The Americans entered the war earlier than Lee Haydn had anticipated.

In this time and space, due to the strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the shape of the Anglo-French alliance was much more dangerous than at the same time in another history. Due to the defeat of the Italians, there were no forces in the Mediterranean Sea all the way to Turkey, from land to sea, that could pose any threat to Austria-Hungary.

Due to the fact that large-scale mutual attrition with the Russian army was avoided in the war, the casualties of the Austro-Hungarian army so far were only 1.2 million, which was much smaller than any opponent, which made the Austro-Hungarian army still maintain a strong combat effectiveness in the third year of the war.

Due to the civil strife in Russia and the abdication of the Tsar, the chaotic Russia was basically unable to launch an offensive on the Eastern Front, and Germany and Austria turned all their attention to France. By the time the war had progressed, all sides had become virtually exhausted, and both sides were exhausted by the enormous consumption of men and materials.

But Britain and France were more dangerous, and after the Austro-Hungarian side drew four army groups from the Eastern Front, the shape was even more precarious. At this time, the Americans finally couldn't hold back and jumped out from behind the scenes.

On February 6, 1917, the U.S. government severed diplomatic relations with Germany under the pretext that a merchant ship had been sunk by a German submarine.

On March 18, just two days after Nicholas II announced his abdication, US President Wilson convened a special session of Congress and declared a state of war between the United States and Germany. Two days later, the Senate voted 82 to 6 to pass the resolution on the entry of the United States into the war, and on March 24, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 373 to 50 to pass a similar vote.

The next day, the United States declared war on the other members of the Central Powers, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.

Lechelton rushed to Berlin to meet with the German emperor and urgently discuss countermeasures.

The emperors of both countries and the top decision-makers of the army and navy have now gathered in the palace of Wilhelm II.

Lechelton advocated a full-scale German and Austrian attack on France before the Americans landed in Europe, forcing France to withdraw from the war as much as possible.

This is the best result.

But Ludendorff was embarrassed, and from January onwards, the French army, under the command of the new commander-in-chief, Nivelle, launched two major campaigns in succession, although they did not achieve much and inflicted heavy casualties on themselves, but also inflicted heavy losses on the German army. During the January-March offensive, the French suffered nearly a million casualties, but the defending Germans on the Western Front also suffered 450,000 casualties. Now that the German army has not recovered, it is facing many difficulties in immediately turning to the offensive.

"We are now faced with the shape of defeating France with all our might, and if we wait for the arrival of the Americans, we will only be defeated. That country has 120 million well-educated people and has more industrial capacity than we all put combined. "Now that Russia is in disarray, we can temporarily abandon the Eastern Front, and Austria-Hungary will assume the heavy burden of defending most of the Eastern Front." We will draw four army groups for the northern French front, and another three army groups for the southern French and Italian theaters. "He has now made a desperate bet and has transferred more than half of his forces back to the Western Front, which has only four Army Groups and the Romanian Army Group left.

"If so, after we withdraw three army groups from the Eastern Front, we still have the ability to launch a big campaign, but in this way, we risk losing Ukraine and Belarus." Ludendorff said.

"It was only temporary, and if France were defeated, it would be useless for the Russians to return to Poland." Hindenburg said suddenly, perhaps aware of the severity of the form, and the veteran, who rarely expressed his opinion, sided with the Emperor. His speech made the Kaiser determined.

"When will the Americans arrive at the earliest?" William asked suddenly.

"It should be in about three months, and their first fighters will be in France." Ludendorff said.

"Alright, let's fight with all our might before we do this!" William's face turned a little red for a moment.

The start of the campaign was set at the beginning of June, and Helden attached the 2nd, 3rd, and 7th armies, the most elite of Austria-Hungary, to the German-French front, and planned to commit the 6th, 8th, and 12th armies on the Lombardy front. On the Eastern Front, only the 1st, 4th, and the relatively weak 9th, 11th, and Romanian armies were left, with the 5th Army for the Balkan front and the 10th Army for the defense of Italy.

On the German side, the goal of the campaign was set on the Alsace line, and Ludendorff prepared to draw the 9th, 11th, and 12th armies from the Eastern Front, plus the 5th and 7th armies on the Alsace-Lorraine line, for a total of 1.1 million troops for the offensive, plus 750,000 on the Austro-Hungarian side, the scale of the campaign has exceeded that of any major war since the start of the war.

In order to attract the attention of Britain and France, Helton instead ordered the North African Corps to attack first in Libya.

At this time, Benghazi was a small port town of just over 10,000 people, and its port was just a fishing port to be exact, with a maximum capacity of 800 tons of cargo ships. Dozens of short-haul cargo ships are now stationed in the sea outside the port, and the port has undergone nearly half a year of emergency expansion, but the throughput is still far from meeting the needs of the military.

Not far from the coast is a makeshift steel pier with all sorts of supplies piled up in the open air, rows of metallic artillery, mountains of ammunition, thousands of towed transport trucks and military open-top cars, hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles.

The troops who had just landed passed through the supplies and marched towards the town, the voices of the people were noisy, the steel helmets on their heads glistening in the scorching sun. Behind them, several small transport boats equipped with personnel leaned against the dock, and dense crowds of people disembarked from the boats and rushed to the pier.

The Croatian 7th Division of the North African Corps, which had been reorganized into an armored unit, was transferred from Tunisia to Cyrenaica, and the Austro-Hungarian navy controlled this sea area, which prevented the troops from making arduous long marches on land.

During the Italian campaign, the British crossed the Egyptian border and captured Tobruk and Drna, but then a brigade of Austro-Hungarian marines came ashore in Benghazi, and the two sides fought several battles between Mayrj and Beida before a largely stalemate ensued on this line.

Lieutenant General Hovald's North African Corps was undermanned, with only four divisions, and he devoted his main efforts to the Tunisian front, which had in fact been defended by marines. Now, the Marines needed to be transferred, and Hovald could only move back two divisions east from the Tunisian front.

And the order of the General Staff was to launch an offensive in the direction of Egypt, which made it difficult for him.

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