After taking out all his net worth, Kutuzov's army reached more than 63,000 people, and at this moment, opposite him, the Russian army under Bagration has more than 50,000 people, in terms of the number of troops, Kutuzov undoubtedly has the upper hand, but although Kutuzov's army has an advantage in numbers, it is lagging behind the Russian army under Bagration in terms of equipment and morale.
However, in Kutuzov's opinion, his side still had the upper hand, especially when his men came back from Stockholm that the Swedes intended to declare war on the Russians, and Kutuzov thought that the right time and place were on his side.
But what Kutuzov did not know was that the Swedes did deploy an army of 20,000 men on the Russian-Swedish border, but the Swedes were not ready to attack directly from the Finnish region to the St.
Petersburg region.
In the Swedish battle plan, the attitude of the Russian Empire was first tested in the name of armed protection of the Russians, and if the Russians agreed, then the Swedes first captured Western Lithuania and the northern part of Latvia, and then put pressure on the Russian Empire from the west and north, and if the Russians did not agree, the Swedes also planned to adopt this strategy.
The strength of the Russian Baltic Fleet still exists, in this case, even if the Swedes want to declare war on the Russian Empire on a large scale, the Russian Baltic Fleet is an obstacle that Sweden cannot overcome, unless Sweden does its best to fight the national navy and the Russian Baltic Fleet to the death, but even if the Swedes do their best to fight the Russians, the victory or defeat is five or five, and even Sweden is slightly inferior.
The State of Sweden is divided into two parts by the Baltic Sea.
One is the region of Finland, which borders the Russian Empire, and the other is the western part of Scandinavia, the home of the Kingdom of Sweden, which is located in the eastern part of Scandinavia.
Although all on Scandinavia.
However, the land bordering the two was far to the north, and the harsh climatic conditions and the complex terrain made it unsuitable for military traffic, so even Sweden and Finland traveled by sea.
Having received a reply from the Russians, the overjoyed Gustav immediately ordered the troops assembled in the country to immediately go to Western Lithuania by the navy, of course, in order not to offend the Prussians and to maintain the idea of a buffer zone between the two countries, Gustav gave an explicit order to the generals of the army.
That is, the Swedish army could only capture the territory northeast of Palanga to Šiaulier, and had to keep a distance of more than thirty miles from the Prussian occupation territory.
The 40,000 Swedish troops were to be drawn after King Gustav's orders, and the 20,000 troops were to be prepared for the first batch to arrive. ....................................
At the same time as the Eastern European region was in a panic.
In Central Europe, the Prussian army, led by Wilhelm, had already marched to the junction of Saxony and Bohemia after joining the 6th Division.
And the Prussian counterpart, the Grand Duke of Tuha also received reinforcements from Hungary, and nearly half of the 30,000 Hungarian reinforcements were cavalry.
And the addition of these Magyar cavalry made Tuha ecstatic.
There are two regions in Europe that are recognized as the most suitable for mass production of hussars.
One is the Ukrainian plain.
The Cossack cavalry there amazed all of Europe, and the other was Hungary, where the unruly Magyars were on par with the Cossacks in light cavalry tactics.
Of course, it may be said that in many parts of Europe the cavalry is not inferior to the two regions mentioned above, and this must be admitted, except that those cavalry are either heavy cavalry or are not as effective as the Hungarians or the Cossacks in terms of conscription and mobilization.
The addition of 15,000 Magyar cavalry not only greatly increased the mobility of the Austrian army, but also made the Austrian army more aggressive.
At all times, cavalry is an offensive class, and the mere sight of galloping hooves and swords is enough to make the enemy fearful.
More than 20,000 reinforcements from Vienna were on their way.
Two good news made Tuha's heart slowly stir up the victory **.
More than 50,000 reinforcements plus the previous 70,000 under Tuha means that Tuha will lead more than 120,000 Austrian soldiers to face off against Prussia!
It can be said that there has not been a battle of this magnitude in Europe for a long time.
Not only the Austrians had a strength of 120,000.
On their opposite side the Prussian army was not small or small.
After the arrival of Hungarian reinforcements at the front, the Prussian Scharnhorst's 3rd Division had also been reinforced under the command of Field Marshal Dessau, and with the continuous increase of reinforcements from all over the country, Dessau's command was also restored to 65,000 men, and if the Royal Guards and the 6th Division led by Wilhelm arrived, the Prussian army would reach more than 90,000 men.
There are few cases in European history in which the two sides have invested so many troops in the struggle for a local area like this.
Of course, the main reason for this is because of the importance of Bohemia, for both Prussia and Austria, opening Bohemia means opening the key to each other's throats, whether it is Prussia or Austria, Bohemia means too much to them......
After the arrival of 30,000 Hungarian reinforcements, Tuha put too much thought into these Hungarians in order to integrate these unruly Magyars into the current war as soon as possible.
Originally, after the arrival of the Hungarian army, Tuha planned to use this time of military superiority to launch another wave of attacks against the Prussians, but the coordination between the Hungarian and Austrian armies was very embarrassing to Tuha.
The Hungarian army fought fiercely, but it did not obey military orders so much, which also led to the disconnect between the Austrian army and the Hungarian army, which not only did not realize Tuha's intentions, but even caused the army to suffer some avoidable losses.
At the same time, Tuha was dissatisfied, and also began to carry out training in the Hungarian army, and a number of presumptuous thorns were severely punished by Tuha, and even Tuha forcibly implemented a strict military discipline system in the Hungarian army despite the danger of mutiny.
Although the war was imminent, and Tuha knew that a series of actions against the Hungarians at this time would cause instability in the Hungarian army, Tuha valued more the coordination of the army and the degree of execution of military orders.
If the 30,000 Hungarian troops did not carry out the orders issued by Tuha or even broke away from Tuha's control, then Tuha would rather not need this reinforcement.
Fortunately, the officers of this Hungarian army were either close associates of Governor Alexander or his close supporters, and in this case, Tuha was able to turn the 30,000 Hungarian troops into his own help by using some small means.
While Eastern and Central Europe was busy preparing for large-scale battles, Western Europe was not idle.
In the territory of the Austrian Netherlands, that is, in the territory of Belgium in later generations, more than 60,000 French troops led by Napoleon and 70,000 fierce British troops officially exchanged hands, and this time Napoleon's opponent was the British general Ralph?
Sir Abercrombie.
Speaking of this Ralph?
Sir Abercrombie has to say that in the original history, this Sir led 18,000 Anglo-Turkish troops to be defeated by Napoleon in Egypt, and Sir was martyred.
But now, in Britain, this Sir Ralph is one of the few heroes in the British Army, he not only participated in the British colony of the Americas, but also participated in the suppression of the Irish rebels, both in terms of seniority and merit, Ralph is a leader among the British Army generals.
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It was under such circumstances that George III would have the audacity to use Ralph instead of sending the veterans of the War Office to the European continent.
The configuration in Ralph's army can be called luxurious, and under Ralph's command there is not only Thomas?
Picton and John.
Moore, the generals who would shine in the future anti-French coalition, and Arthur, who would defeat Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo.
Wellesley.
Of course, this Wellesley has an even more famous name, that is, the Duke of Wellington!
Of course, Wellesley at this time would not have thought of how awesome he would be in the original history, at this moment Wellesley was just an ordinary captain officer in the British Army, and Thomas was a lieutenant colonel, and John was a colonel.
However, military rank does not tell everything, although the three people at this moment are not conspicuous in the British Expeditionary Force, but human talents or talents will never change because of history!
In Sir Ralph's plan, 70,000 British troops would be overwhelmingly approaching the northern part of France, and at sea would be led by Samuel.
The Royal Navy, led by General Hood, will also do everything in its power to contribute to Ralph.
But what Ralph didn't expect was that the French ** team had rushed over before the British ** team hit the door, and the two armies could be said to have accidentally exchanged hands in Antwerp.
Even before arriving in Antwerp, Napoleon had already learned through the Austrians that the British army was under the city of Antwerp, and after learning the news, Napoleon did not immediately rush to the aid of Antwerp.
Antwerp is a port city, and the most powerful thing for the British is the navy, which means that even if the French ** team and the Austrian army want to compete with the British ** team in Antwerp, then they have a natural shortcoming, that is, the British huge naval fleet is not vegetarian!