The knight in the big world of American TV series

Chapter 225 Failed at the Battle of Verdun
It is said that Kai and his team also played a big role in Italy's rebound.In order to consolidate its position, the Holy See directly announced that the Serbian demons had been defeated by them.Well, the Holy See directly took the credit for Kay and the others for themselves.

Of course, this also has a price, that is, Rome promised Britain that it must persuade the Italian government to change its flag and join the Allies.The Holy See readily agrees to this. They have long seen that the Germans and the gang of human beings are upset. A bunch of damned Protestants are actually mixed with vampires. It really is heresy!
Then the Holy See joined the lobbying of the Italian government, which completely changed Italy's already vacillating position.

Here, Italy has just declared war on Germany and Austria, so that the entire European countries have not had time to adjust their strategies. Another more shocking news came from the other side of the ocean, which once again stunned the Europeans.

Two days after Italy changed its flag, that is, on April 1917, 4, the United States announced that it would join the Allies and declare war on Germany and Austria!
In fact, the United States has never had much interest in World War I. They are so far away. Although the United States has made great progress in its national strength because of the crazy Europeans, and its army has continued to expand, it has left the army and their weapons and equipment in Europe. , it is a bit too worthless, the United States has no territorial demand for Europe.Therefore, the United States will not provide much help in terms of military strength.

What is really terrible is the material support that the United States gives to the Allies.All countries involved in the war owed a lot to the United States.But in comparison, the United States invested more in Britain and France.Britain and France have a large number of high-quality assets overseas, and the United States is very interested in those things, so the United States is more inclined to help Britain.This is a lot worse for Germany. They don't have many colonies and assets overseas, otherwise they wouldn't start a war.

There is still more interest between countries, so there is nothing wrong with the choice of the United States.

Originally, these countries participating in the war had almost run out of oil and lamps, but now the Allied Powers have the support of the United States, which immediately plunged Germany into crisis.

No way, Germany's vision of choosing allies is really not very good.A retarded, a rebellious boy.There is no way to say.

The only good news for Germany now is that they at least don't have to worry about the Eastern Front.The Russians are already overwhelmed. Due to a series of defeats, a large number of anti-war elements have appeared in Russia. Tsar Nicholas II has lost his authority and has lost control of the country.

On March 17, 3, the Tsar was forced to abdicate. On April 5, a bearded and bald man returned to Petrograd with the help of the Germans, shouting the slogan "peace, land, bread".Then the offensive on the Eastern Front came to a complete standstill.

But even so, the situation of the Germans is still very bad.

For this reason, Kaiser Wilhelm II must come up with something to convince his country and people that they can still win the war.

So both Ludendorff and Baron von Grossmann received orders from the Imperial General Staff to produce results.

Ludendorff did not give an immediate reply, but Baron von Grossmann was very excited to come up with his own achievement - a super soldier.

A group of super soldiers who feel no pain, are infinitely powerful, agile, cruel and crazy, and fearless of death.He equipped them with the best weapons, a MG08/15 machine gun and steel body armor.Turn them into killing machines.

(The MG08/15 machine gun is actually not a light machine gun, but a pseudo-light machine gun. It is a simplification of the existing German Maxim 08 heavy machine gun. It is mainly to reduce the weight and transform it into a light machine gun. After the improvement The machine gun was called MG08/15)

This group of 200 super soldiers was immediately sent to the front line. The first performance of these soldiers in front of the Verdun Fortress was indeed amazing. In one night, they broke through six positions of the French army and let the German army catch them. Occupying this gap, they suddenly broke through 6 kilometers and came directly under the walls of the Fortress of Verdun.

Six kilometers, this number was not amazing before the war, but now, the advances of both sides in the war are calculated in meters!It is conceivable how amazing the performance of these super soldiers is.But soon, the disadvantages of these fighters appeared.

They are indeed brave and fearless, but a little too brave.Once the battle is anxious, they can easily fall into a drug-like confusion effect. They will completely ignore the outside world and launch crazy attacks, sometimes against the French army, sometimes against their own people.

What's even more tragic is that once insane, they can't recover.Even the Germans themselves can only destroy them humanely.In just three days, the two hundred super soldiers were all dead.Among them, [-] fighters were killed by their own people.And there are even more friendly troops who died in their hands.

At this point, it is basically concluded that this technology can only be abandoned, because the commanders and soldiers on the front line are very afraid of this kind of thing, and they refuse to go to the battlefield with such comrades.Being beaten to death by the enemy is still a sacrifice for the country, but what is it to be killed by one's own people!
This made the Shuli Society very disappointed, but it was not hopeless.This is just a preliminary product, just find the problem and improve it.But the problem is that war waits for no one, and the Army General Staff can't wait.

So they abandoned Baron von Grossmann and turned to their 'own man' General Ludendorff for help.

This time Ludendorff did not refuse again, and he personally led his own troops, the Viper Commando, to Verdun.

But this time it is not the Viper Commando who plays the leading role, but a group of mysterious fighters wrapped tightly in combat uniforms, steel helmets, and gas masks.The Viper commando even set up a isolation zone in the camp of these mysterious fighters, prohibiting anyone from contacting them.

On the night of April 1917, 4, without warning, the German army suddenly launched an assault. The French army was defeated that night. The Battle of Verdun, which began in February 29, finally fell on the last day of April 1916.Fort Verdun, which stood for a full year and two months, completely changed hands!
Occupying Verdun, the German army opened up the passage to Paris. Once Paris is occupied, France will die without attack.With Russia pretty much out of the war, Germany's only enemies were the British.

But as a sea power country, it is difficult for the British army to pose a threat to Germany.

The Germans saw the goddess of victory beckoning to them.

It wasn't so good for the Allies.

Italy even wanted to slap itself twice. What the hell, when I was in the Allies, Germany was blocked in Verdun and couldn't get an inch. As a result, just a few days after I jumped back, France was about to die!To make matters worse, once France is finished, no country in continental Europe can be a match for the Germans.

So our Italian classmate, immediately disregarding the agreement with the Allied Powers just now, sent an ambassador to Germany to discuss the possibility of continuing the Triple Alliance.

Naturally, Germany disagreed.Especially Austria-Hungary is even more unlikely to agree.The Austro-Hungarian Empire, which has always been very cowardly, even sent troops directly to the south, intending to settle the account of betraying the covenant with Italy.

This made the British very popular. While threatening Italy not to do things that would harm the dignity of the country, they immediately urged the Americans to let their troops and supplies arrive in Europe as soon as possible.

The Americans are also panicking at this time, sir, if they don't work hard and continue to make soy sauce, their investment in Europe is estimated to be ruined.Because of the declaration of war against Germany, the debts of the Germans have become bad debts.If Britain and France are finished, then the United States will lose money and pee its pants.

So the United States immediately and quickly passed the new war budget bill, giving Britain new war loans.This loan did not go to the account of the British, but was directly converted by the US government into materials and shipped to the UK.

In fact, before the war budget was passed, the US government had bypassed Congress and sent supplies to the UK in advance.

A large amount of weapons, ammunition and medical supplies arrived at the European battlefield as quickly as possible.At the same time, the 50 expeditionary force led by Army Admiral Pershing also boarded the warship. The US government assured that at least 20 American soldiers would go to Europe to participate in the war. (In the last time and space, the United States sent thousands of people at the beginning, and only about [-] people were sent later)
But these are all things to say later, and it doesn't help much with the current situation.

France is about to be unable to hold on, and voices of surrender to Germany have emerged within the French government.The military also began to show fear of war, especially the French army who retreated from the Fortress of Verdun. They simply couldn't muster the courage to recall what happened that night.

In fact, this time, the French army in Verdun suffered little losses.The German army on the opposite side was not at all psychologically prepared for the results of the night. When Ludendorff tore through the defense of Verdun Fortress, most of the German army was still in their positions.As a result, the follow-up troops failed to keep up and failed to encircle the French army. After losing 5000 people, the French army retreated to the follow-up position and gained a firm foothold again.

Paris is behind, and they really can't retreat.But the problem is that the things encountered in Verdun are simply not understandable and dealt with by ordinary French soldiers.

In order to ensure the morale of the French army, the British had to come up with a killer weapon-Diana's commando.

Regarding this commando, the attitude of the British side is actually quite contradictory. They have been using Diana all along, but they have carefully covered up the news about her, making her a legend on the battlefield.This is a political consideration.

But now the British can't take care of it anymore. If it continues, the Allied Powers will be finished.

At the same time, the British have not forgotten that there is another big killer.

Kay!
Although Kay is more mysterious than Diana, the Briton has an inexplicable sense of trust in him.Probably because he is in a sense the ancestor of the British.

Hmm... This statement is very strange. According to blood, Kay is a Celtic, and according to his heart, he is a Chinese. He has nothing to do with those Anglo-Saxons, but the stubborn British always think that he Is a British hero, very fascinating thinking.

(End of this chapter)