Chapter 229: Ruthless
No one is born a.
Neither is Will.
It's not that Will doesn't hate those who have made mistakes, it's just that because he just made a promise, and now he has been overturned by Xu Sheng in the blink of an eye, Will has a feeling that his integrity has been trampled on at will.
But personal integrity is nothing compared to the innocent civilians who died, and the tortured comrades in front of them.
Treachery is treachery, no matter whether you wear this military uniform or not, national honor should take precedence over personal honor. Will comforted himself and turned away, deaf to the blacks' begs for mercy, accusations, or scolding.
The same words were also heard in Xu Sheng's ears.
Unlike Will, Xu Sheng owed half of pity and guilt, and just looked at those ugly blacks with cold eyes. Perhaps an hour ago, they were still venting on the women who had been taken captive into the barracks; Perhaps five days ago, they were brazenly slaughtering the French with rifles and bullets issued to them; Ten days ago, perhaps, they had killed with their own hands the officers who had been with them day and night, or perhaps had fought for them.
But in this moment, all the tyranny turns to fear.
It's fear, even the fiercest people who shout and scold are covering up their fear with fierceness.
Equally indifferent to Xu Sheng was Qin Zhiyuan, and when Qin Zhiyuan arrived at Feron Tadnoy, the killing had already come to an end.
Qin Zhiyuan didn't pay attention to these guilty people, only arranged a sentence to dispose of the corpses, and then went to the front line with Liu Zizheng and Ge Lifu, Qin Zhiyuan wanted to take a look at the situation on the front line in person, and then decide how to deploy defenses.
Since the Battle of the Somme last year, the Germans on the Eastern Front have been on the defensive, and Britain and France have maintained a consistent offensive posture, which is related to the actual comparison of forces between the two sides.
At the beginning of the war, the Germans were superior to the British and French forces, and as the war progressed, the colonial potential of the British and French gradually emerged. In the army of the British, the Indian Legion, the Australian Legion, the Canadian Legion, etc., and in the French army, the Polish Legion, the African Legion, and the Chinese Legion were added.
Do not doubt that Poland, although not a colony of the French, did have a Polish regiment in the French army, and there were quite a few of them. Poland and France have two common enemies, one is Russia and the other is Germany.
The French army also included the Czechs, who were politically disillusioned and Czech prisoners who aspired to join the French army.
The addition of colonial troops improved the military contrast between the two sides, so the Germans had to go on the defensive.
The consequence of the usual offensive posture was that there were almost no decent defenses in the area of Ferontardenoy, and this was not just a problem of Ferontardenoy, but of the entire Anglo-French front.
If the Germans were willing to abandon their fortified fortresses and go out to fight the British and French in the field, the British and French would not be able to ask for it. Perhaps it was because of this concern that the Crown Prince Wilhelm on the opposite side did not order the Germans to leave the fortress and take the initiative of Fairtadenoy, although he knew that there was confusion in the French army.
Although he knew that it was unlikely, Qin Zhiyuan still couldn't pin his hopes on that the Germans would not take the initiative to attack, what if Crown Prince Wilhelm drank too much?
Iron also needs to be hard.
For a whole afternoon, Qin Zhiyuan had been inspecting the front line of Feron Tadnoy, looking for suitable sniper positions.
Qin Zhiyuan's standard of requirements was different from that of the Germans, who chose a defensive position, and the requirement was to rely on the terrain as much as possible to cause trouble to the attacking French. Qin Zhiyuan's criterion for choosing a position was to have open terrain, not to rely on the banks of the Aisa River for defense like the Germans, and to choose a plain with a flat river as much as possible.
This may have made it easier for the Germans to attack, but it was also convenient for Chen Kangjian's tank troops to outflank him.
Qin Zhiyuan's arrangement was to use Liu Zizheng's brigade, which had some defensive experience, to defend the position, and the Greif brigade was to act as a reserve, ready to enter the battlefield at any time, and Chen Kangjian's armored regiment was not far from the battlefield, once the Germans left their trenches and launched an attack on Liu Zizheng's defensive line, it was time for Chen Kangjian's armored regiment to attack.
Chen Kangjian's armored regiment, which now has 180 tanks, is the leading armored assault force of this era, and already has the initial ability to change the shape of the battlefield.
In the end, Qin Zhiyuan chose a hilly area about 3 kilometers southeast of Ferontadenoy, where the hills could effectively obstruct the field of vision, which was more favorable for the tactical suddenness of the armored forces to launch an attack.
Qin Zhiyuan was not worried that the Germans would bypass here, in fact, it would be better if the Germans bypassed here to attack somewhere else, because in that case, the French troops would bear the pressure of the first wave of the Germans' attack, and then Chen Kangjian's armored troops could calmly outflank them.
A little later, Foch finally arrived in Fernantadenoy.
This is where the mutiny first started, and Foch's first stop was here.
"Shoot them all?" After Qin Zhiyuan reported on the handling of those rebels, Foch asked with a frown.
"Yes, all shot." As the commander, Qin Zhiyuan simply took the blame: "At that time, more than 30 French women were found in the barracks, they were inhumanly abused, and most of their families were slaughtered by these rebels, they hated these rebels to the core, and the soldiers were full of righteous indignation, so they shot all those rebels without waiting for the military court trial." ”
Qin Zhiyuan thought for a while, pointed to the empty crosses at the gate of the camp and introduced: "You didn't see the situation with your own eyes, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to tolerate it, these crosses are hung with the corpses of those officers who were shot by them, and they even brutally cut off the heads of those corpses......"
"Needless to say, I can imagine it." Foch interrupted Qin Zhiyuan's words.
Foch has been a soldier since he was 22 years old, he is 66 years old this year, and he has spent two-thirds of his time in the barracks.
Damn them!
Foch came to the conclusion in his mind, and with this in mind, Foch was no longer demanding.
"Tomorrow I will go to the 32nd Division, you set up your position here as soon as possible, if the Germans will take the initiative to attack, you will be the first to bear the brunt here." Foch cared about his son-in-law.
"No, don't worry about me here, I've already arranged it, I'll go with you tomorrow." Qin Zhiyuan promised Julie that he wanted to ensure Foch's safety, and it was impossible for Foch to take the risk himself.
"It's okay, the situation of the 32nd Division is quite stable, the division commander is Bastian Garcia, your old friend, isn't this still worthy of your trust?" Foch was confident.
"Let me take a look." Qin Zhiyuan insisted.
Bastian Garcia is certainly fine, he is Qin Zhiyuan and his partner.
It seems that Qin Zhiyuan's "LLL" company really needs to be renamed "GGG" company.
(To be continued.) )