Otto von Billo was one of Germany's finest commanders during the World War, and he was a cousin of another German general, Fritz von Billau, who commanded the German-Austrian forces to defeat the forces of the Kingdom of Italy under the command of Luigi Cadorna during the just-concluded 12th Battle of the Isonzo River (also known as the Battle of Caporetto).

Ludendorff hoped that Otto von Billo would replicate the brilliant Caporetto-style victory on the Western Front, transfer Otto von Billow back to the Western Front, and appoint Otto von Billow as commander-in-chief of the First Army.

Ludendorff's New Year's planned attack was named the Michael Plan, and as time went on, there was more and more information about the Michael's plan, and Ludendorff mobilized 66 divisions, which were all the mobile forces that Ludendorff could mobilize, and now the only thing to be sure of was where Ludendorff would attack, it could be Arras, or Verdun, or Liège Fortress, in short, the Germans were not capable of launching a full-scale offensive like last year, It is only possible to find a section of the front for a concentrated breakthrough on a front that is hundreds of miles long.

As the number of American troops in Belgium increased, the defensive line of the British Expeditionary Force was also adjusted, and the Southern African Expeditionary Force, which was originally arranged near Belgium, was transferred to the area between Arras and Cambrai for key defenses, and on the left flank of Arras was the First Army led by Henry Horn, then the Third Army led by Julian Bean and the Fifth Army led by Hubert Gough, and the Anzac Corps and the Canadian Corps were deployed on the second line as a strategic reserve for the whole army because of the heavy losses in the battle last year.

The three armies led by Henry Horn and Julian Bean and Hubert Gough had a total of 55 divisions with a total strength of about 850,000 troops, and all three armies had good armored forces, each with about 500 tanks, and Roque also allocated three artillery divisions equipped with heavy artillery for each of the three armies.

Taking advantage of the favorable conditions of winter, the British Expeditionary Force seized all the time to build fortifications, with nearly 600,000 troops and laborers from India working hard.

Roque has now basically abandoned the Indian Legion, using the Indian Legion as labor, they are not even qualified cannon fodder, and it is a waste to equip them with rifles.

Arras, Vimy Ridge, and now in charge of defending this section of the line is the 101st Division of the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

The 101st Division is also a meritorious unit on the Western Front, since coming to France, the 101st Division has participated in almost all the battles of the Southern African Expeditionary Force, although the 101st Division does not have the outstanding performance of the Second Cavalry Division, but the 101st Division has never been merged and abolished, the division commander Yang Su is the first batch of professional soldiers in southern Africa to study at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, and the chief of staff, Haydon Alexander, was once an instructor at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst.

"The Indians are terrible, they are not up to the job, they're not up to the job, they're not up to the job of transporting military supplies, they're not up to the job of building the fortifications, I don't know what they can do." Haydn Alexander made daily rounds of the front line, with the 101st Division defending the first line of defense, and behind them were the 11th and 13th Divisions.

Like the French lines, the British Expeditionary Force deployed the first line of defense with colonial servants, the so-called "cannon fodder".

But Haydn Alexander obviously did not think so, the combat effectiveness of the 101st Division was still very strong, and more than half of the soldiers in the unit had more than three years of combat experience, which was very rare on the Western Front.

For a unit, experienced veterans are invaluable assets, veterans with more than three years of combat experience are qualified to serve as sergeant majors in the newly formed unit, but they are still ordinary soldiers in the 101st Division.

The reason can't be said, it's 404.

"They can eat—" Yang Su didn't say much, and the official complaint was the deadliest.

The Indian Legion is indeed able to eat, among all the units of the British Expeditionary Force, the Indian Legion consumes the most materials, and other troops exchange "souvenirs" usually by bartering, or directly sell "souvenirs" to military service agencies, Indian soldiers are not like this, they prefer to exchange all kinds of "souvenirs" for food, and then send them to their families in India.

Now India is in the midst of a severe famine, and although the British media has never reported it, the grapevine claims that millions of people have starved to death in India.

In order to prevent the spread of gossip, the British government censored the letters sent and received by Indian officers and soldiers, and it was strictly forbidden to discuss news of the famine in any form.

This was a serious violation of human rights, and the Indian officers and soldiers protested, but the British government and the Expeditionary Force Command ignored it, so the Indians accepted the result with peace of mind.

You see, our Indian officers and soldiers protested, although it was useless, but our Indian officers and soldiers have also proved with their actions that we Indians are not easy to bully -

Haydn Alexander shook his head and no longer discussed the question of the Indians, it was useless to discuss it, neither Haydn Alexander nor Yang Su could solve it.

In fact, it is very easy to solve it, and replace the Indian laborers who are lazy and liing, and have a lazy and indiscriminate attitude with hard-working, shrewd, and hard-working Chinese laborers, but because India has enough labor to call, the British government is not enthusiastic about Chinese labor, except for some Chinese laborers in Cyprus, the Chinese laborers in France are all employed by the French government, and most of them perform very well.

While Haydn Alexander and Jansu were complaining about the Indians, Second Lieutenant Marshall at the front line of Vimy Ridge was reprimanding several Indian laborers who were cheating and cheating.

The Indian laborers were tasked with building a drainage canal, and from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., six Indian laborers dug only a small section of the drainage ditch less than three meters long and less than half a meter deep, much to the outrage of Second Lieutenant Marshall.

"What did you do all morning? Oh, you're smoking and snaking, look at these cigarette butts, and these toffee wrappers, where do you get the cigarettes and toffee? Well? Answer me! Second Lieutenant Marshall clenched the horsewhip in his hand, the British Expeditionary Force had a lot of cigarettes and toffee, but not so much that they were also rationed to the laborers.

This is really not the stinginess of the expeditionary force command, the food supply in some parts of the UK has begun to be tight, the British government has tightened its belts to ensure the supply of the front line, and the children in southern Africa have donated their piggy banks to support the front line, and the front-line workers have actually done such a perfunctory thing -

Second Lieutenant Marshall would have liked to have strapped these Indian laborers to wheels and pushed them out of position, as the First Army next to him did.

Tying men to wheels and pushing them out of position was a target for the German army's accurate marksmen, and in Flanders, the then commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, Haig, punished cowards who evaded war.

Several Indian workers crouched on the ground and did not speak, as was customary in the colonies, and when the white colonists asked, the colonies would either squat on the ground or kneel on the ground — lying on their stomachs, but not standing anyway.

The status of Indians in the Commonwealth is still quite high, after all, it is the most dazzling pearl in the crown of the Queen, so they have the right to squat.

By the way, Second Lieutenant Marshall is Chinese.

"Say, where did the cigarettes and toffee come from? If you don't say it, then you're all thieves, and you know the consequences. "Second Lieutenant Marshall is very angry, no matter what the violation is, the punishment in the expeditionary force is extremely severe, during the war, there is no time to slowly follow the letter of the law one by one, military tribunals will not be convened for laborers, although the laborers who make mistakes will not be directly shot, but it is really not too simple to kill someone during the war.

"I, we picked it up—" an Indian worker muttered.

"Picked up? Very well, you have added another crime, you not only steal but also lie, do you know what the crime of stealing military materiel is? "Second Lieutenant Marshall doesn't believe this kind of nonsense, cigarettes and toffee are such in-demand items as they can be picked up casually, and those French women who only need a few packs of cigarettes or a packet of toffee are too cheap to agree to any condition.

In the context of the world war, human nature has been extremely distorted, and at this time, any behavior is immoral to be measured by morality, and survival is above all else.

In France, there are many women who have to work outside the home in order to live, and the French government has strict regulations in this regard, after the outbreak of the world war, the French government gave the living allowance of 25 centals a day to the wives of soldiers, but not for mothers and sisters.

Before the outbreak of the World War, 25 centimes could buy about 800 grams of bread, or 800 grams of milk, or 2.7 eggs, but after the outbreak of the World War, the price of food rose rapidly, and soon 25 centimes could not even buy an egg.

At the outbreak of the World War, 85% of French women workers worked in textile mills.

The world war led to the closure of factories and the loss of 60 per cent of female workers, who were unable to make ends meet on their own, often with old people and children to support.

So, don't measure anything during the world war with morality, human nature really doesn't stand up to the test.

"It wasn't picked up, it was Hood, it was Hood who stole it while he was moving something, we didn't know it before—" Finally, an Indian laborer came forward to testify.

"You didn't refuse when you ate it just now!" Hood, who was still snorting just now, was furious.

The laborers who jumped out to testify against Hood seemed to be more annoying to Second Lieutenant Marshall than Hood, who stole things.

So the whip in Second Lieutenant Marshall's hand immediately went headless, and scolded while pumping back: "Let you steal - let you eat - let you smoke - steal you to death - eat you - smoke you to death -"

"Spare me—"

"We don't dare anymore—"

"Please, sir—"

Several Indian workers writhed around, pleading.

This punishment is acceptable compared to being tied to wheels and pushed out of the trenches exposed to the guns of German precision shooters.

No, it was a pleasant surprise.

ps: Yesterday there was a guest at home, and the fish head poured himself into a drunken fish, so it was not updated at night-

Now the fish head is deeply aware of his mistakes, and today the fourth watch will make up for it-

Well, I'm not sober yet, the above are all drunken words, brothers, don't be serious-