Napoleonic War Stories

The calm French city of Toulon turned into a battlefield French rebels with the assistance of the British army, Toulon will be protected as a barrel also seems to be strong, the French army to quell this rebellion can not do anything, only 24-year-old Napoleon intermingled in which he was wide-eyed quietly investigating everything on the battlefield.

Napoleon looked at the terrain, his heart secretly surprised: no wonder the city of Toulon could not be attacked for a long time, the terrain here is too special - Toulon is surrounded by water on all sides, and three sides are open deep water. The British warships were swimming in the water, and as soon as the French army came to attack the city, the guns on one of the warships wove a network of fire that could knock all the French troops who wanted to attack into the water and die at the bottom of the river.

The French commander who came to support the troops rubbed his hands in anxiety and was at a loss: the power of the French guns was far less than that of the British guns, so it was useless to transfer them to Napoleon, who was a captain of the artillery, carefully investigated and analyzed the terrain and battlefield conditions in Toulon. A line of text - Your Excellency, General: Please urgently deploy 100 huge wooden ships, loaded with land artillery instead of naval guns, to stop and bombard the British warships, so that the inferior can win over the superior!

After reading this text, the French commander whistled happily: "Excellent!"

A huge wooden ship transferred, that quietly squatting in the bow of the land warfare cannon scared the British, they do not know what this new weapon was!

A vicious battle set off waves and tossed waves. "Boom boom boom!" The roar of the land artillery was deafening, sinking the roar of the British naval guns. The power of the guns was so great that the British ships were shaken and disrupted.

In just two days of fierce fighting, the British warships, which had been blackened to guard the waters outside Toulon, were beaten to pieces and forced to flee in disarray (wolf). The rebels saw the situation, but also interestingly played the white flag, and surrendered.

After the rebellion was put down, the French army was happy, discussing the young man who came up with this brilliant plan. So, at the age of 24, Napoleon was promoted from Captain of Artillery to Brigadier General of Artillery.

Napoleon's beautiful transcript confuses the enemy

In the year of 2011, the Paris Municipal Building in France was a splendid place. The French military, political and business celebrities gathered here, discussing the secrets of high society from south to south.

A variety of luxury lamps and lanterns shoot out a fascinating aura, and the whole atmosphere of the party meeting reflects the extra mystery. Napoleon, a small but smart and capable commander of the French-Italian Legion, was unusually active, and as a military figure, his every word and deed attracted the attention of the gentlemen and ladies to watch and listen carefully.

Suddenly, Napoleon raised a glass of red wine, and asked the guests with great meaning: "Gentlemen, please be quiet. At present, France is fighting with the Russian and Austrian allies. Guess who is the most resourceful general in the Austrian army? Who will be our tough opponent?"

The hall was suddenly silent, and no one could think of a single idea.

After a moment of silence, Napoleon raised his glass again: "Whoever speaks out, I will be punished by drinking a large glass of wine from this hand!" No one could say, all eyes swept over. Napoleon laughed "pfft": "Austrian general Provera, he is brave and good at war, general talent is rare. Probably one day, he will become Napoleon's opponent. You can not say, I punish myself!" After saying this, he drank the wine in several gulps.

The words of this banquet, soon reported by the secret service to the Austrian emperor, the Austrian emperor's heart playing thoughts: "this Napoleon also afraid of our Austrian general, this kid has been good frequently praised Provera, must be reused this general, if not Napoleon this short son of the truth after drinking, I want to bury a talented general!

The Battle of Mantua opened, and the heavy responsibility of Provera and his 7,000 Austrian elite, everything in the French army surrounded, even the accompanying 22 artillery also became the spoils of war.

On the battlefield, Provera sighed in frustration at Napoleon, who was proudly examining him, "Who told our Emperor to reappoint me? If not, I would not have become a prisoner!"

Napoleon shook his cloak and laughed: "Provera, you are no match for me, Napoleon, as I already knew. Although you are incompetent, the most incompetent is still your Austrian emperor. I deliberately praised you often, he sent you to lead the army to fight. Haha, the halo of praise and trap sometimes just in different forms ah!

Napoleon turns defeat into victory

Vienna was in a state of revelry on June 15, 1926. Inside the palace, there were even more lights and decorations, presenting a festive scene.

"His Majesty has decreed that a great banquet will be held tonight to celebrate the great victory of our army in the Marengo War." While people were running around, shouting wildly, and congratulating the Austrian army on their victory with countless firecrackers and fireworks, no one noticed a war horse galloping from outside the city, and the soldier on the horse's back, whose face had been decolored, spurred his horse straight into the palace.

"What? The French counterattack, our army is in total defeat, and Italy has been lost. What is this?

"What is this?" The entire atmosphere of Vienna was a moment frozen.

It turned out that Napoleon, the son of France (1769-1821), launched the Marengo war to invade Austria in the early morning of June 14. However, once the morning war started, the French army was caught by the Austrian army, and badly hit, which greatly exceeded Napoleon's expectations.

"The myth of Napoleon's invincibility was finally shattered for us this time. Commander, go to the capital at once and report to His Majesty the victory of our army! The Austrian commander, Melas, was overjoyed.

However, just as the messenger was on his way, suddenly, the war drums of the French army started to beat rapidly, and the drums were close together and dense.

"No! It must be the French reinforcements arriving." In front of the sudden drums, Melas panicked, heard the staff officers so alerted, felt extremely right. He calmly ordered his troops to retreat.

As soon as his order was given, the French troops who had just been killed and retreated swung their swords, straddled their horses, and swept across the trenches like a tidal wave. The Austrian army was defeated in a flash. The French army took advantage of the victory and captured Austrian Italy. This is what directed the scene of the Austrian capital Vienna.

As it turned out, the defeat of the French army in the morning, did not make Napoleon panic, he was on the battlefield in silence to analyze the situation and used binoculars to carefully investigate the revelry of the Austrian army. Suddenly, he had a plan: Can I bluff and create a false impression to scare the enemy back? So he used the sound of drums to regain the battle, thus successfully creating a famous example in the military history of the world's men turning defeat into victory.

Napoleon's brilliant words to inspire the general

Napoleon not only used the army like a god, but also was quite witty and humorous, and good at rhetoric.

On one occasion, the European anti-French allies attacked the French homeland frantically. This is a fierce defensive battle, as a defensive duty is Napoleon's two under the team of repeated success. The two teams were routed and lost their positions because of the high level of earthiness. This group of scattered deserters, each like a plague chicken can not raise their heads.

Napoleon did not say a word and examined them for a long time with his hands behind his back. He finally called for the messenger: "Gather! Gather all the soldiers of these two teams!"

The soldiers, hanging their heads in fear, cautiously investigated Napoleon's every move.

Napoleon's hands were intertwined in front of his chest, and he spun around in front of them, the sound of his leather boots tapping on the ground becoming louder and louder, shaking the hearts of the defeated soldiers. Napoleon's face became more and more gloomy, and he finally reprimanded sadly and angrily: "You should not have been strong-minded! You should not have lost your positions at will! You know how much blood would have to be shed to retake that position!"

The group of soldiers bowed their heads in shame, and Napoleon ordered the chief of staff at his side: "Excellency the chief of staff, please write an inauspicious phrase on the flags of these two regiments: they are no longer part of the Italian side." At this, the whole room was in an uproar. The soldiers were so ashamed that some even fell to their knees, and the field resounded with cries, "Commander-in-Chief, give us a chance. We want to redeem ourselves by merit, we want to avenge our shame!"

Napoleon danced and raised his arms, "Yes! It's long overdue. This is what good soldiers are like, this is what Napoleon's warriors are like; this is what invincible heroes are like!"

One after another, the soldiers of these two regiments were very brave, and they created merit by defeating the enemy.

Finally, one day, the two regiments gathered together of their own accord and shouted to Napoleon in excitement: "Commander, have we washed all the stains off the regimental flag?"

Napoleon seemed to be enchanted by this scene of mass agitation, and he was so excited that he raised his arms and shouted: "Yes! Yes! Not only cleansed the stain, but also the honor of France. Warriors, the French people will always remember you!"

"Ho! Ho! Ho!" The soldiers' shouts of joy resounded in the clouds.