On November 9, 1913, the French border was still in full swing, from the west vertical to the middle line, and then to the eastern front, France suffered a large or small defeat, especially the west longitudinal, the situation was already precarious, although the British landed, but the temporary deployment of only 3 divisions, after a slight assembly, they went to the predetermined position, but still halfway, it was captured by the Germans, no way, Britain only on the place and, the connection between Britain and France became the biggest problem, Even the liaison officers sent by the French did not know where to go, and the romance of the French did not work at all in the war, and even the French themselves, the command was in disarray, which was also the root cause of France's successive defeats and retreats. The chaotic command made the British at a loss, and they had no choice but to act on their own, while the Germans, in accordance with the rules, fought extremely actively.

Schlieffen's plan went quite smoothly, from the beginning to the present, it has been overfulfilled the task, especially the German Crook Department in the west vertical, and the British army of the three divisions in the vanguard received fire, and the strong Crook Corps, it only took one morning to break through the three lines of defense of the British army, annihilating one and a half divisions, most of the remaining British troops retreated, and even most of the British troops behind them were in danger of being surrounded.

At this moment, even the British were in a hurry, they didn't expect that the German army would be so strong, and they had laughed at the second-rate Belgian army before, but now it fell on them, and it was almost the same, all the British troops began to build positions in situ, and the British army in the vanguard desperately resisted the Crook corps, which was barely able to resist. The defense line was precarious, and most of the French territory was occupied. Britain and France, which had suffered a lot of losses, put pressure directly on Russia. Ask them to immediately open a second battlefield on the Eastern Front.

Germany's presence on the Western Front not only put direct pressure on Britain and France. The pressure on Russia is not small, even if Britain and France do not urge, Russia will do its best to mobilize, but Russia, which is not an industrial country, has too poor mobilization capacity, and according to the current timetable, it may take 12 days, or even 15 days, to be fully ready. At this time, the German army on the Eastern Front had already built a perfect three-dimensional defense in accordance with the northwest method, and the length of the trench alone was as high as 800 kilometers, and there were seven lines of defense in front and rear, which were extremely strong.

The war raged in Europe, and the Entente and the Central Powers, in both directions, were hoarding troops. All in the millions, even in the Balkans, Turkey, Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary. It also gathered an army of nearly one million to fight the former Balkan alliance backwards. Even in Serbia, more than half of the men in Serbia have chosen to become soldiers. But he still couldn't resist the soldiers.

Qingdao, a German fortress. According to the previous agreement, as long as the war in Europe burns, after the war between the Allies and the Entente, Germany needs to return Jiaozhou Bay to Qingdao, Germany has obtained a complete fleet, greatly enhanced naval strength, plus aware of the strength of the northwest, and is not willing to offend the northwest at this time, so it chose to fulfill the agreement, but there are many things, the transfer needs more things, the northwest and Qingdao together to prepare for almost 6 days, it is almost the same.

This is the first time to recover the territory occupied by the great powers, Yang Yuanzhao personally came here, the entire Jiaozhou Bay reception ceremony, under the tacit understanding of both sides, no one made it public, Qingdao fell into the hands of the northwest, or a little later to be known, Germany was very strange, but did not say anything, at this time the war has broken out, more than one thing is better than less thing, and agreed.

Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao Port, one of the few military ports in Germany abroad, especially in the Far East, where there is no place to stand, forcibly occupied, also spent a huge investment, and the construction is very good, but the northwest has paid a lot of price, coupled with the current northwest's arrogance, the Germans put their minds down.

Scheer also participated in this handover ceremony, the navy headed by Scheer, does not see it that way, in just 3 months, Scheer has gradually become familiar with some things of the fantasy class and Orion, with the support of the northwest, the entire task force is fully manned, not only 9 capital ships are beyond the level of ordinary super dreadnoughts, even those heavy, light and destroyers, but also show good performance, combat effectiveness is above the level, there were doubts before, The sustained combat capability and performance of this task force fleet, there is no doubt at this time, and 9 arbitrary capital ships are also extracted from the high seas fleet, and the strength of the fantasy class plus Orion can easily defeat them, in Scheer's heart, the number of these capital ships can already be multiplied by a parameter, and this parameter must be greater than 1.5.

The sea trials have been carried out for 7 percent, some protection training, artillery training, has been carried out, now is the formation training and battle line training, compared with other warships, often a year, or even more than a year of sea trials, the sea trial time of this warship has been greatly shortened, it is expected that in a maximum of three months, it will be able to complete all the prescribed subjects and enter the active service of the German high seas fleet.

At this time, the fleet was in the South Seas, carrying out intense training, the news of Germany's declaration of war on Britain, France and Russia, for the time being, only the battleship captains and above of the fleet knew, the reason for concealing it was that they were afraid that these middle and lower-level officers and sailors would be impetuous, in case they had no intention of training, it was not good, Scheer with the help of the northwest channel, and still maintained contact with the base camp, the base camp was not in a hurry to mobilize their fleet back, the reason was very simple, only able to exert about 70% of the combat effectiveness of the task force, If you transfer back, it is of no great use, now the land is extremely lively, and it must be on the top of the process, which has restrained the energy of Britain and France, except for the German submarine forces, the British military port that has been attacked by the sneak attack, which has caused the results of the two escort ships, there is nothing, and on the North Sea, the British fleet is also very restrained, and few main forces are dispatched, which is also the fundamental reason why he can be patient here.

Civilian facilities, as early as a month ago, have been handed over, at present it is mainly the handover of the military port and the fortress, the commander of the fortress, the commander of the fleet, plus Scheer, several high-ranking military witnesses, signed on the list of sealed supplies and various facilities of the fortress, a regiment of German troops put down their equipment, not surrender, but convenient, next, they, the trained regular army, with the help of passenger ships in the northwest, will go to Basra, and then through the guò 3B railway, to Germany, at this time the Allies, the momentum is fierce, This railway, which was all under the control of the Allies, was the most convenient to transport.

As for the weapons of this regiment, they will be directly deducted from the weapons and equipment sold in the northwest, so that these soldiers can go into battle lightly, return to Germany faster, and then take up arms, which is a formed army, and the northwest will be responsible for all the equipment.

Yang Yuanzhao was responsible for signing, and then sent the infantry and the commander of the fortress on board, Vice Admiral Spee did not leave at the same time, his East Asian fleet, together with the future task force of Scheer, after the end of the training, and then return to Germany, after all, the entire Seven Seas is the world of the British, seaports, straits, and transportation hubs are all under the control of the British, and the strength of Vice Admiral Spey is really a little poor, and it is easy for the other party to seize the opportunity to encircle and attack. The German army has shown great strength in a few days of attack, and the navy should also show its strength, every sailor is very important, and an extra batch of sailors is equal to an extra capital ship.

If he had a choice, he would rather put these old ships here, but unfortunately the northwest has capital ships and a full range of shipbuilding capabilities, and he will definitely not want these ships, the East Asian Fleet, that is, the two armored cruisers, have some role, they are cutting-edge warships, and the others are useless.

But just give up like this, it's more wasteful, no matter how it is a fleet that has been run-in, any kind of warship, in the war, has a corresponding role, just like the submarine supported by Scheer before, now the submarine force is in accordance with the outline he set up before, training and fighting, when the high seas fleet did not leave the Baltic Sea, unable to carry out the operation of breaking diplomatic relations, the submarine force was dispatched several times, and the British ocean-going caravan carried out a considerable number of strikes, in just a few days, More than 300,000 tons have been achieved, which is very gratifying.

Scheer came back this time, it was on a destroyer, brought back a group of wounded, high-intensity sea training, more than tens of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of tons of fleet, the wounded are inevitable, compared to the Nanyang side, or Qingdao is more trustworthy, Qingdao's hospital, after supplementing a large number of doctors in the northwest, has become a large comprehensive hospital, the level of medical care is quite high.

Qingdao has finally returned, Jiaozhou Bay has finally returned, Yang Yuanzhao knows very well that in order to get Jiaozhou Bay, the price paid is a perfect, strengthened by the northwest, a strong fortress and military port, which is important to the northwest, as the leader of the northwest, he knows very well that under the premise of the ocean age, it is impossible to control the ocean, go to the blue water, and it is impossible to protect its own interests, and Qingdao is one of the best choices.

Factory equipment, even skilled workers and some German technicians and engineers who are willing to stay, even if some leave, the northwest can also be replenished, in a whisper, Qingdao so returned to the bosom of the northwest, under the requirements of the northwest, even the German flag was not lowered, leaving a group of Germans, as the high-level furnishings, all aspects of the intelligence are leaky, and even in the necessary change of defense in the fortress every day, a group of Germans wearing German military uniforms will come out to slip around, In order to hide people's eyes and ears. (To be continued......)