As Roque always practiced, the 2nd and 11th Cavalry Divisions, which had suffered heavy losses in the previous phase of the operation, were now withdrawn to the second line to rest.

Neither Don Juan nor Wei Zheng agreed to do so, the most brutal encounters and hand-to-hand combat had passed, and now it was time to reap the fruits, and the 2nd and 11th Cavalry Divisions would not cede the honor of reconquest to the African Division.

Britain and France have already begun to publicize the victory of the expeditionary force, according to the practice of the British and French coalition forces, the expeditionary force temporarily launched this campaign called "Operation Victory Horn", the newspapers during this period of negative information about the Southern African Expeditionary Force swept away, you must know that before that, the criticism of the Southern African Expeditionary Force for inaction, which led to the defeat of the "New Year's offensive" is really not small.

Of course, according to the practice of the Anglo-French forces, the losses of the German troops in Operation Victory Horn were determined to be more than 200,000 men, and this number is still increasing.

Compared with the usual double of the German losses, the losses of the Southern African Expeditionary Force were reported truthfully, which would normally be reported by half if it were placed in the Anglo-French forces, but the casualties of the Southern African Expeditionary Force were so small compared to the German casualties that they were so small that London and Paris could not believe it, and Kitchener had also come to France to make sure that Roque was not playing tricks on the casualty figures.

Roque would not conceal the casualty figures, and even raised the casualty figures a little higher when he reported them.

The cost of treating the wounded soldiers of the Southern African Expeditionary Force, as well as the pensions of the fallen soldiers, were paid by the Anglo-French forces.

When Kitchener met Roque, he read to Roque a letter of commendation written by George V for Roque, and brought Roque a Order of the Garter.

The Order of the Garter has a similar status to the Victoria Cross in the British medal system, and is also known as the most difficult honor to obtain.

There are even fewer soldiers who have been awarded both the Victoria Cross and the Order of the Garter, perhaps there are, but as far as Roch knows, none are still alive, and Kitchener also appointed Roque as deputy commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, which means that Roque now has command of the British Expeditionary Force.

This is definitely a huge threat to Frenzi.

However, Roque did not make it difficult for Frenzi, and in Roque's report, Operation Victory Horn was commanded by Roque and Frenzi together, although Operation Victory Horn had nothing to do with Frenzi from beginning to end.

It cannot be said that at least after the German retreat, the British Expeditionary Force and the Belgian army pursued the German army.

"Lord Nyasaland, you have performed a miracle, in just one month, you have been awarded the Victoria Cross and the Order of the Garter in succession, which is unique in the British Empire, congratulations!" Kitchener also didn't know how to congratulate Roque, who had just said something similar to Roque more than half a month ago.

Roark saluted and didn't say anything like "glory belongs to all", people don't pay attention to this, what is yours is yours, with the Victoria Cross, even if Roark does nothing from now on, he can walk sideways in the British military system.

"Congratulations, Lord Nyasaland—"

"Well done, I'm proud of you!"

"You and your troops are acting like our protectors!"

Xia Fei and Frenzi, Smith Dolin, Marcos Lloyd and others lined up to shake hands with Roque and congratulate Roque, and Haig had a smile on his face, and he now deeply realized that the small report was useless to Roque.

Although the Southern African Expeditionary Force is also in the combat system of the British Expeditionary Force, Roque's identity is too special, he is the Viscount of Nyasaland, and he will soon be made an earl, and he also controls the huge military industrial system including the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group, nobles and medals may be dispensable for the British Empire, but the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group is very important to the current British Empire.

Not only the British Empire, but now the Nyasaland military-industrial complex, is important to the entire Entente, irreplaceable kind of importance.

"What are you going to do next, Lord Nyasaland, Your Majesty and I are looking forward to more surprises from you!" Kitchener's eyes were burning when he looked at Roque at this time, the British and French troops were advancing at the front line, and Kitchener, the Minister of War, was also under great pressure.

When he agreed to give Roque autonomous command, Kitchener also took a big risk, and at that time, not only within the British army, but also the British government and opposition were questioning Kitchener's decision.

Now Roque and the Southern African Expeditionary Force have finally repaid Kitchener's trust with outstanding performance on the battlefield, and Kitchener's command of Roque is no longer an insider deal, but a stroke of genius, and the British Parliament has already helped Roque build momentum, believing that only Roque as commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force can lead LinkedIn troops to win the final victory in the world war.

The person who spared no effort to help was Winston, Winston wanted Roque to be the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, so that Winston, as the secretary of the navy, could cooperate with Roque tacitly, and now Frenzi is competing with Winston for the command of the new troops, if Roque is the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, although it will still be contested, but Roque will definitely communicate better than Frenzi.

"I'm sorry Your Excellency, Marshal, I can't promise you anything, although we won, but the troops have suffered heavy losses and need time to rest." Roque went back to his old way of not getting oil and salt, but at this time Kitchener certainly didn't mind Roque's attitude.

Like Xia Fei's "small bites and slow eating", Roque will also decisively engage in the battle when he finds an opportunity.

Unlike Xia Fei, the "Operation Victory Horn" organized by the Roque was a complete victory, but the "New Year's Offensive" organized by Xia Fei was defeated, and if he could, Kitchener would rather have one Roque than 10,000 Xia Fei.

"Lord Nyasaland, I hope that if there is a next time, you will inform me in time, so that we can achieve an even greater victory." Xia Fei was so jealous that he was going crazy, but the record was here, and even if Xia Fei was really crazy, he couldn't erase Roque's record.

The reason for this is that some time ago, when the internal contradictions in the German army broke out, Falkingham once erased the names of Hindenburg and Ludendorff in the victory report, and it is difficult to imagine that such a naïve thing could happen to the Minister of War of a powerful country in the world.

So then Wilhelm II removed Falkingham from the post of Minister of War.

"The situation of the war is changing rapidly, the fighters are fleeting, and I only ordered the troops to attack after I noticed the fog, and there was not much time-" Roque didn't want to blame anyone, but with the style of Xia Fei and Frenzi staying in Paris and commanding the front line operations, even if the opportunity arose, Xia Fei and Frenzi didn't know.

"God still favors us, if it weren't for Lord Nyasaland's sudden attack, then we would have suffered heavy losses, how embarrassed the Germans are now, how embarrassed we will be—" Kitchener looked at Roque at this time.

It is also tragic enough to say that Prince Aitel Friedrich of Prussia and his 1st Guard Regiment are also tragic, and it is said that after learning of the total destruction of the 1st Guard Regiment, Eitel Friedrich vomited blood in the headquarters, and then fell ill, and has now returned to Königsberg, the home of the Hohenzollern family, to recuperate.

If it weren't for Roque's impromptu intentions, Ettel Friedrich would have inflicted heavy casualties on the Southern African Expeditionary Force, even if he could not completely defeat the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

Now that everything has gone in the past, the Germans have lost their most elite troops, Roque has become a hero of the Entente, and the French government is considering awarding Roque the title of Marshal Roque, although this is certainly of an honorary nature, and there is no right that a marshal should have, but it also represents France's affirmation of Roque.

"Then we should go on the offensive and occupy Ghent and advance towards Brussels, driving the Germans out of Belgium once and for all." The throne was always threatened, and King Albert I of Belgium was also present, and he still resented Roque and Southern Africa, but did not dare to show it.

It was Albert I who had just described Roque as the "protector god".

Albert I could not forget that it was because of Southern Africa that Belgium lost the Congolese Free State.

But Albert I did not dare to show the slightest resentment towards Roque, and he still had to count on Roque and the Southern African Expeditionary Force to fight valiantly and drive the Germans out of Belgium.

Foch's threat to Albert I was always there, and if all of Belgium fell, Albert I would lose his throne.

"It is impossible for us to attack now, not only the troops need to rest, but the weather conditions do not allow it, the snow in Ent is already a meter deep, and it is difficult for the troops to take every step forward, I have ordered the troops to stop the offensive and set up a defensive line in place, until the snow melts, the troops have no ability to attack." Roque did not save face for Albert I, Albert I's mood Roque could understand, but the reality did not allow it.

The fog was indeed followed by heavy snowfall, and from the 16th onwards, heavy snow fell throughout Belgium, creating more and more difficulties for the offensive and logistical difficulties of the troops.

When Germany attacked, the Belgian army destroyed all the railways, highways and bridges in Belgium in order to slow down the advance of the German army.

In the German-occupied zone, the condition of the roads was gradually restored, and it was the Belgians who blew up the roads, and the Belgians who were forcibly requisitioned by the Germans to repair the roads.

Now the German army is retreating, in order to delay the attack of the coalition forces, the German army will just repair the road again to blow up again, it is estimated that it will not be long before the Belgians are still building the road.

Just as the Southern African Expeditionary Force was advancing towards Ghent, the reinforcements that Kitchener had promised to Frenzi were also arriving in France.

These reinforcements were not British mainland-trained troops, but Australia-New Zealand troops from Canada, India, and Australia, and in any case, Frenzi now had 300,000 troops under his command, plus 200,000 in southern Africa, and the British Expeditionary Force exceeded 500,000 troops in France for the first time.