Chapter 248: Naturalization?
Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the newspaper Prison in Paris, Leoté and Clemenceau were chatting.
Now all eyes of France are focused on Ferenta de Noy, because of the millions of troops in the whole of France, only here are still fighting the Germans.
Leothai held a battle report in his hand, which showed the detailed battle process between Qin Zhiyuan's 1st Division and Crown Prince William's army in the past two days. There was also a report on the table, it was from Corsica, made by agents sent to Corsica by the War Office.
Clemenceau is reviewing the manuscript, and his report will appear on the front page of "The Prison Man" tomorrow morning, in bold and black font: The Eastern Overlord from the Far East!
At the same time, the report distributed a photo of Qin Zhiyuan, which was an engagement photo of Qin Zhiyuan and Julie, in which the black-haired Qin Zhiyuan was wearing the uniform of a senior general of the Foreign Legion, and the blonde Julie was full of happiness.
Very symbolic photo.
Generals from the old East came to France and won the favor of French beauties while serving France, which is very much in line with the usual romance and sensuality of the French.
But at the same time, it will also attract criticism, has France been reduced to the point where it needs to rely on women to win people's hearts?
All things, once involved at the national level, personal feelings are often ignored and sacrificed.
"Qin did a good job, he withstood the German Crown Prince's attack, and inflicted heavy casualties on the German Crown Prince's troops, and Qin did not expose his tank forces, once Qin began to make a detour, this could be the most significant victory in this time." Leothai had a complicated expression.
After the start of the World War, the Germans broke into France with a thunderbolt and occupied a large amount of French land. In order to drive out the Germans, France has changed its commanders many times, from Chauffeur to Nivelle, and then to Foch, who has just taken office, these people have not taken advantage of the Germans, at most they have maintained an invincible situation, even if the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme, which were touted as "big victories", the French paid more than the Germans.
The battle report in Leotey's hand clearly stated that in the past two days, the effective results of the 1st Division had exceeded 3,000, although it did not seem like much, but in contrast to the combat attrition of less than 500 men. It is foreseeable that France will finally usher in a real victory, but unfortunately the military commander is not a French but a Chinese from the Far East.
Although it was customary for the victory in Ferontadenoy to be dominated by the commander of the 32nd Division, Bastien Garcia, Leotey knew that without Qin, the 32nd Division would never be able to hold Ferontadenoy.
"Qin's victory does not belong to him, our air force boys are also performing great, if it weren't for their efforts, Qin's armored forces would have been exposed long ago." Clemonso, hunched over his desk, writing a guide to tomorrow's newspaper.
"The losses of the Air Force are also very large, in the past two days, we have lost nearly 100 fighters, although they also heroically shot down the same number of German fighters, but it is still distressing. Seeing the combat effectiveness of the troops in Qin Zhiyuan's hands, I now want Qin to set up an air force unit to see if I can replicate the miracle of the Chinese in the army. "Leotey is imaginative,
"You also said yesterday that you want to prevent Qin's strength from expanding further." Clemenceau laughed at Leotey.
In Clemenceau's view, swaying from side to side is the preserve of politicians, and as a military man, Leoté had to stand firm.
"Yes, to prevent Qin's strength from further expanding, I still have this view until now. Looking at the intelligence from Corsica the day before yesterday, Qin accepted a batch of American destroyers again, this time there were 10 of them, they were the latest Wicks-class destroyers, with a full load displacement of 1250 tons, a speed of 35 knots, a 100 mm caliber main gun, a triple 533 caliber torpedo, and a cruising range of 2500 nautical miles, I don't remember that our navy had such a powerful destroyer. Leotey was worried.
Although Qin Zhiyuan's army was the only and most powerful force in Leotai's hands. But Leotai has never really been at ease with Qin Zhiyuan, because Qin Zhiyuan's relationship with Old Renault is too close, and Leothai even changed the meeting place between him and Clemenceau to Clemenceau's office.
"Then what does it matter, those destroyers still have the flag of the French Navy on them, except to stand with us, Qin has no choice, if it loses the support of France, Qin's fleet can't even get out of the harbor of that Trident City, this is not a threat." Clemenceau has his own judgment.
As a journalist, Clemenceau is no stranger to Qin Zhiyuan's affairs and is very aware of the changes that are taking place in Corsica. Unlike Leotey, Clemenceau did not see Qin Zhiyuan as a threat, and Clemenceau knew very well that without the support of a powerful state, a modern army that was highly dependent on logistics could not be maintained at all, and it was precisely because of the weakness of Qin Zhiyuan's homeland that Clemenceau was worried about Qin Zhiyuan.
"Speaking of Trident City, I wonder what Qin is up to, he is building on a large scale in Corsica, which is said to have cost millions of dollars. At the same time, Qin also renamed Ajaccio as Thunder City, Bastia as Trident City, and moved a large number of families of the Foreign Legion from the Far East to Corsica, I have a statistic here, in the past month, the number of ships arriving in Corsica from the Far East has doubled, and almost all of them are the families of the Foreign Legion, and the number has exceeded 30,000, what does Qin want to do? Could it be that Qin wants to become a French citizen? Isn't he ready to return to the Far East after the war? "Leothay had a big brainstorm.
Before US President Wilson put forward the concept of "national autonomy," no one could understand Qin Zhiyuan's approach. Therefore, wanting to become a French citizen has become the only explanation for Qin Zhiyuan's construction of Corsica.
Wilson will propose the "14-point principle for peace" next year, and now is not the time, because the United States is not strong enough in Europe for Wilson to dare to anger the British and French at this time. The British and French have the largest number of colonies in the world, and once "national self-determination" is implemented, it is foreseeable that a large number of colonies will demand "autonomy", which is unacceptable to the British and French. So it is certain that once Wilson proposed "national self-determination", it would certainly provoke strong opposition from the British and French.
"If Qin joins the French nationality, then I'm afraid it will be the best news for Ferdinand, maybe you can test it." Clemenceau was happy to see it happen.
France is an extremely open country compared to the conservative British, and although France is not a country made up entirely of immigrants like the United States, the French do not reject immigrants, especially those who can help France.
Regarding the marriage between Qin Zhiyuan and Julie, although Ferdinand Foch did not explicitly object, he thought that Foch should be happy to see Qin Zhiyuan join the French nationality, because in that case, Julie would not have to follow Qin Zhiyuan to go abroad.
"Let Louis try it." Clemenceau is bullish on the old Renault.
Qin Zhiyuan became a French citizen, which is probably a situation that everyone is happy to see, including the national government.
(To be continued.) )