One by one, the soldiers rushed towards the tank with the help of a bunch of grenades and explosives, but is it easy to get close to the tank? Heavy machine guns on the tank surface are shooting wildly, and Coalition soldiers have been shot into a sieve hundreds of meters away, and even the explosives have been blown up!
Tank after tank, the positions of the allied forces of the three countries began to wreak havoc, constantly crushing the soldiers who rushed in. The Germans forgot the enemy’s body, and the explosives were smart. The allied soldiers had already fallen to the ground and waited for the tanks to approach!
Boom!
The loud noise and violent explosion directly dismembered the tank, and the high-intensity explosive charge was so powerful that even the tank could not stop such an explosion!
In just half an hour, hundreds of tanks abandoned the allied positions, and the remaining tanks finally dared not rampage any more, so they could fire with heavy machine guns.
Chapter one thousand nine hundred and forty-one The fall of the Somme
Although the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms stopped the tanks from raging vertically and horizontally, they forgot that there were hundreds of thousands of Germans behind the tanks. When the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms racked their brains to deal with the tanks, hundreds of thousands of German elites began to sprint towards the Somme River area!
Charge, charge, charge again!
It’s too hard for Hindenburg to take a breath of air pressure. A self-propelled artillery division and six infantry divisions launched the fiercest offensive against the Somme position. The Germans flocked to the positions of the three allied forces like a frenzy!
Xia Fei and other three men complained bitterly, and now the Germans have no obstacles. At this time, the theory of launching an offensive by the three-nation Coalition forces is also unstoppable. The fall of the Somme River area is a foregone conclusion!
"Order the 13th Artillery Division, the 15th Artillery Division and the 16th Artillery Division to cover fire, and his army will immediately withdraw from their positions and retreat to the northwest!"
Aside Haig went straight to the order.
"Bastard! If you can’t, you can’t withdraw! "
Xia Fei growled angrily, but behind Paris, you British troops can withdraw if you want. Of course, there is no problem. Anyway, there is still an English Channel in London, which can’t threaten the British soil and the American soil. What’s more, there is a whole Atlantic Ocean across the American soil! Can the French army do it? Crossing the somme river area is tantamount to attacking Paris directly. How dare the French take such a big risk?
Haig roared, "General Xia Fei, please wake up. Now the occupation of the Somme by the Germans is irreversible! There is nothing we can do to stop the forced German decisive battle here, which is of no benefit to our three countries! Can let the soldiers die in vain! "
Pershing said with a sigh, "General Xia Fei, if you are not angry, it is certain to retreat. We have adhered to the law. Retreat is the only choice and the most favorable choice for us. We can urgently deploy outside Paris, where the Germans will once again fight a decisive battle. If the Germans advance 150 kilometers, the logistical pressure will increase again. They will not be our opponents …"
"If you say that Lightweight always leads the army to retreat again, how can you face the tens of millions of French compatriots? Even President Faliere can bear such a huge price! "
Xiafei roared
Pershing said, "Xia Fei, we have no choice. General Haig can ask for reinforcements to support your country again, but we must retreat before! Our army urgently needs to rest! Although the Germans look fierce now, they are already at the end of their tether. The German army is exhausted. We need dozens of kilometers outside Paris to hold on for a month, and the Germans will definitely retreat without a fight! "
Xia Fei’s face muscles jumped straight for a long time before he restrained himself. "General Pershing stopped the lack of soldiers in Germany. Isn’t France also short of soldiers?" We have no strength to continue to recruit troops. This great war has done too much harm to France. "
Pershing’s face muscles twitched, too. Without soldiers in France, would the United States have a limited number of soldiers? You know, the United States has sent millions of troops to support the Anglo-French and European wars, and some troops have been continuously transported. In half a month, it will reach 1.5 million people, and the casualties will exceed 100,000! Who should I tell such a loss to? What’s more, the United States and Mexico have occupied four States in the United States. The most serious thing is that Mexico is not aggressive, but Texas and New Mexico have begun to build permanent fortifications. Once these fortifications are permanently completed, the United States does not know how much it will cost to take back these two States!
However, it is not easy for any country now. In the face of the attack of the Chinese revolutionary army, Russia has taken care of Britain’s efforts to deal with the Ottoman Empire. The main battlefield of this war is France. Now the casualties of soldiers have already exceeded more than two million, and the French government is a little breathless.
"General Xiafei, rest assured, now our government has recruited 300,000 troops to prepare for Europe. With these 300,000 troops, Britain can deploy a certain amount of troops, and our total forces will once again occupy the wind. I don’t want to say that it is not impossible to defend Paris from the war wave or to drive the Germans to the pre-war position! But we are definitely not going to drive the Germans back now. We have no ability. Retreat is my only choice, General Xia Fei. We are running out of time and we must make a decision as soon as possible! "
Pershing persuaded again
Xia Fei stamped his feet hard, and there was nothing he could do. Pershing Haig had already stated his interests to himself, but no, they said that he had also seen it clearly. The allied forces of the three countries had completely lost this World War I and had to withdraw from the Somme River!
With the consent of Xia Fei, the allied forces of the three countries had to withdraw from the battle and make an emergency evacuation in the direction of Paris. The Germans had to wait for no man to chase after them for 90 kilometers before stopping the pursuit.
At this time, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms had just stabilized, but to their surprise, the losses suffered by the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms were more serious than expected, which was more than half a month. Plus, it was guessed that the casualties of the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms had exceeded 600,000! It’s so debilitating!
The three men looked at each other and Alexander, especially Xia Fei, lost so much that he, the general commander, had an unshirkable responsibility!
The three of them have to say that Faliere, the French president in Paris, really can’t bear the pressure any longer. Three countries beat others, but one of them still lost. The allied forces of the three countries are too timid, not ordinary cowards. We must change coaches as soon as possible!
Faliere a paper imperial edict in addition to the plane general, marshal petain, the commander-in-chief of the three-nation allied forces, was responsible for the entire command of the western front war.
Xia Fei resigned and handed over all the troops to Petain, but changing coaches can reverse the current passive situation. The answer is that it is impossible for the Germans to win the victory over Wei. Where is it willing to relax and continue to attack the allied forces of the three countries?
Britain, America, France and France are completely passive!
Chapter one thousand nine hundred and forty-two Arab uprising
It is Germany that has just regained the initiative of the battlefield on the western front and has once again fallen into greater passivity!
The problem did not appear in the main battlefield in Europe, but in the southern battlefield. Although Bulgaria’s Austro-Hungarian Empire has been threatening and containing Russia and Italy’s military forces, Russia and Italy are evenly matched and it is difficult to win or lose in a short time, but one member of the allied camp can’t support it. This member is the southernmost Ottoman Empire!
Britain corrected the allies, and each small country’s own 400,000 troops relied on the advantages of the British Empire. The naval fleet launched attacks against the Ottoman Empire again and again. The Ottoman Empire’s population exceeded 100 million, and its strength was millions of square kilometers. Several countries in the Ottoman Empire launched a tragic confrontation. Although the Ottoman Empire could not defeat the powerful allied forces with its own military advantages, it was still able to maintain the balance of power. The Ottoman Empire encountered great resistance and paid a huge price, but failed to defeat the main army of the Ottoman Empire. Both sides were completely deadlocked.
Moreover, the most exciting thing is that the Ottoman Empire in the Caucasus region has beaten a part of the southern invasion of the Russian Empire, which has stabilized the situation around the Ottoman Empire. The strength of the Ottoman Empire has enabled Germany to concentrate on coping with the tension on the east and west fronts. If it is not for Osman’s underestimation, even the third-line war will be even more tragic!
However, when Germany’s western front turned the tables, it was sad that the Ottoman Empire was not defeated by the Allies camp, but it was defeated by itself.
The Ottoman Empire spans the three countries of Asia, Europe and Africa, covering the whole Mediterranean Sea. However, this region is the most complex region in the world in terms of nationality, religion and politics. Wars have broken out continuously throughout history, bringing great war trauma and class hatred to the people in this region.
Since the Ottoman Empire ruled Armenia, Arabs, Kurds and other ethnic groups, they have had their own hatred and contradictions. The great pressure of the world war has made the contradictions among ethnic groups more serious. In addition, the war has brought great damage to the social economy, making the life of the people in the Ottoman Empire more and more difficult.
Under such great pressure, the Arab uprising broke out!
Since the middle of the last century, nationalism and democratic revolution have been pouring into the Ottoman Empire, which has prompted some nationalities and vassals in the Ottoman Empire to begin to produce independent ideas. After decades of development, this trend has intensified and finally spread to the whole Ottoman Empire, and then a world war broke out in Europe. When all contradictions have accumulated to a certain extent, volcanoes are bound to erupt.
In October 1914, the people were overwhelmed by the great pressure of war, and finally they no longer endured the corrupt rule of the Ottoman Empire. The Arab nation first launched a national uprising in the Middle East.
Hussein, the leader of the Arab nation in Hanzhihang Province, led the Arab army to attack the Ottoman army stationed near Mecca, which opened the prelude to the Arab uprising, and ethnic armed forces in West Asia, Syria and other places also joined in the fight against the Ottoman rule. This uprising was strongly supported by the camp of Britain’s first allied country, and Britain donated a large number of weapons to the Arab army in one breath, including an amazing number of heavy weapons!
Only half a month later, the Arab army of the Allied countries attacked the Ottoman army from outside, and the defeat was disastrous. The defeat was driven out of the province of Hanzhi by Hussein in one breath, and the rule of Hanzhi in the Ottoman Empire quickly fell apart.
In the next half month, a large number of areas in the city, such as Liankeda, Mecca and Taif, began to join the rebel camp and declared their independence from the Ottoman Empire. During the Allied War, the Ottoman Empire was severely stabbed by a rebellion, and this knife was stabbed in a fatal position. The Ottoman Empire began to adjust its troops to suppress the Arab national uprising
It was the Ottoman army that just turned the spear to the Allies’ camp, and the attack became more intense. Foellenz, commander-in-chief of the Allied Coalition Forces, commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to launch a new round of onslaught against the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire could no longer resist the Allies’ attack and lost one after another. The Allied army pushed the front forward for 200 kilometers, and the defeat of the Ottoman Empire was set.
Not long after, Arab leader Hussein announced that his Arab king had formally established the Arab Kingdom.
The Ottoman Empire was completely in a panic, and Arab independence would be the death of the empire. The whole Arab region occupied two-thirds of the territory of the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire’s status as an international power would be completely lost if it became independent.