C2858 North Escape Sedan (1/2)

The terrified French Emperor was forced to flee in a panic under the encirclement of Prussian army which was three times his size. The fact that the Mace City had failed meant that the Mann River's defense line was completely in the hands of the Prussian.

The two most important strategic locations in the north-east controlled by France. One of them was the Strasbourg, while the other was the Mann River's defense line.

At the moment, the Strasbourg was on the verge of collapse under the attack of the Prussian army, and the Mann River's defense line was completely broken due to the weak and incompetent French Emperor.

At this point, the northeastern part of France had completely broken off all communication with the central and southern part of the country. The support groups from the southern part of the country wanted to meet with the French Emperor, but instead, it had become an impossible task.

This was because the southern and central armies had to turn into attackers and do everything they could to attack the defensive positions of the Prussian.

What a comical sight. Despite being in France's own territory, the invaders and guardians had all switched roles!

The French Emperor and McMahon Army and the even further Ba Zan Army had already become two isolated islands in the seas of the northeastern Prussian army.

At the moment, French Emperor's eyes did not have the arrogance they used to have, but replacing it was the dejection of a dying old man.

Sitting on the war horse, he saw the hopeless scene in front of him. Enduring the torment of the stomachache, the skinny old man became even younger, riding on the horse like a skinny monkey.

In the village in front of them, countless soldiers were robbing the last of the villagers' rations. The villagers were crying and begging on the ground, but all they got in return was a sharp bang on the butt of their guns.

The girl screamed in despair. Even a fool could tell what was going on inside the room!

However, Napoleon III could no longer see all of this. Or perhaps, it could be said that he simply did not wish to see the army being able to maintain its formation even at this moment.

Many veterans who had experienced the Sedan War after the war recalled, ”Back then, when the Mace City was defeated, even they themselves could not figure out why they were still fighting. Even though there was a chance for them to scatter, they still followed the Emperor!”

”Possibly... That's just a habit! ”

Right, at this moment, French Emperor was completely relying on his habitual ability to control the army, because the entire army officers were still loyal to him, and those people were the military aristocrats promoted by Bonaparte Family.

They could only swear their loyalty to the French Emperor, because they knew very well that once the Republic of China was established, all the privileges of nobility would be abolished, and their own clan's three generations of hard work would become a joke.

If an army was stable, it would not cause too much trouble, and the ordinary soldiers below would rely more on the power of habit to maintain order.

The Bonaparte Family had very strong control over the French army. In the two empires built by his uncles and aunts, there had never been an army mutiny.

In addition to the clan's personal worship, the most important factor here was the elite policy implemented by France, which was the professional soldier system.

The military service system in France was completely different from that in Prussia. Prussia was a universal army, and the compulsory army was not something that could be separated between the civilian and the military.

Any healthy adult male would be required to undergo military training and perform a certain amount of military service before returning to the community to work at all levels of manpower in the event of a war.

At that time, the civilian reserve troops would be able to enter the battlefield in a steady stream!

To put it bluntly, this system relied on a sea of people to achieve victory, and it also relied heavily on the great productivity of the Industrial Revolution s. This was because only strong productivity could easily arm an army of millions.