"Now that the order has been placed, it's good to know that it's mine. Haven't you been focusing on this Japanese woman recently?" Alice Roosevelt muttered, the flush on her face not fading yet.

"Some misunderstandings should be explained. This does not mean that I love you any less. Don't connect our love with the order!" Seeing Alice Roosevelt's disbelieving look, Sheffield added helplessly, "

Well, there are indeed reasons for this, but as a successful entrepreneur, my behavior cannot be regarded as shameful. It is all for money. For money, it is true, and your cuteness is not fake."

"This is the best answer I can get." Alice Roosevelt sighed, already putting on her pajamas, wrapping her beautiful figure, as if thinking of something, "If the United States finally joins the war, I

My father seemed to want to raise an army and go to war."

"Don't even think about it, it's impossible!" Sheffield flatly refused. "Your father participated in the Spanish-American War that landed in Cuba and made a lot of political capital. Don't even think about doing it a second time."

"But you have already joined the war, and the army you organized is much larger?" Alice Roosevelt said dissatisfied, "Don't you think this is a double standard?"

"No, I never wanted to run for president." Sheffield pointed out the difference with Roosevelt. "From a normal perspective, I could never become the president of this country unless I combined the

Demolish it. And your father is a political figure, which is too dangerous for many people. If you must do this, your father may soon be cared for by President Wilson. To be fair, it is best not to go to that step.

, once the president expresses his position, it will not be beneficial to both parties."

"Well, you are looking more and more like a politician." Alice Roosevelt reached out and pinched the slave owner's ear. "You hypocritical person, you cheated on my body. Now you have exposed your true nature!"

"Dear, I knew you wouldn't use force." Sheffield accurately grasped the extended hand and whispered softly, "The difference between me and politicians is that I can guarantee my position at any time, while politicians' positions

It just follows the votes."

"What if citizens still don't like joining the war?" Alice Roosevelt asked pointedly.

"Of course we have to listen to the higher voters. We can join the war first and explain this problem." Sheffield shrugged, "There are too many means to achieve this goal. Citizens have ideas, and it does not depend on the media.

Indoctrination? Of course I will not use the League of Nations to do this. Instead, I will come up with some anti-war remarks to prevent joining the war, and then ask the Supreme Court to arrest and sentence a few journalists to give the Germans the impression that I have tried my best.

Maybe there will be opportunities for cooperation between me and the Germans after the war."

Judging from the results of the First World War, Germany was not internally injured. It was Britain and France that were really internally injured, because Germany's domestic population did not suffer any structural damage, which meant that a generation died.

France was the country that really lost a generation. Although Britain had colonial cannon fodder to replenish it, its own domestic population structure was also affected. Germany's birth rate was generally balanced before and after the war, so it quickly restored its military potential. Of course, Imperial Russia

This was also true for the Soviet Union later.

Germany and the Soviet Union both fought hard during World War II, causing severe damage to their demographic structure! Just like Britain and France during World War I.

"Now that the three decisive battles in Europe are over, we can almost see who has the upper hand." Sheffield thought for a moment and said, "At that time, it is almost time to reveal his intention to participate in the war."

The three major decisive battles taking place simultaneously in Europe are still in full swing. Both camps know that this is the year that will change the direction of the war, and they are doing their best to do so. Two months after the start of the Battle of the Somme, they have been unable to fundamentally shake the German army.

The British Expeditionary Force on the defensive line used a new weapon, the tank.

This tank, which was in the experimental stage, appeared on the battlefield. Forty-nine tanks were sent to the battlefield, but due to various reasons, only 18 participated in the battle. Although the number was small, the effect was good. The German soldiers had never seen this thing, let alone expected it to be so-called

The "water tank" actually moved, and there were light and heavy machine guns, and even the machine guns couldn't shoot through it. Many German soldiers were frightened. One tank actually captured more than 300 German soldiers, and one tank directly occupied a village.

This news spread back to Germany and quickly attracted the attention of the German General Staff. The British, who had never made any achievements on land, actually used this weapon to break through the defense lines of German soldiers.

The question of whether to imitate the tank immediately and how to understand the tank's weaknesses has become a top priority. The war on the east and west fronts is ongoing, and the sudden appearance of tanks has filled Germany with anxiety.

As the leader of the German military industry, the Krupp military-industrial complex was the first to bear the brunt. Gustav Krupp was thinking hard and suddenly saw the anti-tank gun that Sheffield had given him. This kind of gun has a huge caliber and an over-long barrel.

The gun immediately caught Gustav Krupp's attention.

He quickly filled the bullets that the slave owners had given as gifts, and found someone to conduct the experiment. The results of the experiment made Gustav Krupp overjoyed. The head of the Krupp family never dreamed that the appearance of tanks would bring

The panic was resolved so inadvertently.

Thanks to Sheffield's agricultural help to Germany, Germany in this world does not have the problem of insufficient food supply, and its domestic tractor reserves are also sufficient.

Gustav Krupp, who arrived in Berlin, swore in front of Kaiser Wilhelm II that Germany would soon have its own tanks, and also demonstrated the power of anti-tank guns in front of the Kaiser.

"It should be mass-produced immediately!" Crown Prince William also saw with his own eyes the tremendous power of anti-tank guns at the shooting range. Because of the panic caused by tanks, he must now work overtime to even out his disadvantage in weapons.

At this time, the capabilities of the German Empire's national Concern Empire were revealed during World War I. The entire German Empire was a Concern Empire that merged many Concern Groups. This is indeed the case in terms of the economic model.

With the support of the royal family and the military, Gustav Krupp easily mobilized the needed support. He embarked on a large-scale imitation of slave owners' gifts. At the same time, tanks modified from tractor production lines were also involved and demonstrated.

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Because the Verdun Fortress has been under tremendous pressure from the German army, this time the Battle of the Somme is different from the previous ones. The British army must assume the responsibility of being the absolute main force. The British army has invested a total of fifty-four divisions plus twenty-eight divisions.

An Indian division became the protagonist of the single-handed resistance to the Battle of the Somme.

In this way, on the European battlefield in 1916, a situation was formed in which the British resisted alone in the Battle of the Somme, the French resisted in the Battle of Verdun, and Brusilov attacked the Russian Empire as the main offensive.

Also because of the temporary retreat of the British Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, France cannot attract colonial troops from the colonies to join the war. Britain must increase its investment on land. In this way, the three battles have formed a situation in which each of them dominates.

The situation on the German side has also changed. After the German Chief of General Staff Falkenhayn learned that a large number of Indian regiments appeared on the battlefield, considering the lack of progress in Verdun and the French sniping desperately, he had already begun to retreat.

The main battlefield was moved to the Somme River line. On the one hand, Falkenhay believed that there were a large number of colonial Indians among the British army. Although the commanders of the Indian Army were all British, they could not be compared with the British natives in terms of proportion.

The British army is still very large in the whole, and they can try to attack in the hope of bringing about an avalanche effect.

Falkenhayn communicated with the Austro-Hungarian Empire and placed two Austro-Hungarian armies on the Somme River line. At the same time, he added ten additional divisions. At the end of September, he launched a counterattack to attack the Indian Army on the Somme River line. Germany

The heavy artillery troops bombarded the Indian Army's positions all day and night, and then quickly entered the offensive.

This was inspired by the way the Russian army broke through the Austro-Hungarian defense lines during the Brusilov Offensive on the Eastern Front.

The British-Indian Army, which had independently supported the attack for two months, did not expect that Falkenhayn would abandon Verdun, which had been anxious for several months, and mobilized troops to kill a carbine on the Somme. The German soldiers who formed a small team for infiltration operations,

They are all composed of battlefield veterans. They refer to the Brusilov Offensive that caused huge damage to the Austro-Hungarian Empire by the Russian Empire on the Eastern Front. It served as a perfect lesson for the British who took the lead in the land war of the World War.

The two German defense lines occupied by the British and Indian Army were completely penetrated. Under this offensive method that was unfamiliar to the British, the Indian Army, which was especially under special care, suffered heavy losses.

The German positions occupied for more than two months were all reoccupied by German soldiers in two days. The fierce pursuit of the Indian Army caused the entire British front to waver. The British front was continuously compressed.

After retreating again and again, the progress on the Somme River line made Falkenhayn completely determined to terminate the Battle of Verdun, leaving some troops to guard against the French counterattack in Verdun, and the main force was devoted to the Battle of the Somme River.

A large number of German troops withdrew from the front line of Verdun and joined the attack on the British troops on the Somme River. The British army could not resist. On the one hand, they hoped that the French army would pursue the German troops on the front line of Verdun. On the other hand, they cursed the Indian soldiers for their incompetence.

It was not until the German army took back all its positions and advanced the front line 40 kilometers forward that the embarrassed British army finally gained a firm foothold. The British-Indian coalition lost most of its troops, and the Indian Army was almost completely wiped out.

At the end of October, the three decisive battles in Europe have come to an end. The German offensive was frustrated in the Battle of Verdun, but it recovered in the Battle of the Somme. As for the Brusilov Offensive on the Eastern Front, it had already been terminated. Imperial Russia passed through the Eastern Front.

The Brusilov Offensive defeated the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but because Italy was also a member of the Central Powers, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's losses could be fully compensated.

France withstood the German army's attack at the Battle of Verdun, but in the second half of the battle, the German army regained the initiative on the battlefield from the Battle of the Somme, inflicting heavy losses on the British Expeditionary Force and the Indian Army led by it.

"This is a bit hard to understand!" Sheffield kept looking at the map every day. Unexpectedly, after the three major decisive battles were fought, he still couldn't see the trend of the war.
Chapter completed!