C2693 The Price of Insolence and Ignorance (1/2)
In fact, neither Flosad nor Flosad lied to the French Emperor. The real person who lied to him was the Prussian General Staff, the crazy Xiao Letian.
After the war, the Chinese military institute concluded that the Franco-Prussian War was a watershed between classical military art and modern military theory.
Before the Franco-Prussian War, human wars had already entered the gunpowder age, but the military philosophy was not much different from that of the Middle Ages.
And the Franco-Prussian War was the beginning of a true war of great military reform. From this battle, many military scientists understood what it meant by a wide and deep detour, what it meant by a large army gathering, what it meant by a high-speed railway network, and what it meant by a artillery group being used …
The Franco-Prussian War was wonderful, in which you could see the shadows of countless medieval wars and the rudiments of modern wars.
Here you can see the human race vying over medieval castles, and on the other hand you can see the roar of steam locomotives under these castles!
You can see the soldiers in line for the charge still knocking on the sixteenth century military drum, even the trumpeter can blow out a passionate music.
However, the army armed by the Industrial Revolution could be seen even more clearly. They were shooting away at this medieval romance with their heavy machine guns!
You can see that the armored cavalry still wielded their sabers and charged forward, and the big Arabian horses still swept across the battlefield. But at the same time, you can also see how crazy the people's compulsory army system was, relying on nationalism.
The efficiency of recruitment was like the ocean, it was able to submerge all the professional soldier s. This was the first time a human had gathered millions of soldiers to kill in a battle.
Millions of soldiers were fighting and killing while hundreds of millions of citizens were supporting the war. From today onwards, the war was completely separate from the ancient era's point of victory and had entered a cruel stage where the whole nation would not stop until one side died.
Unfortunately, Prussia and the Chinese were the first to adapt to the development of the era, while the France became a conservative person!
They could understand the advantages of railway network for the troop's mobility, but they did not think that it would be of much use!
They could understand how the new cannon would reinforce the war, but they were still stubborn enough to use the bronze cannon!
They were well aware of the advantages of the Prussian system of military service, but they refused to make any changes to their own military system!
They knew a lot, it could be said that the French understood everything that the Prussian was doing... But they just couldn't do it!
It wasn't until the start of the war that they woke up from their dream. Furthermore, the arrogance they had at the start of the fight had suddenly turned into a bird of prey!
The Prussian army was a volunteer, how could they have such a strong will to fight? You clearly don't have the advantage in military strength yet you dare to attack so crazily?
Why did the cannons in the Prussian army attack so closely and so ruthlessly? Why was it that although there was only one division of the army on the surface, the density of their artillery shells exceeded that of a single division?
Even a fool would know that the General cannot be trapped in a land of death, but why would Xiao Letian throw himself into a trap and attack Huang Long directly?
They could not understand any of this, so they could only look for the answer from the old military exercise book, but the old military book could only give them one answer!
That is, the enemy's military power far exceeds yours, that's why you made such an abnormal move!
In truth, Prince Karl and McMahon's fighting strength was only a 1: 1 ratio. If they really decided to fight to the death, it would be hard to say who would win!