C2852 Mace Battle situation (1/2)
”Sir!” The French Ba Zan Army had attacked the Mann River's defense line for four consecutive hours. The Prince Karl Army did not retreat, and all the bridges and crossings were still under our control. ”
”Sir!” The French Army of Salon began to attack Marshal Steinmetz's position. The enemy attempted to fight with General Ba Zan … ”
”Sir!” This time, we have recruited 60,000 reserve soldiers, and are currently riding on a train to Mace City … ”
In the Prussian army's base camp outside of Verdun City, Bismark and Lao Maoqi had already slept for no more than three hours in a row. The two of them were so tired that their eyes had turned red like a rabbit's.
However, they were still full of energy. In the face of the upcoming decisive battle, they were filled with confidence!
Soon, soon, the French Emperor can't hold on any longer. The Ba Zan Corps and the French Emperor's main forces have already been forcefully separated by us, and the Mann River is also under our control. By then, even if they desire Paris, they won't be able to retreat! Lao Maoqi rubbed his hands together as he said excitedly.
Bismark cut his thick cigar as he sneered, ”Return to Paris? Hehe, does he dare? Our spy in Paris sent a telegram last night. Ou Renni of the Tuileries' Palace has already started to pack up and move our assets to the sea … ”
”This pair has already made preparations to escape. From this, we can see that the situation in Paris has deteriorated to such an extent!”
”Intelligence reports show that although the Paris parties reached a temporary ceasefire agreement, sporadic violence on the streets has not stopped and the arms seized by the workers have yet to be returned …”
”Napoleon dared to return to Paris at this time?”
”Hahaha …” Tell Steinmetz and Prince Karl to drive Ba Zan out of his position! ”
The entire Ma En Province had already become a huge battlefield, with gunshots and gunfire echoing everywhere within the Mann River for tens of kilometres. The refugees all fled like a tide, Ba Zan's army attacked the Mann River like madmen.
The situation on the battlefield had developed according to Xiao Letian's initial judgement. Prince Karl had made a beautiful detour to the southernmost area of the battlefield, and had suddenly found his way to the back of Ba Zan's army.
Then, the middle army of the Steinmetz Army advanced and cut off the connection between the Ba Zan Army and the Mace City. Like this, the formed a pincer attack on the Ba Zan Army.
Of course, French Emperor was not willing to sit still. He ordered the defending army of the Mace City to open up the connection with Ba Zan's army and cut a bloody path through the army of Steinmetz. However, unfortunately, the French army that lacked cannons and other heavy weapons was no match for the Prussian.
Without heavy weapons, the military might of this battle would not be as high as theirs. There was no way to fight this battle anymore.
However, the central army led by Mao Qi and Bismark stayed firmly outside of Mace City. As long as French Emperor broke out of the encirclement and attacked Chief Steinmetz, they would send their army to push him down, pressing him down so hard that he did not dare to fight any further and could only retreat to Mace City.
Everyone understood that the Prussian was trying to drive the Ba Zan Army out of the main battlefield, to drive them all the way to the east, so that they could get further and further away from the French rear.
Once Ba Zan's hundred thousand soldiers were unable to provide support to the French Emperor, then the final battle would be simple. Lao Maoqi would be able to order at least three hundred thousand soldiers to surround the French Emperor, and at that time, the French Emperor would only have a hundred thousand soldiers left.
Three to one with an absolute advantage in numbers of cannons, even a fool could win this battle!
The difference in military strength between the two sides was too great. Prussia used their developed railway system to send wave after wave of fresh troops and massive amounts of Arms and ammunition to the front line. Krupp's voice of ”afterloading” the steel gun had already become a nightmare for the French soldiers!
After continuously attacking the Mann River for six hours, General Ba Zan finally gave up on his last hope and announced that his troops would retreat to the east to recuperate.