Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 656 Sharp turn down
The air battle in the sky is in full swing, but it is another scene on the ground.

On the first day of the battle, due to the intensive ground anti-aircraft artillery fire of the Qing army, the range of activities of the Ming Air Force was limited.But that night, the Daming Air Force, who didn't like overnight enemies, attacked the Qing army's ground anti-aircraft artillery positions at night.Although the ground troops of the Ming army did not enter France on a large scale to fight, in fact, Ming had already organized a small group of air force special combat personnel to enter the French front to guide the air force to fight.

And the air force can be regarded as the most deeply involved military branch in the Ming army at this stage.

The ground air defense forces of the Qing army were attacked at night and suffered heavy losses.After the next few days, he actually saved his strength directly and let the aviation team try his best to support in the air, but he pretended not to see it.

However, the large-scale and high-intensity air battle did not last for a few days, because the battlefield had undergone drastic changes.

Cheng Lin used the two armies led by Krasnov to hold back the main force of Villar's European Holy Alliance Army on the front, but he spared a circle and led the main force of the 30 Qing army of three legions, directly on the flanks. Bypassing the French army at Villars, they raided Paris at an unimaginable marching speed!
After Bai Mingxiu learned about this, he couldn't help admiring.

"Cheng Lin is a man who uses soldiers like a god."

Speaking of it, Cheng Lin's strategy may not be so complicated. He first made the illusion that the main force of the Qing army was still in the Netherlands, and asked Krasnov, who had only two armies, to make a big push.Villar thought that the Qing army was about to counterattack, so he immediately raised his troops and built a defense line.After repeated battles, the Qing army failed to take advantage and retreated. Villarde believed that the time was ripe and prepared to regain the Netherlands in one fell swoop, so the army pressed forward.It was at this time that Chenglin led three legions of the Qing army to bypass Burgundy and march straight into Paris.

Originally, the direction of Burgundy was the focus of French defense, and the Qing army mobilized its forces to attack the Netherlands first.After the Netherlands fought for more than half a year, the French army had already shifted the focus of defense to the north, but ignored the defense line in the east.Unexpectedly, Cheng Lin dispatched troops without anyone noticing, directly broke through the French defense line, and blitzed Paris.

Louis XIV was frightened in Paris, but this ambitious king was also very decisive. He was going to take the Qing army in Paris and put on a show to let the people of France and Europe see his determination to resist. Create yourself as a heroic figure.

However, Louis XIV had no idea how clear the Western Qing Military Aircraft Bureau had made Paris.Before Cheng Lin was ready to attack Paris, the Military Aircraft Bureau had already launched many bombing attacks in Paris, and Cheng Lin knew all the configurations of the Paris defenders better, so there was no suspense at all in this battle. Cheng Lin attacked in the early morning, and at noon At that time, the tanks of the Qing army had already swaggered past on the Champs Elysees Avenue.

Louis XIV fled in a panic, and more than [-] French soldiers became prisoners of the Qing army.

What shocked everyone was that the brutal Qing army would bring a huge humanitarian disaster to Paris.However, Cheng Lin restrained the army, and met with people from all walks of life in Paris, expressing that Xiqing launched the war for a long-term peace and for the interests of the whole of Europe.The Qing Dynasty had no intention of destroying the prosperity of France, and it also needed the help of social elites to make France a better place.

Although the Qing army did not commit any crimes, they did not commit any burning, killing or looting.The citizens of Paris are generally relatively stable.

Sister Lion asked Bai Mingxiu, "Why did Cheng Lin restrain the nature of the Qing army? Shouldn't they let them wreak havoc? A broken Europe is where Ming's interests lie, isn't it?"

But Bai Mingxiu understands Cheng Lin's thoughts very well: "Although that is the case, Villar still has 50 European Holy Allied forces, mainly the French army, and the battle between the Qing army and the French army is not over yet. If Paris suffers catastrophe and a large number of people die, it will inevitably arouse the will of Villars to resist. Now that Paris has been captured, Louis XIV has fled, and the whole of France is panicked, the Villars army will also lack a stable will to fight. An army in this state is the easiest to defeat."

Everything is in Bai Mingxiu's imagination.

Villars was taken aback when he heard that Paris had been captured, and hurried to get in touch with Louis XIV.However, he did not expect that Louis XIV was assassinated by a special agent of the Western Qing Military Aircraft Bureau on the way to escape. Although he did not die, he was injured and severely frightened.

France is already in a mess. After controlling the situation in Paris, Cheng Lin immediately led his troops north to attack Villars.At this time, the strength of the Qing army was already quite terrifying.The strength of Krasnov's two armies has been supplemented to approach the strength of the two legions. Another legion led by Xiqing veteran Mu Zhan also surrounded from the side, and the main force led by Cheng Lin also came from Paris. , surrounded Villars from the west and south.

On the entire battlefield, 70 Qing troops encircled 50 European Holy Alliance troops on three sides.Villar already knew very well that he had no army that could defeat Cheng Lin.

So Villar asked Daming and the United Kingdom for help, hoping that Daming would prepare the ship and let him evacuate France with 50 active forces, and make a comeback after making preparations.

The sea is still under the complete control of Daming, and will not be invaded by Xiqing.However, the biggest difficulty in this operation is that there are too many troops in the Villar department, and the progress of the Qing army is too fast.

When Bai Mingxiu, Su Shuhuan and others saw the battle plan sent by Villar, they were all moved, especially Bai Mingxiu, who felt a sense of time and space disorder.

"Isn't this the Dunkirk retreat?"

Villar hopes to delay the advance of the Qing army through a resolute counterattack and break the rear, thus providing time and opportunity for retreat.Ming and Britain immediately dispatched all the ships they could use to lead the French army away from this dangerous coast.

And Villars is also very clear, no matter what the fate of his 50 troops is, whether he successfully retreats to England or is annihilated in France, the fate of France is basically determined, that is, it will be occupied by the Western Qing Dynasty.

Xiqing has already won the victory, and the following is just to determine how big this victory is.

Bai Mingxiu's role here is very subtle. He is the great director of all this, but seeing France being wiped out like this, he also has an indescribable feeling.

Withdrawing these French troops has both advantages and disadvantages for Ming Dynasty.It seems impossible not to withdraw.

Of course, whether it can be withdrawn is another matter.

(End of this chapter)