The initial and final goal is to be as bloodless as possible, which includes avoiding land battles as much as possible, especially avoiding wasting the blood of national soldiers in trench warfare.

Putting this world war in the past was what a few people at this dinner were thinking. And for the Allied Powers, this was not an unacceptable fact. The reason why the Allied Powers wanted the United States to participate in the war was not because of the combat effectiveness of the expeditionary force. On the contrary, it was

Britain and France had never had high expectations for the combat effectiveness of the American Expeditionary Force.

Compared with the combat capabilities of the American Expeditionary Force, what the Allied camp hoped for most was that this country, which was hiding on the side and getting rich, would add industrial capabilities to the entire Allied camp and slowly wear out the Germans.

Sheffield remembered that historically Britain and France thought this way, and were even prepared to end the war in 1920, until Germany ran out of fuel and was exhausted, and then declared the victory of the Allied Powers.

I can't control other countries, so why can't I exert force on my own country's participation in the war? Sheffield speculated on the Allied camp with the greatest malice in front of the Minister of Finance, the Minister of War and the Deputy Secretary of the Navy.

And it was France and Russia who pointed out that the Allied camp was exhausted, not the British. It is true that after the Battle of the Somme, talking about the thieves' dawdling life would definitely be disrespectful to the British. But with France and Russia

Compared with the battle that has almost cost their lives, the British can only say that they have just become serious.

The British Empire has indeed shed more blood than in history, but it is still within the tolerance range. Slave owners found that they still underestimated the colony of British India. The current war trend has proved that the British have been against the British for hundreds of years.

The protection and management of British India was so correct. The British Empire would never surrender until the last drop of Indian blood was spared. It was completely a willingness to fight and a willingness to suffer, and the Indians gained the status of a dominion by participating in the war.

For the Treasury Department, Sheffield's reason for such a smart entry into the war was that Britain and France must be weakened to ensure the safety of loans to the United States. Sheffield could also explain the same to the banker group in New England. After all,

Morgan's urging to enter the war was just to make a statement, not to allow the United States to take over the role of British India.

To the Secretary of War, Newton, Sheffield explained it more clearly. The central idea was that friendly forces were surrounded and immovable. The Secretary of War expressed great agreement with this central idea.

On the issue of the navy, Franklin Roosevelt himself knew the nature of the navy. Coupled with the strength of the British Royal Navy, it was impossible for the federal navy to participate in the war in a situation where the weak would defeat the strong. Therefore, according to the most intense naval battle scenario, the United States would not

There were huge losses like a ground war.

"If you look at the number of tanks in the British army, you should understand that I am not lying when I say that Britain still retains its strength." Sheffield used tank data to support his statement.

In the autumn of 1917, the British Expeditionary Force was equipped with 2,000 tanks. This was ten times that of the French allies, and ten times that of the Germans. Today, all participating countries in the world combined, the number of tanks is also 2,000.

Not as many as the British Expeditionary Force.

Historically, after Germany finally defeated Imperial Russia on the Eastern Front, when it turned around and launched the Kaiser's Offensive on the Western Front, the number of tanks in the British Expeditionary Force was 3,300, which is also evident from the huge spare capacity of the United Kingdom.

Starting from 1917, the British on the Western Front no longer acted as a auxiliary force like they did in the first two years of the war. Instead, they served as the main offensive force like the French. After all, if they were paddling, the French were really strong.

Can't stand it any longer.

"Yes, the numbers don't lie." Secretary of War Newton looked at Secretary of Finance McAdoo and expressed that he agreed with Sheffield's statement. Just putting two thousand tanks there would be a huge deterrent, and then said

, “Can we build enough tanks for the expeditionary force?”

When Sheffield heard about the new order, he suddenly lost his sleep and asked, "If we want to be similar to the British one, we still need to redesign it. Regarding the emergence of tanks, as the largest tractor manufacturing company in the country, United Company of course

We have technical reserves and have manufactured prototype cars.”

The so-called prototype is a test product similar to the German No. 1 tank. As long as the national order comes, Sheffield can assemble it immediately, because the components of this tank have already been manufactured. He even thought before that if one day he would

Fighting a Civil War can be used to arm the Union Army.

Now it seems that there is almost no hope of another Civil War, and it can be directly used to serve the American Expeditionary Force.

"Of course we want to be similar to the British, and we can also learn from the British's advanced technology." Young Newton chose tanks similar to those of the British instead of the light tanks stored in Sheffield.

The slave owner was not disappointed. As long as the country could provide money, he didn't mind arguing whether the British iron bastard was better or the experimental product that already had spare parts in reserve.

As a monopoly capitalist, his personal conscience prevented Sheffield from correcting the wrong ideas of the Secretary of War. This was all requested by the federal government itself. If it is found that the route is wrong and it needs to be changed in the future, wouldn't it be the slave owner who is looking for it? You can also start from the following

Make money on one purchase contract.

Through this dinner, Sheffield had revised the plan for the United States to participate in the war, delaying the official landing in Europe as long as he could. Finally, he sighed, "In fact, we should all thank the Germans. If Germany and Britain had not gone to war, then today would be the end of the world."

We are the ones facing attacks from the British."

"No, we won't fight with the British." McAdoo said with some disbelief, "We are all one nation, we won't go to the point of killing each other."

"It seems that the relationship between the Germans and the British has not gone very far. Many people in Germany believe that the British are a part of the Germanic people. Of course, the British do not think so." Put the cut steak into your mouth from the fork,

Sheffield chewed the juicy meat and murmured, "If our country had the status of Britain, we would make the same choice."

Just think about the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the attitude of the United States after knowing the number of Soviet nuclear bombs, and you can understand that if it can exchange serious injuries for the result of complete destruction of the enemy, the United States is determined to dare to change. As long as the top domestic strength is preserved, there will be many leeks after the war.

Become a U.S. citizen.

The British dared to face the two world wars launched by the Germans. Just because the nuclear bomb appeared, they believed that the United States would not choose war to contain its opponents. This idea is so naive.

What if after the First World War in this time and space, Germany is no longer able to launch a second war, and even the Soviet Union restrains from liberating all mankind? Then it will be Britain and the United States' turn to go to war. If the British can hand over world hegemony, Britain and the United States will

Relationships are thicker than water. If there is no friendship, then the heretic is more hateful than the heretic.

Sheffield didn't even need to mention this vaccine. He remembered that before World War II, the federal government's Department of War had a plan to go to war with Britain, called the Red Plan.

The reason for formulating a plan to go to war with Britain was that the United States felt that Britain was deliberately suppressing itself in order to maintain its position as world hegemon. It was assumed that the British would do anything to maintain their position as world hegemon, so the United States had to be prepared to strike preemptively.

"It's raining!" After sending several distinguished guests outside the manor, Sheffield discovered that the relatively good weather could change at a moment's notice, so he asked the head bodyguard to arrange for the cars of several important political figures to escort them away.

Just three days later, Sheffield received a two-million-dollar tank purchase contract and whispered to himself, "No matter how small a fly is, it is still meat. The added value of the tank is still too low."

On the United States side, when Sheffield used the last time to go through the procedures, the fighting on the Eastern Front of Europe began again. At the risk of being stabbed by the British and French forces on the Western Front, German Chief of General Staff Falkenhayn mobilized a large force from the Western Front.

Arriving at the Eastern Front battlefield, Brusilov, commander of the Russian Southwest Front, had already launched a preemptive attack.

The offensive plan formulated by Falkenhayn was divided into three routes. The German army would mainly attack the northern front to threaten the Russian capital Petrograd, and at the same time support the Austro-Hungarian army on the southern front.

Before that, Brusilov's offensive had to be stopped, and the disadvantage of the Russian logistics to the frontline reinforcements had been fully exposed. After almost a week of fighting, the Eighth Army showed signs of fatigue, and the time for counterattack finally arrived.

The Austro-Hungarian 7th Army took action before the German army. To their surprise, the Russian 8th Army, which once seemed very powerful, retreated at the first touch and actively retreated. The Austro-Hungarian army immediately invested more troops.

Ludendorff, who had received a large number of new troops on the northern front, and learned of the great progress of the Austro-Hungarian army, revised the chief of general staff's offensive plan and sent a group army to form the central front. This time the attack formed

From the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, 2.3 million German and Austrian allied forces attacked across the board.

Ludendorff distributed the revised plan to all participating troops, named the battle plan The Emperor Swings the Sword, and wrote in the telegram, "All participating troops, for the Emperor, for the Empire!"

In view of the success of the allies, the German troops accelerated their advance. The First and Second Guards Divisions showed strong combat effectiveness and broke through the Russian defense line in one fell swoop, which in turn affected the entire Southwest Front. On the second day of the counterattack, the Russian army was on the battlefield.

A large opening forty kilometers wide was opened, and German and Austro-Hungarian troops continued to pour in.

"For the Emperor, for the Empire!" Along hundreds of kilometers of fronts, with the loud blast of more than 5,000 cannons, German soldiers shouted one after another. Three armies, including the Russian Eighth Army, were defeated one after another, from Estonia to
Chapter completed!