Chapter 286

The news coming from Europe was worse than the last. Although Fang Jianxiong paid close attention to it, he was no longer willing to read the message and directly had it read to him. "The Soissons defense line has been breached, and the German army has concentrated the strength of at least fifty infantry divisions."

, carried out a strong counterattack." When Jiang Fangzhen mentioned this, it was really a black line on his forehead. I don't know what the top leaders of the French army were thinking about?

Fang Jianxiong snorted angrily and continued to look at the map with his hands folded. Jiang Fangzhen added: "The French spring offensive was a mistake in itself. Songpo called and said that the soldiers of the French Second Army in the direction of Verdun were rioting and refused to attack the German army.

position."

Fang Jianxiong still didn't speak. He continued to read the map with his hands folded and smoked two cigarettes. Then he sighed: "I guess Paris can't be defended." As soon as he said this, Jiang Fangzhen showed a surprised expression and said: "How can you see that?"

The army is in the direction of Reims, and there are still thirty divisions. The Soissons defense line has been broken through, and the French army is fully equipped to achieve layer-by-layer defense."

Fang Jianxiong shook his head and said: "It's over, let Songpo and Runon retreat north and don't go back to Epernay."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of footsteps came. Yang Yongtai came in with a happy face and strode like lightning: "Fushuai, good news, Yin Changheng's vanguard has entered Lhasa, and the Tibetan soldiers did not resist."

Fang Jianxiong has been paying close attention to the issue of Yin Changheng leading his army into Tibet. At the end of February, due to sudden changes in weather and heavy snow closing the mountains, the original plan was postponed. It was not until early April that spring warmed up and the snow melted, and Yin Changheng sent out troops. Before that, Yin Changheng targeted

He trained troops and recruited a large number of civilians from the local area to repair the roads in Xikang in advance.

After the troops were dispatched, Yin Changheng's troops encountered no resistance. After all, it was a small group of people who colluded with the British. Because the road was difficult, the army did not move very fast. Look at the time, it has been two months, it is not easy.

ah!

"Call back and tell General Yin: The British and foreigners have been coveting the Tibetan border for a long time. Brother Shuoquan, the current priority is to stabilize the political situation in Lasha, win over the power of the government, and contain the restless forces. Brother, you can handle it flexibly. You can use the Kulun incident.

." Fang Jianxiong said very implicitly, Yin Changheng is a smart man.

"Telegraph Hu Jingyi to try our best to ensure the supply of Yinbu. The government should encourage trade between Sichuan and Tibet. All merchants entering Tibet can be exempted from certain taxes, and the government can also set up border markets to encourage merchants to enter." (Author's note: This is a bit sensitive. This article

I plan to write it in detail. After much hesitation and struggle for a long time, I decided to give up.)

The direction of the European War was just as Fang Jianxiong expected. After the German army broke through the Soissons defense line, an assault group consisting of tanks, cars, cavalry, and a large number of pack horses, with the assistance of engineers, suddenly rushed towards Chateau Thierry.

The French army deployed in Villecotry had no idea that the German army would take this action. The French command also had no idea that such an assault force would suddenly appear. And it would move at a very stable speed of twenty kilometers per hour.

speed, rapid advancement.

The French army has a brigade stationed in Chateau Thierry, whose usual task is to maintain road safety and order. This brigade was not prepared for combat at all, and was penetrated by a cone assault of hundreds of tanks. Subsequently, the brigade was not prepared for combat.

The only job left for the German cavalry that followed them was to capture prisoners.

Soissons was broken through, and the long defense line of the British and French coalition forces was cut off in the middle. The fall of Chateau Thierry meant that the road from Reims to Paris was cut off. The French army in Reims had as many as thirty infantry divisions.

One guy's retreat was blocked by the Germans.

At this time, the fatality of Nivell's order for the Chinese Expeditionary Force to reinforce the French Second Army was completely exposed. He did not have enough reserves on hand. The German army was still attacking fiercely in the direction of Reims, with about ten divisions

The German infantry is rushing along the road towards Fort Diriyah. Once the two sides merge, they will form a pincer attack on the French troops in Reims, Saint-Meneourde, Verdun and other places. Especially the second French army.

It was impossible for the Army Group and the Chinese Expeditionary Force to evacuate to Paris. Their retreat was cut off and they could only evacuate to northern France.

Faced with such a situation, the French command suddenly fell into chaos, and the problem of slow response came into play again. It was not until June 5 that Nivelle ordered the first French army in Reims to withdraw to Champagne Beach, and ordered the second army to withdraw to Champagne Beach.

The group army withdrew to Bar-le-Duc. The Chinese Expeditionary Force was ordered to switch to defense and must hold Saint-Ménéurede and Lavove to ensure the retreat route of the French First and Second Group armies to the north.

The French's bad luck broke out again. A sudden heavy rain made the road extremely muddy. The French blocking troops who stayed on the Reims defense line won favorable conditions. At the same time, the water level of the Meuse River rose, and the German army came from Vers

The counterattack force that launched an attack was violently suppressed by the artillery force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force on the other side of the Meuse River.

Pétain was quite interesting. He kept some of the heavy artillery that was difficult to take away, and handed over the massive military supplies prepared for the attack to the Chinese Expeditionary Force. This was considered a bargain for the Chinese Expeditionary Force, a total of 7

Equipment of three heavy artillery regiments, (including three 105 heavy artillery regiments, three 155 heavy artillery regiments, and one 210 heavy artillery regiment.)

The German counterattack troops advanced too fast and were hit hard by artillery deployed by the Chinese Expeditionary Force on the north bank of the Meuse River. The three infantry regiments in front of the attack were directly disabled. The German army was forced to temporarily suspend the counterattack to identify the opponent.

After the Chinese Expeditionary Force, Ludendorff quickly made adjustments and ordered the German troops to concentrate their attacks in the direction of Reims and take a defensive position in the direction of Verdun.

This adjustment is not to say that it is afraid of the Chinese ** troops. According to intelligence, after the Battle of Epernay, the Chinese Expeditionary Force has been resting and recuperating in Epernay. This time it appeared as a strategic reserve. Unexpectedly, Nivelle would

The Chinese Expeditionary Force was stationed in Verdun, preparing to recapture the Verdun fortress complex.

After discovering this situation, Ludendorff was ecstatic. If he was most worried before, it was probably the Chinese Expeditionary Force as a strategic reserve. There are more than 300,000 people. They have good fighting skills and are very good at dealing with tanks. He said

Really, if Bob's tank assault group ran into the main force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, it would be the worst result.

Unexpectedly, Nivell actually made such a bad move, so why should he be polite? Since it was an attack, it was natural to focus on the opponent's weak points and attack hard.

Nivelle used all the troops he could mobilize, a total of ten infantry divisions, to launch a north-south pincer attack on Chateau Thierry, striving to regain this strategic location. Unfortunately, Nivelle's actions were still slow, and ten German divisions arrived first

In one step, under the command of Bob, they first concentrated their efforts and defeated the four French divisions in the direction of Reims in one day, and then turned around and led with tanks. It also took only one day to defeat the French army. At this time,

Nivelle was helpless. Although God gave him face, he still could not recapture Chateau Thierry and had to retreat in full.

At this point in the war, it was too late for Nivelle to regret it. He could only hope that the Chinese army could defend Lavove and Saint-Meneuourd.

It was already June 12th. The Chinese Expeditionary Force, with less than four armies, was defending the line of defense from Lavove to Saint-Ménéourde. The Germans were very proud, and all the artillery shells and bombs were thrown at Reims.

Direction. On June 13, the defeated troops of the French First Army appeared in the sight of the soldiers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Lavove. A large number of French soldiers retreated dejectedly along the kilometer towards Champagne Beach.

72 hours later, the fifteen French infantry divisions left behind in Reims were surrounded. After completing their mission, the Chinese Expeditionary Force abandoned Lavove and Saint-Ménéourde and took the initiative to retreat.

Because enough pontoon bridges were built on the Marne River in advance, the French First Army was able to retreat quickly, but unfortunately all its heavy equipment was left behind. On June 18, the German army entered the southern suburbs of Paris without encountering any resistance.

On June 20, the German army entered Paris.

On June 21st, Troyes. A Chinese ** team with five-color flags retreated along the road. Cai E and others, who arrived first, waited by the road and looked at the retreating team.

Team, the roots of my teeth are aching from time to time.

Many French troops have withdrawn to Troyes these days. The defeated troops of the French First, Second and Third Group Armies have withdrawn here one after another. The difference from the Chinese Army is that the largest caliber artillery carried by the withdrawn French troops is the 105 howitzer.

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When this squadron withdrew, it actually dragged twelve 210-caliber howitzers, 155-caliber, and 105-caliber howitzers, and it was even more difficult to see the head. Cheng Zhixuan, who was riding on horseback, was very happy when she saw the boss of the group army.

They dismounted and ran over to report: "Report, all the artillery units directly under the group army are here, a total of five heavy artillery brigades."

It turns out that there are only two heavy artillery brigades directly under the group army, a 105 heavy artillery brigade and a mixed heavy artillery brigade of 155 and 210. Now there are five heavy artillery brigades. No wonder Cheng Zhixuan's face is smiling. All along, the artillery units directly under the group army are

There were more people than artillery. This time, Pétain's Second Army retreated first and left the artillery behind. Unexpectedly, Cheng Zhixuan brought them all back.

It seemed that Cai E was not happy at all when he heard the rumbling sound of artillery in the distance. Paris was lost, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force was responsible for breaking up the rear. This was not a good job. "What is the situation of the First Army?" Cai E asked seriously.

"Nothing happened. The German army pursued them to the Aube River, and they were already at the end of their efforts. I still had more than a thousand artillery shells in my hand, and I fired them all on the north bank of the Aube River. Then the German army retreated. The First Army did not follow.

German troops exchanged fire on the Orb River defense line."

While Cheng Zhixuan was talking, Liu Mingzhao ran over and said, "Commander-in-Chief, Commander Gui of the First Army is calling."

Cai E took the telegram and read it quickly. He breathed a sigh of relief and handed it to Zhang Xiaohuai and said, "Runong, take a look."

Zhang Xiaohuai took the telegram and read it, with a thoughtful expression on his face: "For this, we have to look at the news from the Second Army. According to the telegram, the German army does not seem to have the intention to pursue the Aube River. Also, the French army headquarters

You want to take care of it, right?"

Cai E exhaled and said: "Shit, what kind of a fight is this? Forget it, no matter how much it is, let Gui Danchi withdraw. We have no reason to launch a counterattack on our own."
Chapter completed!