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

Today, Prussia has become much more harmonious, and the Parliament has also become much more harmonious. Generally speaking, everything is developing for the better.

August is also checking and filling in the gaps in his own bill. It has to be said that there are really many problems and he must try to reduce the hidden dangers as much as possible.

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As far away as the far east of the world, the army led by General Moltke also crossed the ocean and came to the land of the Ming Dynasty, which is currently the British occupied area.

After suffering so much, the Ming army passively switched to defense. In order to avoid the British superior firepower, the Ming Dynasty chose to retreat to the Huaihe River. The Ming Dynasty wanted to replicate the Yangtze River defense and slow down the British advance.

Moltke met with the commander of the French Expeditionary Force, General Edmond, in Yangzhou Mansion, north of the Yangtze River. Although the number of the French Expeditionary Force was not as large as that of the British, it was still quite large, but most of them were colonial troops, including those from the mainland. The well-trained French army numbered less than [-] men.

Edmund's tactics were relatively simple. He used artillery to fire from across the bank, and then the infantry forcibly crossed the river. The necessary temporary pontoons and rafts were also ready.

The task of the Prussian army was to protect the pontoon bridge. For Moltke, this was a very simple task. The Ming Dynasty lacked heavy weapons that could cause damage to the pontoon bridge. This battle can be completed.

This was also the first time Mao Qi fought against the Ming army. He was a little nervous. He didn't know what the strength of the Ming army was. Want to have a little touch.

When the battle began, Moltke rode a horse onto the plain. Standing beside him were [-] Prussian volunteers, holding the Prussian flag in their hands.

Moltke looked at the other side through the telescope, and was surprised to find that there were no defenders on the other side. He used the telescope to look at the friendly troops. They all put on a military parade posture, and several commanders rode in front of the phalanx. turn to.

Moltke immediately understood. Both Britain and France felt that this was a game for their teammates, and it was not a very important battle anyway.

Britain and France were not as good as Prussia. Moltke waved his hand directly, and as a feint attack army, he directly took the main attacker's job and crossed the river himself.

It was now around five o'clock in the morning, and it took the Prussian army less than half an hour to cross the Huaihe River. The Moltke people were stupid. This was too much to lure the enemy deeper, right? We have already crossed the river here, why haven't we seen the Ming army yet?

Moltke's army continued to advance forward with the sound of military music, and it was only twenty minutes before they discovered the Ming army's camp.

This area is a hilly terrain, and Moltke suspected that there might be an ambush, so he only led [-] people to attack the camp.

When the soldiers on guard saw it, they immediately rang the bell.

But what should I say... Mao Qi was a little disappointed. Is this the Ming army? Why did it feel like they were completely unprepared? Many soldiers lined up at the door as if they had just woken up, holding a variety of weapons in their hands, including none of the cannons.

Moltke directly ordered the artillery to launch a salvo. The large-caliber cannon directly blew up the position. The battle was over in less than ten minutes? Is this all the Ming army has?

Moltke didn't understand. This camp looked very small. Moltke didn't bother to go in, so he just went around.

At this moment, there were suddenly many voices from behind, and many Ming troops suddenly jumped out from the hillside. Many people were riding horses, some were holding three-eyed blunderbuss, and the better ones were holding matchlock guns. Suddenly, from the hillside, Mao Qi was a little surprised when he came out.

Did it turn out that all these Ming troops were ambushing themselves in the mountains? However, Mao Qi did not expect it at all. He had already sent a small group of people to face the hillside, and they opened fire as soon as the Ming army came out.

Many soldiers fell off their horses, but those who followed continued to rush forward. Moltke looked at this large number of troops and began to organize a retreat to the open plains.

It turned out that this camp was a strategy of the Ming army. They thought that Moltke's army would enter the camp to search, and at this time they took the opportunity to close the door and beat the dogs.

But Mao Qi did not go in, which can be regarded as good luck. When the Ming army saw that Mao Qi had no intention of entering, their general directly ordered an attack, and many people died in vain.

The reason why Mao Qi was shocked at first was that he just made preparations and did not expect that the Ming army would really come out from here. Aren't they afraid of death? The hillside was twenty or thirty meters high, so they jumped down on horseback?

He led the infantry and artillery units to fight and retreat, and soon retreated to the plains.

The swarming Ming army pounced on the Prussian army like hungry wolves. If it weren't for Moltke's excellent command, the Ming army might have been caught off guard in this battle.

But now that they have regrouped and retreated to the plains, the advantage the Ming army gained from sneak attacks no longer exists, and it has become a KDA for the Prussian army.

Soon the Ming army was repelled. At this time, the British and French armies were engaged in a tug-of-war with the real main force of the Ming Dynasty on the Huaihe River. The main force of the Ming Dynasty was deployed too far back. By the time the British and French armies crossed the river, Push forward again.

They believed that the British and French troops that had just landed had not yet regrouped, and they wanted to take this opportunity to launch an attack immediately.

By chance, an outflanking army directly encountered Moltke's troops. Their equipment was far behind that of the Prussian army. The two armies met on the Great Plains. The Prussian army fired several volleys. The Ming army in this area was the strongest. Can't hold back the fire and choose to retreat.

Moltke's surprise force disrupted the Ming Dynasty's offensive plan. Subsequently, the Ming Dynasty army and the British, French and Prussian forces attacked several times at the same location. As a result, they were completely suppressed by Prussia's appalling firepower.

Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, even the French were surprised when they saw the equipment of the Prussian army. They still used relatively backward front-loading rifles, but the Prussian army had already used breech-loading rifles.

After this battle, Mao Qi had some understanding of the military aspects of the Ming Dynasty. The backwardness of equipment was on the one hand, and the backwardness of tactical thinking on the other.

The generals of the Ming army seemed to be very lethargic. The army ambushing Moltke was indeed an ambush. They directly chose to attack after meeting Moltke's army. They could obviously wait for the main force on the other side to attack first, but they Still chose to attack Moltke's troops directly.

Originally this ambush was to protect the left wing of the Ming army, but with a wave of the general's hand, the soldiers died in vain. The early exposure left the left side empty. The Ming army, which originally mainly attacked the left side, was deceived and ran directly into the general. military.

The left and right sides failed to form an encirclement, and the Prussian army inserted directly into the back of the Ming army and returned with a great victory.

During the Ming Dynasty war, the Ministry of War mobilized the army according to the emperor's order, appointed leading officers, issued seals, and led the troops mobilized from the guards to go to war. At the end of the war, the leading officers paid their seals to the court, and the officers and soldiers returned to their guard posts. This system of separation of military command power and military deployment power, and the system of dedicating troops to generals and not private generals led to generals not caring much about the lives of their soldiers, and sometimes For the sake of victory, soldiers will launch an attack regardless of casualties, but in the end nothing will be gained.

The general did not know enough about the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, and there was a possibility of misjudgment. Moreover, the equipment of the Prussian army was better than that of the British and French forces. Ming Dynasty also blindly equated the equipment of the Prussian army with that of the British and French allied forces, thinking that such a charge could break through. The Prussian defense line, however, they were hit by bullets before they could even touch the Prussians.

Tactically proactive made Ming strategically passive.