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"The right to decide for yourself?"

Nagata Tetsuyama's face behind him became very exciting, and he had the posture of watching jokes. Officers such as Haig and Allenby were also stunned, and Pershing, who was short and dark-skinned, opened his mouth slightly, wanting to laugh but also twisting his eyebrows in thought, as if wondering if once the United States entered the war, it should also learn that others should have autonomy. As for Mang Ran's face was even darker, it is estimated that if it weren't for the fact that the other party has an army of 400,000, he would have directly pulled out and whipped him fiercely.

Joke! Any army has strict and cautious military orders, although reserves may not be used in many cases, but the right to invest in reserves, whether offensive or defensive, must be controlled at the headquarters, because the reserves are the anchor of the whole battle! Let the reserves take care of whether they join the battlefield or not, doesn't this mean that if the situation is not good, these guys can even ignore the orders of the general command?!

Thinking of the small fights made by the Chinese Expeditionary Force during this period, they once again extorted huge amounts of arms and military expenses, which clearly gave people the idea of stealing and deceitful to avoid this war. On the contrary, Yue Peng has a clear conscience and is not afraid of everyone's ridicule or resentful gaze, in fact, he originally meant to have the right to "arbitrarily judge on the spot", considering the language difference, the translation may not be able to express it correctly. If it were someone else, if they learned that Nivelle and Mangran didn't believe in the expeditionary force so much, I am afraid that it would be better not to go to the battlefield.

However, this battle is really crucial, and whether the expeditionary force can fire this shot to establish its prestige and strive for greater benefits in the future depends on a solid victory. So after thinking about it, he lightly added and reassured: "General, since we crossed thousands of miles to the port of Marseille, we have never thought of going home with failure!" If the 4th Army can succeed, I will order the first time to cross the Hindenburg line, and if they make any mistakes, I will also stabilize the situation as soon as possible, and we are willing to make a military order to ensure that the Germans do not enter Reims! ”

Mang Ran's face was even worse, this was clearly because he neither believed in his plan, nor did he believe in the combat capability of the French 4th Army! Instead, it was Nivelle who stopped him. With a politician's signature smile, he said, "General Yue, I can consider your suggestion, but I want you to know that this is a real decisive battle!" If something goes wrong with Reims, both you and your country will be primarily responsible! ”

Yue Peng didn't care about these threatening words, and nodded: "Thank you, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, for your trust." You'll be rewarded. ”

"Return? What can a cannon fodder give to itself! Niveller pouted, gave a reassurance, and began to study the detailed plan with everyone. Seeing this scene, Nagata Tieshan opened his mouth, never expecting that the commander-in-chief of the French army would give the right to decide on the spot so easily! But he knew that in Nivelle's eyes, he had an absolute superiority in forces and a surprise attack, and even if the reserve was set up, it would be just a decoration. As for Haig and the others, they didn't speak in the end, anyway, the Chinese expeditionary force is in the defense zone of the French, and they love to give whatever rights they like. As long as you don't let the Germans, who were so hard to stop, continue to go deeper.

Yue Peng quietly glanced at Zhang Xiaozhun, but after sitting down, he was not happy, but he was even more worried in his heart. He did this to have more flexibility and not get in the way, but deep down he felt very bad when Nievel agreed. It is clear that this old guy, who became famous in the first battle of Verdun and surpassed Petain, Foch and other famous generals in just a few months, is not a real soldier at all! Otherwise, how can the thinking of a politician be used to mobilize an army group that has always had 22 divisions.

This battle must be dangerous!

With this thought, the hearts of both began to sink.

The meeting did not last long, because the tactics of Nivelle and Mangran were really simple to the extreme, and they were completely a copy of Xia Fei's previous set of "artillery conquers the position, and the infantry occupies it". But in fact, everyone knows how effective this tactic is. The only thing that can be counted on now is that before the expeditionary force is committed, the French army can consume as much German living force as possible to lay the foundation for a subsequent breakthrough. So after returning to Reims. The two men called a meeting of the officers and inspected the units to supervise the preparations on the spot. The sudden arrival of the officers also made hundreds of thousands of officers and men of the expeditionary force feel the atmosphere of the approaching war.

Throughout the end of March, the logistics departments of the armies on the Western Front were running like clockwork, and steamers from all over the world brought large quantities of supplies and ammunition onto the trains, which were transferred by rail to the predetermined sorties by more than 100,000 Chinese laborers, day and night. Although the detailed battle reports and statistics of the 100-day army were casually pressed to the bottom by Niveler, the speed of troop replenishment was much smoother. Type 12 rifles, Han II light machine guns, Han III heavy machine guns, grenadiers, 80 and 120 mortars, Renault FT17 tanks, 37 anti-aircraft guns, 75 mountain guns, 105 howitzers, 155 heavy guns, gas masks, etc., authorized by the United States and France began to be sent to the expeditionary force in a steady stream.

The country also began to strengthen the replenishment of the expeditionary force, and Yang Qiu, who knew the Nivelle campaign best, began to deploy logistics as early as February. First of all, the ammunition and equipment worth hundreds of millions of dollars that should have been delivered to Russia were ordered to be suspended, and secondly, as the United States, France, Britain and Italy began to deliver a large number of optical sights, tanks, gun barrels and other standard parts, the important 160 heavy mortars, fangs 12.7 mm heavy machine guns, Wild Bee 25 mm rapid-fire machine guns and T2 armored vehicles also began to arrive on the Western Front.

Since it did not require much distance and accuracy, this gun was cut short with the barrel of the 254 mm naval gun on the sunken Japanese ship in the Battle of Qingdao. I ordered accessories from Italy and modified it myself, the weakness is that the range is very short, only less than 4300 meters, and the weight is too large and inconvenient to move, but because it is a non-standard equipment, as long as it can be used.

Although Yue Peng did not dare to agree with Xia Fei's tactics of "artillery conquest and infantry occupation", artillery on the Western Front was still the top priority. At present, although the expeditionary force has more than 1,700 cannons, most of them are 75 mountain guns and mortars provided by Britain and France, and only 4 heavy artillery brigades can clear the enemy from the trenches, and the remaining one will not be able to get equipment until June. As a result, the main artillery force of the expeditionary force only had 188 French-made 155 howitzers, 16 domestically brought 150 mm thunder long-range cannons, 12 British MK5 203 mm heavy howitzers, and 48 160 heavy howitzers and 4 305 low-pressure trench breakers that had just been shipped.

Looking at the number of 268 heavy guns in a concentrated manner, it is already quite a lot, and it can be divided into 22 divisions and 400,000 soldiers, and there is only one and a half regiments of heavy artillery on their heads, which is far lower than the ratio of 2 to 3 guns in a British and French regiment. Therefore, after learning that there would be a fierce battle, Yan Youbing was most anxious, and he didn't dare to ensure that the solid Hindenburg main defense line was torn apart with such heavy artillery, so he ran to the Expeditionary Force's general military logistics base in the southern suburbs of Reims every day.

It is said that it is the general logistics base. In fact, it is a large open space fenced with barbed wire, covering an area of several square kilometers, and covered with rain shelters and tents. In the center of the clearing, there was a mountain of captured equipment waiting to be sorted, ranging from monsters like German-made A7V tanks to fragmentary German-made artillery shells that could not be used at all.

Hundreds of logistics soldiers next to the "hill" are sorting and repairing equipment, and it is impossible to maintain so much equipment by relying only on China's own logistics troops. So there were a lot of old French workers who volunteered to help from all over Reims, and finally there were bribes with half a truckload of luncheon meat to the officers of the French prisoner of war camps, and dozens of Austro-Hungarian ** engineers were dug up from it. Originally, the logistics department was also going to send people to take care of these people, but under the temptation of food, these prisoners of war did not have any intention of resisting at all, but worked very hard to repair the equipment.

After Yan Youbing entered the door, he looked for a long time and didn't see the fat quartermaster, so he grabbed the soldier and asked, "What about the three fat men?" ”

The commander dared not answer the question, so the soldier immediately looked strange and pointed to a rest barracks in the hidden place behind the "hill". Yan Youbing, who was anxious to know how much equipment he could muster together before the battle, didn't pay attention to the soldiers' expressions. Continuing to get more cannons, he walked quickly towards the barracks.

"Hurry up, there's a good show to watch."

"Made, the three fat men are going to be unlucky."

"You said that Chief Yan rushed in for a while, would he kill the fat man directly?"

"No, no."

"It's hard to say, I saw the dead fat man bring in two big ** French!"

"Holy!"

All the way around, there were hippie smiling logistics soldiers, and the speed of hula lurking was much faster than encountering the German army, which made Yan Youbing scratch his head in surprise, wondering if these boys were too busy to eat! But just as I was about to knock on the door, I understood why these guys were so weird. Because there was a sound of babbling and tempting crimes.

"Fuck, you fat man!" Yan Youbing was angry and laughed. As the troops become more familiar with the environment, this kind of thing is not uncommon. This year, in particular, there has been a widespread food shortage in various parts of France. Hunger and cold have forced those French women who have lost their husbands and men to the point of hunger and thirst, and a box of luncheon meat can make you experience French tenderness, so recently there have suddenly been hundreds of times more "enthusiastic and studious" soldiers in the army.

"Who, Lao Tzu has something, come back later."

After knocking on the door, there was an angry voice from inside after being disturbed, Yan Youbing's face was dark no matter how capable he was, he didn't care about such a thing as a woman, but you should come according to the time, right? It's daytime working hours! So he kicked the door open and rushed in.

"Ahh In the piercing scream, I saw that the fat quartermaster was all ** pressing a French woman on the desk. The white buttocks like a grinding disc were still writhing because they were frightened, and there was a red-haired and slightly younger French woman next to her who was held in her arms, and in fright, she held her hands in front of her chest and squeezed ** like two pieces of fat.

Seeing that it was Yan Youbing, the fat quartermaster was suddenly frightened, and the little brother who was excited just now like taking an aphrodisiac suddenly languished and slipped out of the middle of the woman's flesh, Yan Youbing glared at the crotch of his pants that was estimated to be so scared that he couldn't use it for several months. sneered: "Okay! You won't be afraid of losing money, panic, give you two minutes, get dressed, and get out of here! ”

How dare the quartermaster delay, he hurriedly put on his clothes and forcibly didn't look at the two fat and fair-skinned ** in front of him, threw a small bag of canned American beef supplied by the French army into the woman's feet and rushed out. But when I went outside, I found that the surroundings were already crowded with soldiers watching the excitement, and many of the good things were still looking inside through the windows, but it was two French women who generously dressed and picked up canned food and left the base, and before leaving, they glared at the young officers who disturbed their good deeds. Yan Youbing didn't care where they came from, he pointed at the quartermaster's nose and scolded: "Three fat people, do you want me to shoot you!" What time is it? You women regardless of occasion and time?! ”

The quartermaster was so frightened that his face turned black and his feet trembled, the army has the size of an army, and when you rest, you like to whom, after all, hundreds of thousands of young people with strong hormone secretion are left in a place where the streets are full of long-term resentful women, and nothing will happen to you, but always know the time and place! If it weren't for the fact that this guy was very good at quartermaster management, Yan Youbing would really have the idea of pulling him out and shooting him! However, even if you don't shoot the lesson, it is necessary, so you flew up and kicked the quartermaster and scolded: "It's enjoyable, right? What's the use of playing dead now! If you don't show me the list yet, if you can't get together a heavy artillery regiment today, Lao Tzu will abolish you! ”

Amid the laughter of the soldiers, the quartermaster crawled back to his office to retrieve the list that had been prepared long ago. To say that this guy does have a hand in munitions, the list is clearly and detailed, and even what equipment should be delivered to which troops on which day. Probably wanting to atone for his sins, the quartermaster lowered his eyebrows and said flatteringly: "Sir Yan, don't worry, I have a total of 9 K16 cannons imitating us, 27 150 howitzers, 2 240 heavy guns, 65 120 mortars, 121 80 mortars, 50 75 guns and 34 37 guns, and the ammunition is also ready to be loaded, you can take it away now." Oh yes. ”

The fat man didn't know what to remember, so he slapped his head and ran to the small warehouse, and a moment later ran out with a pair of German cartridge belts and a long thing that looked like an enlarged Mauser rifle, and he didn't know whether he was running too fast or if he was too hard just now, and his feet were weak, and he was already sweating profusely when he returned. But he didn't dare to wipe the treasure and handed the gun into Yan Youbing's hand: "This is the reconnaissance company that left me here to repair a few days ago, I have ordered someone to conduct a test, this thing is larger than the fanged heavy machine gun, and the K bullet like us can penetrate the steel plate of the French tank from 300 meters away, this is the detailed data after the test." ”

Although Yan Youbing is not an infantry officer, he knows that the command is studying new tactics of using artillery to cover tanks and supplemented by infantry to break through the defensive line, wouldn't it be very dangerous if the German army was equipped with this gun on a large scale? So he immediately walked back with the gun and experimental data, but after taking two steps, he remembered that he couldn't let go of this dead fat man who played double flying in vain, and turned his head and said viciously: "I went to the gendarmerie to get confinement for ten days!" Two months' fine! Then write a detailed inspection and hand it over to the military department, if you are found again, don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless! ”

"Wouldn't it be nice to distinguish the occasion?!" The fat man swallowed his saliva and didn't dare to ask, and after the soldiers who were watching the excitement took care of it, and transported the equipment and weapons that had been repaired and counted to the various units according to the list, he secretly stuffed two cans into his arms and went to the gendarmerie to confine himself with a sad face...... (。 If you like this work, () vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )