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Chapter 990 It's finally France's turn to replace the commander-in-chief

At the moment in 1915, the total length of the Western Front exceeded 1000 kilometers, and the total strength of the two parties on the Western Front was close to [-] million.

With so many people crowded in such a small area, it is impossible to talk about tactics such as outflanking and flanking attacks. The only way to defeat the enemy is a frontal assault.

Frontal assault is the tactic that Roark is least willing to use. In the third year of the World War, the level of trench digging by the British, French and German forces has improved by leaps and bounds, and the protection capabilities of the trenches have become more and more perfect. Go to the heap, so the "butchers" on the Western Front will emerge in endlessly.

Joffre and Haig of the British and French allied forces were called butchers, and Crown Prince William, who commanded the Battle of Verdun in the German army, was not much better, but because Crown Prince William was a member of the royal family, the German newspapers were lenient, but that It doesn't change the fact that the Germans also suffered heavy casualties.

Rock's biggest advantage is that he will not stick to the rules like Joffre or Haig, and has a higher degree of freedom in commanding operations. If Haig is in command of the offensive in Belgium, then the expeditionary force's offensive in Belgium will probably evolve again. If it becomes another Verdun or the Somme River, even if Haig finds an opportunity, he will probably not send troops to land behind the German defense line.

Multi-arms joint operations require close cooperation among various arms, and have high requirements on the quality of commanders.

The current British army has not even learned the most basic infantry coordination, and asking them to perform beach landing missions is to die. Looking at the performance of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the early stages of the Dardanelles, it is simply horrible.

In another time and space, during the World War, the Allied Powers and the Allied Powers combined had only one successful amphibious landing operation.

This time and space is much better. The British Expeditionary Force alone has successfully implemented two amphibious landings.

In the Battle of the Dardanelles, although the amphibious landing did not play a decisive role, it successfully contained the Ottoman Fifth Army on the Garibaldi Peninsula. In this sense, the amphibious landing in the Battle of the Dardanelles was also a success. of.

Hindenburg, who had just served as the commander-in-chief of the German army, and Ludendorff, who served as the chief of staff of the German army, never expected that the British Expeditionary Force would attack so fiercely after changing the commander. Belgium was the German First Army. When the world war broke out , the commander of the First Army was Alexander Crook, because he missed the opportunity to occupy Paris in the Battle of the Marne, Alexander Crook was dismissed after the Battle of the Marne, and the new commander-in-chief was Duke Albrecht, In the first Battle of Ypres, it was precisely because of the outstanding performance of Duke Albrecht that the German army was able to withstand the attack of the British and French allied forces with a group of reserve recruits who had just enlisted in the army.

After Roque took over the position of commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, he launched a new offensive in Belgium. The German army suffered a crushing defeat, and someone must be responsible for it.

Strictly speaking, the defeat of the German army had nothing to do with Duke Albrecht. The tanks were brilliant when they first appeared on the battlefield. If Ludendorff and Hindenburg, who performed well on the Eastern Front, commanded the German First Army, they would not be able to stop the German army gram attack.

After the Second Cavalry Division occupied the port of Zeebrugge, Duke Albrecht was sacked. He was replaced by the Bavarian Crown Prince Rupprecht, Rock's old opponent.

Occupying the Port of Zeebrugge is of great significance. The Port of Zeebrugge is the last port of the German army in the English Channel. If the Port of Zeebrugge is lost, the German submarines will be homeless.

After occupying the Port of Zeebrugge, the Second Cavalry Division joined forces with the 13th and 15th Divisions to capture Bruges, posing a threat to the rear of Ghent.

Ruprecht had to order the German troops defending the port of Zeebrugge to withdraw voluntarily, leaving only an empty city for the expeditionary force.

The expeditionary force was not satisfied. On October 500, the expeditionary force continued to attack Antwerp and Brussels at the same time. This time more tanks participated in the attack. The second batch of tanks purchased by the British government was finally sent to France. [-] vehicles, but it is not yet fully functional.

The current problem of the British Expeditionary Force is that it has tanks, but there are not enough tankers. The tankers in southern Africa have been transferred to France before, so the expeditionary force has to train tankers themselves.

Germany's industrial strength is indeed strong. It has only been more than a month since tanks appeared on the battlefield, and the German army has developed a 76mm anti-tank gun.

The 76mm anti-tank gun was improved on the basis of the 76mm field gun. German engineers only improved the gun mount structure, and the field gun directly became an anti-tank direct-firing gun.

After the anti-tank guns were equipped with the troops, the losses of the armored troops rose sharply. By October NO.15, Rock had to stop the attack. The desperate resistance of the German army was an important reason, and the other reason was the increasingly cold weather.

It has been snowing in Belgium since the beginning of October this year. By October 15th, the snow in Brussels was already one meter deep. It took more than half an hour for a tank to heat up a car, and the casualties of troops were increasing.

As the British Expeditionary Force stopped attacking, the offensive of the French troops was also forced to stop. The Battle of the Somme, which lasted nearly a year, finally came to an end. 45 casualties.

If Rock hadn't been in command in the later stages of the Battle of the Somme, the casualties of the British Expeditionary Force would have further increased, and the Germans would have suffered fewer casualties.

Of course, the above figures are official data from various countries. In addition to these figures, the Allied Powers and the Allies have also released some data. The British government claimed that 1915 people died on the Western Front in 15, and the number of sacrifices announced by France It was 26, and Germany released the least data. In the whole year of 1915, only 14.3 Germans died in battle on the Western Front.

The Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme both broke out in 1915. The Battle of Verdun lasted from January to November, and the Battle of the Somme also broke out in January, but Rock took the initiative to stop the attack until October. However, the German army lost 11 people in Verdun alone. How could it be possible that only 43.3 people died in battle.

Germany does not have as many experienced doctors and nurses as the British Expeditionary Force, nor does it have field hospitals with well-equipped facilities and sufficient supplies.

In fact, the data released by the United Kingdom is also discounted. According to Rock's knowledge, the total number of British officers and soldiers who died in 1915 should be around 30.

This data cannot be released, otherwise Winston will step down immediately, and Britain will also withdraw from the war. Democracy and freedom are not a joke.

By the way, according to the British government's propaganda, the German army had a total of about 1915 soldiers killed in battle in 89. If the wounded are included, this number will be ten times higher.

The media of this day and age is just so ridiculous.

The point is that there are still people who believe such absurd data, which makes Rock really dumbfounded.

In this wave of publicity, "The Times" has played an important role. With the support of Roark's large sum of money, the sales volume of "The Times" has now surpassed that of the "Daily Mail" and "Daily Telegraph". The largest circulation newspaper in the UK.

The amazing thing is that even though editors and reporters are full of enthusiasm for the newspaper, The Times still establishes a fair and objective image, and is known as the "conscience" of the British newspaper industry.

By November, all battlefields gradually fell silent. The Battle of Verdun was over. The French army lost 11 people and the German army lost 54.3. Verdun became the largest battle in human history and lasted for a whole year. , both France and Germany suffered heavy losses. The German side directly led to the resignation of Falkenhayn, and the rise of Hindenburg and Ludendorff. As far as the morale of the army is concerned, now that the Battle of Verdun is finally over, the French government immediately asked Joffre to resign. The new commander-in-chief of the French army is Robert Nivelle, who performed well in the Battle of Verdun.

The reason why Robert Nivelle performed so well has nothing to do with Robert Nivelle's ability. If the British Expeditionary Force hadn't launched the Battle of the Somme in time and greatly restrained the German army, then the Battle of Verdun should have ended in a few days. It ended a month ago.

There were many factors that affected the outcome of the Battle of Verdun, and Brusinov's attack in Galicia was also one of the reasons. In order to help the Austro-Hungarian Empire defend, Falkenhayn transferred the troops originally planned to be sent to Verdun to Galicia. Lycia, this led directly to Falkenhayn's dismissal.

William II did not have the patience of the French President Engalé. Before the Battle of Verdun was over, Falkenhayn was dismissed and sent directly to Romania. The top German troops were in turmoil, which also affected the morale of the front-line troops.

If that alone wasn't enough to make Robert Nivelle shine, Robert Nivelle is absolutely indebted to Roque for his help, and it was because of Roque's new offensive in Belgium that Hindenburg had to go from Verdun dispatched troops to reinforce Belgium, which directly caused the German army to fall into the predicament of insufficient troops in Verdun.

That's why the German army voluntarily abandoned its position many times and returned all the land on the east bank of the Meuse River to the French army.

This is all attributed to Robert Nivelle.

At the beginning of November, the Ninth Battle of the Isonzo River ended, and the farce was staged again on the banks of the Isonzo River. A total of 11 people died in battle.

On November 11, Robert Nivelle succeeded Joffre as the new commander-in-chief of the French army. After the Battle of Verdun, Manking launched several attacks in Verdun.

None of these attacks broke through the German defense line. After Ludendorff became the chief of the German general staff, the German civil engineering work also made rapid progress. Before the end of the year, Manjing launched a total of four offensives. Another 1915 people were added to the casualty list.

Look at their efficiency, and then look at the Kingdom of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If they don't even concentrate on killing people, they should really be expelled from the camp.

(End of this chapter)