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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 976 Earth-shattering

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    On August 20, 1918, Germany's long-awaited autumn offensive finally kicked off. Faced with the swarm of new American troops arriving in France, Ludendorff and Hindenburg could no longer wait any longer. With the help of the Eastern Front and the  During the peace negotiations with the Volga Federation, the German high command redeployed all the remaining 35 divisions on the eastern front, leaving only 3 army groups and 9 divisions stationed in Poland, Western Ukraine and Romania. This reduced the main German force on the western front from 204 divisions.  The number has increased to 230 divisions, and they are fully staffed.

    The 100 infantry divisions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were used as reserves, and 60 of them entered the reserve positions 40 kilometers behind the Hindenburg Line of Defense. The main German army only left 40 divisions as reserves, and they moved in two directions at once.  190 main infantry divisions, 3,500 aircraft, 12,000 artillery pieces, more than 50,000 light and heavy machine guns, and 35,000 mortars were deployed to launch the attack.

    On the Allied defense line on the front of the German offensive, there were 94 French divisions and 60 British divisions, as well as 60 American divisions as second-line reserves (equivalent to 120 British or French divisions), 12 Belgian divisions and 4 Portuguese divisions.  The division is in a third-line reserve position, and the Allied forces on the Western Front do not have an advantage because after the Chun summer offensive, only two-thirds of the 154 infantry divisions combined by the British and French armies have been replenished and restored, and the new  The U.S. military divisions that were reinforced on the Western Front in Europe still lacked combat experience and did not even have enough machine guns. The cannons had to be supplied by the French. The aircraft of the U.S. Air Force were almost all French Camels and British SE5s

    The defensive side relied on trenches, barbed wire, and a comprehensive network of traffic trenches and anti-gun holes. The number of aircraft of the Allied Air Force on the Western Front reached an astonishing 4,500, but in terms of combat effectiveness, it was only the same as the 3,000 German fighter jets. The new life  Nearly 500 fighter planes from 6 fighter wings of the U.S. Army Air Force appeared in the skies on the Western Front with real weapons and weapons. The brave American young man fulfilled the wishes of more German ace pilots with a shooting down rate of three to one.  The birth also put the air superiority of the Western Front Allied Forces at risk.

    The trump card of the Allied forces on the Western Front was the 600 Matilta tanks. However, during the trench defense phase, these tanks lost their mobility and became fixed firepower points. The German heavy artillery and bombings caused heavy casualties to the British and French tank units. The Germans used  With all the energy to eat, Ludendorff maintained a continuous offensive for a week and tore the coalition's defense line into three pieces. Ludendorff's tactic this time was not to defend at all, but to attack with all his strength. This style of play is in  It is very sharp when attacking, but if the opponent outflanks the back, there will be a huge crisis.

    By August 28th, the two German army groups advanced 2,030 kilometers. The main force of the German East Group captured Amiens, cutting off the communication between the British and French armies, and almost drove the British army to the seaside and forced the French army towards Paris.  After the German army broke through the opponent's two lines of defense, it was blocked by 40 U.S. divisions who came up with reinforcements.

    Immediately after Ludendorff adjusted his tactics, he clustered 100 divisions of the main German army from the west to attack along the Marne River. Although they advanced 1,520 kilometers, they suffered losses of up to 150,000 troops. On August 29, the main German army broke through the French defense line and occupied Soissons, pushing the  To the Marne River, only 37 kilometers away from Paris, the German army suffered 250,000 casualties in ten days, and the allied forces on the opposite side suffered as many as 350,000 casualties.

    The initiative on the battlefield was still in the hands of the attacking side. Then Ludendorff made a desperate move and filled in all 40 divisions as reserves in one go. The German fourth offensive lasted for 5 days from September 1st to 5th and was successful.  It connected the German defense lines in two prominent areas of Amiens and the Marne River to shorten the front, achieving the purpose of concentrating its forces to threaten Paris.  At this moment, the British and French allied forces lost 30 divisions, the US military lost 5 divisions, and the German army lost 28 divisions. Since the German army took the offensive initiative and compressed the Western Front Allied Forces to the outskirts of Paris, all battlefield captures were captured by the German army.  trophies, and the losses of weapons and equipment of the US, British and French forces far exceeded that of the German army.

    Although the German army paid a huge price for its victory on the Western Front, it took the initiative on the battlefield. Foch, the commander-in-chief of the Western Front Allied Forces, and Pershing, the commander-in-chief of the US Army, had serious differences. Since Paris has always been an almost undefended city,  Therefore, when the Marne River and peripheral strategic locations such as Amiens and Soissons were lost, it was almost impossible to defend Paris. The Americans suggested abandoning Paris and lengthening the front so that the main force of the German army would be disconnected from the front and rear, while the coalition forces would shrink back and reorganize their forces, etc.  Counterattack when the time is right.

    The French attributed the defeat of the battle to the low combat effectiveness of the American recruits. Although they were brave, they did not have the ability to hold their positions. They were unable to decisively invest troops in the counterattack, and they did not even dare to face more than 10,000 casualties every day. The Americans heard this.  Furious, Pershing's first line of eight U.S. divisions that were the first to enter the French battlefield filled the breach of the Marne River regardless of casualties. Although the U.S. casualties were only 5 divisions, they were all veterans who were the first to participate in the war. Of course, the Americans couldn't stand this.  !

    As for the new American divisions, they are large in number but weak in combat effectiveness. If the front-line attack collapses, the coalition forces will not be able to hold Paris, or even??Tell the Germans to drive them into the sea to feed the fish!

    Telegrams like snowflakes flew from the Western Front to the Eastern Front, flying to the Eastern Front Allied Forces Headquarters in Samara. The British and French governments used the harshest terms to demand that the Chinese king launch an attack on the Ukrainian battlefield on the Eastern Front, stab the Germans in the back, and kill the German barbarians.  Bringing the cattle back from the suburbs of Paris would at least delay Ludendorff's attack. In terms of combat effectiveness, a German infantry division on the Western Front could repel the defense of two British and French infantry divisions during the attack, and could even block 3 soldiers during the defense.  An attack by a British and French infantry division. Although the strength of the two sides was not much different, the impressive combat power of the German army allowed them to occupy the initiative on the Western Front battlefield!

    Germany was overjoyed with the victory of the German Autumn Offensive. Field tour groups who flattered and touted the Army's supreme command went to the front line one after another to labor and express condolences. However, both Ludendorff and Hindenburg knew very well that Germany's industrial strength  It is not as good as the United States, its military potential is not as good as that of the United States, its navy is not as good as that of the United Kingdom, and its air force may not even be able to defeat the Chinese Air Force in the future. Germany alone will never win the final victory no matter how hard it can fight. The purpose of the autumn offensive is to use victory to achieve a glorious victory.  Armistice, once Paris is captured, the hatred will be so deep that there will be no solution!

    In early September, when the Western Front's Paris defense line was in danger, the German army unexpectedly slowed down its offensive. At the same time, the Samara government, which had just announced that the Eastern Ukrainian Autonomous Republic and the Russian Autonomous Republic had voluntarily joined the Volga Federation, officially issued a message to the world.  We proposed an initiative to negotiate an armistice between the Allied Powers and the Entente Powers, and to end this war that was destined to be unjust from the beginning with dignity and a responsible attitude towards history!
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