In the early hours of the next morning

The artillery of the Entente camp began to launch a heavy artillery attack on the last line of German defense, sounding the clarion call for a final attack.

After 8:00 a.m., the sky was bright, and the dense group of planes flew over the German defense line on the Somme River again, selectively carrying out medium-altitude bombing, and cooperating with the fierce artillery fire of the artillery group in the rear of the land, bombing the German third-line positions into a mess.

The 303rd Division (Panzer Tiger Cavalry), which was responsible for the main attack, crossed the positions of friendly troops and pressed murderously towards the German positions 7 kilometers away.

For a time, the war clouds were thick.

About 9:20 a.m

Nearly 300 Fokker fighters put together by Germany suddenly roared from the north and east, and the Ocean Imperial fighters immediately accelerated to meet them, while the bombers dropped their bombs and quickly retreated, quickly returning to their own airspace.

An air battle of unprecedented scale kicked off over the Somme.

The engines of the planes roared in the long air, the fighters of the enemy and us circled and competed, and the hit fighters pulled out long black smoke and fell from the sky one after another.

There were fighters from the Ocean Empire, and even more with German fighters, and it was an unprecedentedly tragic battle.

There are about 270 fighters of the Imperial Army Air Force, and about 160 fighters from Britain and France who rushed to join the war group after hearing the news, totaling about 430 fighters.

The Germans pieced together more than 300 fighters, a total of more than 700 fighters circled and flew over the Somme River, a huge roar resounded in the sky, and from time to time planes were beaten down from the air, and the fierce battle lasted for about half an hour.

The German fighters, who were obviously at a disadvantage, lost nearly half of their planes and had to flee in all directions, and the fighters on the Allies side pursued them closely, and the air battle came to an end for the time being.

The battle on the ground had already turned into a fever pitch, with several repulsions from the Ocean Empire's side and the German positions on the third line under artillery bombardment.

I suffered a big loss before

The Germans dug a large number of anti-artillery holes overnight in the third-line defensive positions, many of which were next to the earthen platforms where the German soldiers were fighting, and the distance was no more than ten meters, so that they could quickly evade after the artillery alarm was issued again to avoid the tragedy from happening again.

As a result, the Germans were able to retain a larger number of living forces and repeatedly fight for surface positions with the infantry attacking by the Oceanic Empire.

Although the Reich attacking troops broke through several times in the fierce fighting in the afternoon, they were stubbornly counterattacked by the Germans, and it was not until nightfall that the hustle and bustle of the day gradually subsided.

The Germans barely managed to hold their positions on the third line despite heavy casualties, but what would happen after dawn?

March 29, the third day of the all-out offensive.

1:00 p.m

Under the joint strangulation of the air-ground integrated tactics, the German 2nd Army finally collapsed on the whole front, and the 303rd and 305th Divisions of the Imperial Panzer Forces after breaking through the position began to carry out large-depth interspersed operations against the rear of the German army like two sharp arrows.

The Allied forces launched a full-front assault on the entire Somme front, but they did not contain much of the main German army, which was a big surprise.

It turned out that the main force of the German 1st Army had retreated in great strides for two consecutive nights, leaving only a small part of the forward positions with heavy weapons to resist desperately and delay as much time as possible.

It turned out that the German army played a "golden cicada shell" strategy, at the cost of nearly 300,000 people of the German 2nd Army, abandoned the forward positions on the Somme River and Verdun, and ensured that the German First Army, the 3rd Army, the 5th Army and the 6th Army would retreat in great strides, and the entire line would retreat into the German border.

Relying on the fortifications inherent in the border between Germany and France, a new defensive line was rearranged, and after recuperation, it was possible to fight again.

At this point, the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front in Europe came to an end.

And on the Eastern Front

The Brusilov assault launched by the Russian army achieved considerable results in the early and middle periods, annihilating more than 600,000 troops of Austria-Hungary and 210,000 troops of Germany in just over a month.

After Germany transferred troops from the Western Front to reinforce the Eastern Front, the Tsar's army fell into a bitter battle, losing more than 3.3 million troops successively, and under the strong counterattack of the German army, the flames of war burned to Ukraine and Belarus.

Faced with the plight of Romania and other countries, the Entente countries, with the strong support of the Ocean Empire, finally freed up their hands and began to support the Eastern Front.

On 24 November, Falkensen led his army across the Danube.

On 6 December, the Allied forces captured Bucharest, and the Romanian government fled to Iasi. At the end of December, General Falkensen led his army to rendezvous with Romania, and after a series of fierce battles, the front stabilized in northeastern Romania.

At the beginning of 17, the Germans captured Vilnius, followed by a fierce offensive in the direction of Latvia.

At this time, Tsarist Russia was worried about internal and external troubles, huge social contradictions were about to erupt, and more than 7 million officers and soldiers on the front line fell into severe hunger and cold, and they could not even eat enough black bread mixed with sawdust.

Britain and France, on the other hand, experienced a brutal war on the Western Front, paying a huge price in casualties in the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme, and urgently needed a long recuperation. There was no ability to launch a continuous offensive into the German mainland.

The Great Ocean Empire Army, which became famous in World War I, was at its peak, but it was unwilling to go deep alone, singled out the German Army, and entered a long period of recuperation.

post-war inventory;

The First Army of the Ocean Empire Expeditionary Force defeated the German Second Army at the cost of 23,762 casualties (7,121 killed and 16,641 wounded), killing and wounding 182,100 German troops, including 137,600 killed, 44,500 wounded, and 84,300 prisoners, and the entire German 2nd Army was almost completely annihilated.

The expeditionary force has achieved such brilliant results that shocked the world.

The mainstream French newspapers excitedly praised the Imperial Expeditionary Force as the "liberator of France", and did not hesitate to offer many praises, and the subsequent arrival of the 2nd Army in France was warmly welcomed, and many French girls offered fragrant kisses.

The British newspaper The Times reported on this;

The outstanding performance of the soldiers of the distant Ocean Kingdom in France, the suppression of the German army across Europe, and the expulsion of Germany from French territory by the British and French armies, would be a landmark event in the world war.

Before you know it, the military power of the Ocean Kingdom has grown to an awesome level, and the victory in the Battle of the Somme heralds the removal of the German army from the throne of the strongest man on European land.

And all this, perhaps, is not what Europeans want to see.

Regardless of what the British newspapers say, it is an indisputable fact that the mainstream European media spoke highly of the eventual victory in the Somme and the battle.

The debut of the Ocean Empire Expeditionary Force in Europe was truly amazing, and as soon as it came up, it "clicked" the German army under the horse, and this heavy record was revealed, which became a major factor disturbing the current world situation.

The era of big ships and cannons

Europe is the unmitigated center of the whole world and the protagonist of the world stage, and there is no clear concept of the rise of the oceanic empire thousands of miles away.

Just like Fusang and Mi, they are also emerging world powers, one is capable of military affairs, and the other is outstanding in economic terms.

In the impression of Europeans, the Ocean Empire seems to be slightly stronger than the United States and Japan, and it has risen to the top of the world in terms of economy, and it is also remarkable in terms of military aspects.

But when it comes to understanding, it's basically confusing.

The Ocean Empire is said to be a white country, but how many whites are there and how many are Chinese? Nothing cares, and very few people understand.

What is the religion? How vast is the territory? What are the advantageous industries? What is the lingua franca? What are the social customs? What kind of constitutional monarchy is the Empire? I don't know about any unique culture and so on, and not many Europeans care about it.

In the minds of the vast majority of Europeans, the American cowboy and the Australian shepherd are almost entrenched images, and no one cares whether the industrial field of the ocean empire is among the world's first-class, nor does anyone care about social structure and other deeper issues.

On the one hand, it is due to the traditional pride of Europeans, on the other hand, it is the lack of information in today's society, and on the other hand, Europeans are not interested and unwilling to spend their time on such inconsequential trivial matters.

The brilliant performance of the Imperial Expeditionary Force in France made the whole Europe begin to face up to the shining existence of the Ocean Empire, and aroused a strong interest in understanding it, which was the best opportunity for Chinese culture to invade Europe.

The invincible and powerful image of the German Imperial Army in Europe, like a dark cloud covering the sky, which had been hanging over the entire European sky since the outbreak of World War 14, was finally torn to shreds after the Battle of the Somme.

This battle shattered the myth of the invincibility of the German army, liberated the ten provinces of northeastern France, and brought the Entente bloc full self-confidence to finally win the war, which can be described as far-reaching significance.

The German 2nd Army, which was responsible for defending the southern line of the Somme, was full of gold, and on the first day of the war, it participated in the massacre of the British 3rd Army, killing and wounding more than 60,000 British troops in one day.

Later, due to the increase of British, French and German troops, the number of German troops and the strength of the front increased to 41 divisions, and the original First Army was split into the current 1st and 2nd armies, which were stationed in the northern and southern defense lines respectively.

It is an indisputable fact that the German army fought a bloody battle with a million British and French allied troops for five and a half months, attacking and defending each other, and did not fall into a disadvantage on the battlefield, but occupied part of the advantage.

The Imperial Expeditionary Force relied on 300,000 troops to defend the German army head-on, penetrating the defensive line 23 kilometers deep in one fell swoop in three days, killing and wounding a total of 182,100 German troops, and suffering 23,762 casualties.

After this war, the high-level of the Entente countries was shaken, the high-level of the Allied countries were shaken, and the European countries were shaken and spread to the whole world, truly establishing the golden signboard of the world's top army of the Royal Army of the Ocean Empire, and its influence was far-reaching until a hundred years later.