Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2162, the demise of France
France Triple, the most core city and stronghold outside Paris in the heart of France, as long as Triple is captured, the next thing to face is the flat Paris Basin, and there is no dangerous place to defend.

At this moment, outside the city of Tripole, the Spanish army has already surrounded the place, and nearly 10 Spanish troops are about to move. It only needs an order to take down this stronghold leading to Paris at any time.

However, Alfred, the commander-in-chief of the army, did not give the order to attack at this critical moment, which caused dissatisfaction among many soldiers.

Everyone was waiting to attack Paris and completely destroy France after taking this place, but at this juncture, it stopped all of a sudden, and it has been nearly a month since the stop.

Of course, Alfred also had his own difficulties, because the army he commanded was all Hongzhi Type [-] rifles of the Ming Dynasty, and the cannons used were also the most advanced breech-loading guns purchased from the Ming Empire.

These advanced arms and weapons are good, but all the shells and bullets used need to be imported from the Ming Empire. Now that the ammunition in the hands of the army is almost used up, it may still be possible to capture the Tripole in front of us. Yes, but what about attacking Paris next?
Is it impossible to attack Paris with a stick of fire?

It's better to take a good rest first, wait for the ammunition to be replenished, and then take Triple in one go and go directly to Paris in France, completely destroying France.

"European cities are very small, and it doesn't take much effort to win such a city."

Fan Mindao rode a horse and carefully observed the Tripole City in front of him with a telescope. The city is not big, that is, it is similar to the county town of the Ming people, and the city walls are not too tall, and there are not many dangerous places.

"Of course there is no way to compare with the Ming Empire!"

"The population of our European side is still relatively small. The entire Nuoda Europe does not even have 1 million people. Now the population of the Ming Empire has exceeded 4 million."

Alfred nodded and said that he had studied in the Ming Empire, and had really seen the huge cities of the Ming Empire. The capital of the Ming Dynasty was huge, with a population of several million.

The population of a city is almost equivalent to the total population of a country in Europe, and there are many such cities in Ming Dynasty, such as Tianjin, Songhu, Nanjing, Crescent City, Penglai City, Guangzhou and so on.

"After taking down the current city, our most important task is to strengthen the Marne River. After crossing the Marne River, we can directly kill Paris. The demise of France is just a matter of this month."

Fan Mindao smiled, then pointed to a winding river in the distance and said.

"I haven't been working in vain this month. I have ordered people to prepare everything. If Triple is taken down, the Marne River can be directly strengthened and go to Paris."

Alfred nodded and said: "Calculating the time, this ammunition should be delivered."

As soon as his words fell, messengers rushed over to report: "Dear Commander, our ammunition has arrived!"

"it is good!"

"Send the order, prepare to attack the city of Triple, strive to take it within 2 hours, and then forcefully cross the Marne River!"

As soon as Alfred heard this, he immediately regained his energy. After resting for a month, he was finally able to start working.

Soon, as Alfred's order was conveyed, the shells that had just arrived were quickly distributed, and the 5 army began to attack Triple, and the other 5 troops began to bypass the city of Triple. Forcing the Marne.

"fire!"

With an order, the flag was waved, and a full 200 cannons were aimed at the city of Triple.

"Boom! Boom!"

The deafening sound of cannons resounded through the sky, billowing gunpowder smoke filled the air, and shells roared towards the city of Triple.

"boom!"

Soon, the city of Triple was in chaos, and with the falling of a large number of shells, it turned into ruins in an instant.

From all directions, the Spanish army attacked the city of Tripole with the attack of shells like a tide.

There were not too many accidents in the battle. In less than 2 hours, the Spanish flag was flying above this Tripole. Except for some of the French defenders inside, most of them chose to surrender.

Here in the Marne River, the water of the Marne River is extremely turbulent, and it is winter at this time, and the river water is extremely cold.

The French also estimated that the Spaniards might have taken these factors into consideration, so the [-] troops stopped their offensive in Triple City.

Who knew that today, the Spaniards forcibly crossed the river regardless of the cold water or the turbulent water.

On the wide river, countless Spaniards rowed desperately to the other side of the river on rafts. On the other side of the river, the Spaniards concentrated more than 300 cannons on the French defenders guarding the river bank. Indiscriminate bombing.

"Dong dong!"

The sound of intensive artillery fire resounded through the sky, continuously falling on the French positions, and the suppressed French did not dare to go out to stop the Spaniards from crossing the river.

There are countless rafts and small boats on the river, and it only takes a short time to rush to the other side. A large number of Spanish soldiers began to land, and quickly seized positions, consolidated and broke through.

In just one hour, the Spaniards had broken through the defenses along the Marne River, and a steady stream of Spanish soldiers quickly advanced in all directions along the breach.

After the city of Tripole was captured that day, the follow-up Spanish army also quickly crossed the Marne River and headed directly towards Paris.

In the palace of Paris.

King Francois I with the big nose is frowning. As the king of the most powerful country in continental Europe, the king of France has always had his own pride.

Although the two wars with Spain were defeated, France still relied on its strong national strength to support it, and it was still one of the most powerful countries on the European continent.

However, who would have thought that this time the Spaniards would attack France from north to south, facing the well-prepared, well-trained, and well-armed Spanish army.

France retreated steadily, although it also rose up to resist and organized tenacious resistance in the process, but it was still not the opponent of the Spaniards.

These Spaniards not only defeated the naval coalition forces of England and France at sea, but also beat France and the Holy Roman Empire on land.

I just heard that on the Italian peninsula, Spain suffered a disastrous defeat. Facing the equally well-armed and well-trained Holy See army, the Spaniards did not take advantage of it.

But for France, it has now reached a critical moment of extinction.

"England is a bandit without promises. They promised to send troops to support us in France. So far, not even a single soldier has been sent."

"It's been a month, and it's time to swim even from England."

"There are also these idiots, fools, and countrymen of the Holy Roman Empire. The 20-strong coalition army can't even beat the [-] Spanish army, and they can't beat the lowlands for a long time. We France fell into a passive situation of fighting between the north and the south."

"The knights of the Holy See are all like the uncle. They should walk from Rome to Paris in a month, but they haven't seen any shadows yet."

Francois I roared angrily.

As for the Cavaliers Alliance, it seems that only France is desperately fighting the Spaniards. What happened?
The whole of France is about to perish, and only the Paris Basin in front of us is left. Once this place is taken, France will perish.

"Report!"

"The Spaniards have taken Triple, crossed the Marne, and are heading for Paris!"

At this time, someone rushed to report with money.

All of a sudden, the French nobles in the entire palace began to tremble. The Spanish matadors came, and they came.

They are demons, gods of death from hell, specifically for nobles.

No one knows how many nobles in France have been killed by the Spaniards. As long as they hear that the Spaniards are coming, the nobles in France will immediately pack up their beds and flee quickly.

But now, the Spaniards have already come to Paris, where else can they escape?

"Fortunately, I sent my child here in Hong Kong ahead of time, and bought a real estate here in Hong Kong. Now it's better to run away quickly, and go to Hong Kong to become a rich man."

Some aristocrats were also secretly thankful that many aristocrats had already sent their families to Hong Kong early on, and they also deposited most of their property in the bank of the Ming people.

Not only is it safer, but there is also good interest income every year, and you can live a life without worrying about food and clothing here in Hong Kong.

"It's over, France is over!"

Some nobles burst into tears immediately, France is finished, and these nobles will lose everything, the land passed down from generation to generation, family wealth, castles, etc., everything will be gone.

The French royal palace was in chaos, and soon the whole of Paris was in chaos. A large number of nobles quickly left Paris and fled to Hong Kong under the protection of the Ming people's bodyguards.

Even King Francois I of the big nose had to flee to Hong Kong with a lot of wealth. The Spaniards attacked so fast that they had already reached the outskirts of Paris in a blink of an eye.

With the fleeing of the king and nobles, Paris was leaderless and was soon occupied by the Spaniards. At the same time, the entire Paris Basin fell into the hands of the Spaniards, officially announcing the demise of the Kingdom of France.

The Kingdom of France, which the European continent has always claimed to be the most powerful, has perished!

(End of this chapter)