69novels Chapter 495
Chapter 495
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Hans attacked Boran and Jake, the British Empire and the Gauls could still tolerate it.
Although Gaul violated their interests, Gaul’s annexation of Jake and Boran was an obvious move to expand eastward, and their eastward expansion would collide with the Russian Bear.
In anticipation of Hans going to war with the Russian Bear, the two countries did not declare war on Hans, but when their expectations were dashed, Hans not only did not go to war with the Russian Bear, but turned west and began to fight the Windmill Kingdom. The two countries suddenly realized that Hans had been playing tricks on them all along! After realizing this, the two countries completely abandoned their fantasies and seriously began to declare war on Hans!
“Hans’s purpose of attacking the Windmill Kingdom must be to attack Belgium from the Windmill Kingdom, thereby bypassing the Maginot direction and attacking Gaul!”
The Fog City, the capital of the Never-Setting Sun.
After declaring war, the Never-Setting Sun immediately sent its own army to Europe to assist Belgium and Gaul in organizing defense within the borders of Belgium, trying to keep Hans out of Belgium!
Before the war, at the Never-Setting Sun Headquarters, Prime Minister Lloyd George and King George V were listening to the report of the Chief of Staff.
“If we can’t stop the German army in Belgium, what will be the consequences?”
King George V’s expression was very serious. During World War I, Hans forced Belgium, a neutral country at the time, into the war, which led to the invasion of northern Gaul by the German army. The two sides fought in Gaul for several years. After paying a very heavy price, they repelled the German attack!
At this time, the German army repeated the same trick, but bypassed the front of Belgium and started from the Windmill Country.
They attacked this undefended neutral country again.
Their intentions were very obvious.
They planned to bypass the coalition forces deployed in the border area between Belgium and Hans, attack them from the flank of Belgium, and then cooperate with the German army on the front battlefield to surround the coalition forces in the border area and eat them up in one bite!
“If we cannot stop the German army in Belgium, the German army will march straight into Gaul and cut off Gaul’s outlet to the sea in the Strait of Calais, blocking our army from aiding Gaul!”
The Strait of Calais is the narrowest area of the English Channel, corresponding to the Dover area of the British mainland. Since the First World War, the British army has sent troops and combat supplies from the mainland to Gaul. One of the places is very famous, that is Dunkirk!
King George V’s expression was very heavy. The northern part of Gaul is flat. Considering the powerful attack capabilities of the German armored forces in the previous wars, if they are allowed to break into Gaul, the consequences will be disastrous! It is too difficult to stop the German armored forces on flat ground!
“We must protect Belgium and never let them fall!”
In view of this, King George V made a decision. The British Empire will go all out to invest all the troops and materials it can mobilize to protect Belgium!
“How many troops do we have now?”
After the First World War, the British Army began to rapidly reduce its strength. By 925, their number had dropped to 1 million. At this time, it was only about 800,000.
“A total of fifty-three divisions, eight hundred and thirty thousand people!”
“Leaving ten divisions to guard the homeland, the rest of the troops were all sent to Belgium to help the Gauls withstand the German attack!”
“”Yes, Your Majesty!”
After receiving the king’s order, the chief of staff immediately sent a telegram to the local troops, asking them to assemble immediately. In addition to the vanguard troops that had rushed to Europe earlier, the follow-up troops would also assemble and join the European battlefield to fight Hans!
“Immediately mobilize the whole country and impose martial law on the whole country according to the war standards of the First World War!”
Because the opponent’s strength is extremely strong, after issuing the order to send troops to fight, Prime Minister Lloyd George immediately issued a national mobilization order.
They cannot defeat the Han with this army of less than one million alone. They need to expand the army, and the army needs to consume a lot of military supplies for fighting. These things need to be produced by the factory overtime.
In order to give priority to the production of these military factories, they must impose martial law on the whole country, control the distribution of materials, and give priority to the most important and most in-need departments!
“Uh, Prime Minister, we are short of labor!”
The Minister of Labor said with some embarrassment.
“Huh? There is still a shortage of labor? Didn’t they say there were millions of unemployed people before?”
King George V was very surprised when he heard the words of the Minister of Labor. He remembered that the outbreak of the economic crisis had caused a sharp increase in the domestic unemployment rate. The emergence of a large number of unemployed people made the whole society turbulent. During that period, even the Fog City became unsafe!
So how could there be a shortage of labor?
“Well, we have previously sent out five million laborers in batches overseas, most of whom are young and middle-aged laborers!”
Lloyd George rubbed his forehead. This was done during the tenure of Prime Minister Stanley. At the time, this method was indeed a good way to solve the domestic crisis. After sending these people away, no one in the country made trouble, and social order improved all of a sudden!
However, now that the war has broken out, they suddenly discovered that because millions of young and middle-aged laborers have been sent away, there are no enough reserve soldiers to be recruited in the country!
“Quick, recall them urgently, no, form an army on the spot and let them go back to Europe to help!”
King George V was quite speechless when he heard the news. He agreed to move the capital, but things had to be prioritized.
At this time, Europe was in a hurry, and they couldn’t continue to run away at this time!
They had to put out the fire in Europe before they could consider moving the capital.
Hearing the words of George V, Prime Minister Lloyd George opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he hesitated and didn’t say it in the end.
After the British made the decision, they acted quickly. The first batch of 300,000 army arrived in Belgium in just three days, and the subsequent large number of troops were still in the process of being transferred!
In addition to the army, they also dispatched the Royal Navy to officially start a maritime blockade of Hans, cutting off Hans’ direct contact with the outside world to prevent Hans from getting support from the outside world!
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Europe, Bastogne area.
A small group of cavalry with about a dozen people is conducting reconnaissance along the forest area.
This cavalry belongs to the First Army of Gaul, and is under the command of General George Krut of the 14th Division.
Since arriving in the Liege area, General George Krut has become more and more uneasy. The
German troops on the opposite side are increasing. The main forces of the German army have been transferred back to the West Front from the East Front one after another, and several major armies have appeared on the front.
The German troops in the Aachen area have increased to 1.5 million!
Such a large field force is clearly brewing a large-scale offensive.
But the Gauls can’t figure out where the focus of the offensive is!
However, these are not the most uneasy things for him. What worries him most is that as the ace force of the German army, the First Army has never appeared.
The Luxembourg area has lost contact with the Liege area since November 3. It is not known whether the telegraph lines here have been destroyed by the Germans or whether it has been conquered by the Germans!
Although, judging from the current deployment of the coalition forces, even if they lost Luxembourg, it would not have a great impact on them. Luxembourg’s rear was just the tail of the Maginot Line. Even if the Germans occupied Luxembourg, they would still have to run into the Maginot Line. They could not escape!
However, this is based on common sense. What if the German commander was a madman and did not take the usual route, but chose to attack from other places they did not expect, such as the Ardennes Forest or the Vosges Mountains?
Krutt was restless after thinking about it, so he sent a large number of cavalry to investigate along the Bastogne area.
If the Germans really tried to outflank them from the Luxembourg area, they would definitely pass by here!
This cavalry team had walked dozens of kilometers along the way. At first, they were very vigilant, but as they did not find any enemies, and they were tired, their vigilance decreased a lot.
Finally, by a stream, the cavalry stopped and planned to rest here, let the horses drink some water, and eat something to replenish their energy.
As soon as they sat down���Soon, the cavalry felt that something was wrong!
For some unknown reason, the ground began to shake.
The stones on the ground also began to tremble slightly!
“”Is there an earthquake?”
A soldier looked up blankly and asked his companion.
But his companion dropped the bread in his hand with a snap, looked up in fear and stared at the distance.
“What happened?”
Seeing his companions like this, the soldier looked up in surprise and was immediately shocked!
Opposite them, deep in the Ardennes Forest, an army with the Iron Cross flag was moving forward rapidly. Behind the Iron Cross flag was a rolling torrent that had no end in sight!
“Yes, it’s the German army!”_