However, even the Allies committed these two disgruntled army groups in Ukraine to change their situation there, which was nothing compared to the numerical superiority of their enemies, which was insignificant at least 300,000 men. In the open plains of Ukraine, five million gray cattle, like a flood that bursts the embankment, unscrupulously broke any obstacle in front of them, and in just half a month, in addition to the German army, which is the main force, can still temporarily hold the defense line in northwest Ukraine, Belarus and Latvia, plus the latest addition, a total of nine armies of the Austro-Hungarian army has been driven out of Ukraine by the Russians and driven back to Galicia.

And this defeat has greatly affected the morale of those Slavic national soldiers, and there are even a large number of surrenders to the Russians on the battlefield, which is even worse, judging from the current war situation, Austria-Hungary will not say that it will fight back to Ukraine, that is, even Galicia They are difficult to hold, and the final result may still have to retreat into the Carpathian Mountains, so that the German army still stranded in northwest Ukraine must face a flank threat.

As for Field Marshal Golz on the Southern Front, this cunning guy suffered the least losses in this rout, and after Zhytomyr was broken through, he immediately realized that the situation in Ukraine was irretrievable, and the Dro coalition army, which was originally besieging Odessa, withdrew across the Dniester River as quickly as possible, and quickly re-established the defensive line with the help of the Romanians in Bessarabia.

In order to prevent the Russian army from seizing Galicia again, the Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Army, Archduke Ferdinand, and the Chief of the General Staff, Baron Herzendorf, did not care about Italy at this time, and then withdrew the Eleventh Army there to reinforce Galicia, so that the total strength of the Central Powers on the Italian battlefield fell to four armies. Moreover, with the exception of the two Greek armies and the Montenegrin army, the remaining German Sixteenth Army and the Austro-Hungarian Tenth Army were all understaffed, and the total strength of the four armies together was less than a million men, while their opponents were the two million Italian troops and the almost seven hundred thousand British troops.

In this case, even if they are stunned, they will inevitably be high-spirited, and in the end, their country will be occupied by the enemy. It was an unacceptable thing, both in terms of reputation and practical interests, and in the midst of the surging criticism in Italy, and of course mainly with the full support of the British, the Fools finally fought their way out of the Apennines.

It was then their turn to enjoy the joy of victory, and with three British armies in the front, the Italians fought their way out in three directions, one from Genoa to the north, all the way out of Parma, and the other from Florence to the north to attack Bologna. The goal of the first two was to recapture Milan, which was currently defended by the German 16th Army, and the goal of the second was to recapture Bologna and continue north in order to reclaim Venice.

The commander of the German Sixteenth Army in Milan, Admiral François, wisely abandoned the city, knowing very well that Italy was a battlefield ready to be abandoned, so there was no need to waste precious troops to defend such a relatively isolated city, and retreating to the east and placing the battlefield on the right side of the mountain and the left sea, the relatively narrow area of Venesia was the best choice in the current situation where the gap in forces was too large. However, before retreating, this guy piled up all the factories in Milan with explosives and blew them into rubble, and even some machines were loaded onto trains and shipped to Austria. Italy's largest industrial center has been reduced to almost nothing.

And while he was retreating, the commander of the Austro-Hungarian Tenth Army, General Borojevich, also ignored Herzendorf's order to hold on to Bologna, the city was also meaningless, and the Greeks on his flank could not hold back the British army on the coastal plain. Once the flanks are breached, it will be troublesome for him to go. Like François, the two commanders of the Young Zhuang Army, who had risen through the ranks of the war, chose the relatively narrow area of Venesia for their real defensive line, and the Austro-Hungarian 10th Army was destroying Bologna more thoroughly than Milan. Even after the railroad was dismantled as it went, it retreated directly to the north bank of the Po River.

Immediately afterwards, the Greek and Montenegrin armies were also attacked by the British and routed all the way. However, these two miscellaneous fish tables are still very good, especially the mountain people of Montenegro beat the British to the point of terrification in the early mountain battles, and with such a good teammate, the Greeks did not lose much. In this way, the four Allied armies relied on the Po River to protect the flanks by the Adriatic Sea and the Alps, and established a new and more solid defensive line.

But the stability of the Italian war situation did not mean much to Austria-Hungary, they still failed to hold Galicia, fortunately at this time Marshal Golz pulled them, because it was not the main direction of the Russian army, in addition to the full support of the Romanians in the Bessarabia area, he defended the Transnistrian line relatively calmly, and even pulled out a German army group to attack the Russian army on the Galician battlefield from the flank, At this time, the German army on the northern front also gradually stabilized its foothold on the Polish border and began to pose a threat to the Russian army from the north.

Of course, it was mainly a continuous offensive that exhausted the gray cattle, so that the Austro-Hungarian army once again held the vital Przemyšl, but the main force was still driven to the Carpathians.

However, after the Eastern Front gradually stabilized, the Germans on the Western Front encountered a real crisis, under the frantic attack of the British at all costs, the German Second Army, which had been severely reduced and could not be replenished, was finally unable to hold St. Quentin, and the British tore a fatal gap in the French front that had been stalemate for almost four years with almost five times the German army's full 300,000 casualties.

This gap was catastrophic for the German forces on the French battlefield, because in doing so the British would be able to cut off the transport lines from Belgium to France, which the French had previously recaptured at Verdun, had already cut off the transport lines directly from Germany to France.

This meant that the German 3rd, 4th, and 5th armies south of St. Quentin were cut off, and after understanding this, Wilhelm and Schlieffen were going crazy.

Without hesitation, they ordered all three armies to retreat to the Franco-German border, abandon the territory of northern France, which they had occupied for almost four years, and concentrate all their forces to attack the Verdun salient.

But the price paid was also heavy, under the attack of the British and French troops who followed, the German army not only lost almost all of the French territory seized after the war, but also lost more than 150,000 people, of course, more importantly, they were forced to the border between France and Germany and Belgium, and any breakthrough by the Entente in the next step would mean that the war burned to the territory of Germany.

The sudden reversal of the war situation in Europe made all those gamblers who were waiting to bet widen their eyes, it is obvious that this is already the time to bet, of course, at this time there are actually few spectators outside the battlefield, Europe is only left with the three Nordic countries, Spain, the Ottoman Empire and the paralyzed Bulgaria in bed, Asia is only left with China, Persia and completely negligible Japan, and the most is the American countries, especially the most qualified United States.

But the United States is choking enough, because a terrorist attack just happened in Alabama a few days ago, which broke down the reconciliation negotiations between the US government and the Republic of Alabama at once, and they could not reach a settlement, which means that the Caribbean Alliance will not lift the blockade, and the ports are blocked, how can the Americans enter the war? In addition, President Bryan is also resolutely opposed to any war, and this president who is single-mindedly enjoying the idyllic life is leading the American people to strive to forget the world's strife and revel in the green mountains and green waters.

So that's what left for South America.

However, at this time, the Allied bloc won a victory in South America, the Argentine fleet that had completed the repair was out of Port of Spain, and the British and Russian fleets had to attack again, and this time the Argentines would not make that kind of low-level mistake, although their strength was greatly reduced after losing a battleship, but fortunately, the British and Russian fleets also lost more than half. The Rivadavia showed great prowess in the second naval battle south of Grenada, sinking one British and one Russian battleship one after another, and their cruisers and destroyers also sank a British heavy cruiser, a light cruiser and four destroyers in the naval battle, which can be said to be a complete victory, and drove the British and Russian fleets directly back to Kingston and did not dare to go to sea again.

In this way, it is actually equivalent to the cutting off of the logistics supply of hundreds of thousands of Anglo-Russian troops in Colombia.

Although there were not many real British troops in this army, most of them were Russian and Canadian troops, and even Japanese mercenaries, but the British could not sit idly by and watch them be wiped out by the Colombians, so that pulling Brazil or Chile or both into the battlefield was the only option.

Brazil hasn't agreed yet, after all, they don't like the Russians to be infected with the United States again, and if they join the war at this time, it will be tantamount to offending all the South American countries around, after all, Venezuela, Peru, and Ecuador are all supporting the Colombians, and it is very despicable for the Brazilians who have been shouting that the South American brothers are a family to stab them in the back, and even if the Entente wins, Brazil will not get anything.

But in contrast to Brazil's hesitation, the Chileans readily agreed to the British's invitation. (To be continued......)