountains were not so easy to bypass.

In addition, the gentlemen in Paris are not idiots. They will organize a defense as soon as they learn about the actions of the German Allied Forces.

In the style of the Austrians, they will attack one city after another along the way. By the time they get to Paris, the outcome of this war will have been decided.

And as long as he holds Salburg, his merits will definitely outweigh his faults. He might even be able to join the cabinet and become prime minister like Soult, and even have the chance to calm down the chaos and become the first citizen like Napoleon.

It must be said that Napoleon played a not very good leading role at this time, and the ambitions of French soldiers began to expand infinitely from him.

"But what if the German Allied Forces invade our country? Our people will be massacred, villages and cities will be razed to the ground, and civilization will no longer be able to survive on this land."

"Enough! France expects every Frenchman to fulfill his duty."

Lamosilière's use of Nelson's famous sayings to excuse the other party's moral kidnapping is really heartbreaking.

Bono de Cullen's herald was speechless. He could only report the truth to Paris and wait for the decision of the government of the Second Republic.

Just as he was about to leave, Lamosilier suddenly spoke.

"etc."

The herald looked hopefully at Lamosilière.

"Take a shower before leaving. It smells bad. Is it horse blood?"

It would take at least several days to travel from the battlefield of Celesta to Salburg by horseback, and the herald's blood that had not yet dried up was obviously acting.

This is also the reason for Lamosilier's constant cynicism. He doesn't like to be deceived by others, especially his own people.

However, the failure of the Battle of Celesta made Lamosilière firm up his determination to defend Salburg, because in his mind the war had been lost and there was no suspense.

The British will definitely watch both sides shed the last drop of blood, and then negotiate a good price for themselves, one will do this, after all, they have always done this.

Every war on the continent strengthened British power, from the Netherlands to Spain and now France.

The British, like hunting dogs, tore off the flesh and blood of these European overlords and continued to grow their own power. After the Anti-French War, France, once the world's second largest colonial empire, lost all its overseas territories.

At this time, almost the same script was about to play out again. The Orleans Dynasty finally made France once again become the second largest colonial empire in the world. Because of Britain, France almost lost all its colonies.

This can't help but make Lamosilier become worried. He is thinking that the war itself may be a mistake.

However, before he had time to think too much, the news of Pelissier's defeat and death in Switzerland arrived again.

Emmenable Pellissier was a tough guy, and Lamosilier never thought that such a person would die in a small ravine like Switzerland.

Judging from the intelligence coming in, Prussia, Friborg, and Luxembourg have already carved up the French territory of Vaud in Switzerland under the banner of the German Allied Forces, and the fall of Geneva is also a matter of time.

Paris responded very quickly this time and immediately organized a defense against Switzerland. In Lamosilière's opinion, the French hinterland was unlikely to suffer a surprise attack from the Swiss region.

Because those ravines are not suitable for large armies to march, and those mountains and canyons are natural dangers for France and Switzerland.

Just when Lamosilier was giving instructions in his command post, suddenly a large number of artillery shells and rockets rose into the sky, and then landed heavily on the Salburg position.

On July 7, 1848, the siege of Saarburg officially began.

The artillery troops of the German Allied Forces, guided by reconnaissance hot-air balloons, carried out continuous devastating attacks on the artillery positions on the French Army's Saarburg position.

In addition to the precise strikes of artillery, there is also rocket coverage all over the sky.

The French artillery in Saarburg suffered huge losses as soon as the battle began. Whether they were on duty in the position or resting in the barracks, they were all taken care of by the German coalition forces.

The German Allied Forces seemed to be fighting randomly all day long, but in fact they were testing artillery and at the same time paralyzing the French army. The best surprise effect can only be achieved by making the opponent negligent.

At the same time as the shelling, the coalition skirmishers were approaching the French position, and the precision shooters named the emerging French troops one by one.

In particular, the French artillery and those trying to salvage the artillery received special attention from the skirmishers. These skirmishers gathered together in groups of three or two and hid behind the same bunker and took turns shooting at the French army.

Although the overall losses of the French army were not large, Lamosilière in the distance discovered a problem. The vicinity of the artillery position was almost cleared by the German coalition forces.

In addition, many defenses on the front line had cracks, and the defenders in some positions were deliberately suppressed, but he could not understand the opponent's intention at all.

Lamosilière raised the telescope again, and he saw that the Austrian reconnaissance balloons were sending some kind of signal downwards with flags.