The so-called Roque saved Paris three times are polite words, just listen to it, don't care, Petain really saved France twice, once in Verdun, once in Sherman Dydam, both times were ordered in danger, and both times were in danger of France.

For this alone, Petain is more qualified to be remembered by the French.

As for Petain's disqualification during the Second World War, it was not Petain's own problem, but Petain tried de Gaulle's death sentence in absentia, but when Petain signed the trial, he added a "do not execute".

After the end of the Second World War, Petain, as the head of the Provisional Government of France, was also sentenced to death by the court, and then de Gaulle personally issued an amnesty to Petain.

De Gaulle and Petain had a good relationship, both graduated from the Saint-Cyr Military Academy, and when de Gaulle joined the army, he served in the 33rd Infantry Regiment stationed in Arras, where Petain was the commander at the time.

Now Roque and Petain are the supreme commanders of the British Expeditionary Force and the French Army, respectively, but unfortunately, Roque and Petain have not yet met.

Alexander Ribault brought Roque a gift, an autographed photograph of Pétain, which seems brain-dead in the 21st century, but it is a normal social behavior in this era, and Roque has now collected autographed photos of many people, George V, Winston, Kitchener, Ian Hamilton, Foch, and even Fly Off.

Of course, Roque also sent out a lot of autographed photos.

In response to Petain's kindness, Roque asked Alexander Ribeau to help him bring an autographed photograph of Petain, and at the same time gave Petain a diamond version of a lighter made by Itno, which is a man's favorite.

The diamond version of the lighter is not for sale, and it is claimed that it is handmade, and the production is very rare, which is of course just an excuse deliberately made by Ida in order to promote Roque, in fact, if you want to produce it on a large scale, the output is also as much as you want, and Kimberly has diamonds.

These diamond-encrusted lighters were all given away by Roque, Winston, Kitchener, Ian Hamilton, and everyone who knew Roque anyway.

Of course, Roque did not forget Alexander Ribo, who loved the lighter in the shape of a double-headed eagle with diamonds on the silver-white body, which was widely present in Europe and was a symbol of the Byzantine Empire, not owned by a single country.

Taking advantage of Alexander Ribo's good mood, Roque immediately made a request: "The expeditionary force suffered heavy casualties in the spring offensive, our losses have approached 450,000 men, more than 150,000 killed, and in the next six months, the expeditionary force will not be able to launch a large-scale attack on the German army." ”

Roque's meaning is obvious, the British Expeditionary Force has borne most of the pressure on the German army during this time, and it is up to you French to do the next.

"Rest assured, Lord Nyasaland, the French people will never forget the sacrifices made by the British Expeditionary Force-" Alexander Ribault had a good attitude, when the world war had just broken out, Britain and France were still a little cautious, and now it is time to recognize the situation, if the Anglo-French forces cannot abandon their differences and work closely together, then they will not be able to defeat the Germans.

Corresponding to the heavy losses, the results of the British Expeditionary Force were equally brilliant.

In Belgium, the Southern African Expeditionary Force completely broke through the German defense line and advanced the offensive front to the Liege fortress in the border area between Belgium and Germany, as four years ago, the Liege fortress once again became the focus of contention, the difference is that the defenders of the fortress four years ago were the Belgian army, and now it has been replaced by the German army, and the Southern African Expeditionary Force can burn the war into Germany as long as it can cross the fortress of the scorching sun.

The Germans knew this, too, and Hindenburg and Ludendorff tried to avoid this, and Ludendorff had amassed 300,000 German troops at the fortress of Liège and vowed to keep the Southern African Expeditionary Force out of the country.

After the capture of Vimy Ridge by the Canadian Corps in Arras, the Third Army led by Julian Bean Bean's native British forces also managed to break through German positions and advance the front 15 miles towards Germany.

Don't underestimate the meagre 15 miles, which was the greatest victory for the British troops on the Western Front since the outbreak of the World War, which the French forces had not achieved.

Since the outbreak of the Spring Offensive, the British Expeditionary Force has killed and wounded 650,000 German troops, including about 210,000 killed and 55,000 German prisoners, inflicting more actual losses on the Germans than the battles of Verdun and the Somme.

Let's not forget that the Spring Offensive has been launched for less than a month now.

"More than 150,000 people have died in battle—God, how are we going to deal with mothers and wives who have lost their sons or husbands—" Kitchener closed his eyes in pain, Britain had already overwhelmed Britain with only 440,000 troops during the Second Boer War, and now it has become commonplace to lose 450,000 troops a month.

Kitchener still remembers how embarrassed Frenzi was when he returned to England when he was confronted with a mother who had lost three sons in a row and still politely asked where her sons were buried.

Roque also had a serious expression, although most of the officers and soldiers killed in the battle were from the Indian Legion, although the casualties of the Southern African Expeditionary Force combined were less than 100,000, and most of them were African troops, although the Spring Offensive won the biggest victory since the outbreak of the world war-

It's amazing that Roque doesn't feel painful and sad at all!

Of course, in the eyes of Alexander Ribau and Kitchener, such a Roque should behave as a truly qualified commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force.

Ci is not in charge of the soldiers!

The cold-bloodedness and cruelty hidden behind this sentence make people shudder.

"Either way, it's all worth it, and we need to defeat Germany once and for all, dismember Germany so that Germany is never again a threat, so that these sacrifices can be worthwhile." Alexander Ribo gritted his teeth, Roque could understand Alexander Ribo's feelings, but after glancing at Kitchener, there was vigilance in both of their eyes.

It is okay to defeat Germany, but it is not possible to dismember Germany, let alone make Germany completely lose its threat.

The Russian Imperial Battalion was destroyed, and Austria-Hungary was struggling to hold on, but if Germany was defeated, Austria-Hungary would also collapse completely, and if what Alexander Ribault said turned out to be true, then France would become the only competitive country on the European continent after the World War, which was clearly not in the interests of Great Britain.

Of course, none of this can be said now, and the defeat of the Germans first is the most important task now.

Special imperialism is really imperialism, just condensed a little bit of the same hatred and hatred will disappear immediately, one is a beacon of freedom whose heart is higher than the sky and life is thinner than paper, and the other is a black-bellied landlord who is full of-stirring stick attributes in a corner of peace, and the Germans poured blood mold for eight lifetimes and encountered this strange combination.

Oh, and of course there is also the United States, which is eyeing the enemy, and a southern Africa, which is fanning the flames everywhere but not picking it up, although the international status of these two is not high, but the foundation is profound and the potential is huge, and the Germans are indeed very unlucky.

Before Roque and Kitchener could speak, Angel hurried over with a wrinkled face and whispered in Roque's ear.

Alexander Ribeau and Kitchener's attention was on Roque.

After listening to Anqi's report, Roque's expression also collapsed, and after thinking for a while, Roque digested this fact: "His Majesty Albert sent two people, saying that they are the younger brothers of His Majesty Karl of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and they seem to have come to negotiate peace-"

Strictly speaking, these two princes are not the younger brother of the new Austro-Hungarian emperor Karl I, but the younger brother of Karl I's wife, one of them is called Heath and the other is called Seville, who used to carry stretchers in the Belgian army.

(Don't curse, I don't know why the brother-in-law of the Austro-Hungarian Emperor carried a stretcher in the Belgian army, but that's what it says in the source, so that's how I copied it - well, please don't scold at this point-)

"Peace?" Alexandre Ribault was surprised and delighted that during the war the whole of France was under military control, and the politicians had no place to stand and had been reduced to the margins of society.

If negotiations are opened, then the politicians will return to the center of power and take back all the rights that were forced to be transferred to the military, so this is good news for all politicians.

The only question is whether these two princes can represent Austria-Hungary, and whether Austria-Hungary can represent the German Empire, and if not, it is just Karl I's wishful thinking.

"What about people?" If the old emperor Franz of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (the protagonist of the Holy Roman Empire next door) is still alive, then this "peace talks" may still have some effect, but the old emperor Franz died of pneumonia in Vienna last winter, and the new emperor Karl I is not yet thirty years old, so how useful his "peace talks" are still to be verified.

It turns out that the world war was not the mortal enemy of the Austro-Hungarian royal family, pneumonia was, the old emperor Franz died of pneumonia, and the little emperor Karl I also died of pneumonia.

The current "peace talks" must have been a secret act, so the two princes were taken by Angel to Roque's study, where Roque was in the study along with Alexander Ribo and Kitchener.

The two princes obviously looked a bit reserved, their faces with the beards common to men nowadays, and they were not very neatly trimmed, so much so that Roque was very suspicious of their relationship with Karl I.

Regarding the royal blood in Europe, this is really a bad book, not to mention Roque, an outsider, and even those experts in Europe who are keen to test the bloodline can't figure it out.

There is a very interesting situation, those experts in British pedigree are keen to compile a family tree for the president of the United States, and the results include Lao Bu Xiaobu, Zipper Door, and Wang Zhi, who have more or less royal blood, and even Ao Guanhai, who is of African origin, has royal blood.

This is the real kneeling lick.