The final result was indeed humiliating for Genjiro Akashi.
The 11th Brigade has a total of nearly 7,000 soldiers, or no more than 1,000 soldiers have returned to the starting position. Except for those who died on the spot, the rest
There is almost nothing else.
The Germans showed no mercy at all. Even though the Japanese had retreated, the Germans still plowed the front of the position with bullets several times, as if to vent their frustration at being bombarded just now.
Fortunately, Qin Zhiyuan had previously used bombers to knock out some of the German artillery positions. The Germans had not used artillery just now. Otherwise, not even a thousand people would have been left.
So the Annan people under Wu Yuanting worked hard. It took him a long time before he sent someone to contact the Germans. After the Germans agreed, he sent 500 soldiers without any weapons to collect the corpses.
Although they were in a hostile state, this behavior was still allowed. The Germans were afraid that the corpses in front of the positions would rot due to overheating, which would lead to plague. The French were even more afraid because this was French land.
So after the fight, both sides sent troops to collect the bodies, and this became an unwritten tacit understanding.
The task of collecting corpses is also one of the few tasks for the Annan people. The French army will definitely not do this kind of work, and neither will the Chinese troops. Even if the Chinese troops take the initiative to do it, the Annan people will not let the Chinese collect the corpses.
, how do you say that sentence?
To be a younger brother, you have to act like a younger brother.
It was not until the corpses of these Japanese were recovered that others could feel how much the Germans hated these former students. The Germans hated these shameless people who were ungrateful and bullied their teachers and destroyed their ancestors.
The complete one is either missing an arm or a leg, which is really pitiful.
Akashi Genjiro didn't care to talk nonsense at this time, and hurried back to the camp to appease the troops. He probably also summoned the army generals to discuss what to do next.
The changes on the battlefield really caught Akashi Genjiro off guard. Less than 48 hours after the Japanese landed ashore, more than half of the two infantry brigades had been lost. And it was not a loss in the conventional sense, it was the kind of loss that was close to being wiped out.
Damage, this is really unacceptable.
Qin Zhiyuan did not expect that the Japanese were beaten so badly. After the initial gloating over the misfortune, Qin Zhiyuan also began to feel worried.
As a military officer, Qin Zhiyuan must write a report when his troops suffer such heavy casualties. However, how to write this report really leaves Qin Zhiyuan at his wits' end.
Shifting the responsibility to Akashi Genjiro and refusing to listen to dissuasion and insisting on his own way
This shows that Qin Zhiyuan has lost the ability to control the troops, which will definitely lose points in the impression of the big bosses.
Then blame it on the low combat effectiveness of the Japanese troops.
It seems inappropriate, because letting the Japanese go to the battlefield even though they know their combat effectiveness is not high, which in itself is a dereliction of duty on the part of the military commander.
It seems that no matter how you look at it, Qin Zhiyuan failed to fulfill his responsibility.
Fortunately, Maxim was always present. Qin Zhiyuan simply handed over the task of writing the report to Maxim. Since Maxim had followed Foch as chief of staff for half his life, everyone must be happy to be able to write this report.
The French don't engage in formalism
Go ahead and look at the statues that can be seen everywhere on the streets of Paris. This is the greatest form of formalism.
Even if the Army Department can be successfully fooled, Qin Zhiyuan still has something to worry about.
After all, Qin Zhiyuan is currently in charge of the Ferenta de Noir area. No matter how many people die, Lyotey can accept it, provided that Qin Zhiyuan can obtain the results Lyotey wants on the battlefield; if the losses are heavy, Lyotey can still accept it.
If there is no progress at all, then Leotai will definitely not make Qin Zhiyuan's life easy.
So the key to the problem refocused on how to drive the Germans out of the Reims area.
There is no need to rush this matter. If the weather does not clear up, Qin Zhiyuan will not take the initiative to attack.
If the weather does not clear up, it means that the tank troops cannot be dispatched. Qin Zhiyuan will not be like Akashi Genjiro, driving his soldiers to death like animals.
The biggest difference between Qin Zhiyuan and Foch is that Qin Zhiyuan pays more attention to humanized management, not only at the business level, but also at the military level. Otherwise, there would not be so many Chinese who would follow Qin Zhiyuan to become a French citizen.
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While waiting for the weather to clear up, Qin Zhiyuan received several telegrams from Lyotai. The content was not to blame Qin Zhiyuan for sacrificing human life, but to urge Qin Zhiyuan to launch an attack.
It is said that Lyautey did not care about the Japanese casualties. As a representative of the colonial soldiers, Lyotey did not see much difference between looking at the Japanese and looking at the Moroccans.
They are just tools.
After dealing with each other for such a long time, Liotai understood Qin Zhiyuan's nature. This time, he took the initiative to send a batch of tanks and self-propelled artillery to Qin Zhiyuan without waiting for him to bargain. The number was enough to make Chen Kangjian and Zheng Dali shake their minds.
Akashi Genjiro almost died of jealousy.
A total of 200 tanks and 120 155mm self-propelled artillery pieces.
Meeting such an understanding superior, Qin Zhiyuan had nothing to say, so he promised Liotai to launch an attack as soon as the weather cleared.
God was very kind to Lyotey. After only three days, before the tank crews and artillerymen were familiar with the new weapons, the weather cleared up and it was finally time to launch an attack.
In the past few days, Akashi Genjiro has become much more honest. He no longer has the arrogance and restraint that he had when he first arrived in your country, and he no longer has the idea of making a big splash and making great achievements. He honestly directs the soldiers of the Sixth Division to participate in flood fighting and disaster relief work.
Don’t think that there was no flood fighting and disaster relief at the beginning of the 20th century. If it rained too much, the Seine River would also break its dam, not to mention those small rivers. During this time, Ferenta de Noy has become a flood country. If
Failure to repair the road will greatly delay the attack time.
The French still have a good way of repairing roads. With the support of a large amount of stones, they use large-scale construction machinery to build roads. Compared with the previous efficiency, it is a world of difference.
The task of the Japanese is not only to fight floods and provide disaster relief, repair roads, transport materials, transport the wounded, etc., but also to do any auxiliary work.
This gave Akashi Genjiro and the others a better understanding of this Chinese force, but as their understanding deepened, Akashi Genjiro felt relieved.
This unit with Chinese faces, speaking fluent French, and doing technical work is no longer purely Chinese. Many of them have become French citizens like their leader, and are now all French.
That's right. How could a pure Chinese achieve such an achievement?
If there was a possibility of breaking away from the ancient empire in the Far East, who would be willing to retain the nationality of the Republic of China?
Akashi Genjiro, who thought he knew the Chinese very well, came to this conclusion.
For Qin Zhiyuan, what Genjiro Akashi thinks is not worth paying attention to. Again, the Japanese are not Qin Zhiyuan's enemies at this stage, the Germans are.
In mid-August, the British had basically won the Third Battle of Ypres, the Italians began the Twelfth Battle of Isonzo, and Qin Zhiyuan also launched a renewed offensive in the Reims area.
This attack not only hit the Germans, but also taught the Japanese a good lesson.
The Japanese, who found their presence in East Asia by bullying the Chinese, finally understood what modern warfare is.
At the beginning of the battle, there was still continuous artillery bombardment, the kind that wanted to shoot out all the artillery shells. But at the same time as the artillery bombardment, there was the advance of the tank troops, and at the same time there was a small amount of accompanying infantry, basically every two
The size of a platoon of tanks.
Some of Chen Kangjian's tanks completed the modification of communication equipment and joined the war in time. The biggest advantage of the application of new equipment is that tank commanders no longer have to risk sticking their heads out of the turret when talking, which greatly increases safety.
At the same time, if the infantrymen want to communicate with the tank crew, they no longer need to knock the turret with an iron rod. They only need a small walkie-talkie, and the conversation can be completed instantly.
This small walkie-talkie weighs about 80 kilograms. It can be carried by two soldiers during normal times. In wartime, it can be carried by one soldier, but it is a bit difficult and needs to be replaced after a while.
This has been an earth-shaking progress. Battlefield communications have since entered a new stage. For the first time, the frontline infantry and rear artillery have completed seamless connection, and can directly command the rear infantry to attack enemy positions. It can be said to have this epoch-making significance.
In this battle, Chen Kangjian used about 100 tanks. He is not going to do that kind of bastard thing of letting you go just because there are few people. As long as there is a battle, he can't wait to take out all the treasures in his hand.
100 tanks, plus a regiment of accompanying infantry, had such an outstanding intimidating effect on the Germans that when the tank troops rushed onto the German positions on explosive spots, they encountered almost no resistance.
Hu Dier was not stupid. When he saw Qin Zhiyuan taking out his magic weapon, he immediately gave up his position.
Hu Tier is not a fool like Akashi Genjiro, and he will never risk the lives of German soldiers to fight against Tie Piao.
It seemed that everything was normal. The Chinese troops attacked, and the Germans temporarily retreated to avoid their attack, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. It was a standard flexible defense routine.
But after the Chinese troops occupied the German positions, the script began to become abnormal.
The Chinese stopped again and built defensive positions on the spot, preparing to meet the German counterattack.
For a whole day, the German counterattack did not come as promised. At night, the Germans with faint green eyes finally swarmed in.
Hu Tier was also making progress. During the fight with Qin Zhiyuan, Hu Tier's infantry was bombed horribly by Qin Zhiyuan's artillery. The artillery position was almost surrounded by bombers. Hu Tier had to use all his skills carefully.
There are few artillery units left to avoid being targeted by bomber forces again.
At this time, aircraft were not yet capable of all-weather combat, and weather factors were the biggest constraint. As long as it was night, bomber units could not be dispatched.
Therefore, Hu Tier chose to counterattack at night to avoid the attacks of Qin Zhiyuan's artillery and bombers.
It seemed that Hu Dier had found a way to deal with Qin Zhiyuan.
