Jérôme. Bonaparte and Baron Raglan reached a compromise amid laughter, and the joint command of the British and French armies was only responsible for delivering information and coordinating operations.

At the strategic level, the commanders of the two armies are not subordinate to each other and fight side by side.

In terms of specific tactics, the British and French armies need to formulate corresponding tactics according to the characteristics of their own troops.

Neither side has the right to interfere with the tactics of the other, only the right to advise each other.

In general, this time the Anglo-French forces adopted the policy of you fighting yours and I fighting mine. As long as there are no disagreements at the general strategic level, the tactical level depends on the combat effectiveness of the armies of both sides and the ability of the commanders.

In this regard, Jérôme. Bonaparte had absolute confidence in the French army that he had single-handedly reformed.

Moreover, Jérôme, who had no interest in getting his hands on the command of the British army. Bonaparte was also pleased to see the British army in the Crimean battlefield in the form of a variety of "chef" tactical commands.

After all, how could it be shown without the British army. The correctness and necessity of Bonaparte's military reform.

Military action is the only criterion for testing military reform.

Jérôme. Bonaparte didn't mind stepping on Britain and Russia to announce to the world that the army that had swept across Europe was back.

Of course, Jérôme. Bonaparte was sure that after the end of the Crimean War, a new round of military preparations would be ushered in.

The elder Moltke, who was good at learning advanced experience, would never let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime learning opportunity. Bonaparte still welcomed Moltke the Elder's reform of the Prussian army.

Because the more Moltke the Old reformed the Prussian army, the stronger the Prussian army became; The stronger the Prussian army; The more daring the Junker aristocracy became; The more daring Juncker became, the easier it was for Bismarck to come to power, and as long as Bismarck came to power, then he was bound to follow the "trend" to expand Prussia's territory, and the greater the contradiction between Prussia and Austria in Germany.

By that time, Jérôme. Bonaparte only had to stand aside and fan the flames, and Prussia would inevitably be tempted to attack Austria, and he would show Bismarck what it meant to turn his face and not recognize anyone......

However, all this is premised on the fact that the French army cannot stop after the Crimean War and must continue to carry out deep reforms.

Powerful firepower and a perfect mobilization system are the guarantees for the survival of the French army in the international community.

These two points are still far from the current French army.

After the joint forces had consulted, Jérôme. Bonaparte invited Baron Raglan to dinner with all the generals present.

During the dinner, Jérôme. Bonaparte and Baron Raglan smiled at each other and talked.

In Jérôme. Under the deliberate guidance of Bonaparte, Baron Raglan became the "protagonist" of the banquet, and after a while of changing glasses, the slightly drunk Baron Raglan told the audience some interesting stories that had happened in the previous era, including the Duke of Wellington, the Emperor Napoleon, the Generalissimo of Sirte, Talleyrand, Metternich and Fouché.

Memories are always fraughty, and Lord Raglan weeps bitterly, remembering his friend (the Duke of Wellington) and the enemies who hurt him (Emperor Napoleon, Generalissimo Sirte).

In the words of Baron Raglan, the time that belonged to them has passed, and now it is Jérôme. The era of Bonaparte.

"Your Majesty, from you I seem to have seen the figure of the great man at the beginning!" Half-drunk Baron Raglan against Jérôme. Bonaparte said.

"It's an honor to be able to get such an evaluation from you, sir!" Jérôme. Bonaparte said cheerfully.

"Actually, you are in some ways more terrible than the original great man!" Baron Raglan burped and curled his tongue at Jérôme. Bonaparte said, "You...... He is more patient than he was at the beginning! If the great man could have been like you, we would not have been able to defeat him! ”

"I'm just an ordinary person who has been protected by the emperor, and I can't afford such a high evaluation!" Jérôme. Bonaparte modestly said to Lord Raglan.

Baron Raglan smiled and shook his head in lamentation at the passage of time.

The dinner ended with laughter, and the drunken Baron Raglan was carried out of the Tuileries Palace by the not yet drunk adjutant, and into the carriage bound for the British Embassy.

Jérôme standing in the courtyard of the Tuileries. Bonaparte burned with the oncoming cold wind, and watched the carriage carrying Baron Raglan gradually drive into darkness.

Immediately, Jérôme. Bonaparte, after standing for a long time in the cold wind, turned and returned to the Tuileries Palace.

On the other hand, Baron Raglan, who had returned from the Tuileries Palace to the courtyard of the British Embassy, opened his confused eyes under the concerned gaze of Ambassador Cowley, and then pushed away the adjutant who was holding him.

"Commander Raglan, how are you feeling right now?" Lord Cowley asked Raglan a question.

Baron Raglan, who had been staggering around in the Tuileries Palace before, looked like he was drunk, but now he was "miraculously" standing straight without help, and the adjutant who followed him immediately understood that Baron Raglan's previous drunkenness at the Tuileries Palace was nothing more than a joke.

Baron Raglan, who was standing in place, slightly straightened his folded cuffs, patted Ambassador Cowley on the shoulder, and said in a wistful tone: "Don't worry! That little bit of wine doesn't get me drunk at all! ”

"Then you ......," Ambassador Cowley still looked at Baron Raglan with suspicion.

"I couldn't control my mouth at the banquet before, and I said a lot of things!" Baron Raglan replied with a wry smile to Ambassador Cowley.

Gu Ou/span "Hmm! Ambassador Cowley nodded and replied to Raglan with a word, and then ordered the servants in the embassy to take care of Baron Raglan.

Early in the morning of February 2.

The sky in Paris was filled with crystal clear snowflakes, and the cold wind was even more chilling than yesterday, as if it was about to penetrate the heavy cotton clothes and take away the last trace of warmth on the body.

There were few pedestrians on the streets, except for the slow-moving public carriages, in which you could see through the slightly foggy glass windows the "office workers" who were rubbing their hands back and forth in the cold circle chairs.

It was in such weather that Baron Raglan and his lieutenants would travel by carriage to the railway stations of the neighboring provinces, which were not yet covered with snow, where they would take the railway to the port of Toulon and then to Constantinople on a French warship.

……

Baron Raglan, who left Paris, and his lieutenant arrived in the port of Toulon in three days.

In the port of Toulon, they met the French Admiralty Dico.

After a brief introduction to himself, Chancellor Dieter immediately sent two sail steam battleships and three steam engine ships to escort Baron Raglan to the Near East.

Baron Raglan thanked Dicko and shook hands, and the steam speedboat carried Baron Raglan aboard the sail steam battleship.

The steam engine began to start, and the battleship gradually left the port.

After three days at sea, Baron Raglan finally arrived in the waters off Rhodes Island.

In Rhodes, Baron Raglan joined up with a large force of the British Expeditionary Force.

At this time, the British Expeditionary Force had already abandoned its own artillery and rifles, and replaced them with Minérgy rifles and little Napoleonic guns.

Even their war horses were a friendly gift from the French army.

If it weren't for the uniforms of this group of British expeditionary forces, as well as the Duke of Cambridge and others, Baron Raglan almost thought that the army in front of him was a French pretended army.

The Duke of Cambridge, the interim commander in charge of the army, had a relieved expression on his face when he saw Baron Raglan arrive, and he finally did not have to worry about the declining morale of the British army.

"Commander!" The Duke of Cambridge, together with the Quartermaster General and others, came to the presence of Baron Raglan and saluted Lord Raglan.

Baron Raglan saluted with a serious expression, and then the group marched to the tent in Rhode Island.

The Duke of Cambridge, who was in the camp, told Baron Raglan with an angry expression that they had been deceived by British intelligence.

The Gallipoli Peninsula was not at all a suitable place to be stationed, there was nothing of their army, there was simply no way to get supplies there, and the effects of the recent snowstorm had caused a large number of non-combat attrition of their troops.

"How many of you still have on your hands now?" Baron Raglan asked the Duke of Cambridge and others.

"In those days on the Garibaldi Peninsula, our troops lost a total of 1400 people! There are still about 18,200 people! The Duke of Cambridge reported to Baron Raglan on the number of troops.

After hearing the number of non-combat attrition reported by the Duke of Cambridge, Baron Raglan couldn't help but frown.

The casualties of 1,400 men were enough to rival a medium-sized campaign.

The Duke of Cambridge also told Baron Raglan that the sudden snowstorm not only caused a certain degree of casualties to the Kingdom of Britain, but also had a certain blow to the morale of the soldiers of the Kingdom of Britain.

Many soldiers believed that they must have suffered from the blizzard's will, and that God did not want to see them go to war against the Orthodox Church for the infidels.

"When did this spread?" Baron Raglan asked the Duke of Cambridge.

The Duke of Cambridge shook his head and shrugged, indicating that he didn't know.

"Forget it!" Baron Raglan glanced angrily at the Duke of Cambridge and turned to leave

The Duke of Cambridge touched his nose in embarrassment and stood still.

Over the next few days, Baron Raglan devoted all his energy to boosting his morale.

The morale of the British army was quickly restored with the encouragement of Baron Raglan.

On 12 February, a steamboat approached Rhode Island, and he was to give orders for the next section of the British army in Rhodes.

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