"Take it! Marshal, this is proof of your contribution to France!"
Jérôme Bonaparte first came to Saint Arnaud, put the medal symbolizing the marshal on Saint Arnaud and said passionately.
Seeing this, Saint Arnaud hurriedly saluted Jerome Bonaparte, and Jerome Bonaparte returned the same salute to Saint Arnaud.
Later, Jerome Bonaparte once again handed the gilded marshal's scepter in the tray to Saint Arnaud.
Saint Arnaud took a step forward, took the staff solemnly with both hands, and then returned to his original position.
"Long live Marshal Saint-Arnaud! Long live the Empire!"
The troops in the audience cheered for Saint Arnaud to become marshal. Although their cheers were just actions after being ordered by their superiors, it also meant that the army did not object to Saint Arnaud becoming marshal.
"I will live up to your expectations and trust in me! I believe that under your leadership, France will be able to become strong again!" Saint Arnaud said to Jérôme Bonaparte in a confident tone.
After saying this, Saint Arnaud once again saluted the monarch in front of him.
"I believe it too! With your help, France will definitely become stronger!" Jérôme Bonaparte replied with a smile still on his face.
The coronation of Commander Renault also ended with cheers and salutes.
After the marshal ceremony, a grand military parade began.
Nearly 60,000 soldiers began to accept the review of Jérôme Bonaparte in an orderly manner under the instructions of their respective commanders.
Riding on horseback, Jérôme Bonaparte, Saint-Arnaud, Reignault, Bonaparte and the Orthodox generals following them inspected each team in turn, stopping from time to time to ask the commander's name and affiliation.
Troop number.
Jérôme Bonaparte's image was finally able to utter the big statement: "In Paris, the army recognizes no one but me" after his own "cultivation" over and over again.
After the military parade, Jérôme Bonaparte spent hundreds of thousands of francs out of his own pocket as usual to improve the food for the soldiers participating in the military parade.
In the eyes of some people in the army, Jérôme Bonaparte was synonymous with salami and brown bread.
Of course, this is just the view of some veterans who have been in the army for several years.
Many of this year's newest recruits looked at the emperor's nephew with admiration. In their eyes, Jérôme Bonaparte was already equal to the emperor, and he would lead France to revival.
As long as France can successfully revive, they can gain power as they did during the Revolution.
The reason why they equate revival with gaining power is probably due to the influence of their parents.
Those parents who lived during the Napoleonic period experienced suffering, but also experienced warmth and joy. As they grow older, the "cruel" memories of the past will be selectively erased by them.
In their mouths, war has become a man's romance, and the glory of the past has become warmer. They happily tell the next generation what happened to them, including but not limited to playing with German women.
The cases of Jourdan, Ney and others who rose to prominence as well as the Napoleonic era in the minds of the older generation gave the second generation of French soldiers unrealistic illusions and they were eager to recreate their past glory.
Whoever can lead them to glory again will follow whose orders they will move forward.
It can be said that from the moment Jérôme Bonaparte launched his coup, the whole of France has been hijacked by the patriotic flag and the bayonets hidden under patriotism.
Everyone is a promoter of the bayonet.
The military parade ended with cheers of "Long live the Empire, long live Bonaparte".
Renault, who had won the title of marshal, rushed back to Strasbourg again. At this time, he was full of energy and his whole person seemed to be glowing with a second spring.
Now that he has obtained the title of marshal, will the title of knighthood be far away from him?
Marshal Regno believed that as long as he could complete the task of reforming the Strasbourg depot, he would definitely get the reward he deserved.
Marshal Saint-Arnaud, Chief of the General Staff, also accelerated the pace of establishing the General Staff.
June 1, 1852.
The General Staff began to reorganize under the joint discussion of Marshal Saint-Arnaud and Jérôme Bonaparte. The three small groups responsible for Germany, the Near East and Italy in the former Secretariat were officially transformed into four departments.
The first division is responsible for Ottoman, Greek, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.
The second division is responsible for: Germany (especially Prussia), Austria, Switzerland, and Italy!
The third branch: responsible for France, Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal
The fourth branch is responsible for Asia and the Americas.
Among them, the fourth branch, in addition to being responsible for Asia and the Americas, also shoulders the functions of organization, mobilization, training, and deployment.
Members assigned to subordinate armies from the military depot must undergo training at the hands of the commander.
In addition to the above four departments, the Military Science and Technology Department under the General Staff Headquarters is also an important department. In order to prepare for the establishment of this department, Jérôme Bonaparte ordered the new Minister of War Couzin Montauban to deploy the best personnel of the entire army.
Historians, surveying, statistics, topographic mapping and other experts are close to the Military Science and Technology Department, allowing them to survey and map more accurately.
Members who had gone to the Ministry of Railways for organization and coordination were also recruited to the (new) Railway Department.
Since field surveying and mapping is a top priority, Saint-Arnault specially appointed a "Field Surveying and Mapping Director" to serve as the post.
Jérôme Bonaparte and Saint-Arnault spent about three weeks in total setting up the framework of the newly established General Staff.
Under such a framework, military affairs and military orders have been completely separated from each other and do not interfere with each other.
Couzin-Montauban had no right to interfere with the marching orders of the army, and Saint-Arnaud also had no right to decide on the appointment and removal of personnel in the army.
The newly established General Staff had more than 155 people from the beginning.
At the same time, a new problem also faced Jerome Bonaparte and Saint Arnaud.
When Jerome Bonaparte demanded that each division, brigade, and regiment should be equipped with a corresponding staff, General Saint-Arnaud awkwardly explained to Jerome Bonaparte: The French army every two or three years
The location must be changed once. Except for certain areas such as the Seine and Strasbourg, the configurations at the corps, division, and brigade levels are mostly temporary.
In many armies, brigade commanders and division commanders, and division commanders and corps commanders only meet for the first time during a war.
Whose leadership should the established staff at the four levels of corps, division, brigade and regiment follow in peacetime, and how should they find their own troops?
This has become a long-standing problem.
After Jerome Bonaparte and Saint Arnaud sat on the sofa and thought carefully for a long time, Jerome Bonaparte, with his arms in his arms, asked: "Can the army be fixed in one area? The highest limit is
Station along the railway line. This way, when the army is mobilized, it can arrive faster!"
"But yes! It's just..." Saint Arnaud responded hesitantly.
"Just what? What's the difficulty?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked again.
"If the army often stays in one area, it is likely to become a regional force, which is not conducive to our mobilization!" Saint-Arnault was afraid that the army would merge with local forces, thus spawning armed opposition to Paris.
"What about the war zones? If the French army is divided into five military districts: east, west, south, north, and middle. Each military district is headed by a general or marshal, and the armies can mobilize each other within their jurisdiction! Soldiers recruited every year
They all have to be assembled and then unified into different teams!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Saint Arnaud.
Dividing war zones and conducting transfers within a certain range can reduce the problem of being unable to form complete corps and division-level commands due to constant mobilization.
Each war zone only needs to be divided into a corps-level staff office representing the war zone, and then the corps-level staff office stipulates division-level headquarters and brigade-level headquarters. As long as the army's defense changes do not exceed the war zone, corps, brigade, and regiment staff offices
It is easy to find an army that gradually becomes your own.
If it were the Prussian army, there would be no need to use this method to defend the army.
Compared with Paris, which loves revolution at all times, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Prussia are simply the best soldiers in the world. They work hard and are willing to be whipped with whips.
French soldiers chanted democracy every day. Although they did not understand the meaning of democracy, they knew that this slogan would save them from being beaten by superior officers.
In the final analysis, it is still a question of establishing a national army and establishing a national army.
"This is the only way!" Saint Arnaud nodded and said to Jerome Bonaparte.
There is no better way at the moment, they can only choose a slightly more reliable solution.
June 29, 1852.
French Minister of War Cousin Montauban issued the first directive.
Starting from July 1, France is officially divided into five theaters: Northeast, South, North and Central.
The manager of each war zone is a marshal or a meritorious general. The war zone sets up a corps-level staff to help the marshal/general formulate strategic goals, complete strategic planning and train the army.
There should be a division, (brigade) and regiment level staff headquarters at the bottom of each theater, and various departments can switch garrison positions within the theater. Once the war begins, the army will be reorganized with the division, (brigade) and regiment staff headquarters as the core.
It can be seen from the instructions of the Ministry of War that the army completely revolves around the General Staff Department, and the Staff Department also revolves around the General Staff Department.
With such a layout, people would inevitably complain that the General Staff had usurped the power of the commanders, but such complaints were not worth mentioning to the Chief of General Staff and the Emperor, who were determined to reform.