The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

In the city of Iron Tower, the army of Deyizhi came far faster than the Gauls imagined.

The negotiations in the fog capital city have just broken down on the front foot, and the German army on the back foot has already killed their capital - under the iron tower city!

Looking at the dense German army outside the city, the Gauls inside the tower city fell into a huge panic!

What they feared the most before, it still happened!

This is the second time in nearly twenty years that the German army has come to the city!

Moreover, it is very likely that it will also be the second time to break through Tower City!

Upon learning of this news, the presidential palace in Gaul was completely in a mess!

"Haven't our reinforcements arrived yet?"

Gallic President François was anxious like an ant on a hot pan, asking about reinforcements every few minutes.

At present, there are not many defenders in the tower city, and the defenders of the tower city alone cannot stop the German attack at all.

Therefore, if you want to repel the German army, you must rely on the "387" reinforcements from outside.

But the problem is that the reinforcements have not arrived for a long time, which makes his heart more and more anxious.

"Yes, it should be almost there!"

Hearing the president's inquiry, the staff and the military replied hesitantly.

According to their previous estimates, reinforcements should have arrived by now.

But now they didn't even see the shadow of reinforcements, which made them a little worried.

Could it be that the reinforcements encountered some unexpected situation on the way here and delayed the time, otherwise why haven't they arrived yet?

The nearest reinforcement was located in Orleans, southeast of Tower City, and after receiving the order from Tower City, and then they set off after they were ready, calculating the time, they should have arrived in Tower City by now.

However, the tower city did not see this army, nor did it receive a telegram from this army.

It's as if all of a sudden they've just disappeared into thin air, with no idea where this army has gone!

As for reinforcements from other directions, because they are far away from Tower City, they won't be able to come at all for a while, so they can't be counted on at all.

"Could it be that they encountered the Germans on the road and were stopped by the Germans, so they did not arrive on time?"

An official asked, confused.

"Impossible, right? The Germans are coming from our northeast, and the reinforcements are from the southeast, and there is no communication between these two directions at all, how can they stop the reinforcements from Orleans?"

The chief of staff shook his head and explained.

"So, then why are they gone?"

As soon as this question came out, it immediately aroused everyone's conjecture.

What really happened to the reinforcements in Orleans, and what prevented them from advancing?

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On April 15, 1788, southwest of the capital of Gaul, the Centre Region, in the Loire Valley.

A fierce battle had just ended, and in the city of Eiffel Tower, the reinforcements of Orleans, which the Gauls had been longing for, were attacked by German cavalry on the banks of the Loire.

As if descending from the sky, 50,000 German cavalry suddenly struck out from their west and cut off the advancing French army.

Suddenly they were attacked, and the unsuspecting French army was in disarray.

They didn't have time to build positions, they didn't have time to form a defensive line, and they didn't even have time to put artillery and other heavy weapons away, so they were divided into countless isolated pieces by the German cavalry, taking advantage of their speed.

And after dividing them, the Germans immediately began to break them one by one.

Although the French army in Orleans numbered as many as 80,000, it was 30,000 more than the German army.

However, after being divided and surrounded, they could not contact each other, let alone support, so that in every battle, the German army attacked a small part of the French army with a large number of superior forces.

In the face of the overwhelming superiority of the German army, the French resistance had no effect.

What's more, the French army, which had no formation to speak of and whose morale was on the verge of collapse, did not organize any effective defense at all.

The battle lasted less than three hours and ended with the annihilation of the Orleans Corps and the complete victory of the Germans.

More than 60,000 of the 80,000 Orleans regiments were captured, more than 15,000 were killed, and less than 5,000 escaped.

Stiller did not waste much energy chasing down the fleeing French soldiers, and the Germans captured countless pieces of equipment, provisions, and other supplies from the French army, greatly replenishing their material gap.

The German army, which had been replenished with supplies and ammunition, did not have to waste time to replenish them, and the materials in their hands could fully support them to continue fighting.

Taking advantage of the fact that the rest of the French army had not yet received the news, Stiller decided to leave the Loire Valley at once and march southwestward, preparing to attack the next French army, who still knew nothing!

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Two days later, as some of the French soldiers who had escaped from the Battle of the Loire broke the news, the Gauls in the city of Eiffel knew that the Orleans reinforcements they had high hopes for had already been finished!

Upon hearing this, there was a dead silence within the Gallic government........

Silence, terrible silence is spreading!

For up to five minutes, no one spoke!

Eighty thousand troops!

That's an army of 80,000!

It's gone in the blink of an eye!

Even if it was 80,000 pigs, the Germans couldn't catch them for three days and three nights!

But how could their army of 80,000 be wiped out in just three hours?

"It's not good, the Germans are going to surround and send reinforcements!"

The first to break the silence was the chief of staff of the army, who suddenly thought of something!

"Reinforcements?"

Hearing the words of the Chief of Staff, the face of Gallic President François is even more ugly than yours.

"Yes, Your Excellency, don't you think it's strange that Moltke's main German army has been under the city for two days, and they haven't launched a formal offensive during this time?"

Everyone thought for a moment and nodded.

It's a bit weird!

Two days ago, when the Germans came in a rage, they all thought that the Germans were about to launch an attack on the city of Tower.

However, the Germans did not do this, but set up camp outside the city slowly, built positions, released one or two hot air balloons from time to time, and sent people to board the hot air balloons to condescendingly reconnoiter the French defense arrangements in the tower city.

All these actions of the German army seemed to be preparing for an attack, but they just delayed the attack.

It had been two days, and the Gauls had not yet begun the battle of the 0.1 city that the Gauls had expected, and the Germans were still carrying out their preparations step by step.

It felt like they couldn't finish their preparation for a lifetime.

The Gauls did not fail to think about the reasons why the Germans did this, and many people at that time felt that the Germans might have arrived in a hurry, so there was a shortage of war supplies.

Old Moltke was actually waiting for the follow-up supplies, and when their supplies arrived, they would launch an attack on the Tower.

Others believe that the elder Moltke was a resourceful man, and that he did so in a very likely conspiracy.

Therefore, the Gauls did not dare to slack off, but also strengthened the importance of defense.

But now, the Germans did have a conspiracy, but this conspiracy was not against Tower City, but against other reinforcements who had not yet arrived at Tower City!