Feron Tade Noy, Qin Zhiyuan ushered in Foch's inspection.

Compared with the East, the French still have less red tape, at least Qin Zhiyuan does not have to meet the border of Feron Tade Noy.

There's no way to get to the border, and Fair-on-Tadnoy is less than 90 kilometers from the center of Paris, so it's better to go straight to Paris and pick up Foch.

Julie and Foch came together.

Since she was engaged to Qin Zhiyuan, Julie has maintained Catholic customs and refused to see Qin Zhiyuan in private, which made Qin Zhiyuan quite resentful, and his gaze at Julie was quite hot.

Julie is also helpless, she misses Qin Zhiyuan very much, how can it be that since the engagement, Foch has taken Julie with him and asked Julie to act as his personal secretary.

Foch still didn't have much anger towards Qin Zhiyuan, even when Qin Zhiyuan captured Crown Prince William, Foch was proud of himself, but when he saw Qin Zhiyuan again, Foch still didn't have a smile on his face, and he was serious like a cat going to the toilet.

Qin Zhiyuan still has things in his hands that interest Foch, such as Chen Kangjian, the commander of the First Armored Division, and Foch obviously likes him very much.

Chen Kangjian can be regarded as having survived, with the record of the Battle of Tadenoy, Chen Kangjian was successfully promoted to the rank of major general, and was awarded the rank of Grand Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honor, the second class.

Together with Chen Kangjian, Liu Shuangxi won the rank of Grand Officer, although this guy's military rank is only a second lieutenant, but he has already obtained a rank that is beyond his reach under normal circumstances.

Since Qin Zhiyuan and his team joined the Foreign Legion, up to now, 171 officers and soldiers have received the Medal of Honor of different ranks, and nearly 1,000 others have been commended by the War Department.

At one time, Foch also did not attach importance to tanks, but after Chen Kangjian led the tank troops to become a blockbuster, Foch became interested in tanks.

Therefore, the first stop of Foch's inspection was the armored forces.

In the armored unit, Foch visited the soldiers' training with great interest, and conducted a tactical exercise with the staff officers, chatted cordially with every soldier he met, and played the role of an amiable elder in a down-to-earth manner.

The second stop was the artillery unit, where Zheng Dali, who was also promoted to the rank of major general, accompanied Foch to inspect the training of the self-propelled artillery unit.

Foch himself was born as an artilleryman, and Foch was no stranger to artillery. In the Battle of Feron Tadenoy, Zheng Dali's artillery unit was flexible, skillful in operation, and fierce in firepower, making great contributions to the victory of the battle.

Foch was very interested in self-propelled guns, and he even sat in the cab to experience them, and after learning more about the performance of self-propelled guns in the Battle of Feu-Antard-Noy, Foch was full of emotion, and repeatedly praised Zheng Dali for their good time.

After inspecting all the troops, Foch followed Qin Zhiyuan to the office, which was the former joint headquarters.

At this time, all the generals took the initiative to avoid it, leaving plenty of private space for the two of them, and Foch didn't want anyone to listen to his conversation with Qin Zhiyuan, including Julie and Pierre.

"What do you think of Leota's telegram?" When everyone had left the office, Foch asked what he had been worried about.

"If I were given two years to prepare, I would have done it." Qin Zhiyuan was not without ridicule.

Haig did win the victory, but he built on the foundation that the British had been preparing for more than two years. Although Haig occupied the town of Messina, before that, the town of Messina had been blown up more than half, and what Haig occupied was nothing more than a pile of ruins, which was nothing to praise.

"You know you don't have that much time." Foch was not satisfied with Qin Zhiyuan's attitude.

Foch is the kind of traditional soldier who is extremely responsible and even harsh in the meticulous execution of orders. But at the same time, Foch also had an unparalleled view of the big picture, and after the start of the world war, Foch had many disputes with Pétain, Nivelle, and even Chauffeur, and it was more important to have Paris or cooperation with the British.

Almost everyone considered Paris to be important, and in any case the French should protect Paris from being captured by the Germans. But Foch did not think so, Foch insisted that cooperation with the British should be guaranteed, and that the war could only be won by working together, and if there was a conflict between protecting Paris and guaranteeing cooperation with the British, Foch would prefer to abandon Paris and guarantee the same front with the British, so that even if the Germans captured Paris, the French would have the ability to take it back.

Foch's ideas were precious in France at this time. You must know that at this time in France, there were not only French troops, but also British troops, American troops, colonial troops, and mercenaries led by Qin Zhiyuan.

A consensus was gradually reaching within the Entente at this time, and if the Entente needed a joint command, then Foch was the best candidate for the Commander-in-Chief of the Entente.

Such a Foch was obviously dissatisfied with Qin Zhiyuan's answer.

"I'm just telling you the truth...... Haig launched the wrong war at the wrong time, in the wrong place. Wait and see, when Ruprecht comes to his senses, there is Haig good-looking. "Qin Zhiyuan is indeed not optimistic about Haige.

Ruprecht, full name: Ruprecht Maria Lütpod Ferdinand. Bavarian ****, German Field Marshal, is considered the most warlike general in the imperial family,

Now with 20 divisions of the Fourth Army under Ruprecht, the Germans, anticipating the offensive of the British, had added 14 divisions to the Fourth Army before the war, four of which had been transferred from the Eastern Front.

Corresponding to the German Fourth Army, there were 34 British divisions and two French divisions, almost 500,000 men in total, who were not necessarily able to please the German Fourth Army.

"So what are you going to do? Ignoring Leotah's orders? Foch's expression was not angry, but it didn't sound good from his tone.

The French army had just undergone a large-scale mutiny, and Foch was now sensitive to "disobedience".

"I didn't think so, but I think that if I'm going to attack, then I need more artillery. You know, Haig has a cannon every seven yards, and I don't ask for seven, but it can't be seventy yards either. Qin Zhiyuan made a request.

The artillery of the artillery division looks like a lot, but if it is put on the vast battlefield, it is really a drop in the bucket, and if you want to prepare a battle of the same scale as the Ypres offensive, you need at least six artillery divisions or more to achieve the corresponding firepower density.

"Within ten days, two artillery divisions will come to support." Seeing that Qin Zhiyuan wanted to speak, Foch hurriedly cut off Qin Zhiyuan's words: "There are only so many, this is already the largest force I can concentrate." If I follow my plan, I won't launch a single offensive this year. ”

The impact of the previous mutiny on the French army was immeasurable, and if it weren't for Qin Zhiyuan's victory in the last Battle of Ferontadenoy, I'm afraid Foch would still be running around to appease the soldiers.

The support of two divisions, well, is almost enough.

(To be continued.) )