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"Japanese mercenaries and Korean mercenaries can be used not only in the Americas, but also in the Asian and European battlefields in the future. In this way, we can invest 500,000 Japanese mercenaries and 200,000 Korean mercenaries in the North American battlefield, mainly to stabilize the rear and collect grain and grass and other resources on the spot. When the time comes, depending on the specific situation, see if you need to increase the size of the mercenaries! Wang Yuze said. There are tens of millions of people in Japan, and North Korea also has a population of tens of millions, and the light ones can arm hundreds of thousands of mercenaries with millions of bodies. Moreover, for both countries, the preferential treatment of mercenaries and the capture on the battlefield are enough to make young people flock to them.

"Yes, Your Majesty! I will be in touch with both governments! Chief of the General Staff Cai Yun said. Although these mercenaries were poorly equipped and lacked heavy artillery and other heavy weapons, they were more than capable of stabilizing the rear. In particular, it is very rare that both Japanese and North Koreans can faithfully carry out the orders issued by the Chinese side, just like the two dogs raised by China.

"Your Majesty, our war situation in Mexico is currently in a stalemate with the Americans, and we need to wait for the arrival of follow-up troops before we can attack. Now, it's time to launch the war against Panama. At present, the Americans have only one division in the Panama Canal Zone, with more than 12,000 men. The 5th Marine Division is ready to attack and take the Panama Canal from the Americans! Chief of the General Staff Cai Yun said. The seizure of the Panama Canal is very important to whether or not the main forces of the Chinese Navy can smoothly enter the Atlantic Ocean to fight. Once the Army invades the United States from Mexico, it will also face the problem of longer and longer logistical supply lines. At that time, it would be more effective to supply the front-line troops by shipping supplies directly to the Gulf of Mexico or the East Coast of the United States.

"It's time to attack Panama. A telegram was sent to the 5th Marine Division, asking them to protect the canal as much as possible. If I can take the canal in its entirety, I will reward them personally! Wang Yuze said. The Americans apparently realized that it was impossible for them to hold the Panama Canal, so since the outbreak of the war, the U.S. military has not increased the Panama Canal, and has only maintained the size of a marine division. The Chinese Navy dispatched a marine division. It was enough to defeat the American army and seize the Panama Canal. However, the intention of the US military is also very obvious, that is, to blow up the Panama Canal in an overwhelming situation. Preventing China from using the Panama Canal to send a formidable naval fleet to the Caribbean and even the Gulf of Mexico would buy the U.S. Navy enough time. Therefore, if China wants to seize the intact Panama Canal, it is impossible to do so. According to intelligence, the U.S. military has planted a large number of explosives in six locks and two dams in the Panama Canal, as well as in the Gaillard Canal, in the event of a Chinese attack on the Panama Canal. The U.S. military will blow up the canal. If China wants to repair the canal, it will be very difficult, and it will be impossible to repair it without a year or two.

"Yes. Your Majesty, I'll give an account to the 5th Marine Division! Chief of General Staff Cai Yun nodded. However, he also knew that he wanted to take the canal intact. There's nothing possible on that base. However, since the US military is destined to blow up the Panama Canal. The sooner the Panama Canal was taken back from the U.S. military, the sooner the repair could begin. The Chinese Navy will also be able to open the Guò Canal and enter the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean as soon as possible, so as to be able to completely annihilate the United States.

"By the way, how are you fighting on the battlefields of Europe now?" Wang Yuze asked. The war between China and the United States broke out mainly in Mexico, and the scale of the war was not large. And Europe has become the main battlefield of this world war, from the Eastern European Plain to the Western European Plain, the Central Powers and the Entente are strangled together, and almost every second there are soldiers who give their lives on the battlefield!

"After the Battle of the Marne, although the Anglo-French forces suffered heavy losses, in order to break the German threat to Paris and strengthen the confidence of France and other Entente countries, the Anglo-French forces took the initiative to attack the German army, codenamed the Battle of 'Running to the Sea'. The battle had ended the other day, and both sides had won and lost each other. Among them, the German army lost more than 100,000 people, while the Anglo-French army plus the Belgian army lost about 200,000 people. Chief of the General Staff Cai Yun said.

After the battles of the Marne and the Aisne in September 1914, the warring parties entered positional warfare on the Oise to the Swiss border. The Chief of the General Staff of the French Army, Chauffeur, attempted to make a detour to the German right flank in order to force the Germans to withdraw from the areas of the Aisne, Oise, Somme and Esco. The Chief of the German General Staff Falkenhayn (after the failure of the Schlieffen plan, the enraged Kaiser Wilhelm II dismissed Moltke the Younger as Chief of the General Staff and replaced Moltke the Younger as Chief of the General Staff of the German Army) decided to thwart the coalition plan and detour to the left flank of the coalition forces. On September 16 and 21, the French launched attacks on the Germans between the Oise and Somme rivers, and the Germans reinforced them in time and the French were repulsed. On the 24th and 25th, the two sides fought fiercely in the upper Somme region, and each other won and lost. On the 25th, the French army launched a surprise attack on Cambrai and Valenciennes, threatening the German supply lines. From 30 September to 7 October, the two sides fought fiercely on both sides of the Scarp River, and the battle line gradually moved north. The Germans and the French repeatedly fought for Arras. On 4 October, the Germans began their offensive on the west bank of the Lees River. On the 10th and 15th, the British expeditionary force launched a surprise attack on the Germans along the banks of the Leith River, but made little progress, and finally the two sides went on the defensive. While engaged in the battle with the British and French forces, the Germans sent heavy forces to surround Antwerp and capture the city on October 10. Belgian and British reinforcements withdrew to Ostend, and the battle ended. In the one-month "Rush to the Sea" operation, the German army suffered more than 100,000 casualties, and the British and French forces plus Belgium lost about 200,000 people.

Wang Yuze nodded, although the German army still achieved a great victory in tactics, which made the British and French troops pay more high casualties. However, the front was always controlled by the Anglo-French forces north of Paris, and it was impossible for the Germans to capture Paris and quickly force France to defeat. The after-effects of the Schlieffen plan being revised are fully revealed. The German army could not defeat France quickly, which would inevitably make the German army fall into a protracted war of attrition, Britain and France had huge colonies as support, and Germany's sea lanes had been blocked, and all the war materials would be used less, and eventually Germany was likely to be dragged by Britain and France to collapse!

Recently, however, the Germans seem preparing for a new offensive, likely targeting the coastal city of Calais in northwestern France, which has become an important supply base for the British Expeditionary Force. If this place can be destroyed, it may be possible to force the British to withdraw from the war. This was also the first large-scale offensive planned by Falkenhayn after he became the chief of the general staff of the German army! Cai Yun said.

"The British would not have withdrawn from the war so easily, and the Germans had already sailed to their best chance of capturing Paris. Even if the Germans were able to capture Calais, while the entire English Channel was still under the control of the British navy, the British could at any time choose a supply base for the expeditionary force on the western coast of France. War Minister Zhao Bo said. He took over as Minister of War after returning home from Europe, and knew the German army better. Now, although the mobilization of France and Britain was completed, the Germans had lost their initial advantage. Although the Anglo-French forces suffered greater losses on the battlefield than the Germans, they were able to rely on the population and resources provided by the huge colonies, while Germany, on the other hand, became weaker and weaker as the war progressed. However, this does not seem to be a bad thing for China!

"The longer the Germans fought with the British and the French, and the more people died, the better it would be for us! What about the Eastern Front? What did the Russians move? Wang Yuze asked.

"Your Majesty, the Russians are strengthening our defenses while committing heavy troops on the Eastern Front in Europe. After the failure of the autumn offensive launched by the Russians, they turned their attention to Austria-Hungary, and fierce fighting began in southern Poland. However, the current situation seems that Austria-Hungary seems to be at a disadvantage, and if it were not for the Germans who transferred a lot of troops from the Western Front to the Eastern Front to fight with Austria-Hungary, they might have been defeated by the Russians! Cai Yun said.

"Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire is a powerful empire, it is actually just a giant with feet of clay, and its combat effectiveness is not very strong. The main battlefield of the European war was the Western Front. Wang Yuze said. Austria-Hungary had millions of troops, but their command was disorganized, their equipment was poor, and their soldiers were poorly equipped, which made them completely defeated on the battlefield, and if it were not for the help of the German army, they would have been completely defeated by the Russians. The combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian army is estimated to be only slightly stronger than that of the Italians.

Europe is in a mess, which is very beneficial to China, China just takes advantage of this opportunity to start a showdown with the United States, and strive to solve the United States before Europe wins or loses, so that China can plunge into the European battlefield without worries and grab the biggest share of the fruits of war victory!

At the end of October, the 5th Division of the Chinese Marine Corps, under the cover of the main fleet of the Navy, drove into the Gulf of Panama and launched an operation to seize the Panama Canal!