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"Extra, extra! A great victory on the Western Front! ”

"The expeditionary force Rainiwell has won a great victory, annihilating 170,000 German troops!"

In the early morning, the streets of Nanjing resounded loudly to sell newspapers, and the good news from Europe attracted the crowd one after another. After several years of development, the city has faintly acquired some capital atmosphere, and even the tone of the locals has changed a lot, and the tone of talking about national affairs is exactly the same as that of the imperial city roots. The sudden clamor of the sale gave the city a new point of conversation, so that even if the price was doubled compared to usual, the newsboys were still surrounded by groups.

"What? 170,000? My goodness, is it really fake? ”

"Fake? Illiterate! See, the war report issued by the French president himself! The great president of France, and fake? ”

"Do you want arms in Chapter 435? What's the murder? What's wrong with Lao Tzu being illiterate? Lao Tzu's three babies are in the school. ”

"Gotta do it, don't fight. By the way, where is this Renivale? ”

"No matter where it is, 170,000 German soldiers, hehe, if you want to say that Qiu Baye under our Commander Yang is powerful. I'm surprised, I passed by the barracks a few days ago, and I didn't see how powerful it was? ”

"What's so happy, I want to win the million Mao Army in one go."

"A million fart! Maozi is also called a soldier? Defeated by Germany, the country is about to be destroyed! Such a powerful Qiu Baye, he was stunned to defeat us, what does it mean? It shows that he is only worthy of washing my mother-in-law's feet. ”

"Wash your mother-in-law's feet? That's too bad, I heard that Xiao Riben still has an aunt and sister-in-law in bed, and you're not afraid of bringing a green hat? ”

"Haha."

When there was a lot of discussion on the streets of Nanjing, Shanghai, Beijing, Fengtian, Guangzhou, Wuchang, Tianjin, Chongqing, Chengdu, Changsha and other cities were also swept up in this boom. The reporters were full of energy, and the newspapers and offices even pulled ties to invite them to dinner, and they all asked the military to confirm the news, and the printing house printed and printed additional periodicals in a big way, and made great efforts to produce the first circulation of the Republic of China.

Are ordinary people involved in this Chapter 435 and want arms? In the big celebration, let alone the students who are in the age of passion. The school library was immediately crowded, and the teachers also hung up a map of France with a smile on their faces, holding whips to tell everyone where Rainywell was. It's not as simple as a geography class anymore. That is the place where the Chinese Army is famous, and it is a place where a backward country has risen to defeat the world's first army! How can such an important place not be firmly engraved in my mind. Even the girls at the girls' school waved ribbons, and they celebrated with more enthusiasm than the boys. Jump directly to the nearest barracks, hug those soldiers who have dedicated themselves to the country, and sway their vigor and beauty with fresh huā and streamers.

Even if it is not the era of advanced information, the victory in the campaign, which is called "the roar of the dragon" in Europe and the United States in the face of the state propaganda machine, has indeed made countless people interested in the other side of the world. According to the "Mei Huā Treaty", teachers and teachers from Europe were surrounded by students in an instant, and dozens of times more students signed up to study languages, science and engineering, chemistry and mechanics, and many more joined the army, and even the study abroad office was almost crowded.

It's hard for you to imagine. When the army of a country that is considered a semi-colony, defeating the world's strongest army in an instant, what will it bring to the country and its people! Laughter and celebration are just appearances. Inside, you will find that the staff are a little more confident when talking to foreign bosses, and the Chinese businessmen are no longer submissive when dealing with foreign businessmen, and even the Indian patrol officers in the concession with turbans have a much better attitude towards the Chinese.

The artillery fire is noisy, and the moisturizing things are silent.

Two diametrically opposed words, linked by war and victory, under these two words there is a common thing that grows. National self-confidence!

The First Sino-Japanese War convinced the Japanese people that they were the bosses of Asia, and the victory of Japan and Russia made them think that they were one of the world hegemons. But now! The Republic of China not only defeated the Japanese and drove their minions out of the mainland. also defeated the strong army known as the world's first, and fought britishly and beautifully, and after destroying 170,000 in one go, you can imagine how big the impact will be. Even the presidential palace in Nanjing was full of guests during this time, and the ambassadors of Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, the Netherlands, and even the United States, Mexico, Chile, and other countries that had nothing to do with each other spontaneously came to congratulate them. This was the status quo at the beginning of the twentieth century, and the role of a strong army was far more violent and thorough than that of Jinyuan diplomacy, and strength was the only criterion for the world to recognize!

On May 20, five days before the United States announced its entry into the war, the only official mouthpiece of the Republic of China government, the Central Daily, published an editorial titled "The World Needs China. The title "China Needs the World" describes the whole battle in detail, and uses this battle as an example to argue that young people in China should go abroad with a more open mind, learn advanced Western technology and ideas, and take the initiative to cooperate with their allies to shoulder the responsibility of maintaining world peace.

"Hehe, it's all done to maintain world peace." Li Yuanhong's eyes are almost gone, he has tasted the taste of being the president of a world power in the past few days, and it is not too much to say that the threshold has been broken. Today's newspaper and editorial add fuel to the fire. So he was also happy to look at Huang Yuansheng, who came to attend the celebration reception of the Presidential Palace, and said with a smile: "Yuanyong, your protégés have quite your style back then." ”

Known as the first knife pen in the Republic of China, Huang Yuansheng, who is known for his spicy words, after serving as an independent ** official, his words were much more restrained, so that several of his apprentices maintained the writing style, and this editorial was written by one of his disciples, so he also laughed and said: "Great victory, naturally it must be lively, those of us who are playing with the pen in the rear, we can't live up to the situation that the soldiers have fought hard in vain, so as to boost the morale of the people." ”

"That's a good encouragement!" Tang Shaoyi held the teacup and said with emotion: "A big victory is more effective than our people saying a hundred and thousands of words, even my little granddaughter asked me yesterday where France is, and she is going to the front line to comfort the troops." ”

Huang Yuansheng smiled slightly: "Isn't that right, didn't the vice president say that he wanted to put some pressure on France, if it wasn't for that Mangran this time, hum!" Our soldiers will not sacrifice so much, so we simply visit France to support the troops, and also take our children to play by the way. ”

Tang Shaoyi waved his hand: "I won't go to cause chaos, now the French government doesn't know how to have a headache, I heard that the two divisions sent by Russia have rebelled, and they have also used troops to surround them, and there is also a situation of boycott within the French army." What Chen Hua means is that we just need to bring the words to the ambassador, and this is not the right time to come forward. It would be better for the military and the ambassador to France to come forward. ”

Li Yuanhong agreed: "This matter is really not suitable for us to interfere, if it rises to the national level, it will not be easy to deal with, Chen Hua is right." But how do we reply to the thing that allows us to continue to increase our troops? I guess that Britain and France will come to probe the wind at the reception. ”

"Then let's get to the bottom and see how much benefit we can have. You can't let us do it for nothing, right? ”

"Haha."

Tang Shaoyi is right, the French government is indeed in a dilemma. On the one hand, the need to hype up the victory to boost morale, and on the other hand, the stupidity of Nivelle and Mangran had spread through the upper echelons of the Entente, and what to do with them immediately became a thorny question. In addition, the army was already extremely dissatisfied, calling the April offensive the Nevelle massacre, which led to anti-war demonstrations and soldiers' riots in various places in the past few days, and two divisions of the Russian army directly demanded to withdraw from the war. And threaten with cannons! If this trend cannot be suppressed as soon as possible, I am afraid that the Western Front will fall into turmoil. However, they also knew that the advance solution to this matter was to appease the [Chinese] expeditionary force, as long as the "Chinese" expeditionary force agreed not to pursue the case and expressed its position at the joint meeting, then it would be relatively easy for the British side to convince them. Therefore, accompanied by Wang Zhengting, Petain rushed to Rainwell, the temporary garrison of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, with a large number of officers, parliamentarians, and national representatives, to meet Foch and prepare to persuade the Chinese Expeditionary Force not to pursue the matter in the name of thanking and reviewing the troops.

"Stand upright!"

Loud password. Thousands of soldiers of the expeditionary force who were selected for review stood tall and raised their heads, and so many big people came to see themselves, what a glorious thing! So everybody stands like a javelin. The smoke of the war and the results of rigorous military training conquered every French official and general who arrived in an instant.

"Thank you for everything you have done for France." The hero of Verdun, General Petain raised his right arm and walked through the ranks of soldiers in a loud thanks, and when he came to greet Yue Peng and Cai Yi, he quickly shook hands and thanked: "Thank you, from today your Excellency and your army will get the friendship of the whole of France!" ”

"Thank you, General, I would like to see long live the friendship between China and France."

"Yes, long live the Sino-French friendship."

Petain smiled, but Yue Peng knew what was behind this smile, for France, Nivelle and Mangran were now a scandal! If it weren't for the fact that the two of them risked the lives of soldiers for their own future. Now the entente can be opened and celebrated in advance with champagne! So this matter is really not small, and one more month of fighting means one more month of miserable attrition, and any delay in the dire entente is unforgivable. It is said that Haig had completely distrusted the French army command and demanded that the French government hand over all the command of the army to him, and if it were not for Lloyd Georges' continued to value the abilities of Petain and Foch for the sake of the overall situation, perhaps the two countries would have already begun to fight. You must know that the relationship between Britain and France is not as harmonious as it seems.

After this battle, the expeditionary force has become a competition between Britain and France, and Britain even hopes to transfer the expeditionary force to the Somme theater they are responsible for, so as to rely on the combat effectiveness of the expeditionary force to cooperate with the British army to complete the next offensive, and France also hopes to let the expeditionary force send some officers to give tactical guidance to the current French army. Of course, this is first of all to appease the anger of the Chinese expeditionary force, after all, as long as anyone who understands military affairs understands, if it were not for Mangran's stupidity, the casualties of the expeditionary force would be reduced by at least one-third.

So when the officers and officials left to inspect the barracks, Petain was straightforward.

Yue Peng was still expressionless, but he was secretly amused in his heart, but he didn't want to speak by himself, so he looked at Cai Yi and Wang Zhengting. Both of them are thoughtful people, so I don't know what he thinks, Cai Yi pretended to sigh: "General Petain, I'm afraid this matter is very difficult to do!" You know, the soldiers' emotions need to be soothed, and if you can't calm them down, I'm afraid. ”

Petain was also an old fox, and when he heard the ease in his words, he hurriedly said: "General Cai, we are very sorry for the matter of Commander Nivelle and Lieutenant General Mangran, our government has decided to give the two very severe punishments, as for what you said to appease the soldiers, please tell me if there is any way?" ”

"Although we won, the casualties were so heavy that the soldiers needed to rest, and we were almost out of supplies and ammunition. Therefore, we hope to withdraw the net and rest for a while, and wait for the soldiers to recover before entering the salient to strike at the enemy. ”

Withdraw to Chalon?

Petain and Foch looked at each other, their faces a little annoyed, but they couldn't find any reason to refuse.

On May 21, after the high-level of the Chinese Expeditionary Force promised that it would not put forward its responsibilities for Nivelle and Mangran at the joint military conference, the French government promised that the Chinese Expeditionary Force would withdraw to Chalons, 50 kilometers behind Reims, for a temporary rest, and promised to immediately mobilize 3,000 trucks to enhance the transportation capacity of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and ensure priority supplies. Of course, it is impossible to withdraw completely, France must do its best to pay so much, so Yue Peng readily agreed to send 2 divisions to continue to be stationed in the Avila Valley as an outpost, as for the Atigny-Rainivel salient, it will be handed over to the French 4th Army to garrison, and 5 divisions will be drawn from the French Northern Army in the direction of Verdun to reinforce.

In order to calm the situation, the French government quickly removed the former from the post of commander-in-chief, and the latter directly faded out of the French active military sequence.

On the 22nd, the Chinese Expeditionary Force retreated from Rainyvale with thousands of cannons, machine guns, etc. But Petain and Foch did not expect that they promised the Chinese expeditionary force to rest and recuperate, and the United States announced its entry into the war. Due to the more passive participation of the United States in the French army, there was a situation on the Western Front in 1917 in which the British army fought and China and France looked at it. It was not until May 1918, when the Germans launched a new offensive, that the Chinese Expeditionary Force returned to the battlefield, and it was no longer them who dominated the war.

For Yang Qiu, when he returned to Nanjing after a leisurely inspection tour of Mongolia and Northeast China, the war on the Western Front in his mind had actually ended, and the world's attention quickly shifted from the great victory of the Chinese expeditionary force to North America. The U.S. government was even more ambitious to send 4 million troops to France to defeat Germany completely, but when the British and French troop carriers that greeted them arrived at the docks, and the cowboys with revolvers in their waists couldn't wait to board the ship, the U.S. government remembered a very serious matter.

There are not enough munitions!

On June 30, the first thing Yang Qiu did when he returned to Nanjing was to call Hangel: "Do you want arms?" ”…… (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )！！！