Chapter 530 Message

"How could this happen? 50,000 people died after taking the initiative to retreat? What the hell are the French doing? Didn't Gallieni command very well before? Was he dismissed?

In front of the sand table of the command center of the General Staff, looking at the scattered small red flag representing the British and French allied forces south of the Seine River and the neat blue arrows representing the German army, Duan Qirui kept scratching his head.

Although the message from Europe will be delayed, and the sand table represents the war situation yesterday or the day before yesterday, it has not changed, which can provide a good opportunity for the general reference to deduce and observe Europe's military capabilities.

But the problem is that even people who don't know much about it now can see that the British and French allied forces are scattered and defeated quickly through the posture shown by the sand table in front of them at this moment, while the Germans are chasing and breaking through each other.

Seeing that Long Guozhang beside him was also confused, he had to turn his eyes to Zhang Zuolin and Jiang Tianxiu. However, in the face of these questions thrown by the Minister of Defense, the two general staff did not know how to answer, because the previous intelligence also said that Gallieni would personally command the allied forces to retreat in an orderly manner, but now if it weren't for the commander-in-chief of the British army. In the face of danger, Lunqi personally took his troops to snipe the German First Army. Maybe hundreds of thousands of people would be left there.

"I know why." Just as several people were puzzled, Chen Ping had come in, waved a thick pile of information in his hand with a smile, and said with a smile, "Why don't you guess first?"

"Come on, Yuanshou, don't sell your puns. What's going on?" Duan Qirui asked with a smile.

Chen Ping smiled and said, "The reason for such a big loss is actually simple, because Gallieni unfortunately died the night before yesterday."

"Galieni is dead?!"

This news made Long Guozhang and Duan Qirui stare at them. How is this possible? The commander of the army of millions of troops will die? Let's not talk about how tight the defense of his headquarters is. I'm afraid there are thousands of people around him alone, right?

"He wouldn't have died, but he was so excited that he ran to Notre Dame." Chen Ping winked at the two of them and said with a smile, "From the war report sent back by the night eagle before, Wenxiu's shot is likely to be Gallieni!"

" hiss."

As soon as the words fell, everyone took a breath of cold air. Not only were they not happy, but they all frowned. It was not a small matter to kill the French commander-in-chief. Not many people knew about Night Eagle's going to Paris, but there was no impenetrable wall in the world, so sooner or later, this matter would be leaked.

If some soldiers and low-level officers die, it will be nothing more than quarrels in the future, but if the commander-in-chief dies, it will be a big deal!

"The emperor is also jumping for this matter." Chen Ping also raised his eyebrows. After he took out the cigarette and sent it to several people, he continued to say, "This time our basket is big."

"What should I do? Do we have to start the war in advance? Duan Qirui rubbed his hands. Although his face was urgent, the corners of his eyes were excited. After all, as a soldier, no one wanted to miss the war of this scale.

"You can hide it for a while." Chen Ping smiled bitterly and said, "The advantage now is that the suspect is the most in the hands of that batch of things, so the emperor just sent a telegram to Wang Shizhen, asking him to leave the three treasures to William II, hoping that this can be remedied."

"Is that Venus and Mona Lisa or something? It's all given to Germany. Isn't it a loss!" Long Guozhang looks like a miser and doesn't seem to care whether he will offend France.

"This method is good. William II will definitely show off when he gets the three treasures, so that even the yellow mud will become a crotch, at least it can drag us for a few months." Duan Qirui nodded in agreement, and then smiled and said, "It's a pity that the emperor has just repaired the fountain. Originally, he was going to take the statue of Venus in the middle."

"Ha ha." For Emperor Li's bad taste, everyone can only shake their heads and smile bitterly, but if they really use the Venus statue as a pool, it will really add some fun to the new garden.

"Even if the three treasures are given to Germany, there are too many things in that batch. How can they be shipped back?" Zhang Zuolin is more concerned about the follow-up work. Paris has been occupied by Germany, but the French coastline is still in the hands of Britain and France. Their battleships are not vegetarian.

Zhang Zuolin's words immediately resonated with everyone. Night Eagle completed this mission extremely well. At the expense of two people, the three people took back valuable treasures at the cost of injury, but it was troublesome to bring them back. Britain has blocked the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. If you want to withdraw safely under their eyes, I really need to work hard.

However, Chen Ping waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't worry about this. Although Britain and France have blocked the North Sea, there is also the Netherlands. Yesterday, one of the grain convoy we went to the United Kingdom broke down and has entered Rotterdam for repair."

"Hehe, it's a good fault." Hearing this, Long Guozhang patted the edge of the sand table fiercely. He couldn't help admiring Duan Fei and the ingenious design of the Intelligence Department. The cargo ship must be unloaded and transshipped during maintenance, so that it would not seem strange to go in and out.

After talking about the retreat plan of the trip to Paris, Chen Ping strode over the crowd and walked to the big map hanging on the wall. Seeing his move, Duan Qirui immediately asked, "Yuanshou, is there anything else?"

"Yes, and it's a mess!"

Chen Ping said, his right index finger immediately pointed to the Caucasus and said, "First of all, after Osman got the news of the capture of Paris, Enver immediately led three armies with a total of 200,000 people to set off from Ankara."

"Baku?" Duan Qirui took a step forward.

"Hmm."

"In addition to Enver's army, Britain in the Persian region is also gathering troops. The original Indian brigade has been rapidly increased to two divisions and one cavalry division, at least one of which is the Gurkha division, and the number continues to increase. The Ministry of Intelligence expects that it may eventually reach 200,000 to 300,000 left. Right."

After Chen Ping took out his pen and drew a circle in the Strait of Hormuz, he continued: "After the Paris Campaign, Germany and Britain and France needed time to rest, and yesterday Wang Shizhen's telegram also said that the German General Staff was intending to send more troops to the Eastern Front. He analyzed that this was to help Austria and Hungary focus on Russia. "."

"For Britain and France, there are no conditions for a counterattack on the Western Front for the time being, so the emperor also thinks that they will solve Austria-Hungary and Osman first. Although we have not yet grasp the specific details of the action, if Russia loses in the Caucasus this time, Nicholas II will definitely ask Britain and France for help. I suspect that Britain may take the risk. Landing from Manama, attack Mesopotamia.

Looking at the circled area, Duan Qirui and Long Guozhang nodded. If it is hard to fight Germany, it will be much easier to gather hundreds of thousands of troops to cooperate with Russia to attack the Ottomans. Whether it is combat ability or the will of soldiers, Osman and Germany can't be the same. Not to mention that Britain has recruited so many famous Gurkha soldiers this time, which means that the Ottomans will face a huge crisis.

Ottoman is really important. This is an important passageway to the Caucasus and the Suez Canal, which is an inescapable area for Xinhua, but the British are sharpening their knives at this moment, and even recruiting so many Gorkha elite soldiers. A big war seems inevitable!

From this point of view, Greater Kuwait is extremely critical. Xinhua currently only has a few defense-class destroyers and 3,000 marines of the Seventh Fleet there, and it is not equipped with many heavy weapons. I'm afraid it will be very dangerous if Britain does not declare war.

"I went to see the emperor just now. He asked us to consider increasing the number of troops in Greater Kuwait on the grounds of security immediately after the war between Osman and Russia. In any case, we should ensure that Britain does not go to extremes at least until May next year!"

"Ha ha, it's a lot of difficulty. Britain was very dissatisfied with our garrison last time. If it increases, I'm afraid I'll be really angry." Long Guozhang narrowed his eyes. Although the Seventh Fleet is only a small fleet, as long as the navy can drive, it is his treasure, so it is urgent to strengthen the strength of the Seventh Fleet.

"Didn't the seal take action against Ibn Saud? How dare he support Britain? Jiang Tianxiu interrupted and asked.

"It's not that simple." Zhang Zuolin replied, "If I am Ibn Shatt, since I can't avoid it, it's better to simply declare neutrality and let the two sides fight. When I'm about to get the winner, I'll consider which side."

"That's right." Chen Ping nodded: "It is very likely that Ibn Saud will take this move. It is impossible for him to let Osman grow up, but he can't intervene, so he will definitely close his eyes and look for another opportunity to secretly help Britain behind his back. Therefore, the emperor has sent someone to visit him in Riyadh. He dares not expect to pull him over, and at least force him to keep it. Neutrality."

"Another!"

Chen Ping turned the tip of his pen and moved to the Pacific Ocean again, taking a breath: "Although the U.S. Congress rejected the bill to continue to increase the number of troops last month, Wilson and the military bypassed the parliament yesterday and began to recruit soldiers to Australia and Panama in the name of volunteers. According to our estimates, in the next six months The presence of U.S. troops in the two places is very likely to exceed 600,000.

"A week ago, their new four Pennsylvania-class battleships had also been ordered, and construction is expected to start in November at the latest. It is said that the original battleship was also equipped with 16-inch guns, but the development progress could not keep up like us, so the intelligence department guessed that the British 15-inch may be installed in the end. In addition, their second batch of Brooklyn-class light patrols has also begun to be built. In addition to the slower speed, they basically refer to our Jinghai class, and the number is expected to reach ten.

"The British side also accelerated the construction of six Tiger-class battlecruisers and eight Monarch-class battleships. They learned how Germany ordered armored steel from us to shorten the time, and handed over all the armored steel and some parts to the United States for production, so the construction speed was very fast. The first battleship cruiser Tiger was the most It will be launched in March next year, and the rest will be delivered 16 years ago!"

"Five Normandy-class battleships in France were originally considered to be abolished because of too much pressure from the army, but last week Britain took the initiative to help continue construction and also used American steel. We estimate that these five will also serve with the King class."

"More importantly, Greece announced its accession to the Allies this morning. His neighbor Italy seems to have changed its attitude. The Ministry of Intelligence has monitored that there have been frequent movements between Italy and Britain recently, speculating that Italy is likely to abandon the alliance and join the Allies. If so, the Austro-Hungarian Empire will be involved. A large part of the power!"

The news one by one not only did not make the post-war situation in Paris clear, but also became more charming like a smoke bomb, making the situation more and more complicated.

The United States has an ambiguous attitude. While constantly releasing news that it would not intervene, it did not say neutrality. Instead, it fully implemented the Pacific Security Co-control Agreement signed with the United Kingdom, and also provided a large amount of weapons and ammunition to Europe, which not only made a lot of money but also strengthened the strength of the Allied countries.

Germany and Austria-Hungary want to take the opportunity of Allied tanks to accelerate the solution of Russia on the Eastern Front, while Britain and France want to kill Germany's minions first. The most tragic thing is that Russia will face multi-faceted battles. The most important thing is that Western Siberia has also been restrained by millions of elites.

The chaotic situation makes everyone a little irritable. When will it be clear?

Just as several people were looking at the map in a daze, the staff officer had already run in.

"Report, I just received the news that the three battlecruisers of the British Navy, the indomitable, the indomitable and the invincible, left the port yesterday morning, and their whereabouts are unknown!"

(to be continued)