Chapter 213, "Letter to the French People

The battle for Turin had reached its most intense point, and a new round of Central European battle was about to begin.

Unlike World War I in the original timeline, this time the French people didn't have fortress constructions to rely on. To create conditions for a counterattack, the Allied Forces had destroyed the fortress constructions along the way during their retreat, including the famous Liege Fortress and Mul Fortress, which were now in ruins.

The proud French people, perhaps never considering the possibility of failure, did not organize manpower to repair fortress constructions after occupying these areas.

Of course, it could not be said that Marshal Patrice McMahon was negligent. After all, the local residents had been driven away and production had ceased long ago.

To repair these damaged fortress constructions, both raw materials and labor would need to be reallocated from within the country, a task that was impossible to complete.