C2675 Walters defeat (2/2)
In the face of the French counterattack against Prussia, the cavalry regiment quickly launched an attack. Soon they clashed with the infantry, and then the Prussian infantry charged forward and together with the cavalry, stabbed the bold French soldiers to death on the battlefield one by one.
McMahon painfully closed his eyes as he excitedly said, ”So many people! There are too many enemies … Looking at the number of cannons, the enemy definitely has more than a hundred thousand soldiers! ”
”We cannot let the Empire's veterans die for nothing … Pass my orders, retreat while fighting, return to the Foshan Mountain Pulse, and gather at the new castle! ”
The order to retreat was passed on to the various departments, the retreat of 30,000-40,000 troops was not an easy task, the frontlines had to have troops at the rear to block the attacks of the Prussian army, the people at the back had to take their supplies and destroy their positions.
Very quickly, smoke began to burn within the command camps of the various ministries. This was because the French army was burning all kinds of confidential documents.
The logistics department was currently taking inventory of the supplies. Important weapons had to be taken away, and some cumbersome food, tents, etc., had been set on fire.
Soon, the small town of Walther was set on fire. The retreating French army did not even let the houses escape as they set them on fire.
There were even engineers who charged into the railway bridge in an attempt to break the connection between the East and West of the Rhine!
At this time, the garrison troops of the Baden Territory on the other side of the river could not do anything. Although these Germany soldiers looked like garrison legions, as they were fighting in their own country, what they were protecting were their own property!
In order to protect their homeland, they fought bravely and did not fear death. Many of the French engineers that they killed died, and the Rhine was filled with corpses.
In the end, the French army had no choice but to give up on destroying the railway bridge and turned south!
These Baden defenders took the opportunity to charge towards the West Bank and actually set up a small defensive position on the West Bank of railway bridge, protecting the strategic region in the end.
The 40,000-strong army retreated to the south like a stray dog. The army at the back fought and retreated while the veterans used their lives to block the attack of the 100,000-strong army. They couldn't even bring back the corpses of their comrades who died fighting on the battlefield.
The Chinese officer group who were watching the battle from the edge of the battlefield, were all dumbstruck. The joints of their fingers holding onto their binoculars were completely pale.
”Good heavens! Why couldn't these Frenchmen stop beating him up? Nearly forty thousand troops versus thirty thousand Prussian army s, and they actually suffered defeat after defeat? ”
”This is the world's strongest army?”
”Let's record all of this down. The conclusion of the meeting will be held immediately after the armistice. This battle is too interesting!”
The two thousand elites that Xiao Letian had brought were not only brought here to kill his enemies, he also wanted to train these officers' combat skills.
Many of the military students were assigned to various units in the Prussian army. When there were combat missions, they would participate in them as well.
It was a rare opportunity for all military officers and students to personally observe this great battle that had changed the structure of Europe!
Ye Qiu and Pang Chaoyun were both members of the Night Assault Team yesterday, but today, they became hungry military academy students.
This Walter Battle had taught them a lot of things that were not written in the textbooks!
Kacha, kacha, kacha … The cameras brought by the military officers and students had recorded everything about the war. These precious historical data would be kept in a Chinese museum for a long time!