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Chapter 1009 Surrounding Wei and Rescue Zhao

Chapter 1009 Surrounding Wei and Rescue Zhao

Throughout Europe, the French may be the country with the strongest sense of democracy and freedom.

As early as the end of the 18th century, the bourgeois revolution broke out in France, which overthrew the Bourbon dynasty that had existed for hundreds of years and established a republic dominated by the bourgeoisie.

At the beginning of the outbreak of the World War, defeating Germany to take back Alsace and Lorraine, washing away the shame caused by France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, became the consensus of the whole French society, and the French enthusiastically joined the army. The mainstay of the Western Front.

It's a pity that Joffre and Nivelle wasted the efforts and sacrifices of the French. The rigid command system, unchanging crowd tactics, poor logistics, and hundreds of thousands of casualties at every turn pushed the French to the limit. After the launch of Nivelles’ spring offensive, in just 48 hours, the casualties of the French army reached 27, and many troops suffered more than half of them. Because of the large number of casualties, the medical system completely collapsed, and many wounded soldiers on the front line could not receive timely and effective medical treatment. Treatment, the corpses of the fallen officers and soldiers could not be buried in time, Nivelle’s preparations were poor, many troops had not received supplies after launching the attack, all the food carried by the soldiers had been eaten up, and the officers were still pressing The soldiers who had reached the limit of their endurance launched an attack, and various factors came together to finally lead to this far-reaching mutiny.

That's right, it was a mutiny. After Nivelle gave the order to "attack overnight", the troops who received the attack order refused to carry out. The soldiers shouted "We need peace, end the war immediately, and let those who should be responsible for the war go to war." Die!" Drunken as hell, the officers panicked, and tragedy finally happened when one of the officers tried to order the troops to continue the attack by coercion.

Roque didn't know exactly what happened. The French government will seal up all the information related to this mutiny. The unsealed period is 100 years. There are a lot of soldiers who openly mutinied. The situation is extremely dangerous. Many officers were killed by angry soldiers. Killed, at least half of the French troops on the Western Front were paralyzed, what one officer called "a force with a tendency to be extremely skeptical, without conviction."

The French government put it mildly, describing the mutiny as a matter of "collective unconsciousness".

No matter how euphemistic the French government is, it cannot change the reality that the French army is on the verge of collapse. If the German army launches a counterattack at this time, the French army's defense line will collapse in an instant.

Rock can't let this happen.

On March 3, after Roque learned of the mutiny in the French army, he immediately ordered the British Expeditionary Force to step up its attack on the frontal German army, forcing Ludendorff to transfer troops from Sherman-Dedham to deal with the attack of the British Expeditionary Force. There was no time to counterattack the French at Chemin-Dedham.

The situation has reached a critical juncture. At this time, Rock can't care about preserving his strength. That is, after the Indian Army entered the battle, Rock successively discharged all the Canadian Corps, the British Continental Army, and the Southern African Expeditionary Force, leaving only the Australian and New Zealand Army. The corps serve as the strategic reserve of the entire army.

By April 130st, the British Expeditionary Force participating in the offensive had reached [-] million people. George V and Winston successively sent telegrams to Roque, expressing serious concern about the situation on the Western Front. Kitchener rushed from London to Dunkirk Ke, asked Rock in person about his views on the Western Front.

Kitchener's attitude is very clear. If the French army collapses, then the British Expeditionary Force should immediately withdraw from the Western Front and return to the British mainland to ensure the safety of the British mainland.

"No, we can't withdraw. We can't withdraw anyway. The future of the Russian Empire is uncertain. The United States will enter the war in no time. If we lose France, the difficulty we will face in winning the war will be more than doubled. The confusion of the French army is temporary. , as long as we buy enough time for the French government, France will definitely be able to return to normal." Roque is now the most powerful defender of the British-French coalition forces, the French government is overwhelmed, Britain wants to escape from the Western Front at any time, and Roque faces incomparable difficulties.

What is certain is that if France fails, then Italy and the Russian Empire will also fail one after another. Only the United Kingdom must be alone. It will become the next Italy and join the camp of the Allies. Don't have too much confidence in the United States. Interests are the only factor that determines the position of the United States.

"But Locke, have you ever considered that under the current circumstances, the full-scale offensive of the expeditionary force will attract all the attention of the German army. How much do you estimate that the expeditionary force will have to pay to buy enough time for the French government? In other words, how long will it take for the French government to return to normal?" Kitchener's expression was uncertain, and Rock suddenly realized that if he could not gain Kitchener's trust, then the commander-in-chief of Rock was at an end.

This is also normal, despite Roque's outstanding military exploits after the outbreak of the World War, but the British government can even abandon France, the most powerful ally, so there is nothing else that cannot be abandoned.

If Rock's plan resulted in heavy casualties for the British Expeditionary Force, even if the British Expeditionary Force bought enough time for the French government and the Allied Powers won the final victory, Britain would lose its competitiveness.

Look at France now. The casualties caused by the world war have reached more than 200 million. Is the mutiny of the French army really due to insufficient logistics supplies?

No, the real reason for the mutiny of the French army was that the soldiers were tired of war and death. They began to fear sacrifice, and it was worthless if they didn't want to die. In other words, France had lost the courage to confront Germany. They had already done a good job. prepared to surrender to Germany.

"It is not difficult for the French government to return to normal. The demands of the French soldiers are very clear. Don't launch any more meaningless, unclear attacks that will bring great sacrifices. The supplies urgently needed by the front-line troops are transported to the front line as quickly as possible, so that the front-line French troops can get a full rotation and rest, and the French troops will soon return to normal. Not all French troops are in chaos, and there are still legal The army is fighting persistently." Roque did not answer Kitchener's question directly, but based on the conditions Roque said, the most suitable person to come forward to rectify the French army is almost ready to come out.

That's right, Petain, who has been appointed chief of staff by the French Minister of War Paul Painlevet.

Nivelle, who became famous with the Battle of Verdun and became the commander-in-chief of the French army, revealed his true colors after the total defeat. This guy is not a normal person at all. The attack was not stopped, and as a result, the French army mutinied, and France reached the most dangerous moment.

At this time, Paul Painlevet appointed Petain as chief of staff, hoping that Nivelle would resign on his own initiative and leave his luxurious castle in a decent way.

As the commander-in-chief of the French army, Nivelle actually rejected Paul Painlevet's request and resolutely refused to resign, which surprised people.

Look, let alone French soldiers disobeying management, and their commander-in-chief also disobeying management.

At this time, Nivelle had already betrayed his relatives. Even Nivelle's confidant General Manking and Alfred Michel, who was appointed by Nivelle as the commander-in-chief of the mobile force, believed that Nivelle should be blamed for the failure of the French army. Responsible.

French President Poengale also lost confidence in Nivelle, and Paul Painlevet then appointed Petain as the commander-in-chief of the French army, but Nivelle still refused to resign, so now the French army has a rare phenomenon. It is a spectacle that the army actually has two commanders-in-chief.

"Locke, be as cautious as possible. I will go to Paris early tomorrow morning, hoping to have a face-to-face meeting with General Petain." Kitchener gave Rock the greatest trust, and Rock's outstanding performance has played a key role. No one can replace Roque. Kitchener believes that even if he is the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, he cannot do better than Roque.

After sending Kitchener away, Rock returned to the combat command room. This is a huge room with huge maps hanging on the surrounding walls. The sand table in the center of the room is as large as [-] square meters. Nearly a hundred staff members are busy , They climbed up the ladder, inserted flags of various colors representing different troops on the sand table, and updated the frontline battle situation in real time.

In the corner of the room, there is a chair exclusively for Rock. Rock often sits on the chair and thinks about how to break through the German defense line. Whenever he encounters trouble, Rock will take a rest on the chair.

This is the case again now, as soon as Rock sat down on the chair, several telegrams were sent at the same time.

The performance of the Indian Legion was as bad as ever. After the spring offensive was launched, Rock invested 15 Indian divisions with a total strength of nearly 27.

The only contribution of the Indian Legion to the expeditionary force was to add nearly [-] casualties to the expeditionary force, and nothing else.

The performance of the Southern African Expeditionary Force is as good as ever. In the Helen Tower and Brussels, the Southern African Expeditionary Force broke through the German defense line one after another. Ludendorff has begun to deploy troops from France to reinforce the Belgian battlefield. Rock's urgent implementation of encircling Wei and saving Zhao has begun to bear fruit .

Surprisingly, the Canadian Legion broke through the German defense line at Vimy Ridge in Arras, captured 1.4 German troops, captured 180 cannons, and won the biggest victory since the launch of the spring offensive.

In the autumn offensive organized by Joffre, the British and French allied forces suffered 15 casualties in Vimy Ridge, but failed to defeat the German army guarding Vimy Ridge.

Remember the name of Vimy Ridge, and a series of fierce battles will take place in Vimy Ridge. In order to thank Canada for its contribution to France, after the end of the World War, France specially assigned Vimy Ridge to Canada and became Canada overseas enclaves.

(Brothers are so awesome, the third one is sent to——)

(End of this chapter)

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