"Due to the adverse impact of the war situation in Britain, France, and the United States on the Western Front, the securities markets of European and American countries have been seriously impacted, the economy has plummeted, many foreign companies and factories have closed down, a large number of workers and workers have lost their jobs, and a large number of overseas Chinese are returning to China one after another, which can give us an opportunity to absorb talents from all walks of life!" Premier Song Shijie reported to Xiao Zhenlei at the Presidential Palace.

Xiao Zhenlei listened to Song Shijie's report and instructed: "During the Qing Dynasty, in order to survive, many people tried to go out to seek a chance to survive, and now those people or their descendants have learned advanced knowledge in foreign countries and come back, we have to find a way to keep them, so that they can live and work in their hometowns with peace of mind. Actually, no, I just respect people with talent and knowledge, I respect knowledge and talent! I disdain those who have no talent, no knowledge, but think that they are great when they come back from abroad! At this point, you should pay attention to the fact that we use their talents, the more talented they are, the more they must be reused, and the better they should be treated! ”

Song Shijie nodded in agreement: "Yes, President!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei said: "This time due to the unfavorable economic turmoil of the Entente countries caused by Britain, France and the United States on the Western Front, due to the timely intervention of your cabinet and the proper handling, we have reduced a lot of losses, this credit cannot be erased, in the future, for this situation, the relevant departments of your cabinet should formulate certain emergency measures to deal with the economic crisis caused by the stock market turmoil that may occur at any time!" Now China's economy has just developed, and this period is definitely not the apex of economic development, and we can still go further, take bigger and more stable steps. While developing the economy. We must do everything we can to escort economic development??????".

Song Shijie nodded frequently when he heard this.

At this time, Xiao Gao knocked on the door and walked in, put a telegram on Xiao Zhenlei's desk and said, "President, General Cai Guodong is calling." The Ninth Army Corps (Japanese Corps) has completed the change of guard with the First Army Corps, and the First Army Corps will leave for China one after another to recuperate. He asked if he would order the Ninth Army to attack Austria-Hungary within a week! ”

Xiao Zhenlei frowned when he heard this, "Attack in a week?" Isn't this time too rushed? Send a report to Cai Guodong and tell him to launch an attack according to the situation, if there is no situation of unsuitability among the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Army Corps, but if a large number of soldiers and officers are found to be unaccustomed within a week, let him delay the time of the attack, and the Japanese Ninth Army Corps has 500,000 men after all. And the main combat force is almost all composed of prisoners of war, I still don't feel at ease, I gave Cai Guodong an order to draw a part of the troops from the Fifth Army Corps to follow and monitor behind! ”

"Yes!"

Xiao Zhenlei asked again: "Have all the Seventh and Eighth Army Corps been loaded and shipped?" ”

"Yes, Great President! Two divisions of the 7th Army Corps landed in Greece yesterday! ”

"What is the situation on the battlefield on the Western Front? Did the Germans take advantage of the victory to pursue? ”

Secretary Xiao Gao said: "I received news in the morning that nearly 300,000 American troops fled, some of them fled to the northwest, presumably to join the British army, while the other part of the American army fled to the southwest. The aim was supposed to be to converge with the French army, so that the middle of the entire line of defense formed by the British, French, and American armies that should have been defended by the American army became empty, and the German army had eaten up 700,000 American troops. Except for a part of the French army that remained to hold back the southwest, most of the troops had already moved north, and their forward troops were now pursuing a part of the American troops who fled in the direction of the British army! ”

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while and said to Song Shijie, "You go back first." I'll look for you again if there's something! ”

"Okay!" Song Shijie got up and left.

Xiao Zhenlei instructed Xiao Gao: "Go and ask Chief of General Staff Jiang to come over!" ”

"Yes, I'll call right away!"

Soon. Jiang Fangzhen rushed over from the General Staff Headquarters opposite the Presidential Palace, "Big President." Are you looking for me? ”

Xiao Zhenlei was standing in front of the large sand table looking at the current situation of occupation and distribution, and when he heard Jiang Fangzhen's voice, he beckoned him to come over and asked: "Baili, the German army used part of its forces to contain the French army in the southwest of France, and most of the main force moved north, and the forward troops pursued a part of the American army, seeing that their purpose seemed to be to deal with the British army in the northwest, what do you think of the Germans' move?" ”

Jiang Fangzhen had long been aware of the current situation on the Western Front, and he said: "I don't think the German army is doing this is the best plan."

Xiao Zhenlei was quite surprised after listening to Jiang Fangzhen's words, turned his head to look at him and asked, "Oh?" So what do you think is the best solution? ”

Jiang Fangzhen took the command whip and pointed to the main force in the German-controlled area on the sand table and said: "I think that if a small number of German troops go north to reinforce the German army opposite the British army, and most of the main force will attack the French army in the southwest direction as the best plan, the German army currently controls most of France, and the area controlled by the French army does not have much military industry at all, and all the supplies of the French army come from Britain and the United States, so it is very difficult to supply, at least far worse than the British army and the American army, after all, they have to find Britain and the United States to have it, This is a layer apart, weapons, ammunition and other combat materials are in the hands of others, if there is something wrong in the middle link, it will delay some time, so I think it is most appropriate for the German army to solve the French army first, as the saying goes, persimmons are soft to pinch, this is the truth, and in terms of the combat effectiveness of the French army, it is not very difficult for the German army to solve the French army, besides, on the southwest coastline of France, there are not a few docks, and it is very difficult for the French army to evacuate from the sea, if the French army is solved, The Entente only had the British army and a part of the remnants of the American army in France, and Germany would concentrate its forces against them, with the current strength of the German army in France, it would be very easy, so that the French mainland would fall into the hands of the German army again! ”

Xiao Zhenlei listened to Jiang Fangzhen's analysis, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head and said: "Your assumption is based on the situation that the German army in the northwest can block the British army, if according to your assumption, the British army will definitely not sit idly by and watch the German army solve the French army, after all, the British will not understand the truth of cold lips and teeth, you must know that there are only 200,000 German troops opposite the British army now, even if the German army sends a small part of its troops to the north to reinforce, the German army that can defend against the British army is no more than 400,000 at most, And the British army plus the fleeing American army still has a total of 1.3 million, more than three times the strength of the troops, I don't believe that the British army will not have the courage to attack, and that area is close to the coastline, and the Allied fighters from the direction of London and Port Yasai can fully carry out air strikes and support, if the German army in the southwest direction has not solved the French army, the British and American troops have broken the German defense line, then the main German army in the southwest direction will have to retreat, otherwise they will be attacked from both sides! ”

Jiang Fangzhen listened to Xiao Zhenlei's words, looked at the sand table and thought for a while and nodded: "The situation that the president said is also possible, but the German army is currently using this kind of anti-roundabout tactics, and the possibility of success is not very high, the total strength of the British army plus the fleeing American army is about 1.3 million, and the German army has about 300,000 troops left to contain the French army in the southwest, and the main force of the current north is 700,000 people, plus the 200,000 frontal garrison of the British army, the total strength is only 900,000, and the strength is not dominant. If you want to defeat the British army, I'm afraid it's not so easy! ”

Xiao Zhenlei shook his head, pointed to a line in the sand table and said: "No, no, no, the German army does not need to launch a fierce attack, it only needs to cut off the supply channel from Yasai Port to the British defense area in a roundabout way, and more than one million British and American allied troops will be in great confusion, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly weakened. ”

Jiang Fangzhen's pupils shrank when he saw it, and he was stunned and gasped: "Hiss - if the Germans use this trick, it will be really ruthless, the supply of 1.3 million troops is not a small number, as long as the German army cuts off the supply channel from Yasai to the British defense area, even if it is only for one day, the British and American coalition forces will not be able to bear it!" Not good, the 1.3 million Anglo-American troops are in danger! ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said to Jiang Fangzhen: "Immediately remind the British and American military leaders to pay attention to this, we must protect the supply channel, and if it is really too late, we must do our best to prepare a large number of ships on the coastline behind us as quickly as possible to prepare for the withdrawal of the army."

"Yes, I'll go right away!"

After receiving Jiang Baili's telegram, the top brass of the British and American Expeditionary Force immediately attached great importance to it, and they had to pay attention to it, because Jiang Baili had reminded Pershing, commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Force, that it was precisely because Pershing did not pay attention to it that the US army lost 700,000 US troops and was destroyed, and the parents of 700,000 families in the United States endured the pain of losing their children.

In fact, there are still people in the British, French, and American armies who can see the intentions of the German army, but the positions of these people are too low, and what they say cannot reach the ears of the upper echelons at all, and the high-ranking positions in the British, French, and American armies are all some wine bags and rice bags, these people can play politics, and it is really not okay to let them fight, but Jiang Fangzhen's telegram is different in the past, and they can't ignore it.

Jiang Fangzhen's telegram was sent in a very timely manner, and when the British and American high-level officials discovered the German intentions, the German army's forward troops had already approached 50 kilometers near the supply line. (To be continued......)