Chapter 424: Trench Warfare (Subscription Request)
In the following days, the empire began a major withdrawal.
Of course, it was not a blanket retreat, but it started with the Third and Fourth Army, and then went on to the Fifth and Sixth Army.
Gradually retreat and avoid the front battlefield.
Finally, there are the First and Second Armies on the Marne River front.
Although they suffered heavy losses, they also fought with real fire and were actually unwilling to retreat. After all, the city of Lutetia was right in front of them, and they were somewhat reluctant to retreat.
But Imperial Marshal Moltke the Younger sent a special envoy with his handwritten letter. After reading it, the two army commanders made the same choice.
They began to evacuate to the northeast in an orderly manner, with the wounded given priority, followed by the infantry, artillery, and vanguard.
After most of the legions have evacuated, the rear legion will also withdraw, and then it will be the fourth-level natural disaster battlefield, where the legendary strongmen will stop fighting.
Also, it seemed that outside the main material plane, in the vast starry sky, there were even more powerful beings confronting each other, and they also retreated.
This also foreshadowed the end of the Battle of the Marne, the failure of the Schlieffen Plan, and the failure of Bonaparte's plan to quickly destroy the empire.
Of course, the empire's withdrawal did not mean defeat, nor did it mean giving up the occupied land.
The six armies retreated between fifty and a hundred miles, looking for suitable locations to build continuous defensive fortifications in preparation for the next war.
Ultimately, this can only be considered a strategic retreat.
As for the coalition forces, they did almost nothing, no pursuit, no expansion of the victory, and even no unnecessary actions!
Although the empire retreated in this war, its strength was not damaged!
The coalition forces seemed to be still in place, but they had really taken out everything they should and could take out.
There are many operations, such as summoning the Abyss Legion, Purgatory Devils, and even the Church of the Sun God himself.
These cannot be described as fouls, but rather a complete loss of face.
In other words, this involves a dispute over the ruling system and religious beliefs. If it happens among the nobility, just spitting can make them become autistic.
Therefore, after the empire took the initiative to retreat, they were really unable to pursue.
Even many people within the coalition were skeptical about this "victory" and found it hard to believe.
They call it a 'miracle'!
The Miracle of the Marne!
Of course, historians record this battle as the Battle of the Marne!
It is worth mentioning that this battle, as the Red Dragon Virgil said, spread throughout the world.
Inner Planes, Outer Planes, Elemental Planes, Astral Plane...
Those planes that are connected to the Helka world have more or less heard of this magnificent and tragic war.
At the same time, the photo stones specially cut by the Magic Eye Alliance were loved by all worlds, became best-selling products, and brought huge wealth to the alliance.
To this end, the Demon Eye Alliance has announced that they will add another 24 near-orbit Demon Eyes and send them into the predetermined orbit.
And continue to broadcast this war live!
Luo Yi naturally had no channels to learn the above information, as it all came from the Red Dragon Virgil.
Luo Yi could see that when the old man talked about his huge wealth, the envy and jealousy in his eyes was really frightening.
It is worth mentioning that after this battle, both the Empire and the Allied Forces began to dig trenches frantically.
It’s funny to say, although fortifications were built in previous wars, they were basically built upwards.
For example, there are not many bunkers, city walls, urn cities, and diamond forts, but there are not many horse traps.
But when magic cannons and firearms became popular, the exposed fortifications on the earth became sitting ducks.
Even the diamond-shaped fort with the best defense could not withstand the bombardment of the fifth-generation magic cannon.
So, if you can’t go up, you have to dig down!
Then, digging trenches became a daily routine. The winding trenches were densely covered on the land, which could effectively withstand the damage of artillery bombardment and shock waves after explosions.
At the same time, these layers of trenches are also quite unfriendly to the charge of war horses.
Maybe some World of Warcraft mounts can rely on their amazing agility and it doesn't matter, but most mounts will be trapped in it.
This type of defensive fortification was first adopted by the Empire, and then the Alliance learned it.
So, the two sides were on the intertwined defense line, you digging yours and I digging mine.
Then, because they were afraid that the enemy would attack from the flank, they began to advance to the northwest from a distance.
The posture seemed to be about to dig a trench directly to the edge of the Silver Sea. It looked a bit funny, but this was the reality!
At this point, this tactic, in the military staffs of both sides, coincidentally got the same new name - trench warfare!
Of course, for the Empire, digging trenches was only one aspect. Their more important task was actually building roads.
The General Staff carefully analyzed the reasons for the previous war failure and believed that the poor transportation in the Bonaparte Empire became the biggest limitation of the transportation supply line.
Now that we know the problem, we have to solve it. Therefore, the Imperial Military Department submitted a proposal, and the Imperial Cabinet discussed and approved it, preparing to build two railways.
One route runs from the northwest of the empire, across the Carolingian Kingdom, and directly into the Bonaparte Empire.
The other line extended directly from the southwest of the empire through the province of Alsace into the occupied area.
These two are the main ones. As for going to specific locations, you can choose different locations to build stops and branch railways.
It feels like a forked branch.
The person who proposed this plan was Baron Miller.
The reason why Roy knew about it so quickly was because of the letter from Baron Miller.
In fact, it was Luo Yi who asked Shenlan to help calculate these two railways.
Of course, unlike the projects Baron Miller had previously handled, this was an imperial project, a war requirement, so cost and quality had to take a back seat.
I have only one request: hurry! hurry! hurry!
In order to speed up the process, Luo Yi directly divided each railway into four sections, and different railway companies could be selected to carry out construction separately.
As long as we follow the design and complete the docking at the end, we can greatly improve the construction speed.
As for funding, the Empire increased it by 50% after calculating the project costs. The requirement is that each railway company that undertakes the project must be fast enough, professional enough, and bold enough!
Building railways on the front line is not necessarily an easy job. You might encounter enemies that appear out of nowhere.
Well, when Luo Yi proposed this plan, he never thought that it would actually cause trouble for himself.
Yes, when the Empire was selecting a railway company, it chose the Northern Railway Company owned by Roy Fitz.
Because of his close relationship with Baron Miller, the Northern Railway Company is almost becoming his exclusive company.
Whenever there were difficulties, obstacles, or local nobles trying to make things difficult, it was the Northern Railway Company that stepped up.
In terms of experience, we have accumulated quite a bit, taken on many projects, and have an excellent railway construction and maintenance team.
What is most commendable is that Loy has always emphasized talent cultivation, so the railway company has a complete teaching process that combines practice and theory, attracting many relevant talents.
This should be considered a reward from the Imperial Cabinet, giving the Northern Railway Company a place and not even having to participate in the subsequent plan bidding.
In imperial projects, making money is secondary, the main thing is reputation!
As long as the Northern Railway Company completes this task, it will be one of the empire's first-class railway engineering teams.
The increase in his worth is obvious. He will gain great benefits from taking on future jobs by using this name.
To be honest, this is well-intentioned, but it gives Luo Yi a headache!
He really didn't want such an opportunity. He had enough things to do to receive flowers, and it was enough to bother him.
The problem is that you have to accept the empire's mission and the empire's goodwill.
In the end, Roy had no choice but to call Maruna and ask him to go through the portal back to Auckland City to take charge of this work.
He was worried that the imperial project would not be presided over by someone of high status and position.
For this purpose, Loyi also sent out the Iron Knight Phil, a fourth-level disaster guardian, for his safety.
Maruna found this matter novel. One day, he was traveling with a fourth-level Scourge Guard. This was something he had never dared to imagine before!
Of course, in addition to railways, the empire actually has plans to build highways, but that is not Miller's responsibility, and Roy is not interested in knowing about it.
When the war entered the trench-building stage, although there were still occasional artillery bombardments, the intensity of the war decreased at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Magic Mirror Live has lost its previous appeal.
After all, this is a live broadcast, not a movie, there is no editing and no complete narrative.
Many times, although it looks lively, you need to find and sort out the deep logic and event process yourself.
It's like Loy and the red dragon Virgil are staring at the magic mirror every day, but the cause, process and outcome of the entire war cannot be seen from the scattered perspective of the magic mirror.
Instead, Luo Yi deduced it with the help of the collected information and Deep Blue.
But no matter what, when the intensity of the war decreased, Luo Yi finally had time to turn his attention back to the construction and business of Flower Territory.
Job done!
(End of this chapter)
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