For Europe, which was already decaying and old, the world war was an accelerator that pushed Europe into the abyss.

The war broke out less than half a year ago, and the evil consequences have begun to appear, the belligerents are all at war, Belgium has fallen, France still has a part of its territory occupied by the Germans, and the war has not yet burned to Britain, but the British life is not easy, London in winter is simply not suitable for human survival, not only the air is very bad, the prices are also very bad, and the house prices have fallen a lot, but in the context of the world war, except for people like Christian, who have money and have no place to spend, and are confident in Roque's judgment, No one wants to invest in real estate like a house.

The form of the front was also terrible, and just before the celebration began, the Anglo-French army lost control of South Persian Chan, but not from the 101st Division, but from the 9th Division of the British Expeditionary Force.

The Germans also reacted quickly, and the day after the defeat of South Persian Chan, a counterattack was organized, and the troops that defeated the 9th Division to capture South Persian Chan were the 1st Guards Regiment under Prince Eitel Friedrich.

After the 101st Division captured South Persian Chen, it was customary to withdraw to the rear to rest, and the British Ninth Division took over the defense of South Persian Chen, but the 9th Division did not even dig the trenches, and the 1st Guards Regiment launched an attack.

Roque was also helpless when he learned the news, and the editor of the newspaper should be even more helpless, how should the newspaper be written tomorrow?

The Anglo-French forces regained Chan in South Persia?

No, South Persian Chan was in the hands of the Germans.

My face hurts.

"As you can see, the attack of the 101st Division will consume all the shells that have been accumulated for a week, so it will not be a week before launching another attack on South Persian Chen, and I will not put my troops into battle until I am fully prepared." Roque is resolute and decisive, the Southern African Expeditionary Force is very useful, but the consumption is really a bit large, and the two major powers in the world together cannot afford to support it.

This was the situation in 1913, and it was fortunate that 1913 was coming to an end, but everyone was in a heavy mood, and 1914 was expected to be worse than 1913.

"We have to see that although our situation is very bad, the situation in Germany is even worse, Germany has begun to limit the distribution of materials, potatoes have become a scarce commodity, because more coal is used to organize production, so there is a lack of fuel for heating, people are dying every day, we are not so bad that at all." Roque was cautiously optimistic, the world war did not end in 1913 as Xia Fei and Frenzi expected, and gradually evolved into a protracted tug-of-war, when Roque first arrived in France, no one believed Roque's judgment, and now more and more people trust Roque.

"We're not much better, women are starting to work in factories, students are training in the army, retired servicemen are being recalled, and both fathers and sons are serving in the same army—" Gallerini was gloomy with pain, his hair almost completely white, and his own children serving in the army.

I have to say that Britain and France are still very good at this, the upper class is also taking obligations when enjoying rights, and after the outbreak of the war, many descendants of high-ranking officials and nobles also served in the army like the descendants of commoners, and the same casualties.

This led to a very serious consequence, the bravest part of the children of the British aristocracy was basically lost in the world war, and the rest were all crooked melons and cracked dates, so after the world war, the British aristocracy gradually ceded the dominance of the country.

The situation in Britain is better, the situation in Germany is even worse, the Junker aristocracy in Germany was directly destroyed by the world war, of the 8,800 Junker aristocratic soldiers from Prussia, 6,400 died on the battlefield, 500 committed suicide after the war, and 500 died in labor camps, the German Empire perished after the end of the world war, which had a great reason for the collapse of the Junker aristocracy.

In any case, the New Year is approaching, the war is finally over, before the outbreak of the world war, the Entente and the Central Powers claimed that the war would end before Christmas, their camp would be victorious, and now those promises have become a thing of the past, the first few months of the war, the well-trained army is depleted, the newly drafted soldiers need to be trained, the rear needs to expand production, and the soldiers on the front can finally take a breath, maybe tomorrow they will die in battle, but before they die in battle, They can enjoy a relaxing Christmas.

Roque was still relatively humane in this regard, and before Christmas, Roque did his best to provide the best logistics for the officers and soldiers of the expedition.

The Government of the Federation of Southern Africa has organized some of the families of officers and soldiers to come to France to offer condolences, and all sectors of society in the country have enthusiastically donated various materials, and large enterprises have performed particularly well, the Nyasaland Company has donated 5 million rand after the outbreak of the world war, and donated materials worth 1 million rand before Christmas, and every soldier in France can get two bottles of vodka produced in Johannesburg and two bottles of wine produced in Cape Town, plus ten packs of cigarettes from Nyasaland and a box of five cigars from Madagascar.

South African companies also performed well, with the South African company donating almost R5 million worth of cash and supplies after the outbreak of the world war, and before Christmas, the South African company donated a variety of canned goods worth R1 million again, canned whitebait and canned fruit were the most popular among the officers and soldiers of the Southern African Expedition, and luncheon meat was the most popular with the British and French forces.

In Southern Africa, meat is not rare and is of high quality at a low price.

But in Europe, especially after the outbreak of the world war, the price of all kinds of meat skyrocketed, and many coalition officers and soldiers even sent the distributed canned food home as Christmas gifts for their families to enjoy.

Unlike the deep-pocketed companies of Nyasaland and South Africa, the RAND Bank worked with the federal government postal system to ensure smooth communication between the officers and soldiers of the Southern African expedition and their families, and before Christmas, almost all the officers and soldiers received hard-won letters from home, even the illiterate African soldiers.

The RAND Bank and the post office sent people to the homes of those African soldiers to help the families of the African soldiers write letters, and the family members dictated, and the staff of the RAND Bank or the postman wrote them, and after the letters were sent to France, they also needed the help of literate officers, so that the African soldiers who were also illiterate could know what was going on at home.

In fact, they are all trivial, such as a litter of sheep at home, a dog that killed a chicken, and a leak in the family's house, but the state government sent someone to repair it, etc., etc., etc., etc., but it is these trivialities that make the officers and soldiers who have broken their legs on the battlefield and have not shed tears in tears.

During the war, letters sent from southern Africa to France were free of charge, and all expenses were borne by the RAND Bank, and there was no handling fee for the officers and soldiers of the expedition to send money from France to southern Africa, which was also borne by the RAND Bank.

It definitely costs money to send something, and the price is still very high, after all, the RAND Bank can not make money, but the post office wants to make money.

Compared with the governments at all levels in southern Africa, which take care of everything in every detail, the coalition forces are a little worse in this regard, the southern African expeditionary force is only 100,000 people, and the British and French coalition forces have a total of more than 4 million, and they are indeed powerless.

However, when it comes to front-line officers and soldiers, the incompetence of the coalition forces at the top level has turned into inaction, or indifference to front-line officers and soldiers.

Especially if there is a Southern African Expeditionary Force to make a comparison.

It was also a field hospital on the outskirts of Paris, and the day before Christmas, a condolence group from southern Africa came to the hospital to send blessings from southern Africa to the wounded in the hospital, not only the wounded of the Southern African Expeditionary Force received a "gift package", but also the wounded of the Anglo-French army.

Of course, the "gift package" of the officers and men of the Southern African Expeditionary included letters written by their families to the wounded, and the wounded of the British and French forces did not have them, so when the wounded of the Southern African Expeditionary Force replied to the letter, the envy of the wounded of the British and French forces could not be self-controlled.

"Please help me to get this letter to my mother, tell him that I'm all right here, and that I can return to the army after Christmas—and then help me to send this letter to my beloved Anne, and tell him that I will definitely go home, and that the first thing I do when I get home is to propose to her, and don't let him give William and Sam any chance, and bring this necklace to her, which is the trophy I won on the battlefield." A captain of the 101st Division handed a written reply and a wrapped gift to the RAND Bank clerk.

"Captain, I can pass on the letter, the gift is not good, you have to charge according to the weight-" The blonde and blue-eyed staff were very embarrassed, they were all French hired by the RAND Bank in France, compared to before the world war, the current situation in France is not optimistic, in addition to the normal salary, the RAND Bank also has better benefits compared with French companies, and can buy all kinds of goods in southern Africa at lower prices, so the position of the RAND Bank is very tight.

"I know, damn vampires, you just don't want us to send the loot back home, it's better to sell it all to you at a discount, I'd rather pay than let you get it." The captain spat fragrantly, and would rather pay for it than send the gift back.

The pendant of the necklace is a huge ruby, which would cost at least 300 rand if it were in Itno, the cost of sending it back home is 1.5 rand, and the purchase price of the military service is 30 rand, no one is stupid.

While the captain chattered, one of the French captains in the clinic was blind.

"You shouldn't treat this beautiful lady like this, they are already very attentive." The captain spoke righteously, and the blonde girl had a pitiful expression, and she moved quickly to collect money and issue invoices.

"Isn't it normal to be attentive?" The captain of the expeditionary force is very strange, it is obvious that the RAND Bank and the military service agency colluded with each other to infringe on the interests of the officers and soldiers of the expedition, but in the mouth of the French captain, it is so understated, is the bottom line of the French so low?

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