Ludendorff was a lonely man, and his life was filled with only one thing, and that was work, work, and work.

After learning of the death of his beloved youngest son, Ludendorff often left the German headquarters alone, and Ludendorff was heard crying.

The past 1916 was a brutal year for Ludendorff, his eldest son was killed in the English Channel, his troops made no progress in France, and doubts began to appear in Germany, and the aura that Ludendorff had condensed through the glorious victory on the Eastern Front had dimmed.

Time came to 1917, Ludendorff's depression showed no signs of improvement, the German army broke through the Reims line was good news, but Erich's death gave Ludendorff the heaviest blow, for Ludendorff, Erich's death made the victory of the German army on the front line meaningless, Ludendorff lost his spiritual support, his wife also broke down, Ludendorff thought that his career had lost the best heir.

In order to get Ludendorff out of the haze as soon as possible, Hindenburg took the initiative to arrange a doctor for Ludendorff, and the doctor was Dr. Hochheim, whom Ludendorff knew.

Hochheim wrote in his memoirs from his own memoirs: he was always working, working, working, overtiring himself mentally and physically, he had no entertainment, he did not relax, he spent his time eating in the car, gobbling up, not giving himself any respite, not laughing, not looking at nature, not looking at art, that is, not listening to the rustle of the forest, not splashing the water in the stream.

After learning about his situation, Ludendorff sat for a long time without saying a word, and then he asked Dr. Hochheim: You are right, I have been like this for a long time, what should I do?

Dr. Hochheim strongly persuaded Ludendorff to move his headquarters from Avina, where there were only cramped barracks, to Spa Francorchia, Belgium, where the environment was relatively comfortable, and advised Ludendorff to take more walks, take deep breaths, change his habits, rest as much as possible, and sleep more.

Ludendorff really wanted to change, and he did what Dr. Hochheim asked him to do, sometimes with some urgency.

Dr. Hochheim's method had an effect, Ludendorff's spirit showed signs of recovery, and Spa was indeed more comfortable than Avina, but Spa was also farther away from the French front than Avina, which made Ludendorff unable to understand the changes on the front line in time and could not make the correct response in time, which laid the biggest foreshadowing for the later defeat of the German army.

While Ludendorff was in trouble with his mental condition, the German offensive on the Marne continued.

With the help of tanks and planes, the Anglo-French army established a strong position, the German army did not have an advantage at this time, and lost the suddenness of the start of the campaign, Petain worked hard to organize the defensive line and transferred more troops to the Marne, although Louis despere lost Reims, but was not dismissed, Petain gave Louis despere the greatest trust, and the other person who gradually gained Petain's trust was Charles Mantin.

Manking used to be a descendant of Xia Fei and Nivelle, a "butcher" known for his disregard for the lives of soldiers, this is not all Manking's problem, when the world war broke out, "butchers" abound in the French army, and the alternative could not survive, Manking could not change the status quo of the French army, and could only try to adapt.

Aside from the model soldier's life, Manjing is a resolute and decisive person, he is very resolute in carrying out his tasks, will not be disturbed by objective conditions, no matter what difficulties he faces, Manjing has the determination to face difficulties, this is actually a rare quality, in the case of the French army facing a desperate situation, someone needs to take the initiative to stand up and turn the tide.

At this time, the lives of soldiers really don't matter, France has already killed 2 million people after the outbreak of the world war, as long as they can win, even if they die another 2 million, the parliamentarians in Paris will not back down.

It is an intriguing fact that during the World Wars, many of the immediate family members of the generals who served in the military died in battle, while few of the immediate family members of the parliamentarians served.

Now on the Marne, Louis Despere and Charles Mantin, each commanding an army group, in conjunction with the Anzac and the Canadian Corps, finally stopped the German troops less than 50 kilometers from Paris.

On April 5, Paris was bombed, several powerful bombs exploded in Paris, and the panic in Paris was further intensified, and it was believed that German planes attacked Paris, and the air force was blamed because it meant that the air force lost air supremacy in Paris.

"Impossible, no German bombers can break through the lines of defense of the Air Force, not to mention, now there is no evidence that Germany has bombers, the Germans don't even have bombers, how can they bomb Paris?" Roque replied to Foch's inquiry.

"So how do you explain that there are bombs falling on the Parisian district? The parliamentarians do not have enough confidence in our Air Force. "Foch can't help it, you can't ask the councillors to be as knowledgeable as military experts.

If you don't understand the situation, then at least don't express your opinion casually, and if you don't investigate, you won't have the right to speak, and these parliamentarians are not seeking truth at all.

"There are many reasons, the German army has a range of more than 80 kilometers of super artillery, which is not surprising at all to attack Paris, in addition, it may be an explosion of munitions stored in Paris, or an explosion in the kitchen of a restaurant, or something like a gas station, in short, there are many reasons for the explosion, and we have to analyze the specific situation." Roque casually found a whole bunch of reasons, the councillor is the group of creatures that Roque hates the most, and he has more than enough success and more than failure.

If one day in the future, Roque becomes the leader of southern Africa, Roque will definitely gradually reduce the status of parliament and return most of the power belonging to parliament to the government.

Roque is in favor of the saying "the truth is in the hands of the few", and since this statement is true, then "the minority obeys the majority" is wrong.

Even if "the minority obeys the majority" is correct, Roque has a way to deal with it, after all, in southern Africa now, the Chinese have become the majority, and the whites are a minority, unless the whites are willing to unite with the Africans, but in that case-

Hehe!

"Now is not the time for us to shirk our responsibilities, now we are talking about how to solve the problem." Foch had a headache, he knew Roque was right, but the councillors wouldn't believe it.

"As long as we drive the Germans out of the Marne, then the threat from Paris will naturally be lifted." Roque knows the heart of the matter, but it will take time to solve it.

At the time of the attack on Paris, the positions of the First Canadian Army in Charly-sur-Marne were fiercely attacked by the Germans.

After the capture of Vimy Ridge, the Canadian Expeditionary Force became famous in the first battle, and no one dared to despise this previously non-existent force.

The soldiers of the Canadian Legion were young and powerful, they were physically strong and well-armed, and they were fearless in the face of German attacks, and since the Canadian Legion entered combat form, the First Army had repeatedly repelled German attacks.

The Anzac reorganized 1st Division bought the Canadian Corps enough time to do so, and after the First Battle of the Marne, the French government had the foresight not to dismantle the fortifications built by the French troops, which were now repurposed, reinforced, and further strengthened with the addition of more machine-gun positions and artillery bunkers.

At the forefront of the entire line, Smith and his comrades were fighting.

It was a re-reinforced bunker with two heavy machine guns facing different directions, with a squad of soldiers defending and six men operating a heavy machine gun.

In order to guard against the German gas attack, regardless of whether the German army used gas bombs or not, officers and soldiers were required to wear gas masks on the front line, which could only be taken off when eating.

The small bunker is filled with gunsmoke, more than a dozen soldiers with gas masks are busy, although the heavy machine guns use smokeless gunpowder, but this "smokeless" is also relative, the gas overflowing from the heavy machine gun when firing is still unbearable, the ground in the bunker is full of bullet casings, and the feet cannot leave the ground when walking, as long as the person moves, the bullet casings on the ground will be kicked and rattled.

"Faraday, throw these empty boxes out, and carry a few more boxes of bullets—" Smith, who was the squad leader, was the supreme commander in the bunker, and he and his deputy squad leader, Chaplin, each commanded a heavy machine gun, and the Germans were attacking like crazy for the past few days, and Smith and his comrades were under great pressure.

"Yes—sir—" Third Class Faraday was originally a rifleman in the squad, but now the rifle was carried by Chaplin on his shoulder, and although he had no chance of using it at all, he was still required to keep his gun with him.

"William, officer at four o'clock, kill him!" When Chaplin commanded the heavy machine gun, he did not forget to remind the precision shooter Wilhelm that German officers and machine gun shooters were the main objects of care for precision shooters.

William did not speak, and in order to ensure that the view was unobstructed, William was the only person in the entire bunker who did not wear a gas mask.

Hearing Chaplin's reminder, William raised the scoped Lee Enfield to aim, but before he could shoot, William jumped up from the ground and began to undress, scolding loudly: "Fuck, Todd, you shit, you're going to burn Lao Tzu-"

Todd was a heavy machine gun shooter who was suppressing the German heavy machine guns, and the hot shells were thrown through the shell holes, just falling into William's collar.

Fortunately, Todd used a burst shot, and there were only two or three bullet casings that fell into William's collar, and if it was a long burst, William would almost get a medal for contribution.

"Who made you dog's eyes not long, don't bother Lao Tzu-" Todd's temper is not good, and now Todd wants to smoke a cigarette, but the gas mask can't be removed, so Todd is also holding a fire in his heart.

Then vent all your anger on the Germans.

(End of chapter)