In this way, a vigorous military reform triggered by military planning began in the General Staff and gradually spread to the whole army.

The General Staff, the War Department, the Algerian Governor's Office, and the major military districts were all caught up in the flood of reforms initiated by the Chief of the General Staff, Niel.

As the Minister of War, Vayan immediately went to the General Staff after receiving the reform guidelines handed over by the General Staff.

General Vayan, who entered the General Staff, angrily asked the staff officers who remained at the General Staff where their Chief of the General Staff was now.

Seeing that the staff officer who had not come well, he cautiously told the Minister of Vayan that Chief of the General Staff Nière had led a group of new staff officers to inspect the Capital Military District (also known as the Seine Provincial Military District) and that he might not return until the afternoon.

"Afternoon, right?" Minister Vayan snorted coldly, and said to the staff officer without hiding his hostility at all: "When Niel returns, you tell him immediately!" I, the War Secretary Vajan, have something I want to talk to him about!

Please come to the War Department as soon as possible after returning to the General Staff Headquarters!

Do you understand? ”

"Got it!" The staff officer whispered a response to Vayan, and at this time he did not dare to anger Minister Vayan.

"That's it! I'll go back first! After Chancellor Vayan finished speaking, he left the General Staff building without the slightest delay.

At 5 p.m. on the same day, the French Chief of the General Staff, Nière, and a group of staff officers from the General Staff Headquarters returned to the General Staff.

The staff officers of the General Staff who remained behind hurriedly ran to the Chief of the General Staff of Niel and told the Chief of the General Staff of Niel the news of the arrival of Minister Vayan at the General Staff.

"What was Minister Wayan's expression at the time? Angry, dissatisfied, or ......," Chief of General Staff Niel asked the staff officer unhurriedly.

"Minister Vayan was extremely angry after entering the General Staff! When he speaks, his words reveal his dissatisfaction with you! The staff officer responded to the Chief of the General Staff Niel.

"Okay! I know! Chief of General Staff Niel patted the staff officer on the shoulder and said cordially, "Thank you for blocking this time for me!" ”

"Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, Minister Vayan said that you should go to the War Department as soon as you return to the General Staff!" The staff officer continued to Niel.

Chief of General Staff Nière glanced at the "new generation" staff officers who followed him, each of them was an elite selected from the armies of the major military regions to study at the General Staff Headquarters, and it could be said that they were the seed players of France.

However, at this moment, almost every staff officer's face showed a trace of trepidation and uneasiness.

Niel knew that he could not immediately go to the War Department.

Otherwise, his prestige as chief of the general staff in the hearts of the staff officers would plummet.

When that time comes, let alone promoting the reform of the whole army, even if it promotes the reform of the General Staff, it will be a dream.

So, Neiel responded to the staff officer with a relaxed face: "No hurry! I'm going to take them for a meal! ”

With that, Neielle led his staff officers to the cafeteria for dinner.

In the face of Niel, who did not panic at all, the new staff officers of the staff headquarters also relaxed.

By the time the meal was over, it was half past six in the morning, and Niel shook hands with the new staff officers one by one.

After bidding farewell to all the staff officers, Niel ordered the secretary attached to the General Staff to prepare a carriage for him, and he was to go to the War Department.

Soon, a carriage stopped in front of the General Staff building, and Chief of the General Staff Niel rode in the carriage all the way to the War Department in the city center.

After half an hour's rush, the carriage stopped at the gate of the Ministry of War.

Neel, who got off the carriage, looked at the War Department in front of him, which was on the same floor as the General Staff, and a dejected smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he knew that after entering the War Department, he would inevitably suffer from the "trouble" of the War Minister Vayang.

However, what Niel reported to Wayan, he would never change course because of Wayan's "troubles".

When Niel entered the gate of the War Department, the two soldiers guarding the gate hurriedly saluted the chief of the general staff of Niel, who also saluted the soldiers with a stern expression and asked in a low voice: "Is Minister Vayan still inside?" ”

The soldier guarding the gate of the War Department also responded in a low voice: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, Minister Vayan is still in the office!" ”

"I see! You've done a great job! Niel nodded, then gave an encouraging word.

Immediately afterward, Niel stepped through the doors of the War Department.

When Niel entered the hall on the first floor of the War Department, the clerk and director of the Department of War walked on the first floor of the War Department...... For the first time, he set his sights on Niel.

With a kind smile on his face, Niel asked those present if anyone could take him to Minister Wayan's office.

After a while, the Secretary of State of the War Department appeared in front of Niel.

The Secretary of State first addressed the letter to Jérôme. Bonaparte bowed, and then to Jérôme. Bonaparte responded: "Your Excellency, please come with me!" ”

Led by the Secretary of State, Niel arrived at the door of General Vayan's office.

"Dongdong, Dongdong!"

With three dull knocks on the door, a slightly hoarse voice came from the other end of the office, "Who?" ”

"Your Excellency the Chancellor, Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff Niel has arrived!" The Secretary of State spoke solemnly through the crack in the door to the Minister Vayan in the room.

After a moment of silence in the room, Minister Vayan's voice came out again, "The door is unlocked, Chief of General Staff Niel, if you think you have a clear conscience, then come in!" ”

Upon hearing the response from the room, the Secretary of State, on behalf of Minister Vayan, gave General Niel an apologetic look and bowed.

Neielle shook his head, then waved his hand to the secretary of state.

The secretary of state turned to leave, and Neiel took the doorknob, took a soft breath, and turned the doorknob into the room.

At this moment, Minister Wayan in the room looked at Niel who entered the room expressionlessly, and said with a slightly sarcastic expression, "Chief of General Staff Niel, I really didn't expect you to dare to come in!" ”

"Minister Wayan, I have a clear conscience, why don't you dare to come in!

Niel said to Minister Wa with a blank expression.

"What a clear conscience!" Minister Vayan smiled angrily, clapped his hands and said to Niel in a mocking tone, "I don't understand, how the chief of the general staff of Niel can have a clear conscience!" ”

"Minister Vayan, are there any flaws in the military reform document I submitted to you?" Niel asked the Minister of Vayan rhetorically, "Is every sentence in it a flaw that exists in our army?" ”

General Wayan's expression froze, and after a while, he replied, "What your document points out is indeed the inadequacy of our army today!" ”

"Then what guilt do I have!" Niel said in a sonorous tone.

"But have you taken into account Your Majesty!" Minister Vayan reprimanded Niel, "Aside from other reforms, let's take the one you said about the dismantling of the cavalry troops, do you know how many cavalry there are in our country?" ”

"86,000 people!" Neielle replied without thinking.

"And that's just the number of cavalry troops, not counting those who are in charge of the logistics of the cavalry units!

If you count all of this, there are at least about 100,000 people.

With a wave of your hand, you cut off half of the cavalry, and let the remaining half of the cavalry unit change its functions!

Come and go, our entire cavalry unit, I'm afraid it's not going to be in your hands!

You don't know what kind of people are who can enter the cavalry unit!

Aren't you asking His Majesty the Emperor for trouble? Minister Vayan counted Nieldo.

After listening to Minister Wayan's counts quietly, Niel smiled and said to Minister Wayan: "Minister Wayan, I would like to ask what is the role of the current cavalry troops?" ”

"Of course, use it as the main confrontation!" Vayan replied without hesitation.

"The main force is against you! Can our cavalry really take on such a difficult task? Take the Crimean War as an example, you should know about the Cossack cavalry capabilities, but did the Cossack cavalry play any other role in the Crimean War besides playing the role of invading the army's supply lines? Niel asked Minister Vayan again.

Minister Vayan remembered that in the post-war summary after the end of the Crimean War, it was clearly stated that the role of Cossack cavalry units in normal warfare could be said to be better than nothing.

You must know that those Cossack cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars were called the White Grim Reaper.

However, on the battlefield of Crimea, the Migne rifle completely let those white Grim Reapers' know its horror with practical actions.

"The defeat of the Cossack cavalry does not represent the defeat of the French cavalry!" Chancellor Vayan tried to quibble.

"So be it! Chancellor Vayan, take out the hardest armor of your cavalry troops, and I'll shoot it with a Mauser rifle!

We just have to look at the end result! "Neielle decided to use the most straightforward example to determine success or failure.

"Yes!" Chancellor Vayan nodded and said a word to Niel, and then secretly resolved in his heart that he must prepare a set of cuirasses that Mauser rifles could not penetrate, so that he would have a reason to veto Niel's idea of "killing" the cavalry.

(Actually, regardless of whether the Mauser rifle penetrated or not, Minister Vayan lost!) ）

Immediately afterwards, the minister asked Niel why he had changed the current tactical system, which was obtained through the Crimean War.

Niel told Chancellor Vayan that the advent of the Mauser rifle had forced them to change their existing tactical system.

Because the tactical system they currently use revolves around the premise of the breech gun.

The tactical system of breech guns, which has a faster rate of fire, should no longer be a cluster system.

The French army should choose a tactical system that perfectly brings out the characteristics of the breech gun.

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