Berlin, September 1918.

The situation is getting worse and worse. The Battle of Saint-Mielle has just ended.

In this battle, seven divisions of the 1st and 4th armies of the 1st Army of the US Expeditionary Force commanded by Pershing carried out the main assault from the south of the salient, three divisions of the 5th Army carried out auxiliary assaults from the west, and three divisions of the French 2nd Colonial Army pinned down at the top of the salient and encircled and annihilated the German group in the salient. Another 5 divisions of the U.S. Army served as a campaign reserve. The U.S. and French forces committed 500,000 men, 3,000 artillery pieces, 267 tanks, and 1,500 aircraft.

Frontal German army for von. Army Group Galvetz had 7 attrition divisions, 560 artillery pieces, 200 aircraft, and 5 reserve divisions. When the German high command learned of the imminent attack of the American army, it ordered the defenders to retreat on September 8, but the retreat was not over until the eve of the American attack. At 5 o'clock on 12 September, after four hours of artillery preparation, the US infantry south of the salient took the lead in the attack, supported by tanks. At 8 o'clock, the American troops in the west also began to attack. The Germans, with most of their artillery already retreating, could only put up a weak resistance. At noon, the main forces of the German army withdrew from the salient. On the 13th, the left and right flanks of the U.S. Army met at the village of Vignelle to clear the remnants of the German army in the salient. On the 14th and 15th, the American army continued its offensive west of the Moselle River with little progress. On the 16th, the American and French troops stopped the offensive after reaching the established positions of the German army. After this offensive, the Allied army's front was shortened by 24 kilometers, but the purpose of the campaign to encircle and annihilate the German army group was not achieved.

During the battle, the Germans suffered 5,000 casualties and the Americans suffered nearly 7,000 casualties.

Even in such an unfavorable situation, the German army still showed extremely fierce combat effectiveness:

500,000 troops from the United States and France. It was not possible to eat 50,000 German troops!

However, no matter how tenacious the German officers and soldiers were, their national strength could not support them to continue the war

August-September 1918. In just one month, the Germans lost 150,000 men, more than 2,000 artillery pieces, and more than 13,000 machine guns. The military defeat made the domestic political and economic crisis in Germany unprecedentedly acute.

And at this time, the Entente was ready to deal Germany another fatal blow: the decision to launch the Meuse-Argonne offensive!

The aim of the Entente was to break down the Hindenburg Line, which stretched from the coast northeast of Ypres to the Swiss border. The offensive, scheduled for 26 September, was intended to seize or cut off the railway lines on which the Germans relied to mobilize troops and supplies. Without its transport system, the already weakened army will be further weakened.

The railway, which carried German troops and supplies to the front, stretched northwest from Metz to the main junctions of Meziers, Onoy, Maubge, Mons, Ghent and Bruges, where there were many branch lines leading to the different defense areas. Foch's plan was to seize a fifty-mile panstrip of land that included the junction of the Meziers and Onoy. Cut off the German retreat, thus exposing them to one surprise after another. This maneuver was intended for a pincer attack: the Franco-British forces advanced towards Onoy from the west, meeting up with the Franco-American forces attacking Meziers from the south at Meuse-Argonne.

The Allies' battle victory at Meuse-Argonne would have led them to occupy the railway system. and to block all ground communication between separate enemy units. This blow would have left the Germans with a circuitous and time-consuming route through Liège and the Rhine valley to restore their fragmented ties.

Ludendorff realized that under the onslaught of the rapid advance, his troops could simply not count on an orderly retreat through the congested passes of Liège. Therefore. The Germans continued to further strengthen the already heavily fortified Meuse-Argonne area. Every woods and village becomes a large barrier. And several lines of defense were also established behind the forward positions. In the defense area assigned to the Pershing attack, the railway line was relatively close to the front line, and a trench defense system ten miles deep had been constructed against the defense area.

The advantage of the Germans was that the Meuse-Argonne terrain was naturally suitable for defense. Just to the east of the Meuse, on the steep heights of Cotte-de-Meuse, was an excellent artillery firing position and an obstacle that the attackers could barely penetrate. Argonne cliffs and hills with deep crevasses. A fortified area is made up of miles of barbed wire, concrete machine-gun bunkers, heavy machine guns, and a variety of obstacles that weave back and forth between lines.

Halfway between Meuse and Argonn, there is a heavily guarded hill of Montfocon with a panoramic view of the surrounding area. Twenty miles of the front has been fortified. The only viable method of assault was to storm the salient on both sides of the Montfaucon line, enlarge the salient with a flank attack, and then threaten the defenders' rear to force them to retreat. The Meuse-Argonne was only one of the defensive areas in the offensive against the Germans, with the Belgian and British attacking in Flanders and the British in the fields of Cambrai-Saint-Quentin. The French attacked at Champani in the center. The combined strength of the Entente was two hundred and twenty divisions:

One hundred and two French divisions, sixty British divisions, forty-two American divisions, twelve Belgian divisions, two Italian divisions and two Portuguese divisions. Against the Allied forces, the Germans could only assemble 197 divisions: 13 divisions at the front and 84 divisions as reserves.

Apart from the serious shortage of troops, this army is very different from the strength of the previous years. Rumors of hunger on the domestic front exacerbated the growing war-weariness of the troops themselves.

Nearly 600,000 U.S. troops had entered the Meuse-Argonne area, while the French were guarding the outposts, making it impossible for the Germans to approach for reconnaissance. The U.S. forces were supported by 2,700 French-made artillery, 821 aircraft, and 189 small French tanks.

And the Germans' artillery fire, aircraft, and tank support were too weak

The task of defending the most important part of the Montforton hill was once again entrusted to Ernst. In the hands of Major General Bream!

Skeleton Commando - Strike Again!

This will be the most unlikely mission he will have to face, countless cannons, countless tanks, countless enemies, and countless planes!

And Wang Weiyi couldn't know the Tao more clearly. This will be his last battle in this era!

The last stage of the Soarer's quest is officially open!

Before leaving Berlin, Countess Léonne came to Alexson Manor in person. She hugged Baron Alexon affectionately, desperately trying to make a mark on his face with her own mouth

Perhaps, the Countess felt something with her woman's intuition

They kissed like crazy, then rolled over the bed like crazy, and they didn't care about anything anymore

When the passion passed, Wang Weiyi kissed the countess who was already full of tears, and said softly: "I'm leaving." ”

The naked countess hugged him tightly: "Ernst." Kiss me one more time."

Wang Weiyi kissed the Countess again, and the Countess's hand gradually let go of her tears: "Ernst, how I wish we had a child if it were a boy." I'll call him little Ernst, and if it's a girl, I'll call her Elena, and I'll never forget you."

"Me too." Wang Weiyi smiled slightly and put on his military uniform: "Leonie." Promise me. If you have the opportunity, go to Hermione, Germany will fail, and His Majesty the Emperor will abdicate, I believe that only Hermione can protect you. Ludwig will see you off. ”

"Will you come to see me?" The Countess asked, weeping.

"I will!" Wang Weiyi said solemnly: "I promise, no matter how many years have passed, no matter what hardships have been encountered, one day I will appear in front of you." Don't forget. I owe you two things. ”

"I'll wait for you to come back and make good on your promise!"

He embraced the Countess one last time, and then strode out of the city.

"Your Excellency. Are you leaving? "Steward Videlio is already waiting there.

"Yes, I'm leaving, take care of the manor for me, and I'll be back one day!"

"I will, Your Excellency, and the manor will be the same when you return."

Wang Weiyi walked out of his manor step by step, and when he stepped out of the manor, he found that his friends had arrived:

Rommel, Manstein, Guderian, Richthofen, Moder and Adolf Adolf, who had just returned to Berlin from the hospital. Hitler.

"You'll be back, won't you, General?" Hitler, with red eyes, asked.

"I will, I promise you, I will definitely come back!" Wang Weiyi hugged everyone, and when he hugged Hitler, he whispered: "Cherish, my friend." ”

Hitler's tears flowed uncontrollably

"We can't fight with you anymore, we'll be used as reserves, precious, Ernst!" Rommel said word by word:

"Remember, promise me that you must come back!"

"On the Marne, I said I would definitely come back, and now, I promise you that I will definitely come back!" Wang Weiyi replied loudly to his friend, and then he said:

"Cherish, my friend!"

"All of them, stand upright, salute General Ernst!"

Everyone raised their hands!

Wang Weiyi also slowly raised his hand and saluted

"Ernst, you shameless fellow!" Richthofen could not take it anymore, and his voice became choked: "You won't let me go to the sky, but you yourself will go to war!" Definitely coming back, Ernst! ”

Wang Weiyi smiled, his eyes also became red at this moment, friends, I will come back, maybe not tomorrow, not a year, ten years, but sooner or later, one day, I will definitely come back!

Precious, my friend!

(Regarding Elena, a brother raised this question, and what the spider can be sure of is that in the future episode, Elena will not be a puppet, or a flesh-and-blood Elena, and the subsequent episodes will be more exciting.) Perhaps it can be said that each character in this book has a soul of its own, no matter who they are. The spider will write the book, that's guaranteed. Sincerely thank the friends who put forward their opinions, the spider in the book review area will go around every day, and then look at the brothers who put forward their opinions, bow and thank. (To be continued.) )