Chapter 419 H-1 bomber

Cloc focuses on Maunuri's forces. When Maunuri was about to lose it, he asked Gallieri to send reinforcements from within Paris. This demand inspired Gallieri to organize the first motorized column in the history of warfare, the Marne taxi team. Galleri ordered the Paris police to recruit about 600 taxis and transport 1 division of troops to the battlefield, so that Maunuri was not finally defeated by Kluk.

In the early morning of September 6, 1914, the French army launched a counteroffensive on all fronts. The French 6th Army continued to fight fiercely with the German 1st Army on the Olqua River; The French 5th Army also turned around, turned its retreat into an offensive, fought with the German 1st Army, and exchanged fire with the right flank of the German 2nd Army; The French 4th and 9th armies intercepted the German 3rd and 4th armies, isolating the German 1st and 2nd armies. On September 8, 1914, at a critical moment, French led the three armies of the LinkedIn Army to quietly climb into the gap between the German 1st Army and the 2nd Army, separating the German 1st Army from the 2nd Army, and putting Kluk and Biraud in danger of being divided and surrounded. As a result, on September 9, 1914, Biro ordered his 2nd Army to retreat. Although Kluk's 1st Army temporarily defeated Maunuri, he was also isolated at this time and had to retreat back on the same day. By September 11, 1914, all German corps had withdrawn. At this point, the Battle of the Marne ended. The Allied forces smashed the German army's plan for a quick victory and kept Paris, thus creating a stalemate on the Western Front in World War I. The strategic outcome of the battle was enormous, as the Germans lost their only chance to defeat France first and then turn against Russia.

In the Battle of the Marne, the two warring sides invested 1.5 million troops, and the number of casualties was nearly 500,000. Of these, the French lost 250,000, the British lost 13,000, and the Germans lost 220,000. Although the Anglo-French forces suffered heavy losses, the Anglo-French forces managed to crush the German offensive and keep Paris. Germany's plan to quickly defeat France, and then turn around against Russia, was completely ruined. Therefore, from a strategic and tactical point of view, this battle was a great victory for the British and French forces. Britain, France and other countries boasted of this battle as a miracle on the Marne. After the staff officers of the Supreme Command of the Chinese Empire completed the military flag deduction for the Battle of the Marne, General Zhou Tai, Chief of the General Staff of the Imperial Army, concluded.

"Hmmm! It was inevitable that Crook would suffer such a crushing defeat if he advanced lightly. Ren Chao nodded and said, "How is the battle situation on the Eastern Front?" ”

"When the Germans concentrated their main forces to attack the French on the Western Front, the Russian Army on the Eastern Front formed the Northwest Front with 17 infantry divisions, 8 cavalry divisions, 1,100 artillery pieces, and 54 aircraft, and launched an attack from behind the German army. In late August, the Russian army entered East Prussia. Pressing the Germans in the area of Lake Majur. The Russian offensive in the heart of Germany forced the German army to transfer troops back from the German-French front, and the German reinforcements stabilized the war after encircling and annihilating tens of thousands of Russian troops in the Komosin Forest area. On September 11, the Russian First Army was defeated again, and the battle moved into Russian territory, with more than 250,000 Russian casualties and prisoners. Zhou Tai pointed to the map and said loudly.

"In addition to this, on the Southern Front, on the Balkan Front, the Russian army on the Southern Route defeated the Austro-Hungarian army many times in Galicia and Bukovina, but now the German army has temporarily withdrawn its hands from the Western Front. Soon Germany will support Austria-Hungary, so the shape of the Russian army is also very bad. Zhou Tai continued.

"Hmmm! I suspect that the Germans, given the defeat at the Battle of the Marne, are likely to change their strategy and move their main forces to the Eastern Front. After solving the threat on the Eastern Front first, you will free up your hands to fight the British and French. In this way, the Russian army will be under tremendous pressure, and our opportunity will come. Ren Chao nodded and said.

"His Majesty. The ministers also thought it was time to go to war against Tsarist Russia! Yang Jichang and Zhou Tai bowed and said.

"Hmmm! Recently, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been conducting secret negotiations with Tsarist Russia. But it's a pity! Even though the European battlefield had been turned into a pot of porridge, Tsarist Russia still refused to spit out the meat that had been eaten in its mouth. It can only promise to return part of the territory that has been encroached upon by our country. Since they don't want to vomit it themselves, then we have to spit it out not only what they have eaten, but also their whole stomachs. Ren Chao said coldly.

"Your Majesty!" Yang Jichang and Zhou Tai bowed in response.

"Decree, in the name of the government of the Chinese Empire, issue an ultimatum to Tsarist Russia, limiting it to return all the territories that have occupied our China to our Chinese Empire within 24 hours, otherwise our Chinese Empire will directly declare war on Tsarist Russia." Ren Chao stood up and said coldly.

"Your Ministers obey!" Yang Jichang and others responded respectfully.

On September 15, 1914, the Chinese Empire issued an ultimatum to the Tsarist government, ordering the Russian army to withdraw from all the territories occupied in China within 24 hours. The Tsarist side immediately panicked, not to mention that they had no intention of returning these occupied territories at all, and even if they did, it would be impossible to completely withdraw within 24 hours. On the one hand, the Russian envoy in Beijing informed its allies, Britain and France, that they hoped that Britain and France would be able to mediate, and on the other hand, they urgently went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China to ask for a meeting with Foreign Minister Liang Yan, hoping to mediate with the Chinese side, but they were closed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On September 16, without receiving a reply from the Russian side, the troops of the Chinese Empire immediately crossed the border in the name of accepting the occupied territories, but were blocked by the Russian army. On this ground, Huaxia announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Tsarist Russia and officially declared war on Tsarist Russia. On that day, the 200,000 troops of the Chinese Empire first launched a large-scale attack on Tsarist Russia on the Heilongjiang front.

On September 17, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and the Republic of Lanfang successively issued telegrams declaring war on Tsarist Russia.

In the early morning of the 17th, at the temporary airfield near Linjiang Town on the south bank of the Heilongjiang River, I don't know when there were suddenly more than 40 large aircraft, which were the latest new bombers developed by the Chinese Empire, the H-1 bomber.

It is a biplane, the power of each engine is 182 kilowatts, the aircraft is 15.5~22 meters long, the wingspan is 24.9~35.5 meters, the flight weight is 6.1~7.5 tons, the flight speed is 140 kilometers per hour, the maximum ceiling is 4000 meters, the maximum range is 540 kilometers, and the crew is 4~8 people. The maximum number of machine guns installed on the aircraft reached 8. Aerial bombs could be hung in the fuselage, and for the first time, an electric bomb dropper was used. The bomb load of the aircraft is 500 kg, and it can reach 700~800 kg when overloaded. The aircraft was equipped with pilot and pilot instruments, as well as bombing sights. It was the largest large aircraft of its time, because at that time none of the countries had built any strategic bombers comparable to it. (To be continued......)