Berlin, the Kaiser Palace, Germany at this time is already in the ice and snow, but in the German Palace, it is a scene of singing and dancing, the European continent is already a scene of war, Britain, France and Russia are almost in danger under the pressure of Germany, Schlieffen plan has been perfectly implemented, and Paris is already in the bag. For this reason, the Kaiser specially recruited meritorious men from the front and carried out a grand ceremony to award these officers with honors and promotions to reward these officers for their outstanding deeds in this war that was related to the national fortunes of Germany, which could be regarded as a morale boost.

The arrival of midwinter is not very suitable for attack, especially for a big city like Paris, the German garrison firmly holds the strategic arteries around Paris, besieges Paris, no matter what, France is also in the south, and the midwinter is not suitable for attack, but it does not delay the garrison, which is completely different from Russia in the north, in the core area of Russia, on the occasion of the arrival of midwinter, in the city, it is good to say that with the help of various heating facilities, it is no different from the south, but in the wilderness, it is the natural world, and the winter snow layer by layer, It is not a place where living things can survive.

The arrival of the harsh winter delayed the German offensive, so that they would not be completely annihilated, but when the weather became colder and colder, under the premise that several breakthroughs were fruitless, the besieged army of more than one million people was even more embarrassed, and the Russian army, which was originally among the world powers, was not considered powerful, in the eyes of the tsar, these people were just some gray cattle, many of them were issued a gun, issued a piece of clothing, and became soldiers. Become a soldier of Tsarist Russia, let alone a cotton coat and quilt. Even if it is the logistics department, it is quite insufficient. According to the Russian custom, let them send troops at will, without thinking about what will happen in a month, or even a few months.

The cold in the north is not something that can be resisted by manpower, and Germany has already prepared for cotton clothes and various military supplies from the northwest, such as cotton sleeping bags wrapped in plastic outside. Even in temperatures of minus 30 degrees, it is impossible for the Russian army to sleep and rest, and they are still hiding in the trenches in single clothes, although the Germans did not attack, and the non-combat attrition is more than a day, and every day Russian soldiers are frozen to death or frostbite, when the cold snap comes. Even dozens of people froze to death overnight.

Germany did not take the initiative to attack these besieged Russian troops, but it did not mean that Germany did nothing, when Germany finally completed the complete encirclement, the last few temporary aid channels were completely blocked. Millions of Russian troops are besieged in a small area, and the fate of these Russian troops has been decided.

When the weather is cold all day by day. These Russian troops can't even guarantee that they are full every day, and they can't support it. One capitulation after another, which is rare in Europe. into the establishment, into the surrender of the establishment. Millions of Russian troops, surrendered in batches, this is simply an earth-shattering thing in Europe, first of all, the tsar was shocked, even if the tsar did not value the gray cattle very much, driving them to death, the million army always gave them a sense of security, now these are all lost, the entire Russian-German border, there are only a few group armies, these troops, simply can not withstand the attack of the German forces, once again urge the government to come up with funds to arm enough Russian troops, otherwise, once spring comes, If the weather permits, the German army can even drive straight in, and the entire Eastern Front will collapse, and the essence of the European part of Russia, the oil-producing areas of the Caucasus, will become the place pointed by the German front.

In order to save his life, the tsar even took out a few 4 million pounds of personal wealth and a little money squeezed out by the government to arm the Russian army, but these were not enough to resist the German army, because relying on this armed army, there were not as many as the previous millions, they were all new troops, and they didn't even do much training, they could only be passive defense.

The surrender of the Russian army also made Britain and France panic, and they urged the Russian army to send troops, in order to drag the German army on the Eastern Front, and even mobilize the German army, so that they could reduce the pressure on the Western Front a little, and then only gave a little sweetness and support at that time, and then because of the turmoil in Europe, the situation in France became precarious. But I didn't expect that the million Russian troops not only did not play a role in delaying, but were calculated by Germany, Germany did not resist the enemy, but calculated to use space in exchange for time, step by step, forming a huge encirclement, when the outflanking was completed, only less than a quarter of the Russian army's strength was used, and the encirclement was formed, with the help of the power of the siege and winter, this part of the Russian army was completely forced to surrender.

In this case, Germany's losses are almost minimal, the Russian army was annihilated 100,000 people, and the rest except for the non-combat attrition, all surrendered, and the corresponding German losses were only one-twentieth of the Russian army, that is, about 5,000 people, which also counted some minor injuries, such losses are basically a drop in the bucket for Germany, which has now mobilized a million troops.

The purpose of containing the German army has not been achieved, but Russia is in a precarious situation, Britain and France, which are already at an absolute disadvantage, are completely panicked, and they can't care about weakening Russia and protecting their own plans, if Russia is completely defeated by Germany, and the Allies no longer have any worries about the eastern front, they can combine their forces and counterattack the western front, not to mention the alliance of Britain and France, even if you count the back hand, it is also an undefeated situation, when the time comes, Germany will dominate the entire European continent, even if Britain has the power to return to heaven, There is no way to stop the rise of Germany, which no one wants to see, under the advantages of one another, Germany strengthens to the point of irrepressibility, as long as the harvest of this war is steadily digested, it will form a larger and stronger empire on the European continent than the Holy Roman Empire, with Germany's scientific and technological strength, industrial level, plus enough manpower, material resources and chassis, Britain and France dare not imagine what Germany will become, that is really the hegemon of Europe, the hegemon of the world.

In order to weaken Germany, Britain did not hesitate to start a world war, but not to help Germany rise, less Russia, plus the current losses, it is okay not to fight, so Britain and France on the second day of the surrender of the Russian army, they sent heavyweights to visit Russia urgently, both of them took out a lot of real money, with the British and French centuries of colonization accumulated from the family, positive support for Russia, Britain also obtained from the United States, part of the distribution to Russia, So that Russia can organize more troops than it used to be.

As the largest and most densely populated empire in Europe, even if Russia's literacy rate and urbanization process are at the bottom of the whole Europe, even some second-rate countries are inferior, and the huge population is the root of Russia's becoming a European steamroller, and it is also the foundation of Russia's strength.

When Britain and France got the real money and silver, and the United States ordered a steady stream of investment, Russia obtained enough weapons and equipment to arm 1.5 million troops, and the huge certificate and plan was also vigorously carried out in winter, in just one winter, Russia may recruit 2 million to 2.5 million troops, not only to make up for the previous losses, but also slightly improved, winter has become the key to Russia's stable defeat and restore its strength.

Seeing that the Russian side stabilized, Britain and France also breathed a sigh of relief, although a lot of real money and silver were greatly lost, but finally stabilized the eastern front, in winter, it is a rare stage of recuperation and adjustment, the battle of Paris that will inevitably break out in the beginning of spring can be said to be a key battle to determine France, even if the possibility of failure is huge, France is impossible to give up, is doing everything in its power to increase the strength of Paris.

Under the premise that Germany besieged Paris with superior forces, it was not easy to support Paris, and the usual practice was to accumulate strength in Paris itself, with Paris as the center, constantly increasing Paris's defenses, barricades and blocks, using the method of street fighting, to resist German attacks, and even not hesitating to lose the whole of Paris, on the other hand, it was to mobilize heavy troops, open up the main road to Paris, and continuously supply Paris.

It can be said unceremoniously that if you want to break through the German defense line and hold Paris, the whole Paris will not be able to keep it, and the army will lose even more losses, and the loss of strength will be at least three to five times that of Germany, so that it will be 1 million or even more.

In the blitzkrieg was occupied by Germany with an absolute advantage, in the early days Britain and France, at least a million troops were lost, even if Britain and France had a strong foundation, this blow could not be made up for in a short time, so in any case, it was impossible to adopt such a method, which was also the consensus of Britain and France, so France even moved the capital to Bordeaux to show confrontation against Germany.

However, the key to the success of Germany's blitzkrieg was the airship, without the help of the airship, Germany would have reached the end of the crossbow under the city of Paris, and it would be impossible to besiege Paris with heavy troops as it is now. This airship gave the British and French inspiration that since it was impossible for the army to forcibly aid and open up the lines of communication, then the German victory over a part of the key airships became the key, which could be supported from the air in Paris, in order to increase the defense of Paris. (To be continued......)