Chapter 230

War is the best stage for soldiers, and Ludendorff perfectly interprets this. After more than a year of war in Europe, Ludendorff was in full swing in the German world, and his military talents were fully brought into play. Of course, Bob, a young rising star, was also given a stage to display his talents in the war.

At this time, Bob was very conflicted, he was unwilling to fight with the ** team.

"Bob, there are two pieces of news, one good news and one bad news. Which one do you want to hear first? Ludendorff began, and Bob said, "Let's start with the good news." """ The fastest update, full text hand-typed

"The good news is that the General Staff has decided that you will command the tank assault cluster, a total of five hundred and eighty tanks, and your chance to fully display your talents has come." This is the good news brought by Ludendorff, the previous Falkingham, in the use of tanks, is still a relatively rigid tactic, using tanks to cover the infantry. Judging by the results, it was quite successful, but the losses of the tanks were also significant. Five hundred tanks, more than three hundred and sixty were lost in battle, much to the dissatisfaction of Wilhelm II. In the entire Eastern Front campaign, less than 100 vehicles were lost in total, but as a result, the Russian army was annihilated by more than 3 million and the three fronts were disabled.

"Where's the bad news?" Bob didn't seem too excited, and calmly asked. Ludendorff also seemed accustomed to the young man's rigor, and continued: "The bad news is that the Chinese expeditionary force has arrived, and just yesterday they went ashore in the port of Marseille. The troops that arrived in advance were two corps and six divisions. Frankly speaking, the appearance of the ** squadron made me very worried. Putting aside the objective factors of industrial capacity, their ability in terms of tactics. It is a leader in the military field in today's world. "Baidu Search" "See the latest chapters."

"What do you mean, are you worried that when I command a tank cluster assault, I will encounter the ** squadron?" Bob asked. Ludendorff nodded heavily, and Bob said with a solemn face: "That's right, as for how to use tank troops, my tactical source is my brother Fang Jianxiong. Your worries are not unnecessary, since he can think of such a genius tactic, he will definitely have a way to deal with it. So, when encountering the ** team. I will be cautious and cautious. ”

Because of the fall of Verdun, parallel to history was the Battle of the Somme, which was forced to be brought forward. In fact, the Anglo-French forces at this time. Not exactly ready, but not too much. On the one hand, the French army mobilized troops to reinforce Verdun at home, and on the other hand, decided to launch the Battle of the Somme as much as possible to relieve the pressure in the direction of Verdun. Verdun is located in Paris. However, 225 km. That's just a few days away. The French army was more passive, passing Verdun and heading in the direction of Paris, where there was no danger to defend.

Marseille, the dirty mess on the docks, the whole world is about the same. After smelling the fishy smell of the sea breeze for more than a month, Cai Ye and Zhang Xiaohuai also basically adapted to this smell. Let's not talk about the hard work of this way, anyway, when I got off the boat. The feet are drifting. Although there were constant shore supplies along the way, the expeditionary force was highly disciplined. Except for the support staff, no one is allowed to leave the dock. Because of this discipline, Cai Ye also ordered two officers to be shot, and later Zhang Xiaohuai interceded and confined him down.

The French had been waiting on the dock for a long time, and the battle situation ahead had changed dramatically, and the French army had a temporary shortage of troops. The representative of the French army who came to greet him was Lieutenant General Neville. If history had not been messed up, he would have succeeded Petain as commander of Verdun, which was now lost, and the French army, under Petain's command, was preparing for a more fierce German attack. It can be said that the German army has been memorizing on the Western Front throughout World War I, and the best opportunity came at the beginning of the war in 1914, but unfortunately the German army made huge mistakes at that time.

The same is true of the Battle of Verdun, even though Verdun was overcome, the damned shell appeared, and the damned weather helped twice, and is still helping the French. In the mud after the snow, the difficulty of being the attacking side is greatly increased. The Germans could only wait patiently for the weather to improve. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Pétain commanded his troops and built another line of defense, but unfortunately without the Meuse as a barrier, the French defense was now on the plain of a flat river. As a defensive side, this difficulty is also quite large.

Neville was not in a hurry to meet the commander of the squadron, and frankly he had no confidence in the combat effectiveness of this expeditionary force. The Chinese seem to have won the Japanese, but is there a difference between the Chinese and the Japanese? As for the Russians, the defeat of the Russo-Japanese War was due to the failure of the Trans-Siberian Railway to be built in time, and the logistics and supply of the Russian army could not keep up.

The German Army looked down on the French Army the most, and the French Army looked down on the German Army, but looked down on the armies of other countries in the world. Neville found a quiet corner, with a good line of sight, not far away, silently looking at the middle of the boat who was disembarking**

Person. There were many onlookers on the pier, and these Chinese people did not mean chaos when they disembarked after a long journey of more than a month. They lined up in a neat line, with their own equipment, quiet and orderly, and when they came down, an officer blew a whistle, and the sharp whistle seemed to give orders. The soldiers, guided by the sound of the whistle, converged towards the open space where the officers were located. Neville watched for nearly an hour, and was amazed at what he saw.

It is clear that if these people were French, they would have been a chaotic scene by now. But this kind of Chinese is so orderly. There is no doubt that this is a well-trained and disciplined army. How so? If it weren't for the fact that the style and color of the uniforms were too different, Neville would have thought that the Germans were disembarking.

I heard that there were many German advisers in the Chinese army, and it seems that what was said was true. Hopefully, they have not only learned the surface of the German army, but preferably have a certain combat effectiveness. It is unimaginable to surpass the German army, and it would be good if five people could top one.

Waiting on the dock was also the commander of the advance team Cheng Zhixuan, he brought all the technical troops, after coming to France, he quickly settled in the suburbs of Marseille, the French and the British delivered 20 battalions of 105 howitzers, two brigades of 105 howitzers, and other equipment has not yet seen a shadow, let alone tanks. Xia Xiang, the commander of the chariot of the advance team, scolded his mother all day long. The opening is the French of the dog day, and the British of the dog day.

When Cai and Zhang Xiaohuai disembarked, a French crew member came over, stroked his hands and feet, and translated into Chinese in time, feeling that the French crew member hoped to get some canned luncheon meat. Hearing the words canned meat, Cai Ye had a disgusting **, quickly twisted his head away, and said to his adjutant Zhang Zhizhong: "Get him two." ”

"What's wrong with these Frenchmen, such unpalatable things, they are actually treasures." Zhang Xiaohuai said that he did not understand that the expeditionary force had made full logistical preparations along the way, and the transport ships it brought with it were filled with canned luncheon meat and compressed biscuits, as well as a large number of soybeans, and they made their own bean sprouts to eat at sea. Luncheon meat, it's okay to eat once or twice, and you can eat the dead at once. Anyway, Cai Ye and Zhang Xiaohuai have sworn that they will never eat this thing again.

"The war in Europe has been going on for more than a year, and the French are very short of supplies, and they can only eat human flesh if they want to eat meat." Cheng Zhixuan appeared in front of the two, and came to such a more disgusting sentence. Cai Ye had the urge to kick this guy to death, turned his head to hug a pillar, and spit out a few mouthfuls of yellow water first.

Zhang Xiaohuai was a little better, but it was quite choked, he shook his head a little dizzy, and said with a wry smile: "Why didn't you see Xia Xiang?" ”

Cheng Zhixuan saluted and said with a smile: "Brother Fusheng went to the reception of the French army, and none of the tanks promised by the French have arrived now." Not to mention the tanks, there was not a single car, so two taxis were arranged. I think the French have promised enough things. ”

As soon as Cai Ye heard this, he immediately stopped being nauseous, and his brows furrowed violently: "What's the matter?" Without tanks, how can we fight with the Germans? Isn't that a joke? And heavy artillery, did Britain and France cash it in? ”

Cheng Zhixuan said: "I have cashed out some of them, but there is still a shortage of equipment for five heavy artillery brigades, and all of them are 105 and 155 howitzers, and I haven't seen a single one." It is said that this is a new product for the French, and they do not have much of their own equipment, and we were fooled. ”

At this time, a group of French soldiers appeared, and a sedan drove over slowly, Cai Ye glanced at it and said, "Here comes the big man." ”

Cheng Zhixuan glanced at it and said: "Shit, at most a lieutenant general, we have been in France for more than a month, and the biggest officer we have ever seen is a major general in the logistics department of the French army." Commander Cai, the French are not as polite to us as they think. ”

The car stopped ten meters away, and it was Neville who got out of the car, straightened his military uniform first, and Neville smiled and walked forward. "Welcome friends from China, I'm Lieutenant General Neville, it's a pleasure to meet you." Neville took the initiative to salute, and then stretched out his hand, which was quite polite.

Cai Ye returned a salute, shook hands and reported to his home. After the officers saluted and shook hands in turn, Neville didn't say anything about finding a place or anything, and asked directly on the dock: "General Cai, may I ask when all your troops will be able to arrive and when will they be able to go to the battlefield?" ”

Cai Ye glanced at the adjutant Zhang Zhizhong, and the young man stepped forward and said, "No accident, at most, in a week, all the expeditionary forces can be gathered." Then the technical arms return to the team and rest for about a month. In this way, one and a half months is the minimum. ”

"A month and a half? It's too late, now the tide of the war has changed, and we need troops to reinforce the Verdun front. Neville still didn't tell the truth, what is the front line of reinforcements Verdun, at this time Verdun has been beaten down by the Germans. It was clear that the Germans were brewing a bigger campaign, and whether Paris could hold it was a question. (To be continued.) )