Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 569 Occupying Marseille
Twenty Ming warships staggered around the St. Nicholas Fortress, and kept dropping shells on the entire St. Nicholas Fortress. The entire St. Nicholas Fortress was blooming with gorgeous fireworks as if celebrating a grand festival.

Huge waves rose from the sea, the flames exploded in the thick black smoke, and at the same time there were thunderous shouts. The port of Marseille, which was supposed to be calm in the morning, could only be described as intense and lively.

The Ming Marine Corps tried to forcibly attack the fortress, driving a fast assault boat, holding artillery and submachine guns, braving artillery fire and approaching the fortress, but was attacked by the artillery fire of the fortress in a complex arrangement. These French defenders obviously did enough Make full preparations and pour the shells into the sea desperately.

The Ming Marine Corps was not only attacked by the artillery group from the Saint-Nicolas Fortress in front, but also attacked by the artillery group from the direction of Saint-Jean in the rear. As a result, the Ming Marine Corps was in the position of being attacked from the front and back, and the attack process was seriously hindered. , In order to avoid too many casualties, the Marine Corps had to hide behind the giant ship.

On the other hand, the St. Jean Fortress is going very smoothly.

Nearly a thousand naval special forces selected from the Marine Corps have basically controlled the forward position of the Saint-Jean Fortress at this time. The water gate of the fortress was directly opened, and the deputy commander of the fortress, Naboji, was also captured.

The naval fleet of the Ming Dynasty entered the outer fortress of Saint-Jean without firing a single shot. However, when it entered the inner circle, it was still discovered by the defenders at the fortress of the inner river. these forts.

The naval special forces have already touched the artillery base of the Saint-Jean Fortress on the east side of France, which is concentrating on attacking in the direction of Saint-Nicolas. Stop right away.

The pressure on the Marine Corps in the direction of St. Nicholas suddenly decreased. At this time, the flagship of the Ming Dynasty, which was in charge of attacking St. Nicholas, immediately issued an attack order. The Marine Corps of the Ming Dynasty immediately seized the forward position of St. Nicholas with fierce fire attacks, like a tiger rushing out.

The defenders of St. Nicholas Fortress did not understand why St. Jean’s fortress stopped attacking, but they also became anxious. While sending people to inquire, they retreated to the gate and threw incendiary and explosives in an attempt to prevent the Ming Navy from further attacking. .

However, the artillery on the ship of the Ming Dynasty launched shelling again, forcing the defenders of the entire St. Nicholas Fortress to retreat to a stronger fortress and use the artillery to fight back against the Ming Fleet and the Marine Corps. In the endless artillery fire.

However, at this time, in the direction of the Saint-Jean fortress, Ming's naval special forces temporarily acted as artillery, and began to adjust the direction of the artillery, dropping shells one by one on the gate and inside the fortress of Saint-Nicolas.

There was a loud explosion, and the towering water column mixed with sawdust corpses rushed into the sky.

The defense officer of the St. Nicholas Fortress had a gloomy face. Without thinking, he knew that the St. Nicholas Fortress was occupied by the army of the Ming Empire. Otherwise, why would the artillery over there suddenly turn to attack his side? Now, the entire St. Nicholas Fortress is facing A situation where there are enemies on both sides.

The Marine Corps took advantage of this large-scale beach landing, and all landed successfully at about six o'clock in the morning.

By this time, the entire two fortresses of St. Nicholas and St. Jean were occupied by the Ming Navy, and the portal of Marseille Port was also opened wide. Tens of thousands of marines directly surrounded the city of Marseille.

The defenders in Marseille knew it well, knowing that if the fortress fell, they would not be able to stop the attack of this powerful eastern army, so they immediately raised the white flag.

The governor of Marseilles, Guidam, personally went out to ask for surrender.

At this point, the Ming Dynasty officially occupied the port of Marseille, and the gateway to the inland of Western Europe was opened.

In fact, the French authorities also knew the importance of Marseille and paid attention to the defense here all the time, but because they paid more attention to the direction of Switzerland, they were a little negligent, allowing the Ming Navy to conquer Marseille in only half a day.

Less than two hours after the capture of Marseilles, the Ming army had already been prepared and shipped to Marseilles one after another. Jiao Lian's elite cavalry troops, the Seventh Army and the No.20 Army, the Seventh Army and the No. As soon as the 20th Army arrived at the port of Marseilles, after three days of rest, it immediately pierced the heart of the center of France like a sharp knife without stopping, and directly interspersed in the direction of Paris and Lorraine, France.

According to Zhu Youxiao's temporary military command reorganization plan, the Seventh Army and the No.20 Army did not need to attack the cities of Lyon and Dijon on the extension line of the low-lying belt of Marseille in France, but quickly penetrated to the Lorraine Plateau and swooped down. Occupy Bern in Switzerland, and then unite with the Third Artillery Army, which is still bombarding the Swiss defense line at this time, to destroy the main force of the Western European Union Army in Switzerland by double-sided attack.

Except for the other main forces of the Ming Dynasty who stayed in the newly occupied area, the remaining two and a half armies with a total of more than 20 troops directly swept the Great Plains in western France, and fought for the Eastern Front Group composed of the Seventh Army, the No.20 Army, and the Third Army. When Switzerland was wiped out and the main force of the Western European Union Army was wiped out, the Western Front Group here had also surrounded Paris, France.

At this time, Jiao Lian became the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front Group, fully responsible for the command of the entire Eastern Front campaign.

Fu Dahai, on the other hand, commanded the Western Front Group and was fully responsible for sweeping up France and preparing for the attack on Franz.

Not only that, Liu Wenxiu and other [-] marines, in addition to staying in various fortresses, also dispatched [-] troops from the Ming Navy to directly transport them to the Isle of Wight in England through the Strait of Gibraltar.

The Isle of Wight is now the colonial area of ​​the Ming Dynasty. Governor Li Dingguo has been operating here for several years, and the garrison has [-] sea and land elites. Now, according to Zhu Youxiao's order, he and Liu Wenxiu's department form a southward group to cross the English Channel. From the northern region of France and the Western Front Group, the strategic situation of advancing from north to south is realized.

It can be said that France is doomed at this time.

At this time in France, the Bourbon dynasty Louis XIV was in power. This king, known as a very talented king in the history of France, was at this time when he wanted to build his French Empire into the most powerful country in Europe. Unfortunately, Yes, he encountered the attack of Daming, the trust empire that had entered industrialization ahead of schedule.

Louis XIV's dream of dominating the whole of Europe and even competing for maritime interests with European maritime powers such as France and England will also be interrupted.

But he still doesn't know that the Marseille port he worked so hard for has fallen.

(End of this chapter)