Europe, Prussia.
Prince Ferlandi, who returned to Prussia, had no time to rest.
He immediately organized his troops and headed for Hanover.
On the Western Front, the combined forces of France and Italy were approaching step by step.
War could come at any time, and Prince Ferlandi had no time to waste.
Although he has reached cooperation with Long Yan, he does not trust Ling Chen, which makes him have to take action as soon as possible.
The 10,000 Prussian soldiers mobilized by Prince Ferlandi soon arrived at the Hanover front line.
Join Ling Chen. There are about 200,000 Long Yan troops stationed here. Ferlandi's troops are simply not enough.
Ling Chen and Diana met Prince Ferlandi, whom they had never met before.
"Hello, respected General Ling Chen, who is this?" Prince Ferlandi looked at the strange woman next to Ling Chen. Her blond hair and blue eyes were enough to show that she was a Germanic woman.
Ling Chen introduced: "She is our guide to Long Yan. The topographic maps of many of our wars were provided by Miss Diana."
"One of our own."
Prince Ferlandi nodded. He hurried to a table, swept away the clutter, and laid out the topographic map he brought on the table.
"General Lingchen, I have brought terrain maps for this war. Although Long Yan has an army of 200,000, we still don't know how many troops the Alliance has brought."
"I think this topographic map can help us."
Ling Chen looked at the topographic map and raised his eyebrows. The topographic map marked the entire Hanover area, but it was not very detailed and could even be said to be a bit backward.
Judging from the yellowed paper, this topographic map is quite old.
"Prince Ferlandi, this paper topographic map of yours may not be of much use."
Prince Ferlandi frowned, not understanding what Ling Chen meant by these words.
"Without a terrain map, how can we accurately predict France's attack?"
Ling Chen smiled and came to a map: "No, no, no, Prince Ferlandi, you misunderstood me."
"Look at this."
Ling Chen made room for Prince Ferlandi, who looked at the picture with a startled expression on his face.
"This is……"
"Didn't Frederick II mention it to you?"
Ling Chen also looked at this map and said, "We have designed a better terrain map a long time ago."
"This picture existed when we were fighting an ambush with the Holy Crusaders."
Ferlandi looked at the map intently and asked: "Who drew this? No one has drawn a new topographic map for Hanover for a long time."
Ling Chen looked at Diana beside him and said, "He is standing next to you. I told you that he is the guide of our Dragon Flame Army."
Prince Ferlandi turned his head and looked at the Germanic woman named Diana in astonishment.
It's actually her?
Diana explained softly: "Before joining the Protestant Church, I was an adventurer who traveled through Europe and was also a geographer."
Prince Ferlandi nodded.
He did not delve into this matter and continued to look at this extremely detailed map.
Almost all the geographical features of Hannover are marked on this map.
"Great, with this map, our attack will have a great chance of winning against the coalition forces."
Prince Ferlandi thought for a while and said: "I will send troops to spy on the situation of the French Union Army. It is impossible for their troops to march without movement."
"If we can know their whereabouts, we can take the lead in sending troops to block them directly from the Rhine River!"
Ling Chen said: "It is a good idea to take the initiative."
He looked at the map and thought for a while and said: "In this way, we will send troops to the prince's position now."
Ling Chen clicked on a location on the map, which was a dangerous area between the mountains of China and Germany.
Prince Ferlandi wondered: "Why choose here? We don't even know where they will march."
Ling Chen said calmly: "Based on the latest intelligence and our prediction of their troops' marching path, their next target is here."
Ling Chen marked all the marches of the French army on the map, and even predicted their next march.
Prince Ferlandi was stunned: "You already know about the march of the French army?"
"Is this surprising?" Ling Chen said in confusion: "Knowing the enemy's movements is a very important thing for us."
"Didn't your Prussian troops make an action plan in this regard?"
Prince Ferlandi fell into deep thought, then snapped his fingers, looked at the map and said: "General Ling Chen, just do as you said, we will set up an ambush here."
"Assault them."
"What kind of cooperation do we need from our Prussian troops?" Prince Ferlandi said.
Ling Chen thought for a moment and said, "No, it's not necessary. Our Long Yan Army can handle this matter."
After receiving a huge gold coin worth 150,000, Ling Chen led the Longyan Army.
The strength has been greatly improved, especially after the supply line in Saxony was opened, the Long Yan Army received additional equipment, making up for the last shortcoming of Ling Chen's army.
The 10,000 Prussian troops led by Ferlandi are not as effective as the Long Yan Army. The army now relies on the Long Yan Army for supplies.
With such a troop, Ling Chen would never let them mix into his troop and join this war.
They will cause serious obstacles to their own troops.
Prince Ferlandi nodded thoughtfully.
He understood what Ling Chen meant.
"This is our Prussian territory, and our Prussian troops should participate in the battlefield!"
Prince Ferlandi insisted.
Ling Chen glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "Since the prince is so insistent, then your Prussian troops will help us guard their withdrawal route."
"Okay, no problem!" Prince Ferlandi agreed to this arrangement.
Although stopping the defeated army is not a frontal battle, it is still an extremely important task.
This can greatly weaken the effective strength of the post-war troops.
Another main reason for Prince Ferlandi to accept this task is that the current situation of their Prussian troops does not have much strength to use.
With 10,000 troops, it is very unrealistic for him to go on a frontal battlefield.
Overall, it's a good job.
…
Under Ling Chen's series of commands, the coalition forces were attacked when they were about to enter the Sino-German mountains.
This attack caught the Union Army by surprise.
But it did not completely defeat the entire coalition army.
This time France, Italy and other countries under the Habsburg dynasty gathered nearly 200,000 troops.
This unit is just the leading unit.
With only 30,000 people, the Long Yan Army led by Ling Chen showed their current advantages in this surprise battle.
Advanced weapons and equipment, strong firepower.
In addition, because of sufficient funds, their army has trained a group of cavalry.
In this fairly flat area of Zhongde Mountain, the cavalry's combat effectiveness exploded.
