As the art of war goes, conquer the enemy without fighting!
The Far East Group has adopted such a strategy in the Americas, using economic and various trade preferential policies to vigorously help Mexico get rid of the economic oppression and military invasion of the United States.
As for the Far East Group's economic support for Mexico at all costs, the U.S. authorities have nothing to do, because it would be too far-fetched to use military means, and it would be easy to make excuses, and completely push Mexico into the arms of the Far East Group.
But if we also use the economy, I am afraid that the United States does not have such sufficient economic strength, because the United States is still only a middle and upper reaches power, and they also have Japan and Brazil, two followers that need support, so the Far East Group is encroaching step by step, only
It can make the United States helpless in a short period of time.
With this hurtful approach, Li Ningyu was also helpless. After temporarily suppressing the US authorities, naturally such policies began to slow down. After all, the financial resources of the Far East Group are also limited, and it is impossible to spend everything just because of Mexico.
At this time, the time has come to February 1906. After the Battle of the Marne River in the European Western Front, the two sides are about to start a new contest. This time, the German side is still the offensive side, but this time the British and French forces seem to have
During the war, he gradually grew up, but the next battle was a battle with huge casualties and high cost.
This was called a meat grinding machine, a massacre battlefield, and a devil's hell. It was the famous Battle of Verdun. In the 1905 Battle of the Marne, neither side achieved their expected strategic goals. Therefore, as the attacker, the German Empire
It was decided to continue to focus the offensive on the western front and prepare to defeat France with all its strength.
The battlefield choice made by the German high command was the Verdun Fortress area in France, which would be the main target of the German attack. Because the Verdun area was a prominent part of the Allied defense line, the German army wanted to penetrate deep into France.
Within the territory, here is a strong stronghold leading to Paris and one of the main hubs of the French army's front.
But no one expected that the Battle of Verdun would eventually turn into a battle of positions and attrition, with both sides eventually suffering nearly 1 million casualties. The casualties were so heavy that it was called the Slaughterhouse and Hell.
In fact, the high command of the German Empire decided to focus its Western Front strategy on attacking the famous Verdun Fortress in France. There were many other reasons for this. The first was that the Verdun Fortress was a prominent part of the British and French military fronts.
This protruding fang has posed a serious threat to the two flanks of the German army that penetrated deep into northern France. After the Battle of the Marne, Germany and France also fought here many times, but the German army failed to capture it.
fortress.
If the German army can seize the Verdun Fortress in one fell swoop this time, it will first severely damage the morale of the British and French allied forces. At the same time, after occupying the Verdun Fortress, it will also fully open up the main channel for the German army to move towards Paris, and occupy the Paris fortress.
France is within reach. When the time comes, France will be defeated without attacking, and the remaining British and Russian Allied armies will have nothing to fear.
The second reason is that Verdun Fortress is a defensive fortress. The reason why the German army launched an all-out attack here was to catch the British and French forces by surprise. It was obviously a bit stupid to take the initiative to attack the opponent's well-established fortress.
So starting from January 1906, the German army began to quietly assemble large forces in preparation for attacking the Fortress of Verdun. At the same time, the German Army blatantly sent a large number of troops to Champagne. This was mainly to paralyze the British and French allied forces and make them think that the German army was about to attack.
A large-scale offensive was launched in the Champigny area.
In the end, Commander-in-Chief Xiafei of the British and French Allied Forces fell into the trap, because after the Battle of the Marne, the German army had gradually switched from offense to defense. The German army was no longer able to continue launching a sharp offensive. If it wanted to attack the well-fortified Verdun
The fortress was obviously a wrong military decision.
At the same time, France at the time also believed that the Verdun Fortress was obviously outdated. After the Battle of the Marne in 1905, the Verdun Fortress stopped continuing to strengthen. In addition, at this time, the German army moved on a large scale to the Champagne area.
This action made the commander-in-chief of the British and French forces, Joffre, extremely vigilant. He determined that the German army would definitely attack the Champagne area and then march to Paris from here, because there was no decent fortress position for the British and French forces in the Champagne area.
Due to the large number of mobilized German troops, they continued to quietly assemble in the direction of the Verdun Fortress. As the number of assemblies increased, the signs gradually became obvious and exposed. In early February 1906, when the British and French forces finally figured out the location of the German army,
After realizing the true strategic intention, everyone from the Commander-in-Chief of the British and French Allied Forces, Joffre, to the legion commanders panicked and quickly sent more troops to the Verdun Fortress area while consolidating the original offensive.
But when the time came on February 21, only two divisions of the British and French forces arrived at the Fortress of Verdun. On this day, the German army began a full-scale attack on the Fortress of Verdun.
Facing the fortifications of the Verdun Fortress, the four German artillery divisions launched an overwhelming offensive. A total of 1,000 large-caliber artillery bombarded the Verdun Fortress like thunder. The rounds of artillery fire lasted for 16 months.
Hours later, the huge waves caused by the artillery fire were louder than the others.
A total of 240 tons and millions of large-caliber artillery shells were pounded endlessly on the Verdun Fortress. The German army's fierce artillery fire bombarded the Verdun Fortress. Under sixteen hours of all-round firepower attack, 27 German troops were reorganized.
The Army Division then launched a large-scale charge, and the Battle of Verdun Fortress began.
At that time, the commander of the Verdun Fortress, French General Pétain, was commanding two divisions of defenders and two reinforcement divisions, desperately resisting the Germans. However, with only four divisions in total, the Germans advanced 6 kilometers on the first day.
, but it has gradually stabilized its position.
The German army was also very disappointed with this raid, because under sixteen hours of artillery fire, many German soldiers thought that the Verdun Fortress was already in a mess, but the German soldiers saw the Fortress emerging from the Verdun Fortress.
After the French soldiers arrived, some did not even pull the bolt of their rifles.
The early stages of this battle were extremely difficult for the French army, because the German army had 27 divisions and 1,000 large-caliber artillery pieces, while the French army stationed had only 100,000 troops and less than 300 artillery pieces, but they managed to hold on.
The first German offensive.
After the German army launched a large-scale attack, they had already lost their best fighting chance before taking the Verdun Fortress in one fell swoop the day before. So both sides began to increase their troops to the Verdun Fortress, but this time they set up a battle formation. Both sides
After the reinforcements arrived, the two sides began a protracted tug-of-war.
The fierce fighting continued until April. The total strength of the British and French forces in the Verdun Fortress area was already comparable to that of the German army. At this time, the Germans were also anxious. William II even sent his Crown Prince to fight in person, and used it on the battlefield for the first time.
Poison gas bombs. At first, the British and French forces could not withstand the attack of poison gas bombs. The German army gained an advantage for a time. However, the British and French forces quickly adjusted and defeated the German attacks several times.
The offensive was blocked in front of the fortress time and time again. In July 1906, the German army once again took the initiative to launch the climax of the last large-scale offensive, but it was still stubbornly resisted by the British and French forces. In the autumn, this time it was the turn of the British and French forces.
A major counterattack began.
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