But then, when he saw that the French cavalry had been divided into a standard scout squad formation, little Ferdinand's heart suddenly became a little strange.
Although he used to attach great importance to Napoleon, it was not until he actually met with Napoleon alone today that he realized that the Frenchman opposite was really not easy to deal with.
Among other things, it is not easy to keep such a cool head when there is no trace of the enemy and there is also the need for emergency rescue of friendly troops, at least most people will lose some vigilance because of some willingness.
The cavalrymen were about to rush into the Prussian ambush, and when his officers came to ask what to do with Ferdinand, Ferdinand sighed and said: "Since the enemy's caution has bankrupted our ambush intentions, tell the various troops to immediately change their previous deployment, although the enemy only has a few hundred cavalry, but it can be regarded as a piece of meat to eat!
Execute the second plan now!
” When Ferdinand Jr.'
s order was delivered, the Prussian army, which had been lying in ambush in the dark, immediately took action, and when hundreds of French cavalry broke into the Prussian ambush circle in several groups, the Prussian army immediately opened fire on these French cavalry.
The gunfire not only caused casualties to the French cavalry, but also alarmed Napoleon, who was in the middle of the army.
When he heard the gunshot, Napoleon showed a burst of joy in his heart, and then Napoleon decisively ordered: "Order the army to immediately deploy battle formations and prepare the artillery.
Cover shot at the front!
” Although Napoleon dispatched his troops in a hurry, even so, Napoleon did not forget to bring with him the artillery units that he valued most.
Of course, because of the urgency of the situation, Napoleon did not let the artillery bring those heavy guns, but only brought a large number of portable light field guns from the city of Paris.
These light guns were immediately pushed to the front line by the artillery, and when Napoleon saw that only a few dozen of the hundreds of French cavalry sent before appeared in sight and fled back towards his own line in confusion, Napoleon immediately ordered the artillery to fire covering the land in front of him.
The 20,000 French troops carried nearly 100 light guns, and although the fire of these light guns was not very fierce, they were quite numerous.
There is also a power that seems to be able to destroy the world.
But unlike the French army, Ferdinand Jr. also prepared for possible shelling.
And in order to ambush the French army, the Prussian army also carried all the artillery.
When the French artillery began to fire, the Prussian artillery did not lag behind, when the Prussian artillery adjusted the position of the artillery and measured the distance between them and the French army.
The Prussian artillery also made a thunderous roar.
The artillery of both sides comes and goes.
But relatively speaking, the Prussian side had a certain advantage, after all, the French army was all light artillery, while the Prussian side had a certain number of heavy artillery, and the range of these heavy guns just exceeded those light artillery.
On the other hand, the Prussian side was in the dark, while the French side was in the light, and the torches in the hands of the French soldiers pointed out the location of the Prussian artillery.
In this case, Napoleon immediately ordered the soldiers to drop all the torches.
It's already past five o'clock, and the sky is already a little bright.
Although the sight is not very good after extinguishing the torch, it is still much more cost-effective than being a target for the enemy.
And gradually in the telescope, Napoleon also got a rough idea of the enemy's disposition, and in this case, Napoleon immediately ordered: "The first division is forward, the right flank of the Guards is covering, and all the cavalry units are going to the left flank to wait for my orders!"
Napoleon kept the 2nd Division in his hands and acted as a reserve, and the reason why the 1st Division was the main frontal force rather than the more combat-ready Guards was that Napoleon saw that the Prussian army opposite was showing a flaw in the right flank.
Previously, because the Prussian army was preparing for the nearby French army, the formation was quite scattered, after all, it was easy to be spotted by the enemy at a glance when gathered together.
Later, when Ferdinand Jr. discovered that the enemy was already on alert, and was preparing for a frontal battle, there was a loophole in the Prussian formation for a while, depending on the time when the herald gave the order.
In other words, in Napoleon's opinion, there was an area about 500 meters wide between the enemy's right flank that did not have any enemy at all, and if the Guards could break through, then with the combat effectiveness of the Guards, Napoleon was confident that he would tear a hole in the right flank and then stab directly at the enemy's center from the right flank.
And the reason why the cavalry units were gathered on the left flank was also a bewildering move made by Napoleon.
In the current era, cavalry can still be called king, after all, artillery really attracted the attention of the world after the Battle of Austerlitz, in which the inferior Napoleonic side relied on the tactics of concentrated use of artillery clusters to achieve a decisive victory!
As long as the more than 2,000 cavalry is used well, it is definitely a force that can change the tide of battle.
Moreover, the tactics of Europe throughout the ages were accustomed to using cavalry to deal with the weakest point of the enemy's battle line in order to achieve the effect of surprise attack, in this case, 2,000 French cavalry could become a deterrent.
In addition, although Napoleon discovered a flaw in the enemy's right flank, there was no guarantee that the enemy would not make up for this weakness later, and at that time the reserved cavalry at his disposal would be of great use.
Sure enough, when Ferdinand Jr. saw that all the French cavalry was concentrated on the left flank, Ferdinand Jr. was a little puzzled.
Although the Prussian army on the left flank had not yet been completely arranged, the front had been initially assembled, and it was impossible to achieve any decisive results by throwing in cavalry to attack the Prussian left flank at this time.
Ferdinand the Younger was not alone in his doubts about Napoleon's arrangement, at least after the French attack, a considerable number of Allied officers were puzzled.
But at this time, there is no longer too much to take care of, and it is only right for the soldiers to block the water and cover the earth.
So Ferdinand Jr. immediately made arrangements "Order the Eleventh Division to keep the enemy out of the line for me, and at the same time give an order to the Imperial Second Division to keep them on alert on the right flank and ready to fight at any time, and let the Twelfth Division make a detour to the left flank!"
Hearing Ferdinand's order, a staff officer was stunned and said: "Your Excellency, isn't this exposing the left flank of the 11th Division to the enemy?"
"Hehe, I'm just going to expose the left flank, didn't the enemy gather all the cavalry troops on the left flank?
Then I'm going to let Napoleon use these cavalry, and he only needs to use them, so what do you think those cavalry can do between the eleventh and twelfth divisions?
” Hearing Ferdinand's intentions, although the staff officer stopped talking, he still felt in his heart that Ferdinand's actions were a bit risky.
In fact, in the heart of Ferdinand Jr., this was also a last resort, his troops were less than the French, even though the Prussian army was more powerful in combat, but Ferdinand Jr. believed that his main purpose was to delay the French army.
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In this case, the key to making the battle a stalemate was to annihilate the most threatening cavalry of the French army.
Because little Ferdinand handed over most of the cavalry in his hands to Rumorein, at the moment he had only a few hundred cavalry in his hands, these hundreds of people were okay to act as personal guards and heralds, and if they were to fight hard with the French cavalry several times the number of troops, little Ferdinand was a little reluctant in his heart.
When Napoleon saw a blank space on the enemy's left flank, his heart jumped suddenly, although it was a good opportunity for him, but Napoleon did not rush to send troops to attack.