Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Orleans's battle had already lasted for three days and three nights, with not a single minute of rest. During these three days, the French Loire River Regiment had invested a total of 250 thousand troops and continued to attack from the front.

After three days of bloody battles, ten pontoons were blown up and rebuilt, and then they were blown up and rebuilt again. France alone had more than 1,400 casualties among engineers who had repaired the pontoons.

Three days later, the three ancient stone bridges in Orleans were officially conquered by the French and protected. From this moment on, more and more soldiers could attack the north coast.

In these three days of intense fighting, the French side had launched a total of more than sixty-five thousand cannonballs. The Prussian army opposing side had also fired about fifty thousand cannonballs, and the intense gunfire from both sides had destroyed almost a quarter of the city.

There were wreckage everywhere, smoke was everywhere, and the black smoke that shot into the sky could be seen more than 10 kilometers away!

The Marseille's independent master was crippled, the twelve thousand people that went up only managed to bring back two thousand wounded!

In the Pyrenees, a single charge had reduced their numbers by eighty percent. Although they had taken over an entire block, only 85 people had survived!

The two brigades of Toulouse had been besieged for twelve hours, and the Second Bordeaux Division and an Independent Brigade were storming to free the besieged warriors!

No troops retreated, no matter how heavy the casualties were, no one retreated!

Gan Bida stood on the riverbank of Southern Bank. He had been there for three whole days, commanding the battle without even resting for an hour.

In this battle, only Gan Bida had the authority to make the disabled troops retreat. Without his order, even if the battle to the last soldier, they were not allowed to retreat!

"Reporting, Sir, the Second Lyon Infantry Regiment has been reduced by 70%. We really can't hold on any longer, please repair our defenses …"

"Reporting to His Excellency the Minister... "The Alpine mountain brigade can no longer hold on. The defense line is on the verge of collapse, so I ask for reinforcements …"

Gan Bida was constantly surrounded by the troops who were passing down orders. They had brought over the distress messages from the Bloody Battle Departments, and when they saw the young lad from their hometown die like cutting leek, they all felt so much pain that they couldn't breathe!

But at this moment, Gan Bida's heart was as hard as iron. He resolutely shook his head and pointed towards the north, "Under the heroic soul of the Holy Maiden, there was no retreat …" No one is allowed to retreat until the final battle! "

"A good man in the France, could it be that she can't even compare to a woman?"

"Retreat? We have already retreated from the north to the Orleans, where else can we retreat to? Retreat to your doorstep and let the fire of war burn in your hometown? "

"In terms of sacrifice, who hasn't? Look at how the Orleans has been destroyed, have the people here not sacrificed themselves? "

"The north of France has fallen into enemy territory. Have the people not sacrificed themselves?"

"Don't fight if you're afraid of death! I can remove the name of your unit, and you can go home! "

These harsh words caused the messenger's face to flush with embarrassment. Without saying anything, they saluted and turned back towards the battlefield. Along the way, they were shouting at the top of their lungs!

"We will fight to the last man!" Fight to the death! Do not retreat, fight to the death! "

Amidst the shouts, two more divisions from Loire River moved forward. The line from the city area to the outskirts of the city spanned more than ten kilometers and was filled with the sounds of gunfire and shouts.

Gan Bida's eyes were bloodshot, he drank the bitter coffee in large gulps to refresh himself, as he chattered nonstop.

"Hold on, my children, please hold on. The scales of victory are already tilting towards us, did you not realize that?"

Gan Bida was under his direct line of descent, but most of them were civil servants, so they were always in charge of more civilian work at the back.

They were the same as the Minister of the Interior with their sharp observation skills, they were not concerned with the battlefield, but with other aspects!

A middle-aged man with glasses said, "Yes, the great reversal is about to happen, didn't you notice? The range of the Prussian's cannons is shrinking, our artillery positions are becoming safer and safer … "

Another official drank a large gulp of bitter coffee. "That's right, I have estimated that the frequency of the Prussian launching the Thorny Blade Battlefield increased by three times between three days ago and now …"

"What does this mean? This means that there's a problem with the enemy's supply, and their strength is being squeezed to the limit! "

They were spent! The French did not know about this idiom, but they truly felt that the Prussian Legion was at the end of its tether.

Prussian army had already reached his limit in this war, they could not fight any further south. Although they had a lot of manpower, they would have to split it evenly in the vast northern part of France.

The huge army of one hundred thousand did not receive any support within three days. In the end, Prince Karl only assigned them a new army from the Bavaria.

As for ammunition, bullets, medical supplies and other war materials, they were even more scarce!

The continuous attacks of the French guerrillas had turned the railway transportation into a huge disaster. The earliest advantageous railway transportation efficiency had all turned into trash at this moment!

At the beginning of the battle, the Prussian cannons on the north coast of the Loire River were still very sharp. As soon as Napoleon fired his cannons on the French side, ten minutes later, the attack from the Krupp steel gun s arrived.

On the first day, the French army lost more than 300 cannons, while the casualties exceeded 2000. There were countless of damaged cannons!

But on the second day, it became clear that the Prussian was running out of firepower. Krupp's artillery shells were more concentrated in the charging French army, and there was very little retaliation against the French artillery positions!

On the third day, the sounds of gunfire from Krupp were even less frequent. Only when the most intense combat situation of the district was about to occur, and when the battle was about to end, would there be a round of fire to counterattack!

Everything had proven that the Prussian army could no longer move. Those arrogant Prussian soldier s' souls had obviously been destroyed in the three day battle of attrition!

The opposite of the Prussian was the more valiant the French army!

Don't look at how they died in battle on the battlefield, although their individual combat abilities were far inferior to Prussian army's!

However, the reinforcements from the south of France were constantly being replenished. The train lanes were filled with trains that were waiting to unload their cargo, and the new recruits from the southern provinces were flooding in.

"No matter how long the war lasts, we will always fight for the strength of our nation!" Gan Bida roared out like a red-eyed rabbit, "Maybe good tactics and beautiful strategy to cheat will allow you to show off for a while!"

"But as long as our France persists, as long as the accumulated national power is mobilized! We are invincible! "

The balance of victory had finally tilted, just as Gan Bida was continuing to give his speech to his subordinates to boost his morale, a special train came from the south, bringing extremely encouraging good news!