Chapter 257： Calculating on both sides

Chapter 257 Both sides calculate

The French people who Ernst said did not surrender, are now lowering the suspension bridge of Weissenburg to welcome the "King Division" of the Prussian Third Army.

Although they support France spiritually, the Prussian artillery fire is destroying the houses of the residents of Weissenburg. Even the French army often go up to the roof and step on the tiles on the roof because of the need of defense, which makes the citizens feel distressed, so "you don't want to fight anymore. Already!"

Of course the French army would not listen to the citizens. When the French army was squeezed by Prussia in the small city of Weissenburg, the residents raised the white flag and welcomed the Prussian army into the city.

This scene made Leo, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 74th Regiment of the French Army, almost **** off, but there was nothing he could do.

Of course, this can only represent the personal behavior of the residents of Weissenburg, not France. After all, this is the region of Alsace and Lorraine.

The French side made a fool of themselves in the Battle of Weissenburg, but the French soldiers showed their prestige. After the German coalition entered the city, they fought fierce street battles with the French army.

The French army failed in the end, because they had too many enemies and couldn't finish it. They repelled Bavaria, Prussia and other states played, and even a seventh brigade composed of Poles.

At the same time, facing Prussia's advanced Krupp artillery, France has no corresponding effective countermeasures. The suppression of artillery fire and the inferior number of people make this battle no suspense.

The 8 battalions of the French army faced the attack of the 29 battalions of the German army.

Before the war, the Bavarian army took out the most elite troops of the two armies, but they were severely beaten by the French.

Despite the poor performance of the Bavarian army in the first battle, the Prussian "Nation" still greatly praised the Bavarian army: "The Bavarians defeated the enemy of Germany... and the battle has witnessed their unshakable loyalty."

The victorious German army entered Wissembourg. Crown Prince William led the German generals to stand in silence in front of the body of General Douy. The former headmaster of the French Saint-Cyr Military Academy was buried here forever.

The Prussians were very surprised by the seized map of General Duy. The quality is not bad, and the scale is too small to be used for commanding operations. In addition, General Duy still had a map, but the junior officers had no maps at all, only some hand-drawn sketches. Prussia has very good maps down to the rank of lieutenant. Of course, the Bavarian army is still not up to this standard. Who made them disagree with Prussia?

The German bumpkins saw African soldiers here for the first time. They looked at the captured Algerian soldiers like animals in a zoo. In fact, this should not be the first time. Soldiers are also counted as Africans, but black soldiers (I didn't say that Algerians are black) are really the first time I see them.

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The outskirts west of David Wright. It is rare to have a forest here because it is surrounded by farmland.

The 54th Brigade of the French Army is currently resting and preparing for the Hexingen Brigade and the Prussian Third Brigade led by Robert further east to support Kirchbach's troops.

"Reporting to the brigade commander, we found out from a villager that the Hexingen brigade stationed in David Wright is said to have a South German accent, and there are many Orientals mixed in it."

"Oriental?"

"The same face as the residents in our Far East colonies (Cambodia and Vietnam), yellow race."

The reason why the French were able to obtain this information was due to the residents of David Wright who hid in the countryside to escape the war. For historical reasons, the locals were proficient in both German and French languages, so they learned some information about the Hechingen Brigade.

"It is estimated that, like the Algerian army, it is formed with colonial soldiers, but do the Prussians have their own colonies in the Far East?"

"It may also be mercenaries. Although Prussia has been active in Europe, it has its own diplomatic relations in the Far East."

"How are they deploying at David Wright?"

"According to the residents who escaped from David Wright, the Hechingen Brigade started building fortifications the day they arrived, and the whole of David Wright was surrounded by them."

"Interesting!" said the brigade commander of the 54th brigade: "This is rare in the Prussian army we fought against, especially now that Prussia is on the offensive and we are on the defensive. Under normal circumstances, it should be us who are actively building fortifications. To prevent the Prussians from attacking."

"Our intelligence personnel also obtained a piece of information. This army is fighting under the banner of the German state. The Hexingen brigade comes from the Prince of Hechingen, so the designation is somewhat different from that of the Prussian army."

"Then it makes sense! This unit should be those miscellaneous units in South Germany, which were improvised because of the war. This may be a good opportunity." The commander of the 54th Brigade analyzed.

The commander of the 54th Brigade of the French Army looks down on the fighting power of the states in the South German region. This is normal. Except for Austria and Prussia, there is no German state army in the German region that can make the French use their full strength.

"What if we take this army and take David Wright?"

"I'm afraid this is a bit difficult to handle. According to our information, there is still a Prussian brigade deployed in Vilwissand in the east. It is only two kilometers away from David Wright, and it can quickly support this place."

"Two kilometers means that it can be reached in half an hour at the fastest, and the Prussians still carry luggage, which takes longer. If we can solve the battle within half an hour, there will be no problem. This so-called Prince of Hechingen listens to the name It is known that the area is not large, and it is not easy to gather an army. Otherwise, they would not use a large number of Orientals, and built a large number of fortifications abnormally. It seems that the commander also knows that the combat effectiveness of this army is not good. This is our At dawn, we took the initiative to attack, quickly captured Davy Wright, and then prepared for the arrival of the remaining Prussian brigade."

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"About ten o'clock (late), a French army sneaked into the forest to the west of us. Its scale is difficult to judge for the time being, but it should not be less than ours." Heinrich woke up in the temporary command post Sleeping Leopold sinks reports.

"This forest is in the center of David Wright and Saverner, which means that they bypassed Stanley and went directly south. The French must be planning to attack Saverner. This force is part of the support, or directly Intervention in Saverna is either coming at us, but based on the distance calculation, it is more likely to come at us." The sleepy Leopold analyzed.

"This is a good opportunity, the Hechingen Brigade should attack immediately!" Heinrich suggested.

"Oh!" Leopold was a little surprised.

"The French army came suddenly, bypassing Stanley, and directly inserted into this forest, which shows that it is very likely that they are cooperating with the main force of the French army, otherwise they would not take such a risk, and bypassing Stanley to come here shows that they are Marching in a hurry, the troops must be exhausted at this time, and we must rest here first, this is a weakness of the French army, if we attack quickly, we can definitely catch them by surprise!"

"Well, there is more!" Leopold asked: "We don't know the size of the French army, which is a great risk."

"Your Highness, it is precisely because we don't know the size of the French army that we should take the initiative to attack, because our true and false French are easier to know. If there are more French than us, they will take the initiative to test us at dawn tomorrow. Attack, at that time we have lost the initiative of the war, if the number of people is smaller than us, we will not suffer too much if we fight in the dark, we have passed through that forest before, and it is daytime, so the environment is also better than France that entered in the dark People are familiar with it, and there is a high probability that the number of troops on the French side is not large, because the overall number of French troops is far smaller than that of the German coalition."

"It makes sense, let's act now?"

Heinrich shook his head and said: "It's not in a hurry, let's prepare first, let the soldiers have a supper to replenish their strength, and wait until twelve o'clock when they are in high spirits, and then launch a surprise attack on the French. The French are marching One day, we must be exhausted, and even more sleepy after eleven o'clock, that is the best time for us to launch an attack."

"If you fight at night..." Leopold said worriedly.

"You don't need to be afraid of night battles. We can't see it, and neither can the French. Moreover, the range and accuracy of the Dreiser rifle are not as good as the French Chasaipo rifle. It greatly restricts the performance of the Xia Saibo rifle, and both sides can only aim by feeling in the dark, so let our people prepare more melee weapons, then we will become the dominant side instead."

(end of this chapter)