As in the parallel universe, in April 1917, the United States announced that it would join World War I and become a member of the Entente, and then Wesley led the first echelon of the expeditionary force to set off, and the mighty fleet took the form of a mighty fleet in the Atlantic, with destroyers and light cruisers becoming the main escort to prevent German submarines.
German submarines, which began large-scale activity in January of this year, have a tendency to intensify, which is a heavy blow to the British, but Wesley-designed destroyers and light cruisers are the nemesis of these submarines.
After arriving at the western ports of France without danger, Wesley first headed to Paris with three divisions of troops, and the French officers who greeted them looked at the Americans curiously.
The American army and the British and French armies stand together and compare, then the American army is like gentlemen in the city, while the British and French troops are more like a group of peasants, both equipment and clothing are contrasting, which makes the soldiers of the American army very proud, and the marching columns are all with their heads raised.
And Wesley's jeep was in which no one had ever seen it, and he galloped all the way to the Allied headquarters in Paris, where the Allied commander-in-chief, Petain, received Wesley.
"You are the commander of the American Expeditionary Force," Petain asked in surprise, although he had the information of the American commander, but the commander of the first unit did not specify his age.
"Not bad.
I am Major General Wesley Gibson, commander of the first echelon of the American Expeditionary Force.
Wesley's face was steady.
"Oh, welcome."
Pétain was not enthusiastic at all, and it was inevitable to despise Wesley when he saw his age.
"This is the British Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Douglas Haig, the British Commander-in-Chief."
Then there were the other generals in the Allied General Command, but they were not very interested in the young American general, but they had just launched the Spring Offensive and suffered heavy casualties, and Petain had just taken over as commander-in-chief, and they were now continuing to ask for manpower.
"General Gibson, now that we continue to have manpower, I think your American army can take on the pressure of defense."
Petain said directly.
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Marshal, but our troops have not yet adapted to the weather in France because they have come from afar, and our logistical supplies need to be transported from the United States, thousands of miles away, and our ammunition is now very insufficient to withstand long-term defense tasks."
Wesley didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking, and directly interrupted.
Petain was quite unhappy, but there was no way, it was a fact that people were running out of ammunition, but he would not give up, "This is the defensive stage, you can take over a section of the defensive line." ” "This is a taboo for soldiers, once we change our defenses, before we have a firm foothold, it is easy to be attacked by the other side, and my soldiers are easy to increase their shortcomings in the fierce battle, if the defense line is lost, then it is the responsibility of His Excellency the Marshal or my responsibility" Petain stopped talking, turned his head to look at Douglas Haig, who shook his head vaguely, and Petain said again: "Okay, then how long will you take?"
"This is not a marshal I can decide, I need to look at the speed of the transport fleet, and at the same time I need a flying force to follow my orders, we don't have extra transport ships to transport planes, and at the same time the United States does not have a special force in terms of fighters, so we can only use yours, we need air support."
Wesley did not mention tanks, but directly asked for planes.
The tanks of this period are very easy to fight, especially when he equips the troops with RG, and there are tanks in the European War, and Wesley must deal with it, but the direct production of tanks is not what he wants, and it is easy for other countries to imitate, so he directly took out the production of the simplest bazooka, not even the production of anti-tank guns, and it is not too simple to directly use bazookas to fight tanks during the First World War.
"Aircraft need to wait, we are currently suffering heavy casualties, and the production of aircraft cannot keep up."
Pétain said.
Wesley shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "Okay, we'll wait, now I need to go see our station, there's a lot to be busy with, and I'm leaving."
Wesley turned and left Command.
Pétain said to Haig after Wesley left, "What do you think of this young man?"
"I can't see through it, but it's very strong, and the rest is not clear for the time being."
"I was going to let the Americans push to the line first, but they didn't agree on what to do, our losses were already very large, especially after the spring offensive, and the forces had begun to run out."
What Petain said was high-sounding, but he just wanted the Americans to be cannon fodder, and Britain and France wanted to make the Americans angry.
"It's better to wait for this first, after all, their personnel and equipment are not complete, and 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 directly to the station, the barracks are just outside Paris, and now all outside Paris are barracks and refugee camps, and the hundreds of thousands of troops in the United States need a lot of places, and Wesley has no intention of separating the troops, because of equipment and logistics problems, the American army must fight alone, so that it can exert its maximum power.
Over the course of a month, the troops moved into the station, and then training began, and they waited for the follow-up ammunition and supplies, while Wesley left four Marine brigades in the harbor, staying with the Atlantic Expeditionary Fleet, waiting for his orders, which no one but Wesley needed to obey.
Wesley had been studying the map, and the two sides had a confrontation along numerous rivers, and the roads were terrible during this period, so this time Wesley only let the heavy artillery brigade bring trucks to pull away, and the sappers used trucks to pull some heavy equipment, and at the same time were responsible for building roads to ensure the speed of heavy artillery, while the other troops were all on foot.
Wesley's plan is that others don't know, he wants the U.S. troops in his hands to complete the rest of the battle of World War I and directly kill the Allies, which is not impossible, especially his four Marine Brigades, which are his descendants, all the officers are trained by him, and the rest is to make all the American officers obey his command, which is a big problem.
"Order, so the division commander and brigade commander came for a meeting."
Wesley finally convened a plenary meeting for the first time a month after the troops were assembled, and only the division commander and brigade commander attended, and none of the other officers were called.
Wesley must subdue these generals at this meeting, otherwise it will be difficult to fight in the future, and if he wants to prove himself, he needs an unparalleled victory, otherwise he is likely to be drowned by others, after all, he is only a major general, even if the merit is great, it is commanded by others, which is not in line with Wesley's character. t1706231537: