The implication of Murphy's Law is that if there is a chance that something will go bad, then it will always happen, no matter how small that possibility is.

The Russian Empire is like that now.

Perhaps it is no longer appropriate to use the term "Russian Empire", but it doesn't matter, the current Provisional Government will not exist long anyway, and the fate of the Provisional Government is already sealed by the time Ludendorff decides to send someone back to Russia.

The worst scenario that Roque had foreseen was happening, and Winston agreed to the Neville Spring Offensive in order to give the Russian Empire the confidence to continue fighting.

As a result, Niveler's spring offensive ended with a French mutiny, and the British expeditionary force paid a terrible price to barely maintain the balance on the Western Front, which not only did not give the Russian Empire enough confidence, but hastened the collapse of the Provisional Government.

While the British Expeditionary Force was fighting bloodily, the situation in the Russian Empire was deteriorating, and St. Petersburg was becoming more and more tense, and Kerensky had promised to launch an offensive in April to coincide with Neville's spring offensive, but after the New Year, about 35,000 soldiers fled the Russian Empire every month, and after Kerensky announced the abolition of the death penalty for deserters, the number of soldiers who fled increased to nearly a million.

Even in this situation, Kerensky did everything he could to mobilize his troops and launched an offensive against Germany that was akin to a "suicide operation".

The victory of the British Expeditionary Force in Belgium still encouraged Kerensky, and although France was in a collapse, the British Expeditionary Force performed well, giving Kerensky some confidence.

Another reason for Kerensky's offensive was the British government's loan of £20 million a month to the Russian Empire, and after the formation of the coalition government, Lloyd George claimed that if the Provisional Government withdrew from the war, then Britain would cancel the loan to the Provisional Government, and demanded that Russia return all the loans given to Russia by Britain after the outbreak of the world war in one lump sum.

Kerensky was a good comrade who had never thought of repaying his debts, and no one dared to relinquish the accounts of the British Empire, unless the country was preparing to become a public enemy of the world, so the Provisional Government had to remain in the Entente and continue to fight.

On April 25, the same day that the British Expeditionary Force launched a tentative assault on the fortress of Liège, Kerensky mobilized 200,000 troops and 1,300 artillery pieces to launch the first German offensive of 1916 on the Eastern Front.

The offensive ended in the complete defeat of the Russian army, and although the Russian army's losses were small, only 17,000 men, which was nothing compared to the previous casualties of hundreds of thousands, the failure of this offensive severely damaged the morale of the Russian soldiers.

The news of the defeat at the front reached St. Petersburg and became the straw that broke the camel's back, and St. Petersburg was once again plunged into chaos, the Provisional Government, which had been in existence for less than two months, collapsed, and the new government that had taken power proposed to Germany a peace condition that did not involve territorial annexation and reparations.

This condition was immediately confirmed by Germany.

There was no territorial annexation involved, which meant that Germany did not need to withdraw from the lands it had occupied after the outbreak of the World War, which was about the size of two Frances.

After the outbreak of the world war, Nicholas II became the captain of the German transport brigade, and the military supplies captured by the German army on the Eastern Front strongly supported the German army's operations on the Western Front.

At the end of the Seven Years' War, Peter III of the Russian Empire immediately ordered the cessation of the war with Prussia, and soon after, he allied himself with Prussia, referring to the then Prussian Emperor Frederick the Great as "my king and my master".

After Peter III's wife, Catherine the Great, the future Catherine the Great, who killed Peter III in a coup d'état, the Russian Empire continued to run wild on the road of kneeling and licking, and the "Prussianization" of the entire Russian Empire did not gradually stop until Alexander III ascended the throne.

Now the Russian Provisional Government has come up with an armistice that would be most beneficial to Germany, much to Germany's overjoy.

The day after the new Russian government proposed peace talks, an agreement was reached between Germany and the new Russian government, and the new Russian government announced its withdrawal from the war.

Now it was the turn of the British and French governments to be anxious, and Lloyd George tried to threaten the new Russian government with loans.

What Lloyd George never expected was that the new Russian government claimed that it would not recognize all the foreign debts owed during the Russian Empire.

Of this external debt, the British portion alone is £750 million.

All the British, including Lloyd George and Winston, and George V, were mad, and only the British Empire had always relied on other people's accounts, and who dared to rely on the accounts of the British Empire?

And so on, the debt of the first place aside.

The withdrawal of the Russian Empire from the war would mean that millions of troops from Germany and Austria-Hungary, as well as Bulgaria on the Eastern Front, would be released, and the pressure on the Anglo-French forces on the Western Front would be instantaneous.

The enemy has 30 seconds left to reach the battlefield!

Under heavy pressure, Roque and Petain finally had a chance to meet.

Roque was amazed by Petain's old age, and there were very few soldiers over the age of 60 in the British army, and very few soldiers over the age of 40 in the Southern African Army.

Pétain was amazed at Roque's youth, and Petain struggled to remember, but could not remember what he was doing when he was 30 years old.

Not the Marshal of France anyway, and Petain is not even now.

Nor was he the commander-in-chief of the French army, Petain only became commander-in-chief of the French army at the age of 60.

Nor is it the French Minister of War and Minister of Defense, and Petain may not have had the opportunity to serve as Minister of War and Minister of Defense at the same time in his lifetime.

As for the "count", after the French Revolution, the "count" has become a historical term.

"Locke, Locke, you are so young, when I saw your picture, I thought you had deliberately found a picture of your youth to give me, and now I am sure that you are younger than you appear in the picture—" Pétain was full of admiration, and took Roque's hand.

What else could Roque say: "General Petain, it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm not a good person myself—"

Pétain laughed, his body was fully recovered, and he could not be seen to be a sixty-year-old man, with a vigorous posture, a firm and powerful step, and full of confidence at all times and at all times.

This is normal, during the Second World War, Petain was also the head of the Vichy French government, and at that time Petain was 86 years old.

Petain's headquarters consisted of tents, which were meant to be mobile at all times, and since the mutiny of the French troops, Petain had traveled almost all the troops on the front, and these tents had followed Petain everywhere.

Compared with Nivelle's luxurious castle, Roque still prefers Petain's pragmatism, and he doesn't know what happened on the front line if he doesn't go to the front line in person, and Nivelle is in his luxurious castle, if he can accurately grasp the situation on the front line, then Nivelle is the traverser.

The furnishings of the tent were simple, the table and chairs made of tin sheets, the logo of Favart Steel Company was obvious, and there was a marching bed next to the table, and the quilts on top of it were neatly stacked, and on the quilt were Petain's military caps.

"The Russian Empire has withdrawn from the war, and we may have to face the worst situation since the outbreak of the world war-" Petain got straight to the point as soon as he sat down, after the German army on the Eastern Front joined the Western Front, the German army would definitely launch an offensive on an unprecedented scale, and the French troops were not ready now, and Petain was very anxious.

But Petain could not show it, after all, Petain could not be sure of Roque's determination.

"I have ordered the front-line troops to stop the offensive, switch to a defensive state, and build fortifications stronger than the Hindenburg defensive line, we have tanks as a fulcrum on the defensive line, and the air force to cooperate in the operation, and it should be no problem to be invincible in defense." Roque was prepared early on, and since the new Russian government withdrew from the war, two million British expeditionary forces and a million laborers were digging trenches, and even American troops were involved.

There is also not much time left for the training of US troops.

With the help of planes and tanks, the British Expeditionary Force's defensive line was much stronger than the Hindenburg Line.

According to European tradition, the line of defense built by the British Expeditionary Force is called the "Locke Line", which consists of three or four trenches, the first line of defense is still cannon fodder, the second is the real line, the third line is the reserve and artillery positions, and the last line is composed of support troops.

Compared to the German troops, the British Expeditionary Force's greatest advantage was the increasing number of heavy weapons, remember the news that Roque was hungry to give luncheon meat to the Canadian Legion, after which new fundraisers began both in the British mainland and in southern Africa, and these donations were now sent to the Western Front in the form of planes and artillery.

The current British Expeditionary Force has more than 1,200 aircraft, nearly 1,800 tanks, and nearly 21,000 artillery pieces of various types.

"The situation of the French troops is serious, and we need more help-" Petain was exhausted, the French troops had not fully recovered from the chaos, and now less than half of the French troops were able to hold on to the battle, and if the Germans launched an attack at this time, it would still be a catastrophe for the French troops.

"There are more than 250,000 U.S. troops in France, and 120,000 U.S. troops arrive in France every month, so that U.S. troops can assist French troops in defense." Roque did not give the Americans the opportunity to train, and the most effective way to train troops was to grow rapidly in actual combat.

"General Pershing's side—" Petain was not confident in this suggestion, Pershing was indeed a very capable general, but at the same time a very stubborn soldier, and it was not easy to convince Pershing.

Locke was not worried about this problem, if Roque, the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, and Petain, the commander-in-chief of the French army, came forward, Pershing would have no room to refuse.

(I wrote that I actually fell asleep last night, but the chapter at zero o'clock was not sent, I repent, I am guilty - please forgive me, brothers-)