From this day on, Foch covered 90 divisions on the front line within a month.
Every time he arrived at a division, Foch would communicate cordially with the soldiers, listen to their voices, and effectively solve their problems.
Unlike Russia, France had enough money, enough food, enough supplies, and generals who were willing to listen to the soldiers, so by June, the mutiny had gradually subsided.
Foch organized a professional logistics department, headed by Foch's old subordinate Bruno Garcia. It has nearly 600 trucks and is responsible for transporting materials to the front line. Among them, food, alcohol and tobacco are the main items. The supplies of these three items are important.
More than ammunition.
During the entire process of quelling the mutiny, although Foch deliberately controlled not to expand his gaffe, nearly 10,000 soldiers were arrested and nearly 5,000 were sentenced to death. However, only a few hundred were actually executed, and many more
People were sent to prison to serve their sentences, and many others were sent to the colonies. Only the French government knows the specific number.
Except for the first few days, the French government took control of the news media and all news was not allowed to be reported. The French government also sealed all information with a confidentiality period of 100 years, and the relevant files will not be declassified until 2017.
In the reports in the first few days, Qin Zhiyuan's photos frequently appeared on the headlines of French newspapers together with Foch.
Foch was described as: the man who had the ability to pull France back from the brink.
Qin Zhiyuan was described as: the military policeman behind the French commander.
The word gendarme obviously contains a special meaning, both the fear of the soldiers and the expectation of the civilians to restore order. Because of this, the negative news about the Foreign Legion was reduced to a minimum.
There is really no reason to demand more, because the 1st Division of the Foreign Legion is the only French unit still attacking.
The day after he left for the 32nd Division, Qin Zhiyuan returned to Ferantadnoy.
Hu Tingfeng's scouts organized a infiltration behind the German defense lines and found signs of German mobilization. After receiving Qin Zhiyuan's report, Foch sent a reconnaissance plane to conduct reconnaissance near Reims. The reconnaissance plane confirmed the German mobilization.
The direction of the mobilization was Fernanta de Noir, where the 1st Division of the Foreign Legion was located.
Qin Zhiyuan rushed back to his troops to organize a fight, and Bastian Garcia's 32nd Division was responsible for support.
This was the only combat-effective force in Foch's hands at that time, with a total of less than 40,000 troops. The Germans on the opposite side mobilized six divisions with more than 100,000 troops.
The fact that the Germans are deploying troops sounds a little weird.
In Germany, the military generals headed by Hindenburg and Ludendorff and Prime Minister Bateman were already at loggerheads. Kaiser Wilhelm II gradually became a marginalized person. As a prince, he was responsible for Sherman Deddam.
Crown Prince William, who is defending the region, must do something to bring the royal family back into the public eye and prevent it from being forgotten.
Therefore, launching an attack on France became the best choice. Because Crown Prince William had exact information, the entire French army was currently in a civil strife, and now was the best time to attack Paris.
Ferenta de Noy is located between Chemandesdam and Paris.
Behind Chemandedam was Reims, the target of Nivelle's spring offensive. Behind Ferenta de Noy was Paris, the target of all Germans.
Foch did his best to create favorable conditions for Qin Zhiyuan, and another batch of advanced weapons was added to Qin Zhiyuan's troops. This time it was artillery, a 194mm caliber self-propelled artillery that had just left the factory.
That's right, it's the self-propelled artillery. The war has spurred the rapid development of science and technology. Aircraft and tanks have appeared and been successfully used on the battlefield to show their prowess. Now, it's the self-propelled artillery's turn.
The idea of combining artillery and automobiles was not the first of its kind by Qin Zhiyuan. As early as 1914, the Russians moved an anti-aircraft gun to a car, which became the prototype of a self-propelled artillery.
The production capacity of the French is still good, especially when all French troops are asking for food supplies, and only the First Division of the Foreign Legion asked for weapons, so the Foreign Legion received weapons, even more than expected.
Much more.
There are a total of 20 self-propelled artillery in this batch, and 80 tanks arrived at the same time. This batch of tanks is an improved version of the ft17. The main improvement is the addition of a parallel machine gun equipped with 2,000 rounds of ammunition, which can be used for combat
A target not worth using artillery on.
Coupled with the heavy weapons previously equipped, Qin Zhiyuan suddenly discovered that the First Division now has 80 large-caliber artillery pieces with a caliber of 120 mm or more. These artillery pieces are enough to form a specialized heavy artillery brigade. The First Division also has 300 tanks.
, these tanks can form an armored brigade. The First Division also has more than 300 vehicles and more than 100 three-wheelers.
It can be said that the first division is now a standard mechanized mixed division, and it is also super-staffed.
Accompanying this batch of weapons arrived at Ferenta de Noir, there were also 5,000 soldiers, of which more than 3,000 were Chinese, and the rest were the ascetics who joined the First Division during this period.
The benefits of Qin Zhiyuan's relationship with the Knights Templar are gradually emerging. During this period of time, more and more Knights Templar supporters have defected to Qin Zhiyuan, with hundreds of them almost every day.
Not all of these people are warriors. Many of them can be called learned men. Although more of them are proficient in the Bible, many of them are scholars, professors and even scientists.
Qin Zhiyuan's arrangement for these people is very simple. Those with research abilities will all join various laboratories. Those without research abilities will all join the army and be sent to the battlefield. As for whether God really bless them, it is up to God.
Qin Zhiyuan is still very clear about the influence of religion.
Therefore, Qin Zhiyuan did not dare to let these fanatical religious figures get too close to the ordinary soldiers of the First Division. However, it was not a good idea to forcibly isolate them. The First Division was a whole, and everyone should be indistinguishable from each other.
Just as it is natural for Chinese soldiers to get along with French nurses now, this will definitely require a process, and how to find the balance needs to be explored by Qin Zhiyuan.
For now, these foreign soldiers are organized into a separate regiment, under the direct control of Qin Zhiyuan. How they will be arranged in the future will take some time to decide, at least until the current battle is over.
In early May, the German Seventh Army, the Crown Prince Wilhelm Corps stationed in Sherman-de-Dam, left its position with complete defensive facilities and began to attack in the direction of Fernand-de-Noy. This was the first time the German army had done so since the Battle of Verdun.
, launched the first active offensive on the Western Front.
This is also the first time that Qin Zhiyuan's troops have openly accepted the test of the German Army, which is known as the best in the world.
