Unlike the Anglo-French defense, the German defense was very resilient and layered.

In order to reduce the losses caused by artillery, Germany usually does not deploy too many troops in the first line of defense, and deploys more troops in the second line of defense and the third line of defense, and the troops of the first line of defense only play a warning role, so Petain and Foch will still not be able to form a breakthrough under the premise of absolute superiority in troops.

The same is true in Flanders, although the German army has only six divisions on the Flanders front, but behind Flanders Gnt and Brussels, the German army still has a whole army group waiting for it, once Roque launches an attack in Flanders, German reinforcements will arrive at the front line as quickly as possible.

Of course, Roque will not ignore this problem, unlike when Frenzi and Haig were the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, after Roque became the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, the air force units that had been on mission in the British mainland finally came to France, and the planes were still those planes, but the pilots had been quietly replaced by pilots from southern Africa.

Unlike Haig, who did not pay attention to new weapons, Roque also brought in long-range strategic bombers from the mainland to prepare for strategic bombing of Ghent and Brussels.

Along with airplanes, HaiG's new weapon is the "Water Tank", which is now available with only 18 of the 49 tanks, but if used wisely, it is also a key force that can change the tide of battle.

Don't underestimate the tank only has a top speed of four kilometers per hour, during this period, the German troops did not have anti-tank weapons, no direct guns, and no anti-tank rifles, as long as the tank appeared on the battlefield, the German army could only flee from the wind.

Of course, Roque will not take out the tanks now, after Winston became prime minister, the Nyasaland military-industrial group finally got the long-awaited order, the first batch of 250 tanks has been loaded in Walvis Bay, and ten days later will arrive in the French battlefield, when it is time for the expeditionary force to attack.

On July 1, elite troops from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force arrived in France, including the 2nd Cavalry Division, a total of 11 infantry divisions, all from southern Africa, and the British Expeditionary Force had more than 1.5 million troops in France.

With an army of 1.5 million men and an astronomical amount of supplies consumed every day, Roque placed his supply base in the port city of Dieppe, closer to the rear, where the expeditionary force's largest field hospital and air base were located.

Of the 1.5 million men, 200,000 troops from southern Africa and 120,000 troops from Canada, after several fierce battles, the Anzac Corps now has a total strength of only about 180,000 troops, Kitchener has recruited a million troops on his homeland, only 350,000 are sent to France, and the remaining 650,000 are from India.

So don't think how strong these 1.5 million troops are, the Anzac has suffered a great blow to the morale of the troops because of the heavy casualties, and it will take a long time to regain combat effectiveness.

The troops from mainland Britain were all new recruits, many of whom had never been on the battlefield, and it took time for them to adapt to the battlefield environment.

As for the Canadian troops, this is even more tragic, unlike Australia and New Zealand, which have done their best to feed their homeland, Canada, with a total population of 900 million, almost twice that of Australia, and only 120,000 troops mobilized since the outbreak of the world war.

These 120,000 troops had been defending in Flanders before, and although no large-scale battles broke out, skirmishes took place at all times, and the Canadian troops were now only about 100,000 men, and they were in urgent need of new recruits, and it was difficult for the Canadian troops to play a decisive role until the new troops arrived in France.

Well, that's a pretty good way to put it, in fact in World War I, Canadian troops never played a decisive role.

The greater tragedy is the Indian Legion, although Canada has fewer troops, but did not lose its courage, the wonder of the Indian Legion is that although India had 2 million troops in Europe at its peak, it is a miracle that the Indian Legion has never been seen in various battles in the world war.

It is no wonder that in another time and space, after the world war, both Canada and Australia gained greater autonomy, and even southern Africa received southwest Africa, while India, which contributed the most troops, received nothing.

Britain promised before the war that if India did well in the world war, Britain would give India the same autonomy as other Dominions after the war, but after the war, Britain did not mention the promises made before the war, and the Indians were beaten hard.

In order to deal with the French, Roque ordered troops from India to attack, and as a result, the generals of several Indian regiments were all embarrassed.

"Lord, the Indian troops are not well trained, they are not yet able to take on combat missions-"

"A lot of soldiers don't even know how to shoot, they are equipped with grenades, they often blow up their own people, and can't hold out any hope for the Indians-"

"These people can't fight, they eat very actively, and getting sick is even more commonplace, they are all lazy and cowards-"

There is no need for Roque to complain, the generals of the Indian Legion will immediately complain to the Indian Legion with a single glance and a word.

"Gentlemen, learn how the French did at Verdun—" Roque was ruthless, he couldn't send the Southern African Expeditionary Force to the battlefield as cannon fodder, Roque was reluctant, and the Southern African Expeditionary Force, which had just arrived in France, also needed time to rest.

For the same reason, it was not possible to send real British troops as cannon fodder, and both Frenzi and Haig were forced to leave because of the heavy casualties of British troops, and Roque did not want to follow in the footsteps of Frenzi and Haig.

There is a fact to be explained first of all, Roque hopes that both the Entente and the Central Powers will lose, but he never wants Britain to fall, a strong Britain is the most in the interests of southern Africa, Roque needs Britain to help southern Africa strive for more interests, so at least in a few decades, when southern Africa is full-fledged, the British Empire can go west with a smile.

The times create heroes, Roque is the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force at this point in time, which is the most conducive to Roque's achievements, the time is early, Roque can't prove how good he is, the time is late, the strength of the British Expeditionary Force is greatly damaged, and Roque can only wait for the Americans to be the savior even if he takes over.

There is no harm if there is no comparison, if there is no British expeditionary force under the command of Haig with 60,000 casualties in one day, Roque's medal will not have enough gold, after all, even if Roque does not die and annihilate the German army in the front, there are still people who will pick bones in the eggs and say some cool words such as "maybe it is better to change people".

Now, even under Roque's command, the British Expeditionary Force has suffered heavy casualties, and Roque will be blamed much less, after all, the British have no choice, and Roque is the last hope.

Hearing Roque's words, all the generals in the command had serious expressions.

Roque's meaning is very clear, since the French army has already used the Overseer in the Battle of Verdun, then of course the British Expeditionary Force can also use it, either they will die on the way to attack, and they will be shot by the Overseer as deserters, and the officers and soldiers who died in the battle will have pensions to take, and if they are shot as deserters, they will have nothing, and all they will leave to their relatives is humiliation.

Very simple multiple-choice questions.

"Either send the Indian legion or send the native troops, you decide for y-" Roque still talks about democracy, after all, it is a democratic country, and when making decisions, you must brainstorm and not act arbitrarily.

The officers of the Indian Legion were all white British, so there was really no choice at all for this multiple-choice question.

On July 2, the British Expeditionary Force restarted.

Roque would not shell for a week, as Haig did, and the shelling lasted only two hours.

A major change was that Roque no longer dispersed his heavy artillery along the entire front, but concentrated it on a single section to carry out a focused artillery attack on a small section of German positions, and the infantry units also regarded the area of the key artillery as a key attack area.

In order to verify the effect of the key artillery bombardment, Roque transferred all three artillery divisions in southern Africa in France to Carno on the north bank of the Somme, with a density of five yards and one door of heavy artillery, and the air force was dispatched at the same time as the shelling to correct the impact point and reconnoiter the German artillery positions.

This was the first time that Roque commanded a real air-ground coordinated operation, the German army also had aircraft in the Somme, in the previous stage of the operation, the Luftwaffe had a greater advantage, and the British truck drivers were unable to confront the Luftwaffe, since the outbreak of the Battle of the Somme, the British Expeditionary Force lost 120 aircraft.

Before the outbreak of the world war, Germany's main air force was the airship force, and the attention to the aircraft was insufficient, and the airship force did play a great role in the process of Germany's attack on Belgium, but when the war spread to France, the role of the airship force was constantly weakened, and in the face of more and more powerful fighters, the weakness of the airship was exposed, and now it is gradually in a state of elimination.

The main disadvantage of the airship is that the flight altitude is low, the speed is slow, although the bomb load of the airship is relatively large, but once it is targeted by the aircraft, it is almost difficult for the airship to escape.

After capturing the Belgian harbor city, Germany used airships to bomb the British mainland.

Southern African pilots flew "Gale" fighters into the air to meet the enemy, and the German airships suffered heavy losses, and finally had to use the night to bomb the British mainland at night, but the effect of the airship troops at night was not good, so Germany was forced to start the study of aircraft.

We have to admit that Germany's scientific research strength is indeed strong, although Germany's research on aircraft started late, but it is progressing rapidly, and now Germany's aircraft cannot be compared with the "strong wind", but it has better performance than the aircraft used by the French army.

The aircraft used by the French army were copycats of the "Gale" fighters, the French stole the appearance of the "Gale", but did not get the essence of the Gale, and in terms of engines and airborne weapons, Southern Africa was at the forefront of the world.

(Roque is going to turn on the god-killing mode, don't the brothers give the counting votes to encourage you-)