According to Roque's usual practice, the 2nd Cavalry Division and the 11th Cavalry Division suffered heavy losses in the previous stage of the battle and now withdrew to the second line to rest.
Neither Don Juan nor Wei Zheng agreed to do this. The most brutal encounters and hand-to-hand combat had passed. Now it was time to reap the results. The 2nd Cavalry Division and the 11th Cavalry Division would not give up the honor of recovering lost ground to the African Division.
Both Britain and France have begun to publicize the victory of the expeditionary force. According to the practice of the British and French coalition forces, the campaign launched by the expeditionary force was called "Operation Victory Horn." During this period, newspapers published negative information about the southern African expeditionary force.
Sweeping it all away, you must know that before this, there were quite a lot of voices criticizing the Southern African Expeditionary Force for its inaction, which led to the failure of the "New Year's Offensive".
Of course, according to the practice of the British and French coalition forces, the losses of the German army in "Operation Victory Horn" were determined to be more than 200,000 people, and this number is still increasing.
Compared with the customary exaggeration of German losses by double, the losses of the Southern African Expeditionary Force were reported truthfully. If it were placed in the British and French coalition forces, the report would usually be reduced by half. However, the casualties of the Southern African Expeditionary Force are not as high as the German casualties.
The numbers were so small in comparison that even London and Paris couldn't believe it. Kitchener had also come to France to make sure that Roque had not tampered with the casualty figures.
Rock would not conceal the number of casualties, and even raised the number of casualties a bit when reporting.
The cost of treatment for the wounded soldiers of the Southern African Expeditionary Force and the pensions for the fallen soldiers had to be paid by the British and French forces.
When Kitchener met Roque, he read to Roque the commendation order written by George V for Roque, and also brought Roque a Medal of the Garter.
In the British medal system, the Order of the Garter has a similar status to the Victoria Cross, and is also known as the most difficult honor to obtain.
There are even fewer soldiers who have won the Victoria Cross and the Garter at the same time. There may be some, but as far as Rock knows, there is no one alive. Kitchener also appointed Rock as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force.
This means that Roark now has command of the British Expeditionary Force.
This is definitely a huge threat to Franco.
However, Roque did not make it difficult for Frenzi. In Roque's report, "Operation Victory Horn" was commanded by Roque and Frenzi together, although "Operation Victory Horn" had nothing to do with Frenzi from beginning to end.
any relationship.
It cannot be said that, at least after the German army retreated, the British Expeditionary Force and the Belgian Army pursued the German army.
"Lord Nyasaland, you have created a miracle. In just one month, you have been awarded the Victoria Cross and the Order of the Garter. This is unique in the British Empire. Congratulations!" Kitchener didn't know how to be like Luo.
Congratulations, Kitchener just said similar words to Rock more than half a month ago.
Rock stood at attention and saluted, and did not say anything like "Glory belongs to everyone". White people don't pay attention to this. What's yours is yours. With the Victoria Cross, even if Rock doesn't do anything from now on, in the
The British military system can also go sideways.
"Congratulations, Lord Nyasaland"
"Great job, I'm proud of you!"
"You and your troops are acting like our protectors!"
Joffre, French, Smith Dolin, Marcos Lloyd and others lined up to shake hands with Roque and congratulate Roque. Haig also had a smile on his face. He now had a deep understanding of
See, small reports are useless to Rock.
Although the Southern African Expeditionary Force is also within the combat system of the British Expeditionary Force, Rock's identity is too special. He is the Viscount of Nyasaland and will soon be made an earl. At the same time, he also controls the territory including Nyasaland.
The huge military-industrial system, nobility and medals within the military-industrial complex may be dispensable to the British Empire, but the Nyasaland military-industrial complex is very important to the current British Empire.
Not only the British Empire, but also the current Nyasaland Military-Industrial Group is very important to the entire Allied Powers, irreplaceable importance.
"What are you going to do next, Lord Nyasaland? Your Majesty and I are looking forward to more surprises from you!" Kitchener looked at Roark with burning eyes at this time. The British and French forces were making no progress on the front line.
, Kitchener, the Secretary of War, was also under a lot of pressure.
Kitchener also took a big risk when he agreed to give Roark independent command. At that time, not only within the British army, but also the British government and opposition parties were questioning Kitchener's decision.
Now that Rock and the Southern African Expeditionary Force have finally repaid Kitchener's trust with their outstanding performance on the battlefield, Kitchener's giving of command to Rock is no longer an insider deal, but a stroke of imagination. Someone in the British Parliament is already helping.
Rock built momentum and believed that only by serving as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, Rock could lead the British troops to win the final victory of the World War.
The person who spared no effort to help was Winston. Winston hoped that Roque would serve as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, so that Winston, as Minister of the Navy, could cooperate with Roque. Now French is competing with Winston for the new troops.
If Roque serves as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, although there will still be competition for the command, Roque will definitely be able to communicate better than Franco.
"I'm sorry, Marshal, I can't make any promises to you. Although we won the victory, the troops suffered heavy losses and need time to rest and recuperate." Roque returned to his previous state of indifference, but at this time Kitchener was definitely
I don't mind Rock's attitude.
Just like Xiafei's "eat small bites slowly", Roque will decisively join the troops to fight when he finds an opportunity.
Unlike Joffre, the "Operation Victory Horn" organized by Rock was a complete victory, but the "New Year's Offensive" organized by Joffre failed. If possible, Kitchener would rather have a Rock than
Ten thousand Xiafei.
"Lord Nyasaland, I hope that if there is another time, you can inform me in time, so that we can achieve a greater victory." Xiafei was so jealous that he was going crazy, but with the results here, Xiafei was the real winner.
No matter how crazy you are, you can't erase Rock's record.
The reason why I say this is because when the internal conflicts in the German army broke out some time ago, Falkenhayn once erased the names of Hindenburg and Ludendorff from the victory report. It is hard to imagine that such a childish thing would happen in a country.
On the Minister of War of the most powerful country in the world.
So next, Wilhelm II dismissed Falkenhayn as Minister of War.
"The battle situation is changing rapidly, and the fighter planes are fleeting. I only ordered the troops to attack after I discovered the fog. There was not much time." Roque did not want to blame anyone, but with people like Joffre and Frenzi staying in Paris to command the front line
Even if the opportunity arises, Xiafei and Frenzi will not know the fighting style.
"God still favors us. If Lord Nyasaland hadn't launched a sudden attack, then we would have suffered heavy losses. How embarrassed the Germans are now, how embarrassed we will be." What did Kitchener think of Rock at this time?
Pleasant to the eyes.
Speaking of Prince of Prussia Eitel Friedrich and his First Guard Regiment are tragic enough. It is said that after learning that the First Guard Regiment was completely wiped out, Eitel Friedrich vomited in the headquarters.
He was bleeding, and then fell ill, and now he has returned to Königsberg, the home of the Hohenzollern family, to recuperate.
This is really a good thing. Without Rock's impromptu initiative, Eitel Friedrich would have caused heavy casualties to the Southern African Expeditionary Force even if he could not completely defeat it.
Now everything has become a thing of the past. The German army has lost its most elite troops. Roque has become a hero of the Allied Powers. The French government is considering granting Roque the title of Marshal. Although this is definitely an honorary title and does not have the rights that a marshal should have, it also represents
France's affirmation of Roque.
"Next we should continue the offensive, capture Ghent and advance to Brussels to drive the Germans out of Belgium completely." King Albert I of Belgium, whose throne is always under threat, is also present. He is still resenting Roque and southern Africa, but
Don't dare to show it.
It was Albert I who just described Roque as a "protector".
Albert I could not forget that it was because of southern Africa that Belgium lost the Congo Free State.
But Albert I did not dare to show any resentment towards Roque now. He still expected Roque and the Southern African Expeditionary Force to fight bravely and drive the Germans out of Belgium.
Foch's threat to Albert I was always there. If all of Belgium fell, Albert I would lose his throne.
"It is impossible for us to attack now. Not only do the troops need to rest and recuperate, but the weather conditions do not allow it. The snow in Ghent is already one meter deep. Every step forward for the troops is very difficult. I have ordered the troops to stop the attack and set up a defense line in place.
, before the snow melts, the troops have no ability to attack." Roque did not save face for Albert I. Roque could understand Albert I's mood, but the reality did not allow it.
There was indeed heavy snow after the heavy fog. Starting from the 16th, heavy snow fell across Belgium, creating increasingly serious difficulties for the troops' offensive and logistics.
When Germany was attacking, the Belgian army destroyed all railways, roads, and bridges in Belgium in order to delay the German advance.
In the German-occupied areas, road conditions are gradually recovering. It was the Belgians who blew up the roads, and the ones who repaired the roads were Belgians who were forcibly requisitioned by the German army.
Now the German army is retreating. In order to delay the allied attack, the German army will blow up the newly repaired road again. It is estimated that it will not be long before the road is built by the Belgians.
While the Southern African Expeditionary Force was advancing towards Ghent, the reinforcements Kitchener had promised to France were also arriving in France.
These reinforcements are not troops trained in the UK, but Australian and New Zealand forces from Canada, India, and Australia. In any case, French now has 300,000 troops, plus 200,000 troops in southern Africa. The British Expeditionary Force is in
France's military strength exceeded 500,000 for the first time.
