The Battle of Michael actually lasted 16 days, and by mid-April the Yamao region was back in a state of positional warfare.

Ludendorff tried to make a breakthrough, but made no progress, only to add some casualties in vain.

By mid-April, the Germans had occupied 1,200 square miles, captured 90,000 prisoners, captured 1,000 artillery pieces, and large quantities of munitions.

The Entente suffered another heavy defeat, with 160,000 British casualties and 60,000 French troops.

At the same time, the Germans themselves suffered 160,000 casualties and about 70,000 were captured.

Unlike the British and French armies, the Germans lost only elite troops, which could not be replaced.

Hubert Gough was sent back to England as a scapegoat, and his pre-war reminders were not mentioned, and the British government never commented on them.

Haig should have actually been dismissed, but Lloyd George had no better candidate, so Haig was able to remain commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force.

Although the British lost the war, Haig's efforts also objectively bankrupted Ludendorff's idea of ending the war this year.

The Germans did seem to have the upper hand now, but they lacked the stamina to launch a large-scale attack.

Ludendorff did not admit that his plan had actually failed, although the Battle of Michael had actually deviated from the original plan from the moment he ordered Hurtier to attack Yalu, but Ludendorff still wanted to continue his efforts, perhaps in Ludendorff's subconscious, the Entente was already at the end of its power, and as long as the Germans continued to invest their troops, the Allied positions would collapse.

Ludendorff's consciousness is no longer sober enough, whether Ludendorff admits it or not, the Germans are now at the end of their crossbow, and the Entente thinks that with the continuous increase of American troops, the advantage is now expanding every day.

Beginning in mid-April, the U.S. military build-up accelerated further, with 10,000 troops landing in France every day for ten days at the end of April, and these troops would be reorganized in Paris and then deployed into battle in batches.

Just before the Battle of Michael was over, Ludendorff began to prepare for an offensive in Flanders.

Because the troops originally intended for the attack on Flanders were used in Yaluen, Ludendorff reduced the size of the attack, and at the same time the preparations for the attack were carried out in a hurry, and there were not enough artillery and not enough A7Vs.

The A7V is a large tank newly developed by Germany, and the crew of this tank is 18 people, which can be imagined how huge, it is simply a steel fortress that can move.

Fortunately, due to the shortage of German resources, the Germans could not afford to equip enough tanks, and only a part of the troops was allocated a small number of tanks to carry out a large-scale assault, otherwise the Germans would have occupied Paris by now.

Ludendorff's plan to attack Flanders, which Ludendorff's staff called the "Georgette" offensive, was an ironic name that satirized Ludendorff's unrealistics.

The Georgette Offensive began in late April, with nine German divisions attacking 11 miles long, and as at the start of the Battle of Michael, there was a thick fog on the morning of the shelling, and Bruchmiller personally commanded the artillery units for five hours of shelling, focusing on the positions defended by the two Portuguese divisions.

These two Portuguese divisions were discharged by the Portuguese government as a gesture of friendship with the British, and the morale of these soldiers was very problematic. First of all, the soldiers did not understand why they were going to war, and secondly, on the second day of the German attack, the two divisions were supposed to be withdrawn to the rear to rest, and when they were attacked at this critical moment, the frustration of the Portuguese can be imagined.

As a result, under the devastating artillery attack of the Germans, the positions of the two Portuguese divisions quickly collapsed, and the soldiers fled in all directions, carrying the bags they had already packed, and the positions were left undefended.

The German attack went very well, and they advanced for 3.5 miles until the afternoon when they encountered hastily organized resistance from the British First Army.

The tactical aim of the georgette offensive was to capture Azbruke, which was also a railway transit point and had a very important geographical location.

General Horn led the First Army to hold out at Azbruk for two days, and on the night of the second day, the Germans used A7V tanks in the offensive.

The appearance of tanks hastened the collapse of the British army, and that night, the Germans carved a 30-mile-wide gap in the First Army's defense, and the First Army's defense line immediately collapsed.

From the first day of the campaign, Haig was aware of the danger.

On the one hand, Haig appealed to the French for help, and on the other hand, he ordered Plummer's troops to go directly to the support of the First Army.

At this time, Foch's troops were gradually increasing, so Foch sent four divisions in the direction of Azbrouk, including two American divisions.

Knowing that reinforcements were about to arrive, Haig was so relieved that he was qualified to give an order: each post must hold on to the last man, and no retreat was allowed. We have fallen into a desperate situation, but as long as we still believe in justice, everyone should persevere to the end.

Haig's words did sound very morale-boosting, but in fact, after Haig said this, he approached Wilson to discuss how to use the seaports in the English Channel to help their troops evacuate France.

This period, which was actually the most dangerous period for the Entente, was ordered by the French cabinet to give up supporting the British in the event of tension in the war, and to ensure the safety of Paris.

And although the British army shouted that they would "fight to the end", they were actually fighting the idea of retreating at any time.

In the British army, not everyone obeyed Haig's orders, such as Plummer, who did not follow Haig's order to "stay the course", and even when the Germans attacked Haig's position in exchange for 250,000 casualties last year, Plummer did not hesitate to retreat.

Plummer's decisiveness allowed the British to avoid further casualties, and for the next two weeks Plummer continued to retreat.

Plummer did not run wildly, and whenever he retreated to a certain point, Plummer would order his troops to stop and establish a position that would be difficult to conquer without the help of artillery.

The Germans had to make frequent stops and wait for the slow-moving artillery units to come to support.

And by the time the German artillery caught up, Plummer had already abandoned his position and continued to retreat to the rear.

This maneuvering tactic made the German offensive intermittent, and every effort of the Germans was like throwing a punch with all their might, but it hit the soft cotton, and even if they were victorious, there was no sense of exaltation.

This tactic was still used by Plummer until early May, and it was not until French reinforcements arrived that Plummer chose to hold out. In these two weeks, Plummer inflicted nearly 100,000 casualties on the Germans, with only 40,000 of his own, which was already a great victory for the British.

By the beginning of May, the Germans seemed to have achieved a lot of success, but they did not control the strategically valuable fulcrum, and by the beginning of May, the Germans were not far from Yam, not far from Azbruk, not far from the Kemmer and Dekite Mountains, and the Germans could control Ypres and the surrounding areas by capturing either place.

Ludendorff had a great appetite, and he did not attack one or two of them, but all strategically important areas.

This severely dispersed the German army, which gradually became limited, and the assault on Yamin and Azbruck failed, and only the attack on the Kemel Hill was successful.

But after the capture of Mount Kemer, Ludendorff did not have enough troops to continue the attack on Mount Dekate.

At this time, Ludendorff made another big mistake, if Ludendorff ordered the troops to continue the attack, then Mount Dekite would definitely not be able to stop the German attack, even if Ludendorff was bold enough to send only one division, Mount Dekite would become Ludendorff's bag.

But at this time, Ludendorff was unusually cautious, he ordered the Germans to stop the attack and stand by, so the fighter plane was fleeting.

By the time the Germans had reinforcements to attack the next day, Foch had mobilized enough troops to hold Mount Dekette.

Ludendorff made the same mistake as he did in the Yalu region.

When the northern region was completely deadlocked, Ludendorff had to turn his attention to Qin Zhiyuan in the south.

At this time, opposite Qin Zhiyuan was nearly 30 divisions led by the Bavarian prince, and the total strength was still more than twice that of Qin Zhiyuan.

Throughout May, the Germans suffered greater losses than in April, with 350,000 German casualties so far, almost one in ten German soldiers.

On the other hand, the power of the Allies grew, with 250,000 American soldiers arriving in France throughout May, and among the mid-level officers under Pershing were some of the brightest figures of the future, such as Douglas MacArthur, George Marshall, and George Patton.

Qin Zhiyuan's strength in his hands is also increasing, in May, two more Chinese infantry divisions and one Annam infantry division joined the active service, these soldiers only left a part of the training subjects have not been completed, but in the past two months in Reims, these homework have all been made up, which is equivalent to receiving all the training content.

At the end of May, Qin Zhiyuan's troops were about the same size as before the war, with eight Chinese infantry divisions, one armored division, one air force division, three Annan divisions, two Senegalese divisions, and an American brigade.

Although the Bavarian prince across the river from Qin Zhiyuan had 30 divisions, these troops were not fully equipped, and some of them were even less than 10,000 troops, so Ludendorff disbanded 100 battalions in early June to enrich these troops into other units to maintain sufficient combat effectiveness.

Ludendorff is getting more and more ridiculous, and he always makes mistakes that shouldn't be made.

In fact, the biggest problem that has the greatest impact on the morale of the German army now is not the lack of troops, but the lack of any hope.

(To be continued.) )