Chapter 387

Like the peaceful universe, in April 1917, the United States announced its entry into World War I and became a member of the allies. Then Wesley led the first echelon of the expeditionary army to set out. In the form of a mighty fleet in the Atlantic, destroyers and light cruisers became the main escort force to prevent German submarines.

German submarines began large-scale activities in January this year, with a growing trend, which is a heavy blow to Britain, but the destroyers and light cruisers designed by Wesley are the nemesis of these submarines.

All the way to the port in western France, Wesley first took the troops of three divisions to Paris to meet their French officers, looking at the Americans curiously all the way.

When the American army and the British and French Army stand together for comparison, the American army is like gentlemen in the city, while the British and French army is more like a group of farmers. Both equipment and clothing are in sharp contrast, which makes the soldiers of the American army very proud and the marching queue is looking up.

Wesley's jeep, which no one had seen, galloped all the way to the general headquarters of the allies in Paris. The General Commander of the allies, betten, met Wesley.

"Are you the commander of the American Expeditionary Force?" beidang asked in surprise. Although he had the information of the American commander again, the commanders of the first batch of troops did not indicate their age.

"Yes. I'm Major General Wesley Gibson, commander of the first echelon of the American Expeditionary Force." Wesley looked calm.

"Oh, welcome." betten was not enthusiastic at all. It was inevitable to despise Wesley's age. "This is Marshal Douglas Hague, commander in chief of Britain." then there are other generals in the general headquarters of the allies. However, these people are not very cold about the young general of the United States. However, they have just launched the spring offensive with heavy casualties, and betten has just taken over the post of commander in chief. Now they continue to need manpower.

"General Gibson, now we continue to need manpower. I think your American army can bear the pressure of defense," bedang said directly.

"I'm sorry, marshal, our troops have not adapted to the weather in France because they came all the way. At the same time, our logistics materials need to be transported from the United States thousands of miles away. Our ammunition is now very insufficient and can't bear the long-term defense task." Wesley interrupted without waiting for the other party to finish.

Beidang was quite upset, but there was no way. It was a fact that people were short of ammunition, but he would not give up. "Now it's the defense stage. You can take over a section of defense."

"This is a big taboo of strategists. Once we change our defense and have a foothold before we are stable, we are vulnerable to fierce attacks from the other party. My soldiers are easy to increase their shortcomings of acclimatization in fierce battle. If the defense line is lost, is it the responsibility of your Marshal or mine?"

Beidang stopped talking and turned to look at Douglas Haig. The other party shook his head vaguely. Beidang said again, "well, how long do you need?"

"This is not what I can decide, marshal. I need to see the speed of the transport fleet. At the same time, I need a flying force to obey my orders. We don't have redundant transport ships to transport aircraft. At the same time, the United States has no special forces in fighter planes, so we can only use yours. We need air support." Wesley didn't mention tanks, but directly asked for aircraft.

Tanks in this period were easy to fight, especially when he equipped the troops with RPG. When tanks appeared in the European war, Wesley must deal with them, but the direct production of tanks was not what he wanted, which was easy to be imitated by other countries. Therefore, he directly took out the simplest rocket barrel for production, and did not even produce anti tank guns, It's not too simple to directly use rocket propelled grenades to fight tanks during World War I.

"Aircraft? We need to wait. At present, we have suffered heavy casualties and the production of aircraft can't keep up," said bedang.

Wesley shrugged his shoulders casually. "Yes, we'll wait. Now I need to see our station. There are a lot of things to be busy and leave." Wesley turned and left the headquarters.

After Wesley left, bedan said to Haig, "what do you think of this young man?"

"I can't see through, but it's very strong. Others are not clear for the time being."

"I was going to let the Americans stand on the defense line first, but they don't agree what to do? Our losses have been great, especially after the spring offensive, the troops have begun to be insufficient." bedang said with high sounding, just want the Americans to be cannon fodder, and Britain and France want the Americans to be frightened.

"Wait first. After all, their personnel and equipment are not complete. It is natural not to participate in the war, but once they are complete, they must join the battle. He is just a major general."

Wesley left the headquarters and went to the station directly by car. The barracks are outside Paris. Now there are all barracks and refugee camps outside Paris. Hundreds of thousands of American troops need a lot of places. Moreover, Wesley has no intention to separate the troops. Because of equipment and logistics problems, the American army must fight alone in order to give full play to its power.

For a month, the troops entered the station one after another, and then the training began. They were waiting for follow-up ammunition and materials. At the same time, Wesley left four marine brigades in the port to stay with the Atlantic expedition fleet and wait for his orders at any time. Except Wesley, no one needs to obey his orders.

Wesley has been studying the map, and the two sides have faced off along many rivers. The road in this period is very bad, so this time Wesley only let the heavy artillery brigade bring trucks to pull away, and engineers use trucks to pull some heavy equipment. At the same time, Wesley is responsible for repairing roads to ensure the action speed of heavy artillery, while all other arms walk.

Wesley's plan is that others don't know. It's not impossible for him to finish the rest of World War I and directly kill the allies. Especially his four marine brigades, which are his direct troops, all the officers are trained by him, and the rest is to let all the American officers obey his command. This is a big problem.

"Order, so the division commander and brigade commander came to the meeting." Wesley finally held a plenary meeting for the first time one month after the troops gathered. Only the division commander and brigade commander attended, and none of the other officers called.

Wesley must subdue these generals at this meeting, otherwise it will be difficult for him to fight in the future. If he wants to prove himself, he needs unparalleled victory, or he may not be drowned by others. After all, he is a major general. No matter how much credit he makes, he is directed by others, which is not in line with Wesley's character.