Chapter 220: The Battle of Verdun Failed (Please Collect, Recommend, and Vote) 3000 Words, Please Recommend
It is said that Kai and his team also played a big role in Italy's rebellion this time. In order to consolidate its position, the Vatican directly announced that the Serbian demons were defeated by them. Well, the Vatican directly took the credit for Kai and his team.
Of course, this also came at a price, that is, Rome promised Britain that it must persuade the Italian government to change its flag and defect from the Allies to the Allies. The Vatican readily agreed to this. They had long been unhappy with the Germans, the human traitors. A bunch of damn Protestants actually mixed with vampires, which was indeed heresy!
Then the Vatican joined the lobbying of the Italian government, which completely changed Italy's already wavering position.
Italy had just declared war on Germany and Austria, and before the entire European countries had time to adjust their strategies, a more shocking news came from the other side of the ocean, which once again stunned the Europeans.
Two days after Italy changed its flag, on April 6, 1917, the United States announced that it would join the Allied Powers and declare war on Germany and Austria!
In fact, the United States has never been very interested in World War I. They are so far away. Although the United States has made great progress in national strength and the army has been continuously expanded because of the madness of the Europeans, it is a bit too unworthy to throw the army and their weapons and equipment to Europe. The United States has no territorial demand for Europe. So the United States will not provide much help in terms of military strength.
What is really fatal is that the United States provides material support to the Allies. All the participating countries have a large amount of debt to the United States. But in comparison, the United States has invested more in Britain and France. Britain and France have a large number of high-quality assets overseas, and the United States is very tempted by those things, so the United States is more inclined to help Britain. Germany is much worse in this regard. They don’t have many colonies and assets overseas, otherwise they would not start a war.
Countries still talk more about interests, so there is nothing wrong with the United States’ choice.
Originally, these participating countries had almost exhausted their energy, and now the Allies had the support of the United States, which immediately put Germany into crisis.
There was no way, Germany's vision in choosing allies was really not good. One was a drag, and the other was a traitor. There was nothing to say.
The only good news for Germany now was that they didn't have to worry about the Eastern Front at least. The Russians were already in a state of panic. Due to a series of defeats, a large number of anti-war elements had emerged in Russia, and Tsar Nicholas II had lost all his authority and control over the country.
On March 5, 17, the Tsar was forced to abdicate. On April 16, a bearded bald man returned to Petrograd with the help of the Germans and shouted the slogan "Peace, Land, Bread". Then the offensive on the Eastern Front was completely stopped.
But even so, the Germans were still in a very bad situation.
For this reason, Kaiser Wilhelm II had to come up with something to make his country and people believe that they could still win the war.
So Ludendorff and Baron von Grossmann both received orders from the Imperial General Staff, asking them to produce results.
Ludendorff did not respond immediately, but Baron von Grossmann excitedly produced his own results - super soldiers.
A group of super soldiers who have no sense of pain, are extremely powerful, agile, cruel and crazy, and fearless of death. He equipped them with the best weapons, each with an MG08/15 machine gun and steel plate bulletproof vests. Turn them into killing machines.
(The MG08/15 machine gun is not actually a light machine gun, but a pseudo-light machine gun. It is a simplified version of the existing German Maxim 08 heavy machine gun, mainly to reduce its weight and transform it into a light machine gun. The improved machine gun is called MG08/15)
This group of 200 super soldiers was immediately deployed 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 French positions, allowing the German army to seize this gap and advance 6 kilometers at once, directly to the wall of the Verdun Fortress. →
Six kilometers, this number was not amazing before the war, but now, the advancement of both sides of the war is calculated in meters! You can imagine how amazing the performance of these super soldiers is. But soon, the shortcomings of these soldiers appeared.
They are indeed fearless, but a little too fearless. Once the battle is intense, 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, and sometimes against their own people.
What's more tragic is that once they fall into madness, they can't recover. Even the Germans can only humanely destroy them. In just three days, all 200 super soldiers died. Among them, 70 soldiers were killed by their own people. And there are even more friendly soldiers 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 thing, and they refuse to go to the battlefield with such comrades. Being killed by the enemy is still considered sacrificing for the country, but being killed by your own people is nothing!
This made the Thule Society very disappointed, but it was not desperate. This is just a primary product, find the problem and improve it. But the problem is that war can't wait, and the Army General Staff can't wait.
So they abandoned Baron von Grossmann and turned to seek help from their "own man" General Ludendorff.
This time Ludendorff did not refuse again. He personally led his own troops, the Viper Commando, to Verdun.
But this time, the protagonists were not the Viper Commando, but a group of mysterious warriors wrapped tightly in combat uniforms, helmets, and gas masks. The Viper Commando even set up a quarantine zone in the camp of these mysterious warriors, prohibiting anyone from contacting them.
On the night of April 29, 1917, without any signs, the German army suddenly launched an assault. That night, the French army was defeated. The Battle of Verdun, which began in February 1916, finally fell on the last day of April 1917. The Verdun Fortress, which stood for a full year and two months, completely changed hands!
By occupying Verdun, the German army opened up the passage to Paris. Once Paris was occupied, France would be destroyed without attack. With Russia almost withdrawing from the war, Germany's only enemy was the British.
But as a maritime power, it was not difficult for the British army to pose a threat to Germany.
The Germans saw the goddess of victory waving to them.
This was not so wonderful for the Allies.
Italy even wanted to slap itself twice. Damn, when it was in the Allies, Germany was blocked in Verdun and could not advance an inch. As a result, it had just defected for a few days and France was about to be finished! What's worse is that once France is finished, no country in the European continent can be a match for the Germans.
So our Italian classmates immediately ignored the agreement with the Allies and sent ambassadors to Germany to discuss the possibility of continuing the Triple Alliance.
Of course, Germany disagreed. Especially Austria-Hungary was even less likely to agree. The Austro-Hungarian Empire, which has always been very cowardly, even directly deployed troops to the south, intending to settle accounts with Italy for betraying the alliance.
This made the British very angry. On the one hand, they threatened Italy not to do anything that would damage the dignity of the country, and on the other hand, they immediately urged the Americans to let their troops and supplies arrive in Europe as soon as possible.
The Americans were also panicking at this time. Damn it, if they didn't work hard and continued to be soy sauce, their investment in Europe would probably be all in vain. Because of the declaration of war on Germany, the German debt has become a bad debt. If Britain and France are finished, the United States will lose a lot of money.
So the United States immediately passed a new war budget bill and gave Britain a new war loan. This loan was not paid into the British account, but was directly converted into supplies by the US government and shipped to Britain.
In fact, before the war budget was passed, the US government had bypassed Congress and sent supplies to Britain in advance.
A large amount of weapons, ammunition and medicines were delivered to the European battlefield at the fastest speed. At the same time, 30,000 expeditionary forces led by Army General Pershing also boarded the warships. The US government guaranteed that at least 500,000 American soldiers would go to Europe to participate in the war. (In the last time and space, the United States sent a few thousand people at the beginning, and only sent about 200,000 later)
But these are all later stories, and they are not of much help to the current situation.
France is about to collapse, and there are voices of surrender to Germany within the French government. The military also began to show a fear of war, especially the French troops who retreated from the Verdun Fortress. They simply did not have the courage to recall what happened that night.
In fact, this time, the French army in Verdun did not suffer much loss. The German army on the opposite side was not mentally prepared for the results achieved that night. When Ludendorff tore open the defense of the Verdun fortress, most of the German army was still in their own positions. As a result, the follow-up forces failed to keep up and failed to encircle the French army. After losing 5,000 people, the French army retreated to the follow-up positions and stood firm again.
Behind them is Paris, and they really can't retreat. But the problem is that the things encountered in Verdun are not something that ordinary French soldiers can understand and deal with.
In order to ensure the morale of the French army, the British had to take out the killer-Diana's commando.
For this commando, the British attitude is actually quite contradictory. They have been using Diana all the time, but they have carefully covered up the news about her and made her a legend on the battlefield. This is a political consideration.
But now the British can't care anymore. If they continue, the Allies will be finished.
At the same time, the British have not forgotten that there is another big killer.
Kai!
Although Kai is more mysterious than Diana, the British have an inexplicable sense of trust in him. Maybe it's because he is the ancestor of the British in a sense.
Hmm... This statement is very strange. According to blood, Kai is a Celtic, and according to his heart, he is a Chinese. He has nothing to do with the Anglo-Saxons, but the stubborn British always think he is a British hero. It's a very confusing way of thinking.