On August 31, the German Confederate Army, which had surrounded the French 2nd Army, launched a general attack on it.
Seeing that something was not going well, Napoleon III and the Charon Army led by MacMahon fled to the northeast, and the Germans immediately pursued them.
Facing the German pursuit and encirclement, the French army had to retreat to Sedan.
Sedan!
Around Sedan, there was an open area with no danger to defend and no fortress to use. The French army that hurriedly retreated to the city of Sedan did not even have time to build fortifications and suffered a fierce blow from the German army.
On September 1st, the Battle of Sedan began!
As soon as the battle started that day, the Prussian army assembled 700 Krupp cannons to blast the French camps inside and outside the city. In the next half day, artillery shells fell like raindrops on the French positions, and the whole city of Sedan was in chaos.
The sea of fire and gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the French army suffered numerous casualties. The remaining people hurriedly got into the fortress, and even McMahon was injured several times.
"Marshal, my marshal, how are you? My God!"
In the underground wine cellar of a mansion in Sedan, the exhausted French Emperor Napoleon III saw that McMahon was injured and immediately became concerned about his safety.
"Your Majesty, I have no problem. Now we are surrounded here. Hundreds of thousands of troops are crowded here..."
McMahon's tone became a little lower, even a little lost. He had repeatedly opposed aid to Bazin. What is the best aid?
It was they who held on to Paris and then attracted the Prussians to attack Paris!
But what about Your Majesty?
His Majesty originally agreed to his suggestion, but a telegram from the Regency Council in Paris changed everything.
"If Bazin is not supported, there will be extremely bad consequences for Paris. Faced with this situation, it is doubtful whether the capital can defend itself!"
Well now, all of them are surrounded by the Prussians.
Bazin is in Metz. Perhaps he has begun to break through, but whether he can break out is still unknown. As for him? Sedan is surrounded.
France is finished. But McMahon knows that as commander, he cannot say this.
"Marshal, if anything happens to you, France will definitely be doomed. I really can't imagine what would happen without you..."
What!
McMahon looked at His Majesty with wide eyes, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
Is this what you should say as an emperor?
"Your Majesty, France will not fail, you have to believe..."
What do you believe?
Reinforcements?
There are no reinforcements left.
All French armies are surrounded!
All the troops!
"Your Majesty, Nanhua people! Nanhua has promised to send their powerful airship troops. As long as we persist, Your Majesty, I think we will be able to see Nanhua's airships soon!"
Commander Challon's words made Napoleon III look forward to it, but also said it with some doubt.
"Airship? Is my niece really going to send his airship?"
Of course the niece he mentioned was Charlotte who married Zhu Xianhai, and now the airship was like the last straw.
The only question is - will they come?
When Daniel rode his horse into the unfamiliar center of the burning city, the bombardment continued, but it seemed that the rhythm had slowed down: the Germans had moved the fire circle to the outside, and the shells were still falling.
, but it no longer bombed indiscriminately like before. Instead, it strictly targeted certain areas. Therefore, Daniel was able to carefully observe the surrounding situation.
Everything around was burning, all the houses and buildings, even the church and nearby houses were burning, all of it.
Everything that can burn is burning there,
Even what cannot burn is burning!
Amidst the roar of flames, the crashing of shells and the flying of hot shrapnel, almost everyone was running around in fear.
There are also horses neighing, they are somewhere not far away, ownerless horses are running wildly in the streets, and some houses are burning, and the people inside are being burned to death.
Daniel was not familiar with this situation. He rode through the night, broke through the Prussian defenses, and broke into the city. But now the city before his eyes was shrouded in thick smoke and fire, with shrapnel flying.
Many people who were running fell down.
Riding his horse, Daniel ran forward for a while amid the gunfire. He barely recognized the location of the city hall. He ran towards it. There was no one there, and there was no one in the empty city hall.
"Where are the people? Where are they?"
Where are you going now?
"Is there anyone? Is there anyone?",
While running on the street, Daniel held the back of his head with his hand while riding his horse. As he rode the horse, he passed over craters, piles of rocks and piles of bricks. For a moment, he even felt that there was a sharp, hot piece of
Shrapnel flew past his face.
Stumbling and running on the street, Daniel could hear the roar of the tearing shells. As he ran forward, he saw an officer and asked loudly.
"Your Majesty, where is your Majesty?"
Right here, he felt something huge approaching on his back. It was almost an instinct to survive. He jumped off the horse, then held the back of his head with both hands and threw himself into a nearby crater. This
Then he heard the explosion, and suddenly there was a terrible force pushing him into the sand. This force was so strong that he couldn't breathe. Under this pressure, his whole body curled up,
He opened his mouth wide and greedily sucked in the air.
There was another person in the crater, also breathing there. He was an officer. The dusty officer looked at him and asked.
"How did you get here and now we are fighting, don't you know?"
"Fight, I know, I know!"
Daniel said excitedly.
"It was because of the war that I came here. Look, this is a newspaper. Now all newspapers in Europe are reporting on this."
"What to report?"
"Airship, Nanhua's airship, they are on their way here. Sir, where is your Majesty? We must tell him the good news! And..."
Daniel looked at the soldiers running around and said loudly.
"Hey, gentlemen, you don't have to worry anymore. The airships from Nanhua are here. They are our allies. Soon our airships will blow up all the Germans into the sky..."
After receiving the news, Nathan was so excited that he could not even speak. God can testify.
This news was definitely the best news he had heard in a month. For Nathan, who was exhausted and suffering from illness and was dying, this good news was enough to keep him going.
"God bless them, they are finally here..."
This chapter has been completed!