At the end of June, after a period of silence, the fighting on the Western Front first broke out in Yamin.
The troops jointly sent by Australia and New Zealand to Europe to participate in the European War were called the Anzac Corps. During the war, John Monash gradually became the commander of the Anzac Corps.
The Allied counterattack in Ame began with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps led by John Monash.
John Monash was a very smart general, and without Qin Zhiyuan, he might have been the smartest commander on both sides of the war.
John Monash was born in Australia. His parents were Jews from Germany, so many people don't like John Monash.
Like many people who initially did not accept Qin Zhiyuan from the Far East, everyone who had worked with John Monash was full of admiration for John Monash, and then ignored the label on John Monash, even including King George V of the United Kingdom.
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Before John Monash launched the attack known as the Battle of Hamel, John Monash had just been knighted by George V and promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.
Conservative forces in the UK questioned George V's decision, but John Monash quickly proved with actions that he was worthy of these honors.
John Monash carefully studied Qin Zhiyuan's tactics during the battle with the Germans and highly praised Qin Zhiyuan. During the Battle of Hamel, John Monash comprehensively used all weapons and equipment, including machine guns, cannons, tanks, and aircraft, to formulate a careful plan.
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The plan was implemented very smoothly. The troops commanded by John Monash ended the battle within 93 minutes, annihilating a German division and capturing thousands of Germans, with minimal casualties.
The Battle of Hamel was small in scale, but it ensured the safety of Amin and at the same time opened a channel for the Allied Powers to attack.
When John Monash won, the British immediately became arrogant. They promoted John Monash as the best soldier of the Allies. At the same time, they printed John Monash's tactics into pamphlets and distributed them to everyone in the British army.
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The French were unhappy about this and looked down upon John Monash.
The tactics used by John Monash have been used by Qin Zhiyuan several times, and each time he achieved a more brilliant victory than the Battle of Hamel. The British respected John Monash so much simply because John Monash came from the Commonwealth.
When John Monash launched the Battle of Hamel, the French and American forces commanded by Mangin and George Patton also began to attack the German army.
Foch activated Mangin from the reserve list and ordered Mangin to serve as commander of the Ninth Army. Together with George Patton Bastian, he drove the Germans back to Amifontein.
The former commander of the Ninth Army, Denis Duchene, was responsible for the defeat in the Champagne-Chalons area. An investigation team has been set up to investigate Denis Duchene's dereliction of duty during the battle. Until the results come out, Denis Duchene cannot go anywhere for the time being.
In early July, the counterattack started from Crepion. The U.S. military advanced frontally, with Mangin's 9th Army on the left and Bastian's 5th Army on the right. Together they launched an attack on the German troops that had broken into the Soissons area.
The attacking troops included 23 French divisions and four American divisions, with a total strength of about 450,000. They were equipped with 500 tanks and 1,300 artillery pieces, and were ready to surround all German troops, including the Soissons area, like tying sacks.
Same thing, surround the Germans in this salient.
The battlefield at this time was extremely stalemate.
The Germans surrounded Reims, and the area became a rope tightening the mouth of the sack.
The French surrounded Soissons, and Soissons became a big pie in the eyes of the French and Americans.
Of course, Qin Zhiyuan also took action. He ordered the troops led by Liu Zizheng, Zhang Tianshou and others, who had already detoured back to the Laon area, to attack Amifontein from the Laon area, completely cutting off the German army's retreat.
Liu Zizheng and Zhang Tianshou have four divisions of infantry and one regiment of armored troops, and the total number of tanks exceeds 200. There is no problem in carrying out this combat mission. If the garrison deployed by Ruprecht is less than ten divisions,
, they will definitely not be able to stop Liu Zizheng and the others.
At the same time, Pierre has formulated an attack plan, and Chen Kangjian and Greif's troops will be responsible for executing it.
Different from the attack plan that Qin Zhiyuan wanted, Chen Kangjian and Greif's troops would attack from the southwest defense line, attack directly in the direction of Amifontein, and join Liu Zizheng and the others.
The French and Americans began to counterattack, which immediately made Ruprecht feel the pressure. Just the day before Chen Kangjian and Greif were preparing to attack, Ruprecht once again organized troops to attack Reims.
From the map, Soissons is surrounded by hills. If the Americans and French choose to attack in this kind of terrain, their advancement will definitely not be fast.
But at the same time, if the Germans wanted to retreat, they would not be able to move fast either.
Therefore, the mouth of the sack, that is, the location of Amifontein, became an extremely critical location.
If a force occupied Amifontein at this time, it would be a disaster for the Germans in the sack.
Ruprecht realized this problem and sent more troops to besiege Reims.
Even if he could not capture Reims, Ruprecht would still trap the foreign legion in the city of Reims. In that case, at least Qin Zhiyuan would not pose a threat to the German troops in the sack.
Since the purpose was to encircle the enemy, the German attack was noisy. Rupprecht only used one division of troops, and was only willing to put one regiment into each attack. He only launched three attacks in one day.
This is too perfunctory.
Qin Zhiyuan felt despised and had the idea of making you look good.
That night, a telegram from Paris was sent to Qin Zhiyuan's headquarters. The telegram was written in secret language. It seemed to be just an ordinary greeting, but in fact it revealed a very urgent problem: Crown Prince William wanted to see Qin Zhiyuan, and he wanted to see Qin Zhiyuan immediately.
Qin Zhiyuan immediately arranged a batch of transport planes to fly directly from Paris to Reims.
Before dark, the planes landed at the temporary airfield in Reims, and about a company of infantry moved into the military camp in Reims.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Qin Zhiyuan met Crown Prince William in an inconspicuous military camp.
According to the request of the telegram, Qin Zhiyuan sent away all the French people, including Pierre. Now all the people around him were Chinese, including this camp, which was also composed of Chinese troops, and it was also a reconnaissance force led by Hu Tingfeng.
The reconnaissance force led by Hu Tingfeng currently has more than a thousand people. It is no longer appropriate to call it a reconnaissance company. This is an armed force directly under the control of Qin Zhiyuan, an army that can already be called a special forces.
Crown Prince William wore a Foreign Legion uniform. In order to cover up his iconic hair color, he also wore a certain Foreign Legion helmet and put on makeup. If you don't look carefully, you wouldn't know that this is Crown Prince William himself.
It’s ridiculous that the Ministry of Internal Affairs didn’t realize that you had left Paris. After confirming that it was Crown Prince William himself, Qin Zhiyuan expressed his dissatisfaction with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Crown Prince William does have a high degree of freedom, but at the same time, every move of Crown Prince William is under the surveillance of the French Ministry of the Interior. Even if he is sleeping, officials from the Ministry of the Interior will stay outside Crown Prince William's bedroom door. Of course,
Yes, there are people outside the window as well.
So Qin Zhiyuan was very curious about how Crown Prince William escaped from the surveillance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
I have my own way, that is not the purpose of my trip. Crown Prince William didn't look very good, and I don't know what happened to irritate him.
So why are you here? Qin Zhiyuan is curious.
Qin Zhiyuan and Crown Prince William have a certain tacit understanding, but the two have never had any communication similar to an agreement. This is why the French government does not impose restrictions on the contact between Qin Zhiyuan and Crown Prince William.
Crown Prince William was silent for a long time, the expression on his face was constantly changing, and sweat was dripping from his forehead.
It's clear that Crown Prince William is struggling.
Can you do something for me? Crown Prince William said very hard.
What alarm bells are ringing in Qin Zhiyuan's heart.
I want to kill Erich, otherwise he will lead Germany into the abyss. I can't watch Germany go to destruction. Although I can't do anything now, I beg you, help me this time, and I will definitely repay you, Crown Prince William.
The words are astonishing.
How to kill him? I also want Qin Zhiyuan to interrupt Crown Prince William.
Erich, whose full name is: Erich von Ludendorff. The current German general, the second-in-command in the German military system, and the actual person in power.
Send someone to kill him. Crown Prince William is murderous.
William, don't be ridiculous. If Ludendorff was really so easy to kill, he would have died countless times. Do you think the French and British governments don't want to kill him? As far as I know, there are at least 20 plans and nearly a thousand people.
Work hard for this. Qin Zhiyuan shook his head and laughed.
For the Allied Powers, it would be a surprise if they could kill Ludendorff by sending just one or two people. Even if the British and French governments were to invest 100 million pounds for this purpose, they would be willing to do so.
This kind of thing is not uncommon. Just some time ago, Qin Zhiyuan just experienced a danger.
If I had people as internal agents, I would be confident enough to kill Erich, which is fundamentally different from the actions organized by the British and French governments. Crown Prince William is confident.
If you have someone as the internal response, you will be more confident. Qin Zhiyuan was tempted, but immediately raised another question: But I don't quite understand why you would do this.
In the current Germany, Ludendorff still has a large number of supporters, and the German army has not yet reached the end of its rope under the leadership of Ludendorff.
A few months later, the situation may be completely different.
If it were possible, I wouldn't do it, but I don't see hope now. Crown Prince William said, taking out a map and throwing it on the table: Let's take a look. This is the current situation. I don't need to explain it. If you deploy
When the troops in Laon launch an attack, how many do you think the 400,000 German soldiers in the encirclement can escape?
What the hell, where did you get these? Qin Zhiyuan was angry.
What Qin Zhiyuan put in front of him was a map of the current situation on the Western Front, which was detailed down to the regiment level number. In the Laon area, the logo representing the tank unit was very conspicuous.
This is a serious leak.
Don't worry about where I got it, it has nothing to do with your people. What I want to say is, if it was before, when I was the commander-in-chief of the group army, I wouldn't notice it, but it's different now. I don't have any position.
Let me see more clearly. There is deep sorrow hidden under Crown Prince William's calm appearance.
