Another World: Naval Storm

"The war has begun already?" the German Emperor muttered to himself. Although he had been preparing for war, he was still confused at this moment.

"Yes, Your Majesty! The national army has been mobilized as planned, and the reserve forces are also being recruited!" There are a total of 7 army groups of the Draconian Army marching towards the western front, and several army groups are left on the eastern front to defend against the Russians.

"Has the note been sent to the Kingdom of Bilis?" Bilis is located on the western coast of the Onebaroa continent, bordering the Drak Empire to the east, Flanders to the north, the Franconian Republic to the south, Luxembourg to the southeast, and the North Sea to the west, facing the Kingdom of Talen across the sea. The coastline is 66.5 kilometers long.

Drake wanted to use Bilis as a passage to achieve a quick victory and kill the Fran Republic, forcing the Rakshasa Empire to withdraw from the war. They believed that Bilis would not resist, after all, with only 6 divisions of the army, it was a bit unrealistic to fight for the Frans.

"The Bilis people won't resist, they'll just protest!" This is the general idea of ​​the Drake military.

"Yes, your majesty, the Bilis have not responded yet!"

"Giving them an ultimatum will not give them much time to consider!" The Drake Empire planned to reward the Bilis people with a piece of Frank territory, hoping that they would not resist, so that they could fully requisition the railways and bridges to facilitate the attack on the Franks.

The ultimatum was a combination of soft and hard tactics. The Drakes stated in the ultimatum, "The enemies of the Drake Empire are trying to invade the Drake Empire through the Bilis border. We do not expect the Bilis army to stop their advance, but we hope that the Drakes can be allowed to help you. If Bilis stops the actions of the Drake army, then Bilis will be judged as a hostile country!"

"Haha! Do the Drak people think I'm weak?" In the Bilisel Palace, King Abel III of Bilis was furious.

"Order a nationwide mobilization. The Drak people will not get what they want! I will break the Drak people's sharp teeth!"

"What do the Taren people say?" Abel calmed down and asked with concern.

"Taren's support has boarded the ship. There will be about 7 people to help us defend against the Drake attack!" Prime Minister Rabe replied.

"Where are the Franks? They are so close to us!"

"They said they would march with the Talens!"

"I hope they can arrive soon. The whole country has entered a wartime state. Food prices must not be allowed to rise too much. There will definitely be profiteers who want to make money from the national crisis! If they are found, they will be severely punished!"

"Tell Lieutenant General Lehman of the Rizhi Fortress that the kingdom hopes he can hold on to the end and that the kingdom will not forget them! We must hold on until the arrival of the Tarens!" On August 8, the Kingdom of Bilis responded to the ultimatum of the Drake Empire with action.

The Drak army crossed the border of Bilis at the same time as the ultimatum. The unit in the Drak army responsible for occupying Bilis was the Metri Corps, which had a total of 8 brigades. The main infantry and cavalry commanded by Enmishi received orders to capture the bridge across the Metri River near the city of Rizhi and eliminate all resistance along the way. However, when he and his troops arrived at the river, they found that most of the bridges had been blown up and they could only build pontoon bridges.

“Swoosh~~Swoosh~~”

"Get down! Get down quickly!" A hail of bullets attacked the Drake officers and soldiers who were working.

The Drak engineers who were carrying out the bridge-building mission came under fierce fire from the Bilis people. The Drak army found that they could only attack the Rizhi Fortress, and all their advance routes were covered by the firepower of the Rizhi Fortress.

The main railway from the Drake Empire to Bilisel passes through Liege. The terminus of this railway is the French city. The Drake Empire General Staff wants to use this railway to transport troops into the French Republic. The large number of industrial facilities, factories and other facilities in Liege will help the defense of the city. However, the main line of defense is still the ring fortress composed of twelve fortresses. The ring fortress was completed more than 30 years ago and surrounds Liege with a radius of 6 to 10 kilometers. The design of the firepower interweaving network and protection zone between the fortresses enables the surrounding two fortresses to provide firepower assistance when one of the fortresses is attacked. The distance between each two fortresses is about 4 kilometers.

Because the Bilis people over-trusted the solidity of these fortifications, they were seriously unprepared for the war. After all, they did not want to be accused of not adhering to neutrality by the Drak government when they were preparing for neutrality at the beginning, so they dug roadblocks only after King Abel ordered it, and their work had just begun when the Drak army attacked. The Drak people believed that the Bilis people's method of fighting with their backs to the river was just the ravings of lambs before being put on the grill. The Drak Empire declared war on Bilis on the morning of August 8, and the vanguard Meuse River Corps. By the evening of August 3, the cavalry had crossed the border Meuse River and arrived in Wiese in the north, where they encountered the Bilis 8th Brigade, which was ordered to conduct a heroic defensive battle in order to retreat to the fortress line. The Drak army was blocked in the north all night.

"Let your commander answer! Are you still the brave imperial army? Why haven't you defeated the Bilist people yet!" Before the person on the other end of the phone could answer, General Ludendorff blurted out a series of questions.

"Report to the commander, the Bilis people are very brave, and our casualties are heavy..."

"I don't want excuses. If there is no breakthrough, I will shoot you, Doug!" General Rudolph, who was angry about the unfavorable war situation, roared.

"Sorry General, our brigade commander Doug has been killed!"

"who are you?"

"General, I am the Chief of Staff of the 14th Brigade!"

"Okay, you are now the commander of the 14th Brigade. I will give you four hours to rest, and then you must defeat the Bilis people. Do you understand?"

"Understood. We must defeat the enemy in four hours, or you will be beheaded!"

On the other side, Drake's army's attempt to attack the Rizhi Fortress was also thwarted by machine guns and artillery fire, and suffered considerable losses.

几个旅的进攻部队相互之间配合很差，最早进入阵位的38旅早在5日晚8点就发动了进攻，最晚投入战斗的11旅行动则迟至6日清晨5点30分。

For example, the 38th and 43rd Brigades were hit by 210mm howitzers on the initial offensive line, and the continuous bombardment of shells made the soldiers collapse. After a whole day of fierce fighting, the 43rd Brigade, with low morale and short of ammunition, retreated first, and then the 38th Brigade withdrew from the battle after confirming the news.

The retreating troops went down to rest and regroup. They were going to regroup, after all, the emperor's order was there! Only by moving forward courageously could you gain merit. In the Drake Empire, cowards were despised, and their families would be affected!