At the end of June, after a period of silence, fighting on the Western Front first broke out in Yalang.

The Australian and New Zealand forces jointly sent to Europe to fight in Europe were called the Anzac Corps, and in the course of the campaign, John Monash gradually became the commander of the Anzac.

The Allied counteroffensive in Yamyang began with the Anzac led by John Monash.

John Monash was a very clever general, and without Qin Zhiyuan, he would probably be the smartest commander on both sides of the war.

John Monash was born in Australia, and his parents were both Jews from Germany, so many people didn't like him.

Like many people who initially did not accept Qin Zhiyuan from the Far East, everyone who worked with John Monash was full of praise for John Monash and ignored the label on John Monash, even King George V of the United Kingdom.

Before John Monash launched the attack, known as the Battle of Hamel, John Monash had just been knighted by King George V and promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.

Conservative forces in Britain questioned George V's decision, but John Monash was quick to prove that he was worthy of these honours.

John Monash carefully studied the tactics of Qin Zhiyuan and the German army during the war, and admired Qin Zhiyuan very much, in the "Battle of Hamel", John Monash used all weapons and equipment, including machine guns, artillery, tanks, and aircraft, and formulated a careful plan.

The plan went so smoothly that the forces under the command of Johann Monash ended the battle in 93 minutes, annihilating a German division and capturing thousands of Germans with minimal casualties.

The "Battle of Hamel" was small in scale, but it ensured the safety of Yamel and at the same time opened a passage for the Entente to attack.

When John Monash won, the British immediately became arrogant, and they promoted John Monash as the best soldier in the Allies, and at the same time printed John Monash's tactics into a pamphlet that was distributed to every officer in the British army for reference.

The French were unhappy and dismissive of John Monash.

The tactics used by John Monash have been used by Qin Zhiyuan several times, and each time he has won a more brilliant victory than the "Battle of Hamel", and the British respect John Monash so much simply because John Monash is from the British Commonwealth.

At the time of John Monash's "Battle of Hamel", the Franco-American forces under the command of Mangin and George Patton also began an offensive against the German army.

Foch activated Mangin from the standby list, and ordered Mangin to be the commander of the Ninth Army, and together with George Patton and Bastian, drive the Germans back to Amifontein.

Former commander of the Ninth Army, Denis Duschein, was responsible for the rout in Champagne-Chalons, and an investigative team has been set up to investigate Denis Duschein's dereliction of duty during the fighting, and until the results are known, Dennis Duschein will not be able to go anywhere for the time being.

At the beginning of July, the counterattack began at Krépion, with the Americans advancing head-on, with Mantin's Ninth Army on the left and Bastien's Fifth Army on the right, attacking the Germans who had broken through into the Suissons area.

The attacking force consisted of 23 French divisions and four American divisions, with a total strength of about 450,000 men, armed with 500 tanks and 1,300 artillery pieces, and prepared to encircle all the German forces, including the Soissons, like sacks, enclosing the Germans in the salient.

At this time, the battlefield was unusually stalemate.

The Germans surrounded Reims, and the Reims area became a rope to tighten the mouth of the sack.

The French surrounded Soissons, and Soissons became a big pie in the eyes of the French and Americans.

Of course, Qin Zhiyuan also made moves, and he ordered the troops led by Liu Zizheng, Zhang Tianshou and others, who had already detoured back to the La'ang area, to attack Amifontein from the La'ang area, completely cutting off the retreat of the German army.

Liu Zizheng and Zhang Tianshou had four divisions of infantry and one regiment of armored troops in their hands, and the number of tanks added together exceeded 200, so there was no problem in carrying out this combat mission.

At the same time, Pierre had already drawn up an offensive plan, and Chen Kangjian and Griff's troops would be responsible for carrying it out.

Contrary to Qin Zhiyuan's attack plan, Chen Kangjian and Grace's troops would attack from the southwest defense line and attack directly in the direction of Amifontaine, joining up with Liu Zizheng and them.

The French and Americans began a counteroffensive, which immediately put Ruprecht under pressure, and the day before Chen Kangjian and Griff were ready to attack, Ruprecht again organized troops to attack Reims.

From the map, Suissons was surrounded by hills, and the Americans and French chose to attack on this terrain, and the advance would certainly not be fast.

But at the same time, if the Germans wanted to retreat, then they could not be fast.

So the mouth of the sack, which is the location of Amifontein, becomes extremely crucial.

If there was a force at this time to occupy Amifontein, it would have been a catastrophe for the Germans in the sacks.

Relicht realized this problem and sent more troops to besiege Reims.

Even if he couldn't capture Reims, Ruprecht would have to trap the Foreign Legion in Reims City, so that at least Qin Zhiyuan wouldn't pose a threat to the German army inside the sack.

Since the purpose was to besiege, the German attack was thunderous and rainy, and Ruprecht took out only one division, and was willing to put only one regiment in each attack, and launched only three attacks in one day.

This is also too perfunctory.

Qin Zhiyuan felt despised and had the idea of "I want to make you look good".

That night, a telegram from Paris was sent to Qin Zhiyuan's headquarters, the telegram was written in secret language, which seemed to be just an ordinary greeting, but actually revealed a very urgent question: Crown Prince William wants to see Qin Zhiyuan, immediately!

Qin Zhiyuan immediately arranged a batch of transport planes to fly directly from Paris to Reims.

Before dark, the planes landed at the makeshift airfield in Reims, and about a company of infantry moved into the barracks in Reims.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Qin Zhiyuan met Crown Prince William in an inconspicuous military camp.

According to the telegram requirements, Qin Zhiyuan branched out all the French, including Pierre, and all the people around him were now Chinese, including this camp, which was also composed of Chinese troops, and it was also a reconnaissance force led by Hu Tingfeng.

The reconnaissance force led by Hu Tingfeng currently has more than 1,000 people, and it is no longer appropriate to call it a reconnaissance company, which is an armed force directly under the control of Qin Zhiyuan, an army that can already be called a "special forces".

Crown Prince William wore a Foreign Legion uniform, and in order to hide his trademark hair color, he also wore a certain Foreign Legion steel helmet and put on makeup, and if you don't look closely, you can't tell that this is Crown Prince William himself.

"The Home Office didn't find out that you had left Paris? That's, isn't it? After confirming that it was Crown Prince William himself, Qin Zhiyuan expressed his dissatisfaction with the Ministry of the Interior.

Crown Prince William does have a high degree of freedom, but at the same time, Prince William's every move is also under the surveillance of the French Ministry of the Interior, even if he sleeps, the officials of the Ministry of the Interior will stay outside the door of Prince William's bedroom. And, of course, there were people outside the window as well.

So Qin Zhiyuan was very curious about how Crown Prince William escaped the surveillance of the Ministry of the Interior.

"I have my way, that's not what I'm here for." Crown Prince William's face was not very good-looking, and he didn't know what stimulated him.

"So what are you doing here?" Qin Zhiyuan was curious.

Qin Zhiyuan and Crown Prince William have a certain tacit understanding, but the two have never had an exchange like a similar agreement, which is why the French government does not restrict the contact between Qin Zhiyuan and Crown Prince William.

Crown Prince William was silent for a while, the expression on his face was constantly changing, and sweat was running down his head.

It is clear that Crown Prince William is struggling.

"Can you do something for me?" Crown Prince William spoke with difficulty.

"What?" Qin Zhiyuan's heart was full of alarm bells.

"I'm going to kill Erich, or he'll take Germany into the abyss, I can't watch Germany go to ruin, although I can't do anything now, but I beg you, help me this time, I will definitely repay you......" Crown Prince Wilhelm said amazingly.

"How do you kill him? I want to ...... too," Qin Zhiyuan interrupted Crown Prince William.

"Erich", full name: Erich von Ludendorff. The current German general, the second-in-command in the German military system, the de facto ruler.

"Send someone to kill him!" Crown Prince William was murderous.

"William, don't be kidding, if Ludendorff was really so easy to kill, he would have died countless times, do you think the French government and the British government don't want to kill him? As far as I know, there are at least 20 plans, and nearly 1,000 people are working on them. Qin Zhiyuan shook his head and smiled.

It would be a surprise for the Entente to send one or two people to kill Ludendorff, even if it cost the British and French governments 100 million pounds to do so.

This kind of thing is not uncommon, just some time ago, Qin Zhiyuan had just experienced a danger.

"If I had my men as an internal response, I would be sure that Erich would be killed, which is fundamentally different from the actions of the British and French governments." Crown Prince William was confident.

"If there is someone you do within...... There is indeed a greater degree of certainty. Qin Zhiyuan was tempted, but immediately asked another question: "But I don't quite understand, why are you doing this?" ”

In Germany today, Ludendorff still has a large number of supporters, and the German army has not yet reached the point of despair under Ludendorff's leadership.

In a few months, the situation may be very different.

"I wouldn't do it if I could, but I don't see hope right now." Crown Prince Wilhelm said, took out a map and threw it on the table: "Look at it, it's the current situation, I don't need to explain, if you deploy troops in Laon to attack, how many do you think the 400,000 German soldiers in the encirclement can escape back?" ”

"Damn, where did you get these?" Qin Zhiyuan was furious.

In front of Qin Zhiyuan was a map of the current situation on the Western Front, detailed to the regimental number, and in the La'ang area, the symbol representing the tank unit was very conspicuous.

This is a serious leak.

"It doesn't matter where I got it, it's none of your people. What I want to say is that if it was before, when I was still the commander-in-chief of the army group, I would not have noticed, but now it is different, I do not have any position, but it allows me to see more clearly. "Hidden beneath the calm exterior of Crown Prince William lies a deep sorrow.

This may be the bystander Qing.

(To be continued.) )