"Report to the general, a French military camp was discovered ahead, and more than a thousand French troops were visually inspected for training...At this moment, they have discovered our location..."
Luo Huo put down his binoculars and sneered, "Is this the Paris garrison? I just saw them conducting formation training on the playground... These are all a bunch of fucking new recruits!"
"The first battalion carried out a quick assault...the second battalion outflanked the right wing, dispersed and pulled...a quick battle and a quick victory!"
The Bobigny recruit training camp in the suburbs of Paris became the place where the first shot was fired in the offensive and defensive battle of Paris. One thousand garrison troops, which had been armed for less than three months, were attacked by two battalions of Chinese cavalry.
No one in France expected that the enemy would come so quickly. The New Deal of the Republic had just been announced this morning. As a result, twelve hours later, at 6:30 that afternoon, a Chinese cavalry team appeared in the northern suburbs of Paris.
"Oh God! Did they fly here? Didn't they say that the Chinese were going to war in Sedan? They could reach Paris in 48 hours?"
The straight-line distance between Sedan and Paris on the map is 170 kilometers. If the actual march is carried out, the mileage will be extended to 200 kilometers. A forced march of 200 kilometers in 48 hours is already a terrifying speed.
The advancement speed of cavalry has never been a simple mathematical problem. If you look at the horse speed purely, it is possible to travel even 300 kilometers a day. However, after all, war horses are livestock, not cars, and they cannot continue to rotate continuously.
And the larger the army marches, the more places it needs to tie up. Historically, the Mongolian cavalry's conquest of Europe was the standard template for large-scale cavalry marches, but the powerful Mongolian cavalry regiment could only travel 80-90 kilometers a day.
This is already the extreme speed of the cavalry, but today this record was actually broken by the Chinese, which made the Paris defenders extremely frightened.
There was no preparation at all. All military experts in Paris believed that it would take at least three to four days for the enemy to approach Paris. Three or four days would be enough for Paris to build more defensive positions and recruit more soldiers.
Who would have thought that the Chinese could travel 200 kilometers in 48 hours? Are they riding mechanical horses? Don't want to rest?
"Emergency assembly... Emergency assembly..." Hoarse roars were heard everywhere in the military camp. The officers pulled out their riding whips and drove the chaotic recruits into a shooting formation.
There were no bunkers for defense, and the training camp didn't even have a wooden fence, because no one expected to encounter the enemy today!
"Distribute ammunition...distribute ammunition..."
The officers and soldiers were desperate. They watched the black cavalry rush towards them, but they didn't even have time to distribute ammunition.
The dusty-looking Chinese soldiers lowered their bodies to minimize wind resistance. The rifles in their hands were already full of bullets. After one round of shooting, they would rely on the collision force of the war horses.
"Stabilize the charging camp...hold it all...Our war horses were just snatched in Montreuil, and they still have enough horsepower..."
"Crash them over, crush these bastards... kill them!"
How are miracles created? After the war, countless reporters asked Chinese officers and soldiers, and it turned out that these officers and soldiers had only one word in the same voice: "Grab it!"
That's right, it was robbery along the way. The wealth left behind by France, the resources that had not yet been sent to the battlefield, were now all turned into trophies for the attacking side.
If you don’t grab it, you won’t know. If you grab it, you will be shocked. France’s wealth is so rich that it is unimaginable!
Almost all the railway stations along the railway line are inexhaustible warehouses for the Chinese, including weapons and ammunition, grain, grass and medicine, and of course, war horses from all over France that are being transported to the north.
Originally, these war horses had to be redistributed among the French army. Elite troops such as Queen Eugénie's Cavalry Regiment needed a large number of war horses at any time to replenish their blood.
But all these resources were in vain and became the spoils of the victor!
At the beginning, the Chinese soldiers were replaced with two horses each. By the time they reached the outskirts of Paris, they were replaced with three horses each. The black horses were spread out on the ground as far as the eye could see.
"God bless, God bless...Mom!"
In the French training camp, countless soldiers kissed the crosses on their necks, and some even called out their mother's name... At this time, the Chinese cavalry had approached a distance of more than 700 meters in front of them. These gun-wielding soldiers The French army's hands began to shake.
All the French officers shouted with their throats broken: "The front row is down... the second row is squatting... the third row is standing... those at the back are ready to reload..."
"No shooting is allowed without my order...No one is allowed to shoot...You must obey my order..."
"Let the enemy get closer, you must keep the enemy closer..."
"Mom..." With a scream, a timid soldier closed his eyes and shook his hand before pulling the trigger!
Bang... there was a muffled sound, and the bullet flew out without knowing where it went. This was terrible, and the entire military formation immediately started firing like fried beans.
Bang bang bang... Bullets are flying around, smoke is flying around, and it looks really impressive from a distance.
Fired from a distance of 700 meters, although the bullets could fly, the accuracy was basically zero. Only the first dozen or so unlucky horses of the charging Chinese troops were shot and fell to the ground. The rest of the people didn't even move quickly. decline.
"Hahaha... everyone, hold still... fire within a hundred meters... let us teach them how to fight!"
The sound of horse hooves was like thunder, and the ground began to shake. The French army on the opposite side was completely in chaos. No matter how hard the officer's whip was whipped, it could not restore the soldiers' shooting discipline. All the soldiers were in a hurry and fired at will.
"God, you damn bastard... why didn't you obey the order... why did you shoot in advance..."
"You trash going to hell...why did you close your eyes when you fired? Stupid pig..."
Yuanfang Luo Huo shook his head helplessly, "What kind of things are these people? Hurry up and end the battle..."
"Fire...fire..." the commander's roar sounded in the distance, and then the special operations team members of the two battalions picked up Mauser and opened fire at the French army within 100 meters.
The rain of bullets was extremely accurate. One volley destroyed all the French formations directly opposite, and the screams were endless.
"Accelerate... bump into them... blast them away... it's really boring to fight with these weaklings..."
Boom boom boom... Thousands of horses galloping, smashing directly into the French army formation like a wall, and the defensive position that was barely organized was suddenly beaten into thin air.
"Run...run...the enemy is ten times our number, run..." Countless French soldiers dropped their weapons and ran away.
In the direction of the gap deliberately left by the Chinese, hundreds of French troops fled like a flock of ducks. The atmosphere of terror suddenly spread throughout the small town of Bobigny.
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