Pershing did not take Jiang Baili's reminder seriously, he thought that if the German army had the slightest movement, it would inevitably be impossible to hide the British army opposite them, but in fact he miscalculated, the tactics of the British and French troops on the Western Front battlefield have always been based on the passive tactics of sticking to the trenches, as the defender, the British and French sides have always been very passive in tactics, and the attacking side is Germany, the German army can fight if it wants to, withdraw if it wants, transfer if it wants to, and change tactics at any time.

This time, the German army wanted to take advantage of the fact that the British army was beaten and cowered on the Caen line and did not dare to show its head, quietly transferred the main force of 400,000 people, and quietly moved south through the blank area of the American army and the British army, and Diesel was the only small city in the blank area of the British and American army's defense area, and now this small city has been captured by the German army, although the German army used only a regiment, but who knows if the large German army is following behind?

Pershing had focused most of his attention on the struggle for command with the leaders of Britain and France, and had not carefully analyzed Chiang Baili's reminder in the telegram, so he missed this opportunity to rescue the American troops from the quagmire.

The battle situation really developed as Xiao Zhenlei and Jiang Fangzhen expected. On May 12, news came from Europe that 400,000 German troops launched a thunderous attack south from Diesse, and it took only two days to reach the outskirts of Rennes along the way. Xiao Zhenlei and Jiang Baili both sighed deeply after listening to the report.

Jiang Fangzhen said with a deep regret: "President, General Pershing's three group armies and one million US troops are finished!" If the German commander had been more ruthless, he would have ordered the German forces in Nantes and Ungge to move to the northwest, cutting off the retreat of the American troops to the southwest and joining the French. I'm afraid that this million American troops will be wiped out! However, if the British and French troops can send reinforcements in time, two gaps will be opened in the west and southwest directions. Although the U.S. military has suffered some losses, it only needs to preserve some of its strength."

Xiao Zhenlei shook his head when he heard this: "Expect Britain and France to send troops to rescue? It's just impossible. With Pershing's character, he was only afraid that he would have offended the British and French high-level to the end, and the million American troops ??????."

"Report to the President, news has come from the European side that the 300,000 German troops in Nantes and Onge are moving rapidly to the northwest, and there is great intention to block the last passage for the convergence of the American army and the French army!"

Xiao Zhenlei looked at Jiang Baili and said, "The million US troops are completely finished!" ”

"Hey-" Jiang Baili sighed and said no more.

Xiao Zhenlei was smoking a cigarette heavily, but his mind was spinning at high speed. After a long time, the cigarette burned to the end. Xiao Zhenlei slammed the cigarette butt on the ground and said to Jiang Baili: "It seems that we can only clean up this mess!" Baili, immediately gave orders to Liu Chenglong and Yang Jie, ordered the Seventh Army Corps and the Eighth Army Corps to board the ship and rush to Europe as quickly as possible, ordered the Ninth Army Corps, which had landed in Europe, to speed up the march and rush to the garrison of the First Army Corps at full speed, once the Ninth Army Corps arrived, quickly complete the handover with the First Army Corps, and then attack westward with all their might, and give Cai Wei a death order. The attack on Austria-Hungary must be launched by the twentieth of May! ”

Jiang Fangzhen stood up and saluted: "Yes!" ”

The tens of thousands of American troops in Rennes were not able to withstand the attack of the overwhelmingly superior German army, and only barely resisted for two days before a complete rout, most of them were annihilated, and only a few thousand fled to the west coast. After the German occupation of Rennes, a small number of troops were left to garrison the line of Rennes and Diese, and most of the troops were turned against the rear of the American First, Second and Third Armies, after all, the 900,000 American troops on the front line learned that the rear supply lines had been cut off. The way back was also cut off, and the army's morale was suddenly in turmoil.

At this time, Pershing was not at the front again. He was shocked when he got the news in London, remembering that Jiang Baili had sent a telegram to remind him that the German army might copy his rear road. He didn't take it seriously, and when he thought about it at this time, it was too late to regret it!

The situation was already very critical, and Pershing had no choice but to order the American army to retreat to the southwest, trying to make the American army converge with the French army in the southwest, but the German commander seemed to have long thought that the American army would retreat to the southwest, and the 300,000 troops of Nantes and Ongge blocked the last retreat channel of the American army at a very fast speed.

When Pershing learned the news that the southwest passage was blocked again, his face turned pale, he knew that one million American troops were finished, even if he could find a way to open the passage, there were not many American troops who could escape, but no matter what, it was good to be able to escape a part, so he gave orders to the commanders of the three army groups on the front line to let them concentrate their forces to break through.

The U.S. military has long been in chaos, and all of them, including generals and officers, are new recruits, where have they experienced the critical scene of nearly a million people being surrounded? Even the commanders of the three army groups were already dispossessed at this time.

Just imagine, Pershing was only a brigadier general before he became the commander-in-chief of the US Expeditionary Force in Europe, and he only led 15,000 people to fight at most, and the previous positions of the commanders of several group armies under him were even lower, and in a very short period of time, a general who had only commanded a few thousand people suddenly commanded hundreds of thousands of people, and in the face of being surrounded on all sides, it was strange that the commanders of the three group armies under Pershing could stabilize the situation!

The US troops were completely in disarray, and the commanders of the three group armies under Pershing were not able to stabilize their positions in the current crisis situation, and after the news of being surrounded on all sides spread among the US troops, the various units of the US army became no longer organized, and they broke through one after another with divisions, regiments, and other formations, and the army of nearly one million was completely dispersed.

When Pershing heard the news, he was completely stupid, and his adjutant advised him to ask the British and French for help, asking the British and French to send reinforcements to open a passage for the besieged American troops.

After listening to the adjutant's words, a glimmer of hope rose in Pershing's heart, and he began to frequently ask to see the British Prime Minister Lloyd? George and French Prime Minister Clemenceau, but these two hated Pershing, Pershing did not save face for them at the last military meeting, and now that something has happened to the US army, it is possible that the whole army will be wiped out, not to mention how happy they are in their hearts, how can they agree to send troops to relieve the siege for the US army? Lloyd's? George and Clemenceau both had a very tacit understanding, and did not immediately agree to Pershing, but only said that they would discuss it with the generals.

There is no time limit for how long this discussion will last, but since everyone is a member of the Entente, in order to maintain the relationship between the alliance, there is still a lot of work to be done, and the British and French sides replied to Pershing after a few days of discussion, they will send reinforcements.

But Pershing waited for a few more days, and the encirclement of the German army was reduced a lot, but the British and French troops still did not move, which made Pershing have to be anxious, Pershing knew that if he wanted to save as many American troops as possible, he must give up his independent command and let the American troops obey the unified command of Britain and France, otherwise Britain and France may really watch the one million American troops annihilated.

So Pershing had to ask to see British Prime Minister Lloyd again? George and French Prime Minister Clemenceau opened their mouths and said: "Your Excellency the Prime Minister and Your Excellency the Prime Minister, well, I give up insisting on having an independent command, and I give up the US army having an independent offensive direction!" But you must immediately give orders to the British and French troops on the front line to reinforce the American troops as quickly as possible, and to open a passage from the west and southwest to allow the besieged American troops to retreat! ”

George and Clemenceau looked at each other after listening to Pershing's words, Lloyd? George looked at Pershing and smiled: "If you knew this, why did the general bother in the first place?" Well, since General Pershing has said this, of course we will send troops to rescue your army, after all, we are still allies! ”

George and Clemenceau immediately ordered the British and French troops on the front line to quickly send troops to rescue and open the passage to the west and southwest, so that the American troops who were surrounded by the encirclement could escape.

Although Britain and France had already sent troops separately, with the British coming from the northwest and the French coming from the southwest, the time had dragged on for too long, and the German encirclement of the American army had already been completely completed, and the encirclement had been greatly reduced.

In the past 20 days, the original 900,000 American troops remained, but now only 600,000 remain, and some of the other nearly 300,000 have been annihilated and some have been captured.

The British and French troops finally opened a passage from the southwest and northwest respectively at great cost, and nearly 300,000 American troops escaped through the two gaps, but the gaps were quickly blocked by the Germans, and less than 300,000 American troops were completely besieged and unable to escape.

At this point, the British and French troops had no choice but to escort the retreat of the fleeing American troops, and the remaining 280,000 American troops who were still besieged chose to surrender to the Germans after holding out for three days.

At this point, the attack first launched by Britain, France and the United States on the Western Front ended at the cost of the loss of 700,000 troops by the United States, 200,000 by the British, 150,000 by the French, and 300,000 by the Germans.

At this moment, the war situation on the Western Front is rotten, and Britain, France, and the United States have been completely frightened by the German army, and they want to attack again, but they are afraid that it will not be possible to do it in a short time.

The German army won a complete victory in this battle, not only annihilating 400,000 American troops, 200,000 British troops, and 150,000 French troops, but also capturing nearly 300,000 American troops, and only losing 300,000 of its own. (To be continued......)