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The Prussian army broke through the French army's defense line at Wiesenberg and defeated the French army. The battle was extremely tragic. The French machine guns were indeed a powerful weapon for killing people.

But there was a problem, that is, the range of the machine gun was insufficient. Moltke used Krupp's large-caliber artillery shells to bombard the French army's positions. After several rounds of shelling, the French army was almost done.

McMahon saw that something was wrong, why were the Prussian troops so fierce? If something breaks, retreat quickly!

The French [-]nd Division resisted fiercely and withstood the Prussian attack at the cost of almost annihilating the entire army. It bought some time for the subsequent large forces, and finally retreated along the direction of McMahon's retreat.

When the Prussian army rushed into the French fortress of Wiesenberg, there were only more than a thousand French soldiers and a small amount of supplies left who had not had time to retreat.

Prussia won the first battle. This victory shattered France's illusion of easily defeating Prussia. The strength of the Prussian army was no longer inferior to that of the Prussian army.

But it doesn't matter, the people behind the front line don't know what happened on the front line. A false news began to spread in Paris. The French army advanced very smoothly and almost reached the east bank of the Rhine. Our army had won a great victory, a great victory!

The people of Paris were all cheering, but does the authenticity of the news matter? It’s not very important, but do the people control it? in spite of.

The French army here suffered a complete defeat in the Battle of Wiesenberg. On the other side, the French people had opened the champagne in advance, and they didn’t know who the champagne was for. The Prussian spies in France were confused. It was obviously Prussia that won, so why are these French Are people so happy?

When the news reached the rear, August thought it was Bismarck's mastermind again, but Tina said it really had nothing to do with me this time!

Of course, Napoleon III learned about the battle reports from the front and the news about Paris. He was dumbfounded. If I told the rear about the French army's defeat, wouldn't I be a loser?

McMahon and Bazin did not dare to tell the truth about the war, nor did Napoleon III. He did not dare to go back to the rear to reveal the truth about the war to those unscrupulous media.

All three Prussian armies began to move towards France. McMahon commanded the retreat all the way to the west, preparing to retreat to the town of Fleschville. Moltke did not intend to let go of this big fish and commanded the Third Army to pursue it all the way.

On March [-], the Prussian army caught up with the French army, and the two sides fought again at Walter, east of the town of Fleschville. At this time, the French McMahon's army had less than [-] men, while Moltke's pursuit of troops numbered almost [-]. Ten thousand people have a huge advantage in numbers.

But the Prussian army has a very serious problem, that is, the army has a large number of people, and supplies must be transported by train. However, there happens to be no railway here. Not to mention the difficulty of transporting equipment, the unruly people in Alsace-Lorraine are not very good. I like the Prussians, who cried, made trouble, and hanged themselves in the occupied areas of France.

The Prussian army was disciplined and could not harm civilians, so this group of unruly people became even more arrogant and went to cut the Prussian army's telegraph lines. Several troops lost contact because of this reason.

The resistance of the French people is very strong, and Moltke can't do anything to him. Auguste said that massacres are not allowed, otherwise Moltke would really want to give him all the trouble. The people here are really annoying.

The French army received a lot of supplies. Due to problems with the telegraph line, Moltke was one day late. On this day, the French army on the opposite side prepared the defense line. McMahon's micro-management was better than Napoleon III. Quite a few.

Mao Qi's heart trembled when he saw this line of defense. This is a strong bone! Then you can only rush, what else can you do?

The battle broke out, and artillery rained down on the French position. After one round of shelling, they immediately began to charge and kept advancing, but they were unable to break into the French position. The battle continued until the afternoon, with Moltke standing in the distance and watching. The sound of the shells was so loud that even the rear command post could hear it.

The Prussian army suffered a total of [-] casualties but failed to rush down this highland. The situation on the other side was not easy, and they suffered nearly [-] casualties. The French army's position was crumbling. The French army had only a small number of troops, but it suffered so many casualties in one breath. .

Although the first round of the attack failed, the Prussian army failed to capture Walter, so they reorganized a wave of troops and launched another attack.

This time, McMahon did not have that many troops to stop the Prussian army. McMahon could only ask Napoleon III for help.

"Your Majesty, we cannot let the Prussian army break through here. Give me another [-] troops, and I will be able to defend the town of Fleschville!"

Napoleon III wanted to save McMahon, but he didn't have so many soldiers for him. Napoleon III asked Frossard, the commander of the French Second Corps stationed in Spicheren, to send troops to rescue him.

But where could he get out? He met Biedenfeldt of the Prussian Second Army. The two waves of troops were fighting, and there was no time to care about McMahon's people.

Napoleon III asked McMahon to retreat first, and instead of fighting to the death, retreat to Metz to join the main force of the French army.

The Prussian Third Army successfully occupied the town of Fleschville, and then the Prussian army did not continue the pursuit. They demolished all the French fortresses and various remaining weapons, and then transported the French prisoners of war to the rear.

Frossard, the commander of the French Second Corps, initially thought that the attack was only a small group of Prussian troops, so he did not ask for help from other regiments and went it alone. However, he soon discovered that something was wrong. The Prussian offensive became increasingly fierce. It was so fierce that he could no longer resist it.

Only then did he realize that the other party was not a small force, but the main force of the serious Prussian army. Then he immediately asked Bazin of the Third Corps for help. However, due to a malfunction in the French army's communication equipment, Frossard could not Bazin was able to be contacted promptly.

It took a whole day of emergency repairs before finally connecting to the telegraph machine at the rear. After receiving the news, Bazin immediately sent troops to rescue. By this time, Frossard's army could no longer hold it. The Prussian army was several times larger than him. They were defeated again and again, but Manteuffel and Rudolf's Prussian First Army came to support Bittenfeld's troops.

Frossard could only retreat towards the west, hoping to shoot at Forbachamp's army in the west.

But when he arrived at Forbach, he found that there were already some Prussian troops here. Frossard suddenly panicked. He thought he was surrounded by the Prussian troops. He immediately abandoned his helmet and armor, gave up resistance, and fled all the way. Returned to Metz.

Napoleon III looked at his three generals. It was less than a month after the war started and less than a week with the Prussian army. Except for Bazin, who did not encounter the Prussian army, the rest of the way collapsed.

Moreover, Frossard's side can be defended, but he is timid. Otherwise, relying on that good place, he can at least fight the Prussian army for a few more days.

While Napoleon III was fighting on the front line, chaos broke out again in the rear. Bazin and MacMahon sent dozens of telegrams to Paris in the rear, requesting more troops from the rear, but Paris was already in chaos at this time.

The paper still failed to cover the fire, and the disastrous defeat on the front line was still known by the rear. The huge gap caused the French people to start rioting. Eugenie used the power of the people to start purging the opposition, but the method was not clever, and what she replaced was even worse. They are just a bunch of losers. Because public opinion hopes for a victory in the war, they become extreme militants and choose war regardless of anything.

The two Prussian armies joined together and began to advance towards the Metz Fortress. As long as they could capture this fortress, they could capture Napoleon III alive and force France to surrender.