C2707 [2707 7]. Five hours of deceit (1/2)

As expected, Prussian army began to move. The opposing French troops all had ashen faces, they did not even need to count the number of enemies, just based on the density of five hours of bombardment, they knew that the opposing legion would have at least eighty thousand soldiers without a hundred thousand soldiers!

McMahon only left two divisions of regular army at Strasbourg, a mere twenty thousand people. The remaining sixty thousand were all local militia and temporarily armed citizens.

Twenty thousand elite citizens, sixty thousand citizens. Facing a hundred thousand armed Prussian regular army, a sense of despair spread through the city despite the fact that they had walls to rely on.

The church was packed with praying people. Soldiers were setting up sandbags and shooting positions on the streets, and shooters were lying in ambush at the top of many buildings.

The entire city was thrown into panic, they knew that the final moment was approaching. The order McMahon gave them was to hold out for three days, whether or not they could complete this mission was unknown.

However, everyone knew very well that regardless of whether the mission could be completed or not, this city would still pay a huge price. The river of blood and corpses that flowed everywhere were not far off.

The soldier kissed the cross on his neck and placed the rifle at the top of the city wall. His hands were numb!

At that moment, the soldier with good eyesight was shocked to discover that the enemy was actually moving backwards. The direction they were moving in had actually changed!

”My God! Look... They pulled the cannons away! ”

”My God! Their army is retreating, they are retreating! ”

Hula la, countless heads popped out from the city wall, everyone looked at the miracle in front of them in disbelief, no one expected that the enemy had given up on Strasbourg.

The commander climbed up onto the observation tower and repeatedly confirmed with his binoculars, ”Really retreated! God bless, they are really retreating! ”

”Long live!” Strasbourg cheered!

However, after the commander was excited for just ten seconds, a bolt of lightning suddenly flashed in his heart!

”This is bad!” Send a telegram to Marshal McMahon, the enemies are deceiving us, their main target is the Foshan Mountain Pulse, they lied to us for 5 hours! ”

That's right, what Prince Karl wanted was the time to deceive those five hours!

Some people might find it strange, but what could five hours do? But reality proved that even five minutes in a war was fatal, let alone five hours!

Five hours was enough for Prussian army to secretly transfer 90% of the cannons to the shooting grounds of Foshan Mountain Pulse!

Five hours, was enough for the main force of the Prussian army to move their positions!

Five hours was enough for Prussian army to transfer ammunition, food and medical supplies to the front lines sixty to seventy kilometers ahead of time!

There were a lot of things that he could do in five hours, so he could set up an inescapable net outside of Foshan Mountain Pulse in five hours!

To the French, this delay of five hours was even more fatal!

Five hours was enough time for McMahon's soldiers to fall into a deep sleep to recover from their tiredness for the past few days.

Five hours was more than enough time for the soldiers to build defensive positions!

Five hours was enough for the French army to enter a period of relaxation and exhaustion, but they could not completely recover their physical strength!

When Prussian army chose to launch an attack on Foshan Mountain Pulse at five in the afternoon, it was precisely during this five hour of deceit that the forty thousand strong army under McMahon's command all entered a lazy state.

The soldiers at the front lines were smoking their cigarettes as they looked at the Prussian in front of them in boredom. They had long since known that the Prussian army's main target was the Strasbourg, which meant that this place was not the main force of the Prussian army.

The Prussian army who was in no danger did not realize that a big battle was about to begin. He was not even alert when countless figures appeared in the enemy positions.