The French are probably the most democratic, liberal-minded countries in all of Europe.

As early as the end of the 17th century, a bourgeois revolution broke out in France, overthrowing the Bourbon dynasty that had existed for hundreds of years and establishing a bourgeois-dominated republic.

At the beginning of the World War, defeating Germany to recover Alsace and Lorraine, washing away the shame caused by France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, became the consensus of the whole French society, and the French enthusiastically joined the army, and became the mainstay of the Western Front as the main force before Britain was fully mobilized.

It's a pity that Xia Fei and Nivelle wasted the efforts and sacrifices of the French, the old-fashioned and rigid command system, the unchanged crowd tactics, poor logistics, and hundreds of thousands of casualties at every turn, so that the French endurance reached the limit, after Nivelle's spring offensive was launched, in just 48 hours, the French casualties reached 270,000, and many troops suffered more than half of the casualties, because there were too many casualties, the medical system completely collapsed, many wounded soldiers on the front line could not be treated in time and effectively, and the bodies of the dead officers and soldiers could not be buried in time. Niveler's poor preparations, with many of the troops not being resupplied after the attack, the soldiers having eaten all the food they had with them, and the officers still forcing the soldiers who had reached the limit of their endurance to attack, all of which combined to create a far-reaching mutiny.

That's right, it's the mutiny, after Neville gave the order to "attack overnight", the troops who received the order to attack refused to carry it out, and the soldiers shouted "We need peace, end the war immediately, and let those who should be responsible for the war die!" "Drunk, the officers panicked, and tragedy finally struck when a certain officer tried to order the troops to continue the offensive by force.

Roque did not know exactly what had happened, the French government had sealed all the information related to the mutiny, the period of lifting the ban was 100 years, the number of soldiers who openly mutinied was very large, the situation reached an extremely dangerous point, many officers were killed by angry soldiers, at least half of the French troops on the Western Front were paralyzed, one officer called it "a force with extreme skeptical tendencies and no conviction".

The French government put it mildly, describing the mutiny as a problem of the "collective unconscious."

No matter how tactful the French government was, it could not change the reality that the French army was on the verge of collapse, and if the Germans launched a counteroffensive at this time, then the French defense line would collapse in an instant.

Roque couldn't let that happen.

On March 28, after learning of the French mutiny, Roque immediately ordered the British Expeditionary Force to intensify the attack on the Germans in the front, forcing Ludendorff to transfer troops from Shermandydam to deal with the attack of the British Expeditionary Force, so that Ludendorff had no time to launch a counteroffensive against the French army at Shermandydam.

The situation has reached a critical juncture, and Roque can't care about preserving his strength at this time, that is, after the Indian Legion was put into battle, Roque successively discharged the Canadian Corps, the British Home Force, and the Southern African Expeditionary Force, leaving only the Anzac Corps as the strategic reserve of the whole army.

By April 1, the British Expeditionary Force had reached 1.3 million men, and George V and Winston sent telegrams to Roarke, expressing grave concern about the situation on the Western Front.

Kitchener's attitude was clear: if the French army collapsed, then the British expeditionary force should immediately withdraw from the Western Front and return to the British mainland to ensure the safety of the British mainland.

"No, we can't withdraw, we can't withdraw anyway, the future of the Russian Empire is uncertain, the United States is far from entering the war, if we lose France again, then the difficulties we will face to win the war will more than double, the chaos of the French army is temporary, as long as we buy enough time for the French government, France will definitely be able to return to normal." Roque was now the most powerful defender of the Anglo-French alliance, and the French government was too busy to take care of itself, and Britain wanted to flee from the Western Front at any time, and Roque faced great difficulties.

What is certain is that if France fails, then Italy and the Russian Empire will also fail one after another, and only Britain will definitely be unable to support it alone, and the Americans will not be able to rely on it, don't look at the continuous arrival of American troops in Europe, once France fails, the United States may become the next Italy, join the camp of the Allies, don't have too much confidence in the United States, interests are the only factor that determines the position of the United States.

"But Locke, have you ever considered that under the circumstances, an all-out attack by the expeditionary force will attract all the attention of the German army, and how much do you estimate that the expeditionary force will have to pay to buy enough time for the French government? Or rather, how long will it take for the French government to return to normal? Kitchener's expression was cloudy, and Roque suddenly realized that if he couldn't gain Kitchener's trust, then Roque, the commander-in-chief, would also be at the end of the day.

This is also normal, don't look at Roque's brilliant achievements after the outbreak of the world war, but the British government can abandon even France, the most powerful ally, so what else can not be abandoned.

If Roque's plan resulted in heavy casualties for the British Expeditionary Force, Britain would lose its competitiveness even if the British Expeditionary Force had bought enough time for the French government to win the final victory for the Allies.

Look at France now, the casualties caused by the world war have reached more than two million, is the mutiny of the French army really due to insufficient logistics supply?

No, the real reason for the French mutiny was that the soldiers were tired of war and death, and they began to fear sacrifice, not wanting to die worthless, in other words, France had lost the courage to confront Germany, and they were ready to surrender to Germany.

"It is not difficult for the French government to return to normal, the demands of the French soldiers are very clear, do not launch any more meaningless, unclear purposes, and will bring heavy sacrifices, as long as someone can stand up to appease the emotions of the French troops, transport the supplies urgently needed by the front-line troops to the front line as quickly as possible, so that the French front-line troops can get full rotation and rest, the French troops will soon return to normal, not all French troops are in chaos, and there are still French troops who insist on fighting." Roque did not answer Kitchener's question directly, and based on the conditions Roque said, the most suitable candidate to come forward to rectify the French army was almost imminent.

That's right, Pétain, who had already been appointed chief of the General Staff by the French Minister of War, Paul Pellewe.

With the Battle of Verdun became famous, Nivelle became the commander-in-chief of the French army, after the total defeat revealed his true form, this guy is not a normal person at all, after the expiration of the 48-hour period promised by Nivelle, Nivelle did not stop the attack, as a result of the French mutiny, France reached the most dangerous juncture.

Paul Pelleve appointed Pétain chief of the General Staff at this time, hoping that Nivelle would resign voluntarily and leave his luxurious castle in a dignified manner.

As the commander-in-chief of the French army, Nivelle actually refused Paul Panlewe's request and resolutely refused to resign, which was a big surprise.

Look, don't let the French soldiers disobey management, and their commander-in-chief doesn't obey management.

By this time, Nivelle had already rebelled against his family, and even Nivelle's henchman, Mantin, and Alfred Michel, who had been appointed commander-in-chief of the mobile force by Nivelle, believed that Nivelle was responsible for the defeat of the French army.

French President Ponincaré also lost faith in Nivelle, and Paul Panlewe appointed Petain as commander-in-chief of the French army, but Nivelle still refused to resign, so now there is a rare spectacle in the French army, and the army actually has two commanders-in-chief.

"Locke, be as cautious as possible, I will go to Paris early to-morrow morning, hoping to speak with General Pétain in person." Kitchener gave Roque the greatest trust, Roque has always played a key role in his outstanding performance, and there is no one in Britain who can replace Roque's role, Kitchener believes that even if he is the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, he cannot do a better job than Roque.

Sending off Kitchener, Roque returned to the operational command room, which was a huge room, the surrounding walls were covered with huge maps, the sand table in the center of the room was as large as fifty square meters, and nearly a hundred staff officers were busy, they climbed to the ladder and planted various colored flags representing different units on the sand table to update the front-line battle situation in real time.

In the corner of the room, there is a chair dedicated to Roque, who will often sit on the chair and think about how to break through the German lines, and whenever he is in trouble, Roque will take a break in the chair.

Now this was the case again, and Roque had just sat down in his chair when several telegrams were delivered at the same time.

The performance of the Indian Corps was as poor as ever, and after the launch of the spring offensive, Roque committed 15 Indian divisions with a total strength of nearly 270,000 men.

The only contribution of the Indian Legion to the Expeditionary Force was to add nearly 100,000 casualties to the Expeditionary Force and nothing else.

The performance of the Southern African Expeditionary Force was as good as ever, at Helenthal Temple and Brussels, the Southern African Expeditionary Force broke through the German defense line one after another, Ludendorff had begun to draw troops from France to reinforce the Belgian battlefield, and Roque's emergency siege of Wei to save Zhao had begun to show results.

The surprise was the Canadian Corps, at Vimy Ridge in Arras, the Canadian Corps broke through the German lines, captured 14,000 German troops, captured 180 cannons, and won the biggest victory since the launch of the Spring Offensive.

In the autumn offensive organized by Xia Fei, the Anglo-French army suffered 150,000 casualties at Vimy Ridge, but failed to defeat the German troops defending Vimy Ridge.

Remember the name Vimy Ridge, there will be a series of fierce battles in Vimy Ridge to thank Canada for its contribution to France, after the end of the World War, France specially assigned Vimy Ridge to Canada and became a Canadian overseas enclave.

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