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Three things that did not appear in history changed the direction of history: the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, the second Battle of Verdun launched by the German army, and the Verdun counterattack launched by Bai Chongxi.

This counterattack had a huge impact on the course of the entire war. Marshal Petain commanded 50 French troops and then invaded the Luxembourg area. They lacked supplies, weapons and solid positions. At the same time, the German troops who were ordered by the Kaiser not to retreat were not polite was defeated by the powerful French army, and a hundred thousand German troops who had just retreated from Verdun were surrounded by the French army in the Luxembourg area and surrendered. Ludendorff had nothing to do about it.And France is boiling again, and now everyone firmly believes that under the command of the invincible Marshal Petain, the French army is about to win the final victory, and France will finally be ashamed.

The Germans immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. On the eastern section of the Western Front, 50 elite German soldiers were wiped out in less than a week.And it will not be so easy to form such a large army. It requires a large number of officers, enough weapons and equipment, and enough training time, and all of this will not be resolved in a short time.In this way, the Western Front is equivalent to being broken through! ! !

At this time, Marshal Pétain rushed back to Paris in person and demanded a full-scale attack. It was at this moment that the German army was defeated.However, Marshal Fuxi once again stubbornly raised objections, and his interests were simple. The current strength of the coalition forces alone could not break through the western section of the Western Front.

Pétain shouted angrily: "Then give me enough troops. If I achieve a comprehensive breakthrough from the eastern section, I don't believe that I will enter the German territory, and the German troops in the western section will still be able to stay there."

Marshal Foch convinced the leaders of Britain and France a long time ago. He said proudly: "This is not possible. Now there is no material to support the operation of 50 troops. And Marshal Pétain, you are not good at attacking. I am very worried about entering Germany. You will bury our French army in your territory."

The Frenchman's infighting character broke out at this moment. In short, Prime Minister Clemenceau, under the persuasion of Marshal Foch and the painful memory of the Battle of the Somme last year, recently rejected Marshal Pétain's plan to continue the attack.The French army was asked to stay on the front line of Luxembourg to build strong fortifications and stop advancing.Naturally, Ludendorff would not let go of this opportunity. 20 troops from the Eastern Front and 15 German troops from the Western Sector built solid lines of defense in the Rhineland Poulz and Saarbrücken states. In Baden-Wurttemberg, the German army withdrawn from the Alsace area and about 12 improvised German troops also built a solid line of defense. It's on the original track.

Nevertheless, the French army's successful recovery of the Lorraine-Alsace region lost since the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 is still a victory worth celebrating, and the recovery of Luxembourg greatly boosted the confidence and morale of the Allied Powers.

However, the biggest winner is not France, but the Chinese. In June, as the battle line stabilized again, French Prime Minister Clemenceau fully realized that if the squadron can reach 6, then this time he will not need it at all. Following Marshal Foch's suggestion, he was content with the small victory of recovering the Lorraine-Alsace region. If allowed, he even hoped that Petain would plant the French flag in Berlin.It's a pity that the Chinese Expeditionary Force has only 50 troops, and almost 24 were wiped out after the First World War.This army with more than 40% casualties had to be withdrawn to rest. Clemenceau complained to British Prime Minister Lloyd George: "Those short Japanese are unreliable, and the Chinese are good friends of our civilized world. If I can, I hope the British government will come up with some more money, we need more Chinese soldiers to help us defeat the goddamn Germans."

Lloyd George couldn't help but smiled wryly when he heard this. The wealth accumulated by the British Empire over the past few hundred years was basically wiped out.If we continue to fight now, we will probably have to borrow money from American cousins. The descendants of those exiled prisoners are all misers who count pennies and pennies, and they have no gentlemanly demeanor at all.But the war has already reached this point. If you don't continue to spend money, then once you lose this damn war, all your previous investment will be in vain. Damn it.

Lloyd George nodded helplessly, and then decided to go back to London to lobby those members of Congress, probably they were going to boo him again by waving their hats.In fact, there are a lot of domestic problems in Britain. On the one hand, due to the war, the British government had to do everything possible to raise all kinds of materials and transport them to Europe to fight, which increased the plunder and exploitation of the colonies, which caused The serious dissatisfaction of the colonial residents made the separatist tendency become more and more serious; on the other hand, because a large number of men went to the battlefield, British women filled the positions of men as labor force, but the salary was only half of that of men. If it is a short-term behavior , This is understandable, after all, patriotic needs.But the war lasted for three years, patriotic enthusiasm could not last that long, and British families who had lost their male labor force were also facing pressure in life. Women began to demand the same political status and economic treatment as men.In short, democratic countries also have the troubles of democratic countries. Being an old man in such a country is not as enjoyable as it is in a dictatorship.But George Lloyd didn't see it that way. Many years later, he insisted that the fundamental reason why Britain was able to defeat Germany under the same difficulties was because of the democratic system.Although the dictatorship system can instantly form a powerful combat and destructive power, in the final analysis, the benefits belong to the monarch and the dictator, while the disadvantages belong to everyone.The British democratic system seems very inefficient, but in the final analysis, every British person is willing to fight for such a country until there is no better system option.

On June 120, British Prime Minister Lloyd George, on behalf of His Majesty King George V, awarded the Commander of the British Empire (also known as the Order of the British Empire) to Bai Chongxi, Jiang Baili and Zhu Zhixin, three senior generals of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, in Paris. Mon Poincaré personally awarded the second-class French Legion of Honor (also known as the Grand Cross) to Zhang Zizhong, Jiang Zhiqing, Liao Lei and other ten Chinese military officers who performed bravely in the Battle of Verdun. , to star the Great Cordon.French Prime Minister Clemenceau awarded Zhao Yong, Zhao Wenxiong, Wang Zhenpeng and other 2300 seven Chinese Communist Party officers the third-class French Legion of Honor (Grand Officer Order) and added stars to the badges.In addition, more than [-] people were awarded medals. This victory is too important.In China, the reform plan for the medal system of the Youth Army has already been discussed and voted on in the two chambers, and the original medal system has been accused of being too cumbersome.

The new medal system is divided into five levels: Qinglong (marshal level), Baihu (general level), Suzaku (college officer level), Xuanwu (lieutenant level), and plum blossom (soldier level). The titles are divided into three levels: Chinese Hero, Chinese Guard (officer level), and Chinese Warrior (soldier level).However, they are only allowed to be added at the level of the Grand Medal.

According to the list drawn up by the Political Guidance Department of the Military Commission, Bai Chongxi will be awarded the White Tiger Order and the title of Chinese Guardian. He will be the first recipient after the implementation of the new medal system.

But Wang Zhenyu is not worried about this matter. As Napoleon said, medals are just toys used to motivate soldiers.What Wang Zhenyu was really worried about was the Soviet Union. In the ten days since he met Gu Weijun, Wang Zhenyu had been studying the economic report provided by the Nanjing Nationalist Government and the secret data report of the Union Federal Reserve, which was separated from the China Development Corporation.In order to stimulate further expansion of domestic production and increase production capacity, in the past one year, the Union Fed has issued an additional amount of almost 0 billion Chinese yuan.That is to say, the current circulation of Huayuan in the market has reached 460 billion. However, due to sufficient foreign exchange reserves, and most of the money is absorbed by industrial investment companies, even though there are twice as many banknotes, it has not caused any currency depreciation. .On the contrary, due to the stability and prosperity of the southern region, the northern region has also begun to accept Huayuan as a transaction currency, which makes Zhang Gongquan and the others plan to double the currency supply next year.The Union Fed can almost be said to have mastered the lifeline of the country's economy. However, at the request of Wang Zhenyu, in order to further promote the development of industrial enterprises and the speed of urban construction, the five major banks took the lead in implementing the so-called state subsidy industry policy. China Development Corporation, the general guarantor of the industrial loan, bears all the bank interest for the first year, and the enterprise only needs to repay the principal.Although there are risks, Wang Zhenyu still insists on doing so. In addition, the national government abolished the lijin system, so the Chinese private industry has had a particularly good year.As for the additional currency to be issued in the next year, Wang Zhenyu’s idea is to not only reserve 100 billion as the bank’s principal to continue to provide financial support for industry and commerce, but also to start the big transportation plan of the Ministry of Communications of the Nationalist Government, which is to use China to develop In the name of the head office, the construction will be invested and constructed, and the cost recovery will be repaid to the China Development Corporation in the form of tax in 30 years.The China Development Corporation's money comes from bank loans, which can not only promote the development of transportation, but also avoid inflation caused by large-scale over-issuance of currency.Wang Zhenyu now clearly realizes that his regime is unstable. On the one hand, the monthly salary of government officials has reached 400 yuan, recruits have reached 1 yuan, and veterans have reached 160 yuan (including food and housing).However, in the vast rural areas, the power of the clan is still strong, and the phenomenon of extreme poverty has not been effectively solved. The national government has focused all its attention on the cities in the past year.Looking at the imminent birth of a red regime in Russia, Wang Zhenyu felt that the most dangerous part of Chinese society, the agriculture, rural areas and rural areas, must be alleviated as soon as possible.