General Pope just lost his eldest son in a new round of unsuccessful attacks. This made him extremely sad, but also made him feel relieved. Now, no one can blame him for his previous unfavorable battles, and he was deliberately treason.

So after losing his eldest son, General Pope immediately stopped almost all offensive operations and confronted the British. When Napoleon arrived with the Fifth Legion, the two sides had been sitting quietly in war for a long time.

Napoleon's movements were not fast, because along the way he was training the army to use the new toys provided by Joseph. However, when his army arrived, Napoleon quickly took action.

Napoleon first visited Pope and learned about some information about the enemy's defense that he had exchanged for the lives of soldiers. Pope gave this information very simply because he knew that General Napoleon had a close relationship with some of the guys above. If he tripped at this time, even if he died of his eldest son and his second son, it would not be possible to have any good results.

After obtaining this information, Napoleon said goodbye to Pope very politely, but when he walked out of Pope's barracks, he couldn't help but say to the guards who were following him: "I really don't understand, how could he attack such an unprepared force? How did he become a general?"

But in fact, this matter cannot be blamed on Pope. Because this practice is actually a common phenomenon. Most of the French generals in the Republic period lacked experience and talent, and the soldiers in the Republic were generally not trained enough and they could not play complex tactics. As a result, a wave of recklessness in encountering problems on the battlefield was almost a common habit of French generals in the Republic period. What's more, with this practice, the Republic's army really won a lot of victories. Such victory strengthened the status of this practice. As a result, such a mindless recklessness became the orthodox French army.

Back at his military camp, Napoleon carefully studied the map he brought back, called Dawu and others in, and arranged a reconnaissance mission. After several days of reconnaissance, Napoleon called several of his division commanders and discussed the attack.

Napoleon believed that the Malgrave Fortress was the key to this battle. If this fortress could be captured, the cannons could be directly bombarded with the cannons there. Once the port of Toulon was exposed to the firepower of cannon, the British could not guarantee the various supplies of Toulon, and they would not have any other choice except retreating.

"General Pope beats in front very clumsy, but even the clumsy action makes sense. General Pope tries to break into Toulon from the front, which is of course stupid, but his stupid behavior also leads to the stupid response of the British. Judging from the information we have obtained, the British should also put the main force on the front of Toulon Port. As a result, their defense of the Malgrave Fortress was somewhat ignored. Look, this is a map when Toulon was still in our hands. And this is a newly drawn map we drew through reconnaissance."

While speaking, Napoleon unveiled the expired map spread on the table, revealing the new map below.

"You see, since Toulon fell into the hands of the British, the scale of the Malgrave Fortress has expanded significantly. Judging from its current scale, it should be equipped with more than thirty cannons. Moreover, in order to defend it, the British were still here and here, and each built a small fortress, which echoed each other. If there were enough defenders in these fortresses, it would probably cost a huge sacrifice to capture these fortresses. However, some time ago, the military flags on these fortresses changed, and the British flags were replaced by the Spanish flags. That is to say, the British put more combat troops on the front, and they felt that this was not the focus of our attack."

"General, then when will we launch an attack?" Ogero asked.

"It's not urgent, we need more preparation. First of all, we need to make the enemy feel that the focus of our attack is still on the front," said Napoleon. "So, I need to maintain a certain pressure on the front, so that the British feel that our next round of attack is still on the front."

"General, are you planning to launch a feint attack on the front?" Dawu asked with a frown, "but the feint attack is difficult to control. If the number of people invested is small, it will not attract the enemy; if the number of people invested is too much, the loss will be great."

Napoleon smiled and said, "Am I such a stupid person? I'll tell you a way, you can..."

After breakfast, Lieutenant Hale climbed the lookout post of the cannon base as usual and looked towards the French. Although the French were no longer rushing here like before, it would be impossible to be vigilant.

There was no movement from the French, as if they had given up their efforts. However, the above said that the French reinforcements had just arrived and might take action at any time, so they still need to be cautious.

At this time, something seemed to move on the distant skyline. Hale quickly raised his telescope and looked over there.

"French! The French are here again!" Hale screamed.

The French came again, but the French army of the brigade stopped outside the range of the cannons, and then Hale saw through the telescope that the French began to wave their hoes and shovels, as if they were digging trenches.

It is not uncommon in Europe to dig trenches around a strong city to cut off traffic between the city and the outside world. But Toulon is not an ordinary city. It is a harbor. Could it be that the French can dig a trenches on the sea?

Although Hale was very confused, he quickly reported the information to his superiors.

Soon, a group of officers appeared at the observation deck. Everyone looked over with their telescopes.

"What are the French doing?"

"Dig trenches, but... it seems not horizontally, but vertically." An officer suddenly said, "They want to dig directly into us like this!"

"A bunch of ground rats!" an officer sneered. In this era of war-oriented demeanor, this ground rat-like practice will indeed make many people look down upon.

But more people didn't laugh. It was of course not mighty and unsatisfactory to dig like a ground mouse. However, after thinking about it carefully, they found that the French did this really make sense. At least this could greatly reduce the effect of their artillery, really let them dig in front of them, and then let the French suddenly rushed up to fight for bayonets, which was really difficult to deal with. The number of British and Spanish people was limited, but the human resources on the French were not comparable to the British and Spanish. If such a melee was held, Toulon would be really dangerous.

"It will take at least three or four days for them to dig enough to launch an impact," said an officer. "We are going to be prepared to fight a fight."

The speed of the French ground rats was faster than the British expected. Because even at night, they did not stop. They lit torches and kept digging forward. The British tried to fire a few shots, but it was not easy for the shells to break into the trench. Moreover, the trench dug by the French had a slight turn, so even if the shells were shot in, it was difficult to hit people. Seeing that the shelling was not effective, the British simply stopped and prepared for the fight behind. The French army was highly morale and the bayonets performed very well, but the British lobster soldiers' bayonets were not vegetarian.

According to the number of trenches dug by the French, their charge could be invested thousands of people. Therefore, the British concentrated all the forces that could be concentrated to the front as much as possible, ready to withstand the impact of the French.

"General, we have observed that about two companies of the Spanish left the Fortress of Malgrave. It was probably also transferred to the front," an officer said to Napoleon.

"Very good. Dawu, you should be able to enter the attack distance tomorrow morning, right?" Napoleon asked, turning his head.

"Dig a night today, and you will indeed reach the attack distance tomorrow morning." Dawu replied.

"Okay, tomorrow morning, Dawu, you will lead the troops into the starting position and make an attack. Ogero, tomorrow morning, we will go together to launch a general attack on the Fortress of Malgrave. Dawu, you will make a good gesture, attract the British, and win time for our offense."

"I understand, general!" Dawu and Ogero responded together.

That night, the British and Spanish kept approaching with French ground rats. In a farther place, French ground rats also built cannon bases. Both the British and Spanish knew that tomorrow was the decisive moment.

...

Lucien and Chrysler took the women of Bonaparte's house and quietly left the door in the dark. For the sake of convenience, the girls changed into boys' clothes. Everyone came to the beach in the dark, and several fishing boats appeared in their sight.

"Is this kind of ship OK?" Letizia asked.

"Don't worry, mom! No problem. We came here on these boats." Lucien said indifferently, and then he turned to Chrysler and said, "Mr. Chrysler, do you think my brother and the British have already fought with the British in Toulon? We are rushing over now, and we don't know if we can see the war."

"I don't know this," said Chrysler. "But General Bonaparte is still in Paris now. Even if he wants to go south, it shouldn't be so fast."
Chapter completed!