In any case, the Chinese Empire has 1.3 million troops, which is a force that France and Russia cannot give up. Interestingly, China and Russia do not form an alliance, only China and France have signed a military alliance agreement.

After visiting Russia, French Prime Minister Vivinia continued to arrive in Beijing by train from the Far East Railway, which happened to arrive on the morning of August 2. Yesterday, Germany had declared war on Russia, and in the early morning of this day, it officially issued an ultimatum to France and Belgium.

At this time, French Prime Minister Vivinia really had no room for negotiation. When meeting with Imperial Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi, she could only agree to the Imperial Government's six temporary agreements. The first is that the Empire solemnly announced that it would definitely abide by the Sino-French Military Alliance Agreement.

》, hope that Germany will stop declaring war on France; second, once Germany and France formally fight, the empire will announce war on Germany within no more than one month at the latest; third, after the empire announces war, the French Asian fleet shall not withdraw

Asia and participate in the war against the German Far East Fleet; Fourth, the Empire will not send troops to Europe in principle. If France requires the Empire to send troops to Europe, all debts owed to France by the Empire should be cancelled on the principle of mutual benefit, and the Empire will send at least 300,000 yuan.

Forces participate in the war; Fifth, after defeating the German-Austrian alliance, Germany's leased land in China must be permanently returned to China, Germany and the allied countries' disposal rights in China belong to China, and Germany's other colonies in Asia belong to China; Sixth, if the Empire

Send troops to attack colonies outside Germany in Africa and other regions, and the colonies occupied after annihilation of the German army belong to China

After the two sides reached these six points agreements, on the evening of August 2, the Imperial Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi and French Prime Minister Vivinia issued a joint statement in Zhongnanhai, swearing that China-France friendship and alliance relations are important to everything, and China will definitely abide by the Sino-France Military Alliance.

"The Agreement" and recommends that Germany stop war and resolve issues through consultation and negotiation. If Germany declares war on France, China will also declare war on Germany

Although China and Germany are very far apart, the empire has 1.3 million army forces and is well equipped. The ** industry has developed rapidly in the past few years and is fully capable of supporting a war.

The German ambassador to China Xin Ci hurriedly met with Tang Shaoyi and returned the leased land in Qingdao. He also hoped that China would not fight. If China is willing to withdraw from the Sino-French alliance, Germany is willing to give more preferential terms.

It's too late

Arrogance always comes at a price, whether it is Germany or Britain

If China was in West Asia, such a large number of troops would indeed make the German-Austrian alliance worry, but after all, it was too far apart. Germany would not be able to offer a price that truly satisfies the empire at this time, and Germany's focus was all

In the big plan to defeat France, the attack on Belgium was also an arrow that had to be fired, and Britain also understood that it had to participate in the war to curb Germany's further expansion

Under such circumstances, World War I finally broke out unstoppable

As for whether China declares war on Germany, under the constraints of the six agreements, China can delay for a while. Song Biao's idea is to wait until the Battle of Marenhe is over before talking.

If Germany wins the Battle of Marne, defeats France in one fell swoop, and takes Paris, then he will continue to wait for a while before declaring war. If he doesn't win, it seems that he can declare war directly.

As the deputy chief of staff, Chen Qicai has led the military observation team to Paris at this time about various intelligence on the German and French military fronts. He will be responsible for letting the Central Military Department be clear at the first time.

World War I really came. This idea sometimes made Song Biao feel extremely surprised. He seemed to suddenly realize that he had arrived in this era for so long, spanning the Russo-Japanese War and the First World.

The war may have to go through World War II

After Germany officially declared war on Belgium, it completely broke the delusion of British neutrality. Starting from August 3, the German army led 60,000 troops to attack Belgium and completely occupied Belgium on the 18th. It was two days faster than Song Biao expected, which seemed to be

It can be seen that the Xinhai War had a positive impact on the development of world army ideas

At this time, the German Army also began to load a large number of light machine guns and submachine guns. The German army used the Popning submachine guns. In addition to the United Kingdom, France, Russia and Austro-Hungary, they also used the Popning submachine guns, which itself made the Far East Weapon Corporation

Make a lot of profit

Like other countries, Germany directly purchased the patent and paid a patent fee for the Far East Weapon Corporation in every production. The United Kingdom modified a submachine gun based on the Vickers machine gun, but the effect was not very good.

They did not weaken the capacity of ammunition, making submachine guns more difficult to control than machine guns

Before declaring war, Russia and France had urgently ordered large quantities of Popning light machine guns and submachine guns, as well as other arms supplies from the Far East Weapons Corporation.

On August 20, the German army officially attacked France, which rolled the French army all over the ground, and the army rushed straight to Paris, which made France panic. The French government was forced to move to Bordeaux. The United Kingdom finally officially

Send troops to fight

The impact of the Sino-Japanese War on World War I was already very obvious during this period. Especially for the German army, the German army not only installed a large number of light machine guns, but also adopted the Tumenjiang offensive tactics on a large scale during the attack, expanding the

Attack range, tear the French defense line separately, and use Hutier tactics on a small scale to conduct infiltration operations through artillery joint combat theory

With the quality of the German Army, as long as they start doing this, the French army is as hard to stop.

This made Song Biao a little scary

He had a terrifying premonition that Paris would be captured by the Germans

Such worries made Song Biao not know how to make a decision for a while, but after careful and careful thinking, he decided to declare war on Germany. Even if France was eventually defeated, he hoped to recover Qingdao before that

German Minister to China Sin Riping warned the central cabinet, saying that Germany would quickly defeat France on the European continent and win the final victory. If China formally declares war on Germany, Germany will never forgive China easily.

Such provocation made Song Biao feel deeply disgusted

On September 1, three days before the final declaration of war agreed by China and France, the Imperial Cabinet government formally declared war on Germany, interrupted diplomatic relations between the two countries, and issued an ultimatum to the German troops stationed in Jiaozhou Bay and the German Far East Fleet, demanding that the German troops be in the

Leaving Jiaozhou Bay within 24 hours, but in Ningbo Port, the French Asian Fleet and the Central Fleet temporarily formed by the Central Navy have merged and tried to completely defeat the German Far East Fleet in the East Sea.

At 14:00 noon on September 2, the 1st Infantry Division and the 15th Infantry Division stationed in Jinan launched an attack on the German army. Sin Riping was forced to leave China. Before leaving, Liang Dunyan, deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Sin Riping reached a secret agreement. Germany

The Far East Fleet can announce surrender to China. If France is defeated, according to the Sino-French alliance agreement, China will be able to withdraw from the war and continue to remain neutral. After the war is over, China can return the German Far East Fleet.

The commander of the German Far East Fleet, Kerson, rejected the agreement and led the fleet to evacuate Jiaozhou Bay, and fought with the Sino-French joint fleet in the waters of Fushan Bay, resulting in an old ironclad ship and several cruisers being sunk, destroying the last one

Kerson agreed to surrender after the ironclad ship

Almost at the same time, the German army launched the Battle of Marne in front of the Western Front of Europe. The French Chief of Staff Xiafei had been taking strategic retreat before this. Although the German army occupied Belgium and northeastern France, the army did not suffer.

There were too many losses, and at this time Xiafei persuaded the British army to form a coalition with the French army to complete the blockade of the German army between the Marne River, Verdun and Paris.

The Sino-Japanese War of 1911 has a huge impact on the world military, but the French army did not really understand and analyze this war. It simply increased the number of light machine guns and submachine guns. Compared with the French army, the German army was even more so.

To fully study the tactical significance of the entire war

Based on the overwhelming military strength shown by the German army in the capture of Belgium and the pursuit of the French army, the whole world was deeply afraid and suspicious, and doubted whether France could resist the German Imperial Army.

Even Song Biao was disappointed and deeply suspicious of the French army. On the night when the German army launched a large-scale offensive on the north bank of the Marine River, Song Biao called Jiang Fangzhen and Shu Fangde to the imperial room and the two of them.

Let's discuss how long the French army can withstand

The views of Jiang Fangzhen and Shu Fangde were exactly the same. Shu Fangde believed that the German army was strong, brave in combat and had strong discipline. The French army had already collapsed in one battle before, and would definitely repeat the mistakes of the French-Popular War again, and it would not take long.

Paris was captured by Germany, while Jiang Fangzhen believed that the French army was still strategically retreating at this stage, and there was no situation where large troops were surrounded and annihilated. As the German army further penetrated into France, supplies would gradually restrict the German army's rapid attack, plus the British

With the joining of the army, the two sides are likely to form a long war of attrition in the surrounding areas of Paris. Once they enter such a situation, the situation will gradually be detrimental to the German army.

Human talents can be reflected at this time

Jiang Fangzhen's view is very clear. On the basis of drawing on the Sino-Japanese War of 1911, the German army increased the number of equipment for submachine guns and light machine guns on a large scale, and introduced grenade launchers and 60 mortar patents from the empire to produce them locally.

A large number of troops were installed, including the tactically affected by the Xinhai War, which gave the German army a greater problem.

During the Sino-Japanese War of 1911, the actual main combat troops of the Northeast Army were 300,000. The additional troops were 400,000. They were responsible for logistics, fortifications and coordinated attacks, and were equipped with 600,000 horsepower.

Horses and 2.7 million laborers, plus large-scale transportation of three railways, can ensure the rapid attack of the Northeast Army

Not only that, the Northeast Army's research and practice of the theory of mobile rapid offensive has been further deepened, and has made large-scale adjustments several times. By expanding the number of soldiers in grassroots troops and averaging the burden on individual soldiers, we will promote the rapid development of the troops by averaging the average.

Mobile combat, even so, the Northeast Army can only guarantee four to seven days of combat capability

Judging from the current organization of the German army, the German army obviously did not realize the huge difference between 14 and 10 infantry squads. You should know that during the Xinhai War, many infantry squads of the Northeast Army were large-scale organization of 20 people.

Average march load by number advantage

As the saying goes, there must be my teacher when three people walk

Jiang Fangzhen's visionary judgment awakened Song Biao

It was already late at night. The three of them discussed in the imperial room for a long time. Song Biao sat on the dragon bed thinking about Jiang Fangzhen's opinions. After pondering for a long time, he said to Jiang Fangzhen. Shu Fangde and the other two said: "Germany has committed a fatal crime.

Wrong, they only retained a small amount of troops on the Eastern Front and concentrated all the main forces on the Western Front. It was obvious that they wanted to fight and win quickly and eliminate France in the fastest way. There was no problem with the idea of ​​implementing this tactical idea.

The time may be a bit too long. In the past decade, combat theory has changed a lot, especially the emergence of trench warfare and the development of trench warfare theory, which is a great obstacle to the German army's rapid offensive plan.

,The second is the change of weapons, the emergence of submachine guns and mortars makes it easier to break through the trench defense line and become more difficult on the other hand, which depends on the level of weapons on both sides. In fact, at the level of weapons,

In fact, neither the English, Germany nor France has formed an absolute generation difference. France is indeed a bastard. For a little sesame thing, we suggested that the French army use 762 rifle bullets in 1911, and they agreed. As a result, it was early this year.

Not officially installed yet. In June, I was urgently ordered with us. The order was placed. Congress made a noise and wanted to repent and continued to order French-made weapons. As a result, the French state-owned military factory was even more sluggish and could not say

It is beneficial for them to export and export, and they still need to make 8 rifle bullets, so even if France is defeated, it is not worthy of sympathy."

Shu Fangde was confused when Song Biao said this, and continued to ask Song Biao for no reason: "Your Majesty, do you think France can win or Germany can win?"

Song Biao silently refused to answer, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea

Jiang Fangzhen said: "At least in the Battle of the Maren River, the French army will suffer losses, but the German army cannot gain a big advantage. In fact, this is a very simple problem. If we are commanding the German army, the British and French coalition forces currently deployed roughly in the Maren River.

It will not be less than 10,000. The German army is roughly the same in scale, and the weapon level and training level are roughly the same. Do you think it is possible for us to encircle and annihilate the British and French armies? The problem now is that the German army has tactical advantages and disadvantages in supply. If

The scale of the two sides' army continues to expand. The more people the number, the smaller the impact of tactical advantages and the greater the impact of supply disadvantage. If the German army continues to go deeper, the further the problem will be, the more complicated it will be. We calculated it equally at the beginning to ensure that

A main soldier on the front line must be equipped with one subordinate soldier, 15 horsepower and 8 civilians. There are three railway lines behind it. In other words, under the scale of ten thousand army, the German army must be equipped with 1.5 million horsepower and

If the German army cannot do this, the faster the front-line main force advances, the more problems there will be, the more problems there will be."

Song Biao sighed at this time and said, "War is always the result after it is over, because war is commanded by people and executed by people, and people are always the biggest variable."

Speaking of this, he asked Shu Fangde: "How is Chen Qicai and Xinhua Company talking in France? According to the truth, the first batch of arms sold to France in China should have arrived in France, right?"

Shu Fangde said: "It's just that the situation in France is very complicated and chaotic. When they are so angry, they are picky. Our guns and ammunition are all in stock. Today, we will be able to France in twenty days.

The French military factories could not reach this speed at all. The French Wartime Committee's problem really made Chen Qicai not know what to say. He replied to me yesterday and thought the attitude of the French logistics department was also incredible."

Song Biao could only answer: "So it's called strange."

The more I know France, the more Song Biao feels that France is a strange country, and such a country can win the First World War. I really don’t know what the Germans should think of World War II.

To a certain extent, these are the various disadvantages of a so-called republic, everything can be ripped off.

Therefore, Napoleon was indeed a wizard of generations. It was really difficult to combine a country like France into the largest military power in Europe.

Take the 762*54cr rifle bullet as a very simple thing. Designing a new rifle bullet is a very complicated task. It seems simple, but in fact it requires a lot of testing experiments, including shell, bullet diameter, and installation.
To be continued...