The next day, torrential rain poured down.

The rainy season has finally arrived.

Needless to say, the armored troops could not even get out of the barracks door, and if they did not walk half a mile in the wilderness, the tracks would turn into "mud belts".

Such armored forces did not have the slightest impact.

Qin Zhiyuan also encountered problems due to a phone call from Leotera to Qin Zhiyuan in the morning.

"Qin, I have good news for you, there is a force arriving in Paris, and I will assign them to you as a mobile unit of the 18th Army." Leothai smiled heartily.

"Really? That's just great, I've been waiting for reinforcements, and if reinforcements come in, maybe tomorrow I'll be able to break through to Reims. "Qin Zhiyuan has a big package.

"Hahaha...... If there are reinforcements, of course I will give them to you. Leotey laughed, obviously satisfied with Qin Zhiyuan's progress.

Although Qin Zhiyuan did not recapture the lost territory of the French army, he had killed tens of thousands of Germans in the battles of the past few days, and at the same time there were nearly 10,000 prisoners.

Who said that there was no competition within the Entente, and the French might not be able to compete with the British in the navy, but they could never lag behind the British in the army.

It was about the sequence within the Entente, as well as the national pride and self-confidence of the French.

Therefore, even if Qin Zhiyuan's record is infinitely raised, it is not an exaggeration.

"One thing to be sure, if you're going to give me eggs for a new recruit who has just come out of the barracks, then you might as well give me some self-propelled guns or tanks, that would be more effective." Qin Zhiyuan really didn't want recruits.

Compared with veterans, the only thing worthy of praise is "courage", but courage is the most worthless thing, and it may become worthless at any time because of blood spilled on the battlefield. Veterans may seem slippery, but in fact they are often able to make it to the end.

What do you mean by that?

Only when you are alive can you have an output!

"Not recruits, all veterans...... I also have a question, Qin, if you are given some Japanese soldiers, do you have an opinion? Leotera gave Qin Zhiyuan an unexpected question.

Japanese?

For the Chinese, the Japanese represent blood, feud, national hatred, family hatred, and the kind of country that does not need mobilization if there is a war.

"The Japanese? Of course I don't have an opinion, but, did they come to Europe? Qin Zhiyuan wasn't sure.

Even if Qin Zhiyuan's history is not good, Qin Zhiyuan also knows that the Japanese did not send a single soldier to Europe in the two world wars, which is a bit similar to the Republic of China.

"Yes, there is a Japanese division that has just arrived in Marseille, the 6th Japanese division. The Japanese ambassador to France originally wanted to send this force to Flanders, but we needed it more than that, so it depends on what you mean. Leothai didn't say much, but Qin Zhiyuan's heart had already set off a storm.

At this point, Qin Zhiyuan can be completely sure that because of his arrival, history has indeed changed.

In the original history, the Republic of China did not send troops to Europe, only laborers, but because of the arrival of Qin Zhiyuan, the laborers formed an army to join the French Foreign Legion, which became a variable. It was also because of the rise of the Chinese Army that the Japanese, who were originally only interested in seizing the Chinese market, finally could not sit still and sent a force to Europe to increase their voice.

Domino effect?

Maybe!

"Of course, I don't mind, we have a common enemy at this critical moment. Louis, I want you to remember that while I am a Chinese, I am also French, and it is my duty to be loyal to France. "The righteousness that Qin Zhiyuan said was awe-inspiring.

Of course, if Qin Zhiyuan wants to say that all the Japanese will die in the tsunami early tomorrow morning, Qin Zhiyuan will sing a high profile now.

The reason why the Chinese and the Japanese are also bitter in blood is not because of the war of aggression against China that has not yet begun, but because of the entanglement of thousands of years before.

For the Chinese, the Japanese are a 10,000-year-old little brother, and they should look at the head of the Chinese and look down on the Central Plains Dynasty anytime and anywhere. But for the Japanese, why is the Chinese first and the Japanese second?

If there is a chance, the Japanese want to be the boss too!

In fact, for Europeans, the Chinese and the Japanese are not a problem at all, and between European countries, grievances and grievances are already used to the separation. The Germans could be kings of the British, but looking back did not affect Germany's declaration of war on Britain; The Germans could submit to the French, but in retrospect did not affect Germany from taking the lead in forming an anti-French coalition.

But for Qin Zhiyuan, the Japanese obviously have a special meaning for the Chinese.

This special significance is not only the rebellion of students against teachers, but also the provocation of rebellion against tradition, which is related to ethics and has involved the core ideology of the Chinese nation.

"Very good, Qin, tomorrow Lieutenant General Akashi Genjiro will lead the 6th Division of the Japanese Army to Feron Tadenoy, from now on, this division will be under your command and will be under the 17th Army." Leotera was satisfied.

"Okay, thank you very much!" A strange smile appeared on Qin Zhiyuan's face.

The Sixth Division, this is the main division that provoked the Nanjing Massacre, although they have not yet made this mistake, but the barbarism of this division can be seen.

The Japanese had signed a secret treaty with the British long before the war, and it was normal for the Japanese to want to go to the Japanese.

Qin Zhiyuan remembered the conversation with Clemenceau before the war, when Clemenceau promised that as long as Clemenceau was given time, Clemenceau would give Qin Zhiyuan a satisfactory explanation on the Shandong issue, and he wanted to feel the pressure of Clemenceau more than the Japanese, so he had the Sixth Division's trip to Europe.

In this way, it is much better to control the Japanese in their own hands than to let the Japanese go into collusion with the British.

Because of the heavy rain, Qin Zhiyuan did not arrange any military action in the following three days.

The Germans are the same.

Hurtier's "Storm Troops" tactics were overwhelming in the face of the French, but they were defeated in the face of the Chinese troops, and Hurtier was reluctant to continue to send his few "Storm Troops".

For the Germans, the "Storm Force" was too draining, and Hurtier did not have enough resources at his disposal to support his unlimited use of this tactic, both in terms of manpower and material.

Unlike the battlefield of Reims, which was already stuck in the mud, Flanders, 200 kilometers away from Reims, was sunny.

In the previous battle, the British once suffered 23,000 casualties in one day.

Haig disagreed, comparing Flanders' casualty figures to those of the Battle of the Somme, and thus came to the conclusion that "the progress was very satisfactory, and for a battle of this magnitude, the casualty figures were acceptable."

But for British Prime Minister Lloyd George, the figure is far from satisfactory.

Haig had made a similar promise to Nivelle in order to launch an attack, but now it seems that Haig's promise is the same as Niveler's, and it is also in the air.

In the three and a half weeks following the start of the Third Battle of Ypres, Haig's troops advanced an average of two miles, which was only half the distance the British had advanced on the first day, according to Haig's projections. That is, in Haig's projections, the British troops should have advanced four miles on the first day.

As the battle stalled and Haig failed to defeat Price, the projected amphibious forces were disbanded and both sides began to replace their heavily wounded units. The British replaced 14 divisions, the Germans 27.

Lloyd George was furious and brazenly told the Cabinet: "Blood and mud, mud and blood, these people can't think of anything else!" ”

"These people" refers to Haig.

Of course, compared to Haig's call Lloyd George a "son of a", Lloyd George does have a gentlemanly demeanor.

In September, Haig was recalled to London, and Lloyd George asked Haig to explain his battle plan to the War Council. Haig's explanation was supported by General Robertson, Chief of the British General Staff, and Haig was able to return to mainland France without diminishing his power in the slightest.

Because of the Prime Minister's warning, although Haig did not say it, he was still vigilant in his heart. So Haig made a change, and the burden of the offensive shifted from General Gough, commander of the Fifth Army, to General Plummer, commander of the Second Army.

Plummer was a very clever man, and it was he who presided over the British army's "mine plan", which gave him the glory of the early stage of the Third Battle of Ypres.

Plummer studied Qin Zhiyuan and Hutier's battle reports in the Reims region in detail, and decided to use the same tactics as Qin Zhiyuan.

Plummer concentrated a large number of artillery pieces in the first three weeks of August, reaching a density of one cannon every five yards on average.

This density of firepower was unprecedented, surpassing Verdun, the Somme, the first two battles of Ypres, and the first ten battles of the Isonzo.

Plummer's shelling was also segmented, the first stage was grenades, the second was high-explosive, the third was indirect fire, the fourth was gas bombs, and the fifth was grenades......

In three days, Plummer commanded the artillery to carry out 3.5 million shells.

On September 20, the British infantry attacked.

The Germans on the defensive side had already been blown up into idiots, and they did not do much to resist and raised their hands in surrender.

The British occupied the German position, and did not rush to attack, but immediately built fortifications, and by the time the Germans found that the British were no longer attacking, it was too late, and the Germans lost the opportunity to counterattack.

The Bavarian prince is not a Huthier after all, he has not yet learned the "Huthier tactics".

But the Bavarian prince did not lack counter-forces, and when the British attacked, he organized the maximum artillery bombardment, resulting in the death of 20,000 Englishmen.

Plummer is not Qin Zhiyuan, and he does not have a formed bomber in his hands.

After three days of fighting, Plummer had made the same progress as the previous three-and-a-half-week victory, and the British triumphantly dubbed the victory the "Battle of Maine Road."

After that, Plummer continued to use this method of warfare that strictly limited the distance of advance, and learned Qin Zhiyuan's tactics of concentrated use of bombers, and won the "Battle of Bollignwood".

The British were triumphant about this.

Plummer did not hide where his tactics came from, which on one side proves Qin Zhiyuan's tactical attainments.

The hegemon of the East from the Far East......

Well deserved!

(To be continued.) )