Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

Winter came, and the war was temporarily suspended, so that the continuous German Imperial Army could rest well. At the same time, it also relieved the Gauls and the people of the sun that they finally had a respite and could use this time to rest and mobilize more troops. This is undoubtedly excellent news for them.

Asquith, the prime minister of the Empire’s cabinet, and other high-ranking cabinet officials summoned Marshal French, commander of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, and asked him to return home to report on the performance of the Imperial Expeditionary Force during this period.

In the past few months of war, the losses of the Sunrise Empire Expeditionary Force have been quite small, which has made the high-level of the Sun Never Set Empire complain about this.

There was even a proposal to remove Marshal French and replace him as commander of the expeditionary force.

However, the Minister of War, Count Kitchener, firmly supported Marshal French so that he was not removed.

But if the performance of the expeditionary force continues to be so bad. Even Count Kitchinna could not keep Marshal French.

“Marshal French, tell me about the current battle situation and the situation of the expeditionary force!” Prime Minister Asquith was expressionless.

“Your Excellency Prime Minister, it is getting colder and colder and it has begun to snow in Gaul. Both we and the Germans have already taken the initiative to stop large-scale military operations. At present, there are only some smaller battles on the battlefield. Most of them are scouts or snipers from both sides fighting in the snow, and the two sides have each other’s victories and defeats, which will not have much impact on the battle situation.

At present, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th armies of the Imperial Expeditionary Force were resting southwest of Paris. These four armies had suffered heavy losses and losses in the previous battles in northern Gaul. Of these, the 2nd Army and the 3rd Army lost as much as 50 percent. The losses of the 4th and 5th armies were also as high as forty percent. If you do not only rely on replenishing losses, it will be difficult to restore combat effectiveness.

Although, the Great War has stopped for the time being. However, we have reason to believe that the Germans are planning a larger war. They have already committed eight army groups and 1.6 million troops on the battlefield. Moreover, they are in the territory of the Kingdom of Bilis, and there is an army group in preparation.

It is foreseeable that next spring, the Germans will inevitably launch a large-scale attack. ”

Marshal French was clearly not as optimistic about the current situation as the Gauls.

“Why did the Gauls seem optimistic, they even informed us that they were preparing to launch a large-scale counteroffensive next spring to drive the Germans out of their land. Even, regain the Kingdom of Pyris, and invade the territory of the Germanic Empire in one fell swoop! Foreign Secretary Edward Gray asked.

“Your Excellency Foreign Secretary, I can only say that the Gauls are too optimistic. On the battlefield, the losses of the Gauls have exceeded 1.2 million people. Although, they are constantly mobilizing, mobilizing a large number of young adults to join the army, making their army seem huge.

However, the number of armies and combat effectiveness are not directly proportional. The standing army formed by the Gauls before the war had already lost almost the same. The current army is almost all newly formed. Many troops have just completed their training, and not only their combat effectiveness is very limited, but their will to fight is also very weak.

In contrast, the Germans were much more combative and more tenacious in their will to fight. Plus the Germans had more powerful firepower than us, tanks and armored vehicles, and a large number of aircraft in the sky.

The Gauls did not want to launch a massive counterattack and defeat the Germans. Even if you want to resist the attack of the Germans and hold the Marne line, it is very difficult.

In my opinion, the best outcome for next year is to resist the Germanic attack on the Marne line and continue to drag out the war! ”

Marshal French put his point of view and enquiry.

The high-ranking officials of the Sun Never Set Empire suddenly became serious.

They also realized that the current situation was not as good as their allies expected! Victory is undoubtedly very far away!

“Gentlemen, it seems that next year will still be a year full of severe tests for the empire!” Prime Minister Asquith said.

The other high-ranking officials of the Sun Never Set Empire nodded one after another.

“Your Excellency Prime Minister, we need to mobilize more troops so that when the Gauls cannot hold on, we can send more forces to assist them. If the Gauls had lost the war and admitted defeat and lost the war. Germania will win this war. This is an absolute disaster for the empire! The Minister of War, Count Kitchener, said.

“We have already sent a million expeditionary forces to the country of Gaul, should we send another million to reinforce the Gauls? We have already paid too much for this war! “Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George was dissatisfied.

The casualties of hundreds of thousands of people in the Imperial Expeditionary Force, as well as the pensions needed in the follow-up, etc., are all a lot of money!

Even if the Sun Never Sets Empire is the world hegemon and has hundreds of years of accumulation, it can’t bear it!

“To help the Gallic Kingdom is to help ourselves, no matter what, the Gallic Kingdom must not fall!” Count Kitchener said.

Other cabinet ministers also expressed their opinions.

Obviously, no one wanted to see the Germanic Empire win the Western Front. In that case, there would be no problem for the Germanic Empire to dominate the continent.

No matter how powerful the Royal Navy is, it can only ensure the security of the homeland.

Moreover, the Germanic Imperial Navy will chase the Royal Navy more fiercely and quickly.

“Gentlemen, we really need to do everything we can to help the Gauls, not only to help them, but also to help ourselves. We cannot allow the Germans to win this war. Otherwise, the empire is all over! Prime Minister Asquith said.

“Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister!” The ministers all replied.

“Continue to mobilize troops in preparation for sending more expeditionary forces to the Gallic state.” Prime Minister Asquith said.

“Yes, Your Excellency, Prime Minister.” Count Kitchener replied.

“The Ministry of Foreign Education has strengthened its contacts with other countries, and the Russian Empire will assume greater responsibilities next year.” And, attract more countries to join us. Prime Minister Asquith continued.

“Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister!” Edward Gray replied.