Paris, Grand Weaver Restaurant.

The small hall attached to the back hall was already the fixed residence of Qin Zhiyuan's small group, and almost every few days, a similar secret room meeting would be held.

Qin Zhiyuan often travels back and forth between Paris and Corsica, and not every meeting can be attended, but as long as he is in Paris, Qin Zhiyuan will not be absent.

A few people in this room can pretty much decide the future of France.

It may be an exaggeration to say this, but in many cases, history is driven by powerful figures, and perhaps just a casual thought can change the course of human history.

Of course, the people in this small hall now only have this potential, but they have not obtained the corresponding rights, and this needs an opportunity.

"Qin, your current actions are very surprising." The Minister of War Leotey is quick to talk, he has a good relationship with Qin Zhiyuan, and the two of them can usually talk on the phone or something.

"No way, your troops have a national burden, and my troops have to bear their own burdens." Qin Zhiyuan is half-true and half-true.

"May I understand that you are accusing the French War Ministry of War about this?" Leothai half-joked.

The First Brigade is a subordinate unit of the Foreign Legion, and the French War Department pays the salaries of the soldiers every month, and Qin Zhiyuan actually uses the French to buy people's hearts. Although Leotey knew this, there was no need to point out that it was important for the French to maintain a good relationship with Qin Zhiyuan, especially these people in the house now.

"No, no, no, I didn't mean that, so far, we have cooperated happily, and I don't have any other grievances other than not selling me warships." Qin Zhiyuan complained appropriately.

Qin Zhiyuan found a French shipyard some time ago and wanted to buy destroyers to equip the troops, but was rejected by the French shipyard on the grounds that they did not have a spare slipway to accept Qin Zhiyuan's order.

This is a fact, if it weren't for the Knights Templar, Qin Zhiyuan would still not be able to buy a destroyer even now. However, it is not impossible, if it is only against destroyers, the use of merchant ship converted hunting submarines can also complete the task. Qin Zhiyuan purchased fifteen submarine hunting submarines from the French shipyard, which was not very difficult, because Qin Zhiyuan had always had a good relationship with the French military, and the shipyard in Marseille undertook this transformation task, so Qin Zhiyuan had the strength to carry out the escort work.

With the four destroyers in Qin Zhiyuan's hands, it is really ineffective to escort ships in the vast Mediterranean, but fortunately, with submarine hunting to join, Qin Zhiyuan can undertake a large number of escort tasks. As for the four destroyers, well, that's more symbolic, and it's Qin Zhiyuan's trust to solicit business.

"Your compatriot has been transferred to Sherman with Dam, aren't you worried at all?" Leothai was teasing.

In order to prepare for the spring offensive, Nivel had begun to mobilize troops on a large scale, and the first to be mobilized was the Chinese troops led by Qin Yunpeng. The number of this force is now less than 10,000, and it has undergone an average of more than two months of training, and has a certain military quality, but it is not enough to compete with the Germans.

Qin Zhiyuan called Qin Yunpeng to persuade him before, but he was ignored by Qin Yunpeng, perhaps because of the requirements of the Beiyang government, Qin Yunpeng chose to cooperate with you in order to cooperate, after all, on the surface, Nivelle is the current commander of the French army.

"Your compatriots are more concentrated, and if you have to worry, you are at least a hundred times more worried than I am." Qin Zhiyuan will not admit defeat.

At the same time as mobilizing the pro-Yunpeng troops, Nivelle also mobilized more than 1.2 million French soldiers, and in terms of numbers alone, the number of French soldiers preparing to participate in the war was indeed more than 100 times that of Chinese soldiers.

"Nivire, this damned butcher, I curse him to hell." Leothai gritted his teeth.

It feels bad to have the intention to kill the enemy and not be able to return to the sky, and Leothai feels like this now. Leotey knew that Niveller's plan was doomed, but there was nothing Leotey could do. Nivelle was appointed commander-in-chief of the French army through normal procedures, and it was impossible to remove Nivelle from his post unless he made a major mistake, even if Leoté was the Minister of War, and this was the importance of legality.

So Leothai could only watch as Nivelle sent 1.2 million French troops to the guns of the Germans and was helpless.

Democracy?

Well, that's democracy!

"We have to do something to prepare for the crisis that may arise after the spring offensive." Foch looked worried.

In terms of seniority, no one is older than Foch, but regrettably, it seems that Foch now has the least power.

"Not probably, if what awaits Nivile is a fiasco, then there will almost certainly be a crisis, perhaps a crisis that none of us want to see. The war has been going on for three years, far exceeding all estimates, our treasury is empty, our potential is almost exhausted, the people are exhausted, and if they are left without hope, maybe there will be social events. "Clemenceau is pessimistic.

Clemenceau, the editor-in-chief of The Prison Man, knows the truth about France better than anyone else, so he can see the crisis even more serious.

"What can I do? Although I am the Minister of the Army, I do not have a single soldier in my hands, all the troops loyal to me are in Morocco, and even my driver is assigned to me by the War Department. Leothai was helpless.

"There are no soldiers loyal to you, but there are generals who are loyal to you." Old Renault came leisurely.

"General! That's right, Qin, it's time to bring your troops back! Leotey was excited.

"I can't get my troops out either, now there are extremists in Corsica to suppress, Ajaccio and Bastia are threatened by extremists all the time, and I have to ensure the safety of the place first." Qin Zhiyuan shirked.

If it is not necessary, Qin Zhiyuan will definitely not be transferred back to the First Brigade at this time, Nivelle is eager to push the French woman to the front line, once he finds out that the First Brigade is back, maybe he will immediately transfer Qin Zhiyuan to the front line.

Although Qin Zhiyuan didn't mind disobedience, Qin Zhiyuan didn't want to have a reputation for disobedience often.

In any case, Qin Zhiyuan is a soldier, and once a soldier is labeled as disobedient, no matter how you look at it, it will affect Qin Zhiyuan's image.

"You don't have to worry, I will put your troops in Paris for the time being, and will not be transferred to the front." Leotera promised.

"Well, though, if my troops are to get back sooner, they won't be able to carry heavy weapons." Qin Zhiyuan begged for benefits.

"Don't worry, I have a full set of heavy weapons here, and I'll give you whatever you want." The old Renault acted as a safety rope.

"I want tanks, lots of tanks." At this time, if the lion does not open his mouth, when will he stay?

"I don't understand, why do you like those tin bumps so much? Are they more important than artillery? Foch didn't look down on Qin Zhiyuan's idea of building an army.

The two men had argued many times about this, and Foch was also a traditional soldier and did not have much eye for new weapons.

"Okay, how much do you want? I'll give it to you? "Leotey is generous.

As Minister of the Army, Leoté may not be able to change the commander-in-chief of the French army through unconventional channels, but Leoté can definitely decide the order of replenishment of weapons and equipment.

(To be continued.) )