On the main fronts of France, Bordeaux, the Entente and the Central Powers, where tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of shells fell every day, and as for the small reunions, there were too many to mention, and in the months of endless fighting, almost the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder and death.

Since the fall of Paris, the vicinity of Bordeaux has become the focus of contention between the Entente and the Central Powers, millions of troops on both sides are fighting here, in just a few months, there are a large number of casualties every day, if it is an offensive, the loss of tens of thousands a day, or even hundreds of thousands, is considered normal, in a few months of strangulation, several cumulative casualties have exceeded 4 million, of which, 3 million are the losses of Britain, France and the United States, they are the weak side, the number of losses is more, However, the strong Germany still suffered losses of 1 million, which was unavoidable in a large-scale positional battle.

Germany's strength is undoubtedly displayed here, especially now, firmly holding the Bordeaux defense line, and he is not in a hurry to attack the British and French troops, and his losses are even less, but Britain, France and the United States, in order to have enough strategic space, are not attacking.

In the era of new-style warfare, a large number of barbed wire, light and heavy machine guns and artillery, the loss of intensive charges, the death rate brought by it is simply overwhelming, and a regimental attack on the position may only take ten minutes, and the battle losses abound.

The loss was beyond imagination, but the Entente still had to grit its teeth and insist, Bordeaux was already the last barrier on the Western Front, and if this line of defense was breached, the fall of the whole of France was not far away, so the Entente struggled to support. The accession of the United States balances their manpower. It can be regarded as making the precarious Bordeaux defense line stronger. Even in a small scale, there was a little counterattack, which once gave the Entente hope that in the future, when more American troops arrived, if they expanded the second battlefield, they would be able to gain an advantage step by step.

These advantages, in a short period of time, cannot be converted into victories. Even the most optimistic generals estimate that it will take at least one or two years, but fortunately, the three countries are all strong, especially the United States, which joined later, has a huge manpower advantage and industrial advantage, and can afford to wait for a year or two, which is the safest way.

At this time, the wind and clouds changed abruptly. The erosion of the situation in Asia has made Britain, France and the United States see the problem, and it is changed to the fact that the northwest has not unified China, or the northwest has not risen before. No matter how much Asia changes, it won't affect Europe, but now. The Northwest has risen with Japan. The war with Russia proved his military strength. The production of all kinds of weapons and equipment and machinery proves his industrial strength, and if such a country is behind, they will fight desperately for the Entente and the Central Powers, and in the end they will lose both, it will not be in vain to cheapen China.

In addition to China, there is also the Lanfang country, which has close relations with China, has joined the camp of the Allies, and it is the combination of Lanfang and Germany that has caused the situation in East Asia to erode to the current level.

Britain has lost Malacca, an important passageway, France has lost the Indochina Peninsula, and the United States is also looking to lose the Philippines, and the whole of East Asia and Southeast Asia will become China's bag, as long as they are given time to operate, it will be even more difficult for them to start, and when the time comes, a China that is impregnable and occupies the entire East and Southeast Asia will be a larger and larger whole than Russia.

Although the Far East is still far away, and China has not shown any ambition to compete for world hegemony, Britain, France, and the United States, which are old players who are pursuing hegemony in the world, know very well that they must open up the situation and let the war in Europe end as quickly as possible.

But the war has reached the current level, and it is not easy to end it, and Britain, France, and the United States, under the premise of absolute superiority, will not agree to end the war, let alone Germany. Even if it really ends, a large part of the whole of France is in the hands of the Germans, if you really agree, Germany will be too strong, with the original German territory, plus most of France, the whole of Belgium, this is almost the vast majority of the essence of Western Europe, once Germany integrates these places, after digestion and absorption, it will be more troublesome.

To win the war, and end the war, can think of not many ways, the army is not very likely, the German army is too strong, this time is not the beginning of the war, Britain and France are only equipped with twenty or thirty mackins and a small number of artillery pieces, war is always the best means to promote progress, suffered so many losses, they learned something from Germany, the density of their division's artillery and light and heavy machine guns increased, the army's combat effectiveness has been significantly improved compared with before, and it is not the same as the early stage.

Relatively speaking, Germany has improved greater, according to the current balance of strength, the combat effectiveness of the German army is 2:1 compared with Britain and France, and 3:1 compared with the United States, in this case, under the premise that Germany already has 4.5 million troops, Britain, France and the United States must raise 10 million, or even 15 million troops, in order to be able to defeat the German army on land and push the German army into the state of the beginning of the war.

Although it is not very difficult for Britain, France and the United States to gather 15 million troops, but after losing most of the territory of France, only Bordeaux and a small part of the territory in the south are left, and there is simply not enough distance to deploy 15 million troops, the army is not a simple number, a division needs at least two or three square kilometers, or even more to expand, not to mention 15 million, even if it is invested in batches, it also needs territory, which is exactly what Britain, France and the United States are now the least. It is only possible to attack at all costs, to have enough depth, to invest enough troops.

In this case, not only is the cost huge, but the time is also quite uncertain, which is completely different from their purpose, and the development of the whole world situation makes it impossible for them to restrain China's development in Asia if they cannot solve the war situation in Europe, and China's greed for land is absolutely beyond imagination, like Russia.4 With a population of 500 million, there are enough people to digest the land that they eat, and under the premise that the land represents wealth and resources, it is impossible for them to let China continue, otherwise Europe will be broken and hegemony has not been won, but a superpower will come out.

The army can not choose, or can be carried out at the same time, but it takes time, it is impossible to achieve the final goal of the Entente, after discussion, Britain, France and the United States unanimously chose the navy as a breakthrough, Germany does not know where to get 9 capital ships, so that the number of German capital ships reached 27, but Britain obtained the capital ships from the United States, plus the United States joined the Entente camp, the United States 10 capital ships were basically mobilized to Europe, forming a gap of more than 10 ships to Germany, In addition to the difference of other auxiliary ships, in the navy, the Entente has an overwhelming advantage, especially the nine capital ships newly obtained by Germany under the premise of Asia, as long as it can annihilate the main force of Germany's high sea fleet, then it can use the strength of the navy to storm the Baltic Sea, and even attack Hamburg and other German port cities, so as to achieve the goal of dominating and forcing Germany to withdraw from the war.

In the past century, Britain has fought many naval victories and army defeats, and in the end, it is by virtue of the strength of the navy, under the asymmetrical strike, the enemy cannot really threaten the core of Britain, and Britain can try again and again, and finally defeat the enemy.

This is tantamount to returning to what Britain is good at, this plan is becoming more and more detailed in the participation of the British, French and American navies, and the French warships, the remaining capital ships of the United States, have also begun to come to Europe, they are no longer in different seas, except for a few French warships, which need to suppress the Austro-Hungarian, Italian, and Turkish navies, and the rest of the warships that can be mobilized are all gathered in the North Sea.

Germany has an advantage in the European war, more than a year of European war, almost destroyed France, occupied a large territory of Belgium and France, and even had a little digestion, the resistance of its own two countries, will make them exhausted, at least occupy a large part of the mobile force, which is equivalent to saying that the Entente occupies a huge advantage, when the time comes, the 10 million, or even more troops that have spent time to reorganize, will be divided into two directions, north and south, on the one hand, in the south of France, open up a second battlefield, on the other hand, Among the countries of Northern Europe, choose one to cooperate and open up another battlefield, and when the time comes, it will be almost under siege in the south, south, and northwest, even if Germany has three heads and six arms, it will not want to escape this catastrophe.

The plan is good, and it is very complete, but there is a problem, how to lead Germany out of the decisive battle, the current comparison between the German High Seas Fleet and the capital ships of the Entente has almost reached more than 40 to 18, in this case, as long as Tirpitz is not a fool, he will definitely not send the High Seas Fleet out, this is a waste of death.

Perhaps in the army, there are still ambushes, or sneak attacks, of course, only partially, on the large-scale battlefield, similar to Germany's sneak attack at the beginning of the war, completely caught the opponent off guard, and now the war has entered the current stage, both sides attach great importance to each other, and a sneak attack is impossible.

Britain, France and the United States finally negotiated the method, is to keep provoking, relying on the capital ships of the Entente, which is much higher in number than Germany, even if it is divided into two parts, it is not something that Germany can resist, the main fleet and the battle patrol formation, alternately and constantly suppress, trying to enter the Baltic Sea within the German patrol area, or even further, this is a bit risky, but the Entente far exceeds the main fleet of Germany, which is the source of protection security, and this kind of oppression, as long as it is carried out to a certain extent, It's bound to have an effect. (To be continued.) )

PS: The first chapter is delivered, and another chapter is being written, around half past nine!