Chapter 529: Sitting on the Diaoyu Island to Watch the European War III
"Damn, what a stupid pig, such a good opportunity to counterattack, missed the opportunity!" Peng De's character is still the same, he is the type who is easily excited.
But Hei Lang frowned and started thinking. After being quiet for a while, he said: "I guess Xiafei, the commander-in-chief of the British and French coalition forces, must have a counterattack plan in mind, and this plan also includes the use of French Maonuri weapons.
The tactics of the 6th Army to attack the outside of the German right wing!".
"Yes, at that time Xiafei hoped that there would be one more day for the reinforcements to arrive. This would allow the 5th Army to make good arrangements and give Xiafei more time to seek full cooperation from the British army... Xiafei is
An overly calm person, Commander!" Li Ningyu added.
The Battle of the Marne River has been discussed up to this point, and the main part will naturally come next, but Li Ningyu handed the document in his hand to Hei Lang, seemingly letting him tell the story.
Black Wolf did not hesitate, took the document, and immediately read: "According to the intelligence team's Paris lurking members, that afternoon, Paris Garrison Commander Gallieni called Joffre again and finally got approval! But it was
It was to let France's Mau Laoli's 6th Army launch an attack directly from the north bank of the Marne River. At 10 o'clock that night, the British-French coalition Joffre ordered other French troops to stop retreating and began to launch a full-scale attack on September 6.
Counterattack!".
"However, after this order was issued, the British immediately refused to implement this counterattack plan, which shocked the commander-in-chief of the British and French coalition forces, Jiafei. Finally, the anxious Jiafei personally went to the British Army Headquarters on the afternoon of September 5 to persuade him.
In the end, the British agreed to Joffre's request and said they would do their best to participate in the battle."
"On the evening of September 5th, it started to rain lightly. After returning to his headquarters, Commander-in-Chief Xiafei of the British and French Allied Forces, he immediately issued a brief mobilization order to all units. Dear comrades, it will not take long for us to
We are about to participate in a major battle. This is a battle related to the fate of our country. The withdrawal phase of the coalition forces has completely ended. Now we need to go all out to attack the enemy! And drive them back from our homeland.
, if the troops cannot move forward during the attack, then we must defend our position at all costs. This time we would rather die than retreat even half a step!"
"At that time, the German Kluck's First Army had passed to the east of Paris, and the Eiffel Tower could be seen. Its right rear flank had begun to be attacked by the French Maunouri's Sixth Army!"
"Kluck also immediately ordered the 3rd and 9th armies of the First Army to turn back and deal with the French Sixth Army of Maurice. The main task of these two armies is to cover the right wing of the German 2nd Army.
Therefore, a gap of 20 miles wide was created between the German 1st Army and the 2nd Army!"
Hearing this, Pender suddenly said in a hurry: "Wait, a 20-mile gap? I guess it was because Kluck was facing this gap that he attacked quickly regardless of the fatigue of the troops. Kluck dared to risk it.
Such a risk!".
Li Ningyu also agreed very much with Peng De's words, because for the German army at that time, the key to victory lay in whether it could use a large gap to break through before the main French army and the British army joined forces.
In front of his waist, he completely defeated the two wings of the French army, that is, the French 6th Army commanded by Maunouri and the French 9th Army commanded by Foch.
It was precisely because Kluck focused on dealing with the French Maonuli troops that the French Sixth Army was almost unable to withstand it. In the end, Gallieni quickly sent reinforcements from Paris, otherwise Kluck would have to fight this war.
win.
However, as Gallieni organized the first motorized reinforcements in the history of the French army in Paris, after collecting about 600 taxis, Gallieni transported an entire field division to
On the battlefield, the French Maunouli were not defeated by the German Kluck in the end.
After a slight pause, Black Wolf continued to read: "In the early morning of September 6th, European time, the British and French coalition forces began to launch a full-scale counterattack. The French 6th Army continued to engage in fierce battles with the German 1st Army on the Orqua River. At the same time, the French 6th Army
The 5th Army also turned around, turned its retreat into an attack, and together with the 6th Army fought against the German 1st Army, and at the same time exchanged fire with the right wing of the German 2nd Army!"
"The French 4th and 9th armies were also involved in the battle, but their mission was to intercept the German 3rd and 4th armies, leaving the German 1st and 2nd armies isolated and helpless!".
The battle lasted for two days, with both sides launching large-scale offensives again and again, seemingly wanting to take down the opponent's two armies in one go. The battle lasted until September 8, European time, at the critical moment for both sides.
At this moment, three reorganized armies of the British Expeditionary Force quietly climbed into a gap between the German 1st Army and the 2nd Army.
In this way, the German 1st Army and the 2nd Army were completely separated, so that the German Kluck and Biro faced the great danger of being divided and surrounded. Therefore, without waiting for the order of the German Army, the commander of the 2nd Army Bi Luo
In the early morning of September 9, Luo ordered the German 2nd Army to withdraw across the board.
After two days of hard fighting, although Kluck's 1st Army did not defeat the French Maunuli for the time being, he was in an isolated situation and finally had to retreat backwards on the same day, which lasted until September 11.
At 11 o'clock in the morning on the same day, all the German Army's major armies retreated 50 kilometers, and the Battle of the Marne River was completely over.
After reading the document in his hand, Hei Lang let out a long breath, as if he had experienced the war, and Li Ningyu also began to comment: "In this battle, the Allied forces shattered the German army's plan for a quick victory.
, and finally saved the French capital Paris, but then there will be a stalemate on the Western Front battlefield throughout World War I, so the strategic nature of this battle is very huge, which is why the Germans finally
One of the main reasons for the defeat!”.
"Yes, he lost his great opportunity to defeat France first and then turn around to deal with Russia. Now William II should be scolding the German Chief of Staff Moltke!" Pender added.
"Yes, both sides invested more than 1.5 million troops in this battle, and the total number of casualties was nearly 500,000. According to intelligence summary, the French army suffered the greatest losses, with more than 80,000 killed and about 250,000 injured! And
The German army also has about 220,000 troops!" Hei Lang also said as he just placed the documents on the coffee table.
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