Changed to the thinking of ordinary people, he finally became the commander-in-chief, with millions of male soldiers in his hands, and he had to organize and plan one or two battles that would go down in history before he was worthy of his identity as commander-in-chief.

It would be bad if you really thought so, the previous commanders-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force and the French army, and even the chief of the German general staff all thought so, as a result, Frenzi and Haig had returned home, Xia Fei was in the United States to guide the Americans in training recruits, Nivelle was sent by Petain to Italy to fight against the German-Austrian army, Moltke Jr. wrote his memoirs at home, and Falkingham continued to entangle with Nivelle in Italy.

For Roque, there are many ways to go down in history, as long as Roque forces Germany to surrender in the British Expeditionary Force, then even if Roque does nothing, Roque can go down in history, and he is not guilty of dyeing his own medals of merit with the blood and lives of soldiers.

In fact, it is really a good fighter without a great name, it seems that Roque did not have many amazing moves after serving as commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, but in fact, the "resilient" defense that the British Expeditionary Force is now implementing is very aggressive, after Ludendorff stopped the offensive last winter, the fighting on the Western Front has not completely stopped, skirmishes and sniper battles have been going on, and the expeditionary force is piecemeal, which can cause hundreds of casualties to the German army every day.

It didn't matter if it was a day or two, the German army really couldn't stand it, and it was only ten days after the New Year, and the German casualties increased by nearly 10,000 people, scattered into dozens of divisions, and the losses of each division may only be one or two hundred, but adding one piece is already close to a division.

Now Ludendorff still has 191 divisions in his hands, with a total strength of nearly 3.5 million men.

It is hard to imagine that after last year's heavy losses, Ludendorff could have so many troops in his hands, and Roque received information that the German army had relaxed the age of conscription to 50 years old, and now the German army is composed of all soldiers over 40 years old.

Since the World War, nearly 2 million people have died on the front line in Germany, one-third of whom are married officers and soldiers, and now there are at least 700,000 widows in Germany who are living in difficulty.

Ludendorff did everything he could to solve the problem, eventually recruiting 91,000 women into the army, in charge of logistics, or serving in field hospitals.

Winston doesn't know these specific details, he is a person who is not willing to be lonely, this time to participate in the high-level meeting of the Entente, Winston also has a proposal, and the previous campaign to launch the Battle of the Dardanelles, Winston this time turned his goal to the Kingdom of Italy, hoping to launch a counteroffensive against the German-Austrian coalition forces in the Kingdom of Italy, so as to open up the situation.

This plan was strongly opposed by Roque for the same reason that Haig had opposed the Dardanelles Campaign, and that no more troops had been transferred to the Kingdom of Italy on the Western Front.

"Austria-Hungary is on the verge of collapse, Austria-Hungary has been in contact with us before, hoping to end the war in a peaceful way, what we need to do now is to give Austria-Hungary a bigger blow, force Austria-Hungary to withdraw from the war like the Ottoman Empire, and further weaken the power of the Allies, in that case, Germany will definitely not be able to stand alone-" Winston's thinking is actually similar to Roque's, and it is also to force Germany to surrender without causing huge casualties, and previous battles have shown, The Austro-Hungarian troops were easier to deal with than the Germans.

"There are still 3.5 million German troops on the Western Front, whether we attack the German army or not, Germany is already on the verge of collapse, in fact, if Germany could not get new supplies from the Brest-Litovsk Peace Agreement, Germany would collapse in three months, and now it seems that this process may be extended a little, Ludendorff is crazy, he will fight to the death, we have to keep enough troops." Like Germany and Austria-Hungary, Britain issued a new "conscription order" after the New Year, and Britons under the age of 18 were also drafted.

Even before the new Conscription Order was issued, young people under the age of 18 had already begun to be conscripted into the army in Southern Africa.

Unlike Britain itself, almost all of the young people under the age of 18 recruited in southern Africa are Africans in southern Africa, whites and Chinese are not included in the scope of conscription, after the outbreak of the world war, so far, nearly 2 million people have been conscripted into the army in southern Africa, 70% of them are Africans, and there are still about 650,000 people serving in France and the Mediterranean.

"Rest assured, there will be no troops drawn from the Western Front to Italy, 250,000 Americans will arrive in France this month, and they will be enough to deal with the Austrians." Winston has played the abacus well, and he wants to give full play to every strength.

After gaining independent command, more and more American troops arrived in Europe, when the German army had not stopped attacking in October last year, 89,000 troops arrived in Belgium, 150,000 American troops arrived in Belgium in November, and 95,000 troops arrived in Belgium in December, and the time came in 1917, more American GIs left the training camps, and 250,000 American troops were expected to arrive in Europe in January.

Now that Pershing's U.S. military has exceeded 800,000 and will soon exceed 1 million, the U.S. war potential is undoubtedly revealed.

Before the outbreak of World War, the total population of the United States had reached 99 million.

After the outbreak of the world war, more Europeans chose to immigrate to the United States, and the population of the United States not only did not decline but continued to rise, and now it must have exceeded 100 million.

Roque and Petain resolutely defended, that is, when more American troops arrived in Europe, the war potential of Britain and France was already about to be exhausted, and the United States, which entered the war at the latest, was the biggest "X" factor.

Winston is now also turning his attention to the United States.

"Go and try it, John's troops are preparing to attack the fortress of Liège, and he will not agree to send troops to Italy." Roque was not optimistic about Winston's plans, and Pershing had always hoped to play the spirit of the American army through a hearty victory, and there was no better goal than the fortress of Liège.

While Roque and Winston were calculating the Americans, three Austro-Hungarian soldiers appeared in front of the positions of the Northern Rhodesian Division in Sandona-sur-Piave, in the northern part of the Kingdom of Italy, waving white flags.

As the three Austro-Hungarian soldiers passed through a thicket, they were captured by a group of soldiers of the Northern Rhodesian Division and then sent to the rear positions.

"Can you give us something to eat? We are very hungry - "On the way to the rear position, three Austro-Hungarian soldiers begged from the soldiers of the Northern Rhodesian Division who were escorting them.

By the standards of the Northern Rhodesian Division, the three Austro-Hungarian soldiers were indeed similar to beggars, their uniforms were tattered, and although it was winter at the moment, the cotton clothes on their bodies were very thin, and one soldier even wore a single shoe issued in the summer, wrapped in a thick cotton cloth to keep warm.

The Northern Rhodesian Division is the ace unit of southern Africa, and the supply of logistics materials has always been a first-class standard, the soldiers wear cotton clothes of the latest model, and the officers wear woolen coats, which are a specialty of southern Africa.

From the point of view of nutritional status, the supply of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is indeed a big problem, the soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Sanming are all yellow and thin, the body is thin, one soldier is staggering when he walks, feeling that he will fall at any time, and the other soldier is coughing incessantly, his cheeks are abnormally flushed, thinking of the big flu that has begun to rag, and the soldiers who are responsible for escorting them are quietly far away.

Probably seeing that the soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Sanming were too pitiful, a corporal of the Northern Rhodesian Division took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket and handed it over.

The three Austro-Hungarian soldiers immediately became excited, and the soldier who got the chocolate began to break it despite his dirt-stained hands, and a small piece of chocolate accidentally fell to the ground, and the soldier who was shaking did not hesitate to pounce on it and pick it up and stuff it into his mouth.

I don't care about the mud spots on the ground with chocolate.

The soldiers of the Northern Rhodesian Division who were watching were stunned, several soldiers subconsciously took out chocolate and toffee and handed them over, and the three Austro-Hungarian soldiers didn't care about thanking them, and they looked like pet dogs that had been wandering in the wilderness for months.

Pet dogs basically do not have the ability to survive in the wilderness.

It took a long time for the Austro-Hungarian soldiers who opened their mouths to beg to ease up, and then they realized how out of shape they had just now: "Thank you, thank you, thank you very much, we only have one potato per person every day, and the three of us have made a mistake, and the only potato has been canceled, there is really no way, I can't bear it-"

The Austro-Hungarian soldiers sat on the ground, covering their faces and choking their voices, unwilling to abandon their dignity and surrender to their enemies if they had a choice.

The soldiers of the Northern Rhodesian Division who were watching did not urge, they looked at the three Austro-Hungarian soldiers with pity in their eyes, the war has driven the living people into madness, they may also be decent people in their homeland, but on the battlefield, they are as undignified as ants.

After arriving at the rear position, the three Austro-Hungarian soldiers took a hot bath, changed their clothes, and the field doctor examined the sick Austro-Hungarian soldiers.

During the inspection, there were several soldiers of the Northern Rhodesian Division who were eating, canned fruits were indispensable, the fried golden smoked fish on both sides was even more mouth-watering, and the iron barrel not far away was boiling fragrant coffee and milk, and a soldier of the Northern Rhodesian Division found a few cups and brought a cup to each of the three Austro-Hungarian soldiers, and the three Austro-Brother's Imperial soldiers were in tears.

"The commanders say you're having a harder time than us, and you've all started to eat people, what a bunch of liars—" The Austro-Hungarian soldiers with coffee were in disbelief, and the northern division of Rhodesia in front of them didn't look like cannibalism.