Chapter 853 William II wants to take risks

"We won, you French stupid pigs!"

"French, now this is ours!"

After the long winter, the Great Plains of France finally ushered in a drizzling spring rain. Although the rain made the road muddy and potholes, which affected the entry speed of the troops, in this supposedly busy day, the roads to the south of France were crowded with German soldiers who strode forward. After more than three years of suffering in the swamp, the loud Rhineland song finally began to light up over France.

Just a few days after the night in Bordeaux, the wheels of war began to accelerate.

First, Xinhua suddenly fought in the United States, with millions of people in more than 50 divisions, with the support of hundreds of warships and nearly a thousand aircraft. When the logistical constraints became more serious, it suddenly gave up the conventional army's propulsion tactics, took a land division as the vanguard, and unexpectedly bypassed Florida. The landing in Delaware across more than 1,000 kilometers not only penetrated into the heart of the United States, but also cut off New York and Washington.

The fall of Washington is only a matter of time.

In Europe, after receiving the news of Sneijder's success, ten groups of German troops on the western front attacked on all fronts. In just one week, they broke through three defense lines in succession and began to go deep into the south of France.

Unlike German soldiers who are happy and looking forward to the end of the war, passing by them was that they were shooting at each other across the trenches and killing each other's French prisoners of war.

In the face of the sudden wave of revolution, these soldiers, who had been fighting with the German army for more than three years, would rather starve in order to recover their land, with dense machine gun bullets and charged with artillery fire, suddenly seemed to have been pulled out of their bones.

Some people in later generations said that France "fallen" in World War I. After the so-called world's first army was disabled by Germany in World War I, France did not recover, so that World War II was flattened by Guderian in a short time, and even after the war, there was no tough posture of a big country.

It's the same now. These French soldiers couldn't understand what was going on at all. Just as they had survived the hardest winter and before they could see the shadow of the German army, they were raggedly dragged out of the trench by the officers, and then put down their weapons in batches and raised their hands to the Germans.

Conceedness, puzzlement, hatred and helplessness, from these yellow and thin skins, most of the soldiers who were workers and peasants before the war rose on their faces. Many baby soldiers who were only fourteen or fifteen years old can be seen in the team. Like adults, they are going to meet an unknown fate from now on.

In the face of the curses and provocations of the German soldiers, most of the French soldiers hung their heads and were speechless. They could only spit fiercely and then go north to the prisoner-of-war camp under the muzzle of the gun.

Looking at the completely different scene of the German and French soldiers outside the car window, Ludendorff smiled. Standing in his position, he would not humiliate the enemy who put down the gun, but he liked to see this kind of thing. The more pictures, the more it showed that the German army was advancing under his leadership.

For Ludendorff's narcissistic likes and dislikes, Max Hoffman, a major general of the Western Front Army staff officer sitting next to him, disdained it. However, although he did not get along with Ludendorff, he would never disturb the commander's excitement at this time. After all, Germany has been disturbed by barbed wire, machine guns and trench warfare in the past three years. The vitality is greatly damaged. At the moment when the victory has been put into the pocket, everyone has reason to laugh.

"Max, your old classmate is great." Ludendorff enjoyed the "beautiful scenery" for a while and knocked on the front seat. After the car restarted, he turned his head and continued to Hoffman, "A very powerful tactic. I gave up a frontal breakthrough and used the sea and depth to suddenly land in Delaware."

"Hehe, I believe that the United States should be considering surrender now."

Max doesn't like the other party, but he can't help but admit that Ludendorff is a very capable general, and as long as it is very likely to ascend the throne of the General Staff of the Commander-in-General after Marshal Hindenburg, so on the surface, he said politely: "Your Excellency, you have said a lot. During his study in Germany, Sun was in The road attack is very insightful in tactics.

However, his tactics also have a great risk-taking surname. If the logistics is not tight and can't be consumed for a long time, and if the U.S. military still has enough combat effectiveness, I believe he will never take risks with only one land division.

Ludendorff nodded slightly and suddenly asked, "Max, with what you know about Sun Jiugong, do you think he will cross the Atlantic Ocean?"

"Attack on Britain?" Max shook his head: "Mt. General, I'm afraid you're mistaken. As far as I know, Sun Jiugong is only the commander-in-chief of the North American theater. Once Xinhua crosses the Atlantic to attack the British mainland, it means that he has exceeded his authority. This is an extremely serious violation of discipline in the Xinhua Army, so I don't think your problem is possible at all. "."

"Maybe." Rudendorff continued to ask, "So do you think Xinhua will attack the British mainland?"

"This question is difficult to answer." Hoffman said bluntly: "From Li Mo's point of view, there is no need for him to attack the British mainland, because their goal has always been very clear, to seize the right to control the sea in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and defeat the United States, which may become the biggest opponent. Now both goals have been achieved, and Britain is losing India. After Du and Egypt, it is impossible to have the opportunity to enter the East for many years to come.

"Do you think Li Mo will give up the opportunity to defeat Britain?"

Hoffman waved his hand and continued to analyze: "I can't say that. If Lee Mo wants to end the war as soon as possible, he must send a navy to bomb the British mainland. As for the army, I personally think it is unlikely, but it's up to us whether to bomb Britain or not."

"Oh? Why do you think so? Ludendorff frowned. He appreciated Max Hoffman's talent, but he couldn't tolerate that this man was too dazzling, so he deliberately asked, "Do you think Li Mo will be afraid of us?"

Max sighed secretly in his heart. Compared with Chen Ping, Sun Jiugong and others around Li Mo, Ludendorff's German [***] officials may be comparable in tactics, but they are a little worse in strategy. Of course, this is mainly because Germany has been restricted in the European continent for too long, unlike Xinhua. At the beginning of the country, it clearly began to compete for hegemony in the ocean, looked at the whole world, and trained a large number of military personnel with broad vision.

Another thing that is even more taboo in Germany is that is the essential difference between Li Mo and William II. The former is described as light with great talent, and the latter is ambitious and powerful, but it is incomparable in terms of vision and means.

So he was amused by Ludendorff's words "Li Mo is afraid of Germany". If so, I'm afraid Pengalle would not have been rescued by Xinhua. He could only smile and said, "I'm not know whether Li Mo is afraid of triggering a Eurasian dispute, but he must take it when he enters the UK. It's up to us! Only when we attack Britain will he follow us to fight for post-war interests, but if we give up attacking the British mainland, then I think Li Mo will never be willing to fight in the United States and the United Kingdom at the same time.

Max's analysis stunned Ludendorff slightly. He didn't expect that the young man who was talented in the German staff and made great contributions on the Eastern Front after the war would have this idea of defeating the Russian striker to get a buffer opportunity for Germany's two fronts war.

Rudendorff didn't seem to believe such an analysis. Just as he was about to speak, a war horse suddenly caught up with him. After Max rolled the window, the communications officer had already stood up and saluted.

"The report is an urgent call from the commander-in-chief."

The staff officer saluted and handed in a telegram and said, "Marshal Hindenburg and Marshal Tirpitz both hope that you can return to Berlin immediately."

"Now?" Rudendorff was very surprised. Seeing that it was a good opportunity to take advantage of the rapid progress in France, occupy the whole of France in one fell swoop, and even enter Spain. Why did the commander-in-chief call itself back at this time?

After reading the telegram, Ludendorff suddenly understood that the commander-in-chief and His Majesty William suddenly became tit-for-tat on whether to attack the British mainland.

Max Hofmann, who squinted his eyes and got out of the car and was laughing with another officer, made Rudendorfer understand why he analyzed it like that just now. In fact, the words have hinted at Germany's biggest trouble at present.

That is, the commander-in-chief was very dissatisfied with the repeated intervention of the emperor in the war.

For example, in this telegram, the opinion of the commander-in-chief is to send troops to Spain immediately after taking all of France to intervene in civil strife before Xinhua to prevent Li Mo from infiltrating Western Europe. As for Britain, it prefers to achieve its goal by means of consumption and procrastination, because today when the United States is likely to surrender, Britain can no longer support it alone, so the commander-in-chief does not want to take a great risk to cross the more dangerous strait.

But His Majesty William miscalculated the situation after the French civil strife, demanding that the army immediately cross the Strait to defeat George V's army and realize his dream when he was young.

Rudendorff was really speechless about this situation. In fact, few people knew about it. In fact, as early as the beginning of the war, His Majesty William hesitated again and again and had been determined whether to go to war with Britain, which almost led to the German army losing the opportunity.

Later, although Little Mourke completed the Schiffen plan to open the door and quickly occupied Paris, in fact, Little Mourke's step down was also related to His Majesty's excessive involvement in military affairs, which eventually led to the emergence of the Verdun meat grinder, which made Little Mourke have to step down.

Although the war began to improve, in fact, the news of the incompancy between the commander-in-chief and the emperor had already spread to the upper class of the nobles, but everyone did not want to tear their faces, but no one expected that His Majesty William had a "wonderful idea" at this most critical moment.

God knows how dangerous the narrow English Channel is!

Now France's surrender is only a matter of time, and it will take enough time to stabilize the victory. More importantly, the German navy is still blocked in the port of Kiel. The victory claimed by Tehran was not the same, and before Britain pulled out a large number of warships to the United States, it once again strengthened the blockade of the North Sea, and the mines deployed in the North Sea could almost cover Paris.

In the face of this situation, Ludendorff could only sigh and let the driver drive to the railway station. Because Germany has not yet developed a large transport aircraft like Xinhua, and Ludendorff does not like airplanes, it was already late the next night when he returned to the Berlin command.

After returning to the commander-in-chief, he knew that the matter was far more serious than he thought, because William II actually intended to contact Li Mo to let the Xinhua Naval Fleet enter the North Sea!

Stupid!

With the return of Ludendorff, the atmosphere in the conference room of the German General Staff was a little solemn.

Although the German army sacrificed more than 500,000 people in the most painful and difficult battle of Paris, the total number of sacrifices soared to 1.7 million in one fell swoop, and the number of injuries exceeded 3 million, it seems that these efforts are worth it at this moment.

Compared with the total casualties of the Allied countries led by the United States, Britain and France, which are likely to have exceeded 8 million (including colonies and Commonwealth troops such as Australia and Canada), Germany's price is acceptable. After all, Germany is facing a European Allies that has mobilized about 50 million soldiers and personnel, including logistics personnel. Unite the army!

With the collapse of France, victory has been waving to Germany. As long as it can get out of the quagmire of the western front and, like Xinhua, it has not been slaughtered by war. Germany, whose industrial capacity has not been destroyed at all, will have a wider space to show its hands and feet!

If there is anything that makes Rudendorff and the commander-in-chief dissatisfied, it is that some radical officials such as the French president were taken away by Xinhua at the last minute, because this means that a political force that turns to the Chinese people is likely to be born in France in the future!

However, when everything was going well, William II began to expand because of his desire, hoping to lead the Xinhua Navy into the North Sea to deal with Britain.

This is simply the wolf entering the sheep pen, and it is the door that everyone is going to open with their own hands.

Tirpitz, who also re-exited in danger, looked serious. Looking at Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who took the army to the highest peak in Europe because of the anti-war riots in France, he almost wanted to curse.

If Germany is in its own helplessness and needs to rely on Xinhua's support before France's defeat, and has to watch the other party infiltrate outside Europe little by little, then after France's defeat, the freed Germany can completely get rid of its dependence on Xinhua and gradually move from the war into the planning of the post-war world.

But at this time, William II actually wanted the Xinhua Navy to help! God, everyone can't avoid it. They even let people enter the North Atlantic. Isn't it asking for trouble?

Tirpitz is extremely resentful, because it also means that His Majesty William trusts the German Admiralty. In this case, why did he ask himself to come out of the mountain at the beginning?

"Report that our reconnaissance aircraft found a large number of British transport ships in the bay of Saint-Malo in France." The sound of the report broke the dullness in the conference room. The news made Rudendorff happen, and Britain began to retreat!

"Alfed, please tell me if it's possible for us." Hindenburg turned his head and looked at Tierpitz, who understood what he meant and shook his head: "The Bay of Saint-Malo is located in the south of France. If my warship wants to get there, it must pass through the narrow Strait of Kalai. Even if the Chinese come, it is impossible to break through. That will bury my fleet!"

Hindenburg slowly stood up. He could understand the anger and helplessness in Tirpitz's heart. He glanced at the crowd and said seriously, "Your Majesty's meaning is clear to everyone. Now we are faced with two choices. One is to continue to go south into Spain, and the other is to cross the strait! --

"Britain has retreated."

Early in the morning, Du Dazhuang's loud voice sounded in the new garden. Li Mo, who was exercising on the lawn, had to stop and ask, "It's early in the morning, what are you shouting about?"

"Your Majesty, the British Expeditionary Force has begun to retreat." Du Dazhuang trotted all the way to Li Mo and said excitedly, "From yesterday afternoon, the S21 investigation said that there were about hundreds of ships gathered in Saint-Malo Bay, and even the fishing boats were pulled out."

"Yes, that's a good thing." Li Mo laughed. He had expected the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force for a long time, and he was not surprised at all. Whether it was the previous retreat of the Dardanelles Strait or the famous Dunkirk retreat, it proved the ability of the retreat of large troops in the world. The Sir of Great Britain said that no one dared to recognize the first in the second.

"Yes." Du Dazhuang seemed to remember something. He patted his forehead and took out an envelope and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Duan came here once after you slept last night. I heard him say that there was something urgent. He gave me this and left without seeing you."

"Duan Fei came in the middle of the night? Why don't you call me?" After Li Mo took the envelope, he was also a little puzzled. If it was a big deal, Duan Fei would definitely wake him up. It's not a big deal. Why did he come again in person, so he didn't understand what it was until he hurriedly opened it.

"William II went crazy? Unexpectedly, he wants to forcibly cross the strait to attack the British mainland!"

In the General Staff, after receiving the news that the German army was going to forcibly cross the strait to attack the British mainland, everyone was in a daze like Li Mo. If Tirpitz got the right to control the sea at this moment, he might be able to fight for it, but the problem is that the German naval fleet was basking in the sun in the port of Kiel, and two consecutive breakthroughs had failed. Why do they go to touch the English Channel now, which even Xinhua dares not enter?!

"Is there no news from Chief of Staff Wang?"

Zhang Zuolin shook his head: "Chief of Staff Wang has not received any news from Germany's request for our assistance, and the Prime Minister also summoned the German ambassador this morning and mentioned it when discussing the follow-up assistance plan, but it seems that Germany does not want us to intervene."

"Ha ha, it seems that William II was driven crazy by us."

"Yes, it's not easy for France to be finished. William II finally has time to solve Germany's biggest outlet problem, but his adventure this time is really a little big."

"I don't care about them." Chen Ping waved his hand, turned his head and asked, "Has the combat experiment of the Air Force vulture bomber brigade in the United States been completed?"

"It is in progress, and the specific evaluation report will take a few days to come back, but according to the preliminary feedback from the bomber pilots of the Second Air Division, the experiment has been carried out smoothly and has reached the standard of use."

"Then let the fleet in Hawaii leave immediately." Chen Ping took a cigarette and said, "Tell Le Fei that if the German navy appears in the North Sea and wins a large-scale naval battle with Britain, then there is no need to save these 7,500 new bombs. Throw them all to the British mainland!"

(to be continued)