Chapter 2027 British Aid

"Before the final judgment came, except for the French, Britain and Germany were very satisfied with the current situation. The Germans were full of good cards and naturally confident, while the British misjudged the situation. They believed that the Germans were mainly attacking the target. It is France, and Britain can try to preserve its interests in the subsequent peace talks. I don't know if Crown Prince Ruprecht and the top German officials really want to let the British go, but I have to admit that the crown prince's successful trick He intimidated the French and paralyzed the English." - Pershing

"Now the French Republic is in the most critical period, the Germans, they have concentrated all their forces on the front of our position! Thousands of tanks, armored vehicles, thousands of bombers and tens of thousands of artillery have been aimed at us! This will be the largest attack in human history, and I want to know what help the British Empire can provide its allies in the face of the crazy German attack!" Foch said anxiously.

"I have brought reinforcements from ten divisions for Your Excellency, including six Australian and New Zealand divisions, and two armored divisions. As for the air force, we can provide your country with five wing fighters." British Army Representative Charles said the lieutenant general.

"This force is a drop in the bucket in front of the German troops of at least 1.5 million, and it is a dream come true for five wings of up to 600 fighter jets to block more than 5,000 German planes. You know, the French Air Force has already We were exhausted in the battle, we can't expect 600 aircraft to cover the front line of nearly hundreds of kilometers?" Hearing what the British said, Foch's perception of the British fell to the extreme!

"The Royal Air Force never stopped fighting, and our losses were just as great. There is no way the Germans had 5,000 planes. They were just bluffing. As for the armored forces? The western front is full of ravines and obstacles. They can't be like in Turkey. With such a fast maneuver, it is not that we have not faced the offensive of the Germans, just as before, using bunkers, trenches, barbed wire and artillery are enough to stop them!" Lieutenant General Charles' words did not seem to have much gold content in Foch's ears!

"We need more reinforcements. Your country has a huge army of more than 1.6 million troops on the entire western front, and the help you provided just now is no more than 150,000 troops, and 180 tanks and self-propelled artillery. We The defensive force of the Germans is even much smaller than the offensive force of the Germans. With all due respect, if only these forces are used, even if the German offensive is finally contained this time, then France must consider how to end the war. Even if we have to pay a certain amount The price." Foch said anxiously.

"What your Excellency said is a bit unrealistic. Before this wave of support, we have assigned 8 British divisions and some independent units to your Excellency, and the fifth group at the southernmost end of the British defense line and the French northern section The French army is defending together, and we have actually invested more than 300,000 troops." Lieutenant General Charles said.

The British are right in saying this. Before, the British army promised to provide some reserve troops to the French, and they really did. Although it is far from the 200,000 troops that Foch wanted, it was only about 120,000, but it was still quite a lot. Yes, and this time, with the addition of 120,000 new arrivals, the number of additional troops the British gave to the French reached about 240,000! About the strength of a full-scale army, in the eyes of the British, this is already very interesting. After excluding these troops, the so-called more than 1.6 million troops of the British Expeditionary Force does not exist, and the air force is about 10,000.

Who knows if the Germans will immediately target the British this time after they hit France hard? Who knows if the German army opposite Britain will launch a diversion attack when attacking France head-on? Therefore, the British have to defend their positions honestly,

The German army opposite the British also has more than 1 million! In the British report, the number of German troops on the opposite side is estimated to be 1.5 million.... Therefore, according to this report, the number of British troops has reached the brink of crisis, and it really cannot be less! You know, in the two years since the war started, the British army has always had an advantage in numbers compared to the German army on the opposite side!

"If the situation on the battlefield is really irreparable, the British army will launch a frontal offensive to contain it." In the end, seeing that the atmosphere of the negotiation was getting worse and worse, Lieutenant General Charles could only come up with a illusory guarantee to appease the French. people.

"Don't worry, before the Germans push down our defenses, we will pull all the British to the front!" After hearing Lieutenant General Charles' words, Foch said in his heart.

Someone may ask, when the French couldn't hold on, why couldn't the British go directly to the French front to help fight instead of launching an offensive to contain it? This is easy to understand. First of all, it involves a command issue. When fighting on the French defense line, it is natural to listen to the French, and sometimes the British are unwilling to listen. Secondly, hundreds of thousands of troops and several If the equipment calculated at 100,000 tons is to be transported to the French defense line hundreds of kilometers away, this is a big problem in itself....

After all, many of the railways extending from the rear to the front line are light railways or even wooden railways, and the transportation problem is very serious. This is why in history, after the Battle of Verdun was launched, the British chose to launch the Battle of the Somme to contain them. Instead of going directly to Verdun to support the German army! After all, the distance between the British and German armies may be only a few hundred meters, and it is necessary to go to the place where France and Germany are fighting... . This distance is a bit far!

However, no matter what, the French still have to fight. The German Army concentrated its elite in the area north of Verdun. At this time, the confrontation line between the two sides is very similar to the front at the end of 1917 in history. North of the line of defense, the distribution of the British and French armies is like this.

From the coastal area to the St. Quentin area is completely guarded by the British army. There are a total of 4 complete groups, and from the St. Quentin area to the Laon area is a mixed defense of the Fifth Army of the British Expeditionary Force and the First French Army. In fact, from this point of view, the line of defense in charge of the British army has been longer than in history, and it has extended to the south. The area from Laon to Champagne is completely defended by the French army. Here the Germans have concentrated the forces of at least 4 groups, while on the opposite side are 4 French armies and a total of 240,000 reinforcements from the British to France!

From Laon to the Champagne area, it is the area closest to Paris, and Ruprecht also focused his attack here. The long-term preparation and troop build-up cannot be concealed at all. The French are very aware of the German army's Therefore, they also tried their best to concentrate the most elite troops in this area.

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