Leading the French army to support was Qin Zhiyuan's old acquaintance, Bastian Bergemin Garcia.
During this time, Bastian was really feeling proud.
Thanks to Qin Zhiyuan, Bastian's military rank was not only promoted to lieutenant general, but also received a Grand Knight Medal like Qin Zhiyuan.
Bastien's current position is the commander of the French 35th Army.
It seems that everyone is really happy about the capture of Crown Prince William, and many people have achieved great success as a result.
Different from Qin Zhiyuan's low profile, Bastian enjoys people's admiration. After receiving the Grand Knight Medal, Bastian hangs the medal on himself all the time, for fear that people will not know that he is a Grand Knight.
Recipient of the Medal.
Perhaps such a flamboyant style is more suitable for Westerners, but Qin Zhiyuan cannot imitate it.
The education that Qin Zhiyuan received freely was not to be happy with things, not to be sad with oneself. Compared with traditional Confucian education, Qin Zhiyuan was public enough, but in Bastian's view, this was obviously not enough.
Qin, you already have two Grand Knight Medals, but you almost never wear them. What do you mean? Do you look down on the honor of the Grand Knight Medal? Bastian doesn’t think his behavior is inappropriate, but thinks Qin Zhiyuan has no regard for honor.
Not respectful enough.
On the contrary, I think honor only represents the past, and what we want is the future. As long as we forget everything we have obtained now, we can guarantee our desire for honor. Qin Zhiyuan's reasons sound very sufficient.
God, do you still want to get a third one? Bastian feels that two coins are enough.
Why not? I'm afraid someone before me will ask: Do you still want to get the second one? In fact, I have already got it. Qin Zhiyuan is calm and has a natural demeanor of being unfazed.
While they were talking, the two of them sat down in the office with Bastian's Chief of Staff Armstrong and Qin Zhiyuan's Chief of Staff Pierre. They needed to have a brief communication to reach some consensus for the next battle.
The basic situation is this. Opposite us is the newly formed 18th Army commanded by General Oscar von Hutier, which has about seventeen divisions. And I now have six divisions here, plus your six divisions, we
There are a total of twelve divisions, which are at a disadvantage in terms of strength. Qin Zhiyuan briefly reported the situation.
What is going on with the Russians? Why can the Germans continuously draw troops away from their Eastern Front? Do the Germans no longer have pressure on the Eastern Front? Bastian is very dissatisfied with the Russians.
Don't count on the Russians. In this war, we can only rely on ourselves. Qin Zhiyuan clearly knows the direction of the war and has no expectations for the Russians.
In the previous June, Russian soldiers had been in chaos, with soldiers supporting the Bolsheviks and soldiers supporting the Kolensky government openly confronting each other, and even exchanges of fire in some local areas.
In early July, in order to fulfill his commitment to Britain and France, Kolensky ignored the chaos of the Russian army and ordered the Russian commander-in-chief Breshilov to launch an attack on the Germans on a 30-mile-long front with 200,000 men and 1,300 artillery pieces.
attack.
The German commander was Max Hoffmann, Ludendorff's strategist at the Battle of Tannenberg and now Chief of Staff on the Eastern Front. He resolutely used Ludendorff's new defense system to deal with the Russian attack.
If on the Western Front, the Germans and the British and the French were on a par with each other, then on the Eastern Front, they were devastating to the Russians.
In just one week, the Russian offensive failed miserably and Breshilov was dismissed from his post. But it was too late to change the generals at this time. The German attack was very sharp. The Russians seemed to have lost their will to fight. Not only were they defeated by the German
They were defeated by the Austrians, and they were defeated by the Austrians. No matter who they faced, the Russians were always defeated.
When the fighting stopped, the Russians had lost 17,000 men. This number was nothing compared to the spring offensives launched by Britain and France, but it had become Russia's Achilles' heel.
What a bunch of idiots. Even if my grandma was allowed to go there, it would be impossible for her to be beaten so badly. Bastian despised them extremely.
This is not to blame the soldiers, it is the government's problem. Internal strife has aggravated Russia's burden, and they are irreversible. Qin Zhiyuan's feelings towards Russia are very complicated.
Whether from the perspective of France or the Republic of China, Qin Zhiyuan does not want Lenin to come to power. Only dead enemies are the best enemies. But from a rational perspective, Qin Zhiyuan hopes that Russia will rise again, because this is the only way
, only then can Europe's attention be focused on the increasingly powerful Russian giant, and only then can Qin Zhiyuan fish in troubled waters.
How are you going to fight? Bastian doesn't know the future trajectory of Russia. He focuses his energy on the German 18th Army on the opposite side.
To be honest, I didn’t want to fight at all. None of the people present were outsiders, and Qin Zhiyuan seemed a little arrogant: Think about it, the British prepared for Ypres for two years, and Haig used 500,000 people to defeat 300,000 Germans.
We have just achieved such a small result. As for us, you are a group of soldiers who have just returned to normal from the chaos. I am a unit that has just completed its expansion. The recruits even account for more than half. The most important thing is that our military strength is still at an overall level.
Disadvantage: To be honest, Louis' request is a bit overwhelming.
Qin Zhiyuan did not shy away from talking about the problems he was currently encountering, and he was not worried that these would affect the morale of the military. The people here were all the most popular generals, and they would not be shaken by a few words.
Well, seeing everyone looking at him expressionlessly, Qin Zhiyuan stopped complaining, picked up the baton and went to the military map hanging in the office.
Our goal is to capture any place in Reims-Agyur, Avenicour, and then threaten the Brymont area, or even regain the Brymont area. Qin Zhiyuan announced the battle goal.
The Bremont area was the target of Nivelle's spring offensive.
With all due respect, General, do you think we can recapture the Blimont area? You know, two months ago, General Nivele spent a full 1.2 million men and failed to capture Blimont. Now we only have
to 200,000 people. Bastian’s chief of staff, Armstrong, expressed caution.
This seems very difficult, but if we can do it, it will be great. Bastian held the elbow of the other hand with one hand and touched the sparse beard on his chin with one hand, thinking in thought.
If he can really do it, maybe Bastian will also receive two Grand Knight Medals like Qin Zhiyuan.
It does seem very difficult, but this is the goal set by the Ministry of War for us. Qin Zhiyuan's expression remained unchanged, showing firmness and determination to move forward.
When facing difficulties, you have to step up if you have conditions; if you don't have conditions, you have to step up to create conditions. To be continued.
