Ferenta de Noir and Qin Zhiyuan welcomed Foch's inspection.
Compared with the East, the French still have less red tape. At least Qin Zhiyuan does not have to greet him at the Fernand-Denoy border.
There is no way to meet the border. Fernand-de-Noy is less than 90 kilometers away from the center of Paris. If you want to meet him, it would be easier to go directly to Paris to pick up Foch.
Julie came with Foch.
Since getting engaged to Qin Zhiyuan, Julie has maintained Catholic customs and refused to meet Qin Zhiyuan in private. This made Qin Zhiyuan quite resentful and looked at Julie with very hot eyes.
Julie was helpless. She also missed Qin Zhiyuan very much. However, since the engagement, Foch had taken Julie with him and asked her to act as his personal secretary. Julie was under strict control and could not escape.
Foch was still not very angry with Qin Zhiyuan. Even when Qin Zhiyuan captured Crown Prince William, Foch was proud and proud. But when he saw Qin Zhiyuan again, Foch still didn't even smile at all. He looked serious.
The cat is going to the toilet.
Qin Zhiyuan still had something that interested Foch, such as Chen Kangjian, the major general commander of the 1st Armored Division, and Foch obviously liked him very much.
Chen Kangjian has finally come through. With his performance in the Battle of Tadenuva, Chen Kangjian was successfully promoted to the rank of major general and was awarded the second-class rank of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor.
The person who received the rank of senior officer together with Chen Kangjian was Liu Shuangxi. Although this guy's military rank was only second lieutenant, he had already received a rank that would be beyond the reach of his rank under normal circumstances.
Since Qin Zhiyuan and the others joined the Foreign Legion, one hundred and seventy-one officers and soldiers have received medals of honor of different levels, and nearly a thousand others have been awarded by the Ministry of War. This is a truly meritorious force.
In the past, Foch did not pay much attention to tanks, but after Chen Kangjian led the tank unit to become a blockbuster, Foch became very interested in tanks.
Therefore, the first stop of Foch's inspection was the armored forces.
In the armored force, Foch visited the soldiers' training with great interest, conducted a tactical drill with the staff, chatted cordially with every soldier he met, and played the role of an amiable and amiable soldier in a down-to-earth manner.
Senior citizens.
The second stop was the artillery unit. Zheng Dali, who was also promoted to the rank of major general, accompanied Foch to inspect the training of the self-propelled artillery unit.
Foch himself was an artilleryman, and he was no stranger to artillery. In the Battle of Ferenta de Noir, Zheng Dali's artillery unit was flexible, skillful in operation, and fierce in firepower, and made great contributions to the victory of the battle.
Foch was very interested in self-propelled artillery. He even sat in the cab and experienced one. After learning in detail about the performance of self-propelled artillery in the Battle of Ferenta de Noir, Foch was filled with emotion and praised Zheng Dali repeatedly.
They caught up with the good times.
After inspecting all the troops, Foch followed Qin Zhiyuan to the office, which was the former joint command headquarters.
At this time, all the generals took the initiative to avoid leaving enough private space for the two men. Foch did not want anyone to observe his conversation with Qin Zhiyuan, including Julie and Pierre.
What do you think of Lyotey's telegram? Only after everyone had left the office did Foch ask the question he had been worrying about.
If you give me two years to prepare, I can do it. Qin Zhiyuan was not without ridicule.
Haig did win, but he was based on the British who had been preparing for more than two years. Although Haig occupied the town of Messina, the town of Messina had been blown up before that.
For more than half of the time, Haig occupied nothing more than a pile of ruins, which was nothing to praise.
You know you don't have so much time. Foch is not satisfied with Qin Zhiyuan's attitude.
Foch was that kind of traditional soldier who was extremely responsible and even demanding in executing orders meticulously. But at the same time, Foch also had an unparalleled view of the overall situation. After the start of the world war, Foch, Bétonneville and even Joffre
They had many disputes over whether Paris or cooperation with the British was more important.
Almost everyone thinks that Paris is more important. In any case, the French should protect Paris and ensure that Paris is not captured by the Germans. But Foch does not think so. Foch insists that cooperation with the British should be guaranteed. Only by working together can we win this war.
In this war, if there was a conflict between protecting Paris and ensuring cooperation with the British, Foch was inclined to abandon Paris and ensure the same front with the British. In that case, even if the Germans captured Paris, the French would be able to take it back.
Foch's thought was extremely valuable in France at this time. You must know that France at this time not only had French troops, but also British troops, American troops, colonial troops, and mercenaries led by Qin Zhiyuan. How to deal with this?
These forces gathered together and became a headache for everyone.
A consensus was gradually reached within the Allied Powers at this time. If the Allied Powers needed a joint command, then Foch was the best candidate to be the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Powers.
Such Foch was obviously dissatisfied with Qin Zhiyuan's answer.
I am telling the truth. Haig launched the wrong war at the wrong time and in the wrong place. Just wait and see, when Ruprecht comes to his senses, Haig will look good. Qin Zhiyuan is indeed not
Be optimistic about Haig.
Ruprecht, whose full name is: Ruprecht Maria Liuter Bode Ferdinand. Bavaria, German field marshal, is considered to be the most skilled general in the royal family.
The Fourth Army under Ruprecht now had 20 divisions. The Germans anticipated the British offensive and added 14 divisions to the Fourth Army before the war, four of which were transferred from the Eastern Front.
Corresponding to the German Fourth Army, there are thirty-four British divisions and two French divisions, with a total of almost 500,000 people. They may not necessarily get a good deal from the German Fourth Army.
Then what are you going to do, despite Lyotey's order? Foch's expression shows no emotion or anger, but his tone doesn't sound good.
The French army had just experienced a large-scale mutiny, and Foch was now very sensitive to disobeying orders.
I didn't think so, but I thought that if I were to attack, then I would need more artillery. You know, Haig has one artillery every seven yards. I don't ask for seven yards, but I can't ask for seventy yards either.
Qin Zhiyuan made a request.
The artillery division seems to have a lot of artillery, but if it is placed on a vast battlefield, it is really a drop in the bucket. If you want to prepare for a battle of the same scale as the Ypres Offensive, you will need at least six artillery divisions or more to achieve the corresponding level.
Firepower density.
Within ten days, two artillery divisions will come to support. Foch saw that Qin Zhiyuan wanted to speak, and hurriedly cut off Qin Zhiyuan's words: There are only so many. This is the largest force I can gather. If I follow my
The plan is not to launch any offensive this year.
The impact of the previous mutiny on the French army was immeasurable. If Qin Zhiyuan had not won the last battle of Fernand-A-denoy, I am afraid that Foch would still be running around to appease the soldiers.
The support of two divisions is, well, almost enough.
