Bai Chongxi took a deep breath, as a native of Guangxi, he more or less knew what the arrogance of the French was, after all, the legend of Feng Zicai's resistance to France still exists. Therefore, Bai Chongxi is not interested in the French, especially the self-righteous French old man like Fuxi, which makes him very disgusted.

"Dear Marshal, whether my soldier is a Predator or a fist embroidered leg I don't think I need your evaluation, the damned Germans on the other side will have a deeper feeling than you" Maybe it was because he had lived in Europe for seven or eight months, Bai Chongxi had less Chinese euphemism and more European straightforwardness, and he unceremoniously contradicted the annoying old man Fu Xi, the chief of the French General Staff. This frightened Zhu Zhixin, who had just become the chief of staff of the expeditionary force, and he hurriedly went to pull Bai Chongxi's clothes, but obviously Bai Chongxi did not give his chief of staff any face.

"I can even tell you very bluntly that you will be amazed and ashamed of the excellent performance of my soldiers."

The arrangement of the expeditionary force is very strange, and theoretically speaking, according to the latest system of military commissions, the commanders of all branches of the armed forces are appointed and dismissed by order issued by the Ministry of Defense. And how to fight the army is not decided by the commanders, army commanders, and division commanders, they only have the right to suggest and promulgate, and all military operations are formulated and decided by the general staff of military command organs at all levels. After several reforms in the Youth Army, the entire army became more like a large, modern enterprise, with the chief of staff being the chief engineer of the enterprise and holding the supreme power used by the jishu, while the soldiers became workers, officers became foremen, regimental commanders and division commanders became workshop directors and factory directors. And when it comes to the commander level like Bai Chongxi, they have become idle general managers, and their responsibility is to sign the production plan formulated by a bunch of professional jishu personnel sent over, and it doesn't matter whether they understand it or not. This may be a kind of sorrow for the No. 1 commander of the army after the nationalization of the army.

However, this is obviously not the case in the expeditionary force at present, although Bai Chongxi is the youngest, he is the most powerful, and although Zhu Zhixin, a general who is not from the lineage, has served as the chief of staff of the expeditionary force, he does not look like a chief of staff, and his position is more like a political transaction. First, Zhu Zhixin is not good at strategy, and this is not a formal professional background. Second, Zhu Zhixin didn't have a strategy, because Bai Chongxi, the commander, was not good at map work, and he couldn't do any of the other staff officers' work. Therefore, Zhu Zhixin's chief of staff has become an ornament, but the role of the staff will not disappear because of Bai Chongxi's strength, after all, the expeditionary force also uses the military regulations of the Youth Army. Therefore, the Wuhan side thought again and again, not only to send a professional military staff officer to control the general staff of the expeditionary force, but also to avoid Bai Chongxi's family from becoming dominant. It is also necessary to pay attention to the suitability of this candidate to avoid his Zuihou and Bai Chongxi repeatedly fighting for power.

In the end, Wang Zhenyu sent three people to Europe, Jiang Baili, Zhang Xiaozhun, and Guo Songling. Among them, Jiang Baili served as deputy chief of general staff of the expeditionary force and chief of staff of the First Army, Zhang Xiaozhun served as chief of staff of the Second Army, and Guo Songling served as chief of staff of the Third Army.

Among these three people, Guo Songling was an accident, this person was originally Feng Guozhang's military staff, and he made many surprise moves for Feng Guozhang during the Protectorate War, but because Feng Guozhang lurked around a large number of National Socialist Party agents, as a result, all these ruthless tricks became wasted moves, and Guo Songling, who was also harmed, constantly blamed himself and had slight self-doubt. It wasn't until he was captured together with Feng Guozhang and other senior Beiyang generals that Bai Chongxi, who admired him, personally visited him in the prisoner of war camp in Nanjing, and told Guo Songling the truth, Guo Songling scolded angrily: "What kind of ability are you, you have the ability to lead an army, don't engage in conspiracy and trickery, everyone practices alone on the battlefield." ”

Bai Chongxi was said to be in a good mood at the time, but he didn't get angry, but smiled and said: "Hehe, conspiracy and spy warfare itself are part of the war, you didn't lose to conspiracy and spy warfare, you are on the wrong team, Bai Lang spent his own skills......"

In short, the result of Zuihou was that after Huang Xing, chairman of the Nationalist Government, issued an amnesty decree against the senior generals of the Beiyang Army, Guo Songling did not choose to return to the north with Feng Guozhang and others, but chose to stay in the south and join the Youth Army. Feng Guozhang and the others also knew that they would not have the opportunity to lead the troops after they went back, so they didn't say anything more, but just encouraged Guo Songling a few words before boarding the ship.

Guo Songling was later signed by Bai Chongxi and sent to the first crash course of Wuhan Lu University, where he studied staff officers. However, after only half a year of study, he was named by Bai Chongxi to serve in the General Staff of the Expeditionary Force, and at the same time served as the chief of staff of the Third Army. This can be regarded as a mark of Bai Chongxi's family, although Guo Songling himself does not think so, but everyone is still stubbornly so determined.

Marshal Fuxi obviously didn't expect that the young Chinese general in front of him would be so arrogant and characterful, and it seemed that he really had some ability, but he, a stubborn old Frenchman, did not have the habit of bowing his head to young people casually, unless this young man had extraordinary talents.

"Really? I'm also genuinely interested in seeing you and your boys beat up the damn Germans, rather than being cleaned up by the damn Germans. Besides, I think it's better for you and your boys to obey the unified command of the coalition forces, so that you don't soon know how cruel the war is. ”

Bai Chongxi did not answer immediately, because this was not easy to answer, in fact, not only the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, but also the American European Expeditionary Force commanded by Pershing was also exempted from the same problem, that is, the problem of command. I still remember the last coalition meeting, when the American Pershing, who was not liked by British and French politicians and military strategists, faced with the British and French plans to only use the US military as a reinforcement, not to give it independent command, and only let the United States play a supporting role. In the presence of British Prime Minister Lloyd George and French Prime Minister Clemenceau, he affirmed that the US military must have an independent operational direction and that it must independently direct the US military in combat. After saying that, he brushed his sleeves away, and the result was naturally that Britain and France had to agree to the US military to maintain its independence on the battlefield.

Thinking of this, Bai Chongxi, who was not convinced by anyone, had to admire the foresight of Wang Zhenyu, a handsome man. The marshal seemed to have estimated the calculations of the British and French powers early on, and directly affirmed that the Chinese European Expeditionary Force must have independent command and operational direction when sending troops to negotiate, and that the Allied Forces had the right to issue combat missions to the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, but how to accomplish it was a matter for the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, and it had nothing to do with the Allied Forces.

Marshal Fuxi made this request again on such an occasion, which was obviously a violation of this agreement.

Bai Chongxi raised his head and replied without humility or arrogance: "Your Excellency the Chief of the General Staff, I think I have to emphasize once again the agreement that the Chinese European Expeditionary Force Command has the command of all its troops, and we are now facing the powerful Germans, and any untrustworthy behavior will not help us defeat them. So I hope that the agreement will continue to work and that we will be friends forever. ”

Petain saw that these two were about to turn their faces, and quickly interjected: "All the agreements are still valid, and our chief of staff is also worried about you, not to seize your command, please don't misunderstand this in any case, please firmly believe that we are brothers and friends standing in the same trench......"

On the way back to Paris, Marshal Fuxi continued to complain: "These Chinese don't seem to be as reliable as the lazy Yankees, and I really don't know how the idiots in the cabinet can give them independent command after giving them so many benefits." ”

Petain has been secretly interviewed by Prime Minister Clemenceau several times recently, and Jihua will recommend himself as commander-in-chief of the French army next month, at this time Petain has no good feelings for Fuxi, a stubborn old man who is completely left-oriented in military views, and directly choked Fuxi with a sentence: "Then we go back now and take back the command of this army, can you ensure that the more than 200,000 Chinese who have been armed obey the command?" And there will be no mutiny, rebellion or something? ”

Fu Xi was choked on the spot, and he suddenly remembered that this Chinese expeditionary force seemed to be different from those Yankees, and this army seemed to be not the army of the Chinese central government, but a local army, strictly speaking, it was a rebel army itself. Let these damn Chinese rebels and Germans go desperately, and don't have much to do yourself......

Fifteen kilometers away from the headquarters of the Ardennes Regional Expeditionary Force, the Sixth Division, of which Zhang Zizhong was the division commander, gave all the officers and men a two-day vacation after completing the refitting work. Although they had only been in France for less than a month, the lads had discovered that the girls were not only beautiful but also easy to use, and that a piece of bread could be exchanged for a night of love.

The Expeditionary Force Command seems to have long been aware of this situation, after all, it is fighting far from home, and too strict military discipline is not applicable to this, so their approach is to entrust the country to ship a large number of Ruyi sets as early as possible, which can prevent the soldiers from contracting damn skin diseases when they are in love with French girls, which will lead to a decrease in combat effectiveness. This is said to have been made up by Wang Zhenyu and Nanyang overseas Chinese businessman, the current Minister of Industry Chen Jiageng, more than 20 years earlier than the original historical condoms. The logistical support work has been done to this point, and it is really full of the brilliance of human nature.