I have to say that Indians are really naïve, they don't understand the meaning of self-reliance and hard work at all, they will only ask for external assistance when they encounter problems, and if their own father is useless, they will find a wild father, and the wild father is useless, and there is a high probability that they will go to God or a Hindu god, anyway, they just don't solve the problem from themselves.

This kind of thinking is actually normal, just like those who have hands and feet but never work and would rather beg, the problem is that ordinary people think this way, and if even the elite think this way, then the future of the Indian nation is very worrying.

After all, like southern Africa, what is now India is part of the British Empire.

Roque had no time to care about the Indians, and Gandhi's request was immediately put on Roque's side, and it was Winston's job to help the Indians, and Roque was tasked with defeating the Germans.

The battle for Vimy Ridge is scorching in a strange way, since the outbreak of the World War, the elevation of Vimy Ridge has been reduced by about two meters, and you can imagine how fierce the battle was.

After a short summer, the autumn was followed by a continuous rain, and the hillside was littered with corpses that had not had time to be cleaned up, the hillside was covered with mud, the trucks and tanks were no longer usable, and the tools used to transport supplies to Vimy Ridge were turned into mules, many of which were drowned.

The battle began again, because the mud was too soft to trigger the detonating device, many shells disappeared into the mud without exploding, and the troops defending on the top of the hill were in better condition, and the attacking Germans struggled to advance in the waist-deep mud, often unable to walk a few steps before being swept down by patches of machine-gun bullets.

Although it was difficult to clean up the shells that had not exploded in the mud, the weather finally helped the British Expeditionary Force this time.

Ludendorff's troops have not stopped attacking, but in fact the whole attack has completely failed, Germany has gained nothing in 1916, all Ludendorff's ideas at the beginning of the year have not been achieved, after entering 1916, so far, the German army has lost nearly 800,000 people, the troops released after the armistice on the Eastern Front have basically been lost, Ludendorff has not been responsible for the defeat, and the Chancellor Olg Michaelis, who has just come to power, has become a scapegoat.

Count Georg von Hertling, who succeeded Olg Michaelis as chancellor, wanted to become Germany's first "chancellor of peace", unlike the belligerent Ludendorff and Hindenburg.

Like Germany, it is France that is in turmoil and turmoil.

French Prime Minister Briand, who vacillated between the main war faction and the main peace faction, unsurprisingly resigned again, and the new prime minister was 75-year-old Georges Clemenceau.

Georges Clemenceau was a staunch militant and nicknamed the "Tiger of France", and after being appointed prime minister by Poningaré, Clemenceau said in a speech to Parliament: "My domestic policy is: I will fight!" My foreign policy is: I will fight! – Anytime, anywhere, I will fight – and I will continue to fight until the very end of my life. ”

When the time came to October, snowflakes were falling in the sky, and the German offensive on the Western Front was forced to stop.

Germany in 1916 faced unprecedented difficulties, at the beginning of the year the German arsenal could produce 113,000 rifles a month, and by October only 9,000 a month.

The production of heavy artillery shells at the beginning of the year was 400,000 rounds per month, and by October, the production fell to a third of the beginning of the year, which simply could not meet the needs of the front.

Because there was not enough cotton, in the winter of 1916, the bandages issued by the German army were made of paper, and the underwear was also made of paper, and the cotton clothes were still the old cotton clothes produced in 1914, and the German army had not changed new clothes since 1914.

At the same time as the shortage of materials, the ration of food was further reduced, falling to a very dangerous level, the front-line troops have not eaten meat for a long time, potatoes have become the main ration of the front-line troops, and now it seems to be relatively sufficient, but at that time, because the potatoes had just been harvested, what about next spring?

No one knows what will happen then, and if Germany cannot find a way to lift the British blockade of the German coastline, then no matter how strong the Germans will be, Germany will completely collapse next spring.

On the verge of collapse was Austria-Hungary, Karl I's efforts for peace were in vain, Germany could not accept the terms of peace offered by the Entente, and Austria-Hungary continued to insist.

In the summer of 1916, the Austro-Hungarian Empire began to recruit young people born after 1900.

It is not accurate to describe this group as young, strictly speaking, these people born after 1900 are still children, they are not yet adults, they are forced to join the army and go to the front, and many of them are not even as high as a rifle with a bayonet.

For the Entente, these developments were encouraging.

Roque's staff judged that Germany would collapse in the spring of 1917, about half a year earlier than another time and space, and it is difficult to say how much of a role Roque played in this, reflecting the reality that the British Expeditionary Force under Roque had gained equal status with the French Army.

In another time and space, no matter how much the British newspapers and magazines were embellished, could not change the fact that the Western Front was dominated by French troops.

On October 21, the newly appointed French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau held a banquet at the Prime Minister's residence, and Roque was invited to attend as commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, Minister of Defense and Minister of War in Southern Africa.

This should be the first time for Roque, who had also attended banquets held by French leaders before, but in his capacity as commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, and many people almost forgot that Roque was also the Minister of Defense and Minister of War in Southern Africa.

Under normal circumstances, the commander-in-chief, the secretary of defense, and the secretary of war cannot be the same person, and when the world war broke out, the prestige in Britain was as high as Kitchener, and in France the prestige was as high as Xia Fei, they could only choose one post, and it was impossible to hold an important government post at the same time when they were commander-in-chief.

Southern Africa is different, before the outbreak of the world war, for some British and French officials, to give them a map of the world, without marking, many officials may not know the location of southern Africa at all.

This is again for the elite class of officials, and for ordinary people, many of whom have not even heard the name Southern Africa.

Don't accuse them of not caring about current affairs, it's already hard enough for ordinary people to try to live.

Roque still wore his marshal's dress to the banquet, which made Petain and Foch and Pershing very envious, these are not marshals now, and the medals on their chests are not Roque, the key is that Roque's medals are not only many, but also of high quality, two Victoria Crosses, one Garter, one Legion of Honor from the French government, two Highest Honour Medals from the Federal Government of Southern Africa, and one Belgian Highest Medal of Honor from King Albert I of Belgium.

Roque doesn't know when he received the Belgian Medal, but it doesn't matter, it's just a number, and the two Medals of Honor awarded by the Federal Government of Southern Africa are more precious.

So far, the highest rank of the Medal of Honor, the Federal Government of Southern Africa, has awarded only two, both to Roque, one after the surrender of the Ottoman Empire and one after Roque became commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force.

This laid the foundation for the Medal of Honor, and in the future the military of Southern Africa should be very sad and want to receive the highest rank of the Medal of Honor, either to conquer a country of the Ottoman level, or to serve as the commander-in-chief of the army of the Commonwealth.

The difficulty seems to be quite high.

When "Tiger" Clemenceau saw Roque, he gave Roque a big hug and thanked Roque for his contribution to France.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, upholding justice is the responsibility of all of us, and it requires the joint efforts of all of us." Roque understated it, and was really tired of the intrigues of these politicians.

Thank you Roque for your contribution to France!

Doesn't that sound formal?

In fact, the starting point is wrong, Roque, the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, why should he contribute to France, the British Empire is not a vassal of France, and all contributions are not gratuitous, after the war they must be rewarded, if you want to morally kidnap the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force with a few fluttering words, then you are thinking too much.

"Of course, our aim is to completely defeat the Germans, to make the Germans surrender unconditionally, and to fully bear the losses caused by starting a world war to all the participating countries, and someone must pay for the wrong deeds." Clemenceau immediately changed to another topic, but there are some things that cannot be over-interpreted, otherwise they are really full of traps.

Germany's unconditional surrender would mean unconditional acceptance of all the demands of France, and what would the French demand at that time?

There is no need to ask this question, France will definitely completely dismember Germany and completely eliminate the German threat to France.

But this is unacceptable to Britain, Britain wants to suppress Germany, but not to eliminate Germany, Britain also needs Germany to contain France, so don't look at the brains now, as soon as the world war is over, the British government will immediately support Germany to stand up, and it is not in the interests of Britain to have a dominant Europe.

Of course, this is not a problem that Roque is worried about, Clemenceau has Winston to deal with, and Roque's task is to fight for more voice in Britain.

Now Roque's right to speak is sufficient, so when Roque speaks, Clemenceau and Foch, Petain, and Pershing have to keep their mouths shut, regardless of whether these people agree with what Roque said, and whether Roque is a cliché or not, they must first give Roque enough respect.

Roque must still insist on defending for a hundred years: "Germany is on the verge of collapse, we don't need to take the initiative to attack, we can drive Germany into the abyss-"

"Don't be blindly optimistic, often when victory is about to come, that is when we are most dangerous-" There are people who are not interested.

ps: Chapter 870 doesn't have a name, it's really not lazy or something else, but I forgot to fill it in-

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