Back to the Republic of China as a commander

The location of the Chinese Expeditionary Force's dressing was finally chosen in the Ardennes area, because the traffic conditions in the Paris area really did not allow an army of 20 people to enter.In order to cope with the attack of the German army, the French are now constantly increasing their investment in the front line. Even if the French women have reached the point where they sell their sex for a piece of bread, they will not change in the slightest.

This surprised Wang Zhenpeng, who followed Zhu Zhixin to inspect French military equipment and logistics. His latest appointment has been made, the deputy chief of staff of the First Division of the First Army of the Expeditionary Army and the colonel director of the Armament Department.Well, I'm in the same unit as Jiang Zhongzheng, who is working hard right now.

Wang Zhenpeng is still very satisfied with his new job. The units below the Armament Department of the First Division, including the logistics regiment directly under the division headquarters, and the armament and logistics units above the battalion are all under his responsibility.It is worth mentioning that, according to Wang Zhenyu's request, all the military uniforms of the expeditionary army were required to be replaced with the style of the French army. The only difference from the French army was the steel helmet with big ear brims exclusive to the main assault force of the youth army.This hat has been proven to be very useful during the War to Protect the Nation. This time, Wang Zhenyu was generous with Britain and France, so he did not hesitate to distribute one hat to each of the 23 expeditionary troops.This hat proved to greatly reduce the casualties of the squadron in the subsequent war, and then the British and French troops also placed orders for similar products to China, which made Wang Zhenyu's Chinese military industry a small profit.

However, during this refitting process, the industrial gap between China and the European powers was still reflected.At least the Chinese army doesn't have gas masks. Who would have thought that the great powers have already played war to this level.

On April 4st, the entire outfit change was finally completed. Marshal Fuxi, who had just been promoted to the chief of staff of the French Army, brought a group of senior generals of the Allied Forces and a large group of translators to the station of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force. At the request of the Allied Powers, they will inspect this army from the far east on behalf of the Allied Forces.You must know that in order to arm such an army, the Allies spent almost 1 million pounds back and forth. If it turns out that this army is parallel imports like the Indian Ah San, then this money will be spent too much. I hope these yellow skins The Chinamen are indeed as brave and good at fighting as those guys from the Far East Military Observer Group said in their telegrams and reports.

The first impression left by the Chinese Expeditionary Force on Marshal Fuxi was not good, because Bai Chongxi, the supreme commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Force introduced by the translator, was actually a young man in his 20s.No matter how you look at it, it is a bit of Chinese nepotism. You must know that Fuxi is already over 60, and Bai Chongxi is at most one or two years older than his grandson. This age can command the final scale to reach 40 Wan's Chinese Expeditionary Force?At this moment, Fuxi completely forgot that His Majesty Napoleon, whom the French missed for 100 years, was only Bai Chongxi's age when he became famous.

Preconceived ideas kill people, and Petain, who accompanied Fuxi to review the Chinese Expeditionary Army, discovered Fuxi's bad mood.Pétain is the most controversial figure in French history. He was a patriot and a hero during World War I. He was a traitor during World War II. However, he secretly supported Charles de Gaulle’s Free French Movement and even secretly ordered the African colonies to be stationed. The French army surrendered to the Allies, exposing the German ass.After the war, Pétain was sentenced to death without saying a word in the trial court, and then de Gaulle pardoned the [-]-year-old historical figure in spite of everyone's opposition. Pétain finally died of illness in prison. Later generations sighed.

It is worth mentioning that, unlike Foch, who advocates the supremacy of offense, Petain is a representative of defensiveism in the French military, which makes his promotion speed as slow as that of a French snail.When the First World War broke out, Petain was only a Brigadier General.If it weren't for the damn German guy, Petain probably wouldn't be a French field marshal in this life, and the best ending for him would be an honorable retirement. Who made him, like de Gaulle, always sell things that everyone couldn't accept.People will definitely not die if they don't do it. . .

It was the season when spring rain was as expensive as oil. After a brief exchange of greetings with all the senior generals of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force Command, Fu Xi, Petain and the others began to inspect the expeditionary force on behalf of the Allied Powers.

Today, all the officers and soldiers of the First Division of the First Army of the Expeditionary Army were ordered to accept the inspection. Twenty-five thousand energetic soldiers wore legal uniforms and steel helmets with big ear brims, standing neatly on the muddy open ground. No one whispered, and the scene was surprisingly quiet.What surprised Petain even more was that although these straight Chinese soldiers were about the same stature as the French soldiers and were not tall, they were different from the rumored famine in China. , and the figures are very fit inverted triangle.Moreover, in addition to the standard equipment of the French army, these soldiers are also equipped with engineering shovels and pickaxes, and they all seem to be masters of civil engineering.

"Your Excellency, Chief of the General Staff, these Chinese Communists seem to be full of fighting spirit. I think the Germans on the opposite side will suffer." Petain still couldn't help but praise in public.

Fuxi was very dissatisfied when he heard this, and before the translation started, he retorted loudly: "It's just that the queues are more orderly. Are you also blocked by us and can't go any further? Show your fists and legs."

Fuxi was still very conceited and didn't signal the translator not to translate it, so Bai Chongxi's face turned livid with anger, this old man is going to die!

Chapter 329 Expeditionary Army ([-])

Bai Chongxi took a deep breath. As a native of Guangxi, he still knew more or less what the arrogance of the French was. After all, the legend of Feng Zicai's resistance to the French still existed.So Bai Chongxi didn't like the French, especially the self-righteous old French man like Fuxi, which made him very disgusted.

"Dear Marshal, I don't think I need your comment on whether my soldiers are predators or embroidered legs. The damn Germans on the opposite side will have a deeper feeling than you." Maybe because I have lived in Europe for seven or eight months, Bai Chongxi lost a bit of Chinese euphemism and added a bit of European straightforwardness. He unceremoniously contradicted the annoying old man Fuxi, Chief of the General Staff of the French Army.This frightened Zhu Zhixin, who had just become the chief of staff of the expeditionary army, and hurried to pull Bai Chongxi's clothes, but it was obvious that Bai Chongxi didn't give his chief of staff any face.

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

The configuration of the expeditionary force is very strange. In theory, according to the latest military committee system, the commanders of each service are appointed and dismissed by orders issued by the Ministry of National Defense.And how to fight the army is not decided by commanders, army commanders, and division commanders. They only have the right to make suggestions and issues. All military action plans are formulated and decided by the staff departments of military command organs at all levels.After the youth army has undergone many reforms, the entire army has become more like a large modern enterprise. The chief of staff is the chief engineer of the enterprise and has the highest power in the use of technology, while the soldiers have become workers and the officers have become foremen. , The head of the regiment and the head of the division became the director of the workshop and the director of the factory.And at the commander level like Bai Chongxi, they become general managers with nothing to do. Their responsibility is to sign a bunch of production plans formulated by professional and technical personnel. It doesn't matter whether they understand it or not.This may be a kind of sadness for the army's No. [-] chief after the nationalization of the army.

But this is obviously not the case in the current expeditionary army. Although Bai Chongxi is the youngest, he is the most powerful. Although a general from a non-directed family like Zhu Zhixin has served as the chief of staff of the expeditionary army, he does not look like a chief of staff. It's a political deal.First, Zhu Zhixin is not good at strategy, and this one is not from a regular professional background.Second, Zhu Zhixin doesn't even have a good command of strategy, because the commander Bai Chongxi is not good at map operations, and he can do all the tasks that a staff officer should do.So Zhu Zhixin's chief of staff turned out to be a decoration, but the role of the staff department would not disappear because of Bai Chongxi's strength. After all, the expeditionary army also used the military regulations of the youth army.Therefore, the Wuhan side thought over and over again, not only to send a professional military staff officer to control the general staff of the expeditionary army, but also to prevent Bai Chongxi's family from dominating.We must also pay attention to the suitability of this candidate to avoid repeated power struggles with Bai Chongxi in the end.

In the end Wang Zhenyu sent three people to Europe Jiang Baili, Zhang Xiaozhun and Guo Songling.Among them, Jiang Baili served as the deputy chief of staff of the Expeditionary Army and the chief of staff of the First Army, Zhang Xiaozhun served as the chief of staff of the Second Army, and Guo Songling served as the chief of staff of the Third Army. The military rank is the same as the division level.

Among the three, Guo Songling was an accident. This person was originally Feng Guozhang's military staff. During the War to Protect the Country, he made strange moves for Feng Guozhang many times. It became a useless move, and Guo Songling, who was still hurt, kept blaming herself for this and had slight self-doubt.After he was captured together with Feng Guozhang and other senior Beiyang generals, Bai Chongxi, who admired him greatly, visited him in the prisoner-of-war camp in Nanjing and told Guo Songling the truth. Lead an army if you have the ability, don't engage in conspiracy and tricks, everyone will practice alone on the battlefield."

Bai Chongxi was said to be in a good mood at the time, but he was not angry. Instead, he smiled and said, "Hehe, conspiracy and espionage are part of the war. You didn't lose to conspiracy and espionage. You were on the wrong team and wasted yourself for nothing." It's all about..."

In short, the final result is that after the chairman of the National Government Huang Xing issued an amnesty order 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 others also knew that they would no longer have the opportunity to lead troops after returning, so they didn't say anything more, they just encouraged Guo Songling a few words and boarded the ship.

Guo Songling was later signed and recommended by Bai Chongxi to enter the first crash course of Wuhan Continental University, where he studied the staff major.However, after only half a year of study, he was named by Bai Chongxi to work in the General Staff Headquarters of the Expeditionary Army and also served as the Chief of Staff of the Third Army.This can be regarded as the mark of Bai Chongxi's family. Although Guo Songling himself does not think so, everyone still stubbornly judges this way.

Marshal Fuxi apparently did not expect that the young Chinese general in front of him would be so proud and characterful, and he seemed to be quite capable, but he, a stubborn French old man, did not have the habit of bowing his head casually to young people, unless This young man has extraordinary talents.

"Really? I'd be really interested to see you and your lads beat up the bloody Germans instead of being cleaned up by the bloody Germans. Besides, I think you and your It’s better for the young men to obey the unified command of the coalition forces, lest you soon know how cruel the war is.”

Bai Chongxi did not answer immediately, because it was difficult to answer. In fact, not only the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, but also the American European Expeditionary Force under the command of Pershing was spared the same problem, that is, the issue of command authority.I still remember that at the last coalition meeting, the Yankee Pershing, who the British and French politicians and military strategists did not like when planning.In front of British Prime Minister Lloyd George and French Prime Minister Clemenceau, he stated that the U.S. military must have an independent combat direction, and he must independently command the U.S. military in operations.After finishing speaking, he walked away in a huff. As a result, Britain and France had to agree to the US military's independence on the battlefield.

Thinking of this, Bai Chongxi, who is not convinced by anyone, has to admire the foresight of Wang Zhenyu, a handsome man.The commander-in-chief seems to have calculated the calculations of the British and French powers early on, and directly declared that the Chinese European Expeditionary Force must have an independent command and combat direction when negotiating troops, and the coalition forces have the right to issue combat missions to the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, but How to accomplish that is the business of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, and has nothing to do with the coalition forces.

Marshal Fuxi made this request again on such an occasion, which obviously violated this agreement.

Bai Chongxi raised his head and replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Dear Chief of the General Staff, I think I have to emphasize once again that the Chinese European Expeditionary Force Command has the agreement to command all its troops. What we have to face together now is a powerful Germans, any break of promise won't help us beat them. So I hope the agreement remains in place and we'll be friends forever."

Petain saw that the two were about to turn against each other, so he quickly interjected: "All the agreements are still valid. Our chief of staff is also worried about you, and he doesn't want to seize your command power. Please don't misunderstand this point anyway, please firmly believe it. We are brothers and friends standing in the same trenches . . . "

On the way back to Paris, Marshal Fuxi continued to complain: "These Chinese people don't seem to be as reliable as those lazy Yankees. I really don't know how those idiots in the cabinet gave them so many benefits. Give them back their independent command."

Pétain has recently been secretly interviewed by Prime Minister Clemenceau several times, and plans to recommend himself as the commander-in-chief of the French army next month. At this time, Pétain has nothing to do with Foch, a stubborn old man who is completely to the left in terms of military views. Favorable, he choked Fuxi with a direct sentence: "Then let's go back now and take back the command of this army. Can you ensure that the more than 20 Chinese who have been armed will obey the command?" Mutiny, mutiny or something?"

Fuxi was choked on the spot. He suddenly remembered that this group of Chinese expeditionary forces seemed to be different from those Yankees. This army seemed to be not an army of the Chinese central government, but a local army. Strictly speaking, , itself a rebel.Let these damned Chinese rebels and Germans go to work hard, and don't worry about it. . .

Fifteen kilometers away from the headquarters of the Expeditionary Force in the Ardennes area, the Sixth Division, headed by Zhang Zizhong, gave all officers and soldiers a two-day holiday after completing the change of equipment.Although they have only been in France for less than a month, these boys have discovered that the girls here are not only beautiful but also easy to get used to, and a piece of bread can be exchanged for a night of love.

The Expeditionary Army Command seems to have foreseen the emergence of this situation long ago. After all, they are fighting far away from home, and the overly strict military discipline does not apply here. This kind of cover made of natural rubber can prevent soldiers from contracting damn skin diseases when they have sex with French girls, which will lead to a decrease in combat effectiveness.It is said that this was created by Marshal Wang Zhenyu and Nanyang overseas Chinese businessmen, Chen Jiageng, the current Minister of Industry, and it is more than 20 years earlier than the original condom in history.The logistics support work has achieved this step, which is really full of human glory.

Chapter 330 Expeditionary Army ([-])

Zhao Yanbin, Ma Wenyuan, and Xia Liqiu are all soldiers of the Sixth Division of the Second Army of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force. At this moment, they are getting up from the bellies of their respective French mistresses and preparing to report back to the army. The three-day holiday is gone in a blink of an eye. It's really unpleasant to think about it.

The three belonged to the first squad of the third battalion, the fifth company, and the 61st regiment of the sixth division. Among them, Zhao Yanbin was from Xinyang, Henan, a sergeant in the army, and his position was the deputy squad leader. The youth army, which belonged to the kind supplemented during the war, was then assigned to the recruit battalion as a squad leader as a veteran.This person is introverted and doesn't hesitate to talk too much, but he is very righteous, so everyone respects him very much on weekdays.

Ma Wenyuan is from Anqing, Anhui. He is 20 years old this year. He is bold and cautious. He likes to chatter a lot. He is stout. This is the first guy in the whole camp to pick up a French girl. Speaking of which, he has been in France for a few months. He can't even speak a word of French, and everyone really doesn't know how he overthrew the French girl.This Ma Wenyuan was also very cheerful, and he demonstrated it in public. He first lifted a piece of bread, and then pointed to his own bottom, which made the whole class burst into laughter on the spot.

Xia Liqiu's situation is different from the two. He is only 19 years old this year from Changsha, Hunan. He looks gentle, but his body is very strong.It is said that before joining the army, he was a student of Hunan No. [-] Normal School. He liked to engage in literary and artistic creation. After joining the army, he kept a diary every day. Ma Wenyuan often joked about this and asked him if he also wrote the content of having sex with French girls in his diary Go, Xia Liqiu's attitude towards this is basically the same, no bird is like a bird.

It's just that these three eccentric personalities have become good friends, and they have also carried guns and prostitutes together. This is probably beyond the imagination of many people.

"I said how did this holiday pass so quickly?" Ma Wenyuan said with a yawn, it seemed that he worked overtime again last night.

Zhao Yanbin shook his head and said, "What's the rush, as long as we can survive, is there any shortage of vacations like this?"

Xia Liqiu nodded to express his approval: "What do you think the German guy on the other side looks like? Can we fight?"

Ma Wenyuan laughed loudly and said, "What else can it look like? It's just two arms and one head. What are you afraid of? I'm really afraid that I won't be able to fight, so I hide behind my brother. I'm not afraid of these Germans."

Xia Liqiu was not to be outdone: "Who's afraid, you take a good look at it, I will definitely kill a few Germans to show you, the political instructors have said that the Germans are not good birds, they will lead the Eight Kingdoms in the Year of Gengzi When the coalition forces entered Beijing, they committed burning, killing, looting and everything. Now our country must defeat these Germans if it wants to rise.”

Zhao Yanbin interrupted Xia Liqiu in a low voice: "Xiao Xia, just listen to those lip service words, don't take them seriously, the first thing to do on the battlefield is to protect yourself, and the second is to kill the enemy. This kind of thing is different from training, I participated in the second battle in Hubei and Anhui last year. I didn’t feel scared when I didn’t experience it. Alas, when I was under shells and when I was charging, it became very difficult to breathe, so don’t think about anything It’s so beautiful, the two companions who came out of Xinyang with me were killed in Chaohu.”

Ma Wenyuan made an excuse: "Didn't the battalion commander of our battalion come to France more than half a year earlier than us? I heard that the cannons of the German guy are much stronger than those of the Beiyang Army. I guess this battle was terrible. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have worn a condom. Maybe that French chick will have a baby for me."

The three of them chatted one after another and returned to the Sixth Division's garrison, although the attitude of the expeditionary army was to turn a blind eye in terms of private life.However, military discipline is still very strict. If anyone dares to miss the holiday, no matter who they are, they will be shot dead by the order of Zhang Zizhong, the big devil.

The 25-year-old Zhang Zizhong is undoubtedly a legend in the youth army. At this time last year, this kid was still a prisoner of war in Hengyang.As a result, relying on the appreciation of Wang Zhenyu's good brother Lu Diping, in a short period of one year, he successively served as battalion commander and regiment commander, and then because of his excellent performance in the Ma'anshan blockade.In this expeditionary army, Zhang Zizhong was even appointed as the division commander and the rank of major general. Such a promotion speed is very rare when the entire youth army system is becoming more and more stable.

He is neither from the teaching team nor an old member of the Tiger Brigade, and even his backer is Lu Diping who joined the group halfway.The only thing Zhang Zizhong could rely on was his own ability. After the Sixth Division of the Expeditionary Army was handed over to Zhang Zizhong, he took care of him in a submissive manner. The military discipline had become extremely strict.During the training, whether it is live ammunition shooting or civil engineering work, it is strictly forbidden to go through the process. If anyone's shooting fails to reach the standard number of rings, I'm sorry, what is waiting for you is the continuous nighttime emergency assembly of the entire army.Zhang Zizhong personally checked and accepted the civil work, if the depth and width did not meet the standard, if the fortifications were not strong enough.Then I'm sorry, Zhang Zizhong's bad temper will break out, he will whip people with the whip in his hand, and when it's over, he will let you dig again, and he will not be allowed to eat or rest if he does not meet the standards. . .

From top to bottom, the Sixth Division feared Zhang Zizhong far more than the enemy. They would rather face the enemy's bayonet than face the division commander's horsewhip.

On the other hand, Zhang Zizhong was still very concerned about ordinary soldiers, and strictly prohibited officers from corporal punishment and abuse of soldiers at will, although he himself beat and kicked the officers below him at every turn.For sick soldiers, Zhang Zizhong also strictly forbids them to continue to exercise, and often goes to the health department of the division headquarters to visit the wounded and sick, and ask for their health.And after every seven days of high-intensity training, Zhang Zizhong will not hesitate to give the soldiers a three-day holiday. As for whether you are sleeping or playing with women, Zhang Zizhong generally doesn't care.But every time before the holiday, Zhang Zizhong would warn his soldiers with a tiger face: "If you grandsons dare not wear condoms during zuo'ai, if something goes wrong when you come back, I will cut your penis. "The result was naturally a burst of laughter from the soldiers.

In addition, Zhang Zizhong also paid great attention to the soldiers' diet and nutritional supplements. He even went out to hunt in person to provide extra meals for the officers and soldiers.

All these things, although young, Zhang Zizhong's personal prestige was unceremoniously established in the Sixth Division of the Expeditionary Army.This also made Zhang Zizhong one of the four great tiger generals of the expeditionary army (the so-called four tiger generals refer to Xia Wei, Ye Kaixin, He Yingqin, and Zhang Zizhong. Among them, Xia Wei is good at attacking, Zhang Zizhong is good at defending, Ye Kaixin is good at both offense and defense, and He Yingqin is good at sending out surprise troops).

Ma Wenyuan was whipped by Zhang Zizhong because of laziness in training. It felt hot, and the most important thing was the sense of humiliation. Zhang Zizhong has become a father-like existence in everyone's eyes. That would be a shame.So after getting through the braids, despite Ma Wenyuan's carefree personality, he trained very seriously, and his bayonet fighting skills were the best in the battalion.This kid has a low center of gravity, a stable foot, and a thick build. It is said that he could easily overturn a cow in the countryside. His explosive power is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

Although Xia Liqiu was born as a student soldier, he also learned a unique skill in training, that is, shooting. For ordinary targets, he can shoot casually within a straight line distance of 100 meters, no matter how he hits.

Zhao Yanbin doesn't show his mountains and dew his water, but this Henan native has two very special abilities.One is to run fast, and the distance of 100 meters can be easily passed in only 11 seconds.The second is to throw a grenade. At a distance of 60 meters, the grenade is more accurate than the grenade, basically referring to hitting that.

The excellent individual ability also made the fifth company the backbone company of the third battalion, and was always on the front line in the subsequent battle against Germany. . .