Thank you CCT244, Night, Bleak YCA, Zheng Xiaotian, Hi Hitler555 for your tips again! Another time, I brushed away the old thoughts of the world: Actually, I want to be fast, but two chapters a day is already the result of nearly six hours of hard work-_-!! , so ask for a recommendation ticket. Then try to spend more time coding words, hopefully faster.

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There is no doubt that weakening the French ......, no! Not only France, but also the weakening of the Entente members, including France, Britain, the United States, etc., was also a very meaningful thing for the Third Reich.

The German General Staff Headquarters weakened France in order to force France to sue for peace, and Li Qi felt that this was meaningful only because in the future war, France, which was weakened to a certain extent, would lose its war potential, at least because of the shortage of soldiers, and in addition, it would make the French disgusted and even afraid of war!

Isn't that what the reality is? After the end of the First World War, the British "appeasers" rose to the fore, and the French "pacifists" prevailed, fearing another war, so they repeatedly pursued appeasement policies under the pressure of the Führer.

There was appeasement, and that was because Britain and France shed too much blood during the First World War! The number of soldiers killed in direct battle in the entire Entente reached 5,497,600, which was killed in battle, directly killed in battle, not casualty.

What was the total population of each major country in 1913? 175.1 million in Russia, 97.3 million in the United States, 66.9 million in Germany, 52.1 million in Austria-Hungary, 51.3 million in Japan, 45.6 million in the United Kingdom, 39.7 million in France, and 35.1 million in Italy.

Then, the total Entente soldiers were killed 5,497,600, and the total Allied soldiers were killed 3,382,500. The total number of wounded on both sides of the war is around 20 million, and the total number of civilian deaths is 6,493,000.

Is it cruel? It is indeed cruel, such a casualty figure is second only to the invasion of various countries by the Mongols (including Kublai Khan) during the period of Genghis Khan, and when the Mongols conquered the world, the death toll of the Song, Liao, and Western Xia alone exceeded 70 million.

Decades later, in the Second World War, France and Britain repeatedly compromised with the Third Reich because they feared war, and after Li Qi felt that he could not change the defeat of Germany in World War I, his thinking changed to how to accumulate strength and build connections, and then do his best to make the Allies shed more blood under the general trend!

"Major, the order has been given, all the companies, especially the ones at the front, they will pay attention as much as possible."

"Excellent! The necessary cluster grenades need to be prepared! ”

Richie had returned to the Western Front three days earlier, and his current position was that of a major in the 1st Army. Feng. Lieutenant General Bello's staff team was responsible for a lot of things, but it was not limited to fixed posts.

The 1st Army had 5 divisions, and together with the 8 divisions of the 2nd Army, the main direction of defense was Amiens, which was the upper area of the Somme and equivalent to the right flank of the German front. Later, other divisions that came up with reinforcements were added as a new round of reserves.

The main forces attacking the right flank of the German army were the British, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, Indians, and even some colonial troops from the Arab region and Africa.

Over the past two months, the 1st and 2nd armies have successfully repelled dozens of attacks by Commonwealth forces. Feng. Lieutenant General Bello and Marx. Feng. Under the combined command of Lieutenant General Galwitz, the Germans on the right flank even carried out the necessary tug-of-war counterattack.

The so-called tug-of-war counterattack is a military term, which is both a back-and-forth battle for position, but it is a tactical action, not simply a battle for position.

The reason for the Germans to engage in a tug-of-war was that they could not make the Entente side think that they could not win, but they could not lose too much room for movement, and the back and forth battle for positions could effectively form a tug-of-war, and then play a more lethal role in the constant back and forth battle for positions.

There are many things that can be queried by Rich's current mandate, and he specifically looked at the casualty data of both sides, which can only be described as "extremely successful tactically".

So far, the number of German casualties is 130,000, and the number of casualties on the Allies side is 350,000, which is almost 1:2.7. And there is no doubt that there will be such a casualty comparison, and those operatives, including Rich, undoubtedly made a great contribution, and it was because of their actions that the Entente side had to rush into the battle without being fully prepared.

If Leach's memory is correct, the number of Allied casualties and the German army's casualties were 538,000 after more than five months from the beginning to the end of the Battle of the Somme. In just over 1 month and less than 2 months, the number of casualties of the Entente has exceeded 350,000, and this figure is still the preliminary estimate of the German army, and the number of casualties that the Entente may cause is even more!

"Our planes do have the kind of weapons you say."

"Tanks?"

"Yes, tanks. We found at least 100 tanks in the rear of the enemy army, and probably more if we didn't find them. ”

"I have repeatedly sent warnings to the War Department and the General Staff, but there are still people who are stubbornly unwilling to believe in the existence of tanks...... not because they doubt their existence, but because they doubt what the tanks can do."

I have to say that some people in the German army's staff headquarters are really too stubborn, and they are only willing to believe what they believe, as if Li Qi had warned the Entente to increase the intensity of air strikes more than two months ago, but there are a bunch of bureaucrats in the staff headquarters who are stubbornly unwilling to accept it, and if it weren't for the front-line troops to make embankments, I don't know how miserable it would be. And this is also thanks to the willingness of several commanders to listen to some of Richie's words.

Richie walked to the window, took out his cigarette and lit it with a diesel lighter, took a deep breath, and looked out the window as he exhaled the smoke.

Their office is in Cambrai, part of the Pas-de-Calais region, south of Roubaix, near the River Esco.

This is a manor, and the cannon fire from the front can still be heard from here, but it doesn't sound that loud.

In fact, less than a kilometre away from their estate, there is an airport. Therefore, once the Air Force needs to be dispatched, not only can you hear the "hum" of the plane, but you can also see the plane climbing as long as you look out the window and look at the sky.

When Richie knew that there was an airfield nearby, he made an interesting discovery, that is, the flying squadron stationed at that airfield was called the 11th Hunting Squadron. When he learned about it, he took a special look at it, and it really made him find Manfred. Feng. The figure of Richthofen.

In August 1916, Manfred. Feng. Richthofen was also a second lieutenant, and according to records consulted by Richie, the cavalry ensign Manfred . Feng. Richthofen's current record is seven.

Manfred. Feng. Richthofen is a cavalry ensign, not an air force ensign? Then there is nothing wrong with that! In fact, the German army implemented a system of military ranks, such as second lieutenant of riflemen, second lieutenant of artillery, and second lieutenant of cavalry. Nowadays, there is no special air force rank, and although many pilots fly airplanes, their military ranks are still "land" ranks.

"We asked for reinforcements to the 'Gotha' GII, did we get a response?"

"Refused. The reply was that the bombing mission on the Western Front was still in charge of the airship, and the bombing opportunities were given priority to the Balkan theater. ”

In fact, the bombing mission on the Western Front was really undertaken by airships, and the German army deployed a total of 89 Zeppelin airships on the Western Front, which were commissioned in 1915, and at first they entered the British mainland to bomb, and then they were put into the battlefield to carry out bombing missions.

"What shall I say? Since the entry of aircraft into the battle, the role of airships has been repeatedly reduced, and most of the time, they are useful for the pilots of the Entente, except for special occasions! ”

"I'll send another telegram request."

"Alas!"