It is really unacceptable that the United States has declared war like this, but judging from the situation on the battlefield in Europe, it is time for him to declare war. History is ahead of the original, Hindenburg replaced Falkingham, who lost in the Battle of the Meat Grinder in Paris, two months earlier than before, and became the chief of the German General Staff, and it was precisely because Hindenburg took over the General Staff that he and Ludendorff were able to resist Chancellor Holwig's abandonment of unlimited submarine warfare, plus Wilson was facing the election, and unlimited submarine warfare did not last a few months after sinking the cruise ship Lusitania as in history, and finally gave up for fear of angering the United States.

And in this war, the most gorgeous battleship duel in history was still fought because the German Navy only wanted to fight piecemeal as in history and did not dare to fight a strategic decisive battle, and at the same time, because the Royal Navy Commander Jericho was careful in advancing and retreating with his entire army and avoiding a decisive battle, the fight was no different from history. After that, the German Navy only did near-shore defense and bet on unlimited submarine warfare, while the Royal Navy could only deploy extensive anti-submarine nets and implement long-distance blockades.

As soon as the naval war had ceased, the Anglo-French forces on land gathered forty divisions to launch the Battle of Amiens in order to seize the strategic position of Amiens in northern France and to contact the German pressure in the direction of Paris. In this strategic offensive, Britain finally began to use the tanks it had used in history, but the battlefield was muddy, and the mechanical stability of the tanks was poor, and these tanks did not run many kilometers before they all climbed into the nest, and after five months of fierce fighting, Britain and France finally ended this strategic offensive with nearly one million casualties due to the lack of progress and the autumn rain.

Fighting was fierce on land and at sea, and at home, the General Staff finally persuaded the Kaiser to begin a comprehensive and strict management of all kinds of supplies in the country. At this time, Germany had more ammonia equipment than in history - in the original history, in the last year after the end of the war, Germany only produced 350,000 tons of synthetic ammonia[Note:], and now, its production of synthetic ammonia is three times that of history, and the national production of synthetic ammonia exceeds one million tons, which is equivalent to three times as many shells as in history, or two million tons more grain per year with the same number of shells as in history.

Infantry artillery co-ordination tactics, elastic defense tactics, anti-tank tactics, wolf pack tactics, total domination of the economy, synthetic ammonia equipment, electron tube radios, although these things have been found in most of Germany in history, but the earlier and more accurate use of them, the advantages they have created on the battlefield are amazing, and this advantage is not something that can be reversed by importing weapons to the Russian army and providing ships to Britain and France. On many occasions, Yang Rui even had to doubt that Germany was going to win the entire war, but every time he thought of it, the United States and its president, who had a great sense of justice, suddenly shattered this idea;

Moreover, the defeat of Britain and France was not in China's interests, both in terms of long-term strategy and short-term practical gains. China needs money to build the country, and in the same way, the Nanyang region is not good to become the sphere of influence of the emerging power of the United States, where it is better to keep the status quo, in the next big war or independent or taken by China, if the United States intervenes in the Nanyang when Britain and France are defeated, then what can China gain at this time?

Habitually hoping that history will follow the original trajectory, and habitually hoping to press the treasure on the familiar history, Yang Rui wavered a little or no longer had any hope for the German victory, China and Germany were indeed as he had thought before, it was completely a seesaw, and the happiness of one side was entirely based on the pain or madness of the other side - of course, the benefits of Asia could only be obtained by the strongest, so the two wars in history were the benefits of the Japanese.

After thinking about some things briefly, Yang Rui turned to ask Zhang Shi, "How is it over there?" Is it possible to have a revolution? ”

Although it was only the end of January 1917 in the Jesus calendar, the beginning of the revolution had already appeared, and Zhang Shi said: "The workers of Petersburg have now begun to strike, which was deliberately provoked by the revolutionary party, and the number of strikers exceeds 200,000. The supply of coal and flour in the cities was problematic due to the fact that the strikes paralyzed transportation, and this year's winter was colder than ever, the trains and railways were unable to operate due to the severe cold, and the lack of manpower due to conscription.

If this situation does not improve, then in the case of the general strike during the Russo-Japanese War 12 years ago, a great revolution will eventually take place in Russia. It's just," Zhang Shi was a little confused when he said this, and he said: "Sir, many of the people we fund are not in Russia, and Russia is blocked by Germany, how can they return to China?" If they go back late, won't they miss this opportunity? Shall we ......?"

"Don't worry, the Germans will do it for us." Yang Rui said confidently: "Moreover, as long as Russia does not withdraw from the war, no matter who comes to power, it will eventually be overthrown by the Bolsheviks; But if it really withdraws from the war, then all the lives and money that Russia has paid before will be lost in the sea, and who would dare to take this responsibility when the United States declares war and victory is in sight? . In many cases, the country is buried in the insistence of politicians on self-interest to preserve their positions. (To be continued......)

PS: Note: The production of synthetic ammonia in Germany in 1918 was 350,000 tons, "Development of Catalytic Science and Its Theory" P29