Chapter 519: Soldiers Coming to the City (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Paris, the number one city in Europe and the world, is about to be plunged into war. This was originally a romantic city for people looking outward. However, it will soon be destroyed and left in ruins.
I don't know how many people regret it. The whole of Paris, in just two days, became an empty city. Of course, this refers to the civilians who live here, all gone. However, the number of soldiers who entered the city was quite large, as high as hundreds of thousands. They will use the city of Paris as a battlefield to fight the German invaders to the end.
The command of the French Army, where Marshal Chauffeur continues to work. Of course, he won't be in Paris forever, and soon, he'll be leaving. The battle in Paris will be the responsibility of the commander of the Paris garrison.
The commander of the garrison of Paris was Admiral Gallieni, commander of the French First Army, whose 200,000 men would be the main force in the defense of Paris. In addition to this, the troops deployed in Paris included the remnants of the British Expeditionary Force, the French Army. The total number of troops deployed by the Anglo-French forces in Paris will reach 500,000.
As for the rest of the Anglo-French forces, they withdrew further south. They hoped that Paris would become a meat grinder where the Germans would shed their blood. In this case, the Anglo-French troops who had withdrawn to the south would be able to launch a counterattack and defeat the Germans in one fell swoop.
Of course, this was a battle plan drawn up by the Anglo-French forces. As for whether this battle plan can be successfully realized, it is very difficult. After all, everyone worked out, the Germans were too strong. Whether it will succeed or not, I don't know.
"Marshal, according to the plan, the ministries are already stationed in Paris. Our total strength in Paris will be 500,000 men. Now, the officers and men are hurrying to repair the fortifications. By the time the Germans attacked Paris, they would find that Paris had become a strong fortress. When the time comes, we will definitely let the Germans shed clean blood here. "The commander of the French 1st Army, the commander of the Paris garrison, Admiral Gallieni, said.
Marshal Chauffy nodded, he believed that Admiral Gallerini and all the troops guarding Paris would do their best. However, it will be very difficult to achieve their desired strategic goals.
"General Gallieni, Paris will be handed over to you. I knew that I wanted to hold Paris once and for all, before it fell into the hands of the Germans. That's almost unlikely. The Germans are too strong, their strength, far beyond ours. No one thought that the Germans would make such preparations for this war and form such a powerful army. If we are defeated by the Germans in this war, it is not because of our own reasons, but because the Germans are too strong. Marshal Xia Fei said.
He was like this, naturally because he didn't want General Gallieni to have too much of a burden. After all, defending Paris is a very difficult task. If you don't do it, you're going to have to die here.
"Yes, Marshal." Admiral Gallieni nodded. He already knew it was a chore.
Subsequently, Marshal Chauffy summoned the commander of the British Expeditionary Force, General Allenby, and the commander of the French Army, General Despere. Marshal Xia Fei asked them to lead their troops to hold out in Paris, as long as they could. In this way, it is not only buying time for the French Republic, but also for the British Empire. In addition, Marshal Chauffy also specially asked Admiral Despere and Admiral Allenby to obey the command of Admiral Gallieni.
Because all three of them have the rank of general, if they have a bad situation, no one will listen to anyone. This would undoubtedly make the defense of Paris very bad. When the time comes, if you want to continue in Paris, it will be an empty word.
In the presence of Marshal Chauffy, Admiral Despere and Admiral Allenby both said that they would obey the command of Admiral Gallieni. In particular, Admiral Allenby, although he was a general of the British Army, Marshal Chauffy was not only the commander-in-chief of the French army, but also the commander-in-chief of the Anglo-French forces.
After explaining all this, Marshal Xia Fei left Paris.
At this moment, Paris has completely become a defense zone of the French army, and there are almost no civilians living here. On the contrary, those who were able to leave, all left Paris. In order to defeat the German army, the French did not hesitate to leave their capital in ruins.
Paris, with the efforts of hundreds of thousands of French troops, was transforming into a fortress. Of course, all the French soldiers could do was dig defensive positions outside Paris. In the streets of the city, barricades were built, artillery positions and firing points were arranged, etc., in preparation for the next battle. After all, Paris is a big city, and if you want to completely build this place into a fortress, it will undoubtedly take a long, long time and consume a lot of materials. The French simply didn't have that much time and not so much supplies to waste.
At this moment, the German army is approaching Paris. The German Corps and Corps were approaching Paris from the west. The German Army, the First Army, was approaching Paris from the east. As for the other four legions, they have another task.
Of course, the Duke of Württemberg, the commander of the German Army, was very dissatisfied with his lack of participation in the attack on Paris. In his opinion, attacking Paris and taking the capital of the old enemy France is undoubtedly a great achievement! However, Qin Tian didn't let him get involved, this was clearly deliberately targeting him!
It's just that, given Qin Tian's influence in Germany and the German army, the Duke of Württemberg didn't dare to show it even if he was dissatisfied.
On the day of the month, the German army had already approached the city of Paris. The First Corps, located southwest of Paris, had already captured Versailles. The 1st Army was located at Saint-Denis in the northwest of Paris, the 1st Army captured Créteil in the southwest, and the 1st Army captured Scherer in the northwest. Four legions had surrounded Paris from four directions.
Of course, with more than 800,000 troops, it is undoubtedly very difficult to surround a large city like Paris. What's more, there are more than 500,000 French troops in the city.
This made the encirclement of the German army not tight, but even so, it was undoubtedly very difficult for the French army to escape from Paris. Unless it's a large-scale operation. The large forces of the French army have been firmly trapped in Paris. Of course, the French army did not run away either. Their mission was to face the Germans here.