C2692 Who was lying? (1/2)
Who is lying?
It was impossible for the same army to appear in the east and also in the west at the same time. It was not like the Prussian army was a heavenly soldier, it was not like they could fly.
The entire border of France and Germany was in the shape of a huge number 7. Although the east side was not suitable for soldiers due to the obstruction from the Rhine, the vital bridges and crossings still had to be defended.
Rhine had to leave behind at least thirty to forty thousand people to defend!
The most important part of the battlefield was the northern border. At the border of over three hundred kilometers, there were more than ten places that could be broken through. The Salbrucon and Walter were merely the two of the two most well-located places to break through.
The remaining dozen or so strategic locations had to be heavily defended. This was because the France was in charge of the offense, while Prussia was in charge!
According to the experience of the France and the other high-ranking officers, one of the main defenses had to defend and defend every important path since it was impossible to accurately judge the enemy's strategy of using troops.
After some initial calculations, if they wanted to completely defend against the three hundred kilometer border, the two hundred thousand strong army was the lowest number. After all, the France's army was that strong!
At least, that's what the French generals thought!
Since it was so, then it should be simple. Prussia had a total of three hundred thousand soldiers at the border, and the remaining one hundred thousand would be the main attack direction of the Prussian.
Wherever that one hundred thousand people appeared, there would be a weakness in other areas that could be overcome!
It sounded like a reasonable analysis, no different from what was taught in the military academy textbooks. The emperor, the marshal and the generals all believed it without a doubt.
However, the current situation had given them a resounding slap in the face!
How could the western front of the Salbrucon and the eastern front of Walter have a huge army of a hundred thousand troops? Could the Prussian have mobilized more than four hundred thousand troops?
”Impossible!” It's absolutely impossible. Our powerful France has only mobilized 250,000 people, would Prussia be able to gather more than double our strength? ” French Emperor paced back and forth angrily in the meeting room.
”There must be a lie! If it's not you, Flosad, then it's you! How could a huge army of a hundred thousand appear on both sides? ”A dereliction of duty, this is a dereliction of duty and treason!”
”I'm going to shoot you, shoot you!”
French Emperor was going crazy, at this time, Flosad did not care about the feelings of comrades, you cannot die, fellow dao friend!
He stood up, ran to His Majesty, and knelt on the ground with a thump, ”Your Majesty!” ”I swear in the name of God, I am not lying, I am facing an army of over a hundred thousand men!”
”Your Majesty, you are wise. You can understand the situation of the battlefield from a glance. The ten thousand plus people of the Salbrucon did not surrender even under the siege of my forty thousand strong army …”
”Why is that? It's all because they know that there's an army hiding behind them, that's why their morale is so high! ”
”Now I understand, when I destroyed the railway bridge, I was only deceiving them for moving forward due to greed! They want to eat me whole! ”
”Luckily I escaped quickly and promptly retreated back to the Spicillin's plateau, or my Second Army would have been completely annihilated …”
Speaking to here, Flosad actually grabbed onto Napoleon III's leg. ”Your Majesty! I only withdrew after hearing of Walter's defeat! I am not the first to retreat! ”