Chapter 1030 salted fish will eventually turn over
Often when victory is about to come, it is the most dangerous time.
Is this sentence correct?
right!
But it is not always true. In some cases, this sentence is right. For example, when it comes to speculation, this sentence is very correct, but in a world war, this sentence is a standard "just right".
It's right to stay rational at all times, but it's annoying to play the right person and pour cold water on others.
Under the current circumstances, how can Germany make a comeback?
This is not a victory that can be decided by a battle. This is a battle involving the participation of 1.5 billion people in more than 30 countries. It went through hundreds of battles over a period of four years, with 65 million people participating in the war, and more than 10 million people participating.
A situation won at the cost of losing lives and injuring 20 million people.
Now the legitimate guest jumps out and says that the Allied Powers are at their most dangerous moment——
You don't even need Roque to come forward, Clemenceau and Foch, Petain-Pershing, and the second-tier Joffre, Ville-Frenzi and Haig can fool you.
The person who interrupted Roque was Cadorna, the Chief of General Staff of the Kingdom of Italy.
Considering the plight of the Kingdom of Italy on the Isonzo River, this seems reasonable. For the Kingdom of Italy, it was indeed the most dangerous time.
Cadorna is now under great pressure. Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire may collapse at any time, the new Russian government has released nearly 400,000 Austro-Hungarian prisoners after withdrawing from the war. These prisoners have now returned to their troops and have arrived at the Isonzo River.
Conrad in War Zone will launch a new attack at any time.
In view of the previous performance of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Conrad asked Ludendorff for help, hoping that Ludendorff could send troops to help the Austro-Hungarian Empire, defeat the Kingdom of Italy in the shortest possible time, and remove the threat from the Kingdom of Italy.
Ludendorff, who was trapped in the quagmire of the Western Front, could not care about Conrad and was unable to provide help to Conrad.
Conrad turned to Kaiser Wilhelm II for help. Wilhelm II, who no longer had military power in his hands, could not send troops to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However, Germany still had many idle generals at home, so Wilhelm II sent several
The performance of the Western Front was not good enough, and the generals who were now idle at home helped the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The performance on the Western Front was not good enough because the German army had to face the British and French forces on the Western Front.
Ludendorff also performed extremely well when facing the Russian Empire on the Eastern Front. However, he also encountered obstacles when facing the British and French forces on the Western Front. Does this mean that Ludendorff is not good enough?
No, as a soldier, Ludendorff was already outstanding. Even if Roark was in Ludendorff's position, he might not perform better than Ludendorff. The so-called "excellence" all depends on the support of his peers. For
For the German generals, compared with their "comrades" in the British and French allied forces, the "comrades" in the Kingdom of Italy are all younger brothers.
So after the German generals arrived at the Isonzo River, it was really the most dangerous time for the Kingdom of Italy.
Although Ludendorff did not mobilize German troops on the Western Front, he still mobilized some troops from the areas around the Baltic Sea, as well as Alsace and Lorraine to form the 14th Army, and then appointed Otto von Bülow as the commander to cooperate with the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Troops attack Italy.
As the Chief of General Staff of the Kingdom of Italy, Cadorna also requested assistance from the British and French forces, but the British and French forces were unable to take care of the Kingdom of Italy at the same time. Winston only gave the Kingdom of Italy some artillery, and he did not know how effective those artillery would be.
"Luigi, thank you for the reminder. I hope you can have a pleasant night." Those who wanted to see the hot scene were disappointed. Clemenceau seemed to have not heard what Cadorna said and was enthusiastic about Cadorna.
Overflowing.
Mature people will not slap someone in the face easily. Even if they don't like someone, they will not express their attitude easily. Now even if Ludendorff is in front of him, Clemenceau will still maintain the so-called gentleman's demeanor. What's the matter?
Let’s talk behind closed doors.
"George, the Kingdom of Italy needs your help. The current situation is very dangerous for the Kingdom of Italy -" Cadorna was in a state of distress. He had asked Roque for help many times before, but Roque ignored them. That's why he had just
gaffe.
"Luigi, don't worry, let's find time to have a chat tomorrow." Clemenceau said with a smile but no specific promise.
European countries have a long history. France, Italy, and Germany were once part of the French Empire. Later, the French Empire split into three parts: West and Middle East. The Kingdom of West Francia gradually evolved into France, the Kingdom of East Francia split again into Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and the Kingdom of Middle Francia evolved into Italy.
So this can explain why the United Kingdom is so afraid of France and Germany. After all, the French Empire was once powerful in history. Even if it is divided now, the British do not dare to ignore the Germans.
The Germans, along with the Celts and Slavs, were called by Rome the three major barbarian tribes in Europe.
"George, we don't have time anymore -" Cadorna was worried. The Austro-Hungarian Allied Forces had assembled about 33 divisions on the Isonzo River, and the 12th Battle of the Isonzo River was about to begin.
In the two battles of the Isonzo River in 1916, the Kingdom of Italy lost a total of 280,000 people.
Cadorna is not a qualified commander, he is just a beast in human skin. When the Kingdom of Italy suffered unprecedented losses, Cadorna strictly implemented the "Eleven Kill Order" and punished those who made Cadorna
Cadorna would shoot one out of every ten troops that Cadorna was dissatisfied with.
No one thought that even in the 20th century, there was still such a thing as the "Eleventh Killing Order", which made people suspect that Cardorna was a time traveler from the Middle Ages.
For the Kingdom of Italy, time is indeed running out.
Three days later, on the 24th, the German-Austrian forces launched the 12th Battle of the Isonzo River.
The attacking German-Austrian forces had a total of 33 divisions, and the defending Kingdom of Italy had 41 divisions. The gap in strength between the two sides was not large.
The German-Austrian forces advanced 10 miles on the first day of the offensive, and the Kingdom of Italy collapsed across the board.
Cadorna tried to reorganize the defense line, but the troops of the Kingdom of Italy had lost their unified command. The King of Italy finally couldn't stand Cadorna's incompetence and dismissed Cadorna from his post, but he still could not save the Kingdom of Italy.
A week later, Bulow commanded the German-Austrian forces to cross the Tagliamento River and continue to advance towards the heart of Italy.
The Italian government collapsed, the new government was leaderless, and the frontline troops were completely routed.
Soon the German-Austrian forces reached the Piave River, and by this time the troops commanded by Bülow had advanced 80 miles.
In just one month, the Kingdom of Italy lost 320,000 people, of which 265,000 were captured by the German and Austrian forces. The Italian King Victor Emmanuel III was forced to once again seek help from the British and French forces.
This time, the British and French coalition forces could not sit idly by. After all, although the Kingdom of Italy performed poorly, it could not ignore it. Once the Kingdom of Italy failed, the German and Austrian coalition forces would receive a large amount of supplies from the Kingdom of Italy, thereby prolonging the duration of the war. This is what everyone
All unacceptable.
At this time, the one most likely to provide help to the Kingdom of Italy was the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force made rapid progress after invading the Kingdom of Bulgaria, which once caused panic in the Kingdom of Bulgaria. The Falkenhayn Army in the Kingdom of Romania rushed to the rescue and was able to stabilize the defense line of the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
Compared with the Western Front, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force did not have enough troops to defeat Falkenhayn's Army, and the battle became anxious.
After comprehensive weighing, Roque detached the Northern Rhodesian Division from Bulgaria and sent it to the Kingdom of Italy for reinforcements. Foch also sent two divisions to the Kingdom of Italy. Although the strength was not large, considering the intensity of the Western Front, the two divisions
A teacher is already very valuable.
On December 26, the Northern Rhodesian Division landed in Venice, a famous water city in northern Italy, to assist the Italian Kingdom's troops in stabilizing the defense of the Piave River.
It was already the end of the year, and it was time for the year-end summary. The report card produced by the British and French coalition forces was still not impressive enough, but this was not Roque and Pétain’s problem. The impact of the new Russian government’s withdrawal from the war was really too great.
In mid-1916, the British and French allied forces were losing an average of 50,000 people per month. So far in the world war, the casualties of the British and French allied forces have exceeded 4 million, half of which were from the British Expeditionary Force and the French army.
After Pétain became commander-in-chief of the French army, he requested 1.02 million new soldiers from the French government.
In the end, Pétain failed to get the reinforcements he wanted. In 1916, France only recruited about 850,000 new soldiers to join the army, of which only about 700,000 could be sent to the front line.
The situation of the British Expeditionary Force is better. After all, the UK has huge human resources to mobilize. Since the outbreak of the World War, the UK has lost almost two million people. This is the most disastrous loss in the history of the UK.
Compared with the British and French allied forces, the German army suffered more heavy casualties, reaching an average of 60,000 people per month. The forces released by the new Russian government's withdrawal from the war were all exhausted in 1916, and now there is only a group of soldiers left on the Western Front.
Veterans struggling in despair and hardship are also tired of the war, but they have not yet completely collapsed.
Compared with the people in Germany who were living in poverty, the situation in the Allied Powers was much better. In the second half of 1916, an average of 400,000 tons of artillery shells were sent to Europe through Southern Africa every month, which only accounted for one-third of all supplies provided by Southern Africa.
After the outbreak of the World War, Britain's munitions production capacity increased by 3,000 compared with before the war. After Winston became prime minister, this number increased fourfold, with a considerable part of the increase coming from southern Africa.
As time goes by, Southern Africa becomes more and more important to the United Kingdom. Not only in terms of military supplies, but also in terms of civilian products, Southern Africa is also outstanding. Before the outbreak of the world war, there were less than 20 companies in Southern Africa with an annual output value exceeding one
The number of million-pound enterprises now stands at 300. The Southern African federal government stopped taxing farmers last year. Industrial taxes and commercial taxes have fully covered the expenditures of the Southern African federal government.