Ever since the French overthrew the Bourbons, France has become a model of democracy all over the world.

There was a time when democratic and liberal France was a mecca for people all over the world who yearned for freedom, and France's national parliamentary system became a source of pride for the French, just like Notre Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower.

At the beginning of its establishment, the National Assembly system was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the efficiency at that time was relatively high, so that France's social economy entered a period of rapid development.

But like all two-party or multi-party systems, the National Assembly soon became a market for arguments.

In fact, for military personnel, this kind of flat structure social system is far less efficient than the pyramid structure of the social system, especially during war or when a large-scale disaster needs to be made quickly, the disadvantages of the flat structure social system are becoming more and more obvious.

Even now, when the Germans still occupy the land of the French, and it is necessary to unite as one, these parliamentarians still have the heart to intrigue and tear down the corners, which really makes Leothai feel impatient.

"Louie, although I should not interfere in the internal affairs of the military department, I still want to ask, why do you prefer to believe those Chinese than those Americans, is it in your eyes that the Chinese are more important than the Americans?" Paul Panrowell had to say something, he didn't mean to remove Leothai from power, the French army had enough to do now, and now was not the time to make a difference.

"Mr. President, there is no such thing as who is more important than whom, only who is more willing to shed blood for France. The Americans really deserve attention, but according to General Pershing, the Americans will not be able to count on it until next year, so what to do before that? Shall we go and tell the Germans that the world war will stop for a year, and that it will not be possible to resume the war after the Americans have gathered 3 million troops, all of them are armed and trained? "Leothai is determined and will not change his mind because of the words of others.

"So are those Chinese reliable?" Donaxiu questioned again.

In just one month, the Americans in France have assembled more than 100,000 men, and the Americans have demonstrated their unparalleled delivery capabilities, and Pershing has promised that tens of thousands of American soldiers will arrive in France every month for the next year.

Compared with the Americans with strong shipping capabilities, Qin Zhiyuan's manpower delivery speed is much slower, and now Yimin Company and Huang Bohan's people are working together, and less than 20,000 people can arrive in Corsica every month, which is already the limit and cannot be further improved.

But it is this difference in strength that makes the merits of the Foreign Legion seem even more precious.

"On this issue, I have a telegram here, which was just sent to me by General Qin Zhiyuan. In the sniper battle that ended this morning in Ferontadenoy, the 1st Division of the Foreign Legion and the 32nd Division of the French Army fought hand in hand, and fought fiercely with six divisions of the German Crown Prince Wilhelm's Corps and a part of the German 17th Army in Ferontadenoy and Tadenoy, in a total of four days of fighting, the 1st and 32nd Divisions killed more than 13,600 German troops and captured more than 98,900 German ......troops, looked around the audience with a confident smile, dragged out his voice, and whetted everyone's appetite, and then solved the puzzle: "And Prince William himself." ”

Prince William?

Prince Wilhelm was captured by the French!

The congressmen, whether Socialists or Democrats and Republicans, were stunned, and it took a full 30 seconds for them to erupt in earth-shattering cheers.

Accompanied by cheers were piles of printed materials that flew into the sky, which were originally used to impeach Qin Zhiyuan and Leotei, but now no one cares about them. As long as Leotai and Qin Zhiyuan can win against the Germans, then it doesn't matter if Leotai equips Qin Zhiyuan with all the weapons in the Renault factory, to hell with those impeachments!

As for Pershing, who was still in Orleans, it would have been forgotten by everyone.

You know, the French have always looked down on the nouveau riche Americans. The French can treat Americans as guests when they are needed, but when they are not, the United States at this time is not indispensable to France at this time.

At least that's what the French think.

The world war is not over yet, and the French do not know exactly how much they owe the Americans, and their understanding of the United States is still stuck before the world war.

With Leotai's announcement, all the doubts against Leotai and Qin Zhiyuan disappeared. The news of the victory spread like a virus, spreading to every corner of France and even the world through countless telephone lines and air waves, the newspaper office temporarily printed a special issue, the French tricolor flag and the five-color flag of the Beiyang government were hung at the door of the restaurant, and countless people flocked to the temporary residence set up by the Beiyang government in Paris, where they were crowded to the brim, and they thanked all the black-haired and black-eyed Orientals.

On the same day, the French government decided to raise diplomatic relations with the Beiyang government from the "minister" level to the "ambassador level", and the legation was also moved from the second floor of the narrow and remote cinema to the Champ de Mars, where the Paris city government set aside an area of 50 acres of land for the construction of the Beiyang government's embassy in Paris.

In the newspaper of the day, when describing Qin Zhiyuan's complexion, the Latin word "fuscus" was used. The meaning of this word is uncertain, but it can usually be understood as dark or brown, which is used here to mean darker skin tone. With the large photo of Qin Zhiyuan distributed by the newspaper, it is indeed impossible to see the meaning of yellow there.

In fact, in the early Western travelers' writings, the description of the skin color of Chinese people is usually "fair" or "dark", and no one directly uses "yellow" to describe the skin of Oriental people. But in the 18th century, certain so-called "scientists" who knew little about the natural sciences began to classify races, and the color of Asians was changed from "fuscus" to "luridus", which can be translated as yellow, yellowish, sallow, pale, death-like, and so on.

This classification is artificial and has no scientific basis.

In China, it is accepted to speak of Chinese people as yellow-skinned, because "yellow" in China symbolizes imperial power and nobility, which is a difference in perception caused by the different cultural heritages of Europe and Chinese.

For Qin Zhiyuan, what happened in Paris was too far away for him, and Qin Zhiyuan couldn't take care of it for a while. Now Qin Zhiyuan's task is to pacify nearly 100,000 German prisoners and guard against a possible retaliatory attack by the Germans.

Fortunately, Foch's work was fruitful, and as Foch patrolled the front line, the French troops gradually began to stabilize, and some units began to regain their combat effectiveness.

After the news of Qin Zhiyuan's victory spread, it was like a shot in the arm that was injected into the hearts of all the French, the confidence of the French began to recover, and the soldiers slowly calmed down from their impetuousness.

In mid-May, eleven French divisions stationed near Ferenta de Nuoy began to assemble in the area of Ferenta de Nuoy, preparing for a possible German attack.

Qin Zhiyuan's 1st Division and Bastien's 32nd Division were ordered to be transferred back to Paris, where they were to participate in a huge celebration to commemorate this historic moment.

(To be continued.) )