At this time, Europe was turbulent and war broke out everywhere.
In France, the Battle of Paris is still in full swing. Britain, France, and Germany have continued to invest 2.4 million people to fight around Paris. Both sides have suffered heavy casualties, and the total casualties have reached one million. It can be said that it is the largest battle in the current war.
In newspapers, the huge casualties suffered by both sides in the Paris area were described as a meat grinder.
The current situation on the battlefield in Paris is that the British and French troops have the upper hand, but under the stubborn resistance of the German army, they are still some distance away from recapturing Paris.
Apart from the meat grinder that shocked the world in Paris, the fighting in Transcarpathia has come to an end.
After a bloody battle in which the Austrian army suffered heavy casualties, and with the support of the German army, the Austrian army won the battle in the Transcarpathian Mountains.
For this reason, the Russian army suffered nearly 300,000 casualties, and the German and Austrian armies also suffered nearly 200,000 casualties. However, the vast majority of these casualties came from the Austrian army, and the German casualties were just over 10,000.
After resisting the Russian attack, the Austrians now set their sights on Serbia.
At this time, the Austrians prepared more than 200,000 people and asked Germany for help, while Berlin sent the 17th Army, whose commander was the prestigious General Mackensen.
Subsequently, nearly 300,000 German and Austrian troops attacked Serbia from the north, and as an ally, Italy also sent an army from Kosovo to contain the Serbian army from the west.
In addition, the new ally Bulgaria is not far behind. Although it is fighting Greece on the Cuastos River, Bulgaria also sent more than 100,000 troops to attack Serbia for North Macedonia.
One more thing to say here is that Bulgaria currently has nearly 400,000 troops and has recruited so many people for a population of more than 3 million. It can be seen how desperate it is. Moreover, Bulgaria is also the country with the highest recruitment ratio now, and it may also be the leader of this war.
The country with the highest proportion of war conscription.
While fighting bloody battles with the Greeks, the Bulgarians still had the energy to besiege Seville. They indeed deserved the reputation of Balkan Prussia.
In addition, the Ottomans not only fought against the British in Palestine, but also attacked Georgia. However, compared with the back-and-forth battles with the British in Palestine, the Ottoman army that attacked the Caucasus suffered a failure.
The 11th Army, commanded by Hassan Izet Pasha, tried to attack the Sarkamysh area, but was repelled by the main force of the Caucasus Army. Both sides suffered 59,000 Turkish casualties and 34,000 Russian casualties.
This is much stronger than in the original history. You must know that in the original history, it was a disastrous defeat, but this time it can barely be considered evenly matched. The reason for all this is of course that Osman organized the German army earlier, making it more numerous and better-equipped.
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The war was fought not only in Europe, but also in Asia and Africa.
In Southeast Asia, the Japanese army is close to conquering the Bataan Peninsula, the last stronghold of the German army on Luzon Island. As for Italy's Borneo colony, it is unlikely that it will survive the war.
In addition, I would like to add that Yuan Weiting, Carlo's old friend from the Far East, is in a dilemma at this time because he is accepting the enticement of the Allied Powers.
As a country with the largest population, people are also resources. For Britain, France and Russia, especially France, a large number of adult men are recruited, resulting in an extreme shortage of workers in domestic industry and agriculture.
However, although the Allied Powers offered generous terms, they still made the Beiyang Group that ruled China very hesitant.
Europe is all crazy, and the risk of getting involved is too high. In addition, China generally has a very good impression of Germany and Italy. Most of the various weapons equipped by the army are purchased and imported from Germany, Italy and Austria. Therefore,
This also makes it very difficult for it to change in a short period of time.
And in the desolate African continent, the two sides are also fighting.
In German West Africa, Germany failed to block the British and French attacks. Now most of its colonies in West Africa have been occupied. Only northern Cameroon is still in the hands of the German army. However, it only has more than 4,000 colonial troops and its time is running out.
In German South-West Africa, its territory had been occupied by British troops.
As for German East Africa, things were much better.
Under the leadership of General Walbeck, German East Africa was extremely active. It first attacked some towns in southern Kenya, and then repelled the landing British and Indian troops in Tanga, causing the loss of more than 5,000 people.
Facing the brave and capable German East African army, the British knew that it would be difficult to solve the problem of German East Africa and Italian East Africa without a large number of troops. Considering the urgent need to solve the problem of Italian East Africa, the British army dispatched 50,000 troops from Kenya to deploy on its border.
This is not a small number. You must know that the German army in East Africa only has more than 12,000 people. The combat effectiveness of the German army in East Africa can be seen by defending with four times the number of troops.
The German army in East Africa has a strong combat effectiveness, which is also attributed to General Walbeck. The largest number of German troops in East Africa are indigenous Africans. General Walbeck trains these indigenous people according to German army standards and treats his own soldiers equally. This also allows him to gain the respect of these indigenous peoples.
Love, the battle is naturally not comparable to that of the British colonial army, and it is not surprising to defeat the British colonial army.
The scale of the battle in German East Africa was not large. The truly large-scale battle in Africa was not the one fought by Italy and France in Tunisia, but the Italian East Africa campaign that had just begun.
The British and French troops sent 216,000 and 253,000 troops from Sudan and Kenya respectively to attack Italian East Africa from the north and the south. In addition to colonial troops, Britain and France also sent nearly 100,000 local troops.
This shows how much attention is paid to Italian East Africa, which is stuck in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean and threatens the British Empire's Asian routes. Even if it is against the Allies' Indian Ocean Combined Fleet, this threatening area must be destroyed first.
In addition, the British Indian Ocean Fleet also went to the coast of Italian East Africa to conduct artillery bombardments to contain the Italian Navy and some of its forces.
Facing the heavy pressure of the British and French troops, the commander of the Italian Eastern Army, General Burinin, commanded more than 300,000 Italian troops to resist the Ethiopian army.
On the southern front, the two sides fought fierce battles in Kismayo, Gili, and Buale on the banks of the Miba River. More than 300,000 people on both sides fought around the lower reaches of the Miba River, which is nearly 300 kilometers long. The current battle line is in this area.
There have been repeated battles over the region, and it is still unclear who will win.
The battle on the southern front was difficult, but the northern front was much better. 180,000 British troops on the northern front attacked the Italian troops stationed on the defense line of the Hagarnish Plateau.
Although the British army carried 7-inch heavy artillery, the continuous fortifications made the British army's progress very slow. As the commander of the northern front, Lieutenant General Zelos used the defense line to consume the opponent, and slowly retreated in the middle of the defense line, allowing the troops to
As if unable to resist, they retreated backwards, leading a British army group of more than 100,000 people into the gap.
Then it launched a pincer offensive from both wings, and finally surrounded and annihilated more than 60,000 British troops. The British troops on the northern front were severely weakened, and they could only retreat first and slowly lick their wounds. However, they still concentrated heavily on the border.
Contained the Italian army on the northern front.
In addition, in the direction of Ethiopia, the British army also sent more than 50,000 people to attack the Tana Lake line. As an important grain-producing area in Ethiopia, of course they did not want to see this area occupied by the British army, so the Ethiopian army gathered heavy troops here to fight with it.
As the king, Ejasu went to the front line personally to direct the battle, and the two sides fought fiercely there.
However, Ethiopia has a strong military force. Although it is not elite, it is still gradually gaining an advantage. However, the British army's approach has obviously achieved its goal of containing the Ethiopian army, although this has cost them a lot of losses.
At this time, the fierce fighting in East Africa caused Italy to speed up preparations for the Egyptian campaign. Only by capturing Egypt can the sea transportation from Rome to Massawa be opened up, threatening India, which Britain attaches most importance to. Therefore, the preparations cannot be accelerated.
East Africa's troops and ammunition cannot withstand prolonged consumption.
