On December 25, 1918, China formally issued an armistice mediation to the two major military blocs of the Central Powers and the Entente Powers. On this day of special historical significance, Huaxia sincerely hopes that the two major military blocs can end the state of war, and everyone has been fighting for almost five years, so it is time to take a break. Even if you recuperate for a period of time and then fight, of course, the latter words must not be put on the table. And when Huaxia proposed this construction, the Allies and Britain and France said at the same time that they could have limited contact, but the United States was very dissatisfied with this armistice agreement and did not make any positive response, and this was also expected by Huaxia. If there is no war, who will pay the money owed by Britain and France? So many people died in vain and couldn't get anything, how could Wilson, the president, still be the president? Can the bigwigs of Wall Street be satisfied?

"Damn Huaxia, we are about to harvest the season, and they want to snatch the fruits of victory from us!" After President Wilson saw Huaxia's mediation statement, he angrily threw Wen Jiàn on the table! He doesn't understand Huaxia's intentions very much now, he doesn't know if Huaxia is just going through the motions, or is he really planning to go from the backstage to the front and force the two major military groups to cease fighting? At the same time, he did not know whether it was the Germans who proposed the armistice or the British. In his opinion, the latter is more likely. After all, just after the Battle of the Norwegian Sea, there is not much left of the British Royal Navy, which is obviously fatal for countries with sea power as the pillar, and it is normal to propose a truce at such a juncture.

"If it was really the British. Then things are in trouble. President Wilson whispered. Immediately get in touch with Benson and General Pershing and ask them to form a delegation to London, England, to discuss the next step in the battle. At the same time, he told the Secretary of State that he was willing to inform Britain and France that the United States was willing to increase its assistance to the two countries. "There is only one way now, and that is to immediately stabilize the Entente camp. Let Britain and France dispel the idea of peace talks and accompany the United States to continue fighting, at least President Wilson believes that the United States will eventually become the victor if this war continues.

At the same time, Lloyd George was very surprised by the statement issued by Huaxia, which was certainly not made by the British, because he did not know. Neither can the Americans. France should not, then there are only two possibilities left, one is that Huaxia wants both sides to stop. Another possibility is that Germany wants an armistice. If it is the latter, it naturally means that the Allies will not be able to hold it first, and even if there are peace talks, the Entente will be able to take advantage of a certain advantage. But if it's the former. Then the signal will be very dangerous. Could this be Huaxia's table for the foreground? The British ambassador once asked who proposed this proposal, but the Chinese side did not give a positive answer to this. This made the British very uneasy. Therefore, in the prudent consideration, the British government said that it could have limited contact. However, the details of how to engage and whether to cease fire were not explained, and after Huaxia put forward a mediation statement, the Allies and the Entente still fought as they pleased.

And just when the Americans were angry and the British were swaying. The French ambassador, however, was very active in making contacts with China and, on behalf of the French Government, put forward a ceasefire request accepted by France. That is, the entire borders of the Western Front should be restored to the state they were before the war began, and the French colonies in Africa should be returned. The French could not wait to stop the war, because France, as the main force of the army and the battlefield, had already suffered too many losses in this war, and France was the weakest but suffered the greatest losses. Whether on land or at sea, France is really running out of oil.

The long winter was a time for both sides to revise and replan, and when Huaxia threw out this mediation, the three Allied powers began discussions in London about the future situation, and General Pershing, as the representative of the U.S. Army, would launch a thorough offensive in the coming year in order to drive the Germans out of mainland France. And it is guaranteed that by March next year, the United States will have about 1.5 million troops on the Western Front. In addition, General Pershing hinted that the American units would be fully equipped with American-made weapons, rather than just going to Europe empty-handed and then taking French or British guns to fight the Germans.

This promise is already very sincere in the eyes of the Americans, but in the eyes of the British and French, the first half of this promise is almost impossible to achieve, unlike the veterans trained by the British and French who participated in the Great War, these American boys came to the battlefield after 6 weeks of training in the boot camp at most, and they lacked experienced commanders, so it is impossible for such an increase in force to have a decisive impact on the battlefield. And more importantly, compared with other countries participating in the war, the Americans still have a great lack of technical equipment, especially aircraft and heavy artillery.

Historically, when the war ended, Germany had 14,000 aircraft of all kinds, the French had 11,500 of all sorts, the British had 8,350 aircraft, and Italy, like the United States, had 2,600 aircraft. Moreover, the US planes are mainly trainer planes, so it can be seen that even if the industrial capacity of the United States wants to suddenly switch to a state of war, it will not work, and it has taken more than one year for the United States to have a military level that is still far from that of other belligerent countries!

In terms of the distribution of firepower in actual combat, the United States actually does not have a large proportion, and the average monthly shell consumption in the 10 months before the armistice in history is as follows: Germany is 9 million rounds, France is 8.1 million rounds, Britain is 7.4 million rounds, and the United States has only a pitiful 800,000 rounds. That is to say, without taking into account the types of shells, the United States does not even have a tenth of Germany's!

In terms of total strength, the Americans have nothing to be proud of, and historically, in November 1918, the strength of the Allies was as follows: France had 114 divisions, Britain had 85 divisions, Italy had 58 divisions, and the United States had only 42 divisions. If you add the troops of all the other countries, the Entente has a total of 327 divisions. American GIs made up only about one-eighth of all participating troops. (Of course, if we talk about the actual strength, the American division may be relatively large, and this depends on the party, but on paper alone, the United States still has far less combat strength than Britain and France.) ）

The real strength of the United States lies in the supplies given to Britain and France, coupled with the fact that Germany exhausted its strength in the final offensive, and the revolution broke out at home due to material shortages and food problems, which finally led to the defeat of Germany, and in fact, at the end of the war in 1918, the front line was still in France. And in this plane, because of the relationship between China, Germany's material supply can meet normal consumption. And the addition of Italy and Spain made up for the lack of cannon fodder. Coupled with Germany's continuous receipt of supplies from Russia, although the overall strength of the Entente was still faintly higher, considering that the United States had not yet fully exerted its power, the Allies still had the advantage on the battlefield. Faced with such a situation, Britain and France naturally did not think that after hundreds of thousands of more American soldiers, they would be able to drive the Germans out of the French mainland.

The British said nothing about the Americans. But the French were very uninteresting: "How many troops do you think your country will need if you want to defeat Germany once and for all, and then hold a military parade at the Brandenburg Gate?" This sentence is straightforward, the Americans are stuffed half to death! You must know that in this plane, France has a total of 130 divisions in the war, while the United States only has 50 divisions! Although there are more than in history, the situation of the French troops taking the lead has not changed. Even if the Americans really reach 1.5 million, there are still more French than Americans!

The French don't want to fight is not simply because of the problem of material consumption, for this war, the French have almost died a generation, this bloody price makes it difficult for France to hold on, the same way, the British are like this, let a country that has been focusing on sea power for 300 years with dozens of divisions to fight a land war, it is indeed not easy! In history, the appeasement policy of Britain and France in World War II was very large, and it was because World War I was fought too bloody. France mobilized 40.8 per cent of the country's men to fight in the war, and 56 per cent of the mobilized population was lost to dead or wounded or captured. This is simply an unbearable disaster for a single country. What if you give more money and supplies to the United States? How do you pay for this life? Moreover, France's population base cannot be compared with that of the United States.

And just when the three giants of the Entente were arguing, the Germans actually launched a rare attack, but this time, their attack was very targeted, concentrating forces to attack the American part of the defense line, the intention of which was also obvious, at sea, the German high seas fleet tried to pressure Britain to force the other side to consider an armistice, and on land, it concentrated forces to attack the United States, Germany has learned from China that France is most inclined to an armistice, so there is no need to continue to stimulate the other side. Only the United States is a thorn in the coffin, and since this is the case, let's give the United States a good beating. As a result, the Germans began to exert pressure on the American positions, but not on a large scale, but more like short assaults, constant attrition and fatigue of the opponent.

At sea, Allied submarines were still attacking the Allied merchant ships, and this time, they were targeting the American fleet. The British convoy finally got off the target of the first strike. At this time, the British were also considering whether to transfer Thomas's fleet back to the North Sea to fight the German High Seas Fleet, although the Atlantic shipping line was very important, but it was not as important as their own home!

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