readx(); Kellermann led the Rhine Army to Germany, which immediately caused an uproar. In fact, even the Dons did not expect that the Rhine Corps, the elite unit of France, would fall so easily to the Germans. Of course, this is related to the secret development of the Kuomintang forces in the army, but there is also a great deal of chance.

The Rhine Corps was also directly commissioned by the German Ministry of Defense as the 7th German Division, which was subordinate to the command of the Western Front. After all, Germany is not as rich as the Tang Dynasty now, so for a while, the German Seventh Division did not have the navy blue uniform of the German army to change, but the logo of the French army was removed, and then pinned to the German Iron Cross.

The Girondists originally hoped that the Rhine Legion, which was dominated by the Alsace Lorraine, could immediately put down the rebellion, but they did not expect the Rhine Legion to rebel first, which made the leaders of the Girondists very angry, and they publicly scolded the Alsatians as white-eyed wolves, traitors to France, and they would never spare them.

In fact, Kellerman's choice is also very pragmatic. Although his legion had 18,000 soldiers, more than half of the troops were actually replenished recently, which is actually one of the main reasons why the Rhine Corps was so heavily infiltrated by the Germans, because many of the volunteers who later joined the legion had joined the army with special intentions. Kellerman's troops also lacked advanced weapons, although the Rhine Legion was one of the main elite regiments in France, but there were only more than 200 new rifles that fired metal fixed ammunition in the whole legion, more than 7,000 SC-2 rifles authorized by Datang to be produced in France, and the rest were all old-fashioned flintlock muskets. In terms of artillery, this corps was even more constrained, with only a total of 18 70-mm field guns in the whole corps, and the French did not pay enough attention to mortars, so the corps had little equipment.

Kellermann knew that with such a lineup, the Rhine Army would not be able to win against any German infantry division. The German army has abundant firepower, and only in terms of equipment, it is left with a section of the Rhine Army, not to mention that the German army has a high will to fight, and it is very fatal to fight.

So, if Kellermann chooses not to cooperate with Germany, then the Rhine Army will be the first to be wiped out by the Germans. Kellermann wanted the Rhine Army to survive and not want his men to die in vain.

Although the French Rhine Corps became the German Seventh Division, the German commander Blucher did not intend to put the Rhine Corps at the forefront in the face of a possible conflict with France. Blucher withdrew the 7th Division to the vicinity of the Rhine and provided the 7th Division with a number of logistical supplies and 2,000 S1 rifles. However, these rifles are not equipped with a relatively large number of bullets, which is only enough for the consumption of one battle, and in fact, they are also restricting the Seventh Division in disguise.

It is worth mentioning that the defense area of the Fourth Division is not a complete Alsace Lorraine, and in fact, not all areas of Alsace Lorraine have joined Germany, and about one-third of the land, that is, more than 10,000 square kilometers, has become part of Germany. Germany basically occupied the German-speaking areas, and did not continue to extend its influence into French-speaking areas such as Nancy.

In Paris at this time, both the ruling Girondists and the opposition Montlanders were angry at Germany and Alsace Lorraine, while Brissot, Robespierre, and others shouted the word war.

And at this time, something happened that once again intensified the contradictions.

When he heard that the German-speaking region of Lorraine in Alsace had defected from France and joined Germany, King Louis XVI, who was placed under house arrest in Paris, was somewhat gloating. In his diary, he wrote: "...... The stupid so-called revolutionaries, armed with knives and forks, tried to devour the great country of France, corrupting and degrading morality, but they did not expect that the Germans, who also shouted revolution and started from the beginning, would actually slap them in the face at this time. What a resounding slap in the face! The Germans fought so beautifully, and I saw that it would be better to be a German with dignity, or even to be an Englishman or an Austrian, to stay in France with a group of people who were full of brains and shamelessness. In this country, now there is only madness and decadence, and there are irrational people and crazy people everywhere, damn it! ……”

Louis XVI, who had sympathized with the revolution and agreed to a constitutional monarchy, had been greatly discouraged by the repeated revolutionaries. Moreover, the revolutionaries lacked the slightest respect for the royal family and other nobles, and the persecution of the nobles occurred at every turn, and the royal family was ridiculed like street rats in Paris. Louis XVI had become accustomed to the men who mocked him in front of him for the past two years, as if throwing the royal power and the face of the king to the ground and trampling on them would bring them the greatest satisfaction and be in absolute political correctness.

But what even Louis XVI didn't expect was that one of the servants who served him inadvertently saw the diary written by His Majesty and thought it was a key piece of evidence that could be used as a promotion for himself. The servant stole the diary and gave it to George? Jacques? Danton. Danton belonged to the Montagnard faction and, together with Robespierre, wanted not only to establish a republic, but also to execute the king.

The Montagnards used this diary as evidence to proclaim that Louis XVI was the greatest traitor and that they had secretly colluded with foreign powers to split Alsace Lorraine, and even attempted to use the ******** of German and other armies. Many of these arguments have a lot of logic that cannot be scrutinized, but in a frenzied atmosphere, they still cause an earthquake-like effect. Even the Girondins, who did not wish to execute Louis XVI, began to discuss the deposition of the king in the National Assembly under popular pressure.

In June 1792, like a high-speed train that could not brake, France formally declared war on Germany on the grounds that Germany had seized Alsace by force and had colluded with its reactionary forces in an attempt to overthrow the regime. Germany then declared that France's false accusations against Germany were unacceptable and that France should respect the right to self-determination of the German-speaking population of Lorraine in Alsace. In the end, of course, Germany also declared war on France.

In this way, France, which was in the chaos of the revolution, and Germany, which had just been established for a year, two countries that seemed to be old enemies, began the first war. The other major countries of Europe, including Austria, Prussia, Great Britain and the Netherlands, watched the war with excitement, because it seemed to be in their favor whoever won or lost.