On the ancient battlefield of the Marne, fierce gunfire sounded again, and as four years ago, the German army returned to the Marne again, and now the German army is stronger, more advanced, more attacking, and more organized.

Compared with the German units that had been improving, the defensive forces, mainly the Anzac and the Canadian Corps, made greater progress, and the sniper battle of the integrated 1st Division at Fort Thierry bought enough time for the Anzac and the Canadian Corps, and the main force arrived at the Marne with heavy weapons, including tanks and heavy artillery, and the battle was once again deadlocked.

In just one week, the French lost 160,000 men, the British expeditionary force 60,000, the attacking German troops also lost 160,000, and the French lost 700 guns, 360 tanks, and 120 aircraft.

Most of the German casualties were caused by the Anzac and the Canadian Corps, and compared with the bulky, ugly and slow-moving A7V tanks, the tanks equipped by the British Expeditionary Force were more flexible, more efficient, and had a longer combat distance.

When Roque listened to the war report, he couldn't help but sigh that after the Russian Empire withdrew from the war, the Germans finally had a new "transport captain", and he didn't know if the French troops had destroyed the weapons as required when they threw away those weapons, otherwise it would be too embarrassing if the Germans used the captured weapons to deal with the British and French forces.

Foch, who listened to the war report with Roque, also had an ugly expression, the world war had been fought for four and a half years, and the French government's finances had been completely depleted, and now the French government relied on loans from Britain, southern Africa, and the United States to persist in the war.

Compared with the battlefield of the Marne, Roque was actually more concerned about the American troops attacking the fortress of Liège.

This should be the first time that the US military unit has led a large-scale battle as the main force, and the American GIs who first landed on the battlefield showed a fighting spirit of treating death as if they were at home, and from the 21st to the 25th, the number of US casualties reached 150,000 in just five days, of which nearly 40,000 were killed.

The American troops captured two German forts, but they were still unable to break through the Merz River, and there were six such forts in front of them.

After seeing the casualty figures of the American army, both Roque and Foch felt palpitations -

Fortunately, it was not the British Expeditionary Force and the French troops who attacked the Fortress of the Scorching Sun, otherwise with the current morale of the British Expeditionary Force and the French troops, the tragedy that occurred during the Sherman Dydam Offensive might be repeated again.

"The Americans are doing well." Foch expressed satisfaction with the performance of the U.S. military, and some things can't be said too clearly.

Roque expressed contempt for Foch's understatement, but fortunately Roque did not order the British Expeditionary Force to attack, otherwise if the British Expeditionary Force also paid a heavy price, and Foch also said lightly, "The British Expeditionary Force performed well", it is estimated that Roque would vomit blood.

"How many U.S. troops have arrived in Belgium this month?" Roque feared that the U.S. military would not be able to sustain this rate of attrition.

"250,000!" Foch gave an answer that surprised Roque.

If the British government gives Roque 250,000 troops every month, then Roque can completely defeat the German army within half a year without Foch's urging.

It was at this time that Roque understood what population meant to Western countries.

It is no wonder that the British do not care about the mass immigration of Chinese to southern Africa, and it is no wonder that Britain can tolerate Canadian autonomy, Australia and New Zealand, and southern Africa, but resolutely does not allow Indian autonomy.

It is no wonder that after the end of the World War, the French government had to emigrate from Africa to supplement the labor shortage caused by the World War in mainland France.

Compared with the survival of the country, the domestic national contradiction is indeed a secondary contradiction, Roque was born in a country with almost unlimited human resources of a single nation, so it is impossible to understand the importance that European countries attach to population.

It's like a white farmer can't understand the Chinese people's feelings about the land.

If you let the white farmer cultivate the land intensively, the white farmer will most likely feel that you are crazy, and you will be hundreds or thousands of acres of land at every turn, or even tens of thousands of acres. Watering? Weeding?

It is impossible, it is impossible to be busy, and it is impossible to even cultivate, so it can only develop animal husbandry, if you follow the way the Chinese cultivate the land, you will start planting the land at the beginning of spring, and by the autumn there will still be no land planted, and the seeds planted in the spring can already be harvested.

In the same way, for France, regardless of whether it is African or Persian, first there is enough population, no one can raise an army, no one can deal with the German threat, and once the country is destroyed, what is the point of ensuring the purity of blood?

Once the state perishes, the bloodline is even more impossible to be pure.

"Order the troops to maintain the current front for at least a week, attract more German troops into this big funnel, and then we will attack Reims directly and completely swallow up the German troops in the big funnel, and now these German troops in the big funnel should be the last elite troops in the hands of Ludendorff-" Roque doesn't feel sorry for the Americans, and wants to get the benefits he wants after the end of the world war, so he has to hand in the certificate of surrender now, and there is no gain if he doesn't pay, God is always fair-

'It's hard to attack Reims directly. Foch frowned, although the world war often involves millions of people, but in all fairness, these British and French generals really do not have the ability to command millions of people to fight.

In the twenty-first century, another time and space, there is a saying that a certain country is a civilization disguised as a state.

This statement contains evil intentions, but it also makes sense from a certain point of view, Britain and France are simply unable to understand how strong a civilization that has existed for 5,000 years, has an endless culture, and will eventually rise again even if it is conquered by foreign peoples.

From the perspective of the Chinese, countries such as Britain and France are actually tribes disguised as countries.

To use some intentional or unintentional ridicule, the level of leaders in some countries or regions is not as good as that of high-ranking county officials, and the mass work is not good.

It simply belittles the gold content of the title of "national leader".

"The current gap in the defensive line, from Laon to Champagne Chalons, is about 80 kilometers, once the time is ripe, the British expeditionary force will attack from Laon to Reims, and the French troops will attack from Champagne Chalons to Reims, no matter which force occupies Reims first, as long as the encirclement has not been closed, it must continue to attack forward until it joins up with friendly forces." Roque is actually on paper, but does it take a high level of strategy and tactics to serve as a British Expeditionary Force?

No, look at Frenzi and Haig, at least Roque didn't blindly order the troops to attack and attack again.

Winston was right, if it was just to attack and attack, and the same would be true for the bolted dog behind the desk of the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force.

"How many troops are you going to put in?" Foch had expectations for the British Expeditionary Force, and Roque still had a reserve of nearly 500,000 men, and Foch knew about it.

"At least one army group." Roque will definitely not smash all the reserves into it, an army group of about 250,000 people, which is enough.

"The Southern African Expeditionary Force?" Foch has expectations, if it's the Southern African Expeditionary Force-

Then you can too.

Sure, the Southern African Expeditionary Force in France has a total of 21 divisions, or an integrated division of 18,000 people, with a total strength of nearly 400,000 people.

"Hehe-" Roque was noncommittal, Foch also thought beautifully, Roque would definitely join the Southern African Expeditionary Force to fight, but not now.

Good steel should be used on the blade, the Southern African Expeditionary Force is the most powerful force in the hands of Roque, no matter if it is invested in any direction, it is enough to form a decisive force to change the battlefield situation, Roque will be put into the Southern African Expeditionary Force after the formation of the encirclement to annihilate the encircled German army, so as to maximize the combat effectiveness of the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

This is the legendary "fruit picking".

As the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, this is within Roque's purview, and no one can find fault with Roque.

Don't think how easy it is to annihilate the surrounded German army, the trapped beast is like a dog jumping over the wall to understand, and changing to other troops, Roque is really not at ease, in case the small universe of the German army in a desperate situation breaks out, just like a certain Iron Cross winner, then Roque will also have a headache.

In the battle of the previous day, a certain mustache who had already received an Iron Cross fought bravely with a pistol, and he captured 12 French soldiers by himself, creating a miracle that was not too small.

With his amazing record, the mustache raised the Iron Cross he had received during the First Battle of Ypres to the first rank, which became someone's boast in the future.

It is undeniable that ignoring what Mustache did in another time and space, it is indeed amazing to capture 12 people in one person, and even in the Southern African Expeditionary Force, he is eligible for a Medal of Hero.

The Medal of Hero is the highest medal a soldier can earn.

While Roque and Foch were calculating Ludendorff, the battle on the Marne continued.

Ludendorff was not willing to stop at the Marne, Paris was already in sight, almost within reach, this was the second time since the outbreak of the World War that the German army was so close to Paris, the last time he commanded the German army to hit the Marne, Moltke Jr., now replaced by Ludendorff, Ludendorff wanted to hold the ceremony in Paris.

At this time, Ludendorff already knew the news of Erich's death in battle, because the reorganized 1st Division treated Erich's body with officer courtesy, and Ludendorff specially sent a telegram to Roque in his personal name to express his gratitude.

In the name of a private person!!

Hehe, it can be pretended to be better than Roque.

ps: I just found out that when I set a scheduled update, I accidentally clicked for an extra hour - sorry, I really didn't mean to.