The so-called famous generals are not those who are famous all over the world with one move.
Only those who know how to formulate different countermeasures according to different battlefield conditions and can always achieve their tactical goals no matter what are qualified to be called famous generals.
Simply put, it's about adapting to circumstances.
It doesn't sound difficult, but only when you actually implement it will you know how many difficulties are waiting for you.
The eyes are high but the hands are low, the heart is as high as the sky and the fate is as thin as the paper. What you get on the paper will eventually make you feel shallow. You know that you have to be dedicated to this matter.
There are many similar statements.
Even though Hutier is not yet a famous general, he has the potential to become one.
Night fighting has always been a big problem. Although it has many benefits, such as: the sudden start of the battle reduces the enemy's weapon advantage and the side is more familiar with the terrain, etc., but not many people actively choose to fight at night. If it comes to fighting at night,
To a certain extent, in more cases, it is a forced and helpless choice.
Hutier was also helpless.
The Foreign Legion has too many tanks, but the German army has no weapons to compete with them. An open and honest confrontation will definitely not give them an advantage. Hutier must do everything possible to reduce the advantage of the Foreign Legion in order to maintain the position near Reims.
In order to make the night battle more advantageous, Hutier sent out all the storm troops in his hands to infiltrate the Foreign Legion's positions, which in turn triggered a fierce battle between the storm troops and the Foreign Legion scouts. Although the scale was not as large as the frontal battlefield,
But the severity is even worse.
In order to recapture the lost positions, the German troops fought bravely and bravely, almost stepping on the blast points of artillery shells to launch attacks on the Foreign Legion's positions, wave after wave almost without interruption.
The Foreign Legion was defeated again.
The Germans not only used high-explosive bombs, but also poison gas bombs, including mustard gas.
Poison gas bombs have come a long way since they were first used in the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915, starting with the earliest chlorine gas and rapidly evolving to mustard gas.
Mustard gas is an erosive poison that invades the body through the skin or respiratory tract, directly damages tissue cells, and has an erosive and irritating effect on the skin and mucous membranes. It can cause skin burns, redness, swelling, blisters and ulcers; inflammation and necrosis of the respiratory mucosa, leading to severe coughing and thick phlegm.
It may even hinder breathing; conjunctivitis may occur in the eyes, leading to redness, swelling or even blindness, etc.
The most critical thing is that there are almost no specific drugs for treatment of mustard gas, and the victims will suffer lifelong pain.
Although mustard gas is called the king of poisonous gases, there are still ways to defend against it. The Foreign Legion did not suffer heavy casualties as a result. The greater difficulty came from the illumination bombs.
Before the war, Qin Zhiyuan prepared a batch of illumination bombs, but the number was not large enough to support the entire night's battle. So after the night battle lasted four hours, Qin Zhiyuan ordered the troops to withdraw from the battlefield.
In this day's battle, more than 3,000 Foreign Legionnaires were wounded and more than 1,000 were killed. The number of casualties among the French troops was even higher.
In contrast, the German army suffered nearly 20,000 casualties.
For Hutier, the only good news was that he once again drove away the foreign legion occupying the position and re-established confidence in the troops.
Not much has been established. The 18th Group Army led by Hu Tier has suffered nearly 70,000 casualties so far. Hu Tier was forced to replace 11 divisions that suffered heavy casualties. Two of them were directly cancelled. This is almost
This is the kind of treatment you can only get if your entire army is wiped out.
Although Hutier suffered heavy casualties, he was not reprimanded by the German General Staff. Probably Ludendorff read the battle report and realized that there was nothing he could do to deal with Qin Zhiyuan if Hutier was replaced by himself, so he could not bear to be harshly criticized.
Hutier has done a good enough job.
Qin Zhiyuan, who had done better, was reprimanded by the War Department. Lyautey was so crazy that he sent three telegrams in just one morning asking about Qin Zhiyuan's progress at that time.
This made Qin Zhiyuan quite impatient, so Qin Zhiyuan made a rare complaint to Maxim.
Urging, urging, urging all day long, I knew that urging these gentlemen in Paris was going crazy. They didn’t even think about it. If the Germans could be driven out of Reims in one fell swoop, would I still deliberately delay it? I also want to return to Paris.
Sleeping in the castle, the soldiers also wanted to take a vacation, but if we can't gain the advantage in strength, how can we drive the Germans out of Reims? The Germans are not pigs. Qin Zhiyuan complained, like a man who is about to reach the critical point.
Pointed veteran.
In fact, Qin Zhiyuan's meaning is very simple. What he wants to say is: If you can do it, go ahead.
That's right, Mr. Qin, you are so right. The only person who can flatter me so shamelessly is Chen Kangjian.
My troops suffered heavy casualties, and I need to supplement them with manpower. Liu Zizheng was also complaining that his troops were in the defensive position last night. The loss of thousands of troops in one night was really unacceptable to Liu Zizheng.
Most of the thousands of casualties suffered by the Foreign Legion were Annamites who were inexperienced in dealing with poison gas bombs. Although the Chinese fought on the front line, they did not withstand many poison gas attacks because they might be in direct contact with the Germans.
Of course, this is not much and is only relatively speaking.
Another batch of new recruits have been trained in Corsica and are on their way over. Chen Kangjian, Liu Zizheng, Gelifu, and even Zheng Dali, although they don't say it, are actually calculating how much they can get.
The number of soldiers in hand is directly related to the right to speak and status within the system, and Liu Zizheng and others cannot help but fight for it.
Even if Liu Zizheng and the others were so concerned about saving face that they didn't want to fight for it, their subordinates would not agree.
Everyone hopes that their status will rise with the tide.
Maxim and Bastian were relatively speechless. They could understand Qin Zhiyuan's unhappiness. It was the same for everyone. There were always a few days of discomfort every month. In fact, from Maxim and Bastian's point of view, Qin Zhiyuan was uncomfortable.
Zhiyuan has done well enough, and no one else could have ended up in the current situation.
At the beginning of the war, the 17th Army led by Qin Zhiyuan was smaller in number than the 18th Army led by Hu Tier.
The battle had only lasted half a month, and the manpower gap between the two warring parties had been abruptly reversed by Qin Zhiyuan.
Although Maxim and Bastian did not know the specific number of German casualties, it is certain that the number of casualties of the German 18th Group Army was definitely much greater than that of the 17th Group Army led by Qin Zhiyuan.
Wu Yuanting and Ruan Juncai looked at Qin Zhiyuan with eyes full of admiration. Even within the French army, there were not many generals who dared to complain so openly about their immediate superiors at the Army Department.
There are really not many. The French army is currently cracking down hard, and those who dare to complain publicly have been sent to military courts that are held in secret.
The Japanese, represented by Akashi Genjiro, looked at Qin Zhiyuan with inquiring eyes. Jiro and the others no longer believed that Qin Zhiyuan was Chinese. They regarded Qin Zhiyuan as a famous Allied country such as Foch and Haig.
In fact, whether the two boys admit it or not, after this battle, Qin Zhiyuan has become a well-known general in the world, and his reputation in some fields will even surpass that of Foch and Haig.
After all, it was in Flanders at this time that General Plummer of the British Second Army adopted Qin Zhiyuan's tactics and achieved inexplicable progress that excited the whole of Britain.
It is almost a sign that one's tactics are studied and imitated by others.
A sign of becoming a famous general.
Pierre and Misha looked at Qin Zhiyuan who was complaining and rolled their eyes. They knew Qin Zhiyuan best. They could guess almost exactly what Qin Zhiyuan wanted to do.
Of course, Pierre and Misha will not expose Qin Zhiyuan. They have already boarded Qin Zhiyuan's pirate ship, and there is no turning back.
This temper tantrum was still effective. Although it seemed unrelated, Lyautey never sent a telegram to urge Qin Zhiyuan again. Instead, he asked Qin Zhiyuan for help and sent a batch of moon cakes from the Republic of China.
This simply made Qin Zhiyuan dumbfounded. It is indeed August, but it is only July in the Chinese lunar calendar. What kind of mooncakes are there to give? It is really wrong.
In fact, the French attach great importance to Chinese folk customs. Unlike the British, the French usually give the Chinese a few days off during major festivals, and also provide some benefits. These mooncakes are prepared to be distributed to the Chinese one month later.
Yes, considering that most Chinese are from the north, there are more five-nut fillings.
Along with the mooncakes, there were enough flares and a large number of poison gas bombs.
Because Germany was always at a manpower disadvantage in the confrontation with the Allies, the Germans started researching poison gas earlier, and had a greater advantage over the Allies in terms of poison gas. For example, now, although Germany has used mustard gas on the battlefield
, but the gas bombs Paris sent to Qin Zhiyuan were still chlorine gas.
Just chlorine, it's better than nothing.
In fact, mustard gas also has a fatal weakness, and that is the incubation period of mustard gas. If someone is poisoned, the incubation period can be as short as a few hours or as long as a day, and the combat effectiveness will not be lost immediately.
For the ever-changing battlefield, too many things can happen in a few hours, and the entire battle may be over. Therefore, mustard gas cannot be called the king of poisonous gases without being mixed with Louis gas.
In late August, the fighting resumed. This time, Qin Zhiyuan showed his determination to burn the boat. On the first day of the bombing, he ordered the bomber unit to enter the field and bomb the railway line from Reims to Arlon, where the Germans
Main channel for obtaining supplies.
Facing the menacing foreign legion, Hu Tier did not take it hard. In accordance with the practice of elastic defense, he withdrew the front-line troops to the rear positions, preparing for a decisive battle with Qin Zhiyuan after dark.
Hu Tier still didn't know that because Qin Zhiyuan had obtained a large number of flares, his troops had lost their only advantage in familiarity with the terrain.
Yes, although it is on French soil, the Germans have occupied it for three years, and they are indeed more familiar with the terrain.
This advantage alone is no longer enough to change the situation of the battle, and the outcome waiting for Hutier will be tragic.
