The First World War arrived early, and Li Ningyu could no longer sit still. Although he knew that everything was changed because of his appearance, he would definitely try his best to change the final outcome.
the result of.
If in the past, Li Ningyu's consideration was to allow the Far East Group to gain benefits again and again, but this time, everything he does will be to save more lives from misery.
Therefore, after the Sarajevo incident, Li Ningyu immediately ordered the Far East Army to enter a first-level combat readiness state. This allowed the soldiers of the Far East Army, who had been resting for three years, to actively prepare. However, a month passed in a hurry, and Li Ningyu had no follow-up at all.
The order was issued, and at the same time, many senior officials of the Far East Army were very puzzled.
Because after the incident, Li Ningyu did not sit back and watch, but actively persuaded all parties, hoping to handle the accident calmly, and hoped that the United Nations General Assembly would send an investigation team to find out the truth of the incident.
Although all European countries did not understand Li Ningyu's final intention, fortunately, the incident had a slight turn for the better. But at this time, the Austro-Hungarian Empire took the initiative to declare war on Serbia, which became the final fuse of the First World War.
On July 28, 1905, after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Nicholas II began to mobilize troops domestically. His purpose was obvious, which was to send troops to assist Serbia.
At this time, the First World War still lacked several heavyweight major roles, but the main reason was that Li Ningyu was doing the work of Kaiser Wilhelm II at this time. Although Li Ningyu was the son-in-law of Kaiser Wilhelm II, he was also a member of the Far East.
The decision-maker of the legion, but William II was one of the European overlords after all, so after long-term negotiations with Li Ningyu, he finally reluctantly agreed not to take the initiative to send troops to Serbia, but he had to advance and retreat together with his allies.
After hearing William II's answer, Li Ningyu stopped persuading him, but in his last message with William II, Li Ningyu said this, hoping that everything would be as William II expected!
So on August 1, 1905, the German Empire declared war on the Tsarist Russian Empire. In the next three days, it declared war on the German Empire and then on the French Empire. Now things broke out in full force, because whether it was France or Tsarist Russia, they both
It is an ally of the United Kingdom, so European countries began to take sides for the first time.
Even Belgium, which had remained neutral after being invaded by the German army, declared war on Germany with great fanfare. Then the Austria-Hungary Empire declared war on the Russian Empire, Serbia declared war on the German Empire, and the British Empire and the French Empire declared war on the Austria-Hungary Empire and the German Empire.
declare war.
At this point, the First World War began to break out in full force. However, at this time, Italy, one of the Allied Powers, declared neutrality. Therefore, the Allied Powers were led by the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Allied Powers were the United Kingdom, France,
Tsarist Russia, Serbia, and Belgium.
According to the strategic deployment and war situation of various countries at that time, the two major imperialist military groups had long been fully prepared for this First World War, and the German Empire had a large and well-equipped army. Otherwise, William II
It was impossible for Shi to be irrational and refuse Li Ningyu's persuasion.
At that time, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had always been dependent on the German Empire in terms of politics, economy, and military. The two countries were the main forces of the Allies, so they had an army of 6.23 million people, and their troop deployment was very concentrated.
However, the power of the three major powers of the Entente cannot be ignored. At that time, the total military strength of Britain, France, and Russia reached 7.6 million. Britain alone had 3.1 million, while France and Tsarist Russia had 2.7 million and 1.9 million respectively.
Not only did they have an advantage in army strength, the Allies' absolute advantage came from their naval power. After the full declaration of war, the naval fleets of Britain and France immediately formulated a blockade of the German and Austrian waters in an attempt to cut them off from all overseas connections.
However, the large numbers of British and French troops were scattered and their weapons and equipment were poor.
Therefore, from the perspective of reserve forces for the war, Germany and Austria have a population of 145 million, and their territories are completely connected. Therefore, the mobilization of army soldiers is very flexible and convenient, but they can only control their own resources.
, and the subsequent use of war to seize a large amount of human resources from the occupied countries.
However, the total population of the three Entente countries, Britain, France, and Russia, reached 180 million, but they were relatively scattered. However, Britain could make extensive use of the resources of colonies and neutral countries, which was beneficial to its long-term war.
Therefore, Europe became the main battlefield of this war. After the war began, the entire European region was divided into three main land fronts. The Western Front: was the main battlefield for the British and French coalition forces against the German Army, while the Eastern Front was
The battlefield between Tsarist Russia and Germany and Austria. The Southern Front: the main battlefield between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire and Serbia.
Judging from various data, the Allies only have two old empires, while the Entente has three. In addition to the large number of British overseas colonies, the Entente has many advantages, especially after the declaration of war. As Britain's main overseas colony, the British
India, Australia, British Canada, and British Africa began recruiting large numbers of soldiers. Finally, in just six months, Britain temporarily recruited an army of 2 million soldiers.
Of course, the German authorities would not be idle, so they also began to recruit a large number of troops in overseas colonies, and finally announced a number of 1.6 million. After seeing these figures, Li Ningyu smiled, because he wanted to talk about Edward VII at this time.
and William II, it turns out they both have such a lovely side.
However, it was a joke. In the end, the Far East Army began to issue a recruitment announcement in Asia. Although the announcement stated that 1.8 million soldiers would be recruited, in fact, the Far East Army would only recruit 300,000 to 600,000 elite field troops and 50,000 marines.
, air force soldier.
However, such an announcement still greatly stimulated European countries and forced them to cool down and think about some issues. If the Far East Army suddenly intervenes, then no matter which side Li Ningyu falls on, it is likely to change the final outcome.
As a result, the two major imperialist groups in the world sent representatives to Asia to meet with Li Ningyu, and demanded that the representatives pull the Far East Army there at all costs. However, for more than a month, representatives from both sides did not see Li Ningyu.
Personally, this forces the two major forces to be cautious.
The last two major imperialist groups also made changes to their previous combat plans, especially the Tsarist Empire.
If we say who Tsar Nicholas II loved most, not everyone may know it, but when it comes to whom Nicholas II fears and hates the most, everyone on earth will read three words: Li Ningyu.
Therefore, after the Tsarist Empire shrank significantly, the German Empire, the leader of the Allied Powers, began to take the initiative to attack. However, in order to avoid fighting on both the east and west fronts at the same time, William II finally decided to implement a preemptive strike and achieve a quick decisive battle to defeat each one.
In fact, this strategic thinking was mainly formed based on the plan of German Chief of Staff Schlieffen. In this plan, the main plan was to concentrate a large part of the German Empire's army forces and use lightning to attack them within four to six weeks.
They quickly defeated France and completely cut off France's connections with Britain and the European continent. Then they mobilized their troops to deal with the timid Russian Empire.
In the entire plan, Germany wanted to win a comprehensive victory in this European war within two to three months. In Schlieffen's military offensive plan, the German army on the eastern front took a defensive position against the Tsarist Russian Army, but it only used 9
Army divisions participated in the defense of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
However, on the Western Front, 78 elite army divisions were concentrated to attack France. In addition to the 8 divisions deployed on the left wing of the Western Front, the remaining 70 reorganized divisions were all concentrated on the right wing. They hoped that this attempt could pass through Belgium by surprise.
and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, directly crossing the undefended northern France, advancing rapidly along the coastline, and finally encircling Paris from the southwest and south, forming a pincer-style offensive. This way, the French army can be surrounded and annihilated between the right column and the left column.
between.
Then, after occupying the entire territory of France, some of the main army troops were transferred to the eastern battlefield. After the Austro-Hungarian Army turned around, they adopted the same blitz method with the intention of completely annihilating the Tsarist Russian Army.
At that time, the Allied Powers' combat plan mainly relied on Russia and France to launch the first attack on Germany on land at the same time, and finally forced Germany to split its forces on two fronts. France's main goal was to obtain the left bank of the Rhine.
In the third month after the declaration of war, the French army completed its own combat plan. According to the Allied Powers' combat plan, the French army mobilized a total of 5 reorganized group armies on the German-French border, including 53 field divisions and 26 reserve divisions.
and 10 Army Cavalry Divisions.
The first and second armies of the French army were placed on the right wing of the battle line respectively, while the fifth army of the French army was placed on the left wing, and the third army was deployed in the Verdun area. The purpose was to integrate the left and right wings.
The Fourth Army is placed behind the Third Army, in a second-line position, and can play a tactical role in supporting and supporting.
The Tsarist Russian Empire's combat plan was to divide into two main fronts on the western border to deal with Germany and Austria-Hungary respectively. However, due to the invisible threat of the Far East Army, the Tsarist Russian Empire had to be cautious and did not dare to put all its main forces on the two fronts.
Online, a total of 24 field divisions have been reserved.
This resulted in the Tsarist Russian Empire deploying only 24 field divisions, 9 reserve divisions, and 8 cavalry divisions for a total of 48 army divisions on the northwest front. On the southwest front, the Tsarist Russian Empire only deployed a total of 38 field divisions.
, 17 reserve divisions and 21 semi-cavalry divisions, and the remaining armies were mainly deployed in Petersburg and the Baltic Sea coast. However, you must know that the Austro-Hungarian Empire assembled 2.23 million army troops on both fronts.
As the leader of the Allied Powers, the British Empire's main military mission is at sea, so the British authorities formulated a careful maritime combat plan and carried out detailed division of labor with the French authorities, making the French Navy mainly responsible for the defense and combat in the Mediterranean, while the British Navy
A naval blockade was imposed on all naval bases and ports on the German coast in the North Sea.
In addition, the British Army's 320,000-strong expeditionary force and 160,000-strong reserve force have all been assembled in northern France and will be under the direct and unified command of the French Military Staff Headquarters.
The First World War was about to break out, and at a time when countries around the world were paying close attention, the Far East Army suddenly announced with a high profile that the three newly formed Far East Navy aircraft carrier battle groups were about to visit Spain, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and other European countries.
Anyone who doesn't understand such news must think that the Far East Army is adding fuel to the fire. However, both Edward VII and William II understood that Li Ningyu wanted to mediate, but they seemed to have no confidence in the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier battle group.
The reservations were not made to the U.S. authorities. After learning that the Far East Corps was building a large number of aircraft carrier battle groups, they also began to build a large number of aircraft carriers.
Therefore, amid the anxious speculations of various countries, the First World War finally started as scheduled, and Germany took the lead in launching the attack.
(Things have been a bit messy these days. Sorry, friends, I will start recovering tomorrow!)
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