Beiyang 1917

() On August 1918, 8, Germany's long-prepared autumn offensive finally kicked off. Facing the swarming new American troops flocking to France, Ludendorff and Hindenburg could no longer wait any longer. After the peace talks with the Volga Federation, the German High Command took out the remaining 20 divisions on the Eastern Front, leaving only 35 divisions of 3 Army Groups stationed in Poland, Western Ukraine and Romania. The number of divisions has increased to 9 divisions, and it has been fully staffed.

奥匈帝国的100个步兵师被作为预备队，其中60个师进入了兴登堡防线后方四十公里的预备阵地，德军主力只留下了40个师作为预备队，一口气在两个方向投入了190个主力步兵师，3500架飞机、12000门大炮和超过5万挺的轻重机枪、35000门迫击炮展开了进攻。

On the Allied defense line of the German offensive front, 94 French divisions and 60 British divisions, as well as 60 American divisions as second-line reserves (equivalent to 120 British or French divisions), 12 Belgian divisions and 4 Portuguese divisions The division is in the third-line reserve position for soy sauce. The Allied forces on the western front do not have an advantage, because after the spring summer offensive, only two-thirds of the 154 infantry divisions combined by the British and French armies have been replenished and restored. The U.S. divisions that went to reinforce the Western Front in Europe still lack combat experience, and they don’t even have enough machine guns. The cannons have to be supplied by the French. The U.S. Air Force’s aircraft are almost all French camels and British SE5... . .

The defensive side relies on trenches, barbed wire, comprehensive staggered traffic trenches and artillery holes. The number of aircraft in the air force of the Allies on the Western Front has reached an astonishing 4500, but in terms of combat effectiveness, it is only on par with the 3000 fighters of the German army. Nearly 6 fighter planes from the 500 fighter wings of the U.S. Army Air Corps appeared in the sky on the Western Front. The brave American boy was shot down at a rate of [-] to [-], helping more German ace pilots. The birth of the United States also made the air superiority of the Allied Forces on the Western Front precarious.

The trump card of the Allied Forces on the Western Front was 600 Matilda tanks. However, during the trench defense phase, these tanks lost their mobility and became fixed firepower points. The heavy artillery and bombing of the German army caused huge casualties to the tank units of the British and French armies. Out of exhaustion, he maintained a continuous attack for a week, and tore the coalition defense line into three pieces. Ludendorff's tactic this time was to attack with all his strength without any defense. The attack is very sharp, but if the opponent outflanks the rear, there will be a huge crisis.

On August 8th, the two German group arrows advanced 28 kilometers forward. The main force of the German East Group captured Amiens, cut off the connection between the British and French troops, and almost drove the British army to the sea and forced the French army to Paris.After the German army broke through the opponent's two lines of defense, it was blocked by 2030 U.S. divisions who came up with reinforcements.

Immediately after Ludendorff adjusted his tactics, he grouped 100 main German divisions to the west to attack along the Marne River. Although he advanced 1520 kilometers, he lost as many as 15 troops. On August 8, the main German army broke through the French defense line, occupied Soissons, and pushed To the Marne River, only 29 kilometers away from Paris, the German army suffered 37 casualties in ten days, while the opposing Allied forces suffered as many as 25 casualties.

The initiative on the battlefield was still in the hands of the attacking side. Then Ludendorff made a desperate move and filled in all 40 divisions as the reserve team. The fourth German offensive lasted for 9 days from September 1st to 5th and was successful. The German army connected the two prominent lines of defense in Amiens and the Marne River to shorten the front line, and achieved the goal of concentrating forces to threaten Paris.At this moment, the British and French allied forces lost 5 divisions, the US army lost 30 divisions, and the German army lost 5 divisions. Since the German army occupied the offensive initiative and compressed the Western Front coalition forces to the periphery of Paris, all the captured battlefields became German forces. The spoils of war, and the loss of weapons and equipment of the US, British and French forces far exceeded that of the German army.

Although the German army paid a huge price for their victory on the Western Front, they had the initiative on the battlefield. Foch, the commander of the Western Front, and Pershing, the commander of the US Army, had a serious disagreement. Since Paris has always been almost an undefended city, Therefore, when the Marne River, Amiens, Soissons and other peripheral strategic locations were lost, it was almost impossible to defend Paris. The Americans proposed to abandon Paris and lengthen the front to make the main force of the German army out of touch. When the time is right, strike back.

The French, on the other hand, attributed the defeat of the battle to the low combat effectiveness of the American recruits. Although they were brave, they did not have the ability to hold their positions. In a rage, Pershing's first line of 1 American divisions that entered the French battlefield entered the Marne River breach regardless of casualties. Although the US casualties were only 8 divisions, they were all veterans who participated in the war first. Of course, the Americans couldn't bear it. !

As for the U.S. recruit division, its numbers are large but its combat effectiveness is weak. If it collapses at the front line, the coalition forces will not be able to defend Paris, and the Germans will even have to drive them into the sea to feed the fish!

The snowflake-like telegrams flew from the western front to the eastern front, and flew to the headquarters of the Eastern Allied Forces in Samara. The governments of Britain and France used the most severe terms to demand that the King of Huaxia launch an attack on the Ukrainian battlefield on the eastern front, and stabbed the Germans in the back. Bringing the bull back from the suburbs of Paris must at least hold back Ludendorff's offensive pace. In terms of combat effectiveness, a German infantry division on the Western Front can repel the defense of two British and French infantry divisions in the attack, and even block the attack in the defense. The attack of the three British and French infantry divisions, under the circumstances that the strength of the two sides was not much different, the impressive combat power of the German army made them occupy the initiative on the western front!

Germany was overjoyed at the victory of the German autumn offensive, and the field tour group who flattered and praised the highest command of the army went to the front line to labor and condolences, but Ludendorff and Hindenburg knew very well that Germany's industrial strength It is not as good as the United States, its military potential is not as good as that of the United States, its navy is not as good as that of the United Kingdom, and its air force may not even be able to defeat the Chinese air force in the future. If Germany alone can fight, it will not win the final victory. The purpose of the autumn offensive is to use victory to achieve glory. Armistice, once Paris is captured, this hatred will be so deep that it cannot be resolved!

In the first ten days of September, when the Western Allied Forces' Paris defense line was in jeopardy, the German army unexpectedly slowed down its offensive. An initiative was issued, suggesting that the Allies and the Entente should negotiate a truce, and end this war that was doomed to be unjust from the very beginning with a decent attitude towards history!