C2672 Legion Commander McMahon

Walter was just a very unremarkable little town in southern Germany, located on the west side of the Rhine. There was a railway here that connected the north to the south, and also a railway bridge that was set up on top of the Rhine.

As long as they could control this place, the French army would have a bridgehead that could allow them to travel eastward through the Rhine. As long as they could travel fifty kilometers east of the Rhine, they would reach the capital city of Wuteng Castle, Stuttgart.

If they did not send troops to the east, and continued to attack from the north in this small city, they would become the important city of Mannheim in the south of Germany.

Needless to say, the location of the small city was very important. It was very clear on the map.

At the moment, McMahon's army had already occupied the small city, and a huge army of over 30,000 soldiers were gathered outside the city, covering the entire sky.

McMahon stood silently in front of the map for a long time. The formation he had set up was seemingly invulnerable, with pincers on his left and right, the First Division taking over the Wiesanburg, and the main force taking over Walter.

Less than 70 kilometers to the west, French Emperor's main army was attacking the Salbrucon, they believed that the good news would be delivered soon.

The Salbrucon and Walter, these two strategic locations were the two important defensive positions at the southern borders of the Germany. As long as they opened these two doors, the entire soft belly of the Germany would be completely unguarded.

"Is Your Majesty planning to head north? Or eastward? I feel that His Majesty will definitely choose to advance to the east and use his soldiers to threaten Bavaria. As long as Ludwig II surrenders, then there will be no more great battles to fight in the south of Yena! "

"That's right, His Majesty will definitely make such a decision, so I must protect this railway bridge!"

McMahon was already thinking about how to use troops in the Germany's territory, but he didn't expect a piece of shocking news to fall right in front of him.

The Rangers found their troops at a quarter past nine in the morning. The French cavalry soldiers suddenly discovered a few unhumanly tired soldiers in the forest, alleys, and hills.

At first, they thought that Prussian army's sneak attack was coming, but after looking carefully at those red breeches, they realized that they were on the same side.

"Which unit are you from? Why was he in such a sorry state? Where are your weapons? " the cavalry man asked loudly, riding his horse.

"Water... "Give us a drink of water …" The defeated soldiers immediately grabbed the canteens and rations, and started to eat them as if they were starved ghost reincarnated.

At this moment, the cavalrymen realized that behind these soldiers, far away in the dense forest and road, there was a black mass of struggling soldiers.

"We are the subordinates of Commander Duet... It's all over, it's all over … First Division was attacked in the night, and their teacher, Du Ei, was killed … The great army of the Prussian is here … "

"My God! You are all fortified enhancers! There are more than 10,000 of you! They were all defeated? Even the teachers were not saved? "

"Damn it, I need to report to the marshal immediately!" The cavalrymen galloped toward Walter.

"What!" The pencil in McMahon's hand snapped with a "kacha". Killed! "How is this possible!?"

This shocking news stunned all the military officers in the command tent. How could there be a war in this world? Just one day after they crossed the national border, a high ranked officer had already been killed!

McMahon confirmed three times, and finally had a bad premonition!

Soldiers were a bunch of people who danced with the death god. Their instincts were very sensitive, and even these people were somewhat mysterious.

The battle had just begun and all the high-ranking officers of the division had been killed. This was an extremely ominous conscription!

"How can this be? How could this be? Immediately go to the middle of the troops to find the officer, I want to ask him myself! "

Not long after, a dozen or so Battalion Commander officers walked into the camp in a sorry state. When they saw Marshal McMahon, they could not help but feel saddened.

"Sir!" We have let you down! Last night, we were attacked by more than six times the enemy... "Moreover, it is after midnight when your defenses are at their most relaxed …"

"Unrivaled!" "They are truly outnumbered …"

"What?" 60,000 people? You were attacked by 60,000 people? Just a small Wiesanburg and he used up sixty thousand troops? "

"How is this possible?"

Since ancient times, the losers would always exaggerate. Only by talking about the enemy's strength would they be able to minimize their own sins. Although they were attacked by three times the enemy's strength, they had no choice but to double in order to clean themselves up.

But they never thought that just because they lied and deceived McMahon, they would give him such erroneous information, causing them to make a wrong judgement on their entire strategy!

"Sixty thousand people …" Is there really 60,000 people? "

"There really is one …" There were seven or eight thousand cavalry, otherwise, they would not be able to charge into the middle army in a single charge! It was due to you being caught off guard that you were able to gather all your energy! "

McMahon slapped his forehead, "Not good! Our intelligence is wrong, the army led by Prince Karl could not be 60,000 people, it seems like he has at least a hundred thousand soldiers! "

"This total army is three times closer to us! "Damn it, Prussia mobilized so many troops!"

"Pass my order, Rangers will expand the security area! If you discover the enemy's army, you have to be cautious in fighting, and must be able to approach the central army at any time! "

In the battle of the super legions, he covered a considerable area. The commanders of the central army could not see every detail of the battle with their naked eyes.

This was very different from the wars in the Middle Age. Even in Napoleon's era, the famous great battles only had a total of tens of thousands of people on both sides.

The commanding officer can use binoculars from the highlands to see all the troops and give instructions!

At the end of nineteenth century, the army was growing larger and larger, to the point that there were more than hundreds of thousands of people killing them. Many of the time, the vanguard had already started fighting with the enemy, but the central army still did not know that.

It would depend on the quality of the first string commanders and their strategic judgment. He had to give them a general idea of how to fight.

Is it radical or conservative? Chasing or eviction? Should they wipe out the enemy completely or gather the defeated troops? All of these required the commander to give them a central idea, and then the officers below would be free to act according to the general principle of the central idea.

McMahon had wrongly estimated the enemy's strength, and gave a relatively conservative strategy, he did not know that the current Prince Karl could only use a little more than 40,000 troops.