Albert I had just become king of Belgium before the outbreak of the world war, and the young king did not yet understand the true meaning of jungle society, so despite Albert I's strong opposition, Frenzi and Foch agreed on the need to unite all the people of the world who yearn for justice against the evil alliance.

Leaving the command in Ypres, Roque began to patrol the front-line troops.

Like the Anglo-French forces, the expeditionary forces in southern Africa suffered heavy losses in the previous phase of the fighting.

So far, eight integrated divisions have been sent to France in southern Africa, and the three brought by Roque this time make a total of eleven.

Among these eleven divisions, except for the 201 and 202 sent by Fort Glory, and the 301 drawn by the Kingdom of Mozambique, which is 15,000 men, the troops drawn from southern Africa are all integrated divisions of about 18,000 men.

When Roque came to France, Martin handed over to Roque with 56,000 troops, and it was only less than a week later, and only a little more than 50,000 of the 56,000 men remained, which shows the cruelty of the world war.

"The worst fight is the 103rd Division, there is only one battalion left in the whole army, and the 101st Division and the 104th Division are merged into the current 101st Division, the 201st Division and the 301st Division plus the 102nd Division are merged into the 102nd Division, the situation of the 105th Division and the 106th Division is a little better, but it is also a heavy loss, we have 14 regiments that have been beaten to the revocation of the number, since the outbreak of the world war, we have lost a total of 114,000 soldiers and 86,000 killed." Paul Cocker was sad that Southern Africa had paid a great price but had not received the credit it deserved.

In the propaganda of the British War Department, the casualties of southern Africa were uniformly recorded in the casualty figures of the British Expeditionary Force, so the British Expeditionary Force suffered 260,000 casualties in the Battle of the Marne, in fact, if you do not count the troops of southern Africa, the British troops in France now add up to less than 260,000, and the troops under Frenzi were only 12 divisions at the most, adding up to less than 220,000.

"List 201 and 301 separately, withdraw to the rear to rest and wait for replenishment if the number is insufficient, and the six African divisions must also be restored, and if they suffer heavy losses, they will wait for reinforcements to be replenished, and they cannot merge the troops at every turn." Roque is really helpless, Martin is a competent commander, and he perfectly executed Roque's purpose of brushing up his achievements, but he brushed it a little ruthlessly, and if he continues to lose like this, Southern Africa will not be able to hold on.

After all, it takes time to train troops, and Roque will not send troops who have not received complete training to the front line to participate in the war like Falkingham, and even if African divisions are formed in southern Africa, they will only be sent to Europe to participate in the war after rigorous training.

"Then the only troops we can fight now are the 2nd Cavalry Division, the 11th Division, and the 202nd Division." Paul Cocker had a headache, if Roque's request was to withdraw all three of the combined divisions from the front, then there would be a huge gap in the Anglo-French defensive line.

The combined three divisions still have more than 50,000 people, which is an indispensable force for the Anglo-French forces.

"Withdraw, fill the line with the existing three divisions." Roque was ruthless, as long as he did not rush forward, Roque still had confidence in the southern African army, the reason why the southern African army had suffered heavy losses before was because it left its position and took the initiative to attack, if it was only defensive, it would be very difficult for the German troops to break through the position of the southern African army.

Just like the battle that just took place in the 2nd Cavalry Division, even though the Germans paid ten times the price of the 2nd Cavalry Division, they did not break through the defense line of the 2nd Cavalry Division in the end.

"The War Department—" Paul Cocker feared pressure from London.

"Don't worry, we can't attack now-" Roque refused all unreasonable demands, although Roque did not raise the bar with Xia Fei and Frenzi, but Xia Fei and Frenzi did not want to order Roque.

"Actually, it's not impossible to attack-" Don Juan, commander of the 2nd Cavalry Division, is a graduate of the Nyasaland Army Academy, participated in the battle of Fort Glory against Tanganyika, senior director of the umbrella company, after the establishment of the 2nd Cavalry Division, Don Juan resumed his military status, and his current military rank is lieutenant general.

"The strength of the German troops is very weak, even inferior to the Tanganyika German army, we captured some German prisoners of war in the previous battles, they all just joined the army after the outbreak of the world war, they only stayed in the training camp for a month, and they were sent to the battlefield before they were even skilled in basic formation and queue training, and it was easy for us to defeat them." Don Juan did not know enough about the German army, and the 2nd Cavalry Division had not yet encountered a real challenge.

"Don't be careless, the strength of the German army is still very strong, and it will be winter soon, after a winter, these current recruits will mature quickly, and the combat effectiveness of the German army will be multiplied by then." Roque does not underestimate the German army, and it is impossible to stand up to countries all over the world on their own, and it is impossible to have such strength now.

To put it bluntly, this is a zero-sum game, equipped with a large number of automatic weapons, and the army that occupies a favorable position will always be the dominant side on the battlefield.

Now the real strength of the German army has not yet been shown, the advantage of the German army is a strong artillery unit, the British are limited by conditions, although the artillery is not bad compared with the German army, but the gunners are insufficient, and the number of artillery is also insufficient.

Although the French artillery is not much worse than the German army, the French army's idea of building artillery is not very problematic, and there is a lack of large-caliber artillery to fight the German army.

It is a pity that the Anglo-French forces have not noticed this problem until now, and until the end of the world war, the divisional artillery units of the French army were mainly 75mm field guns and were not equipped with large-caliber artillery.

Compared with the stubborn French War Department, the British War Department has noticed this problem, but it takes time to train artillery, it takes time to produce more artillery, and the military factories in the British mainland and Nyasaland are working overtime, but the gap caused by the lack of attention to the army has not been bridged in a short time.

It is not difficult to find from the previous stage of operations that even with relatively complete trench protection, even if the proportion of automatic weapons and equipment is unique in Europe, the 2nd Cavalry Division still suffered heavy losses in the battle with the German army.

More than 500 people are not worth mentioning compared to the losses of the Anglo-French army, but when it comes to a specific army, more than 500 people are a whole battalion.

"Our troops are also stepping up their training, more reinforcements will arrive in France before the end of the year, if our troops can be reinstated, then we can have more than 200,000 troops, in addition, we can send more artillery to France, if only responsible for fire support, the artillery unit can be trusted." Paul Cocker also knew the inadequacy of the army in southern Africa, compared to the German army, the army in southern Africa suffered from artillery, without artillery, it was difficult for the army in southern Africa to pose a real threat to the German army.

"The Ministry of Defense has ordered the formation of six artillery divisions, equipped mainly with 120-mm howitzers and 155-mm howitzers, and now the biggest problem is the insufficient production of artillery." Before the outbreak of the world war, Roque made a clear definition of the way the southern African army participated in the war, and the front-line troops participating in the war were mainly composed of Africans, white and Chinese soldiers formed support troops to participate in the war, and artillery belonged to the support forces.

"That's great, until enough artillery arrives in France, what we have to do is stabilize the line." Paul Cocker had been in Egypt before the outbreak of the World War and was not familiar with the operational plans of the Ministry of Defense after the outbreak of the World War.

Coming to the 2nd Cavalry Division, Roque also had the task of awarding medals to officers and soldiers who had performed well in the previous stage of operations.

In order to better motivate morale, the Southern African Ministry of Defence established a medal system after the outbreak of the world war, which is divided into six levels, starting from the highest Southern African Medal downwards, the Medal of Honor, the Order of Victory, the Order of Hero, the Order of Valor, as well as the Medal of Loyalty for all combatants and the Medal of Contribution to the wounded.

This time, six officers and men of the 2nd Cavalry Division were awarded the Medal of Hero, 25 officers and men were awarded the Medal of Bravery, 17 officers and men were posthumously awarded the Medal of Hero, 310 officers and men were posthumously awarded the Medal of Bravery, and 246 officers and men were awarded the Medal of Contribution.

"Second Lieutenant Steve performed well in the operation, in the three days of fighting, he sniped at least 125 German troops alone, including more than forty officers, as for why 125, it is because we only counted 125, in fact it should be more than 200 people, he is our best accurate shooter, a team is responsible for fighting with Second Lieutenant Steve, one is responsible for finding targets, one is responsible for counting the results, and one is responsible for loading Second Lieutenant Steve." Don Juan was relieved and proud that the precision shooters of the 2nd Cavalry Division played a huge role in the battle, using Lee Enfield rifles that were precisely calibrated and equipped with quadruple scopes.

The role of snipers cannot be ignored, and the reason why the British and French forces suffered heavy casualties had a lot to do with the fact that officers were sniped by German precision shooters.

During this period, the British and French forces were not aware of this problem, and when the troops attacked, the officers had to lead the charge, and many officers did not know enough about the war, and dressed like going to a banquet, and as a result, they became the key targets of the German army's precision shooters on the battlefield.

The consequences of losing command of the attacking troops are very serious, and even if the British and French forces are aware of this problem, they will not have a solution in a short time, and the soldiers of the British and French forces have become accustomed to fighting in the current mode, and it is more difficult to change their tactics, and it may not be possible until all the officers and soldiers are now dead.

It sounds a bit cruel, but in fact it is like this, by the second year of the outbreak of the world war, there were no more veterans at the outbreak of the world war, and the new recruits grew rapidly in the war, but they still could not keep up with the attrition of the front.

"Second Lieutenant Steve, congratulations, you became the first soldier in our southern Africa to be awarded the Medal of Hero, and as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force in southern Africa, I am proud of you!" Roque fastened the Medal of Hero's Medal made of pure gold to Steve's neckline, and Southern Africa lacked everything, but there was no shortage of gold.