Sadly, the newly minted coalition commander-in-chief has no actual command authority over the coalition forces, only a so-called "coordinating command authority."
What is coordination and command authority?
The coalition forces may or may not listen to the orders of the coalition forces headquarters. Even if the coalition forces openly resist the orders of the coalition forces headquarters, the coalition forces headquarters does not have the right to punish the specific parties involved. Therefore, the value of the coalition commander-in-chief is only that much.
, otherwise it wouldn’t be Foch’s turn.
Of course, on the surface, the coalition generals still had to give Foch enough respect. At least Foch sat in the main seat during the meeting.
To Foch's left was Pétain, to his right was Roque, and across from him was Pershing. The table used for meetings in the conference room was not a long table but a square table, which made the four of them feel as if they were playing mahjong, which was very unserious.
Of course, what was in front of Roque was not mahjong, but information carefully prepared by Angel and Paul Coker. Roque took off his mask after carefully observing Foch, Pétain and Pershing. This action made Pan
Xing was very unhappy.
Rock doesn't care whether Pershing is happy or not. The Times has given the United States enough face by not urging the United States to apologize. If Americans are still ignorant, the Times will let Americans understand what British diplomacy is.
In fact, Rock doesn't know what British diplomacy is. This is a word invented by British Foreign Secretary Edward Gray. English is like this. If a new thing appears, an English word will be temporarily created. Many times because of the comparison between the creation of new words
Randomly, purely from the spelling point of view, it has nothing to do with the meaning of the word itself.
Therefore, English is the most illogical, unscientific, and most difficult language to learn in the world. General English is better, but once it comes to professional fields, the difficulty of English can make people want to die. Many people may not know that, even if
In an English-speaking country, college students in certain majors will also spend several months learning English words in their professional fields.
Relatively speaking, Chinese is more logical and scientific, and I don’t know if it is easier to learn. Anyway, Luo Ke’s mother tongue is Chinese.
If it is Chinese, once something new appears, you can summarize the characteristics of the new thing by just picking two or three words from common words. From this point of view, Chinese should be easier to learn.
The four people sat down around the table, Foch presided over the meeting, cleared his throat and started talking——
Petain looked through the information in his hands expressionlessly, Roque drank tea silently, and Pershing was picking his fingers——
This is really not a deliberate attempt to discredit Pershing. Pershing had a barb on his finger, which was unacceptable to Pershing, who was very demanding about personal appearance.
Seeing that he couldn't pick it off with his hands, Per Xing started to chew it.
Roque and Pétain were both dumbfounded. I am afraid this man is not just a fool, but a very weak-minded person.
Everyone should have experience with hangnails on their fingers. Under normal circumstances, just use nail scissors to cut them off.
If you don’t have nail clippers, be careful, because the barbs cannot be removed immediately. If you tear them off directly, the result is more likely to be - hiss!
Sure enough, as Pan Xing gritted his teeth, he gritted his teeth.
hiss--
hiss--
hiss--
The three snakes are online collectively.
Rock felt pain just looking at it.
Petain looked at his fingers and remained silent.
Foch was more responsible and would not be like the two commanders-in-chief who just watched the excitement and did not take it too seriously. He raised his hand and asked the staff to call a doctor for Pershing.
So the meeting was temporarily suspended.
While the doctor was giving emergency treatment to Pershing, Roque and Pétain communicated in low voices.
"How's the situation over there?"
"I'm fine, what about you?"
"I don't have any problem—"
"That's good--"
The communication between the two is like two business managers having a morning meeting.
Rock ended the exchange and felt a little weird. When he looked up, Pétain was looking at Rock with the same look.
"Henry, do you know what Macron does?" Roque asked casually.
"What did you say?" Pétain looked confused and didn't look much smarter than Pershing.
"Oh, it's nothing -" The surprise in Roque's eyes disappeared instantly. Sometimes Roque is really depressed. When everyone is drunk, I feel very bad, very bad -
It's too pretentious.
It seemed that the doctors provided by the coalition headquarters were not very good. The doctor performed simple treatment on Pershing and wrapped his finger into a white radish.
Per Xing's eyes were filled with despair. Now it was better. Per Xing finally no longer had to pay attention to that insignificant barb, and the meeting was back on the right track. However, the four people participating in the meeting were a little absent-minded. The Allied Forces Command No. 1
Naturally, a joint meeting did not achieve any results.
It is normal that no results are achieved. It is normal for such a meeting involving the interests of many parties to last three to five months. However, due to a hangnail, the first meeting ended without any problem. The staff officer in charge of the meeting minutes did not know how to write it.
If he fails to keep accurate records, he will be incompetent as a staff officer.
According to actual records, it seems that the four commanders of the coalition forces are not very mature. It is really difficult to work next to four funny men.
In fact, the meeting was just a formality. What really determined the decision-making of the coalition was the argument between Roque, Pétain, and Foch in the bar at the coalition headquarters after the meeting.
There was no recorder in the bar, so it could be used with full firepower. When Pétain came up, he blamed the British Expeditionary Force for its recent unfavorable operations, failure to play its due role, and failure to provide sufficient support to the French troops.
"The French army still needs the support of the British Expeditionary Force? We are a poor little army, and you are the best army in the world. Can you figure it out? Also, we are fighting on French soil. Can you count on us, the British?"
How good can the expeditionary force perform? In fact, since the world war has been going on, our British Empire has performed beyond normal, okay!" Roque naturally overturned all accusations. The French themselves cannot blame others for not living up to expectations. The blame is that heaven is too far away, Germany.
too close.
"You guys are so awesome. There are at least 850,000 troops in the UK now. Why don't you send them to deal with the Germans? There are also aircraft and tanks. Why do the aircraft and tanks sold to the UK by the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group be the latest and improved models?
, and the aircraft and tanks sold to the French government are primitive models that are at least one generation behind?" The British Expeditionary Force had so many shortcomings that Pétain said he couldn't even utter dozens of words.
As for the British troops, they were not the 850,000 that Petain mentioned, but a full 1.2 million.
After the mutiny of the French army, the British mainland began to systematically reduce the number of troops sent to France and retained some troops in the British mainland. This way, even if France withdrew from the war, Britain could continue to fight Germany through the English Channel.
This reason must not be spoken out, otherwise Pétain and Foch would fall out directly.
As for the sales behavior of Nyasaland Military Industrial Group——
That is the business behavior of the company, what does it have to do with Rock?
Brothers should also settle accounts, okay?
So Rock said confidently: "The Nyasaland Military Industrial Group is a commercial enterprise. You should ask the person in charge of the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group this question."
"Who doesn't know that you are the boss of Nyasaland Military Industrial Group?" Pétain was very angry. The positions of the French army and the British Expeditionary Force were close to each other. What kind of weapons were equipped with the British Expeditionary Force? The French troops were all
Clearly.
Take tanks as an example. Although they are all the same "light cavalry" tanks, the light cavalry tanks equipped by the British Expeditionary Force are obviously faster, have stronger firepower, and have thicker armor than the light cavalry tanks equipped by the French army. The German army
The 76mm direct-fire cannon now equipped can send the "hussar" tanks equipped by the French army into the sky with one shot. It is a bit difficult to deal with the light cavalry tanks equipped by the British Expeditionary Force.
The "Light Cavalry" equipped by the British Expeditionary Force uses sloped armor. Don't underestimate this small improvement, it brings completely different effects.
Something happened in the previous battle that made Rock very uneasy and made Pétain very grateful.
Around mid-August, during a battle in Verdun, a "Hussar" tank was destroyed by the Germans.
After the battle, French soldiers cleaning up the battlefield found the British flag on the destroyed tank.
This means that this tank is a second-hand product used by the British Expeditionary Force.
Regarding this "second-hand goods", there are different interpretations at different times. If for a simple and boring nobleman like Roque, a merchant dares to sell a "second-hand goods" to Roque, then it will be a blow to Roque.
What an insult.
But if this "second-hand goods" is a handicraft with a certain historical value, then the nature of this thing becomes a real fragrance.
The same goes for the army. If it's a rifle whose rifling is almost worn out, it's a second-hand item that everyone abandons like a worn-out shoe. But if it's a new weapon that the army desperately needs, it's a good person who can help in times of need.
After discovering the British flag on his own tank, Pétain once thought so. Look how good the British Expeditionary Force is. When the French army needed it most, the British government actually transferred the equipment being used by its own army to the French army.
Troops, although the "transfer" here is not in vain, but considering that the war has reached this life-and-death critical moment, what kind of spirit is it to give priority to advanced weapons to friendly forces?
This is a fearless international spirit that does not benefit oneself but only benefits others! It is worth learning by all of us.
Now it seems--
Shit, no self-interest, only benefiting others!
Fucking fearless!
Damn international spirit!
The British Expeditionary Force clearly had more advanced tanks, and then they eliminated the tanks with outdated performance and gave them to the French army. Moreover, they refurbished them and sold them to the French army at the price of new tanks. What kind of spirit is this?
This is simply a self-interested and sophisticated egoist who seeks to benefit himself at the expense of others.
Good thing people!
In Pétain's eyes, Roque is indeed a "good man" now, his whole family is a good man, and all of Britain is a good man!
ps: Don’t curse. This is what Pétain said and has nothing to do with the author. The right to interpret this sentence belongs to Pétain. If you have any questions, you can go to Pétain’s grave to burn paper and ask questions.
