The real world is so absurd that it doesn't dare to write a plot that is not in harmony with the Kingdom of Italy and Austria-Hungary.

Don't look at the miserable performance of the Kingdom of Italy in the world war, in fact, Britain and France not only did not dare to expel the Kingdom of Italy from the Entente camp, but spent money to help the Kingdom of Italy stabilize the situation, at least the Kingdom of Italy contained 300,000 troops of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, otherwise the pressure on the Russian Empire would be even greater.

The current situation is very interesting, Germany singled out the Anglo-French forces on the Western Front, the Russian Empire singled out the German-Austrian combination on the Eastern Front, and Austria-Hungary had to face the two-front attack of the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy.

Roque returned to Paris at the time of the New Year, participated in a series of celebrations held by the French government, 1915 was not a success for France, the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme, brought nearly a million casualties to the French army, the German army was still entrenched on French soil, the Belgian direction was dawning, the heavy snow prevented the continuous offensive of the tank units of the British Expeditionary Force, and Roque had a new halo "Belgian liberator".

It is a little regrettable that in Paris, Roque is not popular, not only the French generals do not like Roque, but the chief of staff of the British Expeditionary Force, Henry Wilson, also does not like Roque, he is still in Paris and does not care, although Henry Wilson is still nominally the chief of staff of the British Expeditionary Force, but the victory of the British Expeditionary Force in Belgium has nothing to do with Henry Wilson.

"You see, that's the actual situation, it's shameful to lose a war, and you won't be a hero to win a war, we try to do a good job, but we can't satisfy everyone." At a dinner held by the French government, Foch, who had just been appointed commander of the city defense of Paris, was full of bitterness, and after Xia Fei was forced to resign, Foch was implicated and dismissed, Petain was also marginalized, and Robert Niveller was in the ascendancy.

This was a dinner held by the French government to celebrate the victory of the Battle of Verdun, although the German army failed to achieve its goal through the Battle of Verdun, but the result of the Battle of Verdun is difficult to say whether it was a victory for France.

Now apparently no one is paying attention to this issue, the celebration banquet is held in the official residence of President Pongare, the attendees can bring their families, Phyllis returns to Nyasaland with the children, Roque takes Ida to the banquet in a grand manner, and Arthur is also taken by Ida by his side.

Almost in a blink of an eye, Arthur is 12 years old, and like Roque, Arthur's hair is black, which is Arthur's most significant feature, he is now more than 1.6 meters tall, taller than many adults, in June this year, Arthur was made a Baron of Cyprus by George V.

Ida is French, and now she is taking Arthur to make friends with the big guys present, and the big guys don't dare to slack off on the newly baked "Lord Cyprus", and they know the relationship between Arthur and Roque.

"Don't be disappointed Ferdinand, no one can do a good job in that position, and being the commander of the defense of Paris is not necessarily a bad thing for you." Roque sat in the corner of the banquet hall, and in the center of the hall Manjing was laughing, he was also proud now, although the French army under his command had just lost 45,000 men, and no one was sure to bring up this embarrassing topic now.

"Yes, think of Joseph, General Gallieni, who has done a great job in the position of commander of the defense of Paris." Foch didn't have much to lose, both Galleriani and Xiafei were called Joseph, although Foch was implicated by Xiafei, but he didn't complain when he mentioned Xiafei.

After being forced to resign, he was appointed head of the French military mission to the United States, and after the New Year, he was to leave for Washington.

Robert Nivelle really deserves to be Xia Fei's confidant, and his style is exactly the same as Xia Fei, Xia Fei suppressed Gallerieni in many ways, and finally Gallerien died of depression, and now he has not received the honor that should belong to him.

Xia Fei's body is much better than Gallieni's, and it is impossible for him to die in a short time, so Robert Niveller simply let Xia Fei go to the United States, this kick is really far.

It's really ruthless.

"I heard that Mr. Commander-in-Chief is planning a new attack, what do you think?" Roque is not optimistic about Robert Niveller, it is the front door that drives the tiger into the backyard, the two commanders-in-chief are brutal butchers, and it is not known how much damage Robert Nivelle is planning to attack will bring to France.

The new officer took office three times, and the victory in the Battle of Verdun was obtained during Xia Fei's tenure, and had nothing to do with Robert Niveller.

Although the British Expeditionary Force made a major breakthrough in Belgium, it had nothing to do with Robert Niveller, which is why Robert Niveller was so eager to get an unprecedented victory and prove that he was worthy to lead France to victory.

However, it is a pity that Robert Nivelle does not have a clear understanding of his own ability, although the German offensive at Verdun has been stopped, but it is not the credit of Robert Nivelle and Mantin, but the result of multiple factors, but unfortunately Robert Nivelle is now carried away by the victory, and now no one can make Robert Nivelle come to his senses.

"It's hard to say, the German army has also changed the commander-in-chief and chief of the general staff, Hindenburg and Ludendorff have performed well on the Eastern Front, they must be planning a new offensive, and next year's war may be more brutal than this year-" Foch was worried, when the world war broke out, everyone thought that the world war would end in just a few months, and now no one thinks so, everyone is trying to hold on, and no one knows when the world war will end.

Roque also didn't know that the course of the war in this time and space was very different from that of another, where the Battle of the Dardanelles was ultimately lost, and the Ottomans held out until 1918 before surrendering.

The Ottoman Empire in this time and space has withdrawn from the war in a very undignified way, the Entente controls the Black Sea estuary, and can provide more supplies to Russia through the Black Sea, so there is a question mark whether the Russian revolution will break out as scheduled, the United States has now entered the war, starting next year, millions of American troops will come to France, and then the strength of the Entente will be further strengthened, the British Expeditionary Force now has thousands of tanks, and Roque is ready to launch a new offensive after the spring flowers bloom next spring, If we can invade Germany, then the war may end next year.

Before the outbreak of the world war, Roque also hoped to consume the strength of Britain and France through the world war, and now it seems that if the war can end one day earlier, then it is better to end it as soon as possible, the world war is a catastrophe for all mankind.

"Surely—as far as I know, supplies are already very tight in Germany, the German government has a universal rationing system, there is a shortage of supplies, prices are skyrocketing, and the situation in the Russian Empire is not optimistic—" Roque was also helpless, the world war broke out because of the ambition of a few, and in the end it was the civilians of all countries who suffered the most.

"I heard that there was a mass famine in India—" Foch was also well informed, the famine in India was an accident, but the situation was serious, and hundreds of thousands of people are said to have died in the famine now.

When the world war broke out, Britain promised to give India the status of a dominion after the war in order to mobilize India's enthusiasm to participate in the war.

This promise became a carrot in the nose of a donkey, and India sent 130 troops to Britain to fight the war, and at the same time sent almost 1.3 million laborers.

Not only did they actively send troops to the war, but all walks of life in India also actively raised donations for the British to raise 150 million pounds for military expenses, and many civilians even donated their own rations.

It was this stupid act that led to the severe famine that finally broke out in India this year.

The famine was also linked to Winston, who took nearly 2.5 million tons of grain from India to meet the country's food needs after becoming Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

As a result, when India was short of food, Winston did not give Indians and help, which led to the famine in India getting worse and worse.

"It's hard to understand the Indians, the princes and nobles of India who would rather sell their grain to foreign cattle than sell it to the common people of India at a slightly lower price." Roque is also helpless, India's rich people may be the richest in the world, until the 21st century, India still has not completely solved the food crisis.

On the surface, India in another time and space is a standard grain exporter, but in fact, there are tens of millions of people in India who are malnourished all year round, just like Roque said, Indian farmers would rather sell grain abroad to raise cattle than lower prices in the sale, and the Indian government is different from the federal government of southern Africa, there is no strict unified purchase and marketing system, so once it encounters natural and man-made disasters, India will become a hell on earth.

Phew, even if there are no natural and man-made disasters, by Roque's standards, India is almost like hell on earth.

"Isn't it the same in your southern Africa, I heard that potatoes are only a few cents a pound in your southern Africa, but the price will increase several times in France, what right do you have to blame the Indians?" Suddenly there was a mocking ridicule from the side, and Manjing finally blew enough cowhide and took the initiative to come and deliver it to the door.

"You are of Indian descent?" Roque's mouth was like a light, and the blood that Manjing said was bloody, and his eyes began to be bloodshot.

It's understandable, after all, for a whole night, Manjing only did one thing to brag, and now Robert Niveller is all stars, Manjing is also rising, no one splashes Manjing's cold water, seeing that the spring breeze is proud for a night, but he touched a nail here in Roque.

One can imagine how angry Mangin was.

Roque didn't care.