The bombing of the airship finally ended, at this time in the fortress of Liège, it was already a mess, more than 90% of the artillery, fixed fire points, all were cleared, the German intelligence officers were extremely accurate reconnaissance, so that the important locations in Belgium could not be hidden, and the bombardier bombs were extremely accurate, but also made these fortresses that looked extremely strong, like paper paste, swept away by the storm.

After the bombing of the airship, the fortress of Liège lost all its heavy equipment, if it was just like this, the Belgians could still resist, the key was no way, because the loss of personnel was also huge, directly at the point of fire, the gunners who were blown up by the aerial bombs, there were more than 5,000 people, these people were the elite of the Belgian army, they were in the fortress, controlling the artillery, facing the targeted elimination of the airship, it was almost impossible to run away, which was the focus of the airship attack. And the rest, need to face the attack of this steel ball, compared to the giant aerial bomb fixed point to clear the fortress, ordinary small infantry anti-personnel bombs, for these unprotected infantry attack effect is greater, these infantry were killed nearly 8000 people, that is to say, a total of only 20,000 defenders, in the face of a group bombardment of airships, actually killed and wounded more than 70 percent, the rest of the combat effectiveness. If it weren't for the inability to escape in the fortress, the Belgian army would have retreated.

The commander looked at his subordinates helplessly, and his subordinates also looked at him at this time, although no one spoke, the commander knew that in this case, letting his subordinates fight was no less than sending him to death, and even when this order was issued, his subordinates would not care about his order at all, but would take his head. Go and surrender directly.

The fortress commander was a very wise man, the army of Europe. There was no idea of killing Shengren like the Asian army, and he took the initiative to raise the white flag. The whole army surrendered.

When he received the news of the surrender, Enmishi was still like waking up from a dream, although the huge power of the airship had left a deep impression in everyone's hearts, with the attack of the airship, it would be much easier for them to attack the fortress next, but no matter how easy it was. It is completely different from surrendering and receiving later, in a sense, it is the airship that independently completes the attack and occupation of a fortress, and the army only plays the role of finishing.

After this war, the role of airships, under a certain distance, was elevated, and all European countries had the ability to make airships, but aerial bombs. It's not so easy, the Northwest relies on Yang Yuanzhao's foresight, coupled with high-precision processing such as machine tools, when the balance does not reach a certain degree. Bombs dropped from an altitude of more than 1,000 meters have no way to control the landing point, let alone attack accurately. Britain, France, and Russia later conducted some research on airships and aerial bombs, and came up with a large number of airships. However, aerial bombs have never been able to solve the problem, especially large-caliber aerial bombs.

Until entering the fortress of Liège. Before he could react, he captured several powerful fortresses in Europe, and before he started the attack, he didn't expect it to be so fast, and it would take a day or two to attack with artillery, but the airship took all the attacks.

In the morning, it broke through to the territory of Belgium, and by now, the complete capture of the fortress of Liège was only about ten hours, and what the infantry did was to follow behind the butt of the cavalry, occupy the node, and receive the fortress, although it was a tattered fortress, but the control of the surrounding area was greatly increased, which was equivalent to the large area of land around it was in the hands of Germany. The most important thing is that the railway after the fortress of Liege is also unprotected.

Enmich was an excellent commander, but his mind turned a little slowly, and after transferring the headquarters to the fortress of Liège, the order was immediately given, and the cavalry was urgently mobilized, the siege had no requirements for cavalry, they only sent a small number of knights to prevent the Belgians from destroying the bridge and railway, most of the personnel rested for several hours, at this time they had accumulated enough body, and the 4 cavalry divisions rushed down the railway all the way like a tiger. A part of the infantry also followed the cavalry, which was used to control the entire railway line, and fought to control more railway lines and ensure German logistics.

The news that the Liege fortress was contributed was transmitted back to the German command, and little Moltke, who had been waiting for the news, breathed a sigh of relief, the Schlieffen plan was an excellent plan that could help Germany defeat France quickly, this is Moltke's belief, but the environment on the battlefield is changing rapidly, no one can be sure, the next must be victory, even if the airship has unimaginable attack power, but it will take a certain amount of time to occupy the fortress, clean up the remnants of the enemy, and even accept the fortress, but I didn't expect that it was less than 12 hours, The fortress of Liège has been taken.

After breaking through the fortress of Liège, between the fortress of Liège and Brussels, there is no danger to defend, in the history of the First World War, from the attack on August 3 to the fortress on August 17, it took 14 days, and the distance from Aachen to the fortress of Liège is only forty or fifty kilometers, but after that, the Belgians, who were hit by a huge blow, retreated again and again, more than 2 days later, That is, on August 20, Brussels had already surrendered, and the distance from Liège to Brussels was more than twice that from Aachen to Liège, and it would take more than a day just to march to see the low level of resistance.

Some of the slowed down battle plans all had no effect, and Moltke Jr. immediately chose the most radical approach, and asked the staff officers to make a series of modifications to the most radical plan to make it suitable for the current environment and battlefield situation.

With the Army General Staff, the War Department, and the Temporary Operational Command, all linked, countless materials and personnel, a steady stream of materials and personnel, from the territory of Germany, began to enter the territory of Belgium, the first target point is in the Liege Fortress, even if it is blown up by the airship, but it is only the heavy firepower and the destruction of the top fortress, the frontal protection is still sufficient, replenish part of the artillery fire, rush to repair part of the fortifications, can immediately restore 60 or 70 percent of its role, is the best base camp.

Orders were issued one by one, and Aachen, the base camp of Germany's war against Belgium, also began to move quickly, the railway line from Aachen to the fortress of Liège was not damaged at all, and was directly taken over by the German army behind, and a large number of locomotives mobilized from the country began to transport infantry in a steady stream, and they will gradually occupy most of the strategic points in Belgium according to the Schlieffen plan, annihilating the Belgian army, and most of them are wrong, they will follow this road along the railway, Go straight down, and strive to be able to move further.

Four cavalry divisions, followed by five infantry divisions, and infantry divisions that arrived by train from the German mainland, caught up with the lagging infantry units, and then entered the front line, and together they traveled a huge chiseled arrow, penetrated the heart of Belgium, and attacked downward, trying to occupy as many nodes along the railway as possible in one day.

Belgium is a small country, and it itself has only tens of thousands of troops, even if it is a temporary sign, tens of thousands, more than 100,000, but the border has almost been wiped out of 20,000 people, 20,000 people in the fortress of Liège, and the rest of the thousands have been wiped out by tens of thousands, and it is simply impossible to resist the German army that is like a wolf and a tiger, and a million troops are rushing together, and some troops, even before receiving the order for the arrival of the war, were cleaned up and surrounded by the German army that had been prepared for a long time. The most heard are calls for help and surrender, node by node being cleared, and countless armies annihilated and captured.

The gunfire and assault were carried out late at night, and at more than 11 o'clock in the evening, the Belgian king and chief of staff, who had just woken up from a dream, ordered a full mobilization, but Germany had already followed the railway line, advancing 120 kilometers, and the railways and stations along the way, and even some of the trains, were captured by the German army, and even in the capture, there were also arms that could arm 4 infantry divisions, which was urgently called by the Belgian king after getting the war signal to support the fortress of Liège, but unfortunately on the way, was captured, and not only did not support the fortress of Liege, but became a trophy of the German army.

From more than 5 o'clock in the afternoon to 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, the four cavalry divisions of the lead fought for almost 6 hours in a row, running 120 kilometers, fighting hundreds of times, large and small, at this time they were already at the end of the crossbow, and the front was Brussels, even if it was the capital of Belgium, but it was always just an ordinary capital, with the necessary military facilities, but it was impossible to protect to the extreme like the fortress of Liège, surrounded by 12 fortresses on the periphery.

The cavalry was less than 30 kilometers away from Brussels, and most of the railways and bridges along the way were not destroyed, and even if they were damaged, they were very slight, and the strength of a German could be repaired quickly.

It was already late at night, and at this time the cavalry division was sleepy and tired, and before it was just gritting its teeth and insisting, now Brussels was close at hand, even if it was confident and the German cavalry division commander with high morale, he did not dare to force the attack, the airship could take the fortress of the following day, but if the cavalry attacked the protected position, it was no less than sending it to death, and the left and right had run more than 100 kilometers today, and the task had been exceeded, and the cavalry division began to order the vanguard to build a line on the spot, waiting for the follow-up infantry to come, and the rest rested on the spot.

The long day of November 3 finally came to an end, and at the beginning of the war, Germany showed its edge, entering more than 100 kilometers into Belgian territory, aiming directly at Brussels, and even the mighty fortress of Liège did not stop the footsteps of the German army, and the morale was extremely high. (To be continued......)