However, after receiving the same news, King Edward VII of England did not behave like William II. Although he couldn't help but feel happy, but after many years of interaction, Edward VII clearly knew that Li Ningyu was not someone who got up early without benefit.
people.
Although this time around Iran and Iraq, Li Ningyu cut the back of German Wilhelm II, but it definitely does not mean that Li Ningyu will oppose Germany in the future, nor does it mean that the Far East Army will join the Allied Powers led by Britain.
But in the end, Edward VII still tactfully sent an insinuating telegram to Li Ningyu, and Li Ningyu still responded with a clear message, which seemed to be exactly the same as William II's reply, except that the name was changed.
In fact, the real situation is not that the Far East Group wants to take advantage of the fire, but because the situation in the Middle East has been relatively chaotic over the years. Among them, the Saudi Arabian military base of the Far East Group has helped al-Dulazi many times, otherwise Huanyu
It is impossible for the group to own more than 30 large oil fields in Saudi Arabia. Almost all the oil fields in Saudi Arabia belong to Li Ningyu.
This matter is also something that all countries are very jealous of, but they have no choice but to change it. After a few years, countries have gradually forgotten everything, but they have also begun to look for developable oil fields in various places. Therefore, the British authorities in Yemen
and Oman, while Germany is encircling territories in Iran and Iraq.
This time, large-scale armed uprisings occurred in the two places. It can be said that the main target of overthrow was Germany behind them. That's why William II was so angry because he had regarded Li Ningyu and the Far East Army as one of Germany's supporters.
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But at this time, the German authorities were obviously unable to send troops to support Iran and Iraq, and could only helplessly allow the armed uprisings to overthrow the feudal dynasties in Iran and Iraq, because after the battle on the French border, the British and French coalition forces formulated a
New battle plan.
After the French border battle in August 1905, the 4th and 5th armies of the British and French coalition retreated to the area south of the Marne River. This was a line of defense. If it was breached, the French capital Paris would not be protected. Therefore, this time the British and French coalition forces
The deployment of defense is more careful than before.
Jia Fei, the Chief of General Staff of the British and French Allied Forces, formed the new 6th and 9th Group Armies, and finally deployed them in the outskirts of Paris, between the 4th and 5th Group Armies of the British and French Allied Forces. This move was mainly for the war.
After the start of the counterattack against the Germans.
At the same time, the German 1st and 2nd Army Groups, in order to pursue and annihilate the British-French 5th Army, finally deviated from the original attack direction and moved directly to the east of Paris, thus exposing the German 3rd Army.
The right wing of the 1st Army.
Moltke, who had become the German Chief of General Staff, naturally could not sit still and wait for death after learning that the British and French coalition forces were about to counterattack. Therefore, in early September, the two sides began another large-scale battle in the Marne River area in France.
The German Chief of General Staff Moltke ordered the German 1st and 2nd Armies to move into a defensive position in the area east of Paris, while the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Armies directly sent troops southward in order to coordinate the attack from the east.
The main purpose of the coming German 6th Army was to encircle all the British and French forces south of Verdun.
However, he did not expect that Kluck, commander of the German 1st Army Group, refused to carry out Moltke's order. After continuing to lead the army southward, he created a favorable counterattack situation for the British and French coalition forces. As a result, Jia Fei, chief of staff of the British and French coalition forces, directly committed suicide.
The order was for the 5th and 6th armies of the British and French forces to carry out the main assault on the 1st and 2nd German armies, while the 4th and 9th armies of the British and French forces contained the 3rd and 4th German armies.
Auxiliary assaults were carried out in the area west of Verdun.
Therefore, on the front line from Paris to Verdun, the British and French allied forces gathered 66 field divisions with 1.08 million people, and directly faced the 51 German divisions with about 900,000 people. From the perspective of the main attack direction, the total strength of the British and French allied forces was two times that of the German Army.
Times as much.
At 11 o'clock in the morning on September 5, the Battle of the Marne River kicked off. The 6th Army of the British and French Allied Forces, as the leading force, directly encountered the 1st Army of the German Army on the west bank of the Ourk River. It turned out that this situation was
Because the British and French forces, which were using automobiles for transportation on the battlefield for the first time, wanted to transport part of their 6th Army from Paris to the front line.
Kluck, the commander of the German First Army, immediately ordered all units to withdraw to the north bank of the Marne River after realizing that the right wing and rear were threatened. However, this wrong command resulted in a gap of 50 kilometers between the German First Army and the Second Army.
defensive gap.
At 9 a.m. on September 6, the 5th Army of the British and French forces passed through the German defense gap and approached the Marne River area two days later, thus forming an encirclement situation for the German 1st Army. At the same time, it would also
The right flank of the German 2nd Army was exposed.
After the problem was discovered, it was too late, so in the face of the danger of being surrounded, the 1st and 2nd German Army Groups were finally forced to retreat 50 kilometers. However, the German offensive in the area had a slight upper hand at that time, but
In view of the crisis situation faced by the German 1st and 2nd Army, the German Chief of General Staff Moltke ordered the entire offensive to be stopped, and all German troops were withdrawn to the line from Noyon to Verdun.
Obviously, this battle ended with the defeat of the German army. Afterwards, the British and French allied forces directly advanced 60 kilometers on the 200-kilometer front. However, the British and French allied forces also suffered many casualties, about 260,000, and the German army also suffered losses.
220,000 people.
Both sides in this battle made mistakes to varying degrees. The first of which was that the German Chief of General Staff Moltke was far away from the battlefield command, which led him to take ineffective command without knowing the situation on the front line. At the same time, there was a lack of coordination among the German army groups.
, these points all led to the bankruptcy of Germany's plan for quick victory. However, the British and French forces acted slowly in this battle and missed many favorable fighter opportunities, which allowed the strength of the German Army to be preserved.
However, while the authorities of various countries were discussing the outcome of the Battle of the Marne River and speculating on what kind of battle would happen next between the British and French allied forces and the German Army, Li Ningyu, who was on Diaoyu Island in the East China Sea, got a copy of the Battle of the Marne River.
If the British and French Allied Forces Commander Xiafei and the German Chief of General Staff Mao Qi were present, they would definitely find that the battle report in Li Ningyu's hand was much more detailed than theirs.
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