In the face of a sudden German attack, France appeared somewhat powerless to resist. In the early morning of 17 September, after the news of the German army's attack on France suddenly came, countless high-ranking French officials got up from their beds in horror and hurriedly found their colleagues with anxious expressions to discuss an urgent response plan.

At this time, the British side, the 300,000 army units that had promised to support France had not yet been fully assembled, and the British troops who had even arrived at the port to wait for boarding and departing were less than 50,000. The French troops, which had been dormant for a long time, were a little powerless in the face of the attack of fifty German infantry divisions.

And this sudden action of the Germans completely disrupted the deployment of the Western powers. The materials that had been planned to aid the present had to be stopped due to the urgency of the war, and the materials that had been assembled and were waiting to be loaded on the ship had to be quickly transported back to the factory again, and then quickly made into rifles and bullets.

After learning the news of the outbreak of the war in Europe, the whole book was trembling, and the top management of the book was even more trembling, the plan that had been planned disappeared in an instant with a sudden war, and at this time Britain and France were even more difficult to protect themselves, how to talk about supporting the statement?

Wuhan, in the imperial palace, Wang Lin held a cigarette in his right hand and stared blankly at the pieces of land on the map. Many people have suggested that he quit smoking, after all, smoking is harmful to the body, and Wang Lin, as the emperor of a country, if his body is damaged by something like cigarettes, it is not only a loss to the Chinese Empire, but also a loss to the face of the Chinese Empire.

But who can understand the pressure in Wang Lin's heart? Is it really that easy to be the head of a country? The path chosen by Wang Lin can be said to be a road that no one has ever walked on, and all of this needs to be explored slowly and step by step. There is no lesson from the past, so it is impossible to rely on the successful experience of others.

It does take a lot of effort to turn the fantasy in your heart into reality, but more importantly, it is a persistent struggle and hard work. How easy is it to sustain the operation of a huge empire?

Germany has already started a war, and according to the previous agreement between the two sides, the Chinese Empire will train 100 pilots for Germany who can conduct simple operations within half a year. And sold one hundred and fifty fighters to Germany, these things Wang Lin didn't care about, and never even put them in his eyes. According to Wang Lin's current scientific and technological prowess, even if he made an early jet, there would be no problem, so how could he care about those early biplanes of World War I?

As for the training of pilots, it is simpler. Biplanes are not very difficult to work in the first place, and here, Wang Lin only needs to tell them the most basic flight knowledge. As long as they can fly into the sky and be able to make some simple attacks. Like fighting the enemy's air force or something, they can only rely on themselves to figure it out later. What's more, now no country in the whole world except China has an air force, and even if you want to find an equal number of opponents, you can't find it, so what is there to talk about fighting the enemy's air force.

It's just that Germany's war caught Wang Lin a little off guard, and Wang Lin didn't expect that the Germans would be so eager to start a war with France. Originally, I just thought that the Germans would continue to step up their war preparations and speed up the outbreak of war, but they did not expect the Germans to go to war directly. This forced Wang Lin's original plan to be accelerated, even though the Chinese Empire had not declared an alliance with Germany.

It can be said that the Chinese Empire went to war to help Germany find an excuse to go to war, and the Germans went to war to help the Chinese Empire reduce the pressure at all. Although the entry of the Germans into the war did not reduce much pressure on the Chinese Empire under the current circumstances, this invisible pressure will be slowly reflected in future wars. When the whole world joins the war, the role of the Germans will be clearly demonstrated.

Wang Lin didn't want to be the opponent of the whole world alone, and he was also unwilling to squat here to develop in a proper manner, so he could only pull a strong friend and resist the whole world with him while being unruly. At least part of the pressure in the European region can be dispersed.

The intensity of the war far exceeded Wang Lin's expectations, and on 17 September, when the German army crossed the German-French border, the German troops, covered by hundreds of small beans and rabbit tanks, marched resolutely and rapidly, while the French troops could only retreat in defeat. Encountering the armored fighting vehicles on the German side, the French army could only retreat except to retreat. Their artillery units could be very harmful to the German armored forces. But the Germans are not stupid, they have studied the tank for so many years, and they have long known the advantages and disadvantages of it.

Knowing that the armor aspect of Xiaodouding is a weak point, the Germans naturally will not stupidly stand there and let you fight. At the beginning of the war, the Germans relied on the fast speed of Little Dou Ding Naqi, leading groups of infantry units to quickly rush into the French defensive positions and engage in melee battles with French troops. The French artillery became dumb, and even if they wanted to open the artillery, they could not find the right angle and reason to open the artillery.

Of course, this sticky method of warfare naturally came from the hands of the Chinese instructors, and at first the Germans knew nothing about armored forces, except for envying its powerful power and excellent surname ability, the rest was all incomprehensible. For the use of tanks, it is not even clear how to start. But fortunately, the Chinese instructors who were hired at a huge cost did not disappoint them.

The Germans have always been an open-minded and educated people, and they did not say a word about the fact that they had served as instructors in the Beiyang Army of the Qing Dynasty more than ten years ago, let alone look down on people because of this. On the contrary, during the training, more German soldiers mustered up their strength and devoted themselves to the training. It was at that time that the Chinese instructors told them about Xiaodouding's weaknesses and strengths, as well as the most suitable playing style and the best combination of troops.

When Xiaodouding is charging, it is best to fight with a certain number of infantry, the so-called infantry tank, mainly to protect the enemy from causing damage to the tank tracks, and at the same time, this can also increase the combat ability. Second, when Xiaodouding reunites, if there is cluster artillery or large-caliber artillery on the opposite side, then there must also be cluster artillery behind him to cover, otherwise Xiaodouding will have great losses in the process of charging.

Although the Germans are studious and humbly seek advice, the Germans' hard-nosed surname really made the Chinese instructors a little uncomfortable at the beginning. After telling them the best combination and method, the Germans took the combination and then simulated various other combinations to test their comprehensive battlefield skills. But fortunately, although the Germans like to drill the horns of the bull and do things more tenaciously, they also gave a thumbs up to the Chinese instructors after going through various tests.

At first, Wang Lin was still thinking about whether to teach in detail, or vaguely, you can't say that I didn't teach, it can only mean that your soldiers are too stupid and haven't mastered the essence. But then I thought about it, forget it, as long as I sold Xiaodouding to the Germans, I guess it won't take long to know the most common way of playing, rather than letting the Germans secretly defend themselves in the future, it is better to be more direct and generous, and tell them these tactics that will not be secret in a short time, at least let them play a role in gratitude to themselves in their hearts.

"Your Majesty, the news just came that the German army has conquered the French town of Metz!" Yang Zhiping took the telegram in his hand and reported quickly, but he didn't know what Wang Lin was doing if he wanted to know the news from Germany?

On the morning of 17 September, the German troops, which relied on the joint operations of the infantry and Tan, completely conquered the important French town of Metz within a few hours of the start of the battle, and this move by the Germans actually deviated from the originally planned mission location. This was nothing more than a desire of the Germans to test the true power of the Butan-Tan joint operation. But then again, without their own actual combat exercises, the Germans still felt a little distrustful of this tactic.

After conquering Metz, the German [***] community was obviously very satisfied with this method of warfare, although Metz did not garrison too many French troops, but there were not many German troops to attack. At least compared to the other main battlefield, the Verdun direction is much less. The German army that went to attack Metz, after completing the mission, would follow the original plan, from the east or detour back to the rear of Verdun, and directly press Verdun, giving the French army the greatest pressure.

Of course, these are just Wang Lin's speculations. As for Verdun, Wang Lin will never forget the meat grinder of World War I in history, and according to the report of the French spies, the French army has indeed laid heavy troops in Verdun and has built complete fortifications.

From this, Wang Lin could easily imagine that once the Germans broke through Verdun with small losses and inflicted great damage on the French army, the German army would not encounter any strong resistance in France for a period of time. Or that there will never be any more large-scale wars. If the Germans were lucky enough to advance quickly and occupy all of France in a short time, then perhaps France would have become the first country to be destroyed since the beginning of the war.

And the Germany of the current era is also different from the Germany of the First World War in history, because Wang Lin got it, and the unexpected rise of the Chinese Empire made the German [***] team more or less change. The reason why the German army suffered heavy casualties during the Battle of Verdun in history was carried out. One is because of the German army's tactics, in the face of heavy firepower, the German army still uses the ancient cluster charge, which gives the French heavy machine guns and artillery an advantage, and the Germans can only take their lives to fill the gap in the war.

Under the influence of the unexpected rise of the Chinese Empire, coupled with the unexpected purchase of tanks of the Chinese Empire and the hiring of Chinese instructors, it was felt that the future war was no longer suitable for the use of cluster tactics. Therefore, although it was difficult for the Germans to completely change their original tactics for a while, they also deliberately changed slowly, at least when correspondingly, their commanders would still adopt other offensive methods. Therefore, in Wang Lin's view, it is certain that this Battle of Verdun will be called a meat grinder, but the problem is that it will be a massacre by the Germans.

With the help of tanks, coupled with the infantry and tanks, the German troops, with many machine guns and artillery, will change history and become the biggest victors in this battle.

"Well, the Germans are quite fast, how is the situation going on the Korean side?" Wang Lin sighed softly, although Wang Lin was very concerned about the progress of the war in Europe, compared to the war at his doorstep, this was Wang Lin's top priority at present.

"The war on the Korean side is almost over, and at present, our troops are making every effort to clean up the remnants of the remnants of the Japanese army in various places, and the king of North Korea, Li Xi, is currently actively preparing for the restoration of the country, General Long is discussing some things with Li Xi, as for the specific progress, General Long has not yet replied." Yang Zhiping cautiously answered Wang Lin's question, he has been following Wang Lin like this all these years, and Yang Zhiping's thoughts have gradually been rendered, not to mention that the leaders' ideas are jumping very fast.

"Li Xi!" Wang Lin muttered secretly.

For Li Xi, Wang Lin is actually not too unfamiliar, his throne is not very orthodox, and then after decades of hard work, he finally consolidated his regime, but unexpectedly was completely subverted by a Concubine Min, and at this time, Concubine Min, who later became Empress Mingcheng, was only twenty-three years old. It wasn't until a few years ago that Concubine Min was killed by herself, and Li Xi gradually regained his power and once again became the real king of North Korea. However, at this time, North Korea was no longer called Korea, but the Korean Empire.

This time, Li Xi wants to reorganize the Korean Empire so hard, and he must have invested a lot of money, but I don't know what kind of price Li Xi will offer this time? You must know that Wang Lin's expectation is not only to restore the identity of the previous suzerain, but also to have more requirements in it.

"Tell Long Yuhui that we are not allowed to give up a single step on our terms, and if Li Xi does not agree, we will forcibly control the whole of Korea, and install another king, and completely abolish Li Xi." Wang Lin sneered.

Yang Zhiping nodded understandingly, and quickly turned around and left.

North Korea, Kaesong. The capital of this Korean kingdom.

Li Xi was sitting at the negotiation table, thinking with a somewhat embarrassed face, and in front of him, sitting was a general from China and the general who liberated the entire Korean Empire, Long Yuhui. At this time, Li Xi was feeling embarrassed by Long Yuhui's conditions, but Long Yuhui ignored Li Xi's difficulties at all and refused to back down a single step.

When facing himself, Li Xi was even weaker, and he didn't dare to speak out of anger, so he could only swallow his anger in his stomach. Later, the Chinese came and defeated Yu himself, which made Li Xi a little calmer, whether it was the former Qing Dynasty or the current Chinese Empire, these did not matter, and Li Xi did not want to delve into anything. All Li Xi cared about was the fall of his Joseon dynasty, the former Qing dynasty, but the Chinese Empire, which came to the top, took the place of the former Qing dynasty.

There is nothing wrong with becoming a vassal state of the Chinese Empire again, and the Chinese Empire is also becoming stronger, gradually catching up with Britain, France, Germany and other countries, and in the future history, the Chinese Empire will definitely occupy its own place. Then the Korean Empire, which followed them, would naturally get some luck, but the conditions of this Chinese did make Li Xi a little too difficult.

It is not only necessary to revoke the title of the Korean Empire and reorganize the Korean Kingdom, but also to add the word "Zhongzhi" to the name of the country, which is undoubtedly telling the world all the time that we are the slaves of others, and we will be slaves all our lives. How can this make Li Xiqing embarrassed? And the most unacceptable thing for Li Xi is that he, the emperor who has just been in office for about nine years, will be reduced to a king again, although he has the administrative power of North Korea, but North Korea itself must not have any armed forces except for the establishment of police. A country without troops, what does this mean? Even if Li Xiping goes out, he doesn't have the temperament of a king, let alone an honor guard or something.

The security of North Korea will also be the responsibility of the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire will also be stationed in Korea all year round. Where is this subject? Obviously it is their own country, more colonial than a colony. If the Chinese put forward such a condition, Li Xi naturally would not agree. But what no one expected was that Long Yuhui actually threatened him, saying that if he did not agree to the requirements of the Chinese Empire, they would raise a new king, anyway, there are so many people in Korea, there are countless people who are willing to be this king, and with the protection of our Chinese Empire, no one wants to threaten him.

As soon as Long Yuhui's words came out, Li Xi, who still had the mentality of fighting to the death, couldn't hold back any longer. What Long Yuhui said he knew very well that as a vassal state of the former Qing Dynasty for so many years, Li Xi was even more clear about what the Chinese wanted, but how could it not work when he came to the Chinese Empire? Their aggressiveness does not have the slightest hint of a big country at all. It's like a villain, and it's a real villain.

"There are some small things that can be discussed slowly in the future, after all, you are still the king of a country, and we will not deprive you of your due treatment or something." Long Yuhui knew what Li Xi was thinking, he wanted people to be kings, and there were few people with guns around him to protect him, let alone Li Xi, even Long Yuhui felt a little too shameless, and Wang Lin did not say that the king of North Korea was not allowed to have personal guards around him, so it was a big deal to limit a number for him.

However, Long Yuhui still decided to force him once. "Okay, time is running out, I have more important things to do, I don't have the energy to spend here with you, if you agree, we will go down according to the contract, if you don't agree, we will immediately find someone again, you can give a word!"

"Agreed, I agreed!"

(To be continued)