Super Emperor of the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 339: Battle of the Marne River (1)

You can search for the latest chapters in Baidu for "Super Emperors Search Novels of the Late Qing Dynasty (www.soxscc.com)"!At this time, in faraway Europe, the war was in full swing.

The Will Army is well prepared, and the Griffin Plan has been revised several times and looks quite perfect.

The Will-State brazenly destroyed the 1839 treaty guaranteeing the permanent neutrality of Belgium, and the 4th Will Army invaded Belgium.On the one hand, Belgium resolutely resisted, on the other hand, it asked Gili Gaul for help.

Gili Gaul responded quickly and declared war on the Will Army one after another.

Due to the stubborn resistance of the Belgian army, the Will Army was blocked at the Liege fortress for three days before occupying the Belgian capital of Brussels. Then, the Will Army's five right-wing armies, totaling 1 million people, and the left-wing two armies totaling 400,000 people, entered Gaul.

Gaul used their No. 17 plan against the Griffin Plan of the Will Army. However, because the Geely Gaul coalition forces could not have unified command and their strategic objectives were inconsistent, the command was chaotic and unable to be coordinated. Gaul’s goal was more to want To recapture Alsace and Lorraine, Gran mainly wanted to annihilate the Will Army and retake Belgium.

then

In Lorraine, Gaul's 1st and 2nd Army were beaten up in the attack on the defense lines of the Will Forces in Saarburg and Morangi.After the right-wing volitionary army occupied Belgium, nearly a million men and horses of its five armies, like a swinging sickle, plunged into Gaul diagonally from Belgium.

The 1st Army under the command of Kluk was the trump card of the Will Army, and it was invincible, defeating the Gaul Army steadily.

Within five days, Namur was taken and Leba was directly threatened. Gaul was forced to relocate its capital, making Bordeaux its temporary capital.

In order to resist the ace army of the Will Army, Gaul Chief of General Staff Xiafei appointed the veteran Mauri as commander to form the 46th Army.

However, in order to annihilate Gaul's Fifth Army, they turned to the southeast, preparing to throw away the Gaul capital of Leba with Robbie's Second Group.In this way, he not only pulled the follow-up troops away from the same attack direction, but also slipped into the attack range of the Gaul Sixth Army.

The commander of the Lebanese garrison, Gallieni, immediately ordered the Falirion 6th Army in Maurouli to prepare to attack the right wing of the Will Army.He called Xiafei again and asked him to approve the attack, but Xiafei did not make a statement.Gallieni drove to the Geely Army Headquarters, hoping to win their support, but the Chief of Staff of the Geely Army stated that he was "not interested" in the plan to attack the right wing of the Will Army.

30 miles away from the Marne River

"To Berlin. Telegram! We can't wait for the Second Army to come up. We have to pursue Gaul's Fifth Army! Otherwise, they will be given time for correction."

Kluk was riding on a big black horse. Although his face was haggard, it was hard to say the excitement on his face.

In his opinion, the Gallic army was retreating steadily, without a bugle before turning its head to attack his morale and ability."He didn't expect that there was an old fellow named Gallieni in the Gallic army, waiting for his negligence.

"But your commander! Our soldiers are exhausted! Many people fall to the ground and can't get up!"

I and his adjutant Coles are a little worried. Many soldiers have already fallen behind. It is difficult to fight even if they catch up with the Gallic army in the state of others.

"The gang of Gallic chickens have been scared! Once we catch up with them, we just have to accept the prisoners!"

Kluk answered without hesitation that the success of the war had greatly swelled his confidence, not to mention the Gauls at all.

In his opinion, the Gallic army was retreating steadily, without a bugle before turning its head to attack his morale and ability."He didn't expect that there was an old fellow named Gallieni in the Gallic army who was waiting for his negligence. 228 Literature Network www.wx228.com

In fact, the Second Army of the Will Army was also exhausted at this time. Even if they arrived two days later, they would not be able to immediately go into battle or advance with them, otherwise their combat power would be greatly reduced.

Boling, the headquarters of the Will Army.

Von Zeckert on the one star, Von Hutier on the infantry, and the chief of staff Xiaomoqi is reading Lukelu's telegram.

"Too much Lukelu changed the plan of the headquarters, instead of attacking Lebanon, he went to pursue the 5th Army of the Gauls. It would be nice to annihilate them! Now so many days have passed, but only 40,000 people have been captured. ."

It is said that von Zeckert himself is a little worried about the shrinking Schlieffen plan, and now Lublu arbitrarily changes the plan and makes him a little angry.

"Now the Gaul army is retreating steadily. If we question the strategy of the frontline commander, it will have an impact on the period."

Von Hutier also felt that Rubylu was a bit too big, but it was normal for the frontline commander to change his plan according to the war situation.

"It's better to be more cautious. Order the Second Army to quickly move closer to the First Army. The right-wing army will continue to implement the plan to besiege Lebanon, and the other left-wing troops will act accordingly."

Xiao Maoqi thought for a while and said.

Berlin at this time.Zheng was immersed in a sea of ​​joy. They thought that Gaul was about to be taken, and the war on land was about to end.

An airship flew over the First Army of the Will Army. Although they saw the airship, they didn't care...

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the Gaul headquarters

Xiafei is perfecting his counterattack plan in the office.One day he is about to launch his offensive.Report to the commander-in-chief, General Gallieni called, he said according to the airship observation."

"Kluk's adventurous advance to the southeast of Lebanon has made his troops behind the palace the target of the 6th Army and the Gili Army."

"With your permission, he will issue an advance order to Commander Lao Li of the Sixth Army to prepare him for battle first."

At this time a staff officer ran in to polish the situation.

"What's the matter, who gave him the right..."

Xiafei just wanted to curse, but he quickly calmed down and walked to the map to observe it carefully.

After three full hours have passed

"Long let the 6th Army start a campaign to launch an offensive from the north bank of the Marne River, the Fifth Army and the Gili Army are ready to stop retreating and counterattack at any time!"

He finally decided to implement this counterattack plan...