The so-called No. 7 naturally does not refer to anyone, but the joking name of the military's active Type 07 tank within the Ministry of Military Affairs, however, in the secret telegram of Feng Guozhang, the military attache in Germany, it obviously does not refer to the tanks of the Chinese troops, but refers to the early model CK01 tank armored unit sold to Germany and completed the formation.

The biggest problem of the CK01 tank is not the armor, the battleship was born in the Nanyang Heavy Industry, there is no doubt that it has the most powerful armor technology in this era, but the engine power of the configuration, after all, it is a finalized product seven or eight years ago, 25 horsepower power, the fastest can run 20 km / h on flat ground, but if the terrain is complicated, the maneuverability will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, in order to take over a full set of tank drawings, in addition to copying them at full speed, the Germans also arranged a special train for this armored group army to send the tanks to the front line under the construction of the Chinese advisory group, instead of relying on the tanks to drive over on their own, but this kind of operation is not easy in the fierce battlefield confrontation.

Fortunately, in the Schlieffen plan, the right flank of the German army was strong, and it was precisely the French who transferred the main forces to the battlefield of Grimm to implement Joseph? Marshal Chauffeur's 17th battle plan went, so the railway network from Belgium into France was swiftly controlled, and finally, two days earlier, on the European battlefield, the first formidable armored unit of this era had arrived in Clermont, 30 kilometers north of Paris.

Qin Kai heard the news from Duan Qirui, who had come to deliver the European war report, when he was having breakfast the next morning, and Duan had brought three years of soldiers to the Northeast Army. And the 40th Army, to which he belonged, was the first group army to be equipped with tank regiments. Military-industrial in order to fully test the tank. At the beginning, armored troops were deployed in the special geographical environment of all parts of the country, and after four years of improvement, the Type 07 tank was finally developed.

However, the entire Chinese army has not fought in a foreign war for nearly 20 years, and although the Outer Northeast Army confronts the Russian Siberian Army, the two sides only occasionally fight in groups. There is no chance to move the guy at all, and the tank regiment, as a top-secret unit of the corps, does not operate on the border at all, and there is no shortage of tossing on the training ground, but there is really no chance at all in actual combat.

Thinking that this guy is now the big leader of the General Staff, Qin Kai can't help but ask a few more questions, "Zhiquan, I've been in the army for more than ten years...... You have led a tank regiment to the north, and this time the battle plan proposed to the Germans, you personally think. Where is the biggest hidden danger? ”

Duan Qirui didn't think much about it, and immediately gave his judgment. "Chairman, the self-confidence of the Germans, I think, is probably the most difficult hidden danger in this Armageddon, the German Army is indeed very strong, but if they despise the French, who have been lying on their backs for decades, I am afraid that the French will make some trouble...... Especially after the Brits also joined the warband! ”

The well-trained German Army, as the hegemon of land warfare in Europe in this era, has not experienced the test of war in the past thirty years, and at the same time, the German army obviously has an overwhelming momentum, trying to annihilate the main French force on the basis of ...... But this somewhat ignores the changes in the war from the Franco-Prussian War to the present.

The effectiveness of individual soldiers and legions is being transformed by the rapid development of technology, especially in warfare between industrial powers...... The Battle of the Marne broke out again without any suspense, which was expected by Qin Kai, the French received the full help of the British, and when the Austro-Serbian War broke out, the British Army had been partially stationed in France to assist in the defense, which was destined to have a collision of all forces between the two sides, and the defeat of the French in the Battle of Grimm announced the bankruptcy of Marshal Xia Fei's 17th battle plan.

Looking at yesterday's battle report, the Germans still continued to sharpen the fortifications, but the results of the battle were not far from the mileage in history, except for the Scorching Sun Fortress was conquered in advance and the speed of the advance in the middle was accelerated, but the French were only slightly injured in this raid, plus the timely blood transfusion of the British, in Paris...... The French are still strong and have the advantage of being on the home front.

The problems with the advance of the Schlieffen plan now seem to have been exposed, and the two German corps in the center and on the left flank were blocked by the French on the Marne, and although the Germans had the advantage in firepower and combat effectiveness, this did not mean that the French would be quickly defeated...... It takes time to achieve victory.

But this exposed the 1st Lucreo Army, which was the main attack on the right flank, to the flank of Paris, which was like a battle between two fighters, with the Frenchman resisting the attack on the left flank with a less powerful left fist, while the other right fist, ready to launch an all-out counterattack...... But God knows if Lieutenant General Lukru will be able to realize that he has been pursuing the French Fifth Army all the way and at the same time has gotten into the wolf's den himself.

However, if you can help the Germans, that's the end of it, the alliance between France and Britain is really a bit too strong compared to Germany, so you must go all out to support the Germans to hurt the Anglo-French coalition army, so that China will have more hole cards available at that time, as a crossing public, Qin Kai will not hope that Austria-Hungary can defeat the Russians...... Pinning hopes on the new Ottoman army, which is still swaying from side to side, is perhaps a more desirable direction.

Later, a large number of staff officers in the General Staff Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs in Beijing began to conduct a sand table deduction for the Battle of Paris, and the three-sided siege posture set up by the German army did show a strong momentum of destroying the French on the basis of it, but the Chinese officers here obviously realized something and began to discuss the possible movements of the two sides, and Xu Shoushan had already pointed the command pole to the gap between the German left flank and the two corps in the center and the first army of Lukeru.

On June 4, the vanguard of the German Lucreo First Army had swept over the town of Sail on the Seine on the west side, and the French Fifth Army, which was originally going to intercept the Lucreo Army, immediately opened the escape mode after finding that it was impossible to complete the defense with its back to the Seine, and the original target of the Lucreo First Army was not the French Fifth Army, and Lieutenant General Lucreo should cooperate with the Second Army under the command of Lieutenant General Biro on the left flank to encircle and annihilate the French Fifth Army.

Now the sudden situation, the French Fifth Army did not withdraw from the direction of the Second Army of Lieutenant General Wang Biro at all, but directly ran onto the bridge on the Seine River and fled to the other side, the French panicked and led the order sent by Paris to blow up the bridge were completely ignored, and the vanguard of the 55th Division of the First Army even occupied the bridge on the Seine under the onslaught.

This made Lieutenant General Lucroix also face a serious choice, continue to march towards Paris, or quickly cross the river and wipe out the collapsed ranks of the French Fifth Army!

At this moment, Lieutenant General Lucreo was less than 15 kilometers from Courbe, the western gate of Brazil, and according to the orders of General Falkingham, the front command, he should immediately turn to attack Paris and completely block the retreat of the French from the Seine...... However, the French Fifth Army, which was struggling at the front, became a poisonous bait that Lucre could not resist.

After sending a telegram to the command of the Western Front, Lukru made his decision that the enemy must not be given a chance to breathe, and the 15 divisions of the 5th Army of the 1st German Army immediately seized the two unblown bridges over the Seine, and on the night of the 4th, the forces of the 3 corps crossed the river and pursued the fleeing French Fifth Army south.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Lukru did not forget to send a message to Lieutenant General Birro's Second Army, hoping that the Second Army would make a detour from the left flank and intercept the 5th Army, which was fleeing in the direction of the Marne.

At noon on the 5th, when General Falkingham realized that the Lucreo Army was running a little far south, the French apparently also discovered a huge gap of nearly 20 kilometers between the German First Army and the Second and Third Armies...... However, Marshal Xiafei, who was under heavy German attack, apparently did not realize that this was an excellent opportunity for a counterattack...... The airship tactics of the Germans caused a lot of trouble for the French army.

Compared with the results of the airship bombing, the cluster bombing that Ludendorff wholesaled from the Chinese observers, although the effect was not good because of the lack of large aerial bombs, but the giant air-dropped gasoline incendiary bombs ordered by the German general to be mounted on the spot made the French defenders of Clysuy suffer a lot.

The incendiary canisters that rushed into the sky, which set the entire town on fire, and the terrible poisonous smoke from the burning made it unbearable for any soldier holding the position, which led to the collapse of the Claisui line on the evening of the 5th, and Ludendorff waved his army in high spirits and pointed straight at the north gate of Paris, where the French gathered the main force of 15 divisions and prepared for a decisive battle with the Germans.

When the news of the defeat of the Claissuy Line reached Paris, it immediately caused turmoil in the city, and the Paris government announced that it would immediately cross the Marne and move the government departments to Orleans, and on the same day, the French followed the reconnaissance of the German airship bombing formation, but once again brought back important reconnaissance information to Marshal Xiafei, Lucreoux's First Army had broken away from the German frontal attack force and was following the French Fifth Army to quickly advance eastward.

Admiral Falkingham, who also received this news, gave the order to Lieutenant General Lucru to turn around and assemble and besiege Paris in an angry tone, and on the afternoon of the 5th, he sent two reconnaissance planes south to search for the First Army and dropped the order of the command of the Western Front. (To be continued......)