Chapter 167: War and Demons (Please Collect and Recommend)

Kay was taken by Courtman to visit a Belgian detective named Hercule Poirot. → Poirot was a retired Belgian police officer, but because he spoke French, he was often mistaken for a Frenchman. Before the war began, he came to England to settle down and lived in 56B, Whitehaven Building, Sandhurst Square, London. He is now a famous detective in London.

While Kay was traveling in London with Courtman, the Germans finally began to make some moves.

At 5 pm on October 22, 1916, near Reims, France, when the Germans' routine heavy artillery bombardment stopped roaring, there was silence all around, only gusts of breeze blew through the positions, and the soldiers climbed up from the trenches and stretched their bodies. They saw the clouds of fog coming from the north with the wind. They were amazed and thought they saw the mysterious European landscape, but they didn't know that an unprecedented death god was waving a sickle at them.

At 7 pm that day, the French command lost contact with the front line. Neither the radio nor the wired telephone could be connected. At that time, the command thought that the radio and the wired telephone had malfunctioned, so the command decided to use the safest communication method at the time to contact the front line - directly dispatching messengers.

At the beginning of World War I, radio equipment was only popularized at the army level, and the division level did not have its own communication equipment, so radio failures caused the troops to lose contact. It was a very frequent occurrence. At that time, the most common communication method for the French army was wired telephones, but wired telephones also had their own disadvantages, that is, the lines were easily disconnected for various reasons.

So at that time, the most reliable communication method was to use messengers to communicate.

But at 9 o'clock that night, all the messengers sent out did not come back. At this time, the French command finally reacted and there was a problem on the front line. So the command immediately mobilized the reserve. Unfortunately, it was still too late. The German army had broken through the front-line positions and reached the city of Reims.

At about 12 o'clock that night, Reims was declared lost. The French army retreated nearly 60 kilometers before they relied on a large number of reinforcements to resist the German attack. →

According to the French army statistics during the day of the next day, the French army lost a total of 9 infantry regiments, a total of 22,500 people, including more than hundreds of artillery pieces and thousands of mortars, as well as countless weapons and equipment. More than three infantry regiments lost contact before the start of the war and never appeared on the battlefield again.

The French command was confused about how these three infantry regiments disappeared. According to the confessions of the French army in the adjacent positions, they did not hear the sound of fighting, no gunfire, and no artillery. The German army suddenly launched an attack on them from the positions where the three infantry regiments were located without any signs.

In order to find out what happened in the middle, the French intelligence department began to work at full capacity, and Paris once again strengthened the army in Reims.

But before we figured out what happened, the Germans launched an attack in the Aisne River area the next day. There was also heavy fog, and the front-line troops suddenly lost contact. The Germans suddenly appeared in the middle of the French positions without a sound. Subsequently, the Germans formed a Marne River salient with a front of 80 kilometers and a depth of 60 kilometers in the French front.

Immediately afterwards, the German High Command planned to concentrate the forces of three armies in the Marne River area (the 7th, 1st, and 3rd armies, a total of 48 divisions, 6,353 artillery pieces, and about 400 aircraft), break through the Allied army's defense line from Château-Thierry and the Aisne River, and then develop an attack towards Paris.

The French 6th, 5th, and 4th armies (a total of 36 divisions, 3,080 artillery pieces) organized their defense in a deep echelon configuration and formed a confrontation with the Germans, and the two sides were deadlocked. But the French command had a negative attitude towards this defense, because they were afraid of the same situation as the previous two times. They still couldn't determine how the German army managed to break through their front line silently.

The British government was also very frightened. In order to stabilize France and prevent the German army from entering Paris, they could only increase troops on the French front. Britain temporarily mobilized 4 British divisions to the Marne River front, and in order to make up for the huge losses of the French army, Britain could only recruit soldiers from the country again.

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The changes on the front line also affected London. At least from Kai's point of view, London has become much more depressed. Even if you see pedestrians on the street, they are all in a hurry. In addition, it is deep winter and the weather is cold, which makes the whole of London feel like the sun is setting.

"The front line is not good. The Germans have taken the initiative now. France is preparing to move the capital again." (During the first Battle of the Marne, the French government moved to Porto)

Cotman seems to have gotten used to chatting with Kai whenever he is free these days. In fact, Cotman likes to come to Kai not only because Cotman is curious about Kai, but also because the British government is also fanning the flames. They hope that Cotman can influence Kai subtly, and Cotman did not refuse. Kai learned a lot of things that happened on the front line through Cotman's mouth.

Kai looked at the front-line battle briefing that Cotman got from somewhere, but he was very confused. He learned the history of World War I when he was in school. Although many details were unclear, he still knew about the two Battles of the Marne.

If my memory is correct, the first Battle of the Marne was in September 1914, which is the same time point as here. The second Battle of the Marne took place in July 1918, but it is only the end of October 1916 now! This Battle of the Marne actually took place two years earlier!

And judging from the battlefield situation, the Allies are not in a good situation.

You should know that in the last time and space, when the Allies organized their defense, they had already prepared a counterattack plan. However, according to the news brought by Kautman, the main focus of the Allies is still on blocking the German army. They are even pessimistic about whether they can defend Paris, let alone counterattack.

Judging from the current situation, Germany must have used some extraordinary means.

Just when Kai was about to discuss this issue with Kautman, Catherine knocked on the door and came in.

"Duke, Pastor Dalton is visiting."

Kai's daily routine is to read books at home or visit friends with Kautman. This old man has many friends. Then he brags with Kautman at home. As a man, no matter how old he is, it is a hobby engraved in his bones to point out the world and make a fuss. Everyone likes to make himself like a national leader.

Undoubtedly, Kautman and Kai have such a hobby. They even personally deduced the war situation.

Of course, this deduction is extremely unprofessional and completely based on subjective assumptions. But neither of them cared. It was just bragging. Why care so much?

Kai was very comfortable with such days. Sometimes George V would join him. But Reverend Dalton had never seen him again since the first meeting.

However, Kai could probably guess that what this guy wanted to say was nothing more than to let him join their camp.

"Let him in."

Kai did not turn him away. He was grateful for the favors he had received from the royal family and the British government. Kai was still aware of the open and covert preferential treatment he had received from the royal family and the British government during this period of time. This face must be given.

Dalton soon pushed the door in.

But to Kai's surprise, Dalton did not persuade Kai right away. Instead, he handed Kai a stack of photos.

Although Kai was a little confused, he still took the photos. When he saw the content of the photos, Kai's face changed immediately.

"Devil?!!!"

Although the photos were a little blurry, Kai still saw what was in the photos.

"Where did you take this kind of photos?!!"

The content of the photos is very shocking and bloody. Countless human bodies were dismembered, their blood was drained, and they were piled up in a huge pit. Some humanoid creatures were reveling in such an environment.

Most of these are pictures of sacrifices. Although Kai doesn't recognize many of these sacrificial rituals, the core things are not much different from what Kai has seen before.

Demons are a very ancient creature. But unlike most people's imagination of demons now, demons have nothing to do with God and angels, and their birth has nothing to do with humans. In Kai's concept, they are more like alien creatures.

Just like the ice giants Kai met in Asgard, they came from other spaces, but because of some special coincidence, the demon world and the earth have a very subtle connection. Demons can run to the earth through something like a space channel.

Kai once fought against this kind of creature with the tough guys in Asgard, so he knows something.

These things feed on human flesh and soul. It can even be said that human flesh and soul have extraordinary temptations for them. These things can make these demons evolve, so in order to get these things, the demons will try every means to come to the earth.

However, because there is a group of people who have been fighting against them and preventing them from entering the earth, Asgardians rarely fight against demons under normal circumstances, because the probability of their appearance is very low, and Kai was lucky to encounter them once.

Unexpectedly, after thousands of years, these demons actually appeared again, and from the photos, their number is still not small.

Facing Kai's question, Dalton said gloomily: "Battlefield! Our spies took photos from the battlefield in Lance, but due to some changes, these photos have not been received until now."