The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

"Guards cavalry, forward!"

Seeing that the enemy was in front of them, the Gallic cavalry raised their sabers and prepared to attack.

But at this moment, on the inconspicuous hill next to the battlefield, dense tongues of fire erupted one after another.

Da-da-da-da!

Dense bullets poured out, like a deadly scythe in the hands of the Grim Reaper, mercilessly harvesting the lives of the Gauls.

Plop, plop!

One by one, the cavalry, along with their horses, were knocked to the ground by bullets and fell off their horses.

The intertwined network of dozens of machine guns seemed to artificially erect an impenetrable steel wall in front of the Gallic cavalry, causing them to break their heads and bleed, but they could not shake them at all.

Seeing this scene, old Moltke had a satisfied smile on his face.

This was his second mysterious gift for the Gauls, and now it seems that this gift is very well prepared, and the Gauls should like it very much!

This was the first time that the Germans had used a machine gun on the battlefield, and it was a modified Maxim water-cooled machine gun.

Compared to the old-fashioned, organ-style old machine guns of this era, the improved machine guns are more powerful.

The Maxim water-cooled machine gun uses a magazine to feed the ammunition, and uses the power generated by the explosion of gunpowder when the bullet is fired to automatically throw out the cartridge case, thus eliminating the link of unloading.

Moreover, after the cartridge case is unloaded, it can also drive the bullet supply mechanism to compress the re-entry spring, and under the action of the spring force, the next bullet will be quickly pushed to the firing position and fired again.

In this way, a machine gun that eliminates the two major links of unloading and reloading, and can fire automatically on its own alone, was born!

This machine gun, once it starts firing, can continue to shoot until the bullet belt is finished, which can save a lot of time for reloading.

And because it is equipped with a water-cooled refrigeration system, its barrel can be used for a long time, unlike ordinary machine guns, because the barrel quickly overheats and has to be stopped to replace the barrel, which affects the speed of shooting.

The German army is equipped with this machine gun, which can reach a maximum rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute, and dozens of machine guns can fire together, which can block the battlefield more than 2,000 meters wide, so that not a single fly can fly out!

In the face of such a dense rain of bullets, no matter how brave the Gaul cavalry was, it was useless, because their flesh and blood could not withstand the bullets.

The more brave they are, the greater the casualties will be when facing machine guns.

The tragic casualties and the awe of the enemy's mysterious weapon frightened the invincible Guards cavalry.

After paying a huge price, they finally recognized the reality clearly, knowing that it would not be possible to break through the other party's blockade at all.

So they had to retreat back and leave the firing range of the machine-gun positions of the Han army!

Without the rescue of cavalry, the French army on the ferry was quickly eliminated by the German cavalry.

After defeating them, Stiller crossed the Rhine west with 50,000 hussars, attacking along the route of the French army, breaking the French troops left behind one by one.

Stephen was very clever, and after defeating a French army, he deliberately made a way to let some of the defeated French army escape.

Then, with the help of their mouths, they announced to the French army in the rear that the main force of the French army had been completely annihilated by the Germans on the east bank of the Rhine, and that 500,000 German troops were crossing the river and were about to be killed in Gaul proper!

When the French troops who stayed behind in various places learned the news, they were all very shocked.

At first, they didn't believe it was true, and they suspected it was false information.

But seeing that more and more French troops were fleeing from the east, and that tens of thousands of German cavalry were beginning to appear in their sights, they had to believe that this was true.

If the main force of the French army had not been completely annihilated, how could this German army dare to run to their rear, and wouldn't they have worried about being flanked by the French army in front and back and surrounded here?

Since the other party dares to do this, it means that the battle in the east is really over, and they have no worries, so they dare to pursue so unscrupulously.

This made these French soldiers dare not continue to stay where they were, and if they stayed here, they would not be caught up by the Germans and not surrounded.

Their hundreds of thousands of main forces have been wiped out by the other side, and with the little strength in their hands, it is not enough to stuff the teeth of the German army, so what can they do to fight with the other side?

As a result, the French troops from all over the country joined the retreating army and fled westward in a swarm.

Originally, if it was just a retreat, it wouldn't be a big deal. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Their entry into the Rhine was relatively short, and the distance they had advanced was not far, so it only took a day or two for the French troops to return to their own territory.

But the problem is that when they retreated, they were still chasing a German cavalry behind their butts, which was very fatal!

After seeing that the Gauls were shaken, and that no one had verified or doubted the truth of this news, and that almost all of them had made the decision to retreat, Stiller judged that the other side had completely lost the will to fight!

Therefore, he immediately ordered the German cavalry to advance at full speed and catch up with the retreating Gauls as fast as possible, crushing them and then annihilating them!

The retreating French did not expect the Germans to be so fast, and before they could return to their borders, they were already caught up by the Germans in the territory of Saarbrücken.

There was no suspense in this battle from the beginning, and the French army, which only wanted to retreat quickly and had no will to fight at all, collapsed as quickly as an avalanche under the fierce offensive of the German army!

Stiller pursued the French army, driving them like a flock of sheep to the Gallic border.

Looking at the large number of defeated own troops and tens of thousands of murderous German cavalry behind, the Gauls in the border area were all dumbfounded!

What's going on?

Why are the Germans here?

Why is it that your own army seems to have lost its soul, and only cares about fleeing, and no one thinks of turning back and fighting back?

The Germans approached the city, and the news of a large number of routs of their own troops soon reached the city of Eiffel Tower, the capital of Gaul.

When the news was heard, the entire Tower City was in an uproar. []

On this day, the 4 million Gauls living in the city of Eiffel recalled the fear of being dominated by the German army.

Twenty years ago, in the winter of the year, the Prussian army, which had won a decisive victory in the Franco-Prussian War, approached the city and began an attack on the city of Irontower.

For many Gauls, this battle was an unforgettable experience.

They could not forget the fear of hiding in their cellars under the indiscriminate bombardment of hundreds of German guns.

I can't forget the embarrassment of being besieged for four months, when there was no water and food in the city, and they had to cook their leather shoes and eat them!

I can't forget the humiliation of the Prussian army marching into the tower city with pride, enthroned and crowned in their palace, and trampling their glory under their feet

And today, it seems that all this will repeat itself, and the awe-inspiring and feared German army is here again!