Chapter 414: Great Industrial Development
On November 2, the Anglo-French coalition forces on the left flank threatened by the severe zhòng continued to draw troops from all over the south bank of the Seine to block the German First Army, the main force of the German army on the right flank of the Western Front, the Second Army, saw through the loopholes in the Anglo-French defense line and broke through Versailles, the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Armies broke through various sections of the Seine, and the British and French forces had to retreat again to defend Orleans, set up defensive positions on the south bank of the Loire River, and blew up most of the bridges on the river to prevent the Germans from following and pursuing.
At the same time, the 6th and 7th Armies, the main forces of the German left flank on the Western Front, crossed the upper Seine and advanced in the direction of Dijon, and the French First and Second Armies, which received the news, quickly moved north from Lyon.
On November 8, the German Sixth and First Armies and the French First and Second Armies fought a decisive battle at Dijon, where 1 million troops of both sides fought to the death. After seven days and nights of fierce fighting, the German army used a small force to intersperse assaults, broke through the French defense line, and shuttled and divided and surrounded the French WWW.UUXS.CC army's defensive position with a depth of three kilometers, including the French army, losing 300,000 people, and retreating in the direction of Lyon with the remnants of 180,000.
In view of the declining situation in the Far Eastern Theater, the Tsarist authorities had to reinforce the Far Eastern Theater from the Russian Theater, and a group army of 200,000 troops was sent to Khabarovsk on the Far Eastern Railway, which is close to the border in the northeast corner of China, through which the Japanese army must also pass if they want to seize more land.
Due to the relatively large losses of the Japanese army during this period, they were conquering Wusu