I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 684 The Storm is Coming
Morkov was obviously a little surprised. He quickly ordered the cavalryman to come up and asked:

"What's the damage?"

"General, the Poles destroyed five carts of grain and barley, and seven ammunition wagons. The supply battalion suffered more than 5 casualties."

Morkov breathed a sigh of relief and smiled disdainfully:
"These poor cowards can only carry out small-scale harassment like this."

The ranger was stunned for a moment and said carefully:
"General, according to Kiev's reconnaissance, the Polish troops there should be more than 1."

Because the incident happened suddenly, the Kiev garrison was unable to understand the specific situation of Kosciuszko's troops.

In fact, the Royal Third Infantry Division alone had more than 5 people, plus the Royal Cavalry Battalion, 1 Winged Hussar Squadrons, the Warsaw Grenadiers Regiment, etc., the total strength reached 7 people.

"So many?" Morkov narrowed his eyes. "What do the Poles want to do?"

The staff officer at the side said:
"General, they must have realized that Mozyr would fall, so they made a desperate move and planned to delay our offensive rhythm by harassing our supply chain."

Morkov nodded slightly:

“That is to say, the defensive strength of Mozyr will be very weak now.

"We must capture the town of Marece today at all costs, and start the attack on Mozyr tomorrow."

A major general standing beside him pondered:
"General, the Poles have been hiding behind their defenses, which has slowed our progress.

"Now that they have escaped on their own, we can take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate more than 10,000 enemy troops in Kiev. This is much easier than killing them behind the defense line."

Upon hearing this, Morkov also hesitated.

General Suvorov's order to him was to quickly seize the area on the west bank of the Dnieper River and form a pincer attack on Warsaw with the Lithuanian Front.

Now his advance speed is much slower than expected. It is rare that the Polish troops stationed in Mozyr have left, so the top priority should be to take this place.

He looked at the major general and said, "General Smirnov, you will lead the Ukrainian Corps, plus six Cossack cavalry squadrons, and cooperate with Colonel Chaperov to hold back the Polish troops harassing Kiev."

"Yes, General!"

Chaperov is the commander-in-chief of the Kiev garrison. At present, there are nearly 4 Russian troops in Kiev, and with Smirnov's troops, the total force reaches 1, which is enough to entangle the Polish troops deep in Kiev.

Morkov looked at his staff officer again and said, "Puldarev, move all the artillery into Marece. I don't want to delay any longer!"

"Yes, General!"

"After we capture Mozyr, we will go to Kiev to deal with that little rat."

……

Prussia.

Potsdam.

Prince Heinrich walked quickly into the music hall of the Sanssouci Palace with an unconcealable smile on his face.

He found William II on the high platform next to the band, stepped forward to salute, and then whispered:
"Your Majesty, Russia has sent troops."

The latter immediately showed a look of joy, motioned Prince Heinrich to come to the room next to the hall, and asked impatiently:
"How's the battle going?"

The latter took out a report and handed it to him:
"Your Majesty, the Russian army of 12 men launched an attack simultaneously from Mozyr and Braslav.

"The good news is that almost all of Poland's troops are now concentrated on the Eastern Front, and even Warsaw has less than 3 soldiers left." This is the result after Joseph constantly "forced" Poland to divest itself of Prussian military influence. Historically, there were a large number of Prussian officers in the Polish army, and intelligence such as military mobilization was transparent to Prussia.

Even now, the Prussians in Poland are still sending news back to Potsdam, but they have no access to the core intelligence.

William II clenched his fists excitedly and said, "Great! Then when do you think it is appropriate for us to send troops? Now?"

"Ah, perhaps we can wait and see, Your Majesty," Prince Heinrich said, "Once the Russian army consumes more Polish soldiers, we can achieve our goal with fewer troops. This can save us a lot of military expenses."

Prussia's economic situation was originally the worst among the great powers. After the Silesian War with Austria, its finances were already in great difficulty. If it hadn't been for the 30 pounds provided by Britain, it would have been difficult to maintain its finances from collapse, let alone send troops.

Originally, William II planned to invade Poland with 4 to 5 troops, but now it seems that under the powerful offensive of Russia, 3 soldiers will probably be enough for Prussia.

William II nodded: "Then you should mobilize troops to the border in an appropriate scale. This time we must obtain the entire Greater Poland region and, most importantly, Gdansk."

Greater Poland refers to the westernmost part of Poland, including several provinces from Sieradz to Poznan, which is a very rich area in Poland.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Prince Heinrich bowed slightly, then thought of something and said hesitantly, "One more thing, Your Majesty."

"Please, dear uncle."

"The Catholics in the provinces of Kulm and Naklo have shown a tendency to sympathize with Poland. You know, whether we are marching to Posen or attacking Gdansk, we must start from these places."

Although Protestantism was the state religion of Prussia, the three eastern provinces of Kulm, Inowroclaw and Naklo were Catholic territories - they had just been snatched from Poland during the "Imperialist War" and the religious situation had not yet been reversed.

The so-called "sympathy for Poland" was naturally also Mesmer's credit.

Although he did not directly go to the three Prussian provinces to preach the Crusades, he gave many speeches in neighboring Poznan calling for the Crusades. The news could easily spread to the three provinces where many residents spoke Polish.

William II frowned and said to Prince Heinrich, "Let the secret police get rid of the instigator. I don't want to hear that the dispatch of troops will be affected by this."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will definitely handle it properly."

……

Austria.

Vienna.

In Schönbrunn Palace, Franz II waved his hand impatiently at Count Rheinfels:
"I don't want to see him. Please find a way to get rid of that guy."

The "guy" the Holy Roman Emperor was referring to was Count Szczesny Potocki, the Polish foreign minister, who came to ask Austria to send troops to help Poland resist the Russian invasion.

Austria's consistent policy is to protect the territorial integrity of Poland.

But this time, Francis II planned to sit at the table and join in this feast.

He looked at the Secretary of State next to him:

"Baron Turgut, how is the troop movement going?"

The latter immediately said:

"Your Majesty, eight Royal German Infantry Regiments, as well as the Krems Corps and the Royal Vienna Cavalry Regiment, a total of 8 soldiers have arrived in Nowy Sącz..."

(End of this chapter)