Now in Soissons, everyone is confused, including Otto von Billow and Huttier, they don't know what fate they are about to face, God has abandoned them, although Wilhelm II did not abandon them, but Wilhelm II has no ability to save them home, the food has been eaten, the bullets have run out, the artillery has been thrown away when retreating, if it is not for the desperate situation, Otto von Billow and Huttier will not hand over the wounded soldiers to the British Expeditionary Force.

"When the war is over, we'll probably all be judged—" Otto von Billow was drinking coffee with Huttier in his makeshift headquarters.

As a high-ranking officer, the treatment is definitely different from that of ordinary soldiers, who don't even have food to eat, and Otto von Bilow still has coffee to drink.

Otto von Billow drank instant coffee produced in the East Indias, which was sold by a South African company.

These coffees may have been the trophy of the previous battle, and the quality of the coffee was indeed good, but Otto von Billow tasted like chewing wax.

"After the war, it's a question of whether the empire will still exist." Hurtier frowned a little, he had a habit of drinking coffee with sugar and milk, both of which are luxuries in Soissons today.

This Huthir is the same Huthir who invented the "Huthir Tactic" in another plane.

"Hurtier's tactics" are actually a relatively advanced infantry and artillery coordination tactics, and this honor does not belong to Hurtier, but to Roque of the British Expeditionary Force, and the infantry and artillery coordination tactics used by the British Expeditionary Force are also known as "Locke tactics".

Of course, compared with the "Huthier tactics" of another time and space, the "Locke tactics" are indeed more advanced, and the "Huthier tactics" of another time and space only include infantry and artillery coordination, and the "Roque tactics" of this time and space not only include infantry and artillery coordination, but also include infantry-tank coordination and air-ground coordination, Roque can be regarded as the originator of "air-ground integrated operations", and on this basis, all military works published after the World War should have Roque's name.

"What do we do next?" Otto von Billo finally asked the question, with all the ammunition and food, it was almost impossible to break out, but surrender -

It was also a difficult decision for Otto von Billow and Hurtier.

Hurtier didn't speak, looking at the heat rising from the coffee cup in front of him, he was silent, there was actually only one way in front of the German army in the encirclement, but neither Hurtier nor Otto von Billow could speak.

They also have the pride of being soldiers!

"General, it's time for dinner—" Otto von Billow's lieutenant brought dinner to Otto von Billow and Hurtier.

Dinner looked pretty good, with vegetables, meat, and wine to accompany the meal.

It is an embarrassing fact that the Germans in the encirclement lacked bullets and food, but there was no shortage of wine.

However, these wines are not the kind of high-grade wines that can be used as alcohol to disinfect, but fruit wines with relatively low degrees, many of which are snatched from the homes of French civilians, and the French can't fight, but the winemaking technology is not bad.

"It's rare that you can still eat meat now—" Huttier did not forget to pray before eating.

Otto von Billow glanced at his lieutenant, who stopped talking.

"Say—" Otto von Billow tucked his napkin into his neckline.

"General Hans killed his little stone—" The adjutant raised his head slightly, not letting the tears in his eyes flow, the little stone was General Hans's war horse, for soldiers, war horses are like their own relatives.

Otto von Billow let out a long sigh and felt that the knife in his hand weighed a thousand kilograms.

Hans was an officer under Otto von Billow, everyone knew that General Hans was a horse idiot, he personally bathed and fed the little stone, often chatted with the little stone, and would sleep with the little stone when he was in the field, as a senior officer, the general was qualified to use the car, but Hans never sat in a car, and always rode the small stone to command the battle.

Now, the little stone, which is inseparable from Hans, has finally made its final contribution to Hans.

"What's the soldiers' dinner?" Huttier had finally finished praying, and he felt sorry for the little stone, but since the horse meat had been served on the table, it could not be wasted.

Hurtier is a very pragmatic person.

"Broth, potatoes, and maybe kale—" The adjutant was not sure, the generals ate meat, the soldiers always got a mouthful of soup, and for a hundred thousand people, a horse was a drop in the bucket.

Otto von Billow looked at the horse meat in front of him and couldn't swallow it.

"Let's go see General Hans—" Hurtier devoured all the horse's meat as fast as he could.

"General Hans shot himself after killing the little stone—" The adjutant was very nasal.

Neither Otto von Billow nor Hurtier spoke, and what made General Hans despair was not surrounded, but the prospect of imminent defeat for the Empire.

By the time Otto von Billow and Hurtier decided to surrender the wounded, nearly 100 wounded had already committed suicide in disgrace, including a dozen Junker nobles.

Others may not understand these soldiers who would rather die than be taken prisoner, but Otto von Billow and Huttier can understand that some are attached to their families, some are chasing wealth, and some are taking glory as their lives!

"Send a telegram to Field Marshal Locke of the British Expeditionary Force, hoping to get a chance to meet Field Marshal Locke." Otto von Billow made up his mind, some decisions must be made sooner or later, some pots must be carried back, the commander who won the victory was glorified, and the commander who failed was responsible, and Otto von Billow had this consciousness on the day he became a soldier.

"Sign my name as well—" Hurtier also made up his mind, strangely, before making a decision, Hurtier felt that his breathing was difficult, and after making this decision, Hurtier felt relaxed.

"Oscar, you don't have to." Otto von Billow was sincere, and if Huttier also signed, then he would have to bear the infamy of defeat and surrender together with Otto von Billow.

"Come on, Otto, we are partners, and if we occupy Paris and have a ceremony to enter the city, we will walk into the Arc de Triomphe side by side—" Huttier does not shirk his responsibilities, and he is blessed and suffered.

"General Hurtier, it's an honor to work with you!" Otto von Billow saluted Huttier, and Otto von Billow may not be eligible to use military salutes in the future.

Once surrendered, both the military careers of Otto von Billow and Hurtier would end.

"Hats off, General Billow!" Hurtier returned the salute, and the sorrow of the end of the road permeated the entire command, and as soon as the adjutant of the telegram came out of the door, he sat on the ground with his face covered and his back against the wall, his shoulders twitching, and sorrow flowed from his fingers, with tears and blood.

Roque received a joint telegram from Otto von Billow and Huttier that night, and that Alam was a little far from Kruy, and Roque set out overnight.

"Sir, you don't have to go to Soissons yourself, you can get Otto von Billot and Huttier to come to Alang, they are surrendering, we are surrendering, as if we were asking for them." Sidney Milner, who had just returned from vacation, was back on the front lines and feeling uncomfortable.

Sidney Milner became a father again, Sidney Milner's second child during the World War.

Don't think about it, there are no such episodes that shouldn't be, as a high-ranking officer, Sidney Milner can bring his family on the front line, so it's normal to have children.

Phyllis didn't come to see Roque this winter because she was waiting to give birth in Nyasaland.

The finance minister of the Federal Government of Southern Africa, who is now single, reportedly adopted a baby boy last month.

The reason why "adoption" is not put in quotation marks is because people are used to this kind of thing.

"You are right, it is true that I ask them, I ask Generals Otto von Billow and Huttier to surrender to our British Expeditionary Force, is there any problem?" Roque laughed, since he had received a tangible benefit, he had to make a little appropriate concession in other aspects.

Taking a step back, Otto von Billow and Huttier were the best soldiers of their time, and they were indeed worthy of Roque's courtesy.

Don't forget that after the end of the world war, the feast of carving up Germany will begin, Roque does not like the broken factories, broken farms, and broken castles in Germany, but covets all kinds of talents in Germany, and military talents are also talents, and the military academies in southern Africa are very much in need of strong instructors like Otto von Billow and Huthier.

The car sped all the way, and when he came to Kruy, Zhou Bu was ready, although Roque did not make a public announcement, but the news had already come out, the commander-in-chief of the Ninth Army of the expeditionary force, Paul Cocker, and the commander-in-chief of the French Third Army, Charles Mantin, arrived in Kruy earlier than Roque, the commander of the 16th Division, Horn, and the chief of staff, Peter Broad, also arrived early, Foch and Pétain were still on the way, and they would arrive in Kruy later, which was the first time since the outbreak of the world war that so many German troops surrendered en masse, Although there is only a willingness to surrender.

No one wants to miss this big scene that might go down in the history books.

Zhou Bu spent a lot of thought on preparation, prepared a huge field tent for Roque, all the tanks and armored vehicles of the 2nd Brigade were arranged around the tent by Zhou Bu, ready to give Otto von Billow and Huttier a dismount, the number of tanks is not much, only about 60, the number of armored vehicles is quite a lot, about 100, so many tanks and armored vehicles gathered together, it is indeed a great shock.

When Roque came to the scene, Zhou Bu had not yet finished arranging, and the gendarmes pulled the ropes in front of the tanks, making sure that all the tanks should stop in the same straight line, the muzzles should be pointed and raised at the same angle, and a British flag was erected on each tank, and the tankers were all dressed in new clothes and looked energetic.

When it comes to image engineering, Southern Africa is absolutely outstanding.

ps: Halfway through writing, I realized that the atmosphere was a little wrong, it was too sad and bad, life itself was difficult enough, and I couldn't add to the blockage for the brothers-