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Chapter 149: Ambition in 1917

The broadcast focuses on Qidian Reading and gets first-hand news about the 515 red envelopes. Students who have not grabbed the red envelopes after the Chinese New Year can show off their skills this time.

Just when there was overwhelming news about Qin Zhiyuan himself and the Catholic Church.

An accident happened suddenly.

After the First Brigade moved to Paris, the soldiers lived in the Renault factory because the camp had not yet been built. This was agreed by the old Renault. It was not a big event at first, but since Marcus entered the Renault factory to be responsible for tank research and development,

Conflicts gradually arise.

Marcus is from Nivelle, so he naturally hates Qin Zhiyuan, and even hates the First Brigade.

When Marcus first discovered that the people of the 1st Brigade were living in the factory, he asked old Renault to drive the 1st Brigade out of the factory. The reason was simple. As a factory that provides weapons and equipment to the French army, the Renault Factory was not suitable for having too many people.

There are too many people waiting, so it is not appropriate for the First Brigade to live in the Renault factory.

Renault Sr. rejected Marcus's request.

Don't look at Old Renault's lack of temper in front of Qin Zhiyuan, that's because Qin Zhiyuan can provide Old Renault with almost unlimited human resources, and Old Renault can benefit from Qin Zhiyuan. When facing Marcus, Old Renault

The authority of the head of France's top wealthy Renault family was immediately restored. Old Renault really didn't pay attention to the colonel Marcus.

Not to mention that Marcus’s weight is insufficient, Marcus’s reasons are also untenable. Almost half of the workers in the Renault factory are Chinese. If the secret was to be leaked, it would have been riddled with holes long ago.

Can you wait until now?

Marcus knew that he did not have enough weight in front of the old Renault and did not dare to be too presumptuous with the old Renault, so he ordered his men to start looking for trouble and prepared to use excuses to drive the soldiers of the first brigade out of the Renault factory.

The Chinese in the first brigade were no longer the submissive Chinese they were when they first arrived in France. When facing the French, the Chinese dared to stand up and confront them head-on.

So during the Christmas period, because two soldiers from the cooking squad of the 1st Brigade returned too late from a shopping trip, they were stopped by people from Markas when they entered the factory and asked the commander of the 1st Brigade to come forward as a guarantee. These two soldiers were

will be released.

There are precedents for this kind of thing. Chen Kangjian, who lives in the factory, didn't talk nonsense. He led the guards over and knocked the person to the ground. Then he picked up the two soldiers and took over the Renault factory.

defense.

It doesn't matter if you fight or rob people, but taking over the defense of the Renault factory is a big mistake.

Renault is an important military location, and under no circumstances should a foreign force take over the military defense, even if this force is within the order of battle of the French army, this is absolutely not allowed.

So Lucas reported the complaint and took it directly to Nivele. Nivele already knew that Qin Zhiyuan was not easy to mess with and did not want to deal with Qin Zhiyuan, so he submitted the complaint directly to President Raymond Puengale.

Puengale has been very annoyed lately.

In three or four months, when the spring flowers bloom, Britain and France will prepare to launch a spring offensive. According to Raymond Poincaré and Lloyd George, Britain and France must go all out to accomplish their goals in one battle and in one fell swoop.

End the Second German Reich and win this war.

The truth is always harder than expected.

The spring offensive had just been finalized, and serious differences arose between Britain and France when the plan was being formulated.

In mid-1916, two major battles took place on the Western Front, one was the Battle of Verdun led by the French, and the other was the Battle of the Somme led by the British. Both battles were massive and long-lasting, and the British and French

The two countries paid huge sacrifices for this, but achieved almost no results. This triggered a series of follow-up questions, one of which was the dominance of the spring offensive.

As early as November last year, when the offensives of both sides basically stopped, the three main Allied powers, Britain, France and Russia, reached a consensus. They unanimously agreed to launch an attack at the same time in May 1917. At the same time, the Italians would also cross the Alps to join the war.

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At that time, Nivele was the hero of the Battle of Verdun. Nivele proposed the Sherman de Damm offensive plan. Unfortunately, Nivele was not the decision-maker, and his plan did not attract attention.

From November to December, the focus of the dispute focused on the direction of the British army's attack. The British commander-in-chief Haig wanted to launch an attack in Flanders, with the goal of seizing the Belgian seaport. The British's stubborn yearning for the seaport was surprising.

Amazing. The then French commander-in-chief Joffre asked the British to move the attack direction southward, close to or in the Somme area. Joffre relied on the French army's strength advantage to win his opinion again.

Just in December, the situation took a surprising turn.

Lloyd George became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Robert Nivelle replaced Joffre as Commander-in-Chief of the French Army.

The battle plan that had just been finalized before December suddenly became meaningless. This is simply the greatest mockery of the results of the work of the British and French in the past two months.

So, just before Christmas, Nivele and Haig met again.

Nivelle brought up the old matter again and demanded an all-out attack on Sherman de Damm. Haig insisted on his own opinion and demanded an attack from Flanders.

Britain and France once again entered into a period of quarrel, which left Raymond Poincaré at a loss.

At this moment, as if the chaos was not enough, Italian Commander-in-Chief Luigi Cardona proposed that Italy should launch an attack now to eliminate the remaining Austro-Hungarian troops and force Vienna to withdraw from the war. This plan won the new British Prime Minister

Lloyd George's agreement aroused the opposition of General Robertson, the British Chief of Staff, and also aroused the dissatisfaction of Haig and Nivelle.

Raymond Poincaré had a big head. On the one hand, it had to coordinate the attacks of the British and French armies. On the other hand, it had to appease Prime Minister Briand. At the same time, it also had to suppress the domestic opposition parties and try to maintain an increasingly difficult situation.

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On Christmas Day, Raymond Poincaré received another report from Nivelle, saying that the 1st Brigade of the Foreign Legion had occupied the Renault Group factory.

To be honest, Raymond Puengale now has the urge to hang up and leave. He will throw this mess to whoever he likes, as long as it is not Raymond himself. For this reason, Raymond called a whole person in his office.

Sandbags in the morning.

While venting, Raymond Poincaré imagined that the sandbags in front of him were Kaiser Wilhelm II, the recently deceased Franz Joseph I, Ludendorff and Falkenhayn, and even Lloyd.

George and Haig.

After all, this kind of thing can only be thought about. After Raymond Poincaré has vented his anger, he still needs to deal with government affairs calmly. The top priority is to solve the problem of the Renault factory.

After calling Louis Renault, Raymond Poincaré confirmed the safety of the Renault factory and then ordered Qin Zhiyuan to enter the palace to see him.

After receiving the call, Qin Zhiyuan immediately drove to the Elysee Palace.

Raymond is at the Elysee Palace now. Tonight, Raymond will host a celebration at the Elysee Palace and entertain a lot of big shots.

.Children who are following the update, do you still have free appreciation tickets and starting coins? The countdown to the 515 red envelope list is coming. I am here to solicit votes, asking for extra votes and appreciation votes, and finally give it a try. To be continued.


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