In response to the sudden invasion of Germany, Belgium mobilized the main force of its domestic army to the fortress of Liège on the one hand, and urgently requisitioned its own army reservists to expand the strength of the Belgian army. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Historically, Belgium relied on the fortress of Liège to block the attack of the German army for several days, and brought losses of more than 40,000 people to the German army, and finally the German army mobilized a huge cannon with a caliber of 420 mm to destroy the various batteries of the fortress of Liège one by one.

Now the German Army has attacked the Liege Fortress, and still encountered the stubborn resistance of the Liege Fortress, but at this time, Germany already has quite a strong air power, so under the attack of the German bombers and heavy aerial bombs, the 12 strong and abnormal batteries of the Liege Fortress were soon all blown up, and the Belgian Army units guarding the Liege Fortress suffered heavy losses, and the remaining Belgian Army units chose to surrender to the German Army.

After the fortress of Liège was conquered, the gates of Brussels, the capital of Belgium, were already open to the German army, and the king of the Kingdom of Belgium was shocked when he learned that the fortress of Liège was easily captured by the German army, and immediately fled from Belgium with his family in a hurry, fled to England, and then formed a government in exile in England, and later the Entente announced that Belgium had also become a member of it.

After receiving the Belgian request for help, France immediately prepared to send troops into Belgian territory, but the troops to be sent were not yet assembled, and the capital of Belgium, Brussels, fell into the hands of the German army.

In order to cooperate with the attack on Luxembourg and Belgium, the German army units on the German-French border also began to cross the German-French border on the day of September 4, 1912, and launched a fierce attack on the border troops of the French army.

After declaring war on the Central Powers, France was anxious to seek revenge on Germany for the Franco-Prussian War, so it mobilized heavy troops on the German-French border, preparing to invade Germany and regain the land occupied by Germany during the Franco-Prussian War.

However, Germany's actions were much faster than France's, and the German army not only launched a large-scale attack on the German-French border, but also quickly captured Luxembourg and Belgium.

This made the previous French offensive plan suddenly impossible to implement, and the French Ministry of Defense immediately mobilized army units to intercept the German army unit that was entering France from the direction of Belgium.

The army unit that Germany entered into France consisted of 34 German army divisions with a total strength of nearly 700,000 troops, and in accordance with the orders of the German General Staff, they only sent two divisions to feint to attack the French capital Paris, while its main force adopted roundabout tactics and prepared to block the retreat of more than 1.5 million elite French army troops on the German-French border.

Before the start of the war, the total strength of the French Army's standing army had even surpassed that of Germany, reaching more than 3 million, so although the French Army deployed more than 1.5 million elite troops on the German-French border, there were still more than 1 million army units that could be transferred elsewhere in France. The two armies engaged in a protracted battle in the hilly areas of the Oise, and the two German army divisions that feinted in Paris were also repulsed by the French army.

The armies of the two sides on the German-French border also fell into a protracted positional war, and the entire French battlefield suddenly entered a stalemate stage, and soon after, hundreds of thousands of army units sent by Britain also entered the territory of France, joining the battlefield in two directions, but still did not break the stalemate between the two sides.

In recent years, both sides have focused their energies on the arms race, which has doubled the lethality of both sides' weapons and equipment, and the number of casualties on the battlefield has also become very high.

Spain, which is adjacent to southwest France, also concentrated about 300,000 Spanish troops and more than 300 fighters when Germany launched an attack on southwest France, but since Spain joined the Allies, France also built a strong defense line on the Spanish-French border, deploying 150,000 French army troops and a certain number of air force fighters, as a result, 300,000 Spanish army troops stormed the French defense line for more than ten days, and after losing more than 80,000 people, they gave up continuing the offensive and retreated to Spain.

In the more than ten days of offensive, the Spanish army also brought more than 40,000 losses to the French defenders, and the main energy of the French army was contained by the Germans, so after the Spanish army retreated, the French army did not launch a counteroffensive and continued to defend its own defensive line.

Italy, which is adjacent to southeastern France, also concentrated about 400,000 Italian troops and more than 400 fighters when Germany launched an attack, and launched an attack on southeastern France, but it was attacked head-on by 170,000 French army troops, and in less than 1 week, the Italian army lost more than 100,000 troops, of which at least 50,000 were captured by the French army. The French, also considering the two main battlefields with the Germans, did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and counterattacked into the territory of Italy.

On October 12, 1912, at the official residence of the British Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street in London, England, British Prime Minister Herbert ? Henry? Asquith looked gloomy at British Chancellor of the Exchequer Robert ? Peel, War Secretary Henry Wiley, Navy Secretary Fisher and Air Force Secretary Rossberry said: "At present, the war in France is in a state of stalemate, and the German troops entering France from Belgium are currently blocked by our British Army and the French Army in the territory of the French Province of Oise, and the German troops in the direction of the German-French border are also blocked by our two-nation coalition forces, but at present, the daily casualty figures in the two battlefields are very alarming, and this casualty includes not only the army, but also the fighters and pilots of the air force." ”

At this time, the face of the Minister of the Air Force Rossberry was slightly embarrassed, you must know that Rosebereid has always boasted that the Great Gull fighter equipped by the British Air Force is not weaker than the fighter equipped by the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire in terms of performance, and is even stronger, that is to say, the Great Gull fighter should be the most advanced fighter in the world.

As a result, the Big Gull fighter in the French battlefield, and the Luftwaffe Fokker fighter, but completely inferior, the British army entered the French battlefield less than two weeks, in the air battle British Air Force Daou fighter lost nearly 300 planes, and the German fighter was shot down, but less than 100, the battle loss ratio is very clear, the British Air Force Big Gull fighter performance, not as good as the Luftwaffe Fokker fighter.

Subsequently, Prime Minister Herbert? Henry? Asquith continued: "Armand of France? President Fallier, I have sent a telegram to our British Empire, hoping that our British Empire will send more troops into France to break the current stalemate on the battlefield. ”

At this time, the Minister of War Henry Wiley said: "Prime Minister, at present, our British Army has drawn 500,000 troops from the mainland and entered the French battlefield, and now there are only 250,000 army troops left in our British homeland. ”

Prime Minister Herbert? Henry? Asquith sighed and said, "Let's look at the present!" The army immediately transferred part of India's colonial army to support the French battlefield, and now the Allies are at war with us, and the Chinese Empire is watching the excitement, our India should not be in any danger, and the total strength of the colonial army in India is close to 4 million, and the temporary transfer of hundreds of thousands should not have much impact. ”

War Minister Henry Wiley nodded and said, "Prime Minister, what is the specific number of troops from the Indian colonies?" ”

Prime Minister Herbert? Henry? Asquith hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's first send 500,000 Indian colonial troops to join the French battlefield!" ”

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Robert? Peel said: "Prime Minister, the Russians want us in the UK to give them an immediate £50 million aid fund to ensure that the Russian Army is attacking Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire. ”

After the Russian Tsar Nicholas II declared war on the Entente and the Central Powers, he began to mobilize a large number of Russian army forces near the borders of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire to prepare for an attack on these three countries.

On September 15, 1912, Russia mobilized more than 10 army groups and more than 400 warplanes to attack Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire at the same time.

At present, Russia's attack forces in the two directions of Germany and Austria-Hungary are still fighting in the territory of Germany and Austria-Hungary, fighting against the two strongest armies of the Central Powers, although the German Army and the Austro-Hungarian Army have blocked the advance of the Russian Army, but in the territory of Germany and Austria-Hungary, the Russian army is still on the attacking side.

Of course, it is not without cost for the Russian army to suppress the two strongest countries of the Central Powers in this way, and the 10 Russian Army groups that entered Germany and Austria-Hungary at this time have lost more than 800,000 troops, and the combined losses of Germany and Austria-Hungary are less than 300,000.

As for the Russian army attacking the Ottoman Turkish Empire, it was not as fierce as the other two attacks, and it can even be said that the Russian army's attack on the Ottoman Turkish Empire was just containment, and the Russian army tentatively crossed the border with the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and after being resisted by the Ottoman Turkish Empire army, it retreated to the Russian Caucasus region, and the army of the Ottoman Turkish Empire continued to carry out a small-scale offensive and defensive war on the border line.

Listened to Chancellor of the Exchequer Robert? Peel's words, Prime Minister Herbert? Henry? Asquith thought for a moment and said: "Russia's millions of army units are currently attacking the German army and the Austro-Hungarian army in the territory of Germany and Austria-Hungary, and if it were not for the Russian army's attack on Germany and Austria-Hungary, perhaps the battlefield in France would be even worse." ”

After a pause, Prime Minister Herbert? Henry? Asquith continued: "But 50 million pounds of aid funds, the amount is too large, you must know that we Britain has also joined this war, and the army is also in the process of large-scale expansion, there are too many places that need money, so let's give the Russians 20 million pounds of aid funds first, so that the Russians can continue to attack Germany and Austria-Hungary, and don't let the Russian tsar suddenly get nervous and confused, and withdraw the Russian army units that have invaded Germany and Austria-Hungary." ”

Admiral Fisher said with a serious face: "Prime Minister, since a war has broken out with the Allies, is it time for the main force of the Royal Navy of the British Empire to be dispatched?" We, the Royal Navy of the British Empire, were confident that we would be able to defeat the main forces of the German Navy and completely block the German sea lanes. ”

Prime Minister Herbert? Henry? Before Asquith could speak, Air Force Minister Rossberid pursed his lips and said: "Fisher, don't you know that the Allied countries are not only the Germans who have navies, if the navies of the entire five Allied countries combined, the strength has already surpassed your Royal Navy, don't bury the main force of the Royal Navy in your head!" ”

Admiral Fisher glared at Air Force Minister Rossberry viciously, and then said: "Our Royal Navy has 52 capital warships, and our ally French Navy also has 27 capital warships, even the weakest Russian Navy has 8 capital warships, so the navy of our Entente countries has 87 capital warships!" The German Navy of the Central Powers has 42 capital warships, the Austro-Hungarian Navy has 17 capital warships, the Italian Navy has 13 capital warships, the Ottoman Turkish Navy has 6 capital warships, and the Spanish Navy has 8 capital warships, adding up to only 86 capital warships. (To be continued.) )