"The teacher's car arrives, everyone stands up and salutes!"

With the shout of the division chief staff officer, more than 40 officers from the Third Regiment stood up in the conference room and raised their hands to salute.

Major General Wu Shixun walked in with great strides, followed by a group of senior officials from the division headquarters such as the deputy commander and the chief of staff. He glanced at the officers with a cold face, his eyes swept through each officer like a substance. The officers who were seen couldn't help but stand up straight and stood even more straight.

"After a moment, gentlemen, please sit down." Major General Wu Shixun raised his hand and replied to the military salute, then pressed down with both hands, and watched the officers sit back together, a look of quite satisfied flashed through his expression.

The officers of the Imperial Army have been trained in professional military academy, and many of them come from semi-military Eagle Schools. Over the past decade, the development of military discipline has been deeply rooted in the bones, and every move has a neat military style.

Major General Wu Shixun himself is the 14th period of the Eagle School. Now the latest graduate is the 35th period, which is 21 years late. Li Shuanzhu is the 3rd period, and he is one of the earliest graduates.

Those who have remained in the army in the previous periods are now at least brigadier general, and are one of the founding families of martial arts in the Empire. They are very proud of their current saints. They are glory that has been obtained for 10 years after their birth and death. This deep friendship cannot be envied by others.

Major General Wu Shixun walked to the center of the conference room, looked around and spoke;

“Mr. officers and gentlemen;

I believe everyone is paying attention to the current current affairs. An unprecedented war in European history has begun, involving more than a dozen European countries in the war.

Just today, based on the most news I just got.

August 4

More than 30 divisions of the German right-wing corps on the Western Front invaded Belgium. Fierce battles broke out between the Liege Fortress and the Belgian army. Under the fierce attack of the German artillery fire and armored corps, the strong Liege Fortress lasted for only three days and declared unguarded. The tide-like German army was able to advance westward and directly surrounded Brussels, the capital of the Belgian Kingdom.

The German offensive was extremely fierce, especially the armored corps were unstoppable. I just received a message that Brussels had fallen on the 20th and the Kingdom of Belgium was over.

The French First Army and the British Expeditionary Force have joined forces with the German army, and the battle is spreading throughout Belgium. The army of you and me is as large as millions, and they are fighting for selflessness.

Faced with this disaster-prone European war, the Imperial soldiers should not be indifferent because they are thousands of miles apart, but should actively reorganize their arms and prepare for war, obey the imperial call at any time, and be ready to fight against powerful enemies at all times.

According to the news from secret channels, the Fusang Kingdom was preparing to declare war on Germany in accordance with the Treaty of the British-Japanese Alliance, and the target might be the German army entrenched in the Qingdao Fortress on the Jiaodong Peninsula.

This shows that war is right next to us.

As a soldier who shoulders the sacred mission of imperial security and peace, we must devote ourselves to the intense military training with an endless spirit, so that these new recruits can grow up quickly and shoulder the most difficult combat tasks.

Our fourth divisions should practice elite troops with the fearless spirit of "loyalty to the empire, loyal to the emperor, use me to the first battle, and use me to win" and wait for the battle..."

Major General Wu Shixun Hongliang's voice resounded in the conference room, surging the young officers' passion and fighting spirit, and wishing to join the battlefield immediately to make achievements.

Unlike the rising atmosphere of training and preparation in the military camp, since the European war took place on the other side of the earth and was far away from the mainland of the Ocean Empire, the masses in society generally still had an attitude of not being concerned about their own affairs, and did whatever they should do, and their lives were not greatly affected.

Soon people discovered the difference. A large number of orders from Europe flew over like snowflakes, and the demand for supplies was almost endless, from daily necessities to guns and ammunition, from chemical products to canned cigarettes, the quantity was astonishingly large.

Fortunately, the Ocean Empire experienced a large-scale wool war several years ago, and the corresponding material supply capacity has been greatly improved. Although demand has shrunk significantly in the past two years, production capacity is there, and it is not difficult to recover.

So the factory runs at full speed day and night, farms and tobacco plantations increase the planting area, and pastures breed a large number of livestock herds. Economic development is driven by the strong demand of war, and it is like a train running faster and faster, and it is moving away at lightning.

As the economy becomes more and more popular, there are a large number of employment gaps in society. All companies are using increasingly high salaries to attract talents. Some young people from plantations and remote pastoral areas flock to the city to find new development opportunities.

Social operation has its own internal operational rules. When the labor gap becomes larger and larger, many people all turn their attention to the turbulent continent, where... there is almost endless cheap labor.

As a result, a new round of immigration boom was quietly formed under the promotion of those who were interested.

More than a month later

Major General Wu Shixun returned to Australia to participate in the Senior Officer Training Class of Whampoa University, which is commonly known as the "General Class". More than 110 major generals and senior officers with the rank of brigadier general gathered here. Combined with the current situation of war in Europe in full swing, they received military command training at the strategic and combat levels, discussed new tactics, and strengthened military command capabilities for a period of 4 months.

The general class is divided into three classes A, B and C. Major General Wu Shixun is a student of Class B. According to regulations, he needs to report to the Royal Army Whampoa University before September 12.

At this time, new changes have taken place in the European battlefield.

The German Army strictly implemented the "Schliffen Plan". The right-wing corps bypassed the heavily defended French-German border line and attacked Belgium one after another, occupying the Netherlands and Belgium, and attacked the French mainland from the right wing on the western front. This was like a heavy and powerful right hook punch that was blown out.

The march route was like a trajectory of opening a door. It took the French-German border as the axis and passed through the Netherlands and Belgium attacked the French mainland, drew an arc along the right side, and the initial progress was very smooth.

at the same time

Several main armies of the French army launched an attack on the German left wing in accordance with the "Plan No. 17". However, the battle was very difficult and they advanced almost at a speed.

Both France and Germany hope to advance the war to the enemy's territory. The "Plan 17" is a war plan based on this. It looks good on the surface, but in fact it is a very bad combat plan.

As the German army quickly assembled with high-quality reserves and smooth road and railway facilities, the 1st Army commanded by General Cluke had already concentrated 300,000 heavy troops in the Lorraine area, and was equipped with nearly 300 tanks and armored vehicles and thousands of cannons.

The French 1st Army and the 2nd Army faced a German heavy army armed group in the defense line of attacking the German troops in Salborg and Morange. They were struck by fierce artillery fire and counterattacks and suffered heavy losses.

After the right-wing German army occupied Belgium, nearly one million troops of its five armies were inserted into France like a waving sickle.

September 2

The German vanguard had advanced to a distance of only 15 miles from Paris. The efforts made by the main French army under Xiafei to stop the German right wing had failed. The people of Paris were panic and the French government was forced to move to Bordeaux.

The battlefield situation at this time was extremely beneficial to the German army. The German First Army, which had 300,000 troops, was already standing on the outskirts of Paris, only one step away from victory.

However, it is strange that General Cluke did not directly attack Paris, but strictly followed the orders of the German General Staff Headquarters and continued to advance eastward along the edge of Paris to cooperate with Biro's command to encircle and annihilate the 5th French Army.

In this way, the flanks of the German rotating front would pass through the near side of Paris and cross the front of the French 6th Army.

During the roundabout battle, the 300,000 German troops stretched for more than 140 kilometers like a comet. When the weak flanks were completely exposed to the French army, this was the once-in-a-lifetime fighter of the French Sixth Army, which was defending Paris.

If you can grasp it properly, you will have the opportunity to cut off or even defeat the German 1st Army in one fell swoop and reverse the decline on the battlefield.

What a pity

While the Germans made mistakes, the French did not seize the opportunity.

The French commander-in-chief Xiafei was completely unaware of this wonderful fighter plane. He still ordered the troops to continue to retreat, but the commander of the Paris garrison General Gallieni immediately saw this clearly, and he shouted excitedly:

"They delivered the flank to the door! Why are the Germans so stupid! I can't believe there is such a thing, it's great."

General Gallieni immediately asked General Maululi's 6th French Army to prepare to attack the flanks of the German First Army. He called Xiafei again and asked him to approve the attack.

But Marshal Xiafei did not make any statement in his hesitation, because the 6th Army was the last barrier to Paris’ defense. If there was any loss, it means that Paris, the French capital, will open its doors and no longer have any resistance.

Gallieni drove to the British headquarters again, hoping to win their support, but unfortunately the British Chief of Staff expressed "not interested". Now the British and French coalition forces were beaten backwards by the Germans, and urgently needed to gain a foothold on the Marne line and not be interested in any active attack plan.

This cannot be blamed for the British Chief of Staff missing the opportunity. Under the joint attack of the German heavy army and the armored forces, the French 5th Army and the British Expeditionary Force lost consecutive battles, and the heavy equipment of the tanks and artillery were almost lost in a hurry. These two tired and chaotic teams urgently needed to cross the Marne River and re-establish the defense line with the help of favorable geography.

The 1st German Army chased after him bit his butt, and it was too late to escape. How could the British be in the mood to cooperate with the 6th French Army to fight back?

Royal Army Whampoa University

Class B

Lieutenant General Bian Chunsong, who served as a teacher, hung a large military map of Europe in front of him, which marked the routes of Germany, Britain and France's march and retreat with thick arrow lines. He also used small flags of red and green to clearly show the positions of troops above the division level, which looked clear at a glance.

He is using current European war examples to teach, tell the tactics of armored troops in super-large battles, analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the two armies, and deepen the students' understanding.
Chapter completed!