Daming Military Empire

Chapter 659

With the in-depth promotion of Fu Yunlong's sneak attack tactics, one after another French bastions were breached by Ming army special forces. In less than half a month, all French bastions in the entire Pyrenees Mountains were breached by the Ming army!

It has to be said that this is a miracle. Since the birth of the bastion, it has never been breached so easily. Even the Ming army used armored chariots in the Siberian plains. It was not so fast.

The reason is mainly the suddenness of a tactic, because no one expected that the Ming army would use this tactic.

Of course, this is also related to the negligence of the French army. After all, the two countries are related by marriage. The queen of King Philip IV of Spain is the sister of King Louis XIII of France. The two countries will not go to war unless they have to.

The Ming army launched a sneak attack without any warning, which is in line with the essence of surprise and attacking the unpreparedness in the art of war. Success is not accidental.

Of course, this tactic was not all smooth sailing. On several occasions, the special forces of the Ming army encountered particularly cautious French generals, and suffered heavy losses.

In the most difficult battle, three special forces squadrons of the Guanning Army went to attack Bastion No. [-], where [-] French troops were stationed. As a result, the French guards were very cautious. The defenders were beaten into a sieve, and many officers and soldiers of the Guanning Army were also injured in the first round of firing.

Afterwards, they began to attack hard, and the first floor was taken relatively smoothly, and the Guanning Army had less than 500 casualties.

However, it was more difficult to fight on the second floor. The French guard actually knew to have people remove the bed and door panels to block the grenades!

The explosive power of the gunpowder at this moment is equivalent to the firecracker gunpowder of later generations. The gunpowder in the grenade can't blow up the bed and door panels at all. Without artillery support, the bed and door panels are really the nemesis of the grenade.

The grenade was ineffective, and the special warfare squadron of the Guanning Army was embarrassed. They could only use sniper rifles with kerosene bottles and gasoline bottles to attack hard.

It's okay for them to have enough kerosene and gasoline. The problem is that each person only has a small bottle, which is mainly used for setting fires, not enough for attacking the city.

The battle was very difficult. The three special warfare squadrons of the Guanning Army suffered almost all casualties. Although the bastion was finally taken down, less than 3000 of the [-] people survived, and all of them were injured!
I don't know if the Guan Ning Army was particularly unlucky or what happened. They encountered difficulties almost every time, and several times they had the most casualties among all the legions participating in the battle.

This time they encountered the most cautious and powerful general in the French army. If the French army's flintlock guns were not as advanced as the Ming army's, it is estimated that they would not be able to take down this bastion if they were all dead.

In any case, all the bastions in the Pyrenees were taken down by the Ming army special forces' sneak attack tactics, and the French army lost nearly 10 horses as a result, while Spain regained control of the entire Pyrenees.

King Philip IV of Spain was naturally very happy, so what did King Louis XIII of France, or the actual controller of France, Duke Richelieu think?What about them?The front has been beaten like this, and they didn't respond at all!

In fact, they can’t be blamed for this. The Ming army had a telegraph communication system, but they didn’t. They were still at the stage where communication basically relied on shouting, and transportation basically relied on walking. The transmission of information was quite slow.

In fact, after the first batch of food and grass was robbed, the local local officials already knew about it, because none of the middle-aged laborers they sent out to deliver the food and grass came back.

However, if you know it, you know that they can do nothing but report it.

Just like this, it was reported layer by layer, and by the time the news reached Paris, almost ten days had passed.

At the beginning, Richelieu didn't pay much attention to it, because the looting of a batch of food and grass didn't explain anything. He also thought that it was the bandits who did it. It would be strange if the defenders couldn't deal with a bunch of bandits.

It wasn't until news of grain and grass being robbed came that Richelieu realized that something serious might have happened. By this time, half a month had passed.

When he returned after ordering someone to inquire about the news, 20 days had passed.

It took the Ming army 20 days to take all the bastions in the Pyrenees Mountains. The news he got back from his inquiries was naturally that the entire defense line was occupied by the coalition forces of Spain and the Ming Empire!
At this time, the whole of France was shocked. After crossing the Pyrenees line of defense, there was almost a plain behind. If the Ming Empire transported armored chariots, it would be over. The coalition forces of Spain and the Ming Empire would definitely be able to directly hit Paris!

For the first time, Richelieu completely panicked. He couldn't figure out how the allied forces of Spain and the Ming Empire managed to take down so many bastions on the Pyrenees defense line in such a short period of time.

You know, it's a mountainous area, and the armored chariots of the Ming Empire can't get in at all. It's hard to pile up a million troops with people!
Could it be that the Ming Empire invented some new weapons?
The unknown is the scariest thing. Richelieu was so frightened that his heart was terrified. He quickly mobilized nearly 20 troops and rushed to the southeast.

Now, not only the south must be defended, but also the Mediterranean coast must not be lost, because it is impossible for the armored tanks of the Ming army to be transported through the Pyrenees, but it is quite easy to land along the Mediterranean coast.

If the ports along the Mediterranean Sea are lost, then France will really be doomed. At that time, the Ming army will ship the armored chariots there.

Now his plan was completely disrupted. He originally wanted to use the advantage of the sea to transport the army to the Gold Coast and snatch all the Portuguese colonies in Africa, but now everything is messed up.

After the expansion of the French army, there were only about 50 troops. The Pyrenees lost more than 20 troops at once. This time, another [-] reinforcements were sent. In addition to the original [-] defenders along the Mediterranean, the army was left with only [-] troops. More than ten thousand.

In other words, including Paris, the entire central and northern part of France and the northwest coast, there are only more than [-] people stationed in huge places, so how can they deploy troops to attack the Gold Coast.

Zhu Cijiong did not expect that the tactics of harassment and sneak attacks on southern France would achieve such an effect. At the beginning, he just wanted to consume France's manpower and material resources. The consumption of the army is still the consumption of supplies. France and even the entire anti-Habsburg alliance have to kneel!

Now, not only is the consumption of French troops and supplies rapidly intensifying, but it has also helped Spain occupy the entire Pyrenees Mountains, making the defense of the southern border of France exponentially more difficult.

Most importantly, it disrupted Richelieu's expansion plan and made France lose the best time to expand its colonies.

This is not as simple as one plus one equals two. The reason why the great powers achieved hegemony has a lot to do with the plundering of the colonies. The great powers without the colonies are like weaned wolf cubs. If they want to grow up and prey everywhere, I am afraid No chance!

(End of this chapter)