Chapter 528: Sitting on the Diaoyu Island to Watch the European War II
However, after re-lighting a cigarette, Li Ningyu concluded: "The German army first sent troops to the neutral country of Luxembourg. After acquiring Luxembourg's railway network, it immediately launched an undeclared war on Belgium. This was mainly because Belgium was weak and the entire country
There were only tens of thousands of land troops, so after successfully capturing the entire territory of Belgium, they began to expel the British and French forces in Belgium. Then the German army divided into five groups and directly attacked northern France. Finally, the first major battle was held at Verdun. After the war, the British and French forces
The Allied forces have fallen, and the German army is approaching Paris step by step!".
Li Ningyu's summary of the battle situation, neither Peng De nor Hei Lang had any room to refute, because Li Ningyu's level was much higher than them in terms of tactics and strategy, so under Hei Lang's wink, Peng De continued
Looking through the document, he read: "On the evening of September 3, European time, the German First Army led by Kluck arrived in the Marne River area. The British and French 5th Army he was chasing had already crossed the Marne River that afternoon, because
The hasty retreat of the British and French forces caused the troops to fall into exhaustion and confusion. Although the Fifth Army of the British and French forces received an order to blow up the bridge over the Marne River, it did not blow it up!".
"This led to the German First Army led by Kluck to occupy these bridgeheads immediately upon arrival. However, it was precisely because of occupying these bridgeheads that Kluck ignored the orders of the High Command in Berlin and the German Chief of Staff Moltke.
, continue to advance hand in hand with the 2nd Army led by Biro. They are preparing to cross the river early the next morning and continue to pursue the military operations of the 5th Army of the British and French Allied Forces!" Peng De stopped here and then looked at the attachments at the back of the document.
material.
Li Ningyu looked at Hei Lang and said: "This Kluck can be regarded as a general who has not accepted military orders abroad, but the British and French forces never thought that if they blew up the bridge, the final Battle of the Marne River would not necessarily be a disastrous defeat for the German army!
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"Yes, the command of the Fifth Army of the British and French Allied Forces has the first credit!" Hei Lang agreed, but the next second they both laughed.
At this time, Pender had already begun to add: "On this day, according to the description of the spies of the First Army commanded by Kluck, they marched nearly 30 miles. When the soldiers of the First Army arrived near the north bank of the Marne River,
At that time, many people had fallen to the ground, obviously exhausted, and many soldiers were still mumbling in confusion, "30 miles! 30 miles!"
"It's all obvious. Kluck's rapid advance order finally exhausted his soldiers, and at the same time far exceeded his supply convoy and fire support system!" Li Ningyu took the lead again and said.
And Black Wolf immediately added: "This is also Kluck's First Army. When the British and French forces were retreating steadily, they could turn around and attack the German First Army without a bugle order.
It turns out that the morale and combat capability of this unit at that time were gone!”.
Seeing that everything was said by Li Ningyu and Hei Lang, Peng De on the side could only say angrily: "One thing Kluck didn't expect is that there is an old man named Galieni in the British and French allied forces.
, was waiting for Kluck to be careless!”.
As soon as Peng De finished speaking, Li Ningyu and Hei Lang looked at each other, and then the three of them laughed at the same time.
"Hahaha!"
"Peng De, what you said is on point!"
The laughter and chatter of the three people could be heard from time to time. If an uninformed person was nearby, they would have thought it was a few friends chatting, but no one would have imagined that the current identities of the three of them are completely different.
The battle summary of the Battle of the Marne River is still going on. This time it is Li Ningyu’s turn to be the commentator. So he took the document from Peng De’s hand and Li Ningyu read aloud: “According to the intelligence summary, in September European time
On the 4th, while taking one side to advance forward, Kluck, the commander of the German First Army, told the German High Command directly and bluntly that he could not carry out the order to stay behind as the flanker of the German Second Army because he had to wait.
When Biro's 2nd Army caught up with the First Army, it was bound to force the First Army to halt its advance for two days. Kluck believed that this would weaken the German army's overall offensive posture and give the British and French forces time to regroup and retreat!
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"Actually, Kluck was right in thinking about this. After all, he is as powerful as a tiger with one drum!" Black Wolf nodded, seeming to approve of this approach of Kluck, commander of the German First Army.
Li Ningyu then said: "But in fact, the German 2nd Army led by Biro was also in a state of exhaustion at that time, so Kluck, after putting aside the orders of the German Supreme Command,
Continue to order the First Army to advance aggressively to the southeast, in other words, go further and further!”.
Speaking of this, Li Ningyu paused for a moment, and after opening an additional document, he followed up and said: "According to the intelligence reports compiled by intelligence personnel in Berlin, at that time, everyone from Kaiser Wilhelm II to ordinary people in Germany
, all believe that the British and French forces in France are about to be completely wiped out, and that Germany’s complete victory is about to come!”.
"Only the German Chief of Staff Moltke was full of doubts, because as a victor, there must be a large number of prisoners. However, when pursuing the British and French forces all the way, there were 20,000 prisoners in the Green area, and the total number of prisoners in other places was only 10,000 or 20,000.
There are only a few people, and the number of captured cannons is also small, so in Moltke’s mind, he has begun to doubt whether the British and French forces are retreating in a planned way!"
"At this moment, through the report of the British and French allied forces' aerial reconnaissance aircraft, Gallieni, commander of the Paris garrison of the British and French allied forces, had seen a favorable opportunity to act immediately, because Kluck's First Army had already moved to the southeast of Paris.
The adventurous advance in this direction has made the troops behind the First Army a direct target of attack by the French 6th Group commanded by Mao Laoli!"
"So at about 9 a.m. that morning, without the consent of Commander-in-Chief Joffre of the British and French Allied Forces, Paris Garrison Commander Gallieni issued the first advance order to Maunouri, asking the troops to prepare for battle.
Then Gallieni called Jia Fei’s headquarters and asked Jia Fei to issue a formal combat order for the attack, but in the face of such a good opportunity, Commander-in-Chief of the British and French Allied Forces Jia Fei refused to comment!”
"But after listening to Gallieni's request for combat, Commander Joffre of the British and French forces stood in front of the combat map and began to think. Later, he sat on a chair without saying a word, thinking quietly all day long, and finally
He doesn’t even care what the people around him say!”
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