Expedition to Europe

April 15th is the traditional Easter day.

The spring offensive has been going on for a week now, and the British offensive in Arras is almost stagnant. Haig won a great victory in the first day of the offensive, and almost all the troops pushed the front line forward two or three miles, but what followed was Ludendorff's resolute defense after the adjustment.

In the past three days, the British offensive has not made any progress, and the number of casualties has risen to 5,000 per day.

Fortunately, most of the dead soldiers are Indians or Africans. If the dead are all pure British, the fortune teller may step down.

Nivelle is still using artillery to bombard Chemin de Dames. This bombardment has lasted for six days. Although the French have not suffered casualties since the beginning of the war, nearly one million shells have been used.

Prime Minister Paul personally instructed to do his best to ensure the supply of shells to the front-line troops. If possible, Paul hopes that Nivelle can continue to use artillery to bombard the Germans instead of queuing up to die with young French lives.

This hope will be shattered tomorrow. According to Nivelle's plan, tomorrow morning will be the time to launch the infantry attack, which makes Paul very worried. Qin Zhiyuan is also worried because the second brigade led by Qin Yunpeng is in the first wave of attack.

On this day, the Russians on the Western Front jumped out of the trenches and rushed to the German positions. They were not attacking, but had an unprepared, anti-war Easter celebration with the Germans and Austrians.

It's really ironic that the Eastern Front is in full swing, while the Western Front is celebrating. I wonder what Raymond Poincaré and Lloyd George think if they know about it.

On this day, Lenin returned to Petrograd from his exile in Switzerland. This was Ludendorff's plan. He personally approved Lenin to take the train and return to Russia to fight for control of the government and plunge Russia into civil strife. Regardless of whether Lenin and Ludendorff had a tacit understanding, Lenin now took into account the anti-war sentiment of the Russians and began to order the Russian Bolsheviks to take an anti-war stance in order to win the hearts of the people.

Russia's current ruler Kerensky still has the will to fight. He used the May 1st offensive as a condition to obtain a lot of aid from Britain and France. But the British and French may be disappointed. Kerensky, like the resigned Tsar Nicholas II, has lost command of the army. Kerensky cannot mobilize the army. He does not have enough prestige, and the train does not have enough coal.

It's not all bad news. Qin Zhiyuan and Julie's engagement ceremony was also on this day.

As Chinese, although the relationship is not harmonious, Qin Yunpeng still rushed back from the front line to attend Qin Zhiyuan's engagement ceremony. Qin Yunpeng came with Hu Weide, the ambassador to France, Shi Zhaoji, the ambassador to Britain, and Wei Chenzu, the ambassador to the Netherlands.

It was not until this time that Qin Yunpeng and the diplomats saw the horror of Qin Zhiyuan's network of relationships.

Let's take a look at the list of people attending the ceremony: Cardinal Auerbach attended as the special representative of Pope Benedict XV, and he will also preside over Qin Zhiyuan's engagement ceremony. There are also four bishops from the French diocese.

Leonard Jones, this unknown guy is the special representative of President Raymond, and Prime Minister Paul also sent people.

Minister of the Army Louis Herbert Lyautey was present in person, and Clemenceau and Old Renault were also present.

Armand Philip and Jean Jerome are the current presidents of the Paris City Council and the Paris Provincial Council.

The two Garcias must be present. Both of them are generals now. The elder brother Bruno Garcia is in charge of the logistics of the Sixth Army, and the younger brother Bastien Garcia went to the 32nd Division and became the commander of that division.

Noel, Louis, Julian, Pershing, Patton and others who had just met were also present. Of course, the generals under Qin Zhiyuan's command were also indispensable, including the captains of the destroyers.

At the same time, many Parisian leaders came, including political, economic, and military circles. Even more than 20 members of parliament were present, giving Foch enough face.

Although Clemenceau's "The Prisoner" and "Le Figaro" did not have a good relationship, the reporter of "Le Figaro" Lance still came to congratulate, and also came the editor of "News" Philip, the mayor of Capitol Andre and the sheriff Thomson, and even Falcao, who had worked with Qin Zhiyuan in Capitol, and the combat staff Hentel, who had fought side by side, the artillery brigade colonel Dempsgaier, the military doctor Fisher, and Dinar, who was now transferred to the US military and was still in charge of training, were invited.

Among these people, Falcao was the best. He has now become a colonel. Qin Zhiyuan's gems must have played a big role.

Almost everyone expressed sincere congratulations to Qin Zhiyuan and Julie, except Micha.

Micha also came, and returned to Paris from Corsica three days in advance. After returning to Paris, Misha did not comment on this matter, but Qin Zhiyuan keenly noticed that Misha stayed in the tower of the Black Swan Castle for longer and longer periods of time.

Qin Zhiyuan was also helpless about Misha.

It is undeniable that Qin Zhiyuan has a good impression of Misha, and Misha even has a better impression of Qin Zhiyuan. But love is always selfish. Qin Zhiyuan would never hurt Julie for Misha, as that would violate Qin Zhiyuan's principles.

Although Qin Zhiyuan was a playboy in his previous life, he never had a relationship with the women he met by chance. Qin Zhiyuan had never had a serious relationship. Qin Zhiyuan always believed that dating without the purpose of marriage was just a hooligan.

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If Foch's relatives and friends were included, the number of guests attending was more than 200, and the lawn in front of the Black Swan Castle was packed.

According to Auerbach's idea, Qin Zhiyuan should hold the engagement ceremony in Notre Dame de Paris. Qin Zhiyuan rejected Auerbach's suggestion and held the ceremony in the Black Swan Castle according to Julie's wishes.

Qin Zhiyuan also has another identity as the Grand Master of the Knights Templar, so the engagement ceremony adopts the Catholic custom. The biggest difference between the Catholic custom and other sects is that the mass is held at the engagement ceremony, and the prayers and procedures are also different from those of other sects.

In order to make the ceremony more perfect, Auerbach organized a large choir of 150 people, which will sing hymns at the wedding. For this purpose, Auerbach also brought an organ as accompaniment.

The ceremony site was perfectly arranged. The entire lawn was decorated with white flowers and lush green branches and leaves. Roses, lilies and white delphiniums were placed everywhere, and flowers made of round-leaved smilax surrounded the seats for more than 200 guests.

To be honest, this scene was a bit too big, which made Qin Zhiyuan feel a little uncomfortable, but after hearing Auerbach's explanation, Qin Zhiyuan agreed to Auerbach's arrangement.

"In order to extend the lives of young people who are about to go to the battlefield, almost all wars are concentrated periods of weddings. It is of special significance for you to hold this engagement ceremony at this time." Auerbach said.