The French did not know that the largest battle flag among the many military flags flying on the distant horizon had only a simple and unsophisticated Chinese character on it, and that battle flag represented the only leader of the Chinese nation, Xiao Letian. .
When Xiao Letian appeared in front of everyone at four o'clock in the morning, everyone was stunned. No one expected that the head of state would catch up with them so quickly.
"So fast? Head, didn't you take any rest? Did you travel all night long?"
"Prepare hot coffee, prepare breakfast... Why don't you send us a telegram when you are traveling at night? This is already a suburb of Paris, and there are French people everywhere. We have become an isolated and helpless protrusion, which is very dangerous!"
"God knows there are regular troops lurking in that village. Do you know which civilians are National Guardsmen in disguise?"
Luo Huo and Sima Yun frowned and complained. When they saw Wang Huaiyuan, they kept nagging that the CIA's security work was not in place...
But at this moment, a group of people saw the navy generals in completely different uniforms!
"Xiang Ying? Fatty Jin? Why are you here?" Everyone's expressions suddenly became a little weird.
It seems that there has been a conflict between the navy and the army since ancient times. Although the army made outstanding achievements in this European expedition, the army still pales in comparison to the achievements of the Zhiyuan alone.
After all, the Army fought jointly with the Prussian Army. Although there were some tactical highlights and breakthrough points, the overall strategy was inseparable from the Prussian Army.
But the navy was not. The Zhiyuan was crippled by its own strength alone and without any support from the Prussian Navy. The French Combined Fleet was crippled.
The Battle of East Frisia has now spread all over the world, and even the American Naval Academy on the other side of the Atlantic is gathering many experts for careful analysis.
Not to mention the United Kingdom, it can be said that Xiang Ying's battle directly stimulated the British naval upgrade plan. All those old model warships were stopped. Even if they were 80% completed, they were removed from the dry dock. All projects were completely replaced by new ones. Replaced by ironclads.
A naval battle not only changed the balance of naval power between France, Prussia, and the Chinese, but more importantly, this naval battle directly opened the era of iron-clad giant ships.
Such a wild victory and such glory had already stimulated the army to become extremely jealous, and today they saw these young navy men running to Paris, all of them with strange expressions.
Xiang Ying strode up to General Sima Yun and General Luo Huo, and led the other naval officers to stand at attention and salute. They were always juniors and subordinates in front of the Four Heavenly Kings.
"Okay! Xiang Ying, you actually returned to the head of state... It seems that you have passed the test?" Sima Yun asked with a smile.
Luo Huo was not polite, "What's the matter... The credit for the naval battle is not enough for you, and now you even want to share half of the credit for the siege of Paris?"
Xiang Ying laughed, "The general is joking... We are here purely to learn. On the one hand, we must admit our mistakes to the head of state and ask for punishment, and on the other hand, we can watch and learn from the battle. We have no other purpose at all..."
"It's good to know that you have crippled the Zhiyuan. Don't we have to go to Paris to help you with the money to repair the ship? You are really courageous. You dare to attack someone with a single warship. fleet?"
Luo Huo and Sima Yun are certainly qualified to beat young officers like Xiang Ying, but other army officers are much more polite in their words. Although they are also sour, they do not have the seniority of the Four Heavenly Kings.
Everyone was chatting with each other about their previous drinking friendships and the fun on the battlefield that happened during this period. Of course, there was also bragging between each other, and the atmosphere became heated for a while.
At this time, Xiang Yingcai saw a group of women and children who had been kicked out of the church. Xiang Ying turned around and asked Hyoutaro, "What's going on?"
Hyōtaro briefly told what happened last night, and then turned around and said angrily, "If we don't kill them, it would be considered merciful on our part. Why do we have to give them money to eat?"
"If this were in our Fuso, these would be trophies, and we could control life and death at will!"
Not being able to massacre the city made Hyoutaro and other officers and soldiers of the Foreign Legion very depressed. A group of people were holding back their desire for revenge. They remembered that the French fleet killed many people in Naha back then, and they all kept this account in their hearts.
Xiang Ying shook his head and whispered to Hyōtaro in a low voice, "Don't talk about this. The master has already talked about this topic along the way... Our mission in besieging Paris this time is more important than massacring the city..."
"Don't hit the gun! Have you made a battle plan?"
At this time, Xiao Letian was sitting in the town office, listening to Sima Yun's report on today's battle preparations. After listening for ten minutes, Xiao Letian waved his hand.
"This battle is not difficult to fight! Your plan is a bit too complicated. You don't need so many scouts to withdraw those precious snipers and scouts..."
"What we have to face this time is not the French regular army, but the National Guard controlled by 20,000 leftists! The weapons are messy and there is no artillery!"
"Huh? How did you know..." Sima Yun asked confused.
Xiao Letian waved his hand and retreated, leaving only a few senior generals around him. He took out a telegram from his pocket, "Let's take a look! My spies in Paris have already sent me the changes in the situation in the past few days. …”
"Last night the Palais Bourbon was full of flavor. The right-wing crowd was so overwhelming that Blanqui was speechless... The first battle of this siege of Paris will be fought by the National Guard!"
"Haha...it's only 1.5 francs a day. Human life is as cheap as grass. It's so sad to lose your life for this little money..."
No one thought that the head of state actually had another spy line in Paris, and it seemed that this spy was of a very high level and the intelligence he provided was extremely detailed.
All French regular troops within a fifteen-kilometer radius of Bobigny retreated, and the vacuum in the entire defense line was supplemented by 20,000 National Guardsmen.
Each of the 20,000 people only carried thirty rounds of ammunition, no cannons, and the army was not equipped with baggage vehicles, which meant that this army was simply unable to carry out long-term operations.
"Are these people here for tourism? There are no cannons, no cavalry, no heavy weapons, no baggage... Do they look down on us so much?"
Xiao Letian shook his head, "Haha... It's not that we look down on us, but these French people have serious internal strife. The cannons in the hands of the National Guard have become a thorn in the side of the provisional government!"
"These cannons are hidden on the Montmartre heights and used as a defensive force... If some of them are brought out this time, I'm afraid someone will take advantage of them during the battle!"
No one thought that the internal fighting in France had reached this point. If this intelligence was accurate, today's battle would be much easier to fight.
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