Davie Wright.

Trenches with barbed wire and sandbags were rapidly taking shape, and the soldiers of the Heikingen Brigade had built a fortification around the town of Davilet overnight with their shovels.

Combined with some buildings and houses, Daviette was surrounded by water and almost became a hedgehog.

A typical academic school like the Hexingen Brigade must have a more meticulous attitude and rigorous spirit when building fortifications.

So the next day, it's still being regulated and trimmed. This scene stunned Robert next door.

Putting down the binoculars in his hand, Robert said to his deputy: "I think Commander Kirchbach is completely overthinking, I dare not say how effective this Black Singen Brigade is, the means of saving life must be stronger than ours, you look at them, they want to turn Davilet into a strong fortress, if I were French, I would not be stupid to attack such a place." ”

"Brigade Commander, this person from the Heixingen Kingdom is too cowardly! At present, the battlefield is changing rapidly, how can there be so much effort to engage in so many bells and whistles, the fortifications play an auxiliary role at most, we now have a far advantage over France in numbers, and the high-level of the kingdom will definitely choose to take the initiative to attack, rather than passive defense, so no matter how good the fortifications are, it is not of much use, after all, we are the attackers. ”

If Napoleon III heard this, he would definitely give him a slap in the face, the French had already been pitted by their own people before the war, and the choice of France at that time was also to take the initiative to attack, plus the preparation for the war was hasty, so there were not many fortifications built in Alsace and Lorraine, who knew that now the situation has reversed, and he has become a defensive side, but he found that there is no danger to defend.

For example, Wiesenburg, which still uses the defenses built in the last century, is actually almost abandoned.

……

Not to mention that Robert did not understand, Leopold was also a little puzzled, and he said to Heinrich: "Are you young people so energetic now? The construction of such a long fortification may make other troops laugh. ”

Heinrich said: "We just do what we should do based on the textbooks and the actual combat experience and cases of our predecessors, war is no trivial matter, and we must not let our guard down at any time, and in this war, the French Chasebo rifles have a longer range than the Dreiser rifles, so they have an advantage, if we want to offset this advantage, in addition to suppressing in artillery and other aspects, we can only think of a way from the bunker!" ”

In this way, there is some truth to it. However, if the battlefield changes tomorrow, and the higher echelons direct you to go to other regions, this fortification that you have worked so hard to build will be in ruins! ”

"If it's scrapped, it's scrapped, it's not something I should think about, wherever I go, I will repair the fortifications, even if it's just for one night, we have to do this, this is to consider the lives of soldiers and reduce casualties."

"What you learned in Berlin?"

"No, that's what I learned at the Heichengen Military Academy."

"After this war is over, I must go back and read your teaching materials, which can only be said to be very distinctive." Leopold said.

……

The 5th Army of the French Rhine Corps.

The commander of the Fifth Army was the French general de Fay, and the enemy he was about to face was the Prussian Fifth Army, the headquarters of Kirchbach.

At dusk, the scout cavalry of the French Fifth Army had returned.

"General, we have figured out the details of the opposite side, stationed at the northern foot of the Vosges Mountains is the Prussian Fifth Army, in addition to a small number of troops on its right, but the number is unknown for the time being."

"What was the size of the Prussian Fifth Army?"

"There should be more people than us, but the main force is divided into two divisions, one in Stanley and one in Saverna. The rest of the small units were deployed along the road in villages and towns such as Daviette. ”

"Bring the map!" Fai said.

"This is Stanley, the prominent part of the Prussian army's defensive line, the Prussians should have been waiting for us here for a long time, not far from the left rear is Saverna, ready to support Stanley, and vice versa, Saverna is a transportation hub, mastering this place can be attacked and retreated."

"If we rashly attack Stanley and Saverna, it is not in line with the purpose of our trip, our goal is to strengthen the connection between the Rhine Army and the Charon Army, and to avoid the possibility of either side being encircled and suppressed by Prussia, so this trip must not be a frontal attack, as in the past, but outwitted."

"So far, Prussia's hole cards have gradually become clear, they just want to divide and surround us through numbers, and then annihilate them one by one, and they must not let Prussia's plan succeed."

"These days, I have also seen through some of the characteristics of Prussia, in addition to the guns are not as good as ours, its cavalry does not seem to appear much, but focuses on intelligence work, sometimes cruising between the two armies to find out the truth, if this analysis is accurate, as long as it is used well, it can definitely give the Prussian army a fatal blow."

After the analysis, Fai began to assign tasks along these lines.

"The cavalry brigade outflanked Saverna from the flank, two infantry divisions were on the frontal battlefield, the 12th Infantry Division feinted to attack Stanley, here should be the most elite unit of the Prussian army, hold them back, the main force of the 14th Infantry Division and artillery units in the west and south to attack Saverna, cooperate with the cavalry brigade, flank the front and rear, capture Saverna, and we will turn back with the 12th Infantry Division."

"General, what about the enemy in the east?"

"Let the Twelfth Infantry Division send a brigade to block the remaining enemy at Davilet, and you Twelfth Infantry Division must remember that the key to this war is to hold off the enemy, and when we take Savelt, the rest will be taken care of."

The commander of the 12th Infantry Division asked: "What if the Prussian 3rd Army comes from the south to support?" ”

Fai said: "You have to believe in the command ability of Marshal McMahon, and the Prussian Third Army should now be fighting with Marshal McMahon's headquarters in the south, there is no time to go north in a short time, the enemy's Fifth Army is to prevent us from taking the opportunity to go south, the Third Army is far more numerous than the Charlond Army, Crown Prince William of Prussia must want to use superior forces to encircle and annihilate the Charon Corps first, so only one corps of troops was deployed in Saverna, so Marshal McMahon and the Charon Army are in a very bad situation, and can they break the siege, The next step is to see if we can quickly defeat the Prussian Fifth Army, so that the Prussian Third Army has to divide its forces into defense, which will greatly reduce the pressure on Marshal McMahon's troops. ”

Since it was a surprise attack, naturally it could not be blatantly past, under the command of Marshal Franco-Iran, the French Fifth Army took advantage of the darkness to rush towards the target at great speed, and the first contact force was the Prussian army stationed in Stanley, as soon as the war started, the commander of the Prussian Fifth Army in Stanley urgently sent a telegram to Saverna in the rear, requesting support.

Kirchbach immediately sent two infantry brigades to support Stanley, but Stanley was only the target of the French feint, and Kirchbach dispersed Saverna's forces to support Stanley, who was in the hands of France and Iraq.

The French Fifth Cavalry Brigade had already rushed to the southeast of Severna from the left in the dark, and the main French forces were also coming from the west in the direction of Severna.

Because of the transfer of troops, the number of Saverna's army has dropped to the same level as the French attacking force, and the Franco-Prussian Fifth Army will also face off tonight.

(End of chapter)