Chapter 309: Shocking Victory (Part 1)

Night, the Palace of Munich.

"General Hillier, the 88th French army has arrived in Ulm. I'm afraid it will take a new attack on Munich in the future. Can our little force defend Munich?" asked the Bavarian king anxiously. Now there are only four legions of Austrian troops and more than 100,000 Bavarian remnants. With such forces, he will fight against the famous French army 88th French army. He doesn't have to think about it.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty the King, Grand Duke Chali has led four legions on his way." As the highest military commander of the Austrian army in Bavaria, Hillier persuaded him, but in fact he was very unsure. In Austria, he was probably the officer who had dealt with the French army the most, except Grand Duke Chali. Although the result made him very depressed every time, he had to admit that the French army was indeed very powerful, especially the 88th Legion, known as the French Emperor's personal guards.

"But France still has one legion in Bavaria. Eight Austrian legions may be able to withstand the attack of the French 88th Legion, but the remaining army in our country will definitely not be the opponent of the Iberian Second Legion." The Bavarian king said in frustration, without concealing the incompetence of his army.

"His Majesty the King, you must be clear that we will not fight the French army hard this time. Maybe we are not opponents of the 88th French Army in terms of attack, but it is still very possible to defend Munich with such a huge force. As long as the war can continue, we will basically win after Russia starts to attack Prussia in full." Hillier persuaded again.

"If this happens, I'll be relieved." The Bavarian king felt relieved. The eight Austrian legions had a total of 320,000 people, and the Bavarian army could reach more than 400,000 in total. He guarded Munich so many people, and he didn't believe that the French army could easily conquer here. But he seemed to have missed a little, that is, the other four Austrian legions were still on the road, and the attack of the 88th Legion was right in front of him. Now, the 88th Legion is fully capable of defeating the Austrian and Bavarian armies. According to the time difference, they were separated and annihilated.

On the last day of March, the French 88th Legion's attack on Austria and Bavaria began, and the battle started was the attack on Augsburg by the 88th Legion. The Austrian Legion and 50,000 Bavarian troops stationed here became the first target of the 88th Legion.

"The 2nd and 3rd Divisions went to the middle of Augsburg and Munich. The 2nd Division was responsible for preventing Munich's troops from rescue Augsburg, while the 3rd Division was responsible for attacking Augsburg from the east. The 1st and 4th Division and the troops directly under the legion took on the main task of attacking Augsburg, and must seize Augsburg in the shortest time and annihilate the defenders there. What else do you don't understand about this combat mission?" Mike issued an order to the division commanders of the 88th Legion. Similarly, he is very nervous and excited now. The nervousness is because the first formal military operation of the 88th Legion is about to begin in more than 10 years. He is afraid that the 88th Legion will not achieve the same record as before under his leadership, and the excitement is because he can command a powerful army like the 88th Legion, and he feels extremely proud.

Everyone shook their heads and said that they had already understood the combat mission. Similarly, these division commanders were also very excited. Each division of the 88th Legion had nearly 40,000 troops, which was equivalent to a legion in other countries. The division commanders of the 88th Legion were all lieutenant general, while the division commanders of other legions were just ranks of major general.

"Okay, the attack starts at 9 a.m. Everyone, go back and get ready." Mike waved.

Everyone left Mike's command center and went back to make preparations before the war.

At 9 a.m. on March 31, the attack of the 88th Legion began. First, the 2nd and 3rd Divisions, they bypassed Augsburg and successfully cut off the connection between Augsburg and Munich. After the 2nd and 3rd Divisions set off, the 1st and 4th Divisions and the direct troops of the Legion also began a fierce attack on Augsburg.

The heavy artillery brigade and the 1st Division of the 88th Legion, and two artillery regiments of the 4th Division each carried out an hour-long artillery bombardment, turning the entire Augsburg into a sea of ​​fire. After the shelling, there was no complete house in Augsburg. Strong firepower has always been the characteristic of the 88th Legion. Under the strong firepower of the 88th Legion, the Austrian and Bavarian troops guarding Augsburg suffered heavy losses. In addition to the Austrian Legion, the Bavarian troops had already been brave enough to fight, so how could they have the morale to fight? After the shelling, the infantry of the 1st and 4th Divisions launched an attack. The artillery had cleared the way for them, and the next thing was up to them.

"Bastard! Go to the position quickly, the French attack is about to begin." Lieutenant General Garrod, the commander of the 5th Austrian Army, ran out of the basement and punched and kicked the soldiers who were huddled in the rear and refused to go to the position. Fortunately, Austrian soldiers entered the position with guns under his command, but the Bavarian soldiers were killed and unwilling to go to the battlefield again. In their military career, they had never experienced such a powerful fire strike. "Come to Munich immediately." Garrod gave an order to the company commander of the communication company. The company commander of the communication company immediately sent someone to ask for help from Munich.

But 10 minutes later, he ran back obediently. "General, the French began to attack, everywhere, our communications soldiers could not rush out at all." The company commander of the communications company reported to Garrod.

Garrod's face turned cold. He knew that Augsburg was now surrounded by the French army and the news could not be spread.

At this moment, a division commander came down from the front line, with bandages wrapped around his head: "General, the French are too powerful, we can hardly defend it."

"Prepare the troops and break through the southeast." After observing the situation on the battlefield, Garod ordered. He didn't want to enter the prisoner-of-war camp, so he prepared to gather the troops and break through the southeast.

Although the news of the 5th Legion failed to spread, Munich still learned about the 88th French Legion besieged Augsburg.

"General, the French army is attacking Augsburg, what are you waiting for? Develop troops to rescue?" said the Bavarian king anxiously.

"We cannot send troops, otherwise we will be defeated by the French. Before the reinforcements of Grand Duke Charlie arrived, we did not have enough troops to fight with the 88th French Army." Hillier decisively rejected the request of the Bavarian king.

"But we have nearly 100,000 people in Augsburg? If we don't go to rescue, they will die." The Bavarian king continued, and he cared about the more than 50,000 Bavarian troops there, almost half of the troops he has in his hands now. He doesn't want half of Bavaria's military strength to be destroyed there like this.

"Don't forget that there is an Austrian army there." Hillier roared with red eyes. He also wanted to send troops to rescue, but he knew that he could not do this, otherwise more troops would be lost.

After being yelled by Hillier, the Bavarian king dared not say anything else. He also knew very well that an Austrian legion was much more important than his more than 50,000 Bavarian army.

In the end, Hillier did not send troops to rescue Augsburg, but sent people to contact Grand Duke Charlie and told him the current tense situation, hoping that he could speed up the marching and arrive in Munich as soon as possible.

The battle in Augsburg lasted from 9 am to 3 pm. During this period, Augsburg was captured by the French army. The two Baao teams guarding Augsburg were either annihilated or surrendered, and only a very small number of people escaped. Unfortunately, Garod's breakthrough failed, and the lieutenant general was still captured by the French army, so he had to enter the French prisoner-of-war camp. In addition, the total captured army reached more than 60,000, most of which were the Bavarian army.

Although the battle against Augsburg was considered a complete victory for the 88th Legion, annihilated 100,000 opponents with extremely small casualties. However, this was nothing to be happy for Mike. Because such an opponent was not at all challenging, especially those Bavarian troops, who had no combat effectiveness at all, basically collapsed with one blow, or surrendered directly.

"It's so boring. I didn't expect the Austrians and Bavarians to be so careless." Thomas said with some conscience.

"Actually, the Austrians are still somewhat combat-effective, but they are driven by the Bavarian army, so they become so vulnerable." Mike said fairly.

"What should we do next? Are we attacking Munich? Then there are 3 Austrian legions and 50,000 Bavarian army." Thomas became excited again.

"Munich is a strong city, with so many troops defending it. It may not be easy to capture this place quickly. In addition, the reinforcements of the four legions led by Grand Duke Chali are probably coming. If we attack Munich rashly and cannot win, we may be attacked by the Austrian army inside and outside." Mike said with some concern.

"What should we do? If we don't attack Munich, will we attack Grand Duke Chali?" Thomas complained. He used to be an artilleryman, and in his opinion, Munich could not stop French cannons even if it was strong.
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