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In the beginning, most countries, including the two sides of the war, had a similar view of how long the war would last, believing that the war would end in six months or less. Therefore, both sides of the war initially thought that their own material reserves were enough to cope with the war, and they did not purchase materials and equipment on a large scale, and did not even prevent the flow of materials from neutral countries to enemy countries, of course, military supplies would still be stopped.

Therefore, in the beginning, the business of the neutral countries did not improve significantly, and naturally did not begin to expand the scale of production. This is not the case for the Chinese government, which has been desperately expanding production and hoarding supplies in recent years. In the past few years of frantic construction, China has built a large number of warehouses and oil depots and other storage systems across the country, many of which are cave warehouses and underground warehouses located in the belly of the mountain. These storage systems were used on the one hand for strategic stockpiling and on the other hand for stockpiling supplies that were ready for export in World War I.

Taking advantage of the period when the two sides have not yet caught fire, China and a large number of its vest companies are working overtime to forcibly transport materials to the belligerents, of course, they will not be sold at this price now, and they will not be sold at a high price until the supplies on both sides are tight.

In this way, while watching the play, China is preparing to dump. The first big patron was soon there.

On April 2, the Russian ambassador to China, Kosovich, came to the door and at the same time smashed a large order.

"500,000 rifles, 500,000 bayonets, 100,000,000 rifle bullets, 6u1丨75mm howitzers, 3u1丨1o6mm howitzers, 10,000 shells each, 20,000 sets of military uniforms......"

Even Li Siya, the sales manager of Xingke Group, who is accustomed to seeing big scenes, was stunned by this rare big order. This is the order that has only been distributed from the central government today, and these amounts are not the whole of the total order.

She couldn't help but gasp and asked dizzily, "Hiss, what do the Russians think about this?"

"So, of course, it's a world ......war," a colleague named Liu Feifei said disapprovingly.

"I mean, don't the Russians themselves have weapons? logically speaking, it is impossible for a power like Russia to be without weapons, right?" Li Siya felt that her brain was a little insufficient. In Lisya's mind, the Russian Empire was an unimaginable behemoth, a terrifying creature known as the "gendarme of Europe" or the "grey steamroller".

Because Liu Feifei is in charge of trade with Russia, she is relatively clear, so she explained: "Manager Li, this is not surprising, Russia is very strong. However, in the past few years, the political situation has been very chaotic, the economy has been sluggish, the production efficiency has not improved at all, and they have not prepared in advance, and now they are suddenly going to mobilize the whole country, and of course there are not enough weapons.

It is true that Russia is ambitiously preparing to mobilize 60,000 troops this time, vowing to fly the Allies. Of course, they had no shortage of gray livestock, but when the Russians were embarrassed, they did not have enough weapons. They even turned out the bottom of the warehouse, and they only got together 2o million weapons, and what should they do with 4oo?

Of course, the Entente side can help, but the problem is that their weapons stocks are also limited, and they are also carrying out a general mobilization, their own weapons are tight, where is it possible to provide large-scale assistance to Russia. Britain and France together only squeezed out 150,000 rifles, which is a drop in the bucket for the 4oo gray cattle empty-handed.

As a result, the Russians had no choice but to desperately ramp up production on their own, while buying weapons all over the world.

Now that most of the world's major industrial countries are involved in the war, the two largest industrial countries that did not participate in the war are China and the United States, so these two countries naturally get large orders. However, because the war broke out too suddenly, the American arms dealers were not prepared, and if it was futures, they would be more or less satisfied. But Russia is in a hurry to get out of stock, so where can they get too much? If it weren't for the need in these years, no arms dealer would have hoarded a large number of weapons, and that thing would have to cost it.

The arms dealers in the United States searched the warehouses and found less than 30,000 rifles of different calibers, which is the reason why there are many civilian guns in the country due to the US policy of owning guns for all people. It is different for China, which has been preparing in advance, in recent years it has been producing all kinds of military supplies at full power, such as rifles, and there are 6o thousand in stock, to say the least. Anyway, even if you don't sell this kind of thing, your own army and militia can use it.

"However, my country's rifle is a 7 mm caliber, and the Russian rifle is a 6 mm caliber, and we have very few 6 mm caliber rifles in stock...... "Li Siya has a headache, it would be a pity if such a large list could not be eaten.

Liu Feifei replied: "Manager Li, it doesn't matter. The Russians they just need enough weapons now and don't care at all about the issue of different calibers. Their purchasing representatives have already tried our 7mm rifles and they are happy with the performance and price......"

For Mao Xiong, who is now in a hurry, the issue of the different weapons systems between China and Russia is no longer a problem at this time. As for the logistics, it is not the responsibility of the old men in the purchasing department anyway.

"Then it's no problem," Li Siya said happily.

Because China does not accept banknotes such as rubles, only real money and silver and physical goods. Mao Xiong paid China 6o tonnes of gold for this big purchase, at which point one tonne of gold was worth about $6. $60,000, that's $1oo dollars. The rest is to use 50,000 Central Asian girls to pay off the debt, plus this time. Mao Xiong has imported 20,000 girls of various nationalities to China in six consecutive years, and the number of girls sold is second only to Japan.

April 3, 255 (1914), Hanking, Presidential Palace.

Hankyung is named after the Han River, a new city adjacent to the Han River, located between Dengzhou, Xinye, and Xiangfan on the Nanxiang Plain.

Because it is a new city and an empty space, it can be completely ignored in urban planning, and just follow the most reasonable method. The city began construction on bridges and roads, as well as a vast and complex system of underpasses, including subway lines and sewers. Because it is a new city, these underground passage systems are all open-air construction methods, that is, digging pits first, building the underground passages and then backfilling, this construction method is much faster than the underground excavation method, the cost is much lower, and the quality can be more guaranteed. However, if it is an old city like Beijing, because there are too many buildings on the ground, the underground excavation method can only be used, which is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and the quality is difficult to control.

The underpass system was the most time-consuming, taking more than two years to complete. By the time the underpass system and the main roads and bridges were built, the subsequent above-ground construction was much faster. With the assistance of a large number of construction machinery, in less than two years, most of the main buildings of various government agencies, family areas, commercial areas, etc. were completed. The remainder has been expanded in the future, which will be supplemented in accordance with the urban plan.

Although the city is also dominated by high-rise buildings, the architectural style is completely different from the matchbox simplicity style of Wuhan, which is a new style of high-rise buildings that combine a large number of traditional Chinese elements, in short, somewhat similar to the antique buildings of the original time and later generations. The eaves and bucket arches made of reinforced concrete and other modern materials, and the red walls and blue tiles, look both ancient and modern. For example, the tallest building, the Hanking Hotel, is like a yellow crane tower that has been magnified dozens of times.

The new presidential palace is also in this style, with a Soviet-style garden shape, supplemented by a number of tower-like buildings, and the main color is simple white walls and blue tiles.

However, our beloved President Moon-hei did not have the slightest excitement to move into his new house at this time, and he was very depressed now.

"I really can't imagine that the French are so stupid, it's only been a few days, and even Paris has been lost, is it true that the French can't do it without a foreigner and a woman in command?"

Chief of the General Staff Xin Jie said: "Mr. Wen, although Paris has been lost, the French are still insisting on resistance, at least for the time being, they will not surrender......

The difference between the First World War and the original plane of the original plane was revealed from the beginning. In the history of the original plane, not long after the outbreak of World War I, the German army had successfully invaded Belgium and northeastern France. The German vanguard had advanced to Paris, and the French government was forced to retreat to Bordeaux. But then the French Sixth Army and the British Expeditionary Force took the lead in counterattacking the German army attacking Paris, preventing the French from being occupied by the Germans. The Germans and the Anglo-French forces broke out the Battle of the Marne on the Marne River near Paris, and after a fierce battle, the French won. The German army halted its march on Paris and retreated northward, and the Schlieffen plan failed, a battle known as the "Miracle of the Marne" and a key turning point in the First World War. The Entente's victory at the Marne led to the ensuing "sprint to the coast" and the four-year stalemate in trench warfare, which deterred the Germans' attempts at a decisive battle.

But it's not the same on this plane.

Germany's war plan was formulated by the former chief of the General Staff Schlieffen in 19o5, and its core was to concentrate strong forces on the Western Front, through Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, which were empty in defense, to encircle the French army from the flank, and defeat France in a decisive battle. Then move eastward and then deal with Russia. After the outbreak of the war, Moltke Jr., the chief of the German General Staff, followed the plan of his predecessor and used only 11 divisions to monitor Russia, while on the Western Front concentrated 7 army groups, a total of 8 divisions, with Metz as the axis divided into left and right flanks. 2 armies on the left flank, with a total of 2 divisions, guarding the positions in the Alsace and Grimm areas on the Franco-German border south of Metz; Six armies on the right flank, with a total of 55 divisions, broke through the northern border of France through Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

At the beginning, as in the original plane, on April 11, the German army sent troops to neutral Luxembourg and obtained the Luxembourg railway network. On 2 April, Germany invaded neutral Belgium in accordance with the Schlieffen plan.

The key point of divergence was in Belgium, where the German right-wing group of the original time and space was met with stubborn resistance from the Belgian army after invading Belgium, especially after the fortress of Liège was stopped for a week. That is, by the time of this week, the French reinforcements had already arrived in 6 times, so that Germany did not occupy Brussels until half a month later. By this time, the French and English armies had already gathered in Paris, and the German army was extremely tired, resulting in the defeat of the Battle of the Marne.

And the German army on this plane has a lot of. The Belgian fortress of Liège played almost no role. Germany, which has an air force second only to China, has also absorbed the experience of the Sino-Japanese war, using large airships to carry heavy armor-piercing bombs against fortresses. In the face of the bombardment of the German airship troops, the fortress of Liège did not hold out for even half a day before it was completely destroyed by heavy armor-piercing bombs.

Then the German right-wing group swarmed in, and the Luftwaffe also went out in a big way, bombing and strafing the resisting Belgian troops. Although the Belgian army also resisted stubbornly, it could not resist in the face of this Cheng dù offensive. At this time, the French ** team did not have time to enter Belgium to fight, and Belgium itself had no power to resist at all. By the afternoon of April 13, Brussels had been occupied by the Germans, and the Belgian royal family had fled to the Netherlands.

After the occupation of Belgium by the German right-wing group, the German right-wing group continued to enter France according to the Schlieffen plan. Nearly a million men and horses of its 6 armies, like a wielded sickle, pierced diagonally from Belgium into France's fragile belly.

Since the end of the Franco-Prussian War, in order to avenge the defeat, the French army has drawn up one battle plan after another against Germany since 182, and there were as many as 17 before the war. The latest plan was drawn up by the Chief of the General Staff of the French Army, General Chauffeur, the "Plan No. 17". At the heart of the plan was the idea that the Germans would be massed along the fortified Franco-German border, so that the French would launch an aggressive offensive there and regain the provinces of Alsace and Greene lost in the Franco-Prussian War.

While the German right flank group was advancing in great strides, several of the main French armies were attacking the German left flank in accordance with the "Plan No. 17". However, the battle showed that "Plan No. 17" was very bad. At Greene, the French 1st and 2nd Armies were overwhelmed by the attack on the German lines at Saarburg and Morange. The French ** team, full of offensive spirit, constantly charged the German defense line, and suffered 60,000 casualties in three days of fighting, but failed to break through the German defense line.

By the time the German right-wing group detoured behind the French, they were still preparing for their next attack. So the French were tragic, and the five armies were dumplings by the Germans. In order to save this group of main forces, the British and French forces sent reinforcements desperately to the front line on the one hand, and sent a large number of air forces to support them on the other hand.

The air forces of the two sides fought a great battle over Grimm on the Franco-German border, and the two sides dispatched a total of more than 1,000 warplanes, making it the first large-scale air battle of 1,000 planes in history. German fighters introduced Chinese technology, installed firing coordinators, and their combat effectiveness was far from comparable to that of the original British and French fighters. The air battle ended in a German victory. The Anglo-French forces lost 37 aircraft, 3 airships, and thousands of pilots, while the Luftwaffe only shot down 3 aircraft, especially with the introduction of Chinese ejection seat and parachute technology, about half of the pilots parachuted safely, and only lost less than 3o people.

With the assistance of the air force, Germany on both flanks was like a meat grinder, and it took only five days to wring the five French armies into slag. On the other hand, the Anglo-French troops who rushed to the rescue were also attacked by German air raids on the way, causing a large number of casualties and delaying their mobility. Until the five armies of the front line were annihilated, they had not yet arrived at the place.

Then it was logical that after the two German wings merged, they continued to advance and engage in a major battle with the Anglo-French forces on the Marne. On April, the Anglo-French forces were routed by the demoralized Germans and retreated to Paris for defense. The Germans then laid siege to Paris.

On 2 April, Paris was conquered by the Germans, and the French government was forced to retreat to Bordeaux.

However, the French of this era and the French of World War II are completely two creatures, although they have both fallen, they are still resisting stubbornly. After the Franco-Prussian War, the whole of France was immersed in a fierce spirit of revenge, and they paid attention to "ideals in mind and sword in hand". They believed that France could defeat the weapons of the German enemy, and that the way to defeat the enemy was to "attack to the death and never surrender."

So, the current French may surrender to others, but definitely not like the Germans, at least not yet. And after the Germans took Paris, they were also exhausted and also needed to rest. Now the combined forces of France and England are retreating to the Orleans line, mobilizing the whole country on the one hand, and at the same time ordering the French in the occupied areas to engage in guerrilla warfare.

The most important thing is that Britain and France finally could not hold on, and the note was that Russia must attack immediately, otherwise it would not be able to withstand it. Lao Tzu fought for life and death on the Western Front, 30,000 people died, and your sister's woolly bear is still sitting on the Eastern Front watching the play, which is really unusual. With the virtue of the Russians, of course, it will not be so easy to get on top, and they have repeatedly stressed that their mobilization has not been completed, the army has not been properly formed, and the forces have not been fully assembled...... and so on, a lot of objective reasons, which made the British and French high-level angry half to death. There was no way, the French had to come up with a killer feature - debt relief, and the hairy bear still owed the rooster a butt of foreign debts, and after getting this promise, the hairy bear slowly prepared to move.

"Am I raising Germany too fat?" said Wen Deji to himself after the meeting, and then he said: "Forget it, that's nothing, if Britain and France really can't bear it, it's a big deal to join the Allies." ”

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