Chapter 62: The Unaffordable Price

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Rich's attitude was undoubtedly to make Adolf. Hitler was flattered because Adolf. Hitler was genuinely moved and encouraged by Litchie's speech.

How powerful is a speech? A speech that can be accepted and deeply rooted in the heart can make people accept the idea and be willing to sacrifice for it, and the spiritual recognition and deep shock will always make people do something inexplicable, such as being a human ~ meat bomb or something.

Adolph. How much did Hitler agree with Rich's speech? What he liked the most was Rich's ideas about the living space of the nation, and he was deeply moved by the sentence "Even if we all die in battle, Germany should still exist".

It's hard to feel the atmosphere without getting involved in a lot of things, for example, you feel that those who have been deceived by pyramid schemes are stupid, but if you are in the middle of it, you don't think so. A person who has been to the concert in person, and a person who has not been in person in front of the TV, are both watching the stars performing, but the feeling is not the same at all, and that is a very obvious difference in participation.

"Writing a memoir?" Adolph. Hitler looked surprised or confused, and he asked uncertainly: "You mean that I should write a memoir of these years?" ”

"Yes, we should all write when we have free time." Richie said very seriously: "Being able to publish can let people in the rear know what we have done on the front." It can't be published, and perhaps one day in the future, we will cherish those past events that have been recorded in words. ”

The organization of a brigade has been going on for a week, and more than 4,300 people have been included in the formation. Hitler chatted, talked about some topics about war and ordinary life.

It has to be said that because the Allied air force was too rampant, not only did the German army suffer difficulties on the Somme front, but the cause of Li Qi and others responsible for forming a reserve brigade did not go well.

The Entente bombing intensified repeatedly, and the German army's logistics line was under unprecedented threat, and Litch learned from some sources that the German army on the Somme line was already in a dilemma of supply difficulties, and if the situation was not improved, some unforeseen things might occur.

The arms that were supposed to be in place on 27 August were not in place, and the mobilization of personnel was not satisfactory. If the difficulties on Richie's side will only affect the commander of the 1st Army, Otto. Feng. Some of Bello's plans, where supply lines were bombarded indiscriminately and transport lines were often interrupted, would have become fatal to the Germans throughout the Somme.

The telegrams sent back to Berlin from the Somme front never stopped, and every telegram must contain the words "requesting reinforcements", and in addition, more soldiers are needed, the more soldiers the better, so the battle of the Somme has entered a new phase.

Not only did the Battle of the Somme enter a new stage, but the Battle of Verdun entered the final decisive stage, and it was precisely because the Battle of Verdun entered the decisive stage that it became difficult for the German army on this side of the Somme to obtain reinforcements.

Admittedly or not, Richie has in a sense changed history slightly, not only by allowing the Allies to launch the Battle of the Somme with ill-prepared conditions, but also by influencing the course of the Battle of Verdun.

That's right! The Entente tilted their forces to the Battle of the Somme, and the strength of support for Verdun would definitely be affected.

The main force of the Battle of the Somme was the Commonwealth army, and they lost nearly 400,000 men in two months. By the end of August, the Allied coalition had 51 divisions in the Somme, and the number of aircraft had increased to 500. In response, the German army also increased to 25 divisions, but only 180 aircraft.

For some people who do not "know", it seems that things are just like that, but for those who "know", such as Leach, his memory of the German army on the Somme should be more than 30 divisions and more than 300 aircraft. So what's going on?

"We have been increasing our forces in the direction of Verdun, and almost all the reserves we have mobilized have been put into the Verdun battlefield. It is reported that we put 56 divisions and 450 aircraft in Verdun! "Kurt. Zeitzler pondered: "The Battle of Verdun was to open the passage to Paris, and the Battle of the Somme was a battlefield launched by the Allies in order to reduce the pressure of the Battle of Verdun. In a sense, the Entente's attempts were failing, because we had not only held back the Allied forces at the Somme, but also had an absolute advantage in casualties, while the pressure on the Allied forces on the battlefield of Verdun had not diminished. ”

Li Qi nodded, the battlefield is a lot of parts (battlefields) to determine the fate of a participating country, not just a single battlefield can determine the outcome of the entire war.

In modern warfare, there is only one shortcut to achieve final victory, that is, to occupy the enemy's industrial concentration, and the industrial concentration of European countries is generally in the capital, such as the industrial area of France is in Paris, so as long as the German army can capture Paris, France's withdrawal from the war will become inevitable!

In a sense, if the Germans could win the Battle of Verdun, it would have been okay to lose the Battle of the Somme. Perhaps it was on the basis of this consideration that the German General Staff Headquarters had consistently ignored requests for reinforcements from the Somme front?

"I need to go to the joint command of the army group in the afternoon." Li Qi was nibbling on a piece of black bread, he swallowed the bread in two bites, picked up the kettle and drank some water, and lit a cigarette before continuing: "The commanders of several army groups are over there, and it seems that more important people will come." ”

The man who was going to the front line on the Somme was Erich. Feng. Falkingham, who originally came over, still needed to add Crown Prince William, but the Battle of Verdun was at a critical point, and Prince William canceled his plan to visit the Somme front.

Kurt. Zeitzler asked: "Major, I heard some news from some of my colleagues that we will transfer some troops from the Eastern Front to the Western Front, is the news true?" ”

Li Qi also heard the relevant rumors and thought that the rumors should be true.

The main force against the Russian army on the Eastern Front was the Austro-Hungarian troops, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire also took responsibility for the war with the Russian army, and the pressure on the German army on the Eastern Front was not so great.

Previously, the Germans had sent new troops to the Eastern Front because Austria-Hungary, as an ally, had behaved too poorly. Now that the Germans themselves needed the necessary reinforcements on the Western Front, they could only say sorry to Austria-Hungary, and the Second German Reich needed to take Paris and force France to sue for peace.

"I always feel like you're worried about something?" Adolph. Hitler looked at Richie and said in a rather unbelievable tone: "Do you think that the United States will enter the war, but we are far from declaring war on each other even if there is a conflict with the United States at present?" ”

Richie is not just to Adolf. Hitler said that the United States would enter the war, in fact, he also took advantage of his identity to send a report to the War Department and the General Staff Headquarters, affirming with great certainty that the United States would participate in the European war, and that it was on the side of the Entente, but Berlin did not respond at all, but the facts will definitely confirm the correctness of the United States' inevitable entry into the war!