Napoleon II Reborn

(Chapter to)

"Start the attack!" Almost at the same time, after receiving Xiao Jie's order, the troops belonging to the 88th Army launched a fierce attack on the defense line of the Anti-French Alliance. They used regiments or battalions as units, and after breaking through the enemy's defense line, they carried out interspersed operations. For a while, the defense line of the anti-French alliance became riddled with holes.

The 8 infantry regiments and 1 cavalry regiment of the 1st Division, with the fire support of the two artillery regiments and the division's heavy artillery battalion, broke through the Russian defense line in less than an hour. The troops took the regiment as the unit, and carried out split and combined attacks on the command center, material warehouse, transportation hub and barracks of the Russian army. Once this new tactic was put into use, it achieved great results. Under the attack of the 1st Division, the Russian army's organizational system was completely disrupted. The orders from the superiors could not be passed on to the troops, and the troops had to fight on their own. But in this way, there is only one result waiting for them, and that is to be slowly divided and surrounded by the 1st Division, and then eaten.

The front-line commander of the Russian army was General Minoradovich, Bagration's second-in-command and the second-in-command of the Russian army in France. Before the start of the war, he had already made full preparations. Although he had never fought against the 88th Army, he also learned from Kutuzov how powerful the 88th Army was, so he was stationed on the front line. In his days, he was always extra cautious. Unlike other officers, he thought that if Iberia had signed the treaty, it would be difficult for war to break out. He has always believed that war is likely to break out, and the time of outbreak is likely to be after the main force of the anti-French alliance withdraws from France. Compared with the defense lines of several other countries, the defense line of the Russian army is definitely the strongest. They have learned how to build trenches, how to arrange artillery positions, how to set up fixed firepower points and so on in the war with Napoleon. After personally inspecting the defense line, Admiral Minoradovic was very confident that the Russian army's defense line was already very strong and could definitely withstand the attack of the Iberian army. So when he got a report that the troops were attacked by the Iberian army, he didn't panic at all. He thought he would have enough time to mobilize his troops to defend or counterattack.

The firepower preparations of the 1st Division were very well prepared. The 75mm field guns of the two artillery regiments and the 105mm howitzers of the heavy artillery battalion shelled the Russian defense line for as long as one hour, sending at least 300 tons of shells to the Russian army. On the positions of the Russian army, Admiral Minoradovich's line of defense, which he thought was very strong, quickly fell apart under the repeated bombardment of the artillery of the 1st Division. All the Russian troops who escaped the artillery fire of the Iberian army were buried alive inside. The blasthole they had hoped for ended up being their coffin.

At 11:30 in the morning, the shelling of the 1st Division began to extend backwards, and the infantry, led by junior officers, launched a fierce attack on the Russian defense line. The extension of the bombardment is a signal to both sides. For the Iraqi army, it is time to attack. For the Russian army, it is time for them to enter the position to resist. Of course, the premise is that they can withstand the heavy shelling and survive the shelling.

Under the shelling of the 1st Division, the Russian army's defense line was destroyed by more than 70%. Although their resistance was very tenacious, they still failed to resist the 1st Division, which had an absolute advantage in this case. At 12:30, after an hour of fighting, the regiments of the 1st Division took down the first line of defense of the Russian Army at a small cost.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the attack continued, and the infantry regiments of the 1st Division continued to advance with the support of artillery. In the evening of the same day, they finally broke through the second and last line of defense of the Russian army. A field battle was waged on the plain. On the second day, the regiments of the 1st Division immediately began to attack according to the attack missions arranged before the battle. For example, the attack target of the 2nd Infantry Regiment was Vendome, and the attack target of the 8th Infantry Regiment was Blois and so on. Each regiment has its own goals, and the division commander directs the regiments to attack through the radio in the division headquarters. This offensive method of the 1st Division turned the battlefield into a mess. The situation on the battlefield has become very unfavorable to the Russian army. The reason is very simple. The orders of Admiral Minoradovich simply cannot go out of his headquarters in Shatodan.

"General, our army's defense line has been breached by the Iraqi army. Please issue a combat order." On October 29, a major general officer came to Admiral Minoradovic's office.

"What? The Iraqi army broke through our defense line in just one day?" Admiral Minoradovic couldn't believe it.

"Although this is hard to believe, it is indeed true." The major general affirmed.

After being silent for two minutes, Admiral Minoradović ordered: "Immediately order the 3rd Division to shrink the line of defense and retreat to Shatodan. The 1st Division immediately sets out to meet the 2nd Division. The units directly under the Legion are also on combat readiness."

Half an hour later, the major general came back again, with a very frustrated expression on his unwilling face: "General, we can only contact the 1st division now, and the contact with the 2nd division has been interrupted. It is estimated that the 2nd division is now a murderous force." Dorji is missing. In addition, the information sent back by the 3rd Division said that they were attacked by several enemy groups, and the communication with the subordinate regiments has been completely cut off.”

"How did this happen? What's going on at the front? How many troops have the Iberians invested in? Why are there Iberian troops everywhere?" Admiral Minoradovic felt that he was about to go crazy.

Three days later, that is, on November 1, the situation of the battle was basically clear. Except for the first division of the three Russian divisions, the other two divisions suffered heavy losses. Among them, the 2nd Division was killed when the 88th Army broke through the defense line. Less than 4,000 of the 15,000 divisions escaped the encirclement and were fleeing to Paris in embarrassment. The 3rd Division was besieged by 5 infantry regiments plus 1 cavalry regiment and 1 artillery regiment of the 88th Army after the 2nd Division was killed, while the 1st Division was besieged by 3 infantry regiments from the 1st Division of the 88th Army. The Corps and an artillery regiment intercepted it. Under the encirclement and annihilation of the 7 regiments of the Iraqi Army, the division headquarters of the 3rd Division of the Russian Army quickly lost contact with the regiments. The regiments had to fight on their own, and the loss of unified command was quite terrifying. The 3rd Division of the Russian Army quickly collapsed, and in the end only some of them successfully broke through and escaped. Most people chose to surrender when they lost their superior command and faced strong pressure.

On the afternoon of November 1, Major General Monty, commander of the 1st Division of the 88th Army, smiled happily after receiving the battle report. Only three days after the war started, the 1st Division had wiped out more than 20,000 Russian troops, while its own casualties were very slight. "It's time to close the net," Monty said with a smile. "Order, the Cavalry Regiment and the 1st Infantry Regiment, the 3rd Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Artillery Regiment, immediately launch an attack 5 kilometers east of Chateaudan." Monty ordered. This is the junction of the headquarters of the Russian Army Corps and the 1st Division of the Russian Army. As long as the two Russian armies are successfully divided, it will be much easier to eliminate them.

On November 3, the 1st Division of the 88th Army successfully completed the division of the Russian army, and the next step was to eliminate them one by one. On November 5, except for the 1st Division of the Russian Army, which broke through about 6,000 people, the other Russian troops were wiped out. The 1st Division of the 88th Army began its attack on Paris. Since the main force of the Russian army has been eliminated, the obstacles to their attack on Paris have been completely opened. On November 7, the 1st Division of the 88th Army arrived 10 kilometers south of Versailles.

The combat mission of the 2nd Division of the 88th Army is undoubtedly the heaviest among the divisions. They first launched an attack on the Austrian army. After sufficient bombardment preparations, the regiments of the 2nd Division completed the scheduled combat plan in a short time with the help of the air force airship. On November 1, the Austrian army collapsed across the board, 50,000 Austrian troops were annihilated and 20,000 people were wiped out, and the remaining 20,000 people fled to Paris in embarrassment. After that, the 2nd Division continued to attack eastward, and cooperated with the 4th Division to launch an attack on Mengeri. There are 30,000 Prussian troops stationed in this area. Most of these Prussian troops were recruits who had just joined the army, and they quickly collapsed under the joint air-ground attack of the Iraqi army. The 2nd Division of the 88th Army pursued it all the way, conquering the cities of Nemur, Fontainebleau, Melun, Antony, etc., and reached 6 kilometers south of Creteil on November 9, and the 88th Army The 1st Division of the Legion formed the horns of each other and surrounded the south of Paris~www.wuxiaspot.com~The attack of the 3rd Division was also very smooth. Compared with the British Navy, the British Army is much weaker. If the combat effectiveness of the British Navy is a tiger, then the combat effectiveness of the British Army can be regarded as a hound at best. With the regiments of the 3rd Division of the 88th Army interspersed, the connection between the two infantry divisions and an infantry brigade of the British army and the British army headquarters was immediately cut off, and the next step was to be defeated and retreated all the way. . By November 9th, when the 2nd Division of the 88th Army reached the city of Paris, the 3rd Division had already swept the Normandy Peninsula and the Normandy hills in western France, and sent an infantry regiment and an artillery regiment to cooperate with the navy to attack France. The important port of Le Havre in the west.

The 4th Division's attack was also very smooth. The enemies they had to face were very weak. The Bavarian army, the Saxon army, and the Thuringian army were all the troops that were used to following the big countries. Let them face the attack of the 88th Army alone, and it immediately becomes the kind of scene where they will be defeated with one blow. Often as soon as the 4th Division launched a charge, their enemies voluntarily abandoned their positions and retreated northward desperately. By November 10, the main force of the 4th Division had already pushed into Metz on the Lorraine plateau.

On November 10, Xiao Jie, Dougal and Eke secretly arrived at the front line of Paris, and the general attack on Paris is about to start. (To be continued, if you want to know the future, please log in to .QDAN., more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)