As for the North American colonies to which Prussia belonged, although Wilhelm had given Bruneke carte blanche to administer them, this did not mean that Wilhelm was completely at ease with North America.
For William, who was familiar with the original history, the North American continent was a treasure land of abundant resources, and this treasure land would also become the engine of Prussia's take-off, and in this case, it became inevitable to vigorously develop the North American colonies.
After Prussia was divided into this colony from the British, the Count of Bruneke was the governor of the North American colonies and the commander of the colonial army.
Even though William has a lot of trust in Brüneke, but in this case, it is still necessary for William to pay attention to the situation in North America at all times, even if he is not afraid of 10,000, but he is afraid that in case, Brüneke, who has been in charge of military and political power in North America for more than ten years, who can guarantee that he will not have any wrong thoughts.
But fortunately, under the surveillance of the Ministry of Intelligence, Brunecke did not make any transgressions, and he has been conscientiously running North America for Prussia all these years.
But after all, Bruneke had been in North America a little too long, and Bruneke was already nearly sixty years old, in this case, William felt the need to adjust the leadership of the colony.
Prussia's current colonies in North America not only include the former states of South Carolina and Georgia, but also include the territories of Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi in the United States.
These colonies greatly prospered the Prussian economy to some extent, and Prussia could not only obtain supplies such as war horses and cattle from the local Indians.
At the same time, by bartering with the indigenous Indians, Prussia exchanged the goods of the civilized world for a large amount of gold and silver treasures in the hands of the Indians.
In this barter, all the gold and silver that Prussia received from these natives were transported back to Prussia to strengthen Prussia's economic power.
Of course.
William always had one piece of land on his mind, and that was South Africa.
Although William was the best in his previous life, South Africa has the world's largest gold deposits and the highest quality diamonds.
For William, who was committed to leading Prussia to the throne of the world, South Africa was a place that could not be left behind.
At present, the region of Africa except North Africa is still a void for Europe, and in this situation, William felt that it was necessary to send troops to occupy the hot land of South Africa in advance.
After thinking for a while, William felt a little dizzy.
Then he stood up and walked towards Louise's bedchamber, William still thinking about the letter Charlotte had sent home.
When William walked to Louise's dormitory and told Louise of his intentions, Louise frowned and picked up a letter from a drawer under the dresser and handed it to William.
"William.
The British are simply too bullying, Charlotte is the princess of Prussia, but the British dare to treat her like this!
” Louise's tone was very indignant, and it was clear that the letter sent back by Charlotte was certainly not the Annunciation.
Really.
When William finished reading Charlotte's letter.
The anger on his face was even stronger than Louise's.
In this letter, Charlotte did not pour out all her grievances, but the two or three things Charlotte mentioned alone had already made the future angry.
The Duke of York and Charlotte were married for only half a year, and one of his mistresses outside became pregnant, and according to the time calculation, the Duke of York's mistress was pregnant at the time when the two were newly married.
In addition to this, Charlotte also mentioned that the two separated more than half a year after they got married, and after Charlotte moved out of the Duke of York's official residence.
The mistress of the Duke of York actually stayed in the official residence in the open, and not only that.
After Charlotte and the Duke of York separated, the Duke of York paid Charlotte only the equivalent of less than 200 gold marks in Prussia every week!
Of course, this cost is not a small amount, after all, for the average Prussian people, the cost of a family of three for a week is only two gold marks.
But don't forget, Charlotte was the princess of Prussia and the Duchess of York of the British Empire.
Even in Prussia, each member of the immediate royal family received a living allowance of five hundred gold marks.
And after Charlotte and the Duke of York separated, Charlotte's residence and servants cost money, and Charlotte had to pay for it herself.
Moreover, Charlotte is still the Duchess of York in name, and the contacts and gatherings between the upper nobles cost money.
"The Duke of York simply doesn't know how to lift!
Mother, don't worry, I will communicate directly with the British, if the British don't change their attitude, then I will let Charlotte file for divorce directly, and I support her!
” William's attitude was extremely tough.
Although Charlotte and William were not born to the same mother, the two have lived together for a long time after all, and Charlotte has always been gentle and kind to William, which also makes William, who hopes to have a sister to take care of, has a lot of affection for Charlotte.
"Mother, please first advance 10,000 gold marks from the royal treasury to Charlotte, we must not lose the face of the Prussian royal family in front of those British!"
Hearing William's words, although she was surprised by William's earlier proposal to divorce Charlotte and the Duke of York, Louise immediately nodded and agreed to the decision to pay Charlotte 10,000 gold marks from the royal treasury.
William then spoke to Louise for a while before leaving Louise's bedchamber.
It wasn't until he returned to his office that William was still a little angry.
Although the Duke of York's series of actions can only represent his personal actions, William absolutely does not believe that the Duke of York would dare to act so unscrupulously without the acquiescence of the old king of England!
It can be seen from the side that the attitude of the British towards Prussia was no longer as affectionate as before.
And in such a situation.
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The British still dare to ask for an army with Prussia, it is simply wishful thinking!
It is said that if William had not been concerned about the overall situation of the coalition forces, then he would have ordered the withdrawal of troops from the French front.
"Immediately go to the military department.
Then let Henry give an order to Marshal Ferdinand the Younger, and tell him not to worry me about the attitude of the British, everything is in the interests of our Prussia!
Even if Paris can't be breached, I won't hold him accountable.
But if he inflicts too many casualties on our Prussian soldiers in order to attack Paris, then he will immediately return to me and apologize!
” William summoned an attendant and said. .....................................
Starts on October 7th.
The allied forces stationed under the city of Paris officially launched an attack on Paris.
Before the infantry attacked the city, the allied artillery took the lead in pouring cannonballs on the walls of Paris and the watchtowers, and the allied shells kept falling on the walls of Paris like rain.
All of a sudden, the French army at the head of Paris was overwhelmed for a while.
Napoleon stood in a headquarters converted from a hidden cave in the northern wall of Paris, and through the long shooting hole, Napoleon could clearly see the allied soldiers outside the city.
"This battle is not easy to fight!
Cocellen.
I've given you a task.
The enemy will definitely go on the offensive after the shelling, I need you to use the soldiers on the city to arrive at the allied army for three hours, do you have confidence?
” Napoleon's words echoed in the command, and Cocellon, whose name was mentioned by Napoleon, immediately gave a military salute and said in a loud voice: "Your Excellency Marshal, please rest assured, you will definitely complete the task in the next place!"
With that, Cosellon immediately turned around and left the headquarters and hurried towards the city.
In fact, Napoleon had already arranged for the defenders at the head of the city.
The reason why it was arranged for Cocellon to go to the city wall now was more to let Cosellon serve as the overseer.
Even though Napoleon was given carte blanche by Louis XVI.
But Napoleon had not yet established absolute prestige among all the French troops in Paris, and in this case, Napoleon naturally picked up ten thousand careful.
Moreover, even though the defenders of Paris have undergone a certain degree of training, there must be a huge gap in combat effectiveness compared with the soldiers of the coalition forces.
In addition, most of the defenders in Paris were recruits who had just been recruited, and it can be said that the army of more than 40,000 people, and the soldiers with experience in large-scale warfare were almost one in a hundred.
In this case, the Allied forces were bombarded with heavy artillery fire, and to some extent, they were simply destroying the spirit of these French recruits.
You must know that in every major war, almost all recruits are psychologically broken by this kind of fierce attack because of lack of psychological preparation, and in the case of psychological collapse, these soldiers are simply the best helpers of the enemy.
People's psychological emotions can be contagious in various ways, and the camp roar that often occurred in ancient times, in fact, to a certain extent, it was this kind of psychological collapse and then contagion that eventually led to the entire army falling into self-chaos and never recovering.
Napoleon, who had a lot of experience in warfare, naturally knew the dangers, and it was precisely because he knew that Napoleon, who was a little uneasy, would let Cosellon go to the city wall to serve as the supervisor of the army.
"Your Excellency Marshal, the enemy's attack is too fierce, I'm afraid our soldiers won't be able to stop it!"
It was a staff officer of the City Defense Command, who had previously fled with Napoleon from Compiègne to Paris, and it was correct to say that he was Napoleon's confidant.
"Don't tell me anything that can't be stopped, there is certainly no problem with this, we will definitely be able to block the enemy's attack, and not only that, but I will also defeat those enemies in Paris, so that they will understand that the blood of our French is not shed in vain!"
Hearing the resoluteness in Napoleon's tone, the staff officer wanted to persuade again, but under the pull of his colleagues, he still didn't say anything in the end.
The artillery attack on Paris lasted for four hours, and although during this time, the French troops defending Paris also began to return fire on the Allied forces with various artillery, but because of the inexperience of the French artillery, although the French had more artillery than the Allied troops, there were almost no casualties inflicted on the Allied forces.
Under artillery fire.
The morale of the soldiers was devastating, and despite the great work that Napoleon had done up to that point, a significant number of French soldiers were still in disarray.
Even some of them were frightened and shouted home.
In this case, Napoleon took only one way, and that was to suppress all soldiers who left the position without permission and panicked, Napoleon's order was to kill all soldiers.
It was in this way that the soldiers' breakdowns were not contagious, but not before the enemy attacked.
It is ironic that the French army itself inflicted hundreds of casualties, of which less than 30% were caused by Allied artillery fire.
After four hours of artillery fire covered the firing.
At the sound of Ferdinand Jr.'
s orders, the allied soldiers began to attack Paris in a neat line.
In the middle of the procession, the drummers began to beat, and on the battlefield filled with gunsmoke, groups of allied soldiers appeared in the sight of the French soldiers on the walls of Paris.
The drums of tens of thousands of marchers, as well as the drums in the columns of the coalition forces, turned the faces of all the French soldiers pale.
"Don't panic.
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Stay vigilant!
Soldiers, the ground under our feet is Paris, the capital of the kingdom!
For hundreds of years, Paris has been conquered, but then the efforts of countless French warriors have brought Paris back into our hands again!
The enemies opposite us were the British and the Prussians, and it was once said that the Prussians were the strongest army in Europe!
But for those who say this, I want to say a fart to them!
Start with the Sun King.
The strongest army in Europe is only us, France!
The Prussians are a bunch of hillbillies, a bunch of dirty, lowly hillbillies!
And the British.
Hehe, the lessons of the Hundred Years War, they haven't learned them yet!
The glory of France cannot be defiled, and countless French sages are watching us, they are watching whether we can keep Paris, whether we can keep the glory of France!
And the British and Prussians, no matter how strong they are, will eventually become a medal on our French warriors!
Their heads will be trampled under our feet!
” After the Allied soldiers began to move, Napoleon also walked up the city walls, and among the soldiers, Napoleon heated the soldiers around him with impassioned words.
When Napoleon stepped on the city wall, the royal flag of the Kingdom of France and Napoleon's military flag also appeared on the city wall.
"Oh, oh, that's the damn guy!"
Little Ferdinand whispered through his binoculars as he looked at Napoleon's banner that suddenly appeared on the city walls.
"Before the Netherlands and Compiègne, we did not catch Napoleon, which is a pity not only for us, but also for His Majesty the King!
Before His Majesty left France, His Majesty said to me, if only we could catch Napoleon or kill him!
Then His Majesty the King will not hesitate to reward heavily!
We had already lost such an opportunity in Compiègne, but now that Napoleon is in front of us again, we must not let him go this time!
On behalf of His Majesty the King, I would like to speak for Napoleon, as long as Napoleon can be captured or killed!
Then immediately the rank will be promoted by two ranks, and at the same time I will apply to the Ministry of Military Affairs for the title of count, and if there is a knighthood before, then the title will be promoted until the count, if the capture of Paris is the first achievement, then the capture of Napoleon is the second achievement!
” Little Ferdinand's words of reward made everyone around him feel excited.
On the Prussian side, there were only two marquis and five counts, except for Ferdinand the Younger, who was duke.
In the whole of Prussia, there were less than a hundred Prussian recipients above the rank of count, including the title of count.
Even the commander of a main division like Nichlau was nothing more than a viscount.
In such a situation, the title of an earl is obviously appealing to everyone.
Soon the heralds spread Ferdinand's orders to the various units, and when the officers of these units heard Ferdinand's reward, their eyes turned red as they looked at the Napoleonic flag fluttering on the city walls.
Prussia's military rank is a huge leap from the rank of colonel to general, from the beginning of William's accession to the throne, he began military reform, and after the military reform, the promotion of Prussian military ranks is undoubtedly extremely difficult, a general must not only have a good record, but also need to have the energy of the chief officer in the main division, and finally William's personal approval.
William's handwritten royal approval is not so good, he will ask the military department to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the officer, and only those who pass the investigation will sign it in the future.
The reason why it was so complicated was actually William's attempt to control the rank of officers and the number of generals in Prussia.
If an officer commanding a thousand soldiers is a general, as before, then what is the significance of William's military reforms!
In this case, a two-level promotion in the ranks of lieutenant colonel and colonel is simply a dream for those officers with the rank of lieutenant colonel and colonel, because it is enough to help them leap into the ranks of generals.
The march of the coalition army was more urgent, and tens of thousands of troops rushed towards Paris like waves, and a large number of siege engines were carried by the coalition soldiers towards Paris.
"Officers at all levels, don't panic, pay attention to the enemy's distance, wait until the enemy enters the firing range and immediately open fire, the military judge should pay attention to vigilance, but if you do not obey the military order and panic, no matter who it is, it will be dealt with by military law!"