With the in-depth promotion of Fu Yunlong's sneak attack tactics, French bastions were captured by Ming army special forces. In less than half a month, all French bastions in the Pyrenees were captured by the Ming army!

It has to be said that this is a miracle. Since its birth, the castle has not been easily broken. Even the Ming army used armored combat vehicles in the Siberian plains so quickly.

The main reason is the suddenness of the tactic, because no one wants the Ming army to use this move.

Of course, this is also related to the negligence of the French army. After all, the two countries are in-laws. The queen of King Philip IV of Spain is the younger sister of King Louis XIII of France. The two countries will not go to war unless they have no choice.

The Ming army launched a sneak attack without any signs, which was in line with the essence of unexpected military tactics and unpredictable attacks. It was not accidental.

Of course, this tactic was not smooth sailing. On several occasions, the Ming army's special forces encountered particularly cautious French generals, and the losses were also heavy.

In the most difficult situation, three special forces squadrons of Guanning Army went to attack the No. 8 Bulletin, which was still garrisoned by 3,000 French troops. As a result, the French defenders were very cautious. The surrendered prisoners not only did not deceive the city gate but were also beaten into a sieve by the defenders inside. Many Guanning Army soldiers were also injured in the first round of volleyball.

Then, they began to attack hard, and the first level was quite smooth, and the Guanning Army suffered less than 500 casualties.

However, it was difficult to hit the second floor. The French general knew that someone had someone remove the bed and door panels to block the grenade!

The power of the gunpowder explosion at this moment is equivalent to the firecrackers and gunpowder in later generations. The little gunpowder in the grenade cannot blow up the bed and door panels at all. Without the support of artillery, the bed and door panels are really the nemesis of the grenade.

The grenades did not have any effect, and the Guanning Army's special combat squadron was embarrassed. They could only use sniper rifles to cooperate with kerosene bottles and gasoline bottles to attack hard.

It's okay if they need to have enough kerosene and gasoline, but each person has only one small bottle, which is mainly used for setting fires, and it is not enough to attack the city.

The battle was very difficult. The three special combat squadrons of Guanning Army were all injured and injured. Although they finally won the bastion, less than 300 people survived, and they were all injured!

I don’t know if it was the Guanning Army that was particularly unlucky or what happened. They could encounter tough problems almost every time, and they had the largest casualties among all the legions participating in the war several times.

This time they actually met the most cautious and powerful generals in the French army. If it weren't for the French flintlock rifle that was not as advanced as the Ming army, they would probably not be able to get the bastion if they died.

In any case, the bastions of the Pyrenees were all taken down by the sneak attack tactics of the Ming special forces. The French army lost nearly 100,000 troops, while Spain regained the entire Pyrenees.

The Spanish King Philip IV was naturally very happy. So what did King Louis XIII of France, or the Duke of Richelieu, the actual controller of France, think? What happened to them? The front was like this, and they did not react at all!

In fact, it cannot be blamed for them. The Ming army has a telecommunication system, but they don’t have one. They are still in the stage where communication is basically yelling and transportation is basically leaping, so it is quite slow to transmit information.

In fact, after the first batch of food and grass was robbed, local officials already knew that none of the top laborers they sent to transport food and grass came back.

However, no matter how you know, they can do nothing except report.

Just reported it layer by layer, and by the time the news reached Paris, it had been almost ten days.

At the beginning, Richelieu didn't care much, because just a batch of food and grass was robbed would not explain anything. He also thought it was done by the bandits. If the defenders could not handle a bandit, it would be strange.

It was not until the news of food and grass robbery came later that Richelieu realized that something might have happened, and at this time, half a month had passed.

When he ordered someone to find out the news, twenty days had passed.

It took only 20 days for the Ming army to capture all the bastions in the Pyrenees. The news he found out was that the entire defense line was occupied by the Spanish and the Ming Empire coalition!

Now, the whole of France was shocked. Crossing the Pyrenees defense line, there were almost plains behind it. If the Ming Empire transported armored chariots over, it would be over. The coalition forces of Spain and the Ming Empire would definitely be able to directly attack Paris!

Richelieu was completely panicked for the first time. He couldn't understand how the Spanish and Ming Empire coalition forces took down the Pyrenees defense line so many times in such a short time.

You know, there is a mountainous area, and the armored combat vehicles of the Ming Empire cannot be accessed at all. It is estimated that it will be difficult for millions of troops to pile up!

Did the Ming Empire invent any new weapons?

The unknown is the most terrifying thing. Richelieu was so scared that he was so scared that he quickly mobilized nearly 200,000 troops to the southeast.

Now, not only should we defend directly south, but we should not lose the Mediterranean line, because it is unlikely that the Ming army's armored combat vehicles will be transported through the Pyrenees, but it is quite easy to land on the Mediterranean coast.

If the port along the Mediterranean is lost, France will be really over. At that time, the Ming army will transport armored vehicles by ship and transport them. In front of the rolling iron stream, all the castle and the city walls will be ruined!

His plan was completely disrupted. He originally wanted to use his maritime advantage to transport the army to the Gold Coast and snatch all Portugal's colonies in Africa, but now it is in chaos.

After the expansion of the French army, there were only about 500,000, and the Pyrenees lost more than 100,000. Then, another 200,000 reinforcements were sent. In addition, more than 100,000 defenders were originally along the Mediterranean, and the army was only more than 100,000.

In other words, including Paris, the northwest coastal areas of the entire central and northern France, with only more than 100,000 people left to guard the capital. Where can we draw troops to attack the Gold Coast?

Zhu Cijiu did not expect that the harassment and sneak attack tactics against southern France would achieve such an effect. At the beginning, he just wanted to consume France's manpower and material resources. After all, the territory of the Ming Empire was unimaginable, and the population was more than 100 million. Whether it was for the consumption of the army or the consumption of materials, France and even the entire anti-Habsburg alliance had to kneel down!

Now, not only has the consumption of French troops and materials increased rapidly, but it has also helped Spain occupy the entire Pyrenees, making the defense difficulty of the southern border of France exponentially.

Most importantly, it disrupted Richelieu's expansion plan and made France lose the best opportunity to expand its colony.

This is not as simple as one plus one equals two. The reason why the great powers gained hegemony has a lot to do with the plunder of the colonies. Without the colonies, the great powers are equivalent to the weaned wolf cub. If they want to develop and slap everywhere, they may have no chance!
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