In the last week of June, this war-torn planet has not yet fully digested the news that the Royal Navy across the seven seas was injured in the battle of Orkney.
Italy has become a sea of ??joy. The war speculators and loudmouth giants of the Apennine Peninsula were glad that they followed the right boss, but at the same time they ignored the fact that their army suffered heavy losses and the domestic economy was about to collapse, like a buzzing fly with its eyes wide open. Look for any potential benefits.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire also breathed a sigh of relief. After the huge double-headed eagle empire collapsed, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, located in the heart of Europe, no longer had any rivals. To the south of Vienna was the Ottoman Empire, to the southwest was Italy, and to the west was Germany. Before fighting at home, one must first settle the foreign. In the view of the Busburg family, they can only stop fighting and enjoy a life of being brothers within the four seas, drawing swords and looking around at a loss. The only thing worth considering is the axis of the Allies, and the prosperity and loss of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Will Germany be unable to hold on and collapse?
Judging from the Battle of the Orkney Islands, the victory of the Allies was just around the corner, so the relieved Habsburg began to indulge in sensuality until the moment the empire was destroyed.
The Empire of Japan, which was swallowing Germany's interests in the Far East, was so frightened that it secretly sent special envoys to contact Germany secretly to discuss the possibility of a separate peace.
"It's a pity that a declaration of war is a declaration of war. How can the opened Pandora cartridge be easily closed?" Not to mention Wang Heidi's personal resentment towards Japan, even the Army and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were unwilling to accept the Japanese's pretentiousness. The Japanese could only be dealt with in every possible way by the German negotiating team headed by Heidi Silem in the post-war Amsterdam negotiations. press.
The Americans forcibly shelved their plan to send the third batch of army troops to Europe and focused on fighting a war of words with Britain and France. The Americans, who lost four battleships, complained about the British's nearly "betrayal" of their duties in the Battle of Orkney Islands. In terms of the use of the first two batches of European aid armies, the Americans were directly at odds with Britain and France. When the American soldiers came to Europe with red eyes, the mission assigned to them by the hateful British and Frenchmen was not to retake Paris or guard the communication lines. Instead, he helped the British government suppress the mob in Ireland as a disgraceful executioner, and replaced the French military headquarters whose head was caught in the door to quell the mutiny on the Paris front line.
"We are not the National Guard!" This was the most common sentence heard by American military reporters and chaplains in June of the war.
The French are still struggling with the rebels on the front line in Paris. The donkeys in the French headquarters refused to negotiate and demanded that hundreds of thousands of rebels hand over all their weapons. Otherwise, they would destroy the mutinous troops with thunder and hang the rebel leaders. They were completely unaware of the mutiny of the Paris frontline troops. It is the last heavily armed group in France that can be strategically maneuvered. The only ones they can use to counter the rebellion are more than 30,000 American soldiers equipped with some fire sticks, no cannons, and no will to fight.
In addition to deploying their pocket army deployed in France, the British, together with the first batch of 50,000 American reinforcements, landed on the island of Ireland to counterattack the rebels. They are still searching for their naval base in every possible way, claiming at one moment that the performance of the modified old British battleships is no less than that of ordinary dreadnoughts, and at the next claiming that the Admiralty's repair work on the Orkney sunken ship is going smoothly, and that the number of capital ships in the British Empire will be restored immediately. To twenty ships, there was hysterical clamor that the British Empire would once again rebuild the Grand Fleet. It seems that this can intimidate the glorious Ocean Fleet from taking the opportunity to do something.
The Oceanic Fleet is indeed preparing to do something, after the Oceanic Fleet returns to the Admiralty. Chief of Staff Raeder immediately submitted a Sea Lion plan aimed at sinking the British Isles to the Admiralty. This plan is all-encompassing, including the First Reconnaissance Group cooperating with light cruisers to blockade the waters off the British Isles, the main force of the Ocean Fleet sweeping the British coastline, the Marine Corps first occupying the Shetland Islands and even the Orkney Islands, aircraft carriers bombing Greater London, and all The Berlin airship carried out psychological warfare, supported the Irish Revolutionary Army, and incited antagonism between Scotland and England. Finally, the United Empire Army directly crossed the English Channel and landed on the British island.
The Navy is busy preparing for the Sea Lion Project, and the German Army on the Western Front, which has been increasingly marginalized due to poor performance, is also taking action.
The Supreme Command gave up its plan to retake Paris and chose to bypass Paris and fight a mobile war to sweep the French rear.
This plan is somewhat confusing.
To be honest, the prosperous and prosperous Paris has been evacuated by the German army. Today, Paris is almost in ruins except for its symbolic role as the capital of France. The actual strategic value is not high. In addition, the French military group entrenched in Paris has become a separatist force that is not controlled by the French government. Not only does the German army have no need to help the French with household affairs, but they also support the French in fighting the civil war. plan, so bypassing Paris is not a fanciful idea. The question is where the German army's remote warfare comes from.
?After the failure of the initial quick-war plan in 1914, the German army fell into difficult positional warfare and was never able to engage in efficient mobile warfare, eventually exhausting all its energy. It is now 1917. Although the French army is weak, the German army is also incomplete. Neither the troops nor the logistics on the western front can guarantee the German army to carry out a large-scale mobile war.
"Let those guys rack their brains and guess what the Western Front Army's remote warfare will contain. No one knows that I have taken the opportunity to transfer the Army back to the mainland" A dark office in the Berlin Army Headquarters also serves as the Berlin garrison. Ludendorff, the Imperial Recruitment Director of the Guard Commander, squinted his eyes, sneered and threw the dart in his hand at the wall where the photos of Imperial Regent Max and Prime Minister Friedrich von Hedlin were pinned.
Munitions Director Ludendorff, Imperial Regent Max and Prime Minister Friedrich von Hedlin, this is what Berliners jokingly called the "Reich Big Three" after Emperor Wilhelm abdicated. The Imperial Navy God of War Heidi Seelem could also have been included in the political arena. Although he is a giant in the ranks, Berliners are accustomed to treating Sealem as a soldier rather than a dirty politician.
"General, do you really not consider joining the navy?" Rear Admiral William Grenell worried: "After the great victory in Orkney, Heidi Seelem's personal prestige has surpassed that of you and General Hindenburg, and her attitude in the navy is unclear. It seems a bit reckless to choose to go it alone under the premise.¡±
"Involving Silem can indeed easily break up the political alliance between Prince Max and Prime Minister Hedlin, and even have the opportunity to kill the old guy who is hiding behind these two people for fame. However, I refuse!" Accompanied by Ludendorff! With a cold tone, the dart flew into the photo of Prime Minister Hedlin. "Grenelle, you can understand this to mean that I don't have the confidence to compete with Heidi Sillem for leadership. Sillem is not a good politician, and this is exactly what I fear most!"
Ludendorff left without saying anything. The Western Army was secretly moving towards the mainland border, and the Berlin Garrison Headquarters was secretly clearing out forces belonging to Hindenburg, so the Imperial Requirements Director was very busy.
After Ludendorff left, the dim office fell silent. Major General William Grenell touched the pictures with darts nailed on the wall, shook his head and murmured softly: "It's because Heidi Sillem is not a qualified politician." , so political exchange cannot be carried out, or do you feel the threat of the navy and see Sealem as a powerful opponent for power, or do you simply have no interests that can impress a pure soldier?" (To be continued.)