MTL - Napoleon II Reborn-Chapter 518 landing battle
"General, the French bombardment was so powerful that the brothers couldn't stand it anymore. Many anti-battery holes were directly bombarded by large-caliber naval guns. We suffered heavy casualties!" A staff officer was terrified. Reporting to Hammurabi. He just came back from the Dover front line, and now, thinking of the overwhelming artillery attack of the French fleet, he couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle. Under that kind of attack intensity, no one can survive, let alone fight back.
In order to resist this attack by the French, the British deployed 40 divisions of troops. Among them, the Royal Guards were deployed around London, and the army was brought to the front by Hammurabi.
The headquarters is located in Maidstone. This is the place where the French army marched to London after landing from Dover. Therefore, Hammurabi, also in this area, deployed an army of 0 divisions. [bsp;"Has the French army started to land? How many people have been dispatched?" Hammurabi asked calmly. After the U.S. and Canadian navies retreated, he had already thought that Britain would definitely face a fierce counterattack from the French.
"When I left, I hadn't landed yet. Judging from the ships gathered on the sea, the French should have prepared 40,000 to 50,000 people for their first landing." The staff officer replied truthfully.
"How many casualties are there on our front?" Hammurabi asked.
"General, the two divisions deployed in front of Dover have suffered more than half of the casualties under the heavy shelling of the French fleet." The staff officer replied with a sad face.
The British army also deployed a total of 10 divisions in the Dover area. Under the unified command of Forfar. Among them, two divisions were placed on the coast of Dover as a frontal force to block the French landing. But as long as the idiots are deployed, they will know that the fate of these two divisions has been decided. They are definitely bad luck.
"Forget it, order Fauvre to withdraw those two divisions. The landing of the French is inevitable. We cannot let our people die in vain like this. It is better to wait until the French land. Launch a counterattack and drive them back into the sea!" Hammurabi felt a little heavy. Once upon a time, the British navy was the most powerful in the world. After they defeated the old naval power Spain, they have become the country with the most powerful navy. No one dared to challenge Britain at sea, let alone land in Britain.
However, Andresi, that war madman, shamelessly defeated the powerful fleet of the empire and burned the flames of war to the mainland of the empire. Now, a powerful army has been sent over again. Since its defeat by France, the British navy has never recovered. France will no longer allow the UK to develop its navy, and for the sake of the UK now, all the equipment and talents of the UK's coastal shipyards have been forcibly moved to France. Now Britain can only build a few small sampans, and it is still a thousand miles away from a real navy.
Forfar faithfully carried out Hammurabi's order and withdrew the two front divisions. But when they went up, the two divisions had a total of more than 30,000 people, and when they retreated, there were only a little over 10,000 left. Lost more than two-thirds. And most of the remaining people also had fear on their faces, apparently terrified by the fierce shelling by the French army. It would be difficult for these people to pick up guns without a long period of rest.
Glancing at the retreating troops, Forfar looked worried. The French Army, known as the strongest in the world, has established an immortal reputation across Europe for decades. Although the French Army has undergone a large number of expansions in the past two years, its combat effectiveness has declined somewhat, but it is definitely not something that the United Kingdom can compete with.
Now, he resents Davis very much. If he hadn't focused on attacking the Isle of Wight, he would not have attracted **** revenge from the French. Although Davis' original purpose was to weaken France's strength and make France lose its power to threaten Britain. But it now appears that his efforts have clearly failed.
After the plan to land on the Isle of Wight went bankrupt, Davis stated that the American and Canadian troops could help the British Army fight the French invasion. But both King George IV and Prime Minister Williams rejected Davis' request, allowing them to return to the west of England, and sent more than 10 divisions of troops to monitor.
Forfar was quite clear about what the king and the prime minister were planning. It was nothing more than Britain bowing its noble head to France again. Anyway, this is not the first time, and I am used to it. In order to preserve Britain. France's current strength is at its peak, Britain is not France's opponent at all, it is better not to participate in the war. Let France and the United States, and Canada, dog eat dog.
He himself actually agrees with this point of view. But now, it depends on whether France accepts their sincerity. The foreign minister, Palmerston, couldn't even meet the French emperor and the main cabinet members in Paris. Obviously, France was really angry with Britain this time. Before France vents its anger, it is obvious that it will not calm down and negotiate. And these troops became the targets of France's anger. This has to be said to be the tragedy of Britain. It seems that they have lost all the dignity of the Anglo-Saxons.
Under such circumstances, it is natural that people from the United States and Canada cannot be allowed to intervene again. In that case, I am afraid that Britain has no choice but to destroy the country.
The United States and Canada have only left more than 300,000 troops in the United Kingdom. These troops, together with the British Army, will not be opponents of the powerful French Army. Therefore, the British government obviously intends not to compensate them for sending them to death.
The French fleet ravaged the coast of Dover for more than two hours before it ended. At that time, not to mention the coast, even the entire city of Dover was in a mess. There are huge craters left by naval guns everywhere. The beach was so quiet that not even a defending British soldier could be seen.
"Marshal Bride, you can land now. I think the British will to resist should be completely destroyed." Hercules stood on the wide bridge of the Channel Fleet and said with a smile on his face.
"Thank you Marshal for helping us!" Brad also smiled.
Under Bride's order, the fleet moored at sea began to sail towards Dover. At this time, the naval artillery fire did not stop. Instead, it began to launch shelling in depth, attacking the British troops in the distance, so that the French Army and Marine Corps could calmly land and establish a beachhead.
I don't know if I really forgot or did it on purpose. When the British army retreated, they did not destroy the pier in the port of Dover, allowing the French army to use the pier to quickly land and unload military supplies.
"Order the troops to prepare, the French have already started to land." Hearing the sound of the guns getting closer, Forfer knew that the French fleet was shelling in depth, providing cover for the landing of the French army.
Although he has understood the meaning of the high-level, but before receiving a clear order, Forfar is still a professional British imperialist. It is his duty to resist the enemy's invasion and defend his home and country.
Therefore, he mobilized the strength of three full divisions, ready to fight hard, and drive the French army into the sea when they were not stable. If he can succeed, he will continue to stick to Dover, if he fails, he will not hesitate to give up Dover and withdraw to Maidstone.
When the French army landed, they were not attacked at all, as if they were not here to attack Britain, but to come on vacation.
Dover's complete dock facilities provided very good convenience for the landing of the French army. In less than an hour, a marine division landed. They quickly advanced a distance of 3 kilometers and began to build a simple line of defense to provide guarantee for the landing of subsequent troops.
"Order Calais, the second landing force can be dispatched!" Bride gave the order. On the coast of Calais, the troops of the 2nd Bo4 Infantry Division are all on board and on standby. As long as the offensive force of the French first wave can gain a firm foothold in Dover, they will set off immediately, and after landing, they will launch an attack along the depth.
At this time, the coast of Dover, the sound of shelling sounded. The pier, where ships were being unloaded, became the main target of the attack. Countless ships were unloading, and the shelling caused sāoluàn at the docks.
"Damn, cunning British! Adjust the coordinates and prepare to suppress them!" Hercules was angry. The British obviously wanted to catch the French army by surprise.
"Report to the Marshal~www.novelbuddy.com~The Marine Division reports that there are a large number of British troops in front of them, with a total of 50,000 people!" A staff officer hurriedly reported.
"Order, the marine division must hold on, we will provide them with artillery support. Order, the destroyer formation, according to the coordinates provided by the marine division, provide them with artillery support. The other ships hit the firepower and suppress the British artillery !” Hercules calmly issued an order.
"Boom!" At this moment, there was a huge explosion on the pier. It turned out that a bunch of shells just unloaded from the ship were hit by British artillery fire, resulting in a martyrdom explosion. This caused all the nearby French soldiers to be blown to pieces.
"Damn it, kill them all!" Hercules was furious.
The warships of the French fleet quickly followed the order and began to adjust their coordinates. Two minutes later, the flagship of the Channel Fleet opened fire first. An orange flame burst out from the huge muzzle of the 305mm naval gun, and the huge shells smashed into a forest on the coast.
After a short flight, the shell accurately fell into the forest, blasting a huge crater.
