Kay is taken by Cotterman to visit a Belgian detective named Hercule Poirot. Polo is a retired Belgian police officer. However, because he speaks French, he is often mistaken for a Frenchman. Before the war began, he came to settle in the UK and lived in 56B Whitehaven Building, Sandhurst Square, London. He is now one of the richest people in London. The famous detective.
And while Kai was traveling with Cotman in London, the Germans finally started to take action.
At 5 o'clock in the evening on October 22, 1916, near Reims, France, when the Germans' routine heavy artillery bombardment stopped roaring, there was silence all around. Only the breeze blew through the position, and the soldiers got up from the trenches to stretch their bodies. , they saw the clouds of mist coming with the wind from the north, and they were so amazed that they thought they saw the mysterious European landscape, but they didn't know that an unprecedented God of Death was wielding a sickle at them.
At 7 o'clock in the evening that day, the French command lost contact with the front line. Neither the radio nor the wired phone could be connected. At that time, the command thought it was a radio fault and a wired phone malfunction, so the command decided to use the safest method at the time. Contact the front line by means of communication - dispatch messengers directly.
In the early days of World War I, radio equipment was spread to the military level. The division level did not have its own communication equipment, so radio failures caused troops to lose contact. It was a very frequent occurrence. At that time, the most common communication method in the French army was wired. Telephones, but wired telephones also have their own disadvantages, that is, the lines are easily disconnected for various reasons.
Therefore, the most reliable method of communication at that time was to use messengers to communicate.
But by 9 o'clock that night, all the messengers sent had not returned. At this time, the French command finally realized that there was a problem on the front line. So the command immediately mobilized the reserve team. Unfortunately, it was too late. The German army had already broken through the front line and reached the city of Reims.
At about 12 o'clock that night, Reims was declared lost. The French army retreated nearly 60 kilometers before using a large number of reinforcements to withstand the German attack.
According to French army statistics during the day of the next day, the French army lost a total of 9 infantry regiments with a total of 22,500 people, including hundreds of artillery and thousands of mortars, as well as countless weapons and equipment. More than three of these infantry regiments were lost before the war began and never saw action again.
The French command was at a loss as to how these three infantry regiments disappeared. According to the confessions of French troops in adjacent positions, they heard no sounds of fighting, no gunfire, and no artillery fire. The German army suddenly launched an attack on the three infantry regiments from their positions without any warning.
In order to figure out what happened in the middle, the French intelligence agency began to operate at full capacity, and at the same time, Paris once again strengthened the troops in Reims.
But here we still haven’t figured out what happened. The next day, the German army launched an attack in the Aisne River area. It was also heavy fog, and the frontline troops suddenly lost contact. It was also silent. The German army suddenly appeared in the French position. middle. Subsequently, the German army formed a Marne River protrusion with a front of 80 kilometers and a depth of 60 kilometers in the French front.
Immediately afterwards, the German high command planned to concentrate the forces of three armies in the Marne River area (the 7th, 1st, and 3rd armies, a total of 48 divisions, 6,353 artillery pieces, and about 400 aircraft), from Chateau Thierry, Elysee Breaking through the Allied defense lines in the Na River area, and then launching an offensive towards Paris.
The French 6th, 5th and 4th Group Armies (a total of 36 divisions and 3080 artillery pieces) organized defense in a deep echelon configuration and formed a confrontation with the German army. The two sides were in a stalemate. However, the French command has a negative attitude towards this defense because they are afraid of the recurrence of the previous two situations. They are still not sure how the German army managed to break through their forward position silently.
The British government was also very frightened. In order to stabilize France and prevent the German army from entering Paris, they could only increase troops on the French front line. The British temporarily mobilized 4 British divisions to increase troops to the Marne River front line, and in order to make up for the French army's Huge losses, Britain could only recruit troops from home again.
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The changes on the front line also affected London. At least from Kai's perspective, London became a lot more depressed. Even if I see pedestrians on the street, they are all in a hurry. Coupled with the fact that it is late winter and the weather is cold and gloomy, London has a feeling of sunset.
"The front line is not good. The Germans have now taken the initiative, and the French side is preparing to move the capital again." (During the first Battle of the Marne, the French government moved to Porto)
Cotman seems to be accustomed to chatting with Kai when he has time these days. In fact, Cotman likes to come to Kai, not only because Cotman is curious about Kai, but also because the British government is also contributing to it. They hoped that Cotman could subtly influence Kai, and Cotman did not refuse. Kai knew many things that happened on the front line through Cotman's mouth.
Kai looked at the frontline battle briefing that Coatman had gotten from nowhere, but he was extremely confused in his heart. He had studied the history of World War I when he was in school. Although many details were unclear, he still knew about the two battles of the Marne.
If my memory serves me right, the first Battle of the Marne took place in September 1914, which is exactly the same time as here. The second Marne River flood occurred in July 1918, but it is only the end of October 1916! This time the Battle of the Marne actually happened two years earlier!
And judging from the battlefield situation, the situation of the Allied Powers is not good.
You must know that in the last time and space, the Allied Powers had prepared a counterattack plan when they organized defense. However, according to the news brought by Cotman, the main energy of the Allied Powers now still remains on blocking the German army. They are not even sure whether they can hold Paris. Be pessimistic, let alone counterattack.
Judging from the current situation, Germany must have used some extraordinary means.
Just when Kay was about to discuss this issue with Cotman, Catherine knocked on the door and came in.
"Your Majesty, Reverend Dalton is here to visit."
Kai's daily routine is to read at home or visit friends with Cotman. This old man has many friends. Then there is the matter of bragging at home with Cotman. Men, no matter what their age, it is a hobby engraved in their bones to give advice and criticize Fang Qiu. Everyone likes to act like a national leader.
Undoubtedly, both Cotterman and Kay shared this hobby, and they even personally simulated the war situation.
Of course, this deduction is extremely unprofessional and is completely based on subjective assumptions and nonsense. But neither of them cares. Why do they care so much if they are just bragging?
Kay lived a very comfortable life like this, and sometimes George V would join in. However, Pastor Dalton had never been seen again since the first meeting.
However, Kai could probably guess that what this guy wanted to say was that he wanted to join their camp.
"Let him in."
Kai did not give him a cold shoulder, because he was short-handed. During this period of time, Kai was still aware of the overt and covert preferential treatment given to him by the royal family and the British government. This face must be given.
Soon Dalton opened the door and came in.
But contrary to Kai's expectation, Dalton did not persuade Kai immediately. Instead, he handed Kai a stack of photos.
Although Kai was a little confused, he still took the photo. When he saw the content in the photo, Kai's expression immediately changed.
"demon?!!!"
Although the photo was a bit blurry, Kai could still see what was in the photo.
“Where did you take pictures of this kind of thing?!!”
The content in the photo is very shocking and very bloody. Countless human bodies have been dismembered, their blood has been drained, and they are piled up in a huge pit. Some humanoid creatures are reveling in such an environment.
Most of them were pictures of sacrifices. Although Kai didn't recognize many of these sacrifice rituals, the core things were not much different from what Kai had seen before.
Demon, a very ancient creature. But unlike most people's imagination of demons now, demons have nothing to do with things like God's angels, and their birth has nothing to do with humans. In Kai's mind, they are more like alien creatures.
Just like the ice giants Kai met in Asgard, they come from other spaces. Just because of some special coincidence, the world of demons and the earth have a very subtle link. Demons can run to Earth through something like a space tunnel.
Kai had fought against such creatures alongside the Asgardian hunks, so he knew a few things.
These things feed on human flesh and soul. It can even be said that human flesh and soul have extraordinary temptations for them. These things can allow these demons to evolve, so in order to obtain these things, the demons will find ways to come to the earth.
However, because there is a group of people who have been fighting against them and preventing them from entering the earth, Asgardians usually rarely confront demons because the chance of them appearing is very low. Kai only encountered them once by luck.
Unexpectedly, after thousands of years, these demons would appear again, and judging from the photos, there were quite a few of them.
Dalton faced Kai's question and said with a gloomy face: "Battlefield! Our spies took photos from the Reims battlefield. However, due to some changes, these photos have not been received until now."
