The wind is biting, the snow is flying, and the Bois de Boulogne is covered in snow.

In the corner of the forest, you can hear the sound of falling snow quietly, there is a small hill behind here, and there is a small river next to it, which can be called a mountain and water, according to the customs of the Chinese, this is a treasure of feng shui.

The Chinese Warrior Cemetery is located here.

Today's atmosphere is particularly solemn, a group of soldiers came early to start busy, the black yarn on the arms, the white silk above the cemetery gate, and the small flowers for people to mourn everywhere indicate that something is about to happen here.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, all kinds of cars and carriages were in an endless stream, and all those who knew the news, all those who had crossed paths with the Chinese troops of the Foreign Legion, came to attend the burial ceremony, and they would witness the moment and send off the martyrs for the last time.

As an important part of the Allied forces, this ceremony also attracted the attention of the Allied high-level leaders, French President Raymond Poencaré and British Prime Minister Lloyd George both came to attend the ceremony in person, although US President Wilson was not present, but sent the commander-in-chief of the US army, Pershing, as his special representative to attend the ceremony, and called Qin Zhiyuan to express his respect for the martyrs, and expressed regret that he could not attend the ceremony in person.

These fallen soldiers were all from ordinary families in the Far East, and they did not receive much glory in their lives, and they may have been silent when they died, but now they can get such mourning, and they can be regarded as a well-deserved death.

As the host, Qin Zhiyuan and Julie greeted the important guests at the gate of the cemetery.

Qin Zhiyuan's current identity has surpassed that of an ordinary Allied general, and he is also the king of the Grand Duchy of Lanfang, which is unique within the Entente. Although Qin Zhiyuan did not take office for a day, after the Grand Duchy of Lanfang issued a statement, the French government immediately congratulated Qin Zhiyuan, which is undoubtedly a recognition, that is, acknowledging the relationship between Qin Zhiyuan and the Grand Duchy of Lanfang, and at the same time recognizing the Grand Duchy of Lanfang as an independent country.

That's right, the British government that colonized Malaya, the French government that colonized French Indochina, and the U.S. government that colonized the Philippines are all concerned about the relationship between Lanfang and the Republic of China, and the distance between them is too close.

After careful consideration, Qin Zhiyuan said that the Grand Duchy of Lanfang is now an independent country and has no subordinate relationship with the Republic of China, which has been recognized by governments with reservations.

If the Grand Duchy of Lanfang and the Republic of China become a country, then this country is too large, and they occupy almost most of the land in East and Southeast Asia, which will cause strong unease in the countries concerned.

And independent countries are much easier to say, at least it doesn't seem so threatening, and Britain, France, the United States and other countries can also accept some of the unusual actions of the Grand Duchy of Lanfang.

Otherwise, Lanfang's acquisition in Germany may not have gone so smoothly.

Qin Zhiyuan's identity is very special, Qin Zhiyuan is a native of the Republic of China, and he is also French, and now he has to add a Lanfang person, so calculated, in fact, Qin Zhiyuan should represent the interests of the Republic of China, France, and Lanfang.

But in fact, no matter which side it is, Qin Zhiyuan can't represent it.

France does not need Qin Zhiyuan's representative, the government of the Republic of China was busy with the civil war and did not give Qin Zhiyuan an authorization, and the Grand Duchy of Lanfang, which was established during the World War, did not declare war on Germany at all, and now that the "spoils" are started, there is naturally nothing to do with the Grand Duchy of Lanfang.

From this point of view, Qin Zhiyuan was in danger of finding nothing.

But in fact, everyone knows the relationship between Qin Zhiyuan and the Foreign Legion.

It can be said that if there was no Qin Zhiyuan, then there would be no Chinese troops in the Foreign Legion, there would be no victory in the Battle of Feron Tadenoy, there would be no victory in the Second Battle of Reims, and even if there was no Foreign Legion to hold on to Reims, Paris would be in great danger.

Therefore, Britain, France, and the United States acquiesced in the acquisition of the Grand Duchy of Lanfang in Germany, and regarded those machines as compensation for Qin Zhiyuan.

Not to mention that Britain, France, the United States and other countries also have a demand for those machines, they don't need them at all.

During the war, the arms industry of all countries made great progress, and the scale of production in all countries except Germany actually increased. Now that the world war is over, Britain, France, the United States and other countries have to reduce their own production scale, and naturally there is little demand for German machines.

Almost everyone who attended the meeting would have a few words with Qin Zhiyuan, and Foch, who was the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and Leothai, who was the minister of the army, actually stood with Qin Zhiyuan to greet the guests after communicating with Qin Zhiyuan, acting as half of the hosts.

This makes the ritual seem even more high-spec.

At 11 o'clock, the ceremony began.

Qin Zhiyuan, as the host, first came up to deliver a speech: "Ladies and gentlemen, friends, thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come, today we are together to commemorate those who died in the world war......"

Qin Zhiyuan's speech was not long, a few words of thanks, and then he gave way to the place.

There are so many people who are qualified to speak, Raymond Poencaré, Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Ferdinand Foch, John Pershing......

Even Secretary of the Army, Leotei, was not given the opportunity to speak.

At 12 o'clock, the ceremony officially began.

The martyrs who died in battle have now been retracted with coffins made of nanmu, covered with the national flag of the Republic of China and the military flag of the Foreign Legion, and the four generals carried the first into the cemetery.

These four generals are Qin Zhisheng, Chen Kangjian, Ge Lifu, and Liu Zizheng, all with the rank of lieutenant general.

These four people were Qin Zhiyuan's roommates when he first came to France, and they were the first batch of Chinese to join the Foreign Legion. It can be said that if the martyrs in these coffins were not killed, then even if their status is not as good as that of these generals, then there will not be much difference, after all, when they first joined the Foreign Legion, they all started from the same starting point.

With solemn and slow steps, the generals put the first coffin into the dug cemetery, and the inscription in front of the cemetery recounts the life of this martyr: Tong Guangming, male, 1896.3.8-1916.9.7, Tong arrived in France as a Chinese laborer in September, and on the fourth day he left for the battlefield, where he died in German shelling while transporting supplies for the front-line positions.

A simple sentence outlines Tong Guangming's 20-year-old life.

He is only one year older than Qin Zhiyuan.

From the moment the generals carried the coffins into the cemetery, a guard of honor consisting of forty people had already raised their rifles and opened fire together to see off the martyrs.

The members of the honor guard are dressed in the uniforms of school officers, and they are all the first batch of soldiers to join the Foreign Legion, and now the lowest rank is already a major, which is working in the logistics department with Qin Zhisheng, and if it is in a combat unit, the lowest rank is already a lieutenant colonel.

The sound of gunfire rumbled, the sound shook all over the wilderness, and the snow on the trees fell, plus the snowflakes that were already flying, adding a bit of solemnity. The fragile ladies couldn't hold back their tears, the men saluted with serious expressions, and all the soldiers saluted, and at this moment, the respect for life reached the extreme.

There are no rules on the number of shots fired in mourning, and the Foreign Legion implements the age rate, and the number of shots fired is determined according to age.

The work of sealing the soil was carried out by Raymond Ponengale and Lloyd Georges.

Of course, it can't be all, but Raymond Poencaré and Lloyd George still insisted on sealing the first cemetery, which is a kind of dedication.

Once the first cemetery is sealed, the ceremony is over.

Of course, the follow-up work will continue for a while, and tens of thousands of soldiers are normal for several months.

After the ceremony, the guests said goodbye one after another, on this kind of occasion, naturally there was no banquet or anything, but Qin Zhiyuan had already prepared to hold a drinking party in the Black Swan Castle in a few days, not only to thank you, but also to say goodbye.

With the end of the World War, the troops from the various colonies had to return to their places of origin to disarm and return to the fields, and after Christmas, the Annam Servant Army of French Indochina led by Vo Yuan Dinh and Nguyen Tuan Cai would return to Annam.

Not all of them are disbanded, for example, the troops led by Wu Yuanting are still relatively strong in combat, and they will be used as a colonial army to maintain the French ruling order over French Indochina.

And those units that are weaker and more numerous, such as the Indians, are expected to be mostly dismissed, and that the retention of such troops will do nothing but increase the numbers on paper.

Qin Zhiyuan's Chinese troops were also about to return to the Far East, in fact, as early as more than a month ago, a unit escorted some heavy weapons to return to the Far East as the vanguard, and they wanted to find a foothold for Qin Zhiyuan's foreign legion.

Qin Zhiyuan's subordinates don't have 200,000 people now, and the recruits who are being trained in the new barracks must exceed 200,000, so it is impossible for such a huge force to be dismissed.

You must know that after the world war, although there were not many wars in Europe, it was by no means none.

For the time being, there are already voices within the Allies that they want to intervene in the Russian civil war, and there are still many countries that have echoed the voices, and both the Americans and the French have intentions.

After Lenin's Bolsheviks came to power, they unilaterally signed the Treaty of Brest with Germany, which was actually a betrayal of the Entente, and although Lenin had his own calculations (it was because of Ludendorff's plan that Lenin was able to return to Russia), Lenin could not stop the Entente from hating him.

The dominance of the working class also opened a window for workers in the rest of Europe, where a part of the workers in Germany was revolting in an attempt to overthrow the Kaiser and establish a worker-led GDR.

This has alarmed European countries to accept workers' domination of Europe, which would radically upend the ruling order that they have established for centuries.

So the mainstream thinking in Europe now is to overthrow the Bolshevik government in Russia, the United States wants to play a greater role in international affairs, and France wants to regain an ally.

During the period of Tsarist rule in Russia, Russia was a traditional ally of France, and after Lenin came to power, he actually had the opportunity to repair relations with France, that is, to continue to participate in the war, but Lenin voluntarily gave up this opportunity.

Compared with Europe, the Republic of China is now in the midst of war, and the Japanese are eyeing it, so Qin Zhiyuan must retain a part of his strength as a capital for contingencies.

However, this is not easy, the war that is going on in the country now is essentially the overseers grabbing territory, if Qin Zhiyuan leads the troops back to the Republic of China, then it is possible to destroy the current balance of power between the north and the south and become a new force.

And that's something the Overseers can't accept.

(To be continued.) )