Chapter 1014: Lamosilier's Worries

Salbourg.

The morale of the French soldiers was extremely low. After all, no one could be excited by being bombarded all day. The most terrifying thing was that this one-sided situation had lasted for more than ten days, and the top brass of the army seemed to have no solution.

Of course, this mainly refers to the new recruits who came to reinforce. The French army that had previously participated in the frontal battles with the German coalition would not have such an idea.

This is also the reason why the top brass of this French army has been silent. After several attacks, the frontal battle that was thought to be able to avenge the previous shame ended up with the biggest defeat so far.

At first, Lamosilier was also stunned like his subordinates, but after these days of review and continuous observation, he finally discovered that this coalition was not the main force of the German coalition or their main force had not arrived yet.

The repeated persuasion to surrender before was more like delaying time. Except for the first two days, the frequency of artillery bombardment was not very high, and it was often bombarded at night.

Lamosilier was not a mediocre person. He knew very well that the general who used the German coalition forces like an arm in the first day's battle could not be a mediocre person.

After that disastrous defeat, Lamosilier began to pay attention to the opponent in front of him, and Archduke Albrecht of Austria was undoubtedly a respectable opponent.

His resume, military exploits, and even his origin were impeccable. There were many factions within the German coalition, and only those from the Habsburg royal family could control them.

This was also the reason why the commanders of the three German coalitions at this time were all from the Habsburg family. The biggest problem of the multinational coalition was that it was difficult to unify command and dispatch, and it was easy to have a situation where no one was convinced by anyone.

It is not a joke that friendly forces are in trouble and remain as still as a mountain.

Although everyone is a German coalition and everyone speaks German, it is normal that they cannot communicate or even refuse to communicate due to many factors such as factions, national interests, and political goals.

At this time, an absolutely powerful organization or individual is needed to break this chaos, otherwise a pile of scattered sand can only achieve the enemy's reputation.

After the Congress of Vienna, there were no major wars in Europe for decades, so there was no strong man in the German Confederation who could convince everyone.

Then they could only compare bloodline and national strength, and Austria and the Habsburg family were undoubtedly the most powerful and noble in the German region.

As for why the civilian leaders who emerged in 1848 were not allowed to lead the army, first of all, it should be made clear that Franz was the heir to the Austrian Empire. According to the theory that the butt determines the head, he would not allow this situation to happen.

Secondly, these so-called leaders did not have the ability to suppress the nobles of various countries in the Confederation. On the contrary, they would be fully resisted by the nobles and old forces of various states.

These people could not even suppress the factional struggles within them, and the status of many people was the product of compromises among many parties.

It was tantamount to a foolish dream to expect them to unify the pace and thinking of the coalition.

Finally, these people did not have the basic ability to lead and command. Franz looked at the resumes of these people and found that the one with the highest military rank was a colonel who was rewarded for his title.

The command ability of these people can be seen from the internal fighting of the National Assembly before. In summary, it is okay to let them command a fight of 1,800 people, but it is not a joke to let them command thousands of troops.

Letting the Austrian royal family members serve as commanders does not need to care about these bullshit things, and Archduke Karl, Albrecht and Franz are all very outstanding commanders.

Archduke Karl was dead at this time in history, but the appearance of Franz changed the original history. Then Archduke Karl was the most prestigious commander of the entire Austrian Empire, and even the entire German region. Naturally, no one would object to letting him command all the way.

And Albrecht should be regarded as the last general of the Austrian Empire. He had not yet emerged in history.

But he has proved himself in many battles in this life, and there are few people in the coalition who are not convinced by his excellent talents.

As for Franz, he does not need to prove anything. He can suppress most people with his identity, status, and the flattery of various forces.

Whether it is the natural saint created by the church, the benevolent saint boasted by the Habsburg family, or the orthodoxy and legitimacy emphasized by the imperial government, they can scare ordinary people.

As for the nobles, they understand the power behind these words better. The survival wisdom accumulated over thousands of years makes them instinctively choose to stand with Franz (except for their own country).

The capitalists are easier to deal with. After all, whoever has more money is Augustus.

The remaining nationalists have to take into account the empty title of Franz, the emperor of the German Empire. If they really want to unify Germany, they have to rely on Franz.

Back to Saarburg.

Lamosilier could not understand Albrecht's intention, which made him feel uneasy.

He did not expect that Bellevue's progress on the Italian battlefield was so fast, but compared with the bad news that the Great Eastern Fleet rebelled and the British Mediterranean Fleet was annihilated, it seemed that there was nothing surprising.

In fact, a tentative attack should be made at this time, but now the morale of the French army has fallen to the bottom, and I am afraid no one is willing to die.

Lamosilier could only hope that the friendly forces on other roads could open up the situation as soon as possible, so that he could retire with his achievements.

In fact, Paris was not satisfied with his achievements in Lorraine and strongly urged him to continue the attack and strive to enter Vienna as soon as possible.

It is true that Bellevue is a fool, but at least he would not have such an outrageous wish.

Before the war, the commanders of the French army may have had such thoughts, but now that the war has been going on, even a pig should know that Austria and the German coalition are not soft persimmons.

"What are the gentlemen in the parliament doing? The troops and supplies have not been delivered yet, and they are forcing us to go out and fight the German coalition."

A staff officer complained, which immediately resonated with the staff officers.

"Yes! The domestic supplies have not arrived, and we can only rely on looting and borrowing to get some things from Lorraine to barely support it."

Another staff officer continued.

"It's only been a few weeks, and the Lorraine region is already a bit overwhelmed."

"Alas, there's nothing we can do. It's because the harvest is bad this year, and no province has money."

"If the Germans surround us for a few more months without fighting, we'll starve to death."

The entire headquarters was filled with lamentations and complaints, which made Lamosilier very unhappy, but he had no choice but to let his old subordinates die or get injured in the previous ambush. These people were all replacements and had nothing to do except complain all day.

Just as Lamosilier was thinking about how to change this atmosphere, a bloody messenger stood at the door of the headquarters.

"Two hundred thousand German coalition forces are approaching, and Celesta has fallen! General Bonnot de Coulon has retreated to Colmar and urgently needs rescue"