As soon as the encirclement was closed, Foch came to Roque's headquarters and congratulated Roque in person.

This was the first time since the outbreak of the world war that the Allied forces surrounded hundreds of thousands of German regiments, and the German army had suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties in a battle before, but it was a war of attrition in which both sides lost and could not have a decisive impact on the direction of the war.

This time is different, if this time the coalition forces can completely eliminate the German army in the encirclement, then the German army will lose all its mobile forces and fall into passivity in various battlefields, if the Germans still have a trace of sanity, then the Germans will choose to end the war peacefully, if the Germans are not rational enough, then what awaits Germany will be complete destruction.

"Don't excite Ferdinand, the Germans in the encirclement are not waiting to be killed, the battle is not over." Roque is not proud, and as long as the German army in the encirclement has not been wiped out, Roque will not take it lightly.

"Hehe, Locke, I like your caution, but relax, we have 750,000 troops on the Somme, and the Germans in the encirclement can't escape." Foch laughed, the world is really impermanent, a few days ago Paris was in danger, today the German army is standing on the edge of the cliff, Foch does not know what words to use to express his feelings.

In fact, in the previous battles, the Anglo-French forces also had the opportunity to deal a heavy blow to the German army, but the Anglo-French forces did not seize the opportunity in the end.

On the one hand, this was due to the insufficient combat effectiveness of the Anglo-French forces and the relatively low ability of the commanders; On the other hand, it is also because compared with the German army, the Anglo-French alliance does not have an obvious numerical advantage, so it is impossible to encircle the German army of the same magnitude.

Now that the Anglo-French forces were stronger than ever, Ludendorff made a huge mistake due to physical reasons, he ignored the importance of the flanks of the attacking troops, did not send troops to follow up in time, widened the gap, and stabilized the defense, which ultimately led to today's big mistake.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that the German army has sacrificed a lot of experienced junior officers in several years of fighting, otherwise the 1st Panzer Division and the 2nd Cavalry Division would not have acted so smoothly.

"Well, you're right, we really should celebrate." Roque did not sweep Foch's prosperity, everyone was under a lot of pressure during this time, especially the French generals such as Foch and Petain, the German army was only less than 50 kilometers away from Paris, and if you were not careful, you would be doomed.

Angel quickly brought two glasses of wine, and Roque and Foch chatted over a drink.

"Austria-Hungary is no longer able to hold out, and Karl I sues for peace again, but this time Karl I loses the right to make conditions, and he must accept all our demands in order to be eligible to withdraw from the war in a dignified manner." Foch provided a new situation, the new emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Karl I, had excluded his two brothers-in-law to sue for peace, but the terms were not negotiated, and in the end there was no problem.

Now that Karl I is suing for peace again, it is estimated that the Austro-Hungarian Empire is indeed on the verge of collapse, but what Karl I did not expect is that this time Austria-Hungary has lost the opportunity to put forward conditions, and it is estimated that it is impossible for Karl I to withdraw from the war in a more "decent" way.

One thing is obvious, last year Karl I sent his brother-in-law to negotiate peace, the situation at that time was not clear enough, if Austria-Hungary withdrew from the war, it would be of greater help to the Entente, so the Entente would be patient to talk with Austria-Hungary slowly.

Once the German army in the encirclement is eliminated, not to mention Austria-Hungary, even the German army will not be qualified to put forward conditions, and the war must be ended by unconditional surrender.

"When Karl I sent someone to sue for peace, we should not have turned defeat into victory-" Roque is indeed very sorry for Karl I, calculating the time, when Karl I sent someone to sue for peace, it should be that the German army is advancing vigorously, and Paris is in danger, so it seems that Karl I is still very sincere, not forced to be cornered.

"So what does it matter, now we are the winners, and the losers are not qualified to put forward conditions." Foch did not leave Austria-Hungary and Germany alive, look at the ugly face of the Germans who forced the Russians to sign the Brest-Litovsk Peace Agreement, if it is the Germans who have the advantage now, then it is impossible for the French to withdraw from the war in a "decent" way.

Not to mention, when the German army reached the Marne a few days ago, there were really French parliamentarians who proposed to negotiate peace with Germany.

During this period, the French were still very tough, and both President Poncaré and Prime Minister Clemenceau resolutely disagreed with peace with Germany.

At that time, Ponincaré made it clear in Congress that even if the Western Front was defeated, even if the French government went into exile in North Africa, even if France fought to the last man, France would never surrender, and the tragedy of the Franco-Prussian War could never be repeated.

"That's right, the king is the king!" Roque smiled, white people don't look all sanctimonious and well-dressed, but in fact, they are also very dark, look at these countries that lost the world war, the Russian Empire was blackmailed by the Germans in order to withdraw from the war, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary were simply dismembered after the war, and the whole country ceased to exist.

The reason why Germany escaped was not because Britain and France were kind, but because Britain opposed France's complete dismemberment of Germany in order to contain France, which barely retained a trace of vitality for Germany.

Before the outbreak of the world war, the European continent was actually a superpower of France, Germany, Russia, and Austria, and the rest of the small countries such as Poland and Belarus were all part of Russia, and the small countries of the Balkan Peninsula were all split from the Ottoman Empire.

In other words, the scattered Europe is all man-made, as to why certain countries do it.

Hehe, for the good of the country.

No matter how contemptuous the Entente might have been for Austria-Hungary, Austria-Hungary was still a big business, and in the face of Austria-Hungary's suture for peace, Winston once again hurried from London to Paris to participate in the negotiations.

Kitchener also rushed to Ash, who had also come to congratulate Roque.

Before this, no one really thought that on the Western Front, where the front was short and the troops were crowded, it would be possible to surround hundreds of thousands of German regiments at one time, which was almost technically impossible.

Roque explained to Kitchener in detail how the British coalition had surrounded the German regiments.

By the way, since the launch of the American army on the fortress of Liege, almost 400,000 people have been lost under the fortress of Liège.

Although the troops suffered heavy casualties, Pershing showed no signs of stopping the offensive, and the United States arrived in Belgium with 250,000 troops last month, and the number of American troops arriving in Belgium this month could reach 300,000.

It is precisely because of the heavy casualties of the American troops that Roque commanded the British Expeditionary Force to surround the 350,000 German regiments on the Marne.

Although nominally the Anglo-French forces joined hands to encircle the German army, anyone who knows the situation knows that if the performance of the Anglo-French forces is evaluated by 100 points, then the British expeditionary force can get at least 80 points, and the French troops can get at most 10 points.

The other ten points were given by Ludendorff for free.

"I am ordering the native troops to gradually take over the defense line of the Southern African Expeditionary Force, and use the Southern African Expeditionary Force to destroy the German forces in the encirclement, and then we can launch a counteroffensive against the German army, regardless of whether the American troops can capture the fortress of Liège or not, as long as we can make a breakthrough, we can also force the German army to surrender." Roque never wanted to completely exterminate the Germans, which was basically impossible to do.

"Locke, you've done a great job, I've made a lot of mistakes since the outbreak of the World War, but the only thing I've done right is to appoint you Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, you're good, you're good—" Kitchener's beard was shaking with excitement, Kitchener was going to end his military career once and for all after the World War ended, and he didn't know how much Rocker would help him.

If it weren't for Roque's reminder, Kitchener would have been buried in the sea two years ago, and he would have had no chance to keep the sunrise at Yunkai.

"This is not my credit alone, without your support, without Winston, without His Majesty the King, we would not be able to win today." Roque has now learned to speak well, and although there are still hundreds of thousands of German troops in the encirclement, it seems that no one has paid attention to this.

"Ahahahaha, I suddenly seem to hear someone complimenting me, who is so polite—" Winston's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Before Roque could react, Winston came over and gave Roque a big hug.

Roque grinned and got rid of it.

Winston didn't let go, and hugged him hard again before he was like a fart: "Locke, you're really amazing, 350,000, do you know what this concept is?" The Duke of Wellington didn't do it! ”

Oops, this evaluation is too high, Wellington is the British god of war, and Roque really doesn't dare to take it.

"How's the negotiations going?" Roque pulled away from the topic of "Wellington".

"Hehe, there is no negotiation at all, the Austrians still fantasize about keeping the territory before the outbreak of the world war, they are daydreaming, we have such a big loss in the world war, there must be an explanation." Winston was indignant, although Germany and Austria-Hungary had also exhausted their families in the world war, but it was a point to get back some money.

In fact, for Britain, as long as it can maintain the status of the "empire on which the sun never sets" in the world, it is the biggest gain of the world war, and everything else can be ignored.

That's the real wealth.

ps: I'm sorry.,I'm not satisfied with writing several versions.,Deletion, deletion, and change have become what it is now.,Brothers, don't dislike it.,The world war is coming to an end.,I originally wanted to ask for a fake idea.,But I can only think about it.,If you really please.,There must be a little devil with two horns who scolded me for being lazy on purpose-