Of course, although the stupid people are clumsy, they still have to fight, the Isonzo River is not easy to fight, and the Alps are even more difficult to fight, there is the roof of the whole Europe, except for a few steep canyon passes, there is no road to Guò, which is if a person carries a spear to attack in ancient times, it can still be improvised, after all, the logistics requirements at that time were not so terrifying, at most it was a difficult point for grain transportation, and hunting in the mountains to grab some food can basically deal with the past.

But in the era of hot weapons, they all began to play with big PAO machine guns, and it was purely a joke to launch a large-scale attack in the Alps, so the stunned people had no other way but to withstand the firepower of the Austro-Hungarian army and repeat the process of sending them to death over and over again, and it was repeated for a long time, in fact, in the end, they launched a total of ten large-scale offensive campaigns, and paid the price of more than a million casualties, and then...

Well, then they lost and let the Austro-Hungarian army and the reinforced Germans cross the Isonzo River into Italy, and of course this was much later.

Large-scale offensive warfare, so that Italy's already not very good industrial strength immediately overwhelmed, you must know that such a battle consumes not only human lives, but also weapons and ammunition, hundreds of thousands of people attack, a day of bullets alone may consume tens of millions of rounds, pao shells even if the number of Italians artillery is less, dozens or even millions of rounds is very normal, especially the stunned people who have not fought for almost ten years go to the battlefield and fire desperately, ammunition consumption is extremely fast, and it will not take long for their reserves to be unsustainable, The production capacity of the arsenal also cannot keep up with the rate of consumption.

The stunned people had to keep urging the British and French to send them arms, especially large-caliber heavy artillery, air bombs, and even chariots, which made the British and French tired of it, and it was only then that they found out. This is a helper, this is purely a burden, the only use of a million army is to drag the two Austro-Hungarian armies, and Britain and France have to find ways to help the Germans, otherwise it will be troublesome for the Austro-Hungarian army to enter Italy.

Because once Italy can't stop the Austro-Hungarian and even German troops from entering the Apennine Peninsula, then the French government must be careful behind its ass, from the battlefield of the Isonzo River to Marseille is only a few hundred kilometers, and the entire northern Italy is still a plain with developed transportation, and then only need to force the Italian army to the south. The German-Austrian army could go straight to Marseille, which was not as good as it was before, when Italy did not enter the war, at least at that time there was no need to worry about this problem.

In order to support Italy, Britain and France had to embezzle their already scarce military supplies, heavy artillery, chariots, planes, and thousands of tons of ammunition were all loaded and shipped to Naples and Genoa. The ports of Livorno, and then the Guò train to the battlefield of the Isonzo River, were handed over to the nerds to squander in a senseless manner.

But the dumb ones are still somewhat useful after all, at least Nikolai is happy with it. For the Battle of the Isonzo River, the Austro-Hungarian Army had to transfer the Ninth Army, which was originally going to join the Eastern Front, after all, the Missians also had a million-strong army. Even strange points could not be stopped by one army group, and a large part of the Austro-Hungarian Sixth Army had to be used to defend the mountain passes in the Alps, and only two armies were used on the battlefield of the Isonzo River.

"See. How am I talking about Italy, the country of Italy, whoever is with them is unlucky! Emperor Yang said proudly. The expressions of the stunned people once again confirmed his magical ability to calculate a last resort, of course, his ministers are used to it, the emperor! That is the Son of Heaven, naturally it is a little magical, in fact, at this time the common people in China are indeed mythologizing the emperor Xià, and even he himself is contributing to this situation, and it is very beneficial for him and his descendants to rule the country by making himself a god.

"Your Majesty, the French have suspended the return of our second batch of cultural relics." After praising His Majesty the Emperor very cooperatively, Zhang Quan said cautiously.

This should be said that the French are asking for their own hardships, after all, they are all very fond of art, and as France's strength has deteriorated over the years, it is impossible to rob others anymore, so they cherish the heritage of their predecessors, and the French are not saying that they will not pay it back, but it will be a little later, and they do have no one, a country with a population of more than 30 million, so far there are two million dead and wounded, and two million are in the trenches, and now the factories are all dependent on women, how can they have the time to count any cultural relics!

"What are you kidding, you have to be honest, how can you break your promise to give us back! Go, starting tomorrow, domestic public opinion will change the direction of the wind, exaggerate the friendship between China and Germany, China and Austria, and advocate joining the allies. Emperor Yang said with a smile.

Zhang Quan smiled and nodded, he was also going to do this.

After the French claimed that the return of the Old Summer Palace at the Château de Fontainebleau might be delayed for a long time because the inventory was too cumbersome and the manpower was tight during the war, public opinion in China turned to Germany and Austria overnight, including Li Hongzhang's hookup with the Germans, the friendship between Emperor Yang and the Kaiser, the past China and Germany fighting side by side in Japan and the United States, and the visit of Her Majesty the Austro-Hungarian Empress Xià to China. There are even experts who have researched in the newspapers that the Hungarians may be descendants of the Huns, and that they are also going out of our China, and so on, in short, they have done their best to clean up the friendship between China and Britain, China and France, and China and Russia, which was instilled in the hearts of the people some time ago, and replace it with the friendship between China and Germany, China and Austria.

Even Zhang Quan, China's foreign minister and most likely next prime minister, who has maintained a personal friendship with the Grand Duke of Hesse, has expressed his desire for China to join the Allies in some informal settings.

Another reversal of Chinese public opinion made Britain and France tremble, although they knew that this was probably just a big drama directed by Yang Feng, but since he did this, it also meant that Emperor Yang was already unhappy about the French's broken promise, considering his mental state, it was obvious that no one dared to guarantee that he would not be in a bad mood one day, and directly ordered to join the Allies to declare war on the Entente, just for the sake of some pots and jars, it is best not to risk this kind of life.

So soon the French announced that although the manpower was tight, but after the hard work of the staff day and night, the inventory of the Old Summer Palace cultural relics in the Palace of Fontainebleau was finally completed, and it was about to be shipped soon, as for the British, they were not prepared to be as stingy as the French from the beginning, and at this time the Old Summer Palace cultural relics in the British Museum had begun to be loaded, and this news finally made Chinese public opinion begin to return to the normal track of impartiality.

This also made the British and French finally breathe a sigh of relief, but unfortunately then the bad news fell on their heads again, and a new round of large-scale offensive by the Germans began, the target, Verdun.

At this time, Verdun had become the forefront of the battlefield on the Western Front, and this ancient fortress on the banks of the Maas River and the salient it formed were firmly blocked between the German Army Group and the Army Group Left, like a wedge smashed into the middle of the entire German-controlled area, making their entire three armies unable to move, and clearing this thorn in the side was already the most important task of the German army on the Western Front.

Once Verdun was captured, the German 5th, 6th, and 7th armies would all be able to connect the front with the Marne, the forefront, and at that time the Germans would be able to draw at least one army group to join the rest of the battlefield, especially the most important Eastern Front. Although the newly formed 12th and 13th armies were added, the strength of the German army on the Eastern Front was still weak. The goal of William and Schlieffen was to go all out to force Nikolai to admit defeat and then free up the British and French on the Western Front, but as the front advanced into Ukraine and Belarus, it was certainly not enough to have only four German armies, knowing that they were opposite a full four million Russian troops, and the Russian army still had an absolute advantage in strength.

In this case, Verdun must be solved first.

Verdun.

"Shelling!" With a series of screams, countless French soldiers who were tormenting in the muddy trenches were so panicked that they were looking for shelter, and then a piercing whistling sound was heard overhead, and a huge explosion exploded. Such shelling is very common, and for more than a year neither side can do anything about the other, shelling, attacking, retreating, shelling, attacking again, this set of procedures has been repeated countless times, and the result of each repetition is that countless soldiers have turned into rotting dirt.

The French soldiers huddled in the trenches hugged the steel helmets on their heads, and in the dense explosions, they waited for the judgment of fate against the overwhelming earth and stumps and severed arms above their heads.

In particular, the most important fortress of Verdun, which has withstood countless artillery fire, is undergoing a new round of testing at this time, the shells of the 420 giant siege artillery are like meteors, with a palpitating roar one after another, the terrifying explosions are continuous, the entire fortress seems to be buried by the fire of the explosion, and the land around the fortress looks like the surface of the moon is covered with countless huge craters.

However, the French had built the fortress as if it were made of steel, and in fact the fortress was mostly made of steel, and even the one-ton shells of the 420 cannon could not break through its solid shell.

But today, it was clear that the Germans were not prepared to smash it with shells, and while the Verdun front line was being shelled, battle sirens sounded simultaneously on nearby French airfields. (To be continued......)