The end result was indeed a disgrace to Akashi Genjiro.

The 11th Brigade had nearly 7,000 soldiers in total, or no more than 1,000 of them who returned to their starting positions, and the rest were ......

There are almost no rest.

The Germans showed no mercy, and even though the Japanese had retreated, the Germans still plowed the front of the position several times with bullets, as if to vent their frustration at the indiscriminate bombardment just now.

Fortunately, Qin Zhiyuan used bombers to knock out some of the German artillery positions before, and the Germans did not use artillery just now, otherwise, it is estimated that there would not be even a thousand people left.

So he worked hard for the Annan people under Wu Yuanting, and it took him a long time to send someone to contact the Germans, and after the Germans agreed, he sent five hundred soldiers who were not equipped with any weapons to collect the corpses.

Although it is in a hostile state, this behavior is still permitted. The Germans were afraid of the plague caused by the decay of the corpses in front of the camp due to the excessive heat, and the French were even more afraid because this was French land.

So after the battle, the two sides sent their own troops to collect the corpses, which became an unwritten tacit understanding.

The work of "collecting corpses" is also one of the few tasks of the Annamite people, this kind of work, the French troops will definitely not do it, the Chinese troops will not do it, even if the Chinese troops take the initiative to do it, the Annamite people will not let the Chinese collect the corpses, how do you say that?

To be a little brother, you have to be a little bit of a little brother.

It wasn't until the bodies of these Japanese were recovered that others could feel how much the Germans hated these former students, and the Germans hated these shameless people who were ungrateful and deceived their teachers and ancestors, and the bodies that were recovered were almost not complete, either missing arms or missing legs, which was really pitiful.

Akashi Genjiro didn't care about making a lot of nonsense at this time, and hurriedly returned to the camp to appease the troops, and it was estimated that by the way, he would also convene the generals in the army to discuss what to do next.

The changes on the battlefield were so unexpected, and less than 48 hours after the Japanese landed, the two infantry brigades had already lost more than half, and it was not a loss in the conventional sense, but a loss that was close to being completely annihilated, which was really unacceptable.

The Japanese fought so badly, Qin Zhiyuan didn't expect that after the initial schadenfreude, Qin Zhiyuan also began to worry.

As a military commander, with such a large casualty among the troops under his command, Qin Zhiyuan must have to write a report, and how to write this report really made Qin Zhiyuan have nothing to do.

Putting the blame on Akashi Genjiro and not listening to dissuasion and insisting on going his own way?

That shows that Qin Zhiyuan has lost the ability to control the troops, and he will definitely lose points in the impression of the bigwigs.

Then blame the low combat effectiveness of the Japanese troops?

It doesn't seem to be appropriate, because knowing that the Japanese are not high in combat effectiveness, and letting the Japanese go to the battlefield is in itself a dereliction of duty on the part of the military commander.

It seems that no matter how you look at it, Qin Zhiyuan has not fulfilled his responsibilities.

Fortunately, Maxim was always present, Qin Zhiyuan simply handed over the task of writing the report to Maxim, and with Maxim following Foch as the chief of staff for half his life, everyone must be happy that this report can be written.

The French don't engage in formalism?

Go for the tricksters and see the statues that can be found everywhere on the streets of Paris, this is the greatest formalism.

Even if he can successfully fool the War Department, there is still something for Qin Zhiyuan to worry about.

After all, the current Feron Tade Noy region is in charge of Qin Zhiyuan, no matter how many people die, Leothai can accept it, provided that Qin Zhiyuan can get Leotei on the battlefield and wants the results; If there is no progress in the slightest progress after the heavy losses, then Leotera will definitely not let Qin Zhiyuan have a better time.

The crux of the matter was to refocus on how to drive the Germans out of the Reims area.

This matter is not in a hurry, if the weather does not turn clear, Qin Zhiyuan will not take the initiative to attack.

If the weather does not clear, it means that the tank troops cannot be dispatched, and Qin Zhiyuan will not drive his soldiers to death like Akashi Genjiro, like driving cattle.

The biggest difference between Qin Zhiyuan and Foch is that Qin Zhiyuan pays more attention to humanized management, not only at the business level, but also at the military level. Otherwise, there would not be so many Chinese who followed Qin Zhiyuan to join the French nationality.

During the period of waiting for the weather to clear, Qin Zhiyuan received several telegrams from Leotai, the content of which was not to blame Qin Zhiyuan for "careless of human life", but to urge Qin Zhiyuan to attack.

In other words, Leothai did not take the Japanese deaths and injuries to heart, and as a representative of the colonial soldiers, Leothai did not look at the Japanese and Moroccans much differently.

It's just a tool.

After dealing with each other for such a long time, Leothai can be regarded as understanding Qin Zhiyuan's temperament, this time without waiting for Qin Zhiyuan to bargain, he took the initiative to send a batch of tanks and self-propelled guns over, the number was enough to make Chen Kangjian and Zheng Dali happy, so that Akashi Genjiro almost died of jealousy.

A full 200 tanks, as well as 120 self-propelled guns of 155 mm caliber.

Encountering such an understanding superior, Qin Zhiyuan had nothing to say, so he promised Leotai that when the weather cleared, he would attack immediately.

God gave Leothai a lot of face, and only three days later, before the tankmen and artillerymen were familiar with the new weapons, the weather cleared, and finally it was time to attack.

In the past few days, Akashi Motojiro has become much more honest, he has lost the arrogance and restraint of his first arrival in your realm, and he does not have the idea of making a blockbuster contribution, and he honestly commands the soldiers of the Sixth Division to participate in the flood relief work.

Don't think that there was no flood relief at the beginning of the 20th century, if it rained too much, the Seine would burst like a dam, not to mention those small rivers, since this time, Feron Tade Noy has become a Ze country, and if the road is not repaired, it will greatly delay the attack.

The French still have a knack for rushing to repair roads, and with the support of a large number of stones, the use of large construction machinery to build roads is simply a world of difference compared to the previous efficiency.

The task of the Japanese is not only to fight floods and provide disaster relief, repair roads, carry supplies, and transfer the wounded, but also to do auxiliary work.

This made Akashi Genjiro and them have a better understanding of this Chinese army, but as they understood more deeply, Akashi Genjiro was relieved again.

This unit, with Chinese faces, fluent French, and technical troops, was no longer purely Chinese, and many of them had become French citizens like their leaders, and were now French.

That's right, if you are a simple Chinese, how can you have such an achievement?

If there is a possibility of secession from that ancient empire in the Far East, who wants to retain the citizenship of the Republic of China?

Genjiro Akashi, who thought he knew the Chinese very well, came to this conclusion.

For Qin Zhiyuan, it is not worth paying attention to what Genjiro Akashi thinks, or that sentence, the Japanese are not Qin Zhiyuan's enemies at this stage, the Germans are.

By mid-August, the British had largely won the Third Battle of Ypres, the Italians had begun the Twelfth Battle of Isonzo, and Qin Zhiyuan had relaunched his offensive in the Reims area.

This attack, while striking at the Germans, also taught the Japanese a good lesson.

The Japanese, who had been bullying the Chinese in East Asia to find a sense of existence, finally understood what modern warfare was.

At the beginning of the battle, there was still a continuous shelling, the kind that wanted to shoot all the shells. But the shelling was accompanied by the advance of the tank units, and at the same time there were a small number of accompanying infantry, basically the size of a platoon for every two tanks.

Some of the tanks under Chen Kangjian's command have completed the modification of communication equipment and joined the war in time, and the biggest advantage of the application of the new equipment is that the tank commanders no longer have to risk sticking their heads out of the turret when they are talking, and the safety has been greatly increased.

At the same time, if the infantry wants to communicate with the tanker, they no longer need to hit the turret with an iron rod, just a "small" walkie-talkie, and the call can be completed instantly.

This "small" walkie-talkie is about 80 kilograms, and it is carried by two soldiers in peacetime, and one soldier can carry it in wartime, but it is a little difficult to change people after a while.

This is already an earth-shaking progress, and battlefield communications have since entered a new stage, and for the first time, the front-line infantry and the rear artillery have completed seamless docking, and can directly command the rear infantry to attack the enemy's positions, which can be said to have this epoch-making significance.

In this battle, Chen Kangjian used about 100 tanks, and he won't do the kind of bastard thing of "I'll let you if you have few people", as long as it's a battle, he can't wait to stake all the treasures in his hand.

The 100 tanks, together with a regiment of accompanying infantry, were so effective as to deter the Germans that when the tank units rushed to the German positions with their feet on the bombing points, there was almost no resistance.

Hu Tier was not stupid, and when he saw Qin Zhiyuan take out the magic weapon of guarding the house, he immediately took the initiative to give up his position.

Huttier is not a second-class like Akashi Motojiro, and he will definitely not take the lives of German soldiers to fight against the iron lumps.

It seemed as if everything was normal, the Chinese troops attacked, and the Germans avoided their edge and temporarily retreated and waited for an opportunity to counterattack, the standard "elastic defense" routine.

But from the moment the Chinese troops occupied the German positions, the script began to become abnormal.

The Chinese stopped again and built defensive positions on the spot, preparing for a German counterattack.

For a whole day, the German counterattack did not come as promised, and in the evening, the Germans with a faint green glow finally swarmed in.

Huttier is also improving, in the process of fighting with Qin Zhiyuan, Hurtier's infantry was bombed by Qin Zhiyuan's artillery miserably, the artillery position was almost surrounded by the bomber force, and Huttier had to carefully use the little remaining artillery to avoid being targeted by the bomber force again.

At this time, the aircraft could not do all-weather combat, and the weather factor was the biggest constraint, as long as it was night, the bomber unit could not be dispatched.

Therefore, Huthier chose to counterattack at night to avoid the attack of artillery and bombers under Qin Zhiyuan.

It seems that Hu Tier has found a way to deal with Qin Zhiyuan.

(To be continued.) )