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2817 The Fragmented French Army

Bazan guessed wrongly, and Napoleon III also guessed wrongly. They all thought that Prince Carl's legion was the main force of Bazan, but they did not expect that the enemy would flick the shot and directly bypass Bazan's legion.

More than 100,000 main forces of the Pu army came out in full swing and penetrated southwest, capturing towns and villages along the way. The left-behind troops were no match for the elite Pu army at all, and they were almost at a loss.

The Marne River, an important river that protects Paris, changed hands almost overnight!

All the bridges and ferries were laid out, and there were even a large number of engineers buried on the bridge. If the French dared to attack, they would blow it up directly.

All the ships were stolen, and Prince Carl divided the remaining main corps into two, relied on each other in a horned state to resist the French counterattack.

When Bazan saw that the Marenhe was defeated, he almost fainted. He quickly dispatched his main force to attack the southwest, and even the direct troops of the French Emperor in Sharon City began to support him.

But Prince Carl had made up his mind to defend the Marne River. He began to build fortifications, and the situation suddenly reversed. The French became the attacking side, but the Prussians were waiting for it.

Just after Prince Carl defeated the two enemy attacks, Old Moltke finally issued an order for the general attack, and Steinmetz's legion was the sharp knife that mainly attacked Bazan.

The 100,000 Pu army directly penetrated from the northeast of the Bazan Legion. The attack position was very tricky, just at the connection between the Bazan Legion and the McMahon Legion, and it was also the most chaotic place in the defense.

Prince Karl was waiting for this good opportunity. He ordered two troops to encircle Bazan's army from the south, so that Bazan would be attacked from both sides.

The Pu army in the north and south formed an angle that surrounded Bazan, but a huge gap appeared in the east of the legion.

Bazin finally understood that the Prussians were trying to "God! Damn Prussians, they are trying to cut me out of the Sharon defense system!"

"They are trying to force me to break through the east and then stick to my butt to chase me... They are trying to hit me back to Metz!"

"What a great move, they want to break up the main force that His Majesty had finally gathered together, and continue to break up and beat him up! Vicious, really vicious!"

Bazin may never have dreamed that such a vicious plan was not thought of by the Prussians at all, but the Eastern Head of State who was deeply impressed by the fire in Belgium.

It was Xiao Letian's exquisite deduction that formulated such a dismantling plan. Xiao Letian's purpose was very clear, which was to cut the Bazan Legion and force him to retreat to the east.

Then the army attacked Sharon City and finally forced the Emperor to flee to the north!

If everything goes well, when the Emperor escapes to the Seeduan area, he will only burn incense if he has 100,000 people left by his side!

What is enough for 100,000 people? Prussia can completely wipe out the troops with three or four times the strength!

Xiao Letian's proposal was completely the highest military secret. It was not until 70 years after the end of the Franco-Prussian War that the German Archives declassified the telegrams from that time in batches.

Later scholars were extremely sighing at the telegram from the head of state that year. Everyone was amazed at the head of state's accurate judgment of the overall strategic situation, especially the speculation of people's hearts.

But these decrypted telegrams also caused quite a stir. At that time, many French nationalists went to the Chinese embassy to protest strongly, which attracted the attention of global media!

Many times, the strategy is not mysterious. The real strategy is to let you see it clearly, but you are powerless to turn the world back!

This is what Bazan encountered now. He had already understood the Prussian plan, but what could he do if he understood it?

Prince Carl's legion is in the south, and Steinmetz's legion is in the north, and they are all highly morale and well-supplied elite troops.

On the other hand, my morale is sluggish in losing streaks and the supplies are in short supply. What if you have such a force even if you see the enemy's plan clearly? Can you beat it?

Lian Zhan retreated, and the Bazan army could not resist the attack of the two Prussian main forces. In the end, the old coach could only grit his teeth and order the troops to break through the east.

"Get out of here! march to the east, the children we left there are still waiting for me to save!"

"We didn't lose! Attack the eastward, I'll give you a 200,000 army!"

Bazan finally broke through to the east, and the French emperor in Chalon City in the west kept ordering McMahon to attack Steinmetz's corps. He strictly ordered McMahon to restore contact with Marshal Bazan.

But unexpectedly, McMahon's legion was attacked by strong shelling from Moltke and the Bersmad headquarters legion as soon as it took action!

It was such a shocking artillery battle. The Pu army used more than 300 Krupp steel cannons and smashed them to McMahon's legion like hail.

The French army that had just rushed out of the camp was bombed in a mess, and the entire battlefield was full of corpses, and the crying soldiers fled back like rats.

Originally, McMahon's legion had been beaten badly in the Vosges Mountains. The crazy attack of Carl's legion scared them out of their courage. This time they encountered a more elite central army. They almost retreated to Sharon without a decent counterattack.

In this way, Xiao Letian's plan was perfectly completed halfway, and the rest was to force the Emperor to flee north!

The Bazan army was driven away. The Emperor looked at the sound of cannons that were as dense as thunder in horror. His heart was full of despair. He sighed at his son beside him.

"Bazan is gone, how many people are left of us?"

Prince Eugen lowered his head, "In this war, we prepared a total of 400,000 people... Paris and the Navy transferred nearly 100,000..."

"The remaining 300,000 people have been broken up in the war, and many of them are trapped in the enemy-occupied area!"

"We...we have a total of more than 230,000 in Sharon... Now Bazin has broken through with 100,000 people..."

"us……"

The prince couldn't continue to say anything. Any fool would calculate such a simple math problem. The emperor was dizzy and said, "Is there only 130,000 people left? I am the second empire, and in the end I left me such an army?"

"Child...you break through! Don't follow me, go find your mother, you leave here first..."

"No! Father, if I don't leave, we still have hope... Our cavalry unit should have broken through the Belgian border last night!"

"I guess the good news is on the way now! I can't walk, we still have a chance!"

But at this time the Emperor of the Dharma no longer listened to his son. He growled, "Come here! Escort the prince to Calais and execute the order immediately!"

The Imperial Guards rushed in, and the prince ignored his struggle and dragged them out of the room.

That night, Prince Eugen was secretly sent away from Sharon and headed northwest to the coastal city of Calais!
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