In addition to the 30,000 troops and the more than 10,000 advance cavalry who entered the battlefield in advance, a total of 40,000 people finally started the attack in the early morning. Their camp was less than ten kilometers away from the border. Normally, they would be able to see Sasha in two hours of marching. The city walls of Erbrücken.
The flags covered the sky and the sun, and the cavalry troops spread out to cover a huge area of more than ten kilometers around the battlefield, keeping a vigilant eye on any abnormalities.
The Chinese army camp set off collectively, and the smoke and dust from the soldiers trampling the earth could be clearly seen for ten miles!
With a sea of 40,000 men and 40,000 elite French veterans, the Second Army pressed towards the north like a huge stone millstone.
At this time, the special forces members did not dare to fight anymore. Some radical snipers tried to kill the cavalry who controlled the battlefield, but they were severely restrained by officers at all levels.
"Are you crazy? Didn't you see that the enemies are all operating in battalion units? If you look at the exposed position at this time, no one can escape!"
"It's daybreak. Our mission has been successfully completed. We don't have much ammunition now. Why are we so entangled? Hurry back..."
The soldiers brought out by Xiao Letian have finally matured. If during the Austro-Prussian War, this army was still fighting with passion, then now these officers and soldiers have learned to think rationally.
If you can fight, fight, if you can't fight, run away. Now is not the time when the Chinese people need to fight to the death to make a name for themselves. The Iron Army's name is already known to the world, so don't waste your life foolishly.
Two thousand special operations team members hiding in the jungle began to retreat to the north in batches. They bypassed the road in the forest, tried their best to break away from the French army, and soon disappeared into the vast sea of forests.
Thanks to the forest coverage in Europe, without this vast virgin forest, the Chinese army would not be able to fight so elusively in foreign lands.
Frossard rode on a standing horse and, under the protection of the guards, rushed into a highland in the forest next to the road and observed the surrounding terrain with a telescope.
"Are there any people from the Queen's Cavalry? They were the first to fight against the Chinese, weren't they?"
"Commander of the Eugénie Cavalry...Christopher reports to the commander!" The commander of the Queen's Cavalry has been included in the establishment of the Second Army and is currently accompanying the Chinese Army in action.
Frossard glanced at him and said coldly, "Tell me the true casualty rate. I know that your report to Paris was watered down... What is your casualty ratio when fighting the Chinese?"
Christopher blushed and whispered, "General... in... during the initial firefight, our regiment lost a total of 389 people..."
"Little 400 people? What you have is cavalry. If you can't fight, you can escape. How can you reduce the number of people so much? You only have a cavalry regiment of 1,500 people in total, and now you don't have 400 people? Bastard... you are ruining the country!"
Frossard raised his riding crop and was about to whip it, but thinking about the aristocratic background of this young regiment leader, he forced himself to put it down!
"Okay, okay... the reduction was 400, but you reported 100 to your superiors. You're pretty cool! Are the numbers concealed by other troops the same proportion?"
The commander's falcon-like eyes scanned the gathered cavalry commanders, and everyone lowered their heads wherever he looked.
"Okay, okay, the total number of attrition you reported to His Majesty is more than 600. Now I understand that your actual attrition is four times this number!"
"You let more than two thousand imperial warriors waste in this forest? Are you worthy of the motherland! What kind of bullshit war are you fighting? Did the Prussians cross the border early?"
Christopher straightened his back in fright, "No, the Prussians have been hiding behind the border, and only the Chinese have infiltrated, but the soldiers who escaped said that there are at least five thousand Chinese..."
"Fart! Xiao Letian only brought 2,000 soldiers in total. How can he transform into 5,000 soldiers? Those cowards are just afraid of going to a military court!"
"Two thousand Chinese soldiers killed more than two thousand of us in just one encounter! On average, each of them killed one of our French soldiers!"
"This is massacre! This is massacre! Revenge, you must avenge, pass on my orders! Kill any Chinese you encounter, and leave no prisoners!"
"The whole army speeds up and invades German soil!"
When Christopher saw that the commander had gone crazy, he did not dare to say anything and could only retreat in despair. Looking at the endless forest, he felt a trace of worry in his heart.
"Come here, send our situation to His Majesty immediately... No, no, no, send it to the Crown Prince. I'm a little worried!"
The scouts of the Queen's Cavalry Regiment rushed all the way to the rear camp with the secret message from the regiment commander. When the Crown Prince saw the secret message, he did not dare to neglect and ran to see his father.
"Your Majesty...Christopher from the Queen's Cavalry has sent a secret message. In his letter, he reminded us that the movement on the border is very strange at the moment..."
Napoleon III glanced at him and said, "Say!"
The prince said worriedly, "Christopher said in the letter that the entire border harassment war was all carried out by the Chinese, and the Prussian army behind them did not make any movement!"
"Looking at the appearance, the place where the Chinese are located should be the enemy's Chinese army, but the Chinese's behavior is a bit too extreme!"
"They are attacking us so impatiently, as if they are deliberately telling us that they are here... Could it be that the Chinese are helping the Prussians to cover up something?"
"Is it possible that the enemy's main attack direction is not the Western Front...but the Eastern Front?"
The French Emperor also pondered for a long time before he raised his head after saying one sentence, "Were all the Chinese acting alone? Are there really no Prussian soldiers involved?"
"Yes, that's what the newspaper said! It seems that there are only a few translators, and not many soldiers who are actually fighting."
"It's possible! It's possible what you said! Immediately send an order to the Second Army to tentatively attack Saarbrücken. Once that small town is captured, don't unpack your baggage and be ready to go at any time!"
"If it is discovered that the enemy is using Saarbrücken as bait to surround him, then he can break out quickly!"
"Even if the enemy does not surround Saarbrücken, then he must be prepared to move eastward and support Strasbourg!"
"Let him report the situation to me at any time!"
The battlefield is ever-changing, and the real big fish is not so easy to take the bait. The vigilant King of France actually made a calm judgment.
But he absolutely underestimated the determination of his men. When Commander Frossard saw the smoke-filled border town of Freeman, the fiery-tempered commander became completely furious.
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