Historically, the politicians of Japan during the First World War should still be relatively sober-minded, at least they did not mess around like the idiots of Hideki Tojo during the Second World War. Although he is ambitious, he still knows how to do what he can.

First, Japan's strategic goal is to gain the Asian continent, and the European theater is by no means its realistic goal, and of course there is no need for the main force to travel thousands of miles to participate in the war. Secondly, taking advantage of the situation of the First World War, the Western powers had no time to look eastward: Britain hoped that Japan could contain Germany in the Far East, Germany was stuck in a two-front war and was unable to support its Asian colonies, France struggled to support Germany's heavy pressure, and the decadent Tsarist Russia later broke out in revolution, as for the United States, because the strategic center of gravity was in Europe, the attention was also in Europe. In such a favorable situation, Japan could eliminate the interference of the foreign powers, declare war on Germany as an Entente power, and directly seize Germany's territory in Shandong, China, and directly reap the benefits at its doorstep, without having to mobilize troops to go on an expedition to Europe (there was a destroyer fleet to assist the British anti-submarine in the Mediterranean, not the main force of the Imperial Navy). Whether Japan is going to Europe with its army or navy, it must rely on British overseas colonies for supplies along the way, and it also has to face the threat of German submarines, and the deployment of troops is risky. In view of the brutality of World War I, the main force of the Japanese army going to Europe to participate in the war is likely to suffer devastating losses, and even if it gains greater interests of the victorious country as a result, the gains outweigh the losses, and the vitality is greatly damaged. Therefore, it was impossible for Japan during World War I to fight in Europe as a main force.

However, in this time and space, when China was still in a state of civil strife and division, a warlord named Wang Zhenyu suddenly sent hundreds of thousands of expeditionary troops to Europe to fight a war, whether Wang Zhenyu admits it or not, and the behavior of sending hundreds of thousands of expeditionary troops to Europe to fight a war is likely to change the original history. At least in Nagata Tieshan's opinion, this guy named Wang Zhenyu has brought huge trouble to the empire. The fanatics of militarism within the empire are also clamoring to send troops to Europe, on the grounds that even Shina has sent troops, and the great Japanese empire is going to nest in Asia and remain motionless? Various petitions and marches calling for troops to be sent to Europe are being staged in Tokyo, and enthusiasm for joining the war is growing. This time, if the Chinese really did as the French newspapers said, hundreds of thousands of troops left the Germans to the ground in a few hours, then it is estimated that it will also have a cooling effect on the rising mood in Japan to send troops to Europe to participate in the war. Nagata Tetsuyama was a very wise man, and his thinking was different from that of the fools of the imperial faction in the army, and the military was only a continuation and means of politics for him, and only a madman would drag the Japanese Empire into the war. The bitter lessons of the Russo-Japanese War have made some Japanese soldiers soberly realize the strength of the great powers, and persimmons still need to be pinched softly.

In fact, the Chinese army that was said to have been beaten by the Germans in just a few hours in the Verdun area had nothing to do with the government in which Minister Hu Weide served, and strictly speaking, it was even hostile. But these high-nosed foreigners can't figure out these complicated relationships between your Chinese, so the artillery fire is naturally unceremoniously bombarded at Hu Weide.

Hu Weide was also so angry in his heart that he scolded the Chinese European Expeditionary Force and the Nationalist Government in the south, don't take this porcelain job if you don't have that diamond diamond, don't count the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops, and throw your face to Europe, this is really, this is really, it makes people speechless......

"Ahh Fortunately, the vanguard had cleared the roads around him, otherwise he would definitely expose the target with such a way of playing.

Bai Chongxi, who was not feeling well, was naturally not much better, and he casually asked the staff officers beside him: "How far are we from Metz, haven't the French intelligence officers sent the information of the local German army yet?" ”

Speaking of this surprise attack, the performance of the 500 Frenchmen attached to the Chinese Expeditionary Force surprised Bai Chongxi the most. These 500 French troops exist in the form of consultants and translators, in fact, it is a bit exaggerated to say that the translator is still a bit exaggerated, because the French who really understand Chinese are very rare, and the translators are more Chinese. The real duty of these French troops was to lead the way and gather intelligence, and the head of the entire advisory group was a captain named Charles de Gaulle, and history deviated here, when Captain de Gaulle, who had served as an assistant colonel in the 33rd Infantry Regiment of the French Army, successfully escaped the fate of being a prisoner of war because he was temporarily appointed to assist Marshal Petain in the reception of the Chinese European Military Observer Mission. Historically, at the Battle of Verdun, the young de Gaulle would be wounded for the third time in battle, then captured by the Germans and then spent thirty-two months in a prisoner-of-war camp. Later, because of his dealings with the Chinese Yankees, this handsome French young man with a tall head and small ears served as the assistant liaison officer of the Allied Forces Command in the Chinese army, because of the lack of attention to the Chinese army, this liaison officer has been vacant since Marshal Fuxi became the chief of the general staff, and Marshal Petain once nominated Admiral Nivel to concurrently serve, but was rejected by the arrogant General Nivel. So there were no tigers in the mountains, the monkeys were the overlords, and Charles de Gaulle, who was the captain alone, became the head of these five hundred Frenchmen. Fortunately, Bai Chongxi himself is also a young man, so he doesn't care about this, and he has established a fairly good friendship with this French young man who is the same age as Yu Dashuai. However, this friendship was useless when de Gaulle found out that the Chinese troops had quietly withdrawn from their positions, and the stubborn French lad did not hesitate to express his anger to General Bai Chongxi: "Your present behavior is tantamount to betraying the French Third Republic, and I can even think that you are in league with the damned Germans, Bai, you are not worthy of my friendship." ”

Bai Chongxi was rare and good-natured to explain to our future famous French general, Captain de Gaulle: "Dear Charles, please believe me and my army, we are the most loyal and reliable allies of the French people, please do not doubt this. And what you see now is exactly what I intend to give to all of France. ”

Gift, de Gaulle's anger immediately disappeared, and he began to explore what Bai Chongxi and his army were going to do.

When de Gaulle learned all about Bai Chongxi, he was overjoyed and said to Bai Chongxi: "Dear Bai, my friend, please forgive me for misunderstanding you, knowing that this is the most perfect idea since the beginning of this damned war, and you will surely succeed, and you will definitely bring the good news of victory to all the citizens of the Third Republic." Long live the friendship between China and France. ”

Originally, I was worried that the tall young man in front of me would not cooperate with his plan, but now it seems that this worry is superfluous. However, Bai Chongxi still asked very cautiously: "Dear Charles, you must know that we are not familiar with the situation in the Lorraine region at all, I need your help, and at the same time, the entire operation must be kept secret......

De Gaulle nodded excitedly: "I know, I know, don't worry, my guys and I will fight with your army, and it will be kept secret, you don't know, how long everyone is delayed in the endless battle for the trenches, we feel like we are playing suicide under the command of a bunch of idiots." Well, now with you, my dearest friend Shiro, this war will surely be wonderful because of your genius......"

On May 16th, Xia Liqiu was writing a diary, the routine shelling of the German army sounded, Xia Liqiu could only put down the pen and glanced at Zhao Yanbin and Ma Wenyuan, after everyone moved to the battalion headquarters, the two of them have been exchanging experiences with other comrades-in-arms and fighting the Germans, what a bunch of war maniacs. And after killing a few people, he seems to be even more disgusted with this damn war. Okay, I don't want to, now it's **, according to the rules, it's the turn of the Germans to charge. After yesterday's battle, everyone has now become veterans, and despite the earth-shattering German artillery fire, everyone is still squatting in the bunker and doing their own thing.

But this time it seems to be different, what about the yellow and green smoke emitted after the weishenme shells hit the ground? At this time, I suddenly heard the regiment commander Xue Yue shouting: "It's not good, it's a gas bomb, hurry up and wear a gas mask." ”

The gas bomb spread quickly, and as soon as everyone put on their gas masks, the thing rushed into the bunker and spread.

The two soldiers, who were a little busy, didn't have time to get their gas masks, and they were immediately smoked to the ground, their eyes were tearful, and they were in pain, damn it, it was sarin gas, and everyone hurriedly covered their noses with towels drenched in urine, and then tried to drag them out of the bunker......

The effect of the poison gas bomb attack was very obvious, and although the Chinese soldiers who encountered this thing for the first time suffered few casualties, they were unable to stop the German army from approaching because of their scrambling. The Germans went up with bayonets, and after a scuffle, the Germans destroyed a dozen pillboxes at once.

The bunker where the battalion headquarters was located was also approached by the Germans, and the tall German soldiers jumped in and went down into the trenches. It's still too late to shoot, guy, it!

Xia Liqiu was facing a tall German soldier, so he couldn't help but suffer a loss, and the other party was overturned by Xia Liqiu in a few clicks. Just when the bayonet was inserted, Zhao Yanbin suddenly jumped out, and was picked up by the rifle in the hand of the German soldier, and then took advantage of the opponent's stunned kung fu to stab the opponent with one stab. Luckily, the German soldier named Barak from Leverkusen did not die, and he became the first prisoner of war of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force in the First Shijie War. The other soldiers were not as lucky as Xia Liqiu, who used to rely on bunkers to play sparring with the Germans, but now they will be killed if they switch to hand-to-hand combat. After a while, more than a dozen Chinese soldiers were pierced by the Germans in the narrow trench, at this time Xue Yue drank heavily, and a few officers came out with box guns and shot a point, knocking down more than 20 German soldiers at once, the Germans saw that the firepower was a bit fierce, and the distance between the two sides was also widened, and at the same time, the Chinese artillery also opened fire at this time, cutting off their follow-up troops. The Germans were straight but not stupid, they chose to give up this attack and retreat.

And after a short cheer, Xue Yue came to a conclusion, due to the attack just now, the bunker where the battalion headquarters was located had lost the surrounding strategy and turned into a salient, so everyone could only take advantage of this gap to retreat......