Haig probably forgot why Lloyd George had fallen out of class after a short period of time, he was carried away by Roque's achievements, ignoring the contradictions within the British Expeditionary Force, the Anzac suffered heavy casualties in the Mediterranean, and now suffered heavy losses, and by five o'clock in the afternoon, the Anzac generals also refused to attack, and Haig finally knew that he was in big trouble.

The reason for the refusal to attack was simple, Haig believed that the Germans were on the verge of collapse and that with one more attack, the troops could break through the German defenses.

The crux of the matter was that the troops on the front line had been fighting for a whole day, suffering heavy casualties while not seeing the slightest hope, in the morning Cocker was dismissed, the morale of the three artillery divisions of the Southern African Expeditionary Force fell rapidly, the intensity of the fire cover dropped by more than one level, from twelve o'clock in the afternoon to five o'clock in the afternoon, the attacking troops were hungry and thirsty without a drop of water, but at this time Haig was still ordering the troops to attack, and the generals of the Anzac Corps were worried about triggering an unspeakable incident, so the generals collectively refused to accept the order.

"The front-line troops suffered heavy casualties, two of the three brigades of the new 1st Division were beaten to the brink of withdrawal, and the worst battalion had only 30 men left, this is not an offensive at all, this is making our soldiers line up to die." Brad Nancy, the commander of the new 1st Division, has endured to the limit, Australia is different from the United Kingdom, there are a total of 5.5 million people in the country, and now 300,000 troops have been sent to Europe to participate in the war, Australia has begun to recruit female soldiers into the army, from the Battle of the Dardanelles to the present, the Anzac has suffered more than 100,000 casualties, Brad Nancy is very worried that this continues, the world war is not over, and the Anzac will be wiped out.

After the world war, the Australian generals had to return to Australia, thinking about the enthusiasm of the Australian people when the Anzac went out, Brad Nancy was afraid that he would not have the face to return to Australia to face the soldiers' families.

A prime example of this is the fact that after being made Viscount of Ypres, Frenzi returned to his hometown and a lady stopped Frenzi's car and politely asked where her three sons were buried.

This lady has only three sons, sent them all to the battlefield, and it is difficult to describe how desperate this lady is when she receives three obituaries in a row within a year.

Frenzi was speechless, and almost pulled out her gun in shame, if the lady had insulted Frenzi, or beaten Frenzi, Frenzi might have felt better, but the lady was polite and showed good cultivation, and her son must have been well educated.

It's the same with Haig, don't look at him killing all sides now, when he returns to England, the saliva of the British will drown Haig.

Of course, it is more likely that Haig doesn't care about these verbal criticisms at all, after all, it will be a success, and there are too many family tragedies hidden behind this sentence, and a grain of sand in the times is a mountain on everyone's head.

"The Germans suffered equally heavy casualties, and now it is up to us who can hold out to the end, and the side that holds out will win a complete victory, otherwise our previous sacrifices will be meaningless." Haig was furious, he had already dismissed a high-ranking general, and if he dismissed another one, I am afraid that it would not be a mutiny among the soldiers, but a rebellion among the generals.

"Enough, even if we defeat the frontal German army, we will not be able to win the final victory, capture Mons, the German army is still waiting for us in Ypres, capture Ypres, there are more German troops in Brussels, with our little force, it is impossible to hit Berlin." General Kyle Gray is an old friend of Brad Nancy, and of course he is very much in tune with his old friend at this time.

"Pay attention to your words, you are cowardly remarks, and I will never allow such a voice to shake the morale of the army in my troops." Haig tried to get Kyle Gray and Brad Nancy to submit with high pressure.

"God is so cowardly, I was wounded in Lady Smith, in the Dardanelles, the headquarters is only two kilometers from the front line, I have been awarded the Victoria Cross, His Majesty has affirmed my bravery, how did I come to you, I have become a special damn shameless coward!" Kyle Gray is also hot-tempered, and a series of words shows how angry Kyle Gray is.

"The medal can only represent your past, not your present!" Kyle Grey didn't mention that the Boer War was okay, but when it came to the Boer War, Haig suddenly fell into madness.

Southern Africa was a stain on Haig's military career, and during the Boer War, the 17th Lance Cavalry Regiment commanded by Haig was the only unit of the British Expeditionary Force to be removed from formation.

During this period, the British domestic media emphasized this matter in the newspapers, and the editors and reporters who did everything possible hinted between the lines in cryptic language that since Haig's performance in the previous wars was so unbearable, then now that Haig is leading the British Expeditionary Force, will the British Expeditionary Force repeat the mistakes of the 17th Lancer Cavalry Regiment?

There is no guarantee that this will not happen again.

Haig himself can't and doesn't dare, the world war has been going on so far, and there are quite a few troops that have been canceled.

Sadly, while attacking Haig, the media did not forget to remind readers that under Roque's command, no unit had ever been disorganized.

In newspapers, Haig's name and Roque's name often appear one after another, if Haig's name appears in the first paragraph, then Roque's name must be in the latter paragraph, Haig's mistakes are infinitely magnified by editors and reporters with magnifying glasses, and Roque's black history is dominated by various spring and autumn penmanship.

"!" Kyle Gray also went crazy, spitting fragrant mouth and slamming the door.

Leaving a room full of generals looking at each other.

That night, the War Council appointed Henry Wilson Chief of the General Staff of the British Expeditionary Force.

Prior to this appointment, Henry Wilson was the liaison officer between the British Expeditionary Force and the French Army, where he was responsible for the coordination between the British Expeditionary Force and the French Army.

Like the appointment of Haig as commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, this appointment was no less intelligent, Henry Wilson was irascible and arrogant, and after the outbreak of the world war, the coordination between the British Expeditionary Force and the French army was very problematic, and Henry Wilson did not play his due role during this period.

In any case, the War Council expressed its dissatisfaction with Haig's work, and Haig should be wary that if Haig did not change his "butcher" style, then there would be a new decision from the War Council.

While the British expeditionary force was in trouble, the French troops at Verdun were also in great trouble.

Petain fell ill as soon as he arrived at the front, and he said that he slept in a chair in his room for several hours before he began to develop a fever.

Doctors diagnosed Petain with pneumonia and injected him with antibiotics, but Petain was 60 years old and not as energetic as a young man, and it would take some time to recover.

At this time, Petain finally showed great potential, and he had every reason to return to Paris to rest, but Petain did not do so, he locked himself in the ward, strictly ordered his men not to spread the news of his illness, and gave orders from the hospital bed to organize the delivery of supplies to Duvomont and Vaux.

The bad news came again, and before the reinforcements could reach Duvåmon, Duvomont was lost.

The fall of Duvermont was dramatic, as it was originally in the heart of a large fortified fortress and was so well defended that it would be difficult for the Germans to take it head-on.

The French generals who commanded the front-line operations thought the same thing, so Duvômont's forces were drawn to support the other forts, and only 60 defenders remained in the entire Duvômont.

The Germans attacking Duvomont used the super cannons used to conquer the fortress of Liège, but it did not work as well as it should, and the French troops learned from the experience of the Southern African Expeditionary Force in building fortifications, and added several layers of sandbags and earth above the fort, as a result, these sandbags and mud absorbed the kinetic energy of the cannonballs well, and the fortress was unharmed by the bombardment of the super cannons.

Unfortunately, before the Battle of Verdun broke out, Xia Fei carried away the artillery in the fortress, causing the defenders to lose the ability to counterattack the Germans.

On 22 January, three German detachments approached the fortress of Duvomont from three different directions, encountering no resistance on the way.

Three German squads entered the Duvomont fortress without any problems, the corridor was empty, there were no French troops in the room, a German soldier found some fresh fruit and eggs in the internal cafeteria, several German soldiers swept away the fruit and eggs, and then in the officer's lounge the 60 French soldiers who were responsible for guarding the Duvômont fortress.

Seeing the German soldiers who suddenly appeared in front of them, the French soldiers were at a loss, their weapons were not around, so they could only raise their hands and surrender, and the Germans occupied the fortress of Duvomont without firing a single shot.

Funnily enough, a batch of supplies was delivered to the fort of Duvomont that night, so the German soldiers unceremoniously accepted the supplies and locked up the soldiers who were transporting the supplies with the 60 defenders inside the fort.

There is a lot of irony, and at the same time as the capture of the fortress of Duvomont, the German ammunition depot in Spankul suddenly exploded.

Spancourt was a small village where the Germans had stored 450,000 rounds of artillery shells for the offensive against Duvomont and Vaux.

As a result, 450,000 shells were lost in the violent explosion, and the shock of the explosion was felt in Paris, and the attacking German army lost the supply of shells, and the powerful super cannon became an ornament, which never worked again.

At the same time, the large-caliber artillery of the French units was finally delivered to the front, and Petain was an infantry when he first joined the army, but during his long military career, Petain was now an excellent artillery officer.

In order to better resist the German attack, Petain concentrated all the artillery of the French army and focused on attacking the attacking Germans, and the performance of the French troops on the front line suddenly improved.

It seemed as if the French troops had found a more qualified commander-in-chief.