Chapter 995 Fanny Court

Decorte

The transportation and communication in the past cannot be compared with the modern times. The signalman may have to travel for several days for an order, and it takes three times as long to go back and forth.

However, this also explains in some ways why the Austrian Empire Army is always so weak.

"What formal order? This is not only the order of our army headquarters, but also the highest order of the commander of the German coalition.

Immediately send the reserve to build defenses and let the soldiers on the front line come back to rest."

"Yes!"

The French army in Celesta was even more confused. Suddenly, the attack almost stopped. The new German coalition soldiers started digging trenches and building walls.

This made the already broken city even more dilapidated. Blanqui, who was waiting on the bell tower of the cathedral in the city center to lead the Celesta militia to counterattack, was very confused after seeing it.

"What's going on? Why don't you fight again?"

Bono de Couron and Blanqui sighed at the same time.

Bono de Couron was originally dizzy by the Austrians' grid-like attack. He felt as if he was fighting dozens of opponents at the same time.

The German coalition launched attacks from several different areas, and then whenever the French command made corresponding countermeasures, the coalition would change its strategy in a very short time.

In particular, the accuracy of the bombardment made Bonnot de Couron feel that these shelters in the city were basically useless.

Whenever the French support troops left the bunkers to reinforce the areas that were being attacked, the German coalition's artillery and rockets would accurately fall in the area.

What's more hateful is that whenever the smoke cleared, they couldn't find the shadow of the German coalition.

Then other areas were in danger again. In less than a day, more than a dozen important defensive areas had been lost, and Bonnot de Couron's reserve troops had also lost a quarter.

And his intuition told him that the real attack had not yet begun.

Suddenly, the Austrians stopped their attack and began to build fortifications inexplicably, which made him have to suspect that there was a bigger conspiracy waiting for him.

The morale of the French soldiers, who had never won since the beginning of the war, fell to the bottom. In addition to the continuous defeats, the lack of medical care and food shortages were also important reasons.

Due to its poor economic situation, the Second French Republic was unable to provide sufficient supplies.

Coupled with the previous high-intensity combat, Bonnot de Couronne's supplies had long been below the red line.

Although his choice to enter the city of Celesta was courageous, it seemed to be a bad move at this time, because the supply team could not break through the defense line of the German coalition.

The supply team, including people and goods, horses and vehicles, became the spoils of the coalition.

Although the supply team had a certain armed escort, they had no ability to resist the large cavalry of the coalition.

Most members of the supply team chose to surrender, and only a few courageous people chose to escape, but the price was a guaranteed beating, and some unlucky people even lost their lives.

Due to the influence of modern warfare, Franz's emphasis on supplies has reached a perverted level, so he was very confused about the increasing supplies.

At this time, Colonel Monta jumped out and proudly explained to Franz how they captured the French supply team.

Franz only gave one comment after hearing this.

"Catching rabbits?"

"Archduke Franz, are you going to hunt? You are in a good mood! But the French royal hunting ground was burned by the Alsatians."

Franz looked at the future commander of the imperial guards in front of him helplessly, and then looked at Bordeaux who was smelling everywhere, and couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

As a result, this sigh was caught by the sharp Colonel Monta, who immediately changed his words.

"There is a relatively open camp in the east. We just need to circle it and put some rabbits."

Franz interrupted his clumsy flattery with a kick. It is better for such a person to accept orders directly.

However, for safety reasons, Franz still asked Colonel Monta's adjutant to report the details to the staff, hoping that no important details would be missed.

After Franz's order to stop the attack was issued, the staff of the staff and the representatives of the various states were a little restless. They couldn't understand what Franz's purpose was?

But they did not dare to disobey Franz's orders. Whether it was the nobles of the German states or the German nationalists, they had to take Franz's identity and influence into consideration.

However, the auxiliary army of the Orleans Dynasty was different. They did not want to give those traitors a chance to breathe.

So the army of the Orleans Dynasty launched a large-scale attack on the city of Celesta, but their combat effectiveness was much worse than that of the Austrian army that was responsible for the main attack before.

The cruelty of the street fighting soon made them retreat, and Bonnot de Couron's army finally got a chance to breathe.

These French people who were loyal to the Orleans Dynasty treated the soldiers of the Second French Republic more extreme than the most extreme German nationalists.

Even finishing off the corpses could not satisfy them. The soldiers of the Second French Republic who fell into their hands would be tortured inhumanely before death, and even after death, they would be burned to ashes and buried deep underground like non-degradable garbage.

The Orleans Army, which had just been beaten in the street fighting, turned around and protested to the Allied Command.

This was already within Franz's expectations, but he was somewhat surprised that the commander of the Orleans Army was actually a woman.

Duchess Fanny Cote, a young widow who inherited a large inheritance.

She should have been a victim of a family. The Cote family suffered an unprecedented catastrophe during the French Revolution. The old Duke Cote even worked as a pig castrator during his escape.

Even after the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty, they were still poor. During the Orleans dynasty, the trend of looking at everything for money became more serious, and the Cote family completely declined.

In the end, the old Duke Cote reached an agreement with a wealthy businessman. The old duke married his daughter to the wealthy businessman, and the Cote family would receive a generous reward to continue the family's image in the upper class.

In this era of transition from the old to the new, Fanny Cote was just one of the countless poor victims.

Fortunately, her husband and father died suddenly one after another, which made Fanny Cote directly become a wealthy and noble lady.

Before the February Revolution, Fanny Court's salon was always full of suitors.

After the fall of the Orleans Dynasty, Fanny Court did not embrace the new government like other ladies who hosted the salon, but chose to follow the footsteps of her idol and sold her property to come to Strasbourg.

Fanny Court's idol was Joan of Arc, who ended the Hundred Years' War between England and France.