However, after all, Chen Shao was the first person to follow Wang Zhenyu, and everyone still hoped that they could continue to share wealth and prosperity, so as soon as Wang Zhenyu proposed to send Chen Shao to Tibet, everyone present immediately agreed.

"Brother Changqing, there is another question, how many people did Yang Sen and Liu Xiang each take out of Sichuan, have you Jihua passed?" Wang Zhenyu asked Zuihou a question.

Yang Yongtai nodded and said: "Please rest assured, in Tibet, the final scale of Liu Xiang is controlled between 40,000 and 70,000, if there are too many, I am afraid that it will be difficult to control, and secondly, it will become extremely difficult to supply, after all, the traffic situation in Tibet is there." As for Janssen, our idea is that around 50,000 is enough, and too much and too little is not conducive to our control. Moreover, our Jihua is to form another army to fight against him, and my opinion on this army should not be composed of Sichuan soldiers, and the specific candidates should be considered by the commander. ”

Wang Zhenyu thought for a while and said: "Let Tao Zhiyue be responsible, the soldiers will be recruited from the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Guizhou, and they must be able to bear hardships and stand hard work." The strength of the army is about three divisions, and the total number of troops is about 60,000 or 70,000. I guess my cousin will be in trouble with me, after all, the transportation situation and supply capacity in the northwest region are not very good. Okay, just do it according to this, the specific things will be implemented by the four of you, plus He Jian cooperates, it is related to the interests of the nation and the country, and we must pay attention to confidentiality......"

In Europe, a war was in the making, and the Germans were tightening their belts in preparation for one of the biggest attacks of 1917. As the preparations deepened, the scale had already surpassed the initial jihua of Field Marshal Hindenburg, the chief of the General Staff of the German army. Unaware that he was planning a battle that nearly ended his political life, Hindenburg even fantasized about winning the Second Reich by stepping on the corpse of a Chinese, as if he had seen the German army enter Paris......

And in Verdun, Bai Chongxi was still thinking and hesitating, the war in Europe was much more difficult to operate than the Protectorate War.

For four or five days in a row, Bai Chongxi stayed awake all night, and almost fell asleep for a while after eating lunch every day. After all, it is related to the life and death of more than 200,000 brothers, and the honor and disgrace of the entire country and nation, and a cynical lord like Bai Chongxi has to become cautious.

As a result of Bai Chongxi's hard work, he was only in his twenties, and his hair began to fall down one by one. The adjutants and secretaries around him were anxious to toss supplements for him every day. Bai Chongxi didn't care, compared to the significance of this war, his health was really nothing.

"Brother Baili, do you have anything else to add to my playing style?" Bai Chongxi, whose eyes were red, was now staring at Jiang Fangzhen with his eyes, and in the entire expeditionary force, only this person's talent made Bai Chongxi respectful. The entire Verdun combat deployment was naturally discussed with Jiang Baili at the first time, but Bai Chongxi was also a stubborn master, and he would not easily change his mind once he made up his mind.

Jiang Baili was not in a hurry to express his position, he read the entire combat book over and over again and then closed it and said: "This is the most risky military operation I have ever seen, and if we operate like this, it is likely to make the French furious." ”

Bai Chongxi shook his head and said, "This is not something I want to consider, it is better for them to be violent than me and my soldiers being consumed as cannon fodder." Brother Baili, we have come to Europe this time for only one purpose, that is, to win victory, otherwise after a long time, as the casualties continue to grow, the thoughts and emotions of the soldiers will become more and more grand, and what we can get is a situation that is constantly out of control. ”

Jiang Baili heard Hua Ze sigh, his cheeks were thin, he sat back on the rattan chair, opened the jihua book again, and said: "Then let's talk about this jihua itself, such a large number of troops to penetrate behind enemy lines, without attracting the attention of the German army, how can we do this." ”

Bai Chongxi said with a smile: "It's very simple, we will leave a wedge on the first line and the second line, and when the Germans attack us, we will collapse instantly, but in the process of this collapse, there are two strong fortress points that will be held by us to the death." In order for the Germans to continue their assault, it is necessary to uproot these two fortified points, so that we can hold on to the fortified points with a strong force, and at the same time detach a part of our forces to constantly respond to the periphery. The Germans' attention was naturally drawn to it, and I don't believe there was no space behind them at this time. And I have estimated that if we are broken by the Germans in the shortest possible time, then the next third and fourth lines of defense will be directly attacked by the Germans. Although we currently lack effective information on the movements of the German troops, and do not know their troop allocation, their forces are ultimately limited, and as long as they continue to advance, the gap in their backs will only increase. ”

Jiang Baili nodded and said: "The theory is true, the Germans are used to concentrating their forces, but Jiansheng, what about after we broke through into the belly of the German army?" I'm afraid that what awaits us is an even more difficult situation! ”

Bai Chongxi opened the map of the entire Metz-Lorraine region: "I'm afraid there is no more face-saving nation on this Shijie than the Germans, think about it, at this time, we have suddenly entered the area where they have lost the most spoils of the Franco-Prussian War, as if there is no one." What will be their reaction, it will definitely be to destroy or drive us out, I estimate that at this time the Germans will not be able to draw any troops from the country for a while and a half, so they can only hastily end the offensive against Verdun and return to this area. As soon as we leave our fortified positions, the initiative on the battlefield is back in our hands, and we can continue to expand our gains by means of mobile warfare, and then either go east into Austria-Hungary and return to France via Italy, or return to France with Switzerland. This is the most conservative estimate, according to my research, although Fuxi's damn old French man looks down on us, but in the face of the scrambling Germans, he will definitely not give up this opportunity to attack, it is estimated that he will not hesitate to sell pants to follow, and in the big melee between the German army and the French army, it will be easier for us to withdraw. ”

Jiang Baili secretly applauded when he heard this, the young man in front of him was indeed admirable, and this ability to calculate made him, a military theorist, have to sigh that Lang pushed forward Lang after the Yangtze River. Jiang Baili suddenly remembered that his old classmate, Cai Songpo, who had passed away, was here, if Cai Songpo was still alive, who would be more powerful between him and Bai Jiansheng in front of him.

Jiang Baili sighed and said: "Not only the French, don't tell it, but also keep it a moderate secret from Chief of Staff Zhu, and I will personally be responsible for the implementation of the assault preparations for the entire army." The most important thing in the real execution of this jihua is not the assault, but the two nails you envisioned, who in our troops is suitable for this role, you must know that if you really fight, the pressure of the Germans is not something that everyone can bear. ”

Bai Chongxi tapped lightly on the table with his fingers and said: "Leave the task of the nail of the first line of defense to Zhang Zizhong, this kid has a set of soldiers, I think it's okay." You think about the second one, relatively speaking, the pressure on the second one is not as great as the first. The French really don't leak any news from there, as for the troop assault, I mean Jihua is more thorough, Alsace and Lorraine are said to be French residents, but when the time comes, whether they will support us or not, only God knows. In addition, we still have to find a way to match the French army with translators and guides, by the way, we also have to collect some information about the Austro-Hungarian Empire, if we can't keep the Germans too powerful, we will flee in the direction of Austria-Hungary. ”

Bai Chongxi said that Zuihou was almost saying it in a ridiculous tone, in fact, because he was not familiar with everything in the European region. If there is the support of the military intelligence system, according to Bai Chongxi's character, he must drive the army to Berlin to show his face......

If the French and Germans knew Bai Chongxi's thoughts, they would probably be very angry, but unfortunately they didn't know it, and it was impossible for them to know. So Marshal Fuxi is still waiting to see how the Chinese are bleeding, and Marshal Hindenburg is killing the Chinese in a river of blood. This is the first time that two people have agreed on the same issue during the entire First Shijie War.

Under his leadership, a large number of not very professional staff officers of the Expeditionary Force Staff Department actually made a very professional combat jihua, and at the same time there was a very detailed material allocation table. In addition, Jiang Baili also personally went to the front line to conduct an investigation, and chose a very good point for Zhang Zizhong's division of the Sixth Division. The area with Fort Douaumont and Vauburg as its core, which was recaptured by the French at the end of November last year. Not far from this area was the heavily fortified German Fort Douaumont, where, according to reconnaissance by expeditionary reconnaissance units, the traditional series of trenches a mile or more deep had been replaced by thousands of concrete pillboxes full of machine guns. An attack on any machine-gun bunker will incur fire from the surrounding machine-gun bunkers. Behind the machine-gun bunkers, there was a complex setting of thousands of underground shelters, in addition to natural caverns, which would cover the troops during heavy bombardment. When barrage fire stops, the defenders will rush forward to repel any French units that may have crossed the machine-gun pillboxes. This is what the Germans are known for their resilient defense, and it is worth noting that the French do not seem to have made any progress, and are still content to send their young men to be slaughtered.

The French general General Nivel, who was stationed here with Bai Chongxi, is also doing one thing now, that is, Jihua gathered 1.2 million troops at Verdun and then launched a decisive attack, but unlike history, this Jihua was vetoed by the two marshals Petain and Fuxi because of the arrival of the Chinese expeditionary force. This allowed Nivel to successfully capture one of the French mutinies in history, but he himself did not know this, and he now hated his Chinese allies......