There is an ancient castle in the town of Chantilly, dozens of kilometers away from Paris. The large castle was destroyed during the French Revolution and rebuilt in 1870. This castle houses the heart of Prince Condé, and the current French Army Headquarters is located here.

This small town.

"Damn Chinaman!"

In the Villa Poiret in the town of Chantilly, a roar like thunder was heard. This roar was only heard by the generals and officers outside and they all called the police.

The general is angry!

To be precise, the general was on the verge of going berserk! Everyone was reminding each other softly, for fear that someone might accidentally offend the enraged general.

"These damn yellow monkeys!"

After cursing, Xiafei paced back and forth from time to time, smoke rising from the cigar between his fingers. Although the smoke was thick, it could not hide the angry look on his face.

Once again, Xiafei felt that he had been fooled by the Chinese. This feeling was really not good. What was even more annoying was that he could deeply understand the ridicule of the outside world for this. You know, he had been mocked more than once.

Tell the French - the Chinese ** team is unreliable and the Chinese ** team cannot be trusted.

"They're just a bunch of coolies. They don't even know what war is!"

But what about now?

First, in Verdun, the Chinese Expeditionary Force captured the German position. That time, he used various reasons such as luck and the loss of German spirit to explain it. In the end, the French believed in him and their commander-in-chief.

Ministry, and because of this, he was able to "arrange the Chinese people" according to his ideas.

According to his original idea, it would only take a few months, when hundreds of thousands of Chinese expeditionary forces continued to consume France's precious military expenditures without any results, he could convince those congressmen and ask the government to re-sign an agreement with the Chinese.

A new treaty will give him complete control over the Chinese Expeditionary Force. At that time, he will divide the squadron into companies and battalions, and then disperse them to various parts of the front line like the colonial army.

, thus allowing those "Eastern cannon fodder" to play their role.

But what about now?

The Chinese Expeditionary Force, once again, slapped him hard in the face.

And this time the slap was far more severe and louder than in the past, and the most infuriating thing was that the Chinese Expeditionary Force deceived him, and they used deceptive words to obtain his approval.

Yesterday, all day long, Chief of Staff Xu of the Chinese ** Corps was lobbying the staff of the headquarters. Of course, the main purpose was to persuade him to believe that the Chinese Expeditionary Force hopes to launch a coordinated attack at the right time.

.Of course the scale of the attack is limited - "just to let the troops experience the battlefield environment", that's all.

The reason why Xiafei was so angry was because he - believed it!

"Let the Chinese go to the battlefield. They will leave mountains of corpses in front of the German machine gun positions like the British did!"

Those Chinese seemed very "treacherous". The reports they submitted were even written in Chinese. They played a lot of word games in them. In the end, it was the word games that made Xiafei agree to their plan-to deal with Germany.

The ** team launched a coordinated attack.

There are no restrictions on the scale of the attack, but out of caution, Xiafei did not agree to provide artillery cover to the Chinese ** team. Of course, he had his reasons. The French ** team is preparing for the second wave of attack tomorrow.

In preparation, they have already consumed too many shells, so - I'm very sorry, you can only rely on yourselves.

Okay! The Chinese didn’t object either.

But this morning, when he woke up, he unexpectedly received a report from Fu Xi. The Chinese Expeditionary Force had invested its main force on the battlefield, using the gaps in the German defense to tear open the German defense line. Its offensive troops were constantly attacking.

Attack the German army in depth, and it is very likely that it will cross the Somme and approach Perona in the next few days.

If the French ** team achieves such a result, then, undoubtedly, this is a very successful battle. Xiafei will issue a commendation order as soon as possible, and at the same time release news to the press to celebrate the "French ** team's achievements"

"Unprecedented success", but now, apart from the anger of being humiliated, Xiafei didn't even feel the slightest joy in his heart.

"Now, how should it end?"

Thinking about this issue in his mind, Xiafei thought of what Fayol mentioned in the telegram: "The behavior of the Chinese Expeditionary Force will definitely seriously affect the progress of the entire campaign..." Obviously, Fayol, who strictly obeyed Fuxi's orders in the end,

We also disapprove of the "unauthorized actions" of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

"...Now perhaps the Chinese ** team has made some progress, but what is expected is that if the German army reacts quickly, it will be difficult for them to cross the Somme. Once it encounters the main force of German reinforcements in Perona, both sides will

An unprecedented fierce battle is bound to break out, and if its offensive is blocked, we will have to face an unprecedented defeat..."

Defeat, if the Chinese Expeditionary Force is defeated...

Suddenly, Xiafei seemed to see hope, to be precise, it was the hope of maintaining his reputation. If the Chinese Expeditionary Force was defeated, it would not only severely damage the Chinese Expeditionary Force, but also achieve his goal of completely taking back the command of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

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Thinking of this, Xiafei walked towards the map. Looking at the map on the wall, Xiafei's brows furrowed from time to time. Perhaps the Chinese Expeditionary Force was cannon fodder and was part of "expendable and cheap materials", but simply

The battle of the Mu River is crucial. Even if the Chinese army is defeated, one thing must be guaranteed - it will not lead to the failure of the entire campaign. Moreover, for France, the reason for launching this battle is

The purpose was to force the German General Staff to transfer its main force from Verdun to the Somme River, thus reducing the pressure faced by France on the entire battlefield.

"A proper attack is also necessary and should be coordinated with the Chinese team's attack!"

After calming down, Xiafei immediately considered the entire battle from the perspective of France. Of course, at this time, some changes occurred in the layout of the battle, but this change was extremely limited.

When making the decision, Xiafei looked at the protrusion formed after the attack of the Chinese Army, with a slight sneer on his face. According to the intelligence he had, the last sudden attack of the Chinese Army in Verdun made

The entire "German Army is ashamed of it." Now, is it possible that the Germans will give up the Chinese Expeditionary Force in the soon-to-be-formed salient?

"May God bless them!"

On the battlefield, there is never any God's protection. For soldiers, the only thing they can rely on is their personal bravery, but it is the commander's decision that plays a decisive role. The incompetence of one general will kill the entire army. "Zuo Zhuan"

A sentence in "" has already clarified the responsibility of a general.

"I'm only at the level of a battalion commander! Commanding a regiment is probably too difficult for someone to do!"

More or less, people's understanding of Han Wu is mostly like this. As for the praise of famous generals, Han Wu himself has never dared to "accept" it. This kind of humility has won him a lot of favor.

But a few people know that the reason why Han Wu said this when faced with praise is very simple - lack of personal ability.

At least, he has always evaluated himself as "at the level of a battalion commander." As for fighting! This "Korean Battalion Commander" has his own style of fighting, such as "Although there is no guarantee of success, there is success."

"Determination", "Once the troops attack, they must tear up all orders to retreat!"

In Han Wu's dictionary, there is never "retreat" or "impossible". This is a well-known thing. Now, as the former enemy commander of the expeditionary force, he is perhaps the only one in the expeditionary force who has commanded ten divisions.

The above general is a general whose troops engage in large-scale battles, and his fighting style is very simple - the superior gives the target, he issues the order, and then the subordinate executes it. As for the rest, there is nothing to negotiate.

Almost from the beginning of the attack, Han Wu had been circling around a map on the table. He smoked one cigarette after another, looked at the map for a while, and then walked around the table a few times, as if he was pushing.

Disc grinding.

Just an hour ago, his former enemy command post had moved forward to 3.5 kilometers. Now his former enemy command post is just a few lightning trucks, with more than a dozen telephone lines pulled into the vehicle, and several radios in another vehicle

, he remotely controlled the three divisions he commanded from such a mobile command post.

To be precise, it is six divisions. Of course, the other three divisions will not be able to be put into the battlefield until tonight. Before that, he could only command three divisions, but now, he has put two divisions into the battlefield.

On the battlefield, he only had one division of reserves left in his hands.

Stopping in front of the map, Han Wu once again leaned over and picked up a red pencil, and drew an arrow at Bispi, the junction of the German 9th Infantry Army and the 17th Infantry Army. An advance team should be sent around it.

Bispi penetrated behind the enemy lines, crossed the Somme River, and fought to the east of the Somme River to capture Perona. All this must be done before the Second Army mobilized its reserves to arrive.

Otherwise, everything will be in vain!

"Look, let's do this!"

Han Wu said to Chen Yushi and Yu Jingcun on the side, in fact, his former enemy headquarters fully embodies a characteristic, with Jiangsu Army officers as the main body. This may be the biggest feature of the "liaison office", to a large extent

, Han Wu has always built the liaison office into a "small group".

"...This bridge is the only place we must cross the Somme to cut off the retreat of the 17th Army. If we want to surround the 17th Army, we must cross this bridge and then occupy Perona!"

"Yeah," Chen Yushi, a major general from the Eighth Division of the Jiangsu Army, nodded.

"Now, the German 17th Army is very likely to withdraw westward. The German troops on the northern front will retreat from here, and reinforcements may also come from here. If they capture this place, they will have nowhere to run."

"It's necessary to get in there, but it's difficult,"

Yu Jingcun said seriously,

"We need to break through the enemy's forward position..."

"Send a regiment to feign an attack and let the advance team use the gap in the German defense to get in!"

Staring at the map, Han Wu made up his mind.

"Now that the fight has begun, we must fight hard this time and not let anyone escape."

When he said these words, the command vehicle, which seemed a bit cramped, fell silent. Everyone knew that if this order was carried out, the intersecting troops would take great risks. Once the attacking troops

If Bispi cannot be reached on time to join the intervening force, then this intersecting force will most likely become the first unit of the expeditionary force to be completely wiped out.

Moreover, unlike other areas, they occupied a railway bridge, which is also a frontline transportation hub like Perona. The intersecting troops may encounter German reinforcements there at any time. The intersecting troops there can be said to have wolves in front of them.

After all, sending a regiment of troops to perform such a task is equivalent to throwing nearly four thousand brothers into a sea of ​​​​fire and a frying pan. First they are burned in the sea of ​​​​fire, and then they do not know how many times they are squeezed into the frying pan.

Go back, even if you are lucky enough to complete the mission, I'm afraid...

At this time, there was a faint sound of explosions in the air in the distance - this was the artillery of the Chinese and German armies competing there. Compared to the German army that had gone through several days of artillery battles, the firepower of the expeditionary force that had just entered the battlefield might still be less powerful.

It can occupy a temporary advantage, but what if it continues?

The sound of artillery made Han Wu return to the reality of war, and there was no idle talk on the battlefield——

"Director Han, please explain the mission!"
To be continued...