Daming 1805

Chapter 550 The Fall of Paris
At his royal meeting, Louis XVII expressed his interpretation of Ming Dynasty's attitude, which comforted and boosted the spirit of the French senior officials.

Then he put on his military uniform and personally went to various military camps and defense lines in Paris to inspect and comfort the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers.

I walked past the military camps one after another, facing the junior officers and soldiers from all walks of life, and told them over and over again:

"Behind us is Paris, the heart of France and the pride of France.

“I, Louis, will always stay in this city of Paris and fight with everyone until the final victory!
"The Germans and Lucians are incapable of defeating us before Paris!
“Germany and Lucia annexed Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Austria, the Ottomans, and now they want to annex us France!

“Their evil and tyranny have become known to the whole world, and Ming Dynasty has once again issued new reminders and warnings.

“We help Austria, support the Ottomans, and resist the German and Lucian battles, which are always just.

“Our fight to defend what we have worked hard to build over the past 15 years is just.

"Justice and justice will always be on our side, and the people of Ming Dynasty will always be on our side!
"The French nation will never perish until the French people are extinct!"

The enemy army came to the city, and the French army had already accumulated anger.

The battles in the past two months have also made a large number of French soldiers familiar with the rhythm of the battlefield.

Now with the encouragement of Louis XVII, whom everyone expected, the will to fight completely burst out.

Three days later, the German and Lucian coalition officially launched a full-scale attack on Paris.

The most brutal battle for the city since the beginning of the war between Europe and Spain began.

Germany tried to quickly capture Paris, causing a major spiritual blow to the forces in France and destroying the French people's will to continue to resist.

As a result, the city's defenders proved even more tenacious than Vienna's.

The offensive momentum of Germany and Lucia was firmly blocked outside Paris.

After half a month of continuous fighting, the Germans and Lucians had to temporarily give up the idea of ​​quickly capturing Paris.

A plan similar to the attack on Vienna began.

Prepare to encircle the point for reinforcements and quickly capture other surrounding areas.

The German tactics really worked.

The garrison in other parts of France was not as good as the Paris garrison directly inspired by Louis XVII, whether in terms of equipment, training or fighting will.

On both the northern and central fronts, news of defeats and retreats continued to come.

Louis XVII knew that if the situation continued like this, Paris would sooner or later not be able to hold it.

Paris is the center of France and relies on French supplies.

As more and more French land is occupied by the German and Lucian forces, the supplies available to Paris will become increasingly scarce.

Even after Paris was completely surrounded and cut off from other areas, its fall was only a matter of time.

Therefore, after the German and Lucian attacks on the city weakened, Louis XVII asked French generals and British generals to launch a counterattack.

Prepare to push the front beyond the borders of France.

The sudden and powerful attack by the French and British caused some minor troubles to the Germans and Lucians.

The British and French coalition forces successfully opened a hole in the German and Lucian defense lines.

French general Davout, leading the elite armored corps of the British and French coalition forces, quickly advanced more than 100 kilometers to the northeast.

However, the German and Lucian generals and soldiers had been fighting for a whole year.

Archduke Karl's proactive attack was already tried last year.

After the original battle line was torn apart by the British and French forces, the Germans quickly organized a second blocking line.

The Germans also already have basic tactics for dealing with armored fighting vehicles.

The troops on both sides of the torn battle line did not collapse, but were quickly reorganized by middle and low-level officers.

Thinking of attacking the hole opened by the French, prepare to rebuild the front and surround the British and French armored forces.

The French and British infantry following the armored forces couldn't keep up, and the Germans almost cut off Davout's retreat.

Davout had to give up the idea of ​​continuing the attack and turned back to attack the German and Lucian lines from the rear.

This time the Germans did not resist, but took the initiative to clear some roads, allowing Davout's Armored Corps to return to the city of Paris.

After Davout found out, he did not return to the city immediately. Instead, he went to attack other German positions.

The Germans immediately mobilized anti-armor troops to try to encircle Davout's armored corps.

The two sides continued to fight outside the city for nearly a month, spending a lot of men and ammunition on each other, but the battle line itself did not change much.

Paris was still able to communicate and receive supplies from the rest of France, and the roads outside the city were not completely cut off by the Germans.

However, at the same time, the proactive offensive plans of Britain and France did not achieve substantial strategic success, except for consuming part of their effective forces against the Germans outside Paris.

The situation on the battlefield has not changed significantly.

The advancement speed of the German and Lucian armies on other fronts in France was basically not affected much.

By September of the second year of the Archduke's year, Paris had become a very obvious prominence.

Lucia and German troops rushed out from Switzerland and captured Lyon, an important city in southwest and southeast France.

Then continue southward along the Rhone Valley and quickly reach the Port of Marseille on the coast of the Great Qin Sea.

The main force of Spain is using the Port of Marseille as its base and fighting fiercely with the Italians who are trying to rush out.

Lucia and the German army went directly behind the Spanish, and together with the Italians, they made dumplings of the Spanish main force.

As a result, the Battle of Marseille, which can be called a turning point, broke out.

The Spaniards, who had the least combat experience, were unable to withstand the attacks of Germany, Lucia, and Italy.

At the end of the second year of the Archduke's reign, more than 60 Spanish troops besieged on the coast finally surrendered to the allied forces of Germany, Lucia, and Italy.

At the same time, more than half of the territory of mainland France has been occupied by Lucia and the German coalition forces.

The siege of Paris finally came to an end.

The German and Lucian forces completely cut off communication between Paris and other surrounding areas.

King William of Germany and Nicholas, Emperor of Lucia, jointly issued an ultimatum to the French, asking Louis XVII to leave the city and surrender.

Otherwise, the two countries will launch a final all-out attack on Paris.

Louis XVII decisively refused.

I had said that I would fight to the end, but now it is impossible to surrender with the whole of Paris.

So on January [-], the third year of the Archduke, the German and Lucian coalition launched another attack on the city of Paris.

The battle for Paris lasted for almost two months. The German and Lucian coalition forces slowly occupied the entire Paris street by street.

At noon on March [-], the German army surrounded the Palais Royal in Paris where Louis XVII was staying.

Louis XVII took his entire family, France's most important ministers and generals, waiting in the hall of the palace.

Louis XVII did not announce his surrender in the end, but he did become a prisoner of the Germans.

Whether it is according to the tradition of the West, or considering the relationship between Louis XVII and Zhu Jingyuan, the Germans will entertain him with the standards of entertaining a king.

The life safety and livelihood of Louis XVII and his family can be completely guaranteed.But freedom is impossible for the time being.

However, when the German frontline generals entered the Royal Palace in Paris and prepared to take Louis XVII and his family away, the Ming Dynasty's diplomats in France stood up.

Ask the Germans to allow themselves to bring Louis XVII and his family back to live in the Ming Dynasty.

The general in charge of this matter immediately became confused.

All of Paris was now under the control of Germany and Lucia.

The Ming Dynasty's security force here is only the security guards in the industries owned by the Ming Dynasty people, and there is nothing that can resist the power of the regular army.

But Ming's status is too special.

Even though the Germans have won several consecutive battles, their self-confidence has expanded to a very high level.

The current Germans still dare not rashly conflict with the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the general did not continue his mission and immediately called the rear headquarters to convey the Ming diplomat's intention.

The relevant news changed hands twice and was quickly sent to the hands of King William of Germany.

William's current mental state is very good.

He knew that Paris had been successfully captured and that the complete collapse of France was only a matter of time.

The plan to unify the entire western continent has once again taken a big step forward.

It's just that William is still a little undecided when it comes to dealing with Louis XVII.

Of course William would not dare to kill Louis XVII.

Not only did he not dare to kill him himself, but he also had to ensure his safety as much as possible.

William even worried that Louis XVII would commit suicide in the palace.

Once Louis XVII commits suicide, his death will definitely be blamed on himself.

Once Louis XVII dies, the Ming Emperor will definitely be furious, and subsequent events may get out of control.

Now that he and Lucia haven't had a decisive battle yet, it's best not to drag Daming in right away.

Now that the news from the front line confirmed that Louis XVII was not dead, William immediately relaxed a little.

But after receiving the request from the Ming Dynasty diplomat, he became entangled again.

Of course it is useful to have Louis XVII in your own hands, as it can be used as a bargaining chip when facing the Ming Dynasty.

But he's also a hot potato.

As long as he becomes his prisoner, Ming will have a reason to directly declare war on Germany.

It is not yet time for a decisive battle with Ming Dynasty.

If he were handed over directly to the Ming people, William would not be willing to part with it.

He quickly decided to hand over Louis XVII to Ming Dynasty, but Ming Dynasty needed to come up with sufficient conditions in exchange.

William Lion opened his mouth and asked for a thousand of the latest combat aircraft currently in service in the Ming Dynasty, a thousand armored fighting vehicles, and a thousand military vehicles.

As well as spare engines and shells prepared in a one-to-one ratio.

In the end, Daming basically accepted the offer without much bargaining.

On the contrary, William was a little worried whether he wanted too little.

However, William did not change his tune in the end and directly accepted Ming's deal.

On the eighth day of April in the third year of the Grand Duke, the things requested by the Germans in the Ming Dynasty were sent to France and handed over to the Germans.

The aircraft is of course a piston propeller fighter, and the engine has a turbine composite design with a maximum power of two thousand horsepower.

The tank is also a relatively new mass-produced diesel-powered armored shield vehicle.

Military trucks are of course also models installed in Ming Dynasty.

However, the aircraft that Daming actually replaced and used were at least aircraft that had been replaced with turboprop engines, as well as pure jet aircraft.

The Ming Dynasty's armored combat vehicles are also the latest model, and only the power-driven version is used.

However, the supporting equipment is also equipped with various traditional ammunition, rather than the fin-stabilized discarding sabot armor-piercing projectiles invented long ago by His Majesty the Ming Emperor.

The performance of these equipment has exceeded the level of most of the Thai and Spanish armies.

After the German pilots tried Ming Dynasty's military aircraft, they said that the gap between them and Ming Dynasty was too big.

Compared with German aircraft, Daming's aircraft are basically in a leading position in all aspects.

The material itself is lighter, and the weight of taking off is actually greater.

The people of the Ming Dynasty didn't care much about these things. They received Louis XVII and his family at the same time as the delivery.

They were then escorted by plane directly to Crete.

Most of France's current land had already been occupied.

Something happened to Paris, the only megacity and capital, now.
The key is that the most prestigious young king also became a prisoner,

The rest of France soon collapsed.

On June [-], the third year of the Grand Duke, all of France was occupied by the Germans and Lucians.

The strategies of the two military powers did not stop, but directly continued to attack Spain.

The Spanish Army's combat effectiveness is inherently weak, and it cannot withstand the stormy attacks of Germany and Lucia.

The Spanish retreat was truly as rapid as a thousand miles.

In just six months, by the end of the third year of the Archduke's reign, the entire Spain was completely occupied by Germany and Lucia.

Portugal was also dealt with in one fell swoop.

The armies of the two countries were slightly repaired, stabilized and restored, while suppressing resistance in various places.

The monarchs of the two countries, or rather the three countries, came together again to discuss future plans.

Nicholas of Lucia first mentioned the promise made before the war began, demanding an exchange of occupied territories with Germany.

Lucia completely gave up the land grabs in France and Spain and claimed most of the land east and south of Austria.

The German King said somewhat evasively that the two sides were now in a cooperative state.

The next target is of course the British.

But once the British were forced into a hurry, they might directly stand up and summon Ming Dynasty to the end.

Therefore, William of Germany suggested that we should maintain this state and fight against Britain.

Then, based on the reactions of Britain and Ming, it was decided whether to exchange occupied areas first or to fight against Ming together.

If the two sides cooperated to fight against the Ming Dynasty and won, there would be no need to exchange territory in the current way.

Just let Lucia get more land from Daming.

(End of this chapter)