The Anglo-French forces did not expect that Germany's combat effectiveness would be strengthened to this extent, so that the British and French losses in the early stage of unpreparedness were almost more than five times that of history, you know, before the Battle of the Marne, although the losses of the Anglo-French forces were not small, they could be added together, but 300,000 people, and now, they are more than a million, this is a million people, a million trained and qualified soldiers, not farmers who have been issued weapons and guns casually, and even a large number of low-level officers and non-commissioned officers have lost, This is not generally terrible, even Britain and France are powerful countries with sufficient foundations, and it will take time to make up for it, but now, time is the most lacking of both.

This was in the early days of the First World War, not a war of attrition in the middle and late stages, both sides had the determination to defeat each other quickly, and lost a lot of vital forces in a short period of time, for Britain and France, it was simply like a nightmare, especially France, after the unilateral retreat of Britain, the situation faced by France was extremely dangerous, and the French army retreated again and again could not stop the German attack of the 2 armies, after having heavy artillery and other supporting firepower, even without the cooperation of the airship troops, the German army's peak was already close to Paris, The nearest is less than 30 kilometers from Paris.

This is not the end of World War II, Germany faced Moscow's strong crossbow, with enough rest and logistical support, the real battle was only 15 days, most of them were by rail, no more than 150 kilometers on foot, the German morale was high, ammunition or something was sufficient, in this case, France's preparation was absolutely insufficient, a division may only have forty or fifty Makqin, barbed wire. Shovels and the like, not at all. The artillery was also old and was not developed according to the mobility of the troops now. Once encountered in the encounter, the opponent's shells have hit, the artillery on this side has not yet arrived, it has not yet been deployed, almost like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, layer by layer of defense line has been broken through, or directly killed, or wounded or captured, all in a mess.

Urgent reporting in Southeast Asia. It was at this time that it was transmitted, in this case, let alone sent, in the territory of the Dutch in Borneo, a large number of Chinese were found, and the news of unknown intentions was unclear, even if the real Chinese began to rise up and occupied the entire Malacca and Singapore, I am afraid that Britain and France could not do anything. For them had no leisure at all, and now the situation in Europe was in disarray, a third of the territory of France was occupied, and more than 1 million Anglo-French troops were annihilated. The German troops were directed at Paris, and the situation deteriorated to the point where it could not be attached.

Although Britain withdrew from France, it was impossible to abandon France completely. No one could afford to lose France, and they went on a frenzy to recruit troops at home. various colonies, members of the Commonwealth. The first batch of 3 Indian divisions and 3 African divisions are already on the way, as long as the number is sufficient, they will cross the English Channel again, France has re-established the temporary capital in Bordeaux, and mobilized a part of the troops and ships, even if Paris falls, France will continue to resist, but the strength will be weakened a lot.

On the other hand, Britain has not forgotten that it wants its allies to do it, and Japan is one of them, and they must solve the East Asian Fleet in Qingdao with the help of the British East Asian Fleet, so that Germany does not have a mobile force outside, and on the other hand, it is necessary to urge Russia to take action, and the Balkan direction must be put aside first, and a second battlefield must be opened on the Eastern Front.

Not to mention that the war situation in Europe has become magnificent, millions of troops are fighting together, in a short period of time, the losses are more than one million, France has lost a lot of land, Paris is in danger, it can be said that the war has entered a fierce stage, and at the same time, Asia, far away from the war zone, is also covered with war clouds.

The British fleet went to Hong Kong, and after a three-day stay in Hong Kong for maintenance, they immediately continued to go north, their purpose was nothing else, that is, Qingdao, at this time the British East Asian Fleet thought that the German East Asian Fleet was in the port of Qingdao, sank them, and let the only living force of Germany completely disappear, which was what the British Navy should do, in this way, when the home fleet blocked the high seas fleet in the harbor, the entire sea would be completely British.

Of course, the British Navy did not act alone, no matter what, Germany's East Asian Fleet, there were two more than 10,000-ton installations, after the appearance of the battle cruiser, the armored cruiser was outdated, but in the operation of breaking diplomatic relations and guerrilla warfare, but it was very useful, of course they pulled a helper, located in East Asia, Japan, which has a relatively strong navy, is the object of their wooing.

Japan finally began to move, Britain and France spared no effort to win over, for the situation in Europe, because of Britain's deliberate concealment, Japan did not know, they took it for granted that Britain and France had the advantage, after all, both are old colonial powers, the colonies combined, almost enveloped the whole world, the powerful French army, the powerful English navy, no matter what, is stronger than Germany without a colony in the world.

The asymmetry of information, coupled with the urging of Britain, and the temptation of the entire Jiaozhou Bay, Japan still sent troops, 4 standing divisions, most of the combined fleet, plus the fleets dispatched by Britain and France, the total number of warships exceeded 100, but there were not many capital ships, and the cutting-edge warships were Japan's Kongo-class, but the number of former dreadnoughts was quite large, and Japan could be said to be pouring out.

The first time Japan sent troops, it was known to the northwest, and the intelligence bureau personnel assigned by Japan could not enter the Japanese high-level and get first-hand information in advance, but the port area was their territory, and under the observation of a large number of personnel, the situation of Japan's combined fleet and divisions was still known.

Japan finally sent troops, not only Japan, Britain and France also moved, but in addition to the fleet, the other actions are not big, almost negligible, the bigger action is Beiyang and the revolutionary party, from 1911, China is actually a divided situation, Beiyang occupies the north, and the revolutionary party occupies the south, although there is an agreement, the northwest can be through the construction of the guò railway, occupy some new cities, but these are only a small part, and these cities are nominally, or within their respective jurisdictions, Taxes are also paid.

In the past few years, the development of the Northwest has made great strides, and the South and the North are not slow, in just 2 years, along with the open sale machine equipment in the Northwest, the funds in their hands have also increased, and the Northwest weapons are of good quality and low price, whether it is the Revolutionary Party, or Beiyang, they have more than one million troops, which in the past, they may not dare to think about it, but now the expanding army, so that their hearts are also full, with the actions of Japan, these armies are all active, The target is flanking in the northwest.

Compared with Japan, the revolutionary party and Beiyang did not attach importance to this information at all, and they mobilized troops almost without any cover-up, and the target was the northwest, and they also had no scruples, even if the northwest did not see the clues from the actions of the Japanese before, and did not obtain intelligence from Japan, the actions of the entire army now have already shown this point, in terms of division of labor, the revolutionary party and Beiyang are divided into two parts, the revolutionary party attacks Hubei from Hunan and Jiangsu, and the revolutionary party directly attacks Zhangjiakou and Shandong, then handed over to the Japanese, so to speak, a three-pronged approach.

In the eyes of the two, even if the Northwest has a certain combat effectiveness, the main force, going to Shandong, will be dragged down under Japan's superior forces, and the remaining Northwest Army should not be their opponent, because in the past time, the Northwest has rarely mentioned how many troops have been expanded and how many soldiers have been replenished.

The moment when the war is about to pull Lin, knowing that the two may do it, for their monitoring, they have never relaxed, and finally established the news, the mentality of the revolutionary party and Beiyang, so that Yang Yuanzhao is angry and funny, to be honest, leaving Beiyang and the revolutionary party not to deal with, on the one hand, is not to create greater killing, at that time the strength of the great powers has not been dragged by Europe, and it is still very strong, if there is a big civil war in the country, these powers make some small moves outside, or directly intervene, it will be very troublesome, This is very detrimental to the restoration of the strength of the Chinese nation.

But now, they have not yet started to do it, this is not looking for death, the current strength of the Northwest, compared with 2 years ago, has had earth-shaking development, absorbed more than half of the country's people, and under their hard work, built a powerful Northwest, it is time to unify the whole of China, although with the help of trading leverage and trade deficit, within a few years, most of the wealth and profits in the Beiyang and Revolutionary Party regions were still earned by the Northwest, However, the system of the northwest is completely different from the two, and it can give full play to the subjective initiative of the people, the reason why China has a strong foundation, in addition to the land area, is the greater population, countless people, if they can go all out to work, the wealth created by zào, is the foundation of the northwest's continuous strength, it is time to make this population more.

The war is coming, the revolutionary party and Beiyang have made a choice, Yang Yuanzhao is also ready for the final preparations, although, there will be iron and fire, but this is what the Chinese nation must experience, only after experiencing these, the Chinese nation will be truly reborn, when the time comes, combined into a whole, with the world's top production capacity and scientific and technological level of China, plus an all-in-one machine and the golden finger of the traverser, the rise is just around the corner. (To be continued......)