Chapter 981: Battle of the Rhineland (V)

100,000 Frankish troops were chasing the rear troops of the Britannia Army across the mountains and plains, densely packed like an ant colony.

The fluttering flags were blown by the moist spring breeze, and the bright swords and guns and their iconic pointed helmets emitted a cold light under the scorching sun.

After the 100,000 Frank army landed from the Isou River, they attacked the rear of the Britannia army with thunderous momentum.

The rear army of the Britannia army did not expect that such a large Frank army would appear behind the army formation.

Unexpectedly, they were caught off guard by the 100,000 Frank troops.

Under the fierce attack of the 100,000 Franks who suddenly appeared in the rear, the rear armies of the Britannian Army retreated steadily and were in a state of collapse.

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Rhineland Plain, Frankish Army, main formation.

At this time, Walter and Bazel, who were in the main formation, had smiles of joy that could not be hidden on their faces.

Just now, they had received news - Otto successfully led the royal fleet, controlled all the crossings of the Isou River, and successfully landed the 100,000 landing troops on the Rhineland Plain.

Now, these 100,000 landing troops have launched a fierce attack on the rear of the Britannia Army.

Although they didn't know what the current situation was like over there, Walter and Bazelle guessed that the rear of the Britannia Army should be completely defeated by now.

"It finally succeeded..." Walter let out a sigh of relief, "Finally completed the pincer attack on the Britannia Army."

Speaking of this, Walter put on a sneer.

"Iseir, you didn't think of it, did you?"

Walter said in a soliloquy tone:

"The 300,000 Frank troops fighting your troops on the Rhineland plain are not a main attack, but a feint attack."

"The main attack of our army is the royal fleet that took more than twenty years to build!"

The Nibelung Plan was a large-scale plan with many links.

In order to destroy the Britannia Empire,

The think tanks of the Frank Empire thought of many methods.

The think tanks of the Frank Empire discovered that no matter which method is used, if you want the Britannia Empire, you must defeat the Britannia Empire's army, that is, the four major knights of the Britannia Empire. .

If the four major knights of the Britannia Empire had not been defeated, it would be simply a wishful thinking to destroy the Britannia Empire.

As long as the four major knights of the Britannia Empire are annihilated, the demise of the Britannia Empire will only be a matter of time - this is the consensus of the think tanks of the Frank Empire.

Therefore, the Nibelung Plan was not so much a plan aimed at destroying the Britannia Empire as it was a plan aimed at annihilating the four major knights.

If we want to annihilate the Knights of the Britannia Empire, the combat power of the army alone will be very difficult, so the think tanks of the Frank Empire set their sights on the navy.

As early as more than 20 years ago, the think tanks of the Frank Empire conceived a strategy of "joint naval and army operations".

For this strategy, the Frank Empire spent more than 20 years secretly building a fleet of astonishing scale - the Royal Fleet.

And a landing force that will not suffer from seasickness has been trained. The total strength of the landing force is 100,000.

Specific details of the Nibelungen Plan are as follows:

Invest 500,000 troops, divided into 1, 2, and 3 formations.

The 1st and 2nd formations are the army, with a total strength of 300,000.

The third formation is the navy, which is the royal fleet, with a total strength of 200,000. Among these 200,000 people, 100,000 are fleet sailors and 100,000 are landing troops.

The generals of the 1st and 2nd formations launched a surprise attack on the Kingdom of Shupel, passed through the weakly defended "Bush border", broke through the Rhine front, and entered the mainland of the Britannia Empire.

Iser, who is stationed on the Rhine front, will never sit idly by and will definitely lead a large army to intercept the Frank army.

By then, the battle between the two armies was bound to take place on the plains of the Rhineland.

In other words - the Frank Empire planned to fight the Britannian army on the Rhineland Plain from the beginning.

After all, only the Rhineland Plain has the conditions to launch joint naval and army operations.

The 300,000 army troops were actually just bait - a bait to lure Iser and his troops to the bait.

After leading Iser and his troops to the Rhineland plain, it was time for the Royal Fleet to appear.

The Royal Fleet was the Frank Empire's main attack in this battle.

The Rhine is the largest river in the continent, with tributaries throughout the Britannian Empire and the Frankish Empire.

The Royal Fleet will enter the Rhine River along the tributaries, and then from the Rhine River into its first largest tributary, the Isou River.

Then they went straight down the river and marched to the southern part of the Rhineland Plain, controlling all the ferries on both sides of the river and completely blocking the Britannia army's retreat.

Finally, it was time for the 100,000 troops to appear.

The military strength of the Royal Fleet consists of 100,000 sailors responsible for controlling ships and 100,000 land troops responsible for launching landing operations.

The 100,000 land troops responsible for launching landing operations were habitually called "landing troops" by the Frankish army generals.

These 100,000 landing troops are not much different from other armies.

If anything, these 100,000 landing troops have been trained not to get seasick.

This 100,000 landing force, like the Royal Fleet, was secretly trained by the Frankish Empire and was specially trained for the Nibelungen Plan.

After the Royal Fleet controlled all the crossings of the Issu River, the 100,000 landing troops began to land, landed on the Rhineland Plain, and launched a fierce attack on the Britannia Army from the rear.

Being attacked from both sides without any preparation - no army in history has been able to turn the tables in such a desperate situation. Even if the commander-in-chief of this army is the unified knight Isel.

As long as the landing troops can land on the Rhineland Plain without the Britannia Army noticing, the Frankish Army will win.

Because the Nibelungen Plan is linked together, there are quite a lot of links. If any link goes wrong, it will lead to the failure of the plan.

Therefore, on the eve of the plan, neither Emperor Shad nor the generals in the army had sufficient confidence in the Nibelungen Plan.

It is for this reason that Emperor Shad went to the Royal Cemetery to pray a few hours before the plan officially began, praying that the ancestors would bless them.

Although the Nibelungen Plan is very risky, if it succeeds, the benefits they will gain will be immeasurable.

According to the plan, the Frankish Empire will deploy 300,000 troops to attack the Kingdom of Shuper and cross the "Bush Border".

In order to counter such a large-scale Frankish army, Issel will definitely lead hundreds of thousands of troops to meet it.

If the plan succeeds, all the troops brought by Issel will be annihilated on the Rhineland Plain.

The military power of the Britannia Empire will suffer an immeasurable blow.

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