The entry of the Americans and the Chinese into the war did not give the Entente an immediate advantage. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Unlike Britain and France, which had long since transformed into wartime systems, the Americans and Chinese were determined to go to war with the Germans, but they were too far from the battlefield. The Chinese were okay, because they had to deal with the great threat of the Japanese and at the same time deal with the opposition at home, so John had long supported Beiyang to build a strong army, and the number was quite considerable. But on the other side of the ocean, what can the army of the Americans do with hundreds of thousands?

It takes time to convene and train.

Therefore, in the whole year of 1917, both Chinese and Americans could play a very small role, mainly relying on Britain and France themselves. They are also very clear about this, so in addition to sending thousands of officers to Asia and North America to help train soldiers in both countries and pay for weapons and equipment for the Chinese, Britain and France must rely on themselves this year.

As for the Russians......

In September 1917, another revolution broke out in Russia.

More than a month before the historic October Revolution, the Bolsheviks overthrew the Provisional Government and established Soviet power. The next day, the Soviets announced their withdrawal from the First World War, dealing a heavy blow to the Entente!

Britain and France are urging the follow-up armies of China and the United States to become more and more urgent.

The Americans, by contrast, were more cautious, and neither the speed nor the number of troops they sent were satisfactory to Britain and France. The Chinese government had a positive attitude towards this, although it would not send its own troops to Europe in one go, but after Britain and France pledged to earnestly fulfill the terms of the agreement, and provided an additional amount of up to 30 million pounds in free aid, by the beginning of 1918, 700,000 troops were already standing on the front line of Europe, and more than 150,000 casualties!

In addition to the military, the number of workers going to Europe has also exceeded expectations.

The news of Europe gradually spread back to China, and in addition to being fed and clothed, the laborers actually received ten oceans every month, which made many young people excited. And with some excellent turned skilled workers, with a monthly salary of 30 yuan or more, under the hype of domestic newspapers, more people are stimulated.

By the end of 1917, the number of laborers going to Europe exceeded one million!

But like John? As Huntelaar said, the greater the role China plays in this European war, the more benefits it will gain after the war. Europe is far away, but China can get enough rewards in Asia, and even if it is enough to get the best environment for itself. Therefore, in order to reassure China to enter the war, in addition to the free aid of up to 30 million pounds from Britain and France, the Huntelaar consortium and Yuan Datou signed an agreement to provide an interest-free loan of up to 50 million US dollars for ten years to support the provision of pensions to the wounded and wounded soldiers......

In addition to soldiers and laborers, China also received a large number of orders for supplies.

The Huntelaar consortium, which had made a fortune in the war, began to invest frequently, sending countless machinery and equipment from machine factories in North America or Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then transporting them to Shaanxi, Northeast, Henan and other places to mine the coal and iron ore that the Huntelaar consortium had already explored. And factories in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places are also in full operation, producing everything that the Entente needs. As for the war-related Han Yeping, Wuhan Arsenal, etc., with the support of the Huntelaar consortium, the scale of production has increased fourfold in just three years!

All of this made the eyes of the Japanese on the other side of the sea red with jealousy!

Japan, of course, a traditional ally of the British, protested and demanded that the British reduce the orders handed over to the Chinese. Unfortunately, for bargaining or supply considerations, China's orders mainly come from the Huntelaar consortium, and for Britain and France, China willing to invest manpower in the war is worth wooing, and the Japanese who are only willing to sell things and are unwilling to send troops have no use value, so most of the orders have floated to Chinese mainland, and the benefits of Japan in World War I have shrunk by at least sixty percent!

Under John's influence, history has unwittingly taken a huge turn!

After 1918, the situation on the battlefield changed completely. The Germans made peace with the Russians on the Eastern Front, while the Western Front remained within the borders of France. But after three and a half years of war, Germany's domestic economy was already overwhelmed. The planes and tanks that appeared in advance and perfected did not save Germany, everything continued in the direction of Johan's memory. Without the involvement of the Chinese, perhaps the German defeat would have dragged on for a while, but by the time the number of Chinese troops exceeded one million in April 1918, the defeat of the Germans was not far off......

But John didn't care about these things anymore.

As the war continued, the arrangements of the Huntelaar consortium in North America and China were completely on the right track. With the introduction of new high-end products such as airplanes, artillery, tanks and radios, and the super-large-scale supply of clothing, rubber and various minerals, a steady stream of gold was shipped from all over the world to New York and deposited in the underground vaults of the Bank of Huntelaar.

Today's Huntelaar consortium is already huge and frightening.

Under the management of Taylor, Ford and other top executives of the Huntelaar consortium, this huge consortium as large as a country is running efficiently, while John, as the owner, has turned his attention to an ordinary American military camp!

To train soldiers, the Americans built numerous huge barracks.

These huge barracks, built in two or three months, fully demonstrated the unparalleled economic and industrial strength of the United States, and millions of people entered these barracks and prepared for the trenches in Europe under the training of American and British and French officers.

At the same time, the crisis has also quietly sprouted.

In the United States in 1918, you can't expect any good hygiene from these young people who joined the military. You must know how much it cost Americans in the early 20th century to stop black-hearted businessmen from stuffing sausages with sick pork, and the history of the struggle between New York and black-hearted milk can be written in a thick novel.

So of course, a huge military camp is a huge contagion field!

Of course, modern medicine has been developed for decades, and diseases like plague and cholera have no roots in the United States, so John would not care about the general situation. However, when the time came to March, after the news of a cold epidemic in the barracks reached John's office in New York, he was shocked by the news that he had been paying close attention to similar news, and suddenly took a long breath......