Welcome to 19th-century Europe, where strength reigns supreme

On the frontal battlefield, Moltke has ordered the search for Valentina. Valentina's characteristics are obvious, and more than one unit has an influence on the female soldiers suspected of Valentina.

August went through the list of all female soldiers in Frankfurt, and finally found someone suspected of Valentina in the Third Army. She changed her name to Lenna and joined the war against France.

Moltke immediately asked Blumenthal, where is the army you led? Aren't you asked to support Bittenfeld's army? Where did you take me?

Blumenthal said that I don't know. General Bittenfeld said that he wanted cavalry, so I could only force a march to follow him. The infantry was handed over to Constantine. You can go and trouble him.

Blumenthal's blame-shifting behavior made Old Moltke very unhappy. Did Bittenfeldt just do whatever he said? Is he the commander-in-chief or am I the commander-in-chief? Who taught you to lead troops like this? I didn't receive any instructions to let you leave your troops. So where are the rest of the troops?

Blumenthal contacted Constantine again, and Constantine replied that after the cavalry left first, his troops suffered several waves of attacks by the French army, with about two thousand casualties and two thousand missing. He was forced to stop and repair himself, and he was now rushing through Saarbrücken, trying to get around from the other side.

After receiving the news, Mao Qi really wanted to go over and give them a punch. He went to the [-]-strong army, but half of them were lost on the way. What should he do? Let Blumenthal go back and wipe Constantine's ass quickly. Don't hang around in Metz. I'll settle the score with you later.

According to the list handed over by Constantine, Valentina is missing and has not been seen. Now Tina has a headache. Tina said, "August, if Valentina is captured, what will happen if Valentina is captured?" What should the army do if they use this to blackmail you? For example, ask you to surrender or release Bazan."

August said indifferently, "Exchanging a soldier for a general? If I don't change, it is even more impossible for me to surrender."

"is it?"

"This is her choice, and I respect her decision. On the battlefield, she is just a soldier, not my confidant."

"I see."

After the Prussian army captured Strasbourg, August still chose to let Moltke march towards Nancy. Although he said he was tough, he must still save him.

In the Metz Fortress in the north, Manteuffel's First Army surrounded the Metz Fortress. Manteuffel gathered an army of about [-] and marched towards Verdun, which was the gateway to Paris. , as long as you break through here, you can race in Paris. After all, there is a flat plain behind.

Napoleon III's Chalon regiment stationed about [-] people here. In conjunction with the fortress, Napoleon III originally thought that this fortress could block Prussia's rapid offensive. But who knew that Bittenfeldt Guan Er Ye was possessed and took him directly with him? The cavalry regiment rushed into the position.

The French army's defense had not yet been organized, and they were charged by cavalry. Cannons would not be effective if they were too close. For this reason, Bittenfeldt still used his best charge, only to It took less than half a day to lead tens of thousands of cavalry from Metz to Verdun.

Ducrot took over the order to defend Verdun, and he reacted very quickly. He set up a defensive line the moment Bittenfeldt rushed over. Although he was still rushed out of a hole, fortunately it was not a big problem.

Verdun is easy to defend but difficult to attack. According to Ducrot's estimation, if Wittenfeld's army wanted to storm Verdun, it would have to suffer at least [-] casualties.

But the only thing he missed was that Verdun was indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, but its supply line was a disaster. There was only one road from Paris. If Bittenfeldt cut off his food route, how long could he hold on? ?

Verdun is not an absolutely reliable line of defense, unless you can play like Petain and be able to support Verdun's line of defense, but it is obvious that Ducrot does not have this ability.

Bittenfeld sent a surprise force to sneak attack the French army's food road, and then ordered the infantry to charge. The French army was not able to do anything after the fourth day after the start of the attack. The loss of several key positions soon accelerated Ver's situation. The defeat of the garrison.

Paris has learned of the recent waves of fiascos, and the situation is in chaos. The chauvinistic French have lost the ability to correctly judge the situation. In addition, the Eugenie government does not admit defeat and promotes false news every day.

This kind of behavior of trapped beasts still fighting and drinking doves to stop the bleeding has aroused the distrust of the French people, and the opposition between the government and the people has gradually emerged. A large number of French army recruits are here for promotion and wealth. False propaganda has indeed allowed many recruits who do not know the situation to get their eggs. He picked up weapons and went to the battlefield.

But this morale period was just blown out. When they go to the front line, they will find that the situation is not like that at all. They do not have a correct understanding of war, let alone receive training, do not realize the cruelty of war, and do not do well. When he wakes up, he immediately gets wet on the battlefield.

The situation now became that the people on the front line wanted to flee back, and the people at the back rushed forward. In order to prevent the soldiers on the front line from spreading the news of the failure to the rear, Eugenie cut off many telegrams.

This behavior deceived Ducrot in Verdun. When he asked for supplies, Paris did not receive the telegram at all.

Most of the French defenders in Verdun were new soldiers. They could not form a skirmish line to attack. The troops were in chaos before they were drawn out. If they could not form an array, they could only fight positional warfare and hold on.

In the end, after a week-long fierce battle, Ducrot had no choice. The supply line was gone and the telegraph line was cut off. He was eating candied haws on his back to stuff his teeth and drinking sugar water to burn the back of his head.

They had no choice but to abandon the Verdun position and flee towards Sedan. The defeat in Verdun was a heavy loss. They lost the important position of Verdun and [-] soldiers, but achieved little results.

After occupying Verdun, Blumenthal also returned to Saarbrücken with almost [-] cavalry to connect with Constantine's troops.

Blumenthal angrily yelled at Constantine as soon as he came up. He also had something to say. You took all the cavalry away on your own. Isn't it normal for us to be charged? Why do you think Moltke asked the cavalry to follow him north? It's because you can't run on four legs, so you were given troops to counter the enemy.

You took them all away, isn't it normal for me to have trouble getting through here?

Although they still scolded them, they didn't want to be demoted because of this. Mao Qi said, don't let this nonsense go and find the lost people quickly, otherwise you will be happy.

They then shook hands and made peace, and quickly led the army towards Nancy.