"Although you compare us to the eight kings, I don't like it very much. Pétain chuckled, "But I have to say that your opinion is a good idea, and many places coincide with me, but you are more daring than me, and I dare not bring up such a strange trick." "I don't say that I agree with you, but I just say in my own words the tactics that Petain used at the Battle of Verdun in history. "As long as the French army can win this war, I am willing to make a military order for this strategy. I heard Pétain's words and chose to reassure him a little more. "Hmm. Petain's eyes flowed with a hint of satisfaction, "Then use this as the tone to inform the garrisons everywhere to carry out the situation." Also, Private Adrian, would you be interested in serving in my staff?"

Petain had said that the strategy was feasible, but I didn't dare vouch for it, or a bunch of people would use it to get me. In fact, it is true in history, after the loss of Fort Duburg, Petain adopted this strategy, which really resisted the German attack, but also caused the morale of the soldiers to fall to the bottom. It was on this ground that Neville got rid of Petain, and he commanded the German army, which was already a tired division, to count the final victory at Verdun on his head. Now, as long as I agree, I believe that I will have a relatively high position in Petain's staff, after all, if I want to come out in the future, my status is too low to silence Neville, Xia Fei and the like.

However, I refuse.

"I'm sorry, General Petain, I'm a rough man at heart. I replied, "It would be more suitable for me if you would give me an elite group of soldiers to face the Germans." "What are you kidding, my biggest experience in commanding a war before is to lead the dogs in our community to win the dogs in the opposite neighborhood and win the vast territory. Offering advice was Petain's own strategy in the official history, and I just borrowed it, and I was afraid to really take responsibility for this grand war.

Actually, I think that going to the grassroots level will have more opportunities to take on side tasks and earn some extra money...

Pétain pondered for a moment, then spoke: "Yes. Captain Honoré, from today you will take over the position of Lieutenant Colonel Powell, who died as captain of my continuance. Adrian... Second Lieutenant, "All of a sudden I went from a big soldier to a lieutenant, and it's really a war that makes people better." "Now our department has established a special operations unit and ordered you to be the captain. "Roger. Captain Honoré and I replied immediately. "I will send elites from all units to you, and I hope you can live up to your mission. Petain continued, "God bless France." ”

Petain gave me two squads, a total of ten men. In addition to Li Feiying and Ge Lin, seven other people were transferred from various units. In the following week, our newly formed special combat team was on a mission at the same time, and at my request, each member of the team had to master the basic knowledge of artillery, the basic knowledge of cavalry, and all the vehicles that Duburg had to learn how to drive. Two of the missions we came out of triggered the space side quests, both of which were not difficult, but the rewards were not much, and we gained 1,000 rolls plus 3 attribute points.

It was not difficult to get out of the mission, but it was difficult to confirm that Petain had planted a few eyeliners in my special combat team, or who the eyeliner was. It doesn't matter if I don't care about reasoning, but I prefer to believe that this is one of the tests that Petain gives. If you can't even find out the spies in your own team, then your ability is like this, and your team will be responsible for the battlefield chores. So two of the three eyeliners were "sacrificed" in the mission, and I made him the deputy captain of the remaining one, which was higher than Li Feiying's two. I think what I mean is quite obvious, Brother Petain, I can find out the eyeliner you have planted, but I am naturally loyal to you, and let your eyeliner be the vice-captain to supervise my work, now you have confidence in my ability and loyalty, right?

In this exchange without words, Petain and I have a better understanding of each other, but our interests are the same, so there is no reason to turn the other cheeks. On the other hand, although the Germans had sufficient artillery fire, although they posed a great threat to the French field forces, they were not enough to inflict a devastating blow on the fortified fortresses. After all, the German army was well prepared for field artillery on this trip, but the bulky ordnance of siege guns was insufficient. Therefore, although the French army was beaten and screamed every day on the frontal battlefield, a new group of French troops would come up the next day and continue to scream, so in terms of the results of the battle, the German army gained little and the two armies were deadlocked.

I even feel that if this state continues, the Germans may be preparing to send women's clothing to Petain...

However, a week later, as Pétain's staff had predicted, the front-line troops showed signs of mutiny, and were reluctant to go to the front to die. For this reason, it was only possible to completely shrink the defensive line according to the previous plan, and delay the German offensive with the help of fortifications. By this time, the Anglo-French forces had begun another famous battle of World War I in the Somme region. Although I was eager to see how the young Hitler was beaten by the Coalition forces on the battlefield, the Verdun theater of operations turned out to be a reality.

"There are five hours left. When I was called into the office by Petain, the first thing he said was, "Huh?" "Haha," Petain said with a wry smile, "I was dismissed by Xia Fei and handed over command to Nivelle within five hours. So whatever you're going to do, hold on. "it. "I was also a little stunned, "according to our strategy, it will take at most half a month to start the counteroffensive!" "Hmph," Petain snorted coldly, "from what I know of Nivelle, he will surely shout slogans like 'France never retreats' when he has full command of the Verdun area, while making our soldiers rush into the German positions." In terms of the current gap between friend and foe, to do so would be suicide. And as you surely know, we didn't have a good time on the other side of the Somme. ”

"So—" I was about to follow his words, when I suddenly realized that there was something in Petain's words, and my body could not help but startle. "Adrian," said Pétain, smirking, "I wonder how, a big soldier, knew a week ago that we were going to make an operation in the Somme region to ease the offensive here? ”

I had only tried to talk about it for a while, but I made another fatal mistake. This is the same as in a certain drama, 'Comrades, the eight-year War of Resistance has been fought for seven years', I don't understand that I am despising the IQ of the audience. But at the moment, I am not frustrated, and I should wait until I finish this trial before reflecting. "General Petain, I won't hide it from you. Actually, my companion and I are not from this era, we are from 2016, 100 years later, humanity has mastered time travel technology, and found that in fact, many historical events have the intervention of future people. For the sake of your tomorrow, our today, we have been sent back to your today, our yesterday, the battlefield of Verdun in 1916, to ensure that everything proceeds according to the history we know as we know it, that the French army won strategically. ”

"I'm not going to say whether I believe it or not. "I ask, "does everything now come according to what you call the course of history?" "Who knows the real course of history," I laughed, "and we don't matter if all your actions do not fluctuate into our time." Petain got up from his seat, walked to the window, looked out the window, and said, "I am confident in my ability to see people." I've always believed that whatever your status, at least for now, we have a stake. So, you have been able to live until now. ”