Under Xiao Zhenlei's strong demand and efforts, the British Prime Minister's special envoy Armland had to promise to persuade the high-level leaders of Britain, France, and the United States to organize troops to launch a large-scale attack on the German army on the Western Front within three months, so as to attract the main attention of the German army and prepare for the Chinese army to attack the German army in the north.

Xiao Zhenlei said on the spot that as long as the British, French, and American armies launched a full-scale attack on the German army on the Western Front, the Chinese army would inevitably launch an offensive within the next month, so as to form a situation of flanking Germany and Austria from both sides, so that the German and Austrian armies could not take care of both the east and the west.

Then Xiao Zhenlei asked Armland about the situation of the British, French, and American armies on the Western Front, and Armtland said: "At present, our Allied armies have stabilized their positions and set up strong defensive positions on the lines of Caen, Afrans, Rennes, and Vana. According to the plan of the trilateral consultations, China's first, second, and third armies will be deployed on the Caen and Alfranche lines, the first army has already been in place to begin building fortifications and positions, and the second and third armies are assembling in the English Channel to prepare for boarding; The U.S. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Armies will be deployed on the Rennes and Afras lines, the U.S. 1st Army's previous losses have been replenished, and the 2nd and 3rd Armies have assembled on the west coast of the United States and are being loaded and shipped; The French First and Second Armies will be deployed in Rennes and Vana, and they are all in place".

Xiao Zhenlei is very concerned about the situation in the Atlantic, and in the past year, Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare has been seriously damaged by Britain, France, the United States, and other countries. The German Navy lost a large number of submarines, but it was a good deal for Germany. Since the end of 1915, when Germany began to secretly practice submarine warfare, Britain, France, and other countries have lost 5 to 6 million tons of cargo ships every year. Britain's shipping routes for sending troops and materials to Britain in overseas colonies were almost blocked by the German army, and the losses of the German army were negligible, Britain was greatly damaged by Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare in the past two years, the domestic economy was on the verge of collapse, and the London stock market had long been suspended, until the United States announced its entry into the war, Britain united the United States and France to set up a special Atlantic cruiser formation to escort the merchant fleet.

In order to escort the merchant fleet, the British, French, and American navies thought of many ways to attack German submarines, first of all, the cruiser formations of Britain, France and the United States used a large number of fishing nets to make trawls between the two warships. In this way, a large number of mines placed on the channel by German submarines were cleared, and hundreds of thousands of German mines were swept away in less than half a year at the beginning.

Second, the British equipped their ships with passive sonar systems to monitor German submarines underwater, and equipped cruisers, frigates, and even battleships with depth charges and small-caliber rapid-fire guns against German submarines.

Since then, the activities of the German navy and submarines in the Atlantic have been greatly restricted, and Germany has lost more and more submarines. Germany was victorious, but strategically it was again defeated, after all, Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare was heading for defeat. In the end, Germany did not cut off the Allied shipping lanes in the Atlantic, and this strategic goal was not achieved, mainly because Germany's naval strength was too much different from that of Britain. In terms of shipbuilding, the speed and level of German manufacturing could not be compared with that of the British. The huge difference in strength between the two sides is not at all something that some submarines can erase by sneak attacks!

Xiao Zhenlei asked, "What is the current situation in the Atlantic?" Is the Germans still as elusive as ever to sneak up on the convoy? ”

Armtlan nodded, "Yes." The Germans only have this kind of trick, we Britain, France and the United States are gradually increasing the intensity of the attack on German submarines, in order to protect the unimpeded passage of waterways, only last month, our cruiser escort formation sank six German submarines, and the ships of the German Navy, large and small, were suppressed in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea by the Royal Navy fleet of our British Empire! ”

Xiao Zhenlei still has a good understanding of the situation in the Atlantic, and what Armtland said is basically true, so he didn't ask again, but continued to shift the topic to the battlefield on the Western Front.

"Mr. Special Envoy, I am worried about the combat effectiveness and discipline of the British, French, and American armies, and I have been studying the fighting situation of the British, French, and American armies in the past few years, and I have found that the reason why you have repeatedly failed is on the one hand because of the insufficient combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the army, on the other hand, because of the problem of commanders, and on the other hand, because of the problem of military discipline.

Let me first talk about the combat effectiveness of your soldiers, first of all, your soldiers lack a kind of determination to die when they go to the battlefield, your soldiers do not have this determination to die, and in addition, your soldiers' individual combat quality and tactical coordination are not good, in fact, your weapons are not inferior to the German army, I think Mr. Special Envoy should be very clear about this, right?

Speaking of the question of commanders, the tactical command of your army commanders is too rigid, and their brains will not turn at all, for example, there is a mountain in front of you blocking the way, and your commander orders the mountain to be bulldozed to allow the army to pass, won't you let the army bypass this mountain?

Finally, talking about the problem of military discipline, your soldiers are too afraid of death, a unit with a mortality rate of more than three percent will collapse, when launching an attack, the loss will exceed three percent, not only the soldiers will refuse to attack again, even the commander will take the initiative to give up the attack, how can there be no dead in a war? According to your kind of treatment, it is no wonder that the war on the Western Front has always been a puddle of mud!

Here, I propose that our country send senior generals to the Western Front to serve as the supreme commander of the British, French, and American armies, and to take full command of the war on the Western Front! ”

Hearing this, Armland's face changed drastically, and he immediately flatly refused: "Your Excellency, this is absolutely impossible, not to mention France and the United States, our army will not let your generals command, your proposal is an insult to all our generals, on behalf of our government, I strongly protest!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei kept a blind attitude towards Armland's protests, and he smiled: "Mr. Special Envoy, the faces of the generals of your country have long been disgraced by themselves, they have already insulted themselves, do they still need us to insult them?" These words I have just said are just a handful of salt in their wounds, in order to stimulate their numb nerves! ”

"You ??????" Armtlan almost fainted in anger again.

After finally regaining his senses, he added: "Well, Your Excellency, even if we are willing to hand over the commander, do you think the general you sent can really command our army?" When the time comes, the handsome will not be in harmony, and the situation will be even more embarrassing! Okay, okay, I promise that I will persuade the heads of state of the three countries to agree to order the formation of warlords in the armies of each country, whether in the process of attacking or defending, all officers and soldiers who retreat or flee without the orders of the superior officers will be executed, and the warlords will supervise the battle in the rear of the army, and if they find the retreating soldiers and legions, all of them will be shot and killed, so as to deter the army! ”

Xiao Zhenlei was satisfied when he heard this promise, in his opinion, only by increasing the pressure on the officers and soldiers of the British, French and American armies, forcing them to fight to the death with Germany, can the Western Front battlefield play a role, if some changes are not made, they will never be able to defeat the German army, after all, they are used to defeat, used to being defeated by Germany, once this habit is formed for too long, they will always become the defeated generals of the German army.

Solving this problem, Xiao Zhenlei said: "Mr. Special Envoy, didn't you say that you came here to solve two problems this time?" Now you can talk about your second question! ”

"Okay!" Armran nodded and continued: "On the way here, I heard that His Excellency the President has already met with General Kolchak of Russia, I wonder how His Excellency the President and General Kolchak are talking?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled: "General Kolchak is a very interesting person! Is this thing you are going to say about in relation to General Kolchak? ”

"Yes," said Armland, "before I say anything about this, I would like to ask the President what he thinks of Soviet Russia."

"Soviet Russia?" Xiao Zhenlei knew what Armtland was going to say when he heard this, and his heart instantly turned for many years, and said: "Soviet Russia is a nascent government, although their ideology is not the same as ours, but I think their spirit is still worth learning."

After listening to Xiao Zhenlei's words, Armtlan really knew Xiao Zhenlei's power, and he said: "I think the existence of Soviet Russia is a great danger to other countries in the world, and our countries should unite and concentrate on dealing with Soviet Russia, defeat it, and nip it in the bud before it develops and grows!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei looked curious: "Oh? So what is the Special Envoy or Britain going to do? ”

Armtlan said with a smile: "Actually, Your Excellency the President and your country have already begun to do, that is, to support other forces in Russia against Soviet Russia, and spare no effort in the strength of support, the power of one country is limited, I believe that if so many of our countries support General Kolchak together, it should not be a problem to solve Soviet Russia."

Xiao Zhenlei asked, "Then what are Your Excellency the Special Envoys or the British authorities going to do?" ”

"Provide sufficient support in terms of weapons and ammunition, equipment, living supplies, and funds, in addition, we can also send a team of instructors to help Kolchak train the army, and even send a staff group to help General Kolchak give advice! I think that the support in terms of weapons, ammunition, equipment, and materials can be brought in from the areas controlled by the Chinese army and from Iran and Afghanistan controlled by China, after all, Kolchak's territory and troops are mainly in the south, and it will be very convenient to bring in from the above areas." (To be continued......)