The blockade of the Entente was an important reason for Germany's predicament, the grain brought back by the German army from Romania made Berlin barely survive the winter of 1915, but in 1916, the problem was still not solved, even if the German army scraped the Kingdom of Romania, it could not meet the consumption of materials in the whole of Germany, in April, the German flour ration continued to decrease, the domestic workers began to strike, thousands of mine workers, steel factory workers, and munitions factory workers took to the streets, Demands for increased wages and improved food.

At the urging of the grassroots people, the government led by Batemann Holweg was forced to reform, and on April 30, the German government set up a special commission to study the issue of constitutional reform in Germany.

This special committee was strongly opposed by the Junker aristocracy, industrial capitalists, conservatives, and center-right parties, who opposed all attempts to take power away from them, and who would not give up any interests even if Germany was on the verge of exhaustion.

After the new Russian government proposed the so-called peace talks that "did not involve territorial annexation and reparations," some people in Germany also responded to this proposal, but unlike the new Russian government's imagination that "there was no territorial annexation," the Germans demanded that the current front be used as a condition for an armistice.

That is, Germany's annexation of the Belgian region of Liege, while annexing all the areas that Germany occupied after the World War, including the territories of the Russian Empire and France, as well as a part of the Balkan Peninsula that Germany had never set foot in since the outbreak of the World War.

This demand may be agreed to by the new Russian government, and it will also be worth it for Russia if Poland and the Garibaldi Peninsula are exchanged for international recognition of the new Russian government, and the last thing Russia lacks is land.

However, Belgium and France will never agree to this demand, Belgium demands the recovery of the fortress of Liège, and France demands the recovery of Alsace and Lorraine, and the contradictions between the two sides cannot be reconciled.

As for the Balkans, there has never been any connection with Germany.

In May, Hindenburg and Ludendorff, representing the Junker aristocracy and industrial capitalists, launched a general attack on Batemann Holwig, and Wilhelm II's empress and crown prince were also disappointed in Batemann Holwig, who voluntarily resigned, and the choice of a new chancellor became the focus of attention in Germany.

For the Junker aristocracy and industrial capitalists, Hindenburg was the most suitable candidate for the new chancellor, and this confidence stemmed from Hindenburg's brilliant achievements on the Eastern Front, and the German Junker aristocracy and industrial capitalists probably believed that Hindenburg would be able to lead the German army to replicate the success of the Eastern Front on the Western Front after becoming chancellor.

Those Junker aristocrats and capitalists ignore the fact that military and politics are two different things, and that a qualified military man does not mean that he is also a qualified politician.

And the biggest obstacle to Hindenburg's premiership came from Wilhelm II, who did not want to live in the shadow of Hindenburg and Ludendorff.

The fact that Wilhelm II had not only never met Olg Michaelis but had not even heard of his name before was a minor bureaucrat whom no one had previously known, and which reflected the extent of the chaos within Germany.

It was precisely because Germany was in chaos that Ludendorff could not transfer the German troops from the Eastern Front to the Western Front as quickly as possible, and the Anglo-French forces were given an extremely valuable opportunity for adjustment.

Because Pershing demanded independent command, after the U.S. Army joined the operation, the defense line on the Western Front was adjusted to a certain extent, and Roque and Petain were originally going to arrange the position in charge of the U.S. Army between the British Expeditionary Force and the French Army, so that if there was a problem with the U.S. Defense Line, both the British Expeditionary Force and the French Army could provide support to the U.S. Defense Line.

Pershing believes that this is an insult to the US military units, although Pershing believes that the US military is not ready to join the war, but once it joins the war, Pershing will go all out, and the United States also has its own interests and wants to get more benefits after the world war, so Pershing does not want to rely on the British and French forces, and the honor of the United States depends on the US military units to complete independently.

Roque took the initiative to give in and give up the defense line of the British Expeditionary Force in Belgium and hand it over to the American troops, as long as the American troops did not waste and stabilized their development, then it would not be easy for the German army to break through the defense line built by the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

By the end of May, with more than 350,000 American troops in Europe, Pershing and Pétain were optimistic about the prospects of the American troops, and while Roque adjusted his defensive line, he quietly placed the Southern African Expeditionary Force, the most powerful of the British expeditionary force, near Calais, the closest to Belgium.

In the unlikely event that the American troops could not withstand the frantic attack of the German army, then the Southern African Expeditionary Force could reinforce the American army at any time.

Don't look at the media in another time and space touting the American troops in various tricks, in fact, the American troops in World War I, Roque can only hehe.

According to Roque's observations, and the information fed back by the military instructors sent to the US military units, the US military is now inferior to the French troops, and is probably a little stronger than the Indian Legion, and those American GIs from the United States have not yet realized how cruel the world war really is, and they are similar to the British nobles who actively joined the army when the world war broke out, their minds are full of honor and medals, and they do not realize the blood and death hidden behind the medals and honors.

In Antwerp, it was precisely the Rainbow Division that handed over positions with the 2nd Cavalry Division.

The Rainbow Division was the first US military unit to come to France, and it was also the first unit to receive "British" instructor training.

As a heroic instructor from a meritorious unit, Qin Ling is leading his students to seize the time to familiarize themselves with the battlefield.

"Unless necessary, don't expose any part of your body to the trench, otherwise you will be shot by the German precision shooters, don't underestimate those Germans, they have a strong learning ability, a year ago the Germans didn't know what sniper warfare was, and now they have a relationship with us, and we also have a lot of accurate shooters who died in the sniper battle with the Germans-" Qin Ling's expression was indifferent, these are the lessons learned in the battle with the Germans, as for how much these Americans can learn, it depends on their creation.

More than a dozen chicks who have already qualified as accurate shooters, but have not yet officially been on the battlefield, crowded behind Qin Ling and clapped in a seal-like applause, including Tom Oscar.

Tom Oscar really asked Qin Ling for a military boot, and Qin Ling wore it, Qin Ling didn't want a new Tom Oscar, I really don't know what is wrong with Tom Oscar.

Fetishism?

Possibly.

is more fanatical than those little girls who want to die and live for idols in later generations, after all, Qinling has real materials.

"You must pay attention to the choice of sniper position, but also pay attention to the cooperation between comrades, for example, if you choose the sniper position in the bushes, then let your observer go to the open area to attract the attention of the German precision shooters, and then you wait for the opportunity to attack, no matter what, after one shot, at most two shots, whether it hits or not, you have to change the sniper position, the German sniper shooters will not give you a second chance to attack-" Qin Ling wanted to be a demonstration, but he didn't want to be washed by German artillery fire.

As the Expeditionary Force's precision shooters posed an increasing threat to the German army, the Germans have now begun to change their tactics, no longer sending precision shooters to fight against the expeditionary force precision shooters, but to asymmetrical strikes.

Now if the Germans find an accurate shooter for the expeditionary force, they do not send an accurate shooter to counteract at all, but call for artillery shelling.

As he was talking, two expeditionary force sniper shooters with branches on their helmets crawled over with rolling belts, and did not forget to remind them when they passed by Qinling: "Run, don't say I didn't remind you-"

"it!" Before Tom Oscar and the other American GIs could react, Qin Ling turned around and ran.

It didn't go far before a scream hit, followed by an overwhelming explosion.

"Look, this is the artillery fire-" Qin Ling breathed a sigh of relief until he returned to the trenches, in order to ensure the effect of the attack, the precision shooters had to get as close to the German positions as possible, so the no-man's land between the two positions was a paradise for the precision shooters.

Tom Oscar and the other American GIs were horrified that the Western Front was more brutal than they had imagined, and that Antwerp was even more hellish.

They are very accustomed to Qinling, a dozen precision shooters in the trenches and their observers laugh and smoke together, sometimes exchange some loot, often some strange things appear, gold products are the most popular, handicrafts from the East are also very popular.

"Master Qin, when are you leaving?" There were familiar soldiers who greeted Qin Ling warmly, and in the Second Cavalry Division, Qin Ling, a soldier, was more respected than ordinary officers.

"It's probably going to be a few days, and I haven't been notified yet." Qin Ling was still very friendly to his comrades-in-arms, and he did not stand tall because of his outstanding military achievements.

"Master Qin, you can go back to Nyasaland to serve as an instructor—" In terms of qualifications, Qin Ling definitely has this qualification.

"If I don't go back, I still have to earn milk powder money for my children." Qin Ling is now responsible, Sophia and her family have gone to Tanganyika, half of the 500 acres of land purchased by Qin Ling are mature farms that have been cultivated, all the planting is rubber, and only some skilled workers need to be hired to generate profits, someone reminded Qin Ling to be careful of Sophia's family, but Qin Ling did not care.

Sophia's family is now also Qinling's family, and if the family is still intriguing together, then Qinling might as well not be with Sophia.

Since Sophia has been accepted, Qin Ling has even accepted Sophia's family, an obvious fact, if Qin Ling doesn't get Sophia's family to Tanganyika, then Sophia will have a woman with a big belly to manage a farm with an area of 500 acres, how can she manage it.