Chapter 64: The End of World War I (1)

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The top brass of the Second German Reich was absolutely aware of the tendency of the United States to enter the war, and this was extremely certain of Rich. The reason why he repeatedly reacts to his superiors can be said to be a show of presence, and it is also to accumulate the prestige he wants.

Think about it, when everyone ignores it, and a person repeatedly expresses a correct thing, the senior management may get bored, because the senior management knows that it is true, and it is a fact that cannot be disclosed, but the non-senior management does not know it!

Richie wants to give the impression that he is one of the sober people from beginning to end, and perhaps some people are bored or ignore his wisdom and sobriety, but one day this will definitely become a kind of capital.

Erich. Feng. Falkingham was gone, he left the battlefield of the Somme, and he walked very simply, leaving behind a group of people with heavy faces.

"Stop propagating on any occasion that the United States is going to declare war on us on the side of the Entente." Otto. Feng. Bello's face was poor, his voice was stiff, he looked at Li Qi with very complicated eyes, opened his mouth several times without making a sound, and finally said with a low sigh: "Do our job." ”

Richie wanted almost everyone who knew about it to know it, and heard that Otto. Feng. Bello's kind persuasion agreed.

Because the Allied bombardment was too rampant during the day, the German baggage teams on this side of the Somme were switched to transporting supplies at night. Feng. The 120 planes promised by Falkingham have arrived, and the status quo has not changed.

The productivity of the Entente is really too strong, especially reflected in the speed of manufacturing aviation weapons, the German ace pilots on this side of the Somme battlefield have exceeded 50, but the frequency of Allied aircraft sorties still shows no sign of decreasing.

The First World War was fought until September 1916, and when he shot down 5 planes, he became an ace pilot, and the German ace pilots on the entire Western Front would not be less than 100, so at least 500 were killed. And many German ace pilots did not shoot more than 5 aircraft on the side of the Allies, such as the "Red Baron" that Litchie had been paying attention to, and by the beginning of September, the record had reached 27.

Richie doesn't know how many people he has changed his fate, like Manfred. Feng. Richthofen would not have had until 4 January 1917 to accumulate 16 shot downs, but in September 1916 alone his record rose to 27.

Manfred. Feng. Richthofen's number of downed planes rose to 27, which was related to his superb talent and extraordinary piloting skills, but the biggest relationship was because the Entente had invested too many planes on the Somme line, and many pilots of the Entente had lost too much in repeated battles.

Relatively speaking, the German pilots also had a high attrition rate, allowing some experienced ace pilots on the Allied side to brush up their achievements. On the battlefield in the sky, the better the better, and many pilots who may become mature and powerful, their first time in battle becomes unlucky.

"How many planes do we have?"

"210, of which 58 are Fokkers, and the rest are old models."

"The War Department and the General Staff Headquarters have issued orders strictly forbidding pilots to fly Fokker pilots and re-enter the Allied control area?"

"Yes, the reason given is to carry out some technical secrecy."

Li Qi felt that this incident was simply ridiculous, it was not the first time that the Fokkers had participated in the war, and they were basically some aces who piloted them, but these pilots were not without losses on the side controlled by the Entente, and the Entente did not know how many Fokker aircraft wreckage had been collected, so the secret that should have been discovered should have been spied on. Keeping it secret at this stage? That must be a joke!

"Our production can't keep up with consumption."

"Yes, yes, that ridiculous order is to deceive those ......"

Ewald. Feng. Kleist and Richie were looking at each other, and they had seen each other again after more than a month of separation. After meeting, they each talked about some things on the battlefield, and they knew a little about the course of the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Verdun.

"I'm here on the commission of Crown Prince William." Ewald. Feng. Kleist estimated that he had been brewing his speech for a while, and he looked at Li Qi and asked very seriously: "Would you like to transfer from the 1st Army to the 5th Army?" ”

Litchie knew Ewald. Feng. Kleist was brewing something, but he really didn't expect it to be such a sentence.

The 5th Army, also known as the "Crown Prince William's Army", has been fighting since the beginning of the war, fought many battles, and gained prestige in the Belgian battlefield.

The first battle in which Crown Prince Wilhelm participated seemed to be the Battle of the Ardennes, where the 5th Army won its first victory since its formation, and then marched all the way until Verdun was stopped.

Ewald. Feng. Kleist didn't bother Richie to think, he pulled out the cigarette case in his jacket pocket, took one for himself, and handed one to Richie.

German cigarettes are actually not easy to smoke, there will always be a smell of horse manure when smoked, Li Qi is extremely unaccustomed to that kind of taste, it seems that Ewald. Feng. Kleist felt the same way, and the cigarette brand he took out was called Camel, which was a kind of cigarette from the United States, but he didn't know where he got it.

"I have no duty to fulfill in the 1st Army." Leach was talking about the formation of a brigade, and that he had already recommended himself to be the commander of the brigade, and that he would lead the brigade against the British tanks. He pointed to the soldiers outside the tent: "The first batch of people I trained, taught them how to walk the straggler tactical line, taught them echelon cover assaults, taught them how to correctly deal with tank ......", took a deep puff of cigarette, and smiled as he exhaled the smoke: "Soon it will be time to experiment with the results of our training." ”

"Oh, so you know?" Ewald. Feng. "Our intelligence agencies have confirmed that the British have indeed invented a new mechanized weapon, which they have named 'tanks,' and it is difficult to determine how much of it has been concentrated on this side of the Somme, but it is tentatively estimated that there will be no less than 100 vehicles," Kleist said. ”

Litch knew that the British would throw in a few tanks, but as history changed again and again, for example, the German army, which was supposed to be decadent in the direction of Verdun, was still attacking fiercely, he was not so sure that what he knew was still not "true".

"We also found Entente tanks on the Verdun side." Ewald. Feng. Kleist smiled and said, "I know that you are studying tactics for dealing with tanks, and the Allies have also chosen the battlefield of the Somme for the first time to engage in tank combat, so this time I also have the meaning of learning." ”

Li Qi kept nodding his head, but he was extremely bored in his heart.

[Sure enough! History has been changed so much that there would have been no trace of tanks in the Battle of Verdun, but now the Entente has prepared tanks over there! 】