Chapter 1420: It’s just crotch stretching (first update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
Chapter 1420: It’s just crotch stretching (first update, please subscribe)
Once again, France suffered a heavier blow than in 1870.
Black smoke billowed over the position, and the lush grassland was now filled with craters filled with gunpowder smoke. On the artillery position, an artillery bomb exploded into a pile of scrap copper and iron. The destroyed trench lay incomplete and mutilated on the ground inside and outside.
The corpses of French soldiers wearing blue uniforms and red trousers, and the heart-rending cries of the wounded and dying soldiers made people feel like they were falling into hell.
"The Germans...the Germans are coming up!"
Someone screamed and moaned in horror.
Under the sun, the mountains and plains were filled with German soldiers wearing gray-green military uniforms and hooded pointed helmets. The endless German soldiers marched into France and into the French Empire.
At the same time as the border battle, the German army, under the command of Count Alfred von Schlieffen, implemented the Schlieffen Plan - concentrating powerful forces on the western front, passing through Belgium and the Netherlands, which had empty defenses, to flank the French army.
, trying to defeat France through a quick battle. Then march eastward to deal with Russia.
On March 19, the German army used hundreds of cannons and dozens of tons of artillery shells to blast through the Liege Fortress, Belgium's strongest defense line, and then inserted a million troops directly into the hinterland of Belgium.
According to Schlieffen's plan, while the right wing was making a grand detour through Belgium, the German left wing followed the strategic plan by fighting and retreating, inducing the French army to continue to penetrate deeper.
Although the "Schlieffen Plan" of this era was not perfect enough, unlike in history, the commander-in-chief of the German left wing, Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, faithfully implemented the Schlieffen Plan and did not tolerate the strategy like his son in another world.
retreated, changed Moltke's plan without authorization and launched an attack on the French army.
After Prince Ludwig implemented the strategic retreat as planned, through the heroic command of Marshal De Cassiterno, the left-wing French army entered the German mainland from Alsace and Lorraine, just as it did at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870
generally.
After receiving the battle report, Count Schlieffen was so excited that he went crazy.
"We won the war!"
While Count Schlieffen and the German Emperor cheered their celebrations, three hundred thousand British expeditionary troops landed from Belgian ports, and the strength of the right wing was once again strengthened.
This coalition force, with a total size of nearly 1.3 million, broke into the French mainland and tried to outflank France's millions of troops in the border areas with a right hook.
When Napoleon V received the report from the previous battle, he was so angry that he almost smashed the desk of the French Army Staff Headquarters.
At this time, there were less than half a million French troops in Paris, and the strength of the coalition forces was almost three times that of the French army.
what to do?
The issue before Napoleon V was one with no choice - fight or perish.
"Sons and daughters of France, France is being invaded by the British and Germans. In order to defend France, we must mobilize every ounce of our strength!"
Faced with the threat of national subjugation, Zhu Di once again thought about what Emperor Zhu Da once said to him - victory belongs to the side that mobilizes every ounce of strength first.
While mobilizing the army to reinforce Verdun, Judy summoned Zhou Ze, commander of the Ming Empire's expeditionary force, in his headquarters. A month ago, the empire decided to dispatch an expeditionary force to France. The troops were not dispatched from the mainland, but
From the African colonies - In the past month, 150,000 imperial troops entered Tunisia through the "Sahara Railway" just built a year ago, and then arrived in France by boat. Zhou Ze, the first soldier in the "Battle of Brazil"
The Imperial Army lieutenant general who captured the capital of Paraguay was the commander-in-chief of this Imperial Army.
"Your Majesty, we still have a chance. The French army is now mobilizing and training, and in Africa - there, we have mobilized 1.7 million troops, of which more than 700,000 are warriors ready to go into battle at any time."
In fact, those mobilized from Africa were either Japanese samurai or second-generation Japanese mixed-race. Even in the army now led by Zhou Ze, most of the soldiers and grassroots officers were of Japanese origin. Most of them were colonial garrison troops. After the mobilization of the empire,
Immediately, after replenishing troops and replenishing equipment on the spot, before the training was completed, according to the orders from the base camp, they took the train directly to the north.
This army is a symbol of the friendship between the Empire and France. For the Empire, the Empire definitely does not mind fighting to the last Japanese. Of course, it does not mind using Japanese people to deepen the relationship between the Empire and France.
"But now we only have 700,000 troops that can be put into the battlefield!"
There are still 150,000 Ming troops within these 700,000 miles. Using 700,000 to resist 1.3 million is a huge gap in strength.
Anyone who understands military affairs knows that with such a huge disparity in military strength, the side with fewer troops is doomed to fail.
"As long as we hold on for a month, France can mobilize two million troops to the front line. Within a month, 200,000 reinforcements will arrive from the African colonies, and there will also be Russia. Russia has launched an attack on Germany from the east. Austria
Although he still remains neutral, his neutrality has forced Italy not to join the war now, for a month..."
After a pause, Zhou Ze said.
"In one month, we will win this war!"
When he said these words, Zhou Ze seemed extremely confident. This confidence came from the heart and confidence in his own strength. Of course, it was also a kind of trust that the war model had changed.
"General, when can you and your troops go to the front line?"
Facing His Majesty the Emperor's inquiry, Zhou Ze stood upright.
"Your Majesty, the expeditionary force can enter the battlefield at any time!"
The expeditionary force can enter the battlefield at any time. Even before setting off from the empire by airship, His Majesty the Emperor personally received him and told him to obey the orders of Napoleon V during the French war.
"His orders are equal to my will!"
This was the direct order of His Majesty the Emperor. For Zhou Ze, who led the expeditionary force with the rank of lieutenant general, he knew that this was entirely a matter of His Majesty's trust - His Majesty supported him as the commander of the expeditionary force against all odds.
Zhou Ze was naturally very grateful for this, and he wanted to repay His Majesty the Emperor for his kindness.
Because of this, Zhou Ze directly gave the most affirmative answer to Napoleon V's inquiry.
"Then do it now, my general! I believe you will not let us down!"
Looking at the confident Zhou Ze, Napoleon V could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. At least the Ming Empire had never let him down.
God bless, I hope they can hold it there with the French army.
After all, the fate of the French Empire rests on them!