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Chapter 1429 Start of the Marne River (third update, please subscribe)
Marne!
Marne!
All the world is watching the Marne,
On May 5, when the British and German soldiers arrived near the north bank of the Marne, many fell to the ground. The exhausted British and German soldiers just muttered in a daze:

"30 miles! 30 miles!"

I'm too tired to say anything else."

In order to reach Paris as soon as possible, the commander of the German Fifth Army exhausted his soldiers and far surpassed his supply convoy and heavy artillery.In the eyes of almost everyone, when the French army is retreating steadily, there is absolutely no need for a bugle to turn around and implement counterattack morale and capabilities.

The vanguard of the Anglo-German forces had advanced only 15 miles from Paris that day, and the efforts of the main French army to hold back the right flank of the German army had almost failed by this time.People in Paris were panicked, and officials within the Second Empire government were agitating to move to Bordeaux. Even in Paris, some republicans were plotting to overthrow the empire and establish a republic.

In short, Paris in May [-]... was in chaos.

In the midst of this chaos, only the Louvre is still holding on, facing the German army only 15 miles away from Paris, Napoleon V said.

"I will live and die with Paris!"

The emperor did not retreat, and the officials naturally could not retreat.

Just what to do now?
As in the past, Ding Lei once again flew the plane to carry out aerial reconnaissance over the Marne River. Now, the twelve planes of the expeditionary force are the kings of this sky. On April 29, they shot down nine of them like a turkey hunt. After [-] airship, both the British and the Germans withdrew their airships to the rear.

Without him, the airship is the target in front of the fighter.

After mastering the air supremacy, the Ming army did not require the French airship troops to carry out bombing, but to carry out aerial reconnaissance to accurately grasp the movements of the British and German coalition forces.

In fact, on the 29th, the Ming army launched a partial counterattack—using the time when the airship was shot down, it launched a counterattack and successfully repelled the vanguard of the British army. After winning the first battle, Zhou Ze has been waiting With new opportunities.

On this day, as usual, Ding Lei's plane was cruising at an altitude of 2000 meters, while machine gunner Xu Fei stood on the shooter's seat and observed the ground.

"The Germans have a lot of troops!"

Even from the air, you can see the vast German troops on the ground. The blue-gray troops are very conspicuous on the green ground. There are marching troops everywhere on the road, and hundreds of heavy artillery are on the horses. , The car pulls down and moves forward.

"It's a lot, but they're going too fast!"

"what?"

"Have you noticed what we're seeing now?"

"Cannon!"

"And what about the infantry?"

Ding Lei laughed.

"Ahead of tens of kilometers, their troops and artillery are out of touch. I dare say that it is not only infantry and artillery that are out of touch. I think we can continue to search further in the rear!"

Facts have proved that Ding Lei's judgment is correct-the rapidly advancing German Fifth Army and the British Expeditionary Force of three divisions, in order to seize Paris, left the First Army far behind, which not only caused their lone army to go deep , and even more deadly, in order to save Paris, the French General Staff withdrew the Fifth Army from Lorraine to reinforce Paris. Right uppercut, trying to cooperate with the German 2nd Army to encircle and annihilate the French 5th Army.In this way, the flanks of the German rotating front would pass close to Paris and cross the front of the Ming-French allied forces.

However, the French army, which was hastily organizing defenses, failed to grasp this opportunity at all. They still ordered the troops to continue to retreat, assemble, dig trenches, fortifications, and organize defenses. This seemed to be the only option to defend Paris.

But General Zhou Ze, the commander of the expeditionary force, immediately saw this clearly, and he shouted excitedly:

"They sent the flanks! How stupid the Germans are! I can't believe this is happening, it's so good."

"Mr. Zhou, is there some kind of conspiracy here!"

The chief of staff of the expeditionary force, Liang Chengkun asked calmly.

"Accordingly, the Germans would not make such a low-level mistake. Could it be a bait?"

"Bait? Chief of Staff, tell me what you think?"

"If it's bait..."

While speaking, he walked to the map and pointed to the movement of the German army on the map.

"Will their battle plan be to deliberately expose a weak flank, lure us to attack, and then surround and annihilate us with a strong other flank?"

Staring at the map and thinking for a while, Zhou Ze's brows were wrinkled, he nodded, and did not speak.

It was a long time before he said.

"Indeed, if this is the case, it will be difficult..."

Just as Zhou Ze was staring at the map and calculating all the possibilities, an intelligence officer sent information over there.

"Reporting sir, the aerial reconnaissance photos and enemy situation analysis just obtained."

After receiving the report from the staff officer, Zhou Ze just glanced at it briefly, and his face showed joy, and he said happily.

"Haha, we won this time!"

"what?"

"The German's gone too fast!"

Passing the information to the chief of staff, Zhou Ze walked directly to the map, adjusted the position of the German army, and said.

"The German Fifth Army is moving too fast. Not only are they out of touch with their own artillery units, but they are also out of touch with the rear troops. We have two days! If we attack their flanks, the white-collar workers will have two days. Opportunity to repel the Fifth Army from the flank, so that the situation on the battlefield will undergo a fundamental change! At least the German threat to Paris can be removed!"

On the battlefield, many opportunities are fleeting. For a general, all he needs is to seize those opportunities. In many cases, the easiest way to win a battle is to take advantage of the enemy's negligence.

"Now that they've made a mistake, all we have to do is take this opportunity."

Closing the information he just obtained, Liang Chengkun walked to the map, stared at the map and thought carefully for a while, and then said.

"Mr. Zhou, I think we have five days."

"What? Five days?"

Zhou Ze walked to the map again, thinking there.

"No, the current distance is... the marching speed of the troops is..."

While thinking about it, he saw the chief of staff take out a photo and put it on the map.

"Airship, the French infantry is panicking now, but the strength of the airship unit is still intact. Since the air power is in our hands, then, I think, we should mobilize all the airships to bomb the successor troops of the German army and fundamentally eliminate the airship forces. They threaten our flank!"

This is the biggest difference between the Imperial Army and other countries. For the generals of European countries, war is war, and war is artillery bombardment and infantry rush. But for imperial generals, the battlefield in their eyes is never just land. Not just bombardment and infantry rushing, as early as during the Battle of Brazil, the imperial military used airship bombing to destroy and severely damage the Brazilian reinforcements again and again, thus firmly grasping the initiative on the battlefield. Now, since the air supremacy is in hand , must repeat the old tricks.

Nodding heavily, Zhou Ze smiled.

"I think it is possible, but we must seize the opportunity..."

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(End of this chapter)