When the German army entered the territory of the French army, this was not the main direction of the French defense, on the border line, only 3 corps and 6 second class divisions were placed, the total number was less than 100,000 people, such a team, caught off guard, how could it be possible to resist the wolf-like Germans, had already been prepared, and even within 30 kilometers from the French division, at least 500 heavy artillery pieces of about 180 mm were placed, in the first round of attack, The heavy firepower of these French divisions was completely wiped out by the artillery, and the strategic artillery did not hesitate to fire non-stop, almost plowing the French position.

After the French troops on the border between Germany and France were caught fire, France woke up like a dream, and emergency telegrams were sent from the front line one by one, and they never stopped from the first moment they received fire.

The border battle, the fight was not long, but it was very intense, the German army almost did not spend much effort, directly broke through the defense line, the three-way army was like three arrows, interspersed with the interior, and soon broke through 30 kilometers, at this time the French army found that Germany had already borrowed Belgium and entered the flank of France.

At this time, the French military department had a dilemma, a large number of troops on the Franco-German border, urgently mobilized, to resist the German attack, or to find another way, after repeated consideration, especially after asking for British support to get a response, they decided to take the risk of attacking, had already gathered in the Ardennes Mountains The French 1st and 2nd armies began to move forward directly. Attack Alsace and Lorraine to replace defense with offense. As long as the defense line of the Ardennes was broken, there was no obstacle in the German hinterland.

In the opinion of France. Regardless of whether Belgium joined the category of the Central Powers or not, what Germany can detour about is a partial division, the number of people will not be too many, and it should be able to resist it under the urgent mobilization of domestic forces and step by step fortification, and the Ardennes side is the main direction, as long as it is in this place. Having broken through the German defenses, the next step was to take the initiative in the war.

The French 1,2 armies launched a fierce attack, and the 22nd battle plan was fully displayed, but unfortunately they did not expect that this was in the hands of Germany, on the side of the Ardennes. Germany did not have much of the strength to prepare, the same two armies, the 6th and 7th armies, but both in terms of heavy firepower. In terms of the soldier's vegetarian and automatic firearms, Germany is far above France. Plus Germany held on, France attacked. Germany's hands-off strategy originated from the northwest, a three-dimensional defense strategy. Even if the ratio of heavy firepower is reversed, it may not be able to attack, let alone such a reversal, at this moment, the French were caught off guard, and the Germans resisted the first attack, and then with the help of this barbed wire, automatic firearms and artillery, under the attack of several batches, the French lost almost 50,000 people in 4 divisions on the front line in one day, and suffered heavy losses.

The nightmare of the French army is not over, Germany saw that after the French army retreated, it immediately turned to the offensive, and the German army, which was recuperated, chased behind the French buttocks, and did not relax at all, until it withdrew from the range of artillery, and then slowly stopped, in just one day, the French army was not only annihilated by more than half, but also lost almost all of the heavy weapons and most of the supplies, it can be said that it was defeated, retreated a long way, and finally retreated to the line of the Nancy Heights, and the desire to attack the German army was disappointed, The initiative was completely lost.

In less than 2 days, France was hit in two places and on two fronts, especially on the Belgian battlefield, after 6 divisions were defeated and annihilated, the road ahead was directly opened, and the German army marched along the railway, almost replicating the scene in Belgium, the cavalry was in front, constantly dispersed, attacking some nodes on the railway line, and the follow-up infantry, relying on the railway line, quickly consolidated the existing achievements and controlled as much as possible the railway line. In just two days, it has advanced more than 120 kilometers and penetrated deep into the heart of France.

At this time, France just woke up from a dream, and the developed railway network in the country not only did not become France's logistical resources, but became Germany's assistant, not to mention when it could resist the German army, before the rout, the first time must destroy the railway lines and bridges.

France has not woken up for a long time, but has lost the initiative on the battlefield, from Belgium to France, almost more than 300 kilometers of railway lines, basically controlled by Germany, plus some branch lines and highways, Germany has the ability to support a million troops, fighting in the hinterland of France, tired in history, has become the end of the German army will not appear, in a sense, what plagues Germany, may only be one or two hundred kilometers away, even if France destroys railways and bridges, but it is too short a distance, With a single charge, you can break through.

On November 8, that is, the day after the German attack on France, France, which could not resist, finally began to ask Britain for help, at this time the British Expeditionary Force that Britain was forming, Germany's declaration of war was very sudden, disrupting Britain's preparations, and after urgently mobilizing enough resources from various war readiness warehouses, it was completed that 7 army groups, more than one million people were assembled, and the British carried capacity to the extreme, transporting troops and crossing the strait.

In fact, between Britain and Germany, there has been a war, that is the German submarine fleet raided the British seaport, although the German submarines, with the help of the northwest, have basically had combat effectiveness, equivalent to the strength of the second half of the First World War, but the attack on the port that has been prepared for a long time, the results are not great, compared to history, only two more old cruisers were sunk, and the rest, there is no result.

The high seas fleet was blocked in the Baltic Sea, the British had a strong advantage in the North Sea, the world's merchant ships and warships were the first tonnage of Britain, a million troops, it was not a problem at all, it took less than a day to transport the army to the coast of France, and the British intelligence service also did a survey of the relationship between Germany and Belgium.

France may believe that Belgium will surrender to Germany and let Germany take advantage of it, but Britain will never look at it like this, before the outbreak of this war, Britain did a lot of work in Belgium, from senior government officials to the king, it can be said that some agreements have been signed from top to bottom, Belgium can not join the Entente, but it cannot lead to Germany, for this reason, Belgium is attacked by any attack, Britain can provide protection.

But why did Belgium fall quietly, at this time, British intelligence officers, or the most powerful in the whole world, especially after the attack on France, Germany's control of Belgium is not so strict, to maintain control, it takes a large number of troops, at this time the focus of the attack is still in France, so some news has also spread, especially has arrived in the Netherlands, asking to see the Dutch royal family Albert, such a strong news, directly detonated in the Netherlands, The UK naturally knows it.

Belgium only resisted for 3 days, from the attack on November 3 to November 7, only 7 days, the Belgian army of more than 100,000 knelt down, which is also too incredible, in the middle, the news about the airship was intentionally or unintentionally concealed by both sides, this is also the request of Germany, Albert is Belgian, they have died in the country, Britain has not fulfilled the obligation to protect, Albert of course wants Britain to give more blood, so he concealed it, just bear the infamy of the Belgian army's straw bales.

It was clear that Germany directly broke Belgium and annihilated tens of thousands of Belgian troops before surrendering, Britain began to be vigilant about Germany, and should have prepared a little more time, and then chose to attack, but Germany's actions were really fast, in just 2 days, it broke through more than 120 kilometers, this is not a breakthrough of points, but a breakthrough of the surface, only two days, at least one-fifth of France's territory was occupied, and emergency letters were sent to London one after another, Britain could not sit idly by and watch France be quickly captured by Germany, Urgently mobilized personnel and rushed to France to help France resist the German troops.

At this time, it is enough to see that the military mobilization capacity of the developed industrial countries, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, are in a short period of time, mobilized a million troops, and with the passage of time, it is still increasing, the industrial countries are going all out, open the war readiness warehouse, and can easily equip so much, this is the power of the world power, and then think of the historical facts of China, a few decades later, World War II, or rely on buying, the difference between this is big.

The collision between the two sides was concentrated on the French and Belgian coasts, and the German army with the main force of the right flank (24 corps and 8 cavalry divisions) detoured west of Paris through Belgium to encircle and annihilate the main force of the coalition army on the Franco-Belgian border. The Anglo-French forces (27 semi-corps and 10 semi-cavalry divisions) spread out on the lines of Eitan, Montmedy, Charleroi, and Landresi, attacking in a centrifugal direction. With more than 3.8 million troops on both sides, it can be said that it is an unprecedented large-scale battle in the history of world warfare.

Not only did Britain and France prepare huge forces to confront the German side, but the French side, while urgently mobilizing, also demanded that Russia launch an attack on the Eastern Front in order to involve German forces, at least within a week, and then start fighting on the Eastern Front.

From the end of October, Austria-Hungary, provoking disputes in the Balkans, to Serbia launching an attack on the commander, the situation in the whole Europe is constantly changing, and now several major countries of the Entente and the Central Powers have been completely opened, in this case, a full-scale terrible war has been inevitable, the First World War, only a few days, has been completely hit to the climax, especially on the Western Front, the first time, is a million-level collision, before Belgium, It's just an appetizer, and it's not even an opponent. (To be continued......)