Lin Youde ordered to use his own airship to transport the bones of the soldiers who died in the battle back to Helang Yabo.
On the day the battleship took off, the people of Paris spontaneously bid farewell. All the chimneys and church spires in Paris were covered with ribbons overnight. When the battleship took off in the morning, the church bells rang, and all the men, women, old and young who were still in Paris left.
He went to the street, took off his hat, and watched Lin Youde's flagship slowly disappear into the horizon.
Parisians all believed that it was this brave Chinese troop that delayed the German attack, and finally saved Paris together with another Chinese troop that arrived - although this was not the case. But the masses did not care about the facts, they needed someone to save Paris.
The hero of the last time and space was named Joseph Xiafei, and in this time and space her name is Josephine Lin.
As for why it wasn't Lin Youde, the reasons are quite complicated. French politicians are not stupid. They have no way to convince the people that the French army drove away the Germans, so they can only settle for the next best thing and make the people believe that the French led them.
Foreign troops drove away the Germans.
What troubles the politicians is that this battle seems to have produced some bad signs among the French army.
Among the grassroots officers and soldiers of the French army, many seemed to believe that the Chinese had completely defeated the Germans with just two divisions. They began to mythologize the combat effectiveness of the French army. Many veterans claimed that they saw the Chinese with their own eyes.
A new type of armor was used, which was worn under the military uniform. These armors made the attacker invulnerable, and only a direct hit to the head would kill him.
But in fact, the appearance of Chen Haihui's Marine advance team just pressed a switch. The German army, which was already at the end of its fight, showed its fatigue.
And this led to another not so good trend among the senior officers of the French army.
Especially the young officers and staff of the French High Command, they all knew that Lin Youde had long predicted that the German offensive would not last long, and that as long as it lasted through the first two weeks of November, the situation would improve.
These staff officers now respect Lin Youde very much and consider him to be the most outstanding strategist in the world.
In fact, this is not wrong. If you just talk about it on paper, Lin Youde has an innate advantage, time travel man. Anyway, after the German army began to retreat, the French versions of Lin Youde's military works immediately became very popular. The French authorities wanted to buy all the printing presses.
At the moment when the war propaganda posters were being printed, three publishing houses started reprinting plans at the same time.
All of this made the French generals begin to worry about Lin Youde's influence on the French army. Although Josephine had retired from the French army before marrying Lin Youde, she was once a senior general in the French army, and now she has returned to serve as
The commander-in-chief of the French army is nothing surprising.
For this reason, the French government had to cancel the appointment of commander-in-chief that had just been issued and instead appointed Gallienne, who was much older than Josephine, as commander-in-chief of the French army.
This move made a group of senior French generals led by Nivelle very dissatisfied, so they couldn't wait to start fighting among themselves.
Almost at the same time, fighting was also going on in Berlin, the capital of Germany.
The two sides fighting in the nest were exactly the same as in the last time and space: Falkenhayn and Moltke accused Ludendorff of overstepping his authority and handed over the troops that were originally going to be mobilized to join the offensive on the right wing to Crown Prince Wilhelm and Crown Prince Bagoria; while Ludendorff
Hindenburg responded with support.
The two sides continued to quarrel until the imperial meeting of Kaiser Wilhelm II, turning the meeting that was originally intended to reflect on the lessons learned from the failed battle into a meeting to shirk responsibility.
Kaiser Wilhelm II looked at the generals who were in internal strife and the civilian officials who were watching, and suspended the meeting with a heavy heart.
Returning to the palace, he saw his wife Wilhelmina, who rarely appeared in his study, sitting on a chair by the window and reading quietly. When William II came in, Wilhelmina immediately closed the book and looked up at her husband.
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"I think we should take this moment to negotiate peace with the Allies."
"Peace talks?" William II frowned.
But Wilhelmina was completely unmoved and continued to try to convince her husband: "We have lost the opportunity to win the war as soon as possible. Continuing the war will only plunge our country into an endless catastrophe. The war will drag on for a long time, and there will be countless
people will die. The land of Europe will become a scorched earth..."
"This is what the Chinese said!" Wilhelm II yelled at his wife, which he had never done before.
Wilhelmina was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say to appease her husband's anger.
William II came to the wine cabinet, poured himself a glass of strong wine, and drank it all. Then he leaned his arm on the edge of the wine cabinet. He turned to look at his wife and said word by word:
"We will win. Prussia will not lose to anyone militarily! We have the most well-trained army and the best weapons in the world! This time it is just lack of preparation and underestimated the consumption of artillery shells in the war. Next
We'll have enough shells for once!"
"The same goes for your opponents!" Wilhelmina interrupted her husband loudly, "They are also constantly integrating young people into the army, and their factories are also constantly producing cannons and artillery shells!"
"Half of France's industrial capacity is already in our hands!"
"But the British and Chinese factories were unscathed!"
William II gasped for air and stared at his wife.
Wilhelmina stood up, came to her husband, opened her arms and hugged his body that looked thin and thin due to physical defects.
"Stop, honey. This is a terrible catastrophe, and we don't have time to stop it now."
Wilhelm II's body was trembling. He was not a brave man, nor was he a war fanatic. He just tried his best to behave like an orthodox Prussian warlord - he had always been like this.
The two of them continued to hug each other, letting the hands of the clock in the room pass through several marks. Finally, William II sighed heavily and tiredly.
"This is impossible. We have no way to stop. Once we propose peace talks, Britain and France will definitely require us to give up all the land we currently occupy. Neither the generals nor the people can tolerate such a result. If I issue such a
Order, I will be blown up by radicals with a bomb as soon as I go out. Even if I am huddled in the Potsdam Palace, the generals will find a way to poison me. And if we do not agree to give up these lands, Britain and France will definitely not negotiate peace with us.
There is no way we can stop other than winning the war."
Wilhelmina didn't speak, she continued to hold William II. After a few seconds, she let go of her hands.
She slowly took three steps back, looking at William II with pity and sadness in her eyes.
Finally, she left the emperor's study without saying anything.
William II stayed alone in the study. He slumped into his large chair and covered his face with his bony hands.
On the other hand, Bonn, Germany.
"It's perfect. This is really a masterpiece." Dr. Porsche was not shy about his praise.
In front of him was the completely disintegrated remains of the VF, with countless charred parts spread out, covering the entire floor in front of the doctor.
"There are many wonderful ideas, and the person who designed this thing is a genius!" Dr. Porsche turned around and continued to his only audience and his assistant, "Especially its energy device, which can directly
To convert thermal energy into electrical energy, we must analyze the composition of the metal they use to complete this conversion as soon as possible. If we can produce this metal, the power system of our sky battleship will receive a revolutionary improvement. It will become
It’s lighter and more powerful! Accordingly, we can put more weapons and armor on it!”
The assistant quickly recorded what the doctor said - this is one of the main tasks of Dr. Porsche's assistant: to help the doctor take research notes.
"What is this?" Dr. Porsche picked up a square piece and pressed it lightly with his thumb, and a circle of "ripples" appeared on the surface of the part. "Interesting. This material seems to be solid, but... well
, interesting. The question is, what is it used for? The properties of this material must be fully tested.”
As he spoke, Dr. Porsche threw the parts in his hand into the "analyze immediately" classification basket. The basket was immediately carried away by two assistants and replaced with a new, empty basket.
Dr. Porsche continued to talk to himself and inspected the VF parts lying on the ground one by one. Around him, the entire laboratory was operating at full speed according to his orders.
Most laboratory employees realized that Christmas 1908 might not be around them.
As Christmas approaches, Lin Youde's mood gradually calms down.
Since burying the Xia family's butler more than ten years ago, this is the first time that Lin Youde has been so emotionally moved by his sacrifice. However, people cannot be resurrected after death, and those who are still alive cannot always be immersed in grief and anger.
After his mood calmed down, Lin Youde began to make plans for the future. He convened a meeting with several staff members in Paris.
"The strength of the French battlefield is actually saturated." Lin Youde pointed to the large map hanging in the study room that served as the venue, and said to Chen Haihui and his two wives, "The French army, the British Expeditionary Force and our army, the three armies are crowded together.
On a battlefield with only a few hundred kilometers of frontage, coupled with the troops on the German side, this density of troops will make every inch of land on the dividing line between the two sides defended, and the entire European battlefield will turn into trench warfare."
"Unless we can use tank troops to complete a powerful strategic breakthrough before the situation becomes like this." Chen Haihui looked at Lin Youde, "Why don't we try to have a victory like Mexico's in Europe?"
Lin Youde said that I have World War II-level tanks, and I would like to, too. Give me a few hundred T34 or Sherman-level tanks, and enough oil, and I will definitely blitz you. But the problem is, Lin Youde now has it.
The tank is really a tractor. It can easily bully Mexico, but it is still a bit difficult to bully Germany.
The breakthrough may go smoothly at first, but it may become boring soon after the breakthrough.
Fortunately, Chen Haihui doesn't seem to want to dwell on this aspect.
"So our strategic focus will be on the Middle East." Lin Youde left the map and came to the globe next to the bookcase. "The targets are Kuwait, Basra, and Baghdad."
Josephine frowned. As a hero who defended Paris, she obviously still wanted to convince her husband to give priority to ending the war in Europe, but she had to admit that the troops on the front of the European battlefield were indeed saturated...
"Dear," Josephine said to Lin Youde, "that place is indeed very rich, but it is too far away from the European battlefield and basically cannot affect the European war situation. I think we should find a beach to land near the Aegean Sea and defeat the Austrians.
The Hungarian Empire threatened Germany's flanks and forced the German army..."