The situation in Europe, since the Austro-Hungarian Empire attacked the Balkans, began to change rapidly, before the European powder keg Balkans, the change is not big, Austria-Hungary is constantly approaching, Serbia is retreating, but the brave Serbs, with their lives to resist the powerful Austria-Hungary, that is, when Turkey, Bulgaria joined, so that the situation in Serbia is precarious, even Greece came to help is the same, can not stop the pace of the Allies. Fortunately, the speed of the breakthrough was not fast, and in the defense line of dozens of kilometers, Serbia and Greece had the upper hand, but they did not retreat completely, and they were more balanced.

But the Western Front was completely different, the tyrannical Germany, as if it had eaten a stimulant, occupied Belgium, detoured to France, occupied one-third of France's territory, Paris was in danger, and incidentally, a partial division of only 200,000 men actually besieged the British expeditionary force in a small area.

The 700,000 army was besieged, and more than 150,000 had been lost, and the remaining 550,000 or so were trapped in a narrow area 20 kilometers wide and 30 kilometers long, with an average of 1,000 people per square kilometer.

However, the Crook Corps, which was responsible for the main attack, was also a little unable to attack, and the British Home Fleet temporarily dispatched 6 capital ships nearby, with 13.5-inch and 14-inch naval guns and a range of 20 kilometers, so that the heavy artillery of the Crook Corps did not dare to force too close, plus the British army was faced with a choice between life and death, between life and death. burst out with great combat power, Crook was well aware. Unless the army under command is ordered, the attack is not as casual. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to break through these dense British defenses.

For this reason, after a day of storming, Crook changed his methods, continued to suppress, and used defensive methods to make it impossible for the British army to escape, and when Crook made this decision, the trapped handsome. The last glimmer of hope of escape was completely cut off, and the Germans would build a large number of various fortifications in each area, and under such fortifications, they organized several concentrated breakthroughs, but they did not have much effect, but lost their troops and their morale became worse and worse.

The UK currently has a population of only 40 million. Hundreds of thousands of troops are not something that can be discarded casually, this is composed of a standing army and a part of the new army, even if the combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of Germany. It is already the best in the entire British camp, and once it is a devastating blow, the consequences are unimaginable.

Urgent telegrams one after another. It was sent to Battleship Street, but the British had nothing to do. At present, the possibility of relying on its own strength to break through is basically gone. But it is impossible to ask for help from outside, France is not strong, the coastal area is not completely occupied by Germany, but if you want to organize the French army, it is impossible to come up from the side, France has been completely scared, not to mention that there are no soldiers, even if there are soldiers, it is impossible to send them, isn't this to death?

To be honest, before the start of the war, Britain never thought that France would be such a soft persimmon, knowing that France could not be Germany's opponent alone, otherwise the Franco-Prussian War would not have been lost, and two key provinces would have been lost, but it was so weak that it really exceeded everyone's expectations.

In just ten days, Germany occupied one-third of the territory, and even the capital Paris could be breached, such a weak chicken Britain did not think at all that the original united France in the fine line to involve Germany in the plan, there is no way to continue, now they must save themselves, these troops can not be left here.

Husband and wife are the same forest birds, the catastrophe is coming, each fly separately, between Britain and France, is not so close to the relationship between husband and wife, at this moment can only rely on themselves, as for France, ignore him first, after a whole day of fierce debate, a retreat plan about 700,000 troops was jointly approved by the Prime Minister's Office, and the omen order was also released.

In order to rescue hundreds of thousands of troops, Britain can be said to have used all its strength to eat, first of all, the navy was all dispatched, the home fleet and the fast fleet, together with 150 ships of various sizes, almost filled the English Channel.

The actions of the British surprised the German staff, what did the British want to do, was they preparing for a duel with warships, but soon, the direction of the British fleet was detected, and the target was directly aimed at the landing ground of the British army in France.

This is a good opportunity, the navy, this is the only thought, some radical naval officers, clamoring, take advantage of this opportunity, and the German high seas fleet, but the top of the navy, including Tirpitz, including Wilhelm II, who created the entire high seas fleet, do not agree, yes, Britain is panicked, take out all the money, but in the English Channel, can the main force of the British fleet be blocked, the current high seas fleet is still in the Baltic Sea, the Kiel Canal can be passed, but it is obvious, The British will not be unprepared.

Sure enough, in the open sea of the Kiel Canal, and even the mouth of the Baltic Sea, a large number of mines were laid by the British in advance, although the density was not large, but the travel of the large fleet was also quite dangerous, and it may take three or four days to clean up.

At this time, the Germans also understood that it was impossible for the British to have a strategic decisive battle with them, that this retreat could not last long, and that this contact must be maintained so that they would suffer greater losses.

The German High Seas Fleet acted urgently, the minesweepers immediately cleared the mines located at the mouth of the Kiel Canal, and the submarine forces were also dispatched, waiting for an opportunity to attack, once sinking a capital ship, it was considered a great cost, and on land, the Crook Corps, which had already supported a considerable amount of land and air forces, was also ordered to delay the withdrawal of the British troops at any cost.

Because the airship ran out of ammunition, coupled with the fact that the bombs were a little lower for the fast-moving battleship, the hit rate was a little lower, and it had almost no effect, but under the prompting of the British mine-laying, they found that if they used the airship to lay mines, it seemed that the cost was lower, even if it was on the dense waterway, under the prying eyes of many battleships, the mine-laying could be completed, not to mention the effect, disgusting and disgusting to the British, it was feasible to delay their speed.

In this way, the first aerial mine laying in the history of mankind, so appeared, which is more than real, the history of the improvement of several decades, the most important thing is to deepen the combat effect of the airship, from this war, Germany, Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, Russia, have begun to study the airship in depth, at least 500 large airships at the same time to start construction.

28 airships, even if the load capacity is very large, but in terms of minelaying, it can only be harassment, it may attack four or five times a day, each time about 200 mines are laid, not to mention the blockade of the entire English Channel, even if it is a blockade of the landing ground is difficult, Britain in order to withdraw the army, it can be said that it has used all its strength, not only all the capital ships attacked, suppressed the attack of the Crook corps, and provided a stable place for the retreat, and the auxiliary ships also dispatched 80%, all the projected mines, most of them, It's all cleaned up.

On the first day of the British retreat, 17 ships were sunk by mines, not only losing 17,000 tons of ships, but also thousands of soldiers who had just been evacuated from the front.

Britain launched a retreat plan, at any cost, even if it was a mine, even if it was a loss, even the precious battleships were sent, and the 14-inch naval guns bombarded the Crook corps almost regardless of the cost, Crook was not a good stubble, it was impossible to let them go back in vain, under the threat of large-caliber naval guns, it was still a small area of distribution of impact, especially at the beginning of the retreat, under the premise of unstable military morale, such an attack had a surprising effect, and it really broke through the British defense, There was a big internal disturbance about it, and the British suffered heavy losses.

In such a chaotic situation, Britain under the pressure of the high seas fleet, the strong Britain showed its shipping strength, and later the investigation learned that the British used a total of more than 7.8 million tons of ships, and fought for about a week one after another, and withdrew almost 350,000 troops to Britain, as for the rest, they were all left, or died at the landing ground and in France, or, they encountered mines or submarines, and were sunk, most of them returned with their own separate equipment, Most of the light and heavy weapons were lost in France.

In just one month, in the first month of the war, Britain's million-strong army lost almost 650,000, almost losing its armor, even if it withdrew 350,000, it would take two or three months to make them fully regain their combat effectiveness, unless Britain made a desperate bet and sent these withdrawn personnel again, otherwise within two or three months, Britain would have no ability to interfere with France and help France.

France was even more miserable, the main direction of Germany's attack was in France, on the border between France and Belgium, in the Ardennes Mountains on the border between France and Germany, under the guard, many French troops were completely annihilated, all in total, almost 950,000 or so, many group armies, all into the system, into the formation of annihilation, this in the past history, almost to remove the number.

Continuous losses, so that France continued to lose blood, has faced the danger of losing the country, their opponent Germany, full of calculations, will not exceed 200,000, a quarter of the casualties, or in the hindrance of the British retreat caused by the formation, facing the pressure of many battleships, Crook's corps is almost a strong attack, so that a lot of British troops to stay, at the cost of more than 50,000 casualties, left 200,000 British troops, can be said to be the largest proportion, Rao is so almost 4 to 1, such a ratio, not to mention Britain and France, I'm afraid even Russia won't be able to accept it. (To be continued......)