Of the four newly formed corps, the Seventh and Eighth Army Corps were not the first to complete the assembly, but the Ninth Army Corps, which was composed of Japanese troops, was the first to complete the formation work, and the Ninth Army Corps was the first to complete the boarding and transportation to Europe.

It was not a simple matter to transport 500,000 men to Europe, although 11,100,000 men of the Second Army had been sent to Europe before, but it was by land, and the 5th and 6th Legions by sea and land had 300,000 men, and they were not shipped at the same time.

In order to complete the change of guard as soon as possible and send the Ninth Army to Europe as soon as possible to replace the Second Army Corps, the logistics department of the Chinese army used hundreds of large cargo ships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons as troop carriers, and also sent supply ships, oil tankers, and a small fleet to escort them.

The purpose of equipping supply ships and oil tankers is to be able to complete the replenishment at sea at any time, without berthing at the shore or stopping at sea, and directly load ships from Japan to transport 500,000 Japanese troops to the European battlefield. This is definitely a huge test of the Chinese army's logistical and transportation capabilities.

On the way to the European theater when the Chinese army transported 500,000 Japanese troops, Britain, France, and the United States finally launched an attack on the German army on the Western Front, and the total strength of Britain, France, and the United States in France has reached 3.2 million horses, and more than 2 million troops were used for this offensive.

As a result, the Allied armies were much stronger than the defending German armies, and the offensive forces of the Allied powers were at least three times that of the defending German armies. However, relations within the Entente were not very good.

The British used the Americans as cannon fodder, and the French did not want their soldiers to plug the machine gun holes of the Germans. So the French and the British teamed up to use the Americans as artillery fire, and the Americans wanted to prove that they had a role in the war against the Germans. was also eager to prove himself, so he willingly became cannon fodder.

The history of the US military is not very long, a year ago, the total strength of the huge US mainland army was only 100,000, but in a short period of time it has expanded to 2 million. Of the two million American soldiers, at least 1.5 million soldiers have undergone training in less than two months, after all, the instructors of the US military are too limited. Even if Britain, France and other countries sent thousands of instructors to support, these thousands of instructors are still too few compared to the two million US troops.

The two million troops of the United States have basically only completed platoon, physical fitness, and shooting training, and there is basically no tactical training, and some tactics are not even known to instructors. Even in terms of physical training, the US military only trained it cursoly, and did not make great efforts, and the whole world knows how lax the military discipline of the US military is, and some US soldiers can even disobey the orders of their commanders when fighting.

April 18th. American forces first advanced east from the Rennes and Boss lines. Two days later, the First and Second Armies of the First Army of the US Army attacked Witley and Elne, but unfortunately the US troops did not achieve any results for a week in a row, and not only did they not move forward. Moreover, more than 30,000 people were lost, an average of more than 4,000 casualties per day, and this level of casualties made the American soldiers who had never fought a war fearful. For a time, the morale of the US troops plummeted, and the US commander had to give the order to stop the offensive.

After the offensive of the American army stopped. The British began to attack the Germans on the Caen and Afranche lines, and this time the Germans withstood the heavy attack of the British at the risk of casualties. With no rivers to block and no high mountains to rely on, the two sides engaged in a large-scale battle on the plains, with the two sides constantly fighting back and forth between several defensive positions.

It has to be said that the British fought with the Germans for so long, and the courage of the soldiers still did not get any improvement, perhaps in the consciousness of the British, there was never such a concept of desperate, the British would only fight a tailwind war, once the attack encountered a setback, morale would plummet, and it was necessary to recuperate for a long time before it was possible to restore morale.

The French followed the British in the vicinity of Vanna and launched an attack on the German army entrenched in Ledong, and the American and British forces attracted a considerable number of German troops, while in the southwest, the Germans did not have many troops, so they were much weaker in defense than in the northwest.

On April 26, the French army advanced to the area around Ledong, but they did not expect that the Germans, with their absolutely inferior forces, would instead attack the French army that was approaching Ledong.

The French army on the march was in chaos after being attacked in all directions, and the French army, which was already like a tiger for the German army, suddenly hated only two legs for their father and mother, and fled one after another, and the officers could not crush the rout of the soldiers if they tried to use force.

The French army in this rout was lucky, because the attacking German army was very small and insufficient, most of the French army fled back to the line from Vanne to Rennes, and only a few French troops were killed or captured by the Germans. The French army then stopped attacking the Germans on the grounds that the attacking force had broken up and was now gathering the routed troops.

At the end of April, the U.S. Second Army and the Third Army arrived in France, and soon disembarked and rushed to the Rennes line to join the German attack, after the arrival of the U.S. Second and Third Armies, the total strength of the U.S. troops on the Rennes front reached one million, and the U.S. military lost 200,000 in the early stage, so the U.S. troops still had 800,000 on the U.S. mainland.

The disparity in strength between the two sides was so great that the German forces in Wittre and Herne had to retreat to the line of Laval and Mayenne after barely resisting for three days, but soon retreated eastward again, until they retreated to Utre, a few dozen miles northwest of Le Mans, and deployed defensive positions on the line of Utre and Saint-Pierre, and when the American forces approached, they found that the Germans had built extremely strong fortifications on the line of Utray and Saint-Pierre.

Huaguo, Presidential Palace.

Xiao Zhenlei stood in front of the map and listened to the report of the military intelligence officer: "Yesterday afternoon, 300,000 German troops went west from Paris, and the direction of the march should be Lixue, today we received news that the British troops who are attacking the line of Lixue and Obini have received the news, they are greatly frightened, their courage has been lost, the attack has been stopped, and they have begun to urgently dig trenches and build fortifications, once the 300,000 German troops arrive at the Lixue line, then the German army on the line of Lixue and Obini will reach 600,000 people, Although the British army has a million people, the number of troops that can block the front of the German attack is definitely not more than 500,000, which is more than the ratio of 1 to 1 in strength, we believe that the German army will definitely launch a counteroffensive again, and it is difficult to say whether the British can withstand it at that time! ”

After hearing this, Xiao Zhenlei took a puff of cigarette and asked, "How is the movement of the American army and the French army?" ”

"The German army opposite the American army has retreated to the line of Utre and Saint-Pierre west of Le Mans, and built a large number of fortifications there by taking advantage of some natural geographical conditions, and the German army has sent 100,000 people from all over France to Le Mans for reinforcements, and now the total strength of the German army facing the American army is about 300,000! In the southwest, the French army has been a shrinking turtle since the attack was broken up by the German army in a counteroffensive a few days ago, and is currently continuing to build fortifications on the front line of Vanna and Rennes, and the trenches are very well repaired, and it is estimated that even if the Germans fight over, they can hold on, but if they want to continue to attack the Germans, I am afraid that they will not be able to do it in a short time."

Xiao Zhenlei shook his head: "The British army has a million people in that area, but there will be no more than 500,000 people in front of the German army, and the others are scattered all over the place, and it is impossible to concentrate them, even if they can concentrate all the British troops, the British will not dare to do this, after all, other places also need to be defended." But the German army did not have such concerns, with the puppet army of the French puppet government to maintain security and transportation lines in the rear for them, the German army could concentrate all its forces to launch a large-scale attack on the British army, and could the 500,000 British troops withstand the attack of 600,000 German troops? I look very hanging! ”

Four days later, 300,000 German troops from Paris arrived at the Lixue line, and sure enough, as Xiao Zhenlei speculated, the German army launched a full-scale counterattack on the British defense line with all its forces.

After three days of fighting, the British army could not resist, and after losing a large number of troops, they had to retreat to Caen and Afranche again, trying to resist the German attack with a large number of trenches and some strong fortifications.

On May 8, an officer of the military intelligence department reported to Xiao Zhenlei: "The German army on the opposite side of the British army suddenly moved south and captured Die! ”

After listening to the report, Xiao Zhenlei got up and came to the map to find Disai's location, and when he saw Disai's location clearly, he was taken aback, and turned back to ask the military intelligence officer: "Are you sure it's Dise?" ”

The military intelligence officer replied in the affirmative: "Yes, President!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei lost his voice and said: "It's a disaster, the one million US troops are in danger!" Hurry up and find out to me how many troops the German army has that captured Diese, and how many troops the German army is still in front of the British army! If my guess is correct, the Germans must have set up a maze array with the British, and the German troops left in front of the British army will definitely not exceed 200,000, and the remaining 400,000 German troops will definitely go south, once the Germans capture the line from Diesse to Rennes, then the rear road of the US First, Second, and Third Army will be cut off by 400,000 German troops, with the combat effectiveness and fighting will of the US army, I estimate that the million US troops will not be able to escape back alive will not exceed 300,000! ”

"Yes, President, I'll do it right away!" (To be continued......)