My Italian: Chapter 656 battle of paris

The plan of the Kingdom of Abyssinia was thwarted, and it took a while longer for the British to attack East Africa.

However, the plan has only been paid a little attention by London, and now London has more important things, and that is the Battle of Paris.

As early as when France abandoned Paris and returned to the west bank of the Seine, the French military began to formulate plans to recapture Paris.

However, due to the heavy losses of the French army in previous battles and the reduction in the available population, the French army found it very difficult to recapture Paris, but fortunately he has allies.

As the British Empire, which started with a navy, its army strength has always been relatively weak (compared to the navy), and the previous Boer War made it make a fool of itself.

However, it is precisely because of this that the British Army has worked hard to rectify, and finally there is an army that can be used. In the previous battles, the performance of the British army was no worse than that of the French army, and even better than the French army in some aspects, so the French side asked the British army for help.

On the British side, of course, it fully supports France's request, because London knows that if it does not retake the Paris Basin, France may not last long.

One more thing to say here, there are three main industrial areas in mainland France, mainly the Paris basin area headed by Paris, the Mediterranean coastal area headed by Marseille-Foss, and the northeastern region headed by Lille. At present, the industrial areas in the Northeast have fallen, and the Paris Basin has become a battlefield. Can we only rely on the smallest Mediterranean coastal area?

In addition, these areas are important grain production bases in France. Although food can be imported from colonies and foreign countries, if the industry is not good, what will France rely on to maintain its huge army.

Even if it relies on imports, French foreign exchange can support it for up to one year.

Therefore, taking back Paris is also the only reason and belief that France can continue to support the war.

Therefore, the two countries also quickly reached an agreement that Paris needs to be recaptured.

After some discussions, France dispatched 31 divisions with 530,000 people, and the United Kingdom dispatched 17 divisions with 280,000 people to form the main force to launch the Battle of Paris. These troops preparing to participate in the battle are good at fighting, and they are all equipped with weapons and equipment, and they are all elite divisions who have been trained for more than three months. In addition, Britain and France also prepared a reserve team of about 200,000 in 13 divisions.

As for the commander of this battle, after a strong request from the French side, he was nominated by the commander-in-chief of the French army, General Gallieni, who had previously served as the commander of the city defense of Paris, and the deputy commander was the commander of the British Expeditionary Force. Admiral Haig served.

As for the former commander-in-chief of the French army, Joffre, because of successive failures in previous battles and the fall of Paris, Joffre, who was the commander-in-chief of the French army, was directly replaced as the government's military adviser. In addition, in view of Joffre's high prestige in the French army, after dismissing his army commander in chief, he was also promoted to field marshal. However, only Xiafei himself knows how the marshal is like.

In addition, Marshal French, the former commander of the British Expeditionary Force, was also considered unsuitable for trench warfare and transferred back to China because of the loss of more than 200,000 British troops. He was replaced by Haig, the former commander of the First Army of the Expeditionary Force.

After the two commanders are decided, the next step is the preparation stage. All materials need to be prepared, especially the most important ammunition.

Ammunition consumption in both countries wiped out two-thirds of their stocks in previous battles. Although British and French arsenals are working overtime to produce ammunition, according to the estimates of the two militaries, it is not enough for battle consumption.

That being the case, what should be done?

The British and French troops acted from two aspects. One was to draw from the military supplies of the colonies where there was no war, and the other was to purchase from abroad, mainly the United States.

As for whether it will be sold in the United States, it does not need to be considered. Capitalists dare not sell anything as long as it is for profit.

Besides, the United States, as a challenger, sees that Germany, Italy and Austria have an advantage on the battlefield, how can they want to see it? (One more thing, I think that whether it is WW1 or WW2, the United States is simply impossible and unwilling to see Germany win the war. The reason is simple, Germany is a competitor, and they are all competing for the new world hegemony. Only the United States The distance is long, and the domestic market is big enough, so he waited.)

As for the combat plan, Britain and France also mobilized a bunch of excellent staff officers in the army to formulate it. In the end, it took a month, and the plan was finally formulated. In general, the core of this Paris battle is to capture the various towns around Paris, so as to liberate Paris.

Of course, these towns are not easy to capture. Germany has more than 400,000 people defending the Paris area. The core of their defense is the surrounding areas such as Gaville, Bena, Courcourona, Gautier and other places. These are the fulcrums of Paris's periphery. As long as these places are guarded, Paris will not be breached at all.

And if these places cannot be defended, there is no need for Paris to defend them, because the above places are lost, and the defenders must evacuate if they don't want to be a turtle in the urn. (Looking at World War II, neither Germany nor the United Kingdom and the United States encountered a battle in Paris. This is the most important reason.)

According to the plan of Britain and France, the British and French troops launched attacks from the left and right respectively. Among them, the target of the British army on the left is Gaville-Bonteluch-Gisor-Tillet, while the French army is attacking from the right, aiming at Gautier-Serry-Chercy-Baron. The Army and the Communist Party took Ponte Puan as the target. If the British and French armies can accomplish this task, they will not only liberate Paris, but also encircle more than 400,000 German troops. It can be said that if it is achieved, it will become a turning point in the war.

But it is not easy to do it, because it is more than 100 kilometers from the starting point of the battle to Puente Puan, such a long distance is quite difficult.

But it doesn't matter, the staff also considered the difficulty of the task and had a backup plan, that is, if the casualties of conquering the German positions along the way are too large, then the location of the encirclement can be chosen in Saint-Victory, which can also cut off the railway from Paris to Antwerp.

If this is not enough, then the encirclement target chooses Saint-Denis in the outskirts of the city. However, if this is the goal, then the desire to drive the German army out of the Paris Basin will not be achieved, and France's desire to use the Paris Basin to restore blood for itself may be largely in vain.

If this is not achieved, then this battle can be declared a failure, because none of its goals can be achieved, then Britain and France need to think about whether this war is worthwhile.

For the worst result, Britain and France do not think it is possible at all. Because of Germany's deployment of troops in the Paris area, Britain and France are very clear (patriotic people of Paris).

As for the two commanders of this battle, they have considerable confidence in this. They believe that only by conquering Puente Puan can the battle be completed. If Sheng Wei is the target, this is a bad battle. As for the remaining two possibilities, there will be none at all. Under such a clear situation, they can still do the worst, and they can submit their resignation letters.

At this time in the coalition headquarters in Nemours, it was the early morning of May 27.

At this moment in the battle command hall, all the British and French officers looked at General Gallieni, who was the commander of the coalition forces.

Admiral Gallieni certainly knew what they were waiting for. Looking at the hanging clock on the wall, Gallieni picked up the red phone and said. "Now I order that the Battle of Paris officially begins."

As he put down the phone, he heard the rumble of cannons outside, which was the British and French artillery units firing. A total of more than 2,100 cannons made their own roar.

This time, there are more than 800 British and French artillery pieces with a caliber of 100 mm or more, among which there are more than 400 artillery pieces with a caliber of 150 mm and above. Many of these are artillery directly removed from the battleship. These naval artillery with great power and long range were prepared by Britain and France with great effort. After all, being beaten by German heavy artillery before, Britain and France have a deep understanding of caliber and justice.

Shells exploded on the German positions~www.mtlnovel.com~ The deafening explosions exploded like firecrackers, and the scattered shrapnel also caused fatal damage.

The wooden stakes and barbed wire fences on the position were blown up by the roaring shells, and the landmines arranged in front of the position were also directly detonated. Even the trenches where they hid were blown up section by section.

It can be said that any officer and soldier of the defenders can live like a year under such intensive artillery fire, while the British and French artillery have been fighting for three days. During these three days, the German army defending the Paris area also pulled out artillery to try to counterattack. But in the face of the opponent's artillery that is one and a half times ahead of his own, it is not worthwhile to fight back.

So from the third day onwards, the German artillery only showed its presence occasionally, and tried to keep the artillery until the most needed moment.

Three days after the artillery exploded, with the whistle of the leading officer, groups of British and French soldiers, led by the officer, charged towards the German positions. beautiful city.

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