The French people, whom Ernst said had not surrendered, were now lowering the drawbridge at Wiesenburg to welcome the "royal division" of the Prussian Third Army.

Although they supported the French in spirit, the Prussian artillery fire was destroying the houses of the residents of Wiesenburg, and even the French army often stepped on the roof tiles because of the needs of defense, which made the citizens feel distressed for a while, so "You don't fight anymore!" ”

The French did not listen to the townspeople, of course, and when the French army was squeezed by the Prussians in the small city of Wiesenburg, the inhabitants themselves raised the white flag and welcomed the Prussian army into the city.

This scene made Leo, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 74th Regiment of the French Army, almost angry, but there was nothing he could do.

Of course, this can only represent the individual actions of the inhabitants of the city of Wiesenburg, not France, after all, this is the Alsace and Lorraine regions.

The French side of the Battle of Wiessenburg showed a foreign appearance, but the French soldiers showed their own prestige, and after the German allied troops entered the city, they engaged in fierce street battles with the French army.

The French army was ultimately defeated because they had too many enemies to fight at all, repulsing Bavaria, Prussia and other states into battle, and even a seventh brigade formed by the Poles.

At the same time, in the face of Prussia's advanced Krupp artillery, France did not have corresponding effective countermeasures, and the artillery fire was suppressed, and the numerical disadvantage made this battle no suspense.

The 8 battalions of the French army faced the attack of 29 battalions of the German army, and the result of the German victory was not in doubt, but the number of casualties exceeded that of the French army, especially the dismal record of Bavaria.

Before the war, the Bavarian army brought out the most elite units of the two armies, only to be beaten by the French.

Despite the poor performance of the Bavarian army in the first battle, the Prussian newspaper Le Nation praised the Bavarian army: "The Bavarians defeated the German enemy ......, and the flames of war bear witness to their unshakable loyalty." ”

The victorious German army entered Wissanburg, and Crown Prince Wilhelm led the German generals to stand in silence in front of the body of General Dooy, the former principal of the French military academy Saint-Cyr, where he is buried forever.

The Prussians were very surprised by the captured maps of General Dooy, not to mention of poor quality, and the scale was completely too small to be used for commanding operations. In addition, General Doe did have a map anyway, and the junior officers had no map at all, only some hand-drawn sketches. Prussia down to the lieutenant officer level has very good maps, of course, the Bavarian army is not up to this standard at the moment, who makes them not like Prussia.

It was the first time that the German hillbillies had seen African soldiers here, and they looked at the captured Algerian soldiers like animals in a zoo, and this should not have been the first time, if the soldiers of the Black Ringen Brigade whose nationality belonged to East Africa were also counted as Africans, but the first time they saw black soldiers (I didn't say that Algerians were black).

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The countryside west of Davielet. It's rare to have a forest here because it's surrounded by farmland.

The 54th Brigade of the French Army is currently resting here to prepare for the Hashingen Brigade and the 3rd Prussian Brigade under Robert further east to support Kirchbach's division.

"Report to the brigade commander, we have found out from a villager that Davilet is garrisoned by the Heshingen Brigade, which is said to have a South German accent, and there are many Orientals mixed in it."

"Orientals?"

"The same face as the inhabitants of our Far Eastern colonies (Cambodia and Vietnam), yellow people."

The French were able to obtain this information thanks to the residents of the town of Davilet, who were hiding in the countryside to escape the war, and for historical reasons, the locals were fluent in German and French Chinese, and they also learned some information about the Hexingen brigade.

"Presumably, like the Algerian troops, they were formed with colonial soldiers, but did the Prussians have their own colonies in the Far East?"

"It is also possible that mercenaries, and Prussia, although it has always been operating on European soil, has its own diplomatic relations in the Far East."

"How's their deployment in Daviette?"

"According to the residents who escaped from Daviette, the construction of the fortifications began on the day of the arrival of this Black Ringen brigade, and the whole of Davilet was surrounded by them."

"Interesting!" The commander of the 54th Brigade said: "This is rare in the Prussian army we are fighting against, especially now that Prussia is on the offensive and we are on the defensive, and in general, it should be us who are actively building fortifications to hinder the Prussian attack." ”

"Our intelligence officers also obtained a piece of information that this unit was under the banner of the German Confederation, and the Heshingen Brigade was from the Hexingen Princely Kingdom, so the number was a little different from that of the Prussian army."

"That makes sense! This force should be one of those ragtag units in South Germany, cobbled together improvised by the war, and this may be a good opportunity. The commander of the 54th Brigade analyzed.

The commander of the 54th Brigade of the French Army did not look down on the fighting power of the states of South Germany, and it was normal that, apart from Austria and Prussia, there were no German Confederation troops in Germany that could allow the French to use all their strength.

"How about taking Daviette if we eat this force?"

"I'm afraid this is a bit difficult to do, as far as we know, Prussia has a brigade of troops deployed in Villewisan to the east, only two kilometers away from Davilet, and can quickly support here."

"The two-kilometre journey meant that it could be reached in half an hour at the earliest, and the Prussians carried a lot of baggage, which took longer. If we can solve the battle in half an hour, there is naturally no problem, this so-called Hexingen pro-kingdom knows that the area is not large when you hear the name, and it is not easy to make up a force, otherwise it will not use a large number of Orientals, and it is unusual to build a large number of fortifications, it seems that its commander also knows that the combat effectiveness of this army is not good, this is our opportunity, order the troops to step up their rest, as soon as dawn we take the initiative, quickly take Daviette, and then wait for the arrival of the remaining Prussian brigade. ”

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"At about ten o'clock (evening), a French army quietly infiltrated the forest to the west of us, the size of which is difficult to judge for the time being, but it should be no less than our men." Heinrich woke up Leopold, who was sleeping in the makeshift command post, and reported.

"This forest is in the center of Daviette and Saverna, which means that they are bypassing Stanley and going south, the French must be intent on making a move against Saverna, this force is part of the strategy, either directly intervene in Saverna, or it is coming at us, but according to the distance, it is more likely to come at us." The sleepy-eyed Leopold analyzed.

"This is a good opportunity, the Black Ringen Brigade should attack immediately!" Heinrich proposed.

"Oh!" Leopold was surprised.

"The French army came suddenly, and bypassed Stanley and directly inserted into this forest, indicating that it is very likely to cooperate with the main force of the French army, otherwise they would not have taken such a risk, and bypassing Stanley to rush here, indicating that they are in a hurry, at this time must be tired of men and horses, and must rest here first, this is a flaw in the French army, if we attack quickly, we can definitely catch it by surprise!"

"Well, there's more!" Leopold asked, "We don't know the size of the French army, which is a great risk. ”

"Your Highness, it is precisely because we do not know the size of the French army that we should take the initiative to attack, because our virtual and real French are easier to know, if there are more French than us, they will also take the initiative to attack us tentatively at dawn tomorrow, at that time we have lost the initiative in the war, if the number is less than ours, we will take advantage of the night to fight over, we will not suffer too much, we have also passed through that forest before, and it is daytime, so the environment is also familiar with the French who entered in the dark, Moreover, it is likely that the number of troops on the French side is not large, because the number of French troops as a whole is far inferior to that of the German coalition army. ”

"That makes sense, let's do it now?"

Heinrich shook his head and said, "Don't be in a hurry, prepare first, let the soldiers have a supper, replenish their strength, and wait until twelve o'clock when they are in high spirits, and then launch a surprise attack on the French." The French must have been exhausted after a day's march, and even more drowsy after eleven o'clock, and that was the best time for us to attack. ”

"If you fight at night......," Leopold said, with some concern.

"Don't be afraid of night battles, we can't see it, and the French can't see it, and the range and accuracy of the Dreiser rifle are not as good as the French Chasebo rifle, and it is a loss in the open field, and the French are just stationed at the edge of the forest, and the forest environment can greatly limit the play of the Chasebo rifle, and the two sides can only aim by feeling at night, so that our people can prepare more melee weapons, then we will become the dominant side."

(End of chapter)