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Chapter 172: Cuirassier Charge

by karlmaks — Captain Léo’s order was quickly executed. The Dragoons neatly dismounted, led their beloved horses deep into the woods, and tied them to tree trunks with their reins. These well-trained warhorses were quiet. Although they heard bursts of gunfire, they only occasionally snorted, seemingly sensing the tense atmosphere before a battle. The soldiers quickly spread out along the edge of the woods with their carbines. They used thick tree trunks and naturally formed ditches to rapidly construct a…
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Chapter 171: Ludendorff, Where Are My Reinforcements?!

by karlmaks — “What is it, Captain?” Léo’s Aide-de-Camp, a young Lieutenant, rode closer. “Nothing.” Léo shook his head, forcing himself to refocus on the mission ahead. According to the orders of Colonel Molière, Commander of the 4th Cuirassier Regiment, the maneuver along the Sambre River from the southeast of the city was a classic cavalry tactic, using mobility to bypass the enemy’s front and attack or reconnoiter from a weak flank/rear. But for some reason, Léo felt this decision was…
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Chapter 170: Combat Reconnaissance

by karlmaks — Just as the three commanders were at a loss over the silent city, an Outrider responsible for the perimeter vigilance quietly crept back. “Captain!” the Outrider reported to Léo, “We found quite a few residents who had fled Charleroi on the small road to the east. It looks like they are seeking refuge with relatives in the countryside.” “Did you find out anything?” Léo’s spirits lifted. “We asked.” The Outrider’s expression became a bit strange. “But... what they said was…
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Chapter 169: The Gallic Cavalry

by karlmaks — When the Third, Fifth, and Eighteenth Corps subordinate to the Gallic Fifth Army Group began their advance toward the border, General Charles Lanrezac, the commander, was still pacing back and forth in his headquarters, the feeling of unease in his heart not diminishing in the slightest. The descriptions of the Flanders Dispatch Riders who fled back from Charleroi echoed repeatedly in his mind. “The enemy might have over ten Heavy Machine Guns...” Such a description was like a thorn, deeply…
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Chapter 168: Plan XVII

by karlmaks — Because of the vehicle transport, the soldiers of the 1st Company and 3rd Company covered the three-kilometer distance to the North City almost in the blink of an eye. When the trucks stopped at the edge of the North City, Klaus and the 3rd Company Commander led their respective troops running into the urban area, and the few soldiers responsible for receiving them at the intersection let out a collective sigh of relief almost simultaneously. “Sergeant Major Klaus! You’re finally here!” One…
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Chapter 167: Lost Contact

by karlmaks — Just as the smoke from the explosion had not yet dissipated, more hand grenades suddenly flew out from the thick smoke covering the bridge surface. The black iron lumps rained down overwhelmingly onto the small area of the South Bank bridgehead. This was followed by a continuous series of fierce explosions. The spherical hand grenades currently equipped by the Saxon Army are not actually very powerful, but the Assault Battalion soldiers threw so many at once... Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The…
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Chapter 166: Seizing Charleroi by Storm

by karlmaks — Morin already felt things were turning bad when he heard the distinct sound of automatic weapons firing in the gunfire. And the red unit tokens constantly refreshing on the system map confirmed his intuition. The unit serving as the forward security detachment was the 1st Company's 1st Platoon, who had engaged the enemy at the northern bridgehead of a bridge by the river. Judging by the unit designation displayed on the enemy token——they were indeed the garrison troops who had broken out from…
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Chapter 165: Assault Battalion, Advance!

by karlmaks — Although he felt uncertain about this first Motorized March, and the sun was only two hours from setting... But urged by Ludendorff’s phrase, “speed is key in war,” Morin still issued the command for the entire battalion to board the vehicles and depart once all preparations were complete. He himself sat in the passenger seat of a truck positioned in the middle, looking at the friendly units lining the road to send them off, and couldn't help but lean half his body out the window and shout at the…
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Chapter 164: The Crown Prince: Where’s My Assault Battalion Piece?

by karlmaks — Just as Morin was commanding the Instruction Assault Battalion to prepare for what might be the first truly ‘Motorized March’ in this world. Far away in the Saxon Empire homeland, Moltke the Younger, who had moved the General Staff forward headquarters to Koblenz, was receiving the latest military intelligence from the various Army Groups on the Western Front. In the Operations Room, Moltke the Younger stood before a massive map of the Western Front, holding a long pointer, listening to the…
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Chapter 163: Mobile Assault

by karlmaks — Morin's gaze followed Ludendorff’s finger and landed on the name ‘Charleroi.’ He knew that this was an important border city in the Grand Duchy of Flanders and a crucial transportation hub connecting to the Gallic Republic. If this city and a few other key border cities were occupied, the right-wing group of the Saxon Empire could complete its deployment and strike straight for Paris... “I expect your Instruction Assault Battalion, as the assault vanguard for the entire Battle Group, to…
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