Back to the Republic of China as a commander

"Yezheng, I'm so annoyed. The current situation doesn't seem to be going in a direction that is beneficial to us. Cao Zhongshan, Wu Ziyu, and Feng Huanzhang are now letting Lu Jianzhang play tricks on them, and they are all concentrated in Baoding Mansion The army, it seems that we have the upper hand in this battle, but I really don't know what to do. You know, the third division and the No.11 division are elites in all battles, and they are by no means newly organized by us to participate in the battle. The army can take care of it." Duan Qirui, who is quite deep in the city on weekdays, finally spit out the bitterness that has been brewing in his stomach for many days to Xu Shuzheng, his confidant.

Xu Shuzheng's brows were frowned subconsciously. Speaking of it, it was his own ineffectiveness that caused the current situation.Facing the aggressive direct lineage a few days ago, Xu Shuzheng still thought after much deliberation that he should carry out a beheading operation to suppress the opponent and avoid the civil war in Beiyang. Only in this way can he go all out to complete the unification.The head to be beheaded is naturally not Cao Kun. Although this old boy is the current nominal boss of the Zhili, if the Zhili's idea is all taken by this old boy, the Zhili doesn't have to worry about it.Therefore, the one who really deserves Xu Shuzheng's effort to get rid of is none other than Lu Jianzhang, the leader of the direct military division.

The operation went very smoothly. Lu Jianzhang was tricked by Xu Shuzheng into the Tianjin Military Salary Preparatory Office of the participating army. According to the plan, he was to be killed on the spot.However, an accident happened during the action. The moment Xu Shuzheng's guard aimed his gun at Lu Jianzhang, a bullet shot from outside and hit the guard impartially.Immediately afterwards, someone threw a grenade in, Xu Shuzheng's other guards hurriedly dragged Xu Shuzheng, and then suddenly a group of people climbed over the wall and started a scuffle with Xu Shuzheng's guards.In the melee, Lu Jianzhang survived a catastrophe and was rescued by these unknown people. Xu Shuzheng was also killed and wounded nine guards.After Lu Jianzhang narrowly escaped death, he was determined to make trouble with the Wan Clan, and the conflict between Zhi Wan and Wan Clan never ceased.Thinking of this, Xu Shuzheng was very angry, but because he did this without telling Duan Qirui, he didn't dare to speak out.All I can do now is to comfort Duan Qirui, and then cheer him up to tide over the difficulties.

"Mr. Duan Zhi, don't think too much about this matter. If you fight against the outside world, you must first secure the inside. Now that we have reached the point where we cannot unify without balancing the lineage, let's hold our breath and fight. After the fight, we will go south." I can feel at ease."

Duan Qirui shook his head: "Going south, it's easier said than done? How strong is the army in the south that it can fight against the Germans? Did you read the telegram at noon today? Our Minister Hu Weide told us in black and white Well, the Southern Expeditionary Army helped the French wipe out more than 30 German troops in one go. You must know that the German Army is the most powerful existence in the world. Can our Beiyang really defeat those southern troops and unify the country? "

Xu Shuzheng gritted his teeth and said: "I don't know the specific situation, but the combat effectiveness of the southern army was obviously improved after being armed by Britain and France. If they are really strong enough to easily wipe out hundreds of thousands of armies of great powers, then we They should have been wiped out during the War to Protect the Nation. Mr. Zhi, we can no longer hesitate now, we just want to take advantage of the opportunity of these hundreds of thousands of expeditionary troops in Europe to complete the unification of the whole country, and wait for us to defeat the Nationalist Government in Nanjing Afterwards, no matter how strong these expeditionary forces come back, they can only accept our adaptations, and not only will they not harm us, but they will become part of our national defense force, and we don’t have to be afraid of the Japanese and Russians in the future.”

Duan Qirui's eyes lit up, but he said sadly: "It's not easy, let's get rid of Cao Zhongshan and the pig-like idiots first, it's already at this time, we Beiyang still don't forget our internal strife."

When Xu Shuzheng heard this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. . .

On May 5, in far away Europe, in Paris, the capital of France, leaders from the Allied Powers gathered together to celebrate the great victory.Hu Weide, the Chinese Minister to France, was also invited, and for the first time, he was placed on the rostrum. This was the most elated day for Hu Weide since he served as the Minister to France.Both the British Prime Minister Lloyd George and the French Prime Minister Clemenceau personally came to hold the hand of the Minister in France and walked to the rostrum, which made the Japanese diplomats very dissatisfied, and secretly scolded these Westerners for being too practical .

The politicians of these allied countries are not realistic. The wars of the past three years have exhausted everyone's mental strength and mental strength. Millions of people were killed and injured, a large amount of supplies were wasted, and a huge amount of money was spent like running water.Among other things, just this time, blind cats led dead mice to arm hundreds of thousands of Chinese and transport them to Europe to fight. It cost about 30 million pounds, of which [-] million pounds was an interest-free loan that was repaid [-] years later. , This is still a loan, it is completely free.

"Gentlemen and ladies, the good news I just received is that the coalition forces under the command of our Marshal Pétain have just recovered the Principality of Luxembourg, and once again severely damaged the damned Germans!" Prime Minister Clemenceau's loud voice echoed throughout the banquet hall sounded.

Everyone at the scene spontaneously gave out cheers and applause. Not far from the banquet hall was the Champs Elysees. Hundreds of thousands of excited French people flooded the streets to celebrate the victory of the Verdun counterattack.From time to time, fireworks rise into the sky and bloom, and the whole Paris is immersed in a festive atmosphere. . .

At the Wuchang Grand Wharf in Wuhan, Tang Shaoyi, Secretary-General of the Government Affairs Council of the Nanjing National Government, took her son-in-law Gu Weijun and daughter Tang Baoyue off the ship with a lot of frustration.For the world, the political center of the unified South China is Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, but for Tang Shaoyi, a high-level figure in the national government, the political center of South China is definitely Wuhan.The highest power is not controlled by Sun Wen, the nominal chairman of the national government, but has always been firmly controlled by Wang Zhenyu, a soldier.However, Tang Shaoyi, who had served as the prime minister of the Beiyang government, was fond of Tang Shaoyi. This Marshal Wang seemed very open-minded. At least he was different from Yuan Shikai, who liked to exercise power in those days. He basically did not intervene in financial and personnel issues in Nanjing.Generally speaking, as long as the struggle of the various factions in Nanjing remains within the scope of coexistence, this person will not make a move. However, through the matter of Wang Jingwei, everyone knows that Marshal Wang has a temper. Once he makes a move, there is no room for it.In this way, although the Nanjing National Government did not have much decision-making power on military and diplomatic issues, the government was relatively independent in other departments.

The difference from history is that Tang Shaoyi was recommended by Xiong Xiling to work in the South and found that the market in the South was bullish, and at the same time there was a shortage of diplomatic talents.For example, when discussing cooperation with Britain and France last year, it was actually Wang Zhenyu who came out to discuss cooperation in person, which opened the eyes of Tang Shaoyi who participated in the negotiations at that time.This government is led by Xiong Xiling to form a cabinet, and its power even exceeds that of the previous Hu Hanmin government. After all, both the Tongmeng faction and the Guangfu faction have now chosen to accept the cabinet led by the Progressive faction.Moreover, it is said that Xiong Xiling was also the benefactor of Wang Zhenyu when he made his fortune, so in terms of the army, Xiong Xiling's cabinet is also very supportive.In view of this, Tang Shaoyi wrote to her son-in-law Gu Weijun without hesitation, asking him to resign as the Beijing government's envoy to the United States and return to Nanjing to serve.Speaking of which, Tang Shaoyi's son-in-law was also snatched by himself. It is said that when Gu Weijun was very young, his first father-in-law, Zhang Hengshan, could tell from his face that this son-in-law must be extraordinary in the future, so he took advantage of his ignorance and ignorance. At that time, the son-in-law was settled, but he never got married. In 1912, Gu Weijun was introduced by his father-in-law Zhang Hengshan when he returned to China after receiving a doctorate in law from Columbia, and went north to meet Tang Shaoyi.Tang Shaoyi was the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the time, and Gu Weijun became a third secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under Tang with the qualification of studying in the United States for a doctorate.As a young man, he met Tang Baoyue, Tang Shaoyi's daughter.Gu Weijun's handsomeness quickly touched Tang Baoyue's heart.Since then, the two have been inseparable.Later, Zhang Hengshan finally learned of his love history with Ms. Tang, his old face turned yellow, and he wrote a letter to Tang Shaoyi berating Gu Weijun, asking Tang to send Gu back to Shanghai.Tang Shaoyi was furious after reading the letter, and immediately called Gu to a reprimand and ordered him to return to Shanghai immediately.Although Gu was unwilling to leave Beijing, he couldn't bear the reproach of his conscience and the persuasion of relatives and friends, so he had to pack his bags and prepare to go south.Miss Tang immediately found out about the matter, and ran in front of her father crying, "If the child cannot marry Wei Jun, he must cut his hair and become a nun!" The father must intervene in this matter.At that time, Tang Shaoyi had been promoted to be the Prime Minister of the State, and she always felt that she should not rely on her own power to snatch other people's son-in-law, so she refused.Ms. Tang still didn't give up. In order to demonstrate and intimidate, she ran to Baiyun nunnery outside Beijing, and asked someone to inform her father that she had chosen a date for hair loss, but Tang Shaoyi still ignored her.Seeing that this plan failed, the female childe tried another plan. She went back to the city and asked someone to inform her father that if she didn't agree to her request, she had to go to Bada Hutong (a district where prostitutes concentrated in the old Beijing) to do business and hang up her current job. Gold signboard of Miss Prime Minister Rose.This sap really knocked Tang Shaoyi unconscious.He immediately invited his daughter back and announced "unconditional surrender".He sent a telegram to He Fenglin, Songhu Guard (Commander-in-Chief of the Garrison), asking him to take charge of Gu Weijun's divorce.As a result, He Fenglin happily took away the divorce letter, and Zhang Hengshan sighed: "I can only look at the face, not the heart." Soon he died of depression.Zhang Run'e lost all her thoughts and prayed to Buddha during the long fast, and lost her hair in the Lujia Guanyin Hall.Zhang Mou lost his hair, so Tang Mou can no longer be a nun.Less than a month after He Fenglin sent the letter of divorce to Beijing, in 1913, Gu Weijun and Tang Baoyue held a large-scale wedding at the Beijing Hotel.When this matter was sent to Wang Zhenyu's desk by the special agents of the Party Affairs Investigation Department, Wang Zhenyu sighed a lot. . .

Chapter 351 Cross-Handling ([-])

Or let’s talk about the reason why Tang Shaoyi and his family came to Wuhan. Without him, it was just that the most powerful Marshal Wang Zhenyu in South China personally summoned them by name.

For a long time, Wang Zhenyu felt that he lacked a loyal and reliable diplomat with real talents.This diplomat is everywhere, but most of them have inherited the unhealthy tendencies of the former Qing Dynasty. When they see foreigners, they behave like pugs in a servile manner.If he just wants to be polite to the great powers, does he, a traveler, need to spend so much time and energy on industrial construction and build a world-class army?Therefore, it is better not to use these so-called veteran diplomats, and it is better to replace them with young and energetic people.And Gu Weijun, who was two years older than himself and left a great reputation at the Paris Peace Conference in history, was obviously the best candidate.

So when I accidentally read the monthly report on personnel changes of the Nanjing government from the Party Affairs Investigation Department, Wang Zhenyu, who saw Gu Weijun's name, immediately asked the attendant to send a report to Tang Shaoyi, secretary general of the State Council, and Gu Weijun, the new director of the Department of Americas of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nanjing Nationalist Government. Go to Wuhan to discuss matters.

These words came out of Wang Zhenyu's mouth lightly, but they caused a shock when he arrived at the Tang family. After all, Wang Zhenyu's status in South China is even higher than that of Yuan Shikai in Beiyang back then, because Yuan Shikai had no control over the army back then. It cannot be compared with Wang Zhenyu.As for the Nationalist Government in Nanjing, this guy who is privately called the Great Warlord also has the highest power, but he basically doesn't use it very much, so everyone's feeling is not so obvious.But there is one thing that Tang Shaoyi, the secretary-general of the State Council, is clear about, that is, after the regular State Council committee meeting every three months, he will go to Wuhan with Prime Minister Xiong Xiling and other members of the National Government Presidium, every three months There was a meeting of the presidium of the national government, and the purpose of everyone having to leave Nanjing was very simple, that is, to accommodate the Chairman Wang Zhenyu who basically did not come to Nanjing in Wuhan.But now this great god-level figure actually wants to meet himself and his son-in-law, and it seems that he is very interested in this son-in-law who has just returned to Nanjing.As the backbone of the progressive department, Tang Shaoyi is now in an important position. Looking at the thriving national government and the increasingly prosperous Nanjing, he also feels a little bit of the so-called prosperity.And all of this seems to come from the great god of Wuhan, so Tang Shaoyi also hopes that her son-in-law can be appreciated by Wang Zhenyu.As for Tang Baoyue, it was because Tang Baoyue was worried about her husband, because it was rumored that this classmate Wang Zhenyu was a very cruel warlord. Although I have never heard of any bad things, as long as it is a warlord, it must be a very, very bad existence. of.So she bravely chose to face this situation with her husband, regardless of whether it is a blessing or a disaster. . .

Since it was not a formal meeting, it was just a private summoning by Wang Zhenyu, so neither Tang Shaoyi nor Gu Weijun came in a very beautiful diplomat's gown, but uniformly in suits.However, the place of summoning was very special. It was not placed in the reception room or study of Donghu Wenlu where Wang Zhenyu usually received guests. Instead, it was placed in the Tianyuan Building, the headquarters of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government.

The construction and decoration of the Tianyuan Place Building was completed on April 4. This 1-acre building was jointly designed by designers from China, Belgium, and Luxembourg. It combines the essence of Eastern and Western cultures and reflects the modern era The highest level in China's construction industry, at least that's what the Political Guidance Department of the Military Commission claims.

May 5 is said to be an auspicious day. After ventilating for a month and a half, Wang Zhenyu took the lead, and the entire Military Commission moved into this building that cost 21 labor to build.It is said that the grade of the Military Commission has also been improved a lot because of this building. At least for the sons-in-law Tang Shaoyi and Gu Weijun who came from Nanjing, this building is much more impressive than the Nanjing Nationalist Government.

What moved Tang Shaoyi was that Wang Zhenyu arranged for his first secretary, Chen Bulei, to pick him up at the pier with two Ford cars, and also arranged for two guards with guns to protect the party.Tang Baoyue was not on the interview list, so even though Tang Shaoyi was already a senior official of the Nationalist Government, Chen Bulei still insisted on arranging Ms. Tang to stay in the newly completed 21st floor, 80-meter-high Yangtze River Hotel.This Yangtze River Hotel is the property of China Development Corporation, with a total construction cost of 1000 million Chinese yuan. The decoration style is all European style. It was one of the fifty old city renovation projects proposed by Wuhan Mayor Wang Zhenbang in 1916.The last time Tang Shaoyi came to Wuhan was in April. In just one month, he was surprised by the changes in the urban area. Many wooden buildings on both sides of the main road have been demolished. Although the new buildings are still laying foundations, the road has been significantly widened. up.But what made Tang Shaoyi feel a little bad was that the road was too wide, and the construction of the underground drainage system was too expensive.The renovation plan of the Wuhan Municipal Government is regularly reported to the Government Affairs Council in Nanjing. Among them, the main road is required to ensure a width of 30 lanes or 20 meters. Wide, and there are bicycle lanes and pedestrian paths.The actual width needs to be added ten meters to this basis, that is to say, Wang Zhenyu, the king of demolition, demolished everywhere in Wuhan relying on the army in his hands.If it is like Nanjing, the current relocation work is not going smoothly, and there are endless disputes over compensation.Tang Shaoyi was also shocked by the planning of the underground drainage system. It is not uncommon to separate water and sewage. It is said that Qingdao and Anjiang New City also do the same. However, Wang Zhenyu attaches so much importance to drainage that makes Tang Shaoyi very surprised. What is the reason why Wang Zhenyu cares about this so much? , It wasn't until he saw Wang Zhenyu's instructions in a document from the Ministry of Construction that he understood and admired them. Just four words: "A century-old plan."

According to regulations, visitors come in through the main entrance of Tianyuan Place Building, which is the south gate. Although Gu Weijun came with his father-in-law, he was unavoidably nervous and uneasy. He asked involuntarily: "Father, who is the Chairman What kind of person?"

Tang Shaoyi shook her head and said: "A genius, but I have never talked to him alone as a father. After Keqiang passed away, he basically didn't come to Nanjing. But don't worry too much, Premier Xiong and Keqiang are both from us. Chairman Wang is the former owner, and Chairman Wang is said to be a nostalgic person."

Chen Bulei seemed to have guessed what these two people were thinking. He smiled and said, "Mr. Shaochuan and your son-in-law (Tang Shaoyi and Gu Weijun have the same name Shaochuan) don't need to worry, the committee appreciates both of you, especially Ling The son-in-law was mentioned many times."

Having said all that, Chen Bulei didn't say any more, and Gu Weijun turned his eyes to the outside of the car after thanking him with a smile. From a distance, he saw a white marble building standing there, like a staircase, low on the outside and high on the inside. Structured.

The south gate they were about to pass through was an eight-meter-wide circular arch. According to Secretary Chen Bulei who was sitting in the front row, the diameter of this gate was 25 meters deep.

According to the rules, the car had to stop 15 meters away from the gate even if the sign of the attendant was hung.Wearing a white military uniform inlaid with gold trim, the young officer of standard stature stepped forward to salute, then took the ID from Chen Bulei very politely, looked through it carefully, returned the ID to Chen Bui after confirming that it was correct, and then saluted again: " I'm glad to see you, Secretary Chen!" Then he waved his hand to let him go, and the soldiers who fixed the sentry immediately erected the horizontal bar and removed the nail belt used to release the tire air.At first, Gu Weijun felt that he was on guard here, but as soon as the car passed the fixed checkpoint, he saw two bunker fortifications, and the dark heavy machine guns were clearly visible.Tang Shaoyi seemed to see her son-in-law's doubts, and introduced in a low voice: "This army is the guard regiment of their Military Commission, and they are all composed of loyal and reliable veterans. Their uniforms are the most beautiful in the army. The guards here are no match."

Gu Weijun nodded. He suddenly felt that many things in this country were getting closer to the West, and some problems could be seen just by the military uniform.

Go through the first doorway and reach the second doorway at a distance of about 50 meters. At this time, Gu Weijun saw the cars parked on both sides and realized the prosperity of South China. You must know that in Beijing, only the first level of the chief For cars, but in the Nanjing National Government, many directors of various ministries have cars, but they are incomparable with officials at the level of father-in-law who are equipped with Ford cars.They are all equipped with domestically produced "Zhonghua" cars produced by the Shanghai Automobile Factory, and the price is only about 2000 Chinese yuan, which is very cheap. You must know that in this period, the monthly salary of grassroots civil servants was 400 Chinese yuan.The government's fiscal revenue in 1917 is expected to reach 40 billion Chinese yuan. Leaving aside the factors of tariff increases, the speed of economic development in the past year is also amazing.We must know that in the past year, nearly 200 million laborers entered Europe through military and labor methods, and at the same time about 400 million laborers entered Guangzhou, Wuhan, Nanjing and many provincial cities and became industrial workers. The previous total was less than 120 million, which is quite amazing.Thinking of this, Gu Weijun couldn't help but agree with his father-in-law's statement that China's development is inseparable from Wang Zhenyu, the actual controller of the national government and the army.

After passing through a doorway about 30 meters long, they were inspected by guards wearing black suits and sunglasses. The group got out of the car and walked through the garden to enter the core of the entire military committee, the Standing Committee Building.Tang Shaoyi and Gu Weijun sat in the reception room 101 on the third floor for a while, and Wang Zhenyu pushed the door in, then shook hands with Tang Shaoyi with a smile on his face, and then shook hands with Gu Weijun, who was not yet 30 years old, and said, "I am Wang Zhenyu, I need someone as young as me, Mr. Gu, to help me..."

Chapter 352

In May, France has already begun to feel a bit of summer. The wind blows from the ground in waves, and the feeling of blowing on people is an indescribable comfort.But in Lorraine, it feels bloody and unbearably disgusting.

After the joy of victory, there is more sorrow from the living for the dead.The commander of the French army, Peden, is really a wonderful person. He knows how hard it is to win this battle.As far as the fighting power of the Germans is concerned, if it weren't for the Chinese general Bai Chongxi who broke the rules and suddenly played a bad battle, it is not impossible for you to wipe out nearly 40 German troops, but you have to spend at least half a year and dozens of yourself. For example, in the Battle of Verdun last year, the coalition forces suffered 70 million casualties, and the German army suffered 50 casualties. The war lasted from May to December.And now?In just two days, 36 German troops were wiped out.However, the price the Chinese paid for this was equally painful, with almost 10 casualties.And if Fuxi was replaced instead of himself, then the final result is likely to be that almost 20 captured German troops wiped out the squadron and successfully escaped.Although Foch advocated offensiveism, in fact what he was least good at was offense, which was proved in the Battle of the Somme.Fortunately, Petain's determination to fight was quick, and the attack order was very detailed and in place, and the Chinese were indeed tenacious enough to fight.Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous. . .

The Chinese have created the biggest miracle since the war began, so after Petain communicated with Colonel de Gaulle (who was promoted by the fire line and did not change his collar badge) who also made great contributions, he issued an order that all prisoners of war and trophies should be returned to the squadron In addition to leaving two divisions of the French army to assist in guarding the prisoners, the rest of the French army followed him and continued to attack Luxembourg. This is a tragedy for the Germans.If it were another French general, such as Nivelle, I am afraid that at this time he would not be busy taking advantage of the Germans to kill the Germans when they were weak, but would be busy grabbing military exploits and then earning a marshal rank for themselves.

But even so, Bai Chongxi simply shook hands with Marshal Pétain who admired him very much and didn't say anything. His demeanor at this moment made Marshal Pétain even more admired.

Marshal Petain naturally didn't have to follow the French army to attack Luxembourg. He accompanied Bai Chongxi and others to visit the battlefield that was being cleaned with great interest.On this battlefield ten kilometers long and three kilometers wide, 20 young lives were permanently suspended. They should have returned to their hometowns to marry and have children and become fathers.But greedy politicians sent them to the battlefield to fight each other, ruining their extremely young life and beautiful future life. . .

Although more than ten hours had passed since the battle ended, the air was still filled with blood and death. The hot weather made the corpses smell very quickly, so they had to be buried as soon as possible.According to the tradition, the French army used their weapons to force the German prisoners of war to participate in the disposal of the corpses, and these German prisoners seemed to know the rules. Tenacious, but extremely docile after surrendering, he will never engage in any struggle to prove how unwilling he is to be captured in order to ask the political workers to forgive him.In the eyes of the Germans, a surrender is a surrender, a prisoner of war is a prisoner of war, and it is right to do what you should do.In World War I, German prisoners of war were still a good job, at least there was no tragedy in World War II where 10 people surrendered to the Soviet Red Army and lived to the end of the war with less than [-].In fact, in a country that emphasizes freedom, the abuse of prisoners of war is likely to be regarded as a scandal.But in countries that don't emphasize independence, killing prisoners of war is not a big deal at all. Disputes over independence and sovereignty will actually arise. We can only say that patriotism has become a fig leaf for political hooligans.A country that ignores even the basic rights of people is in essence just a tool for small groups to steal benefits, and there is no need for it to exist in today's modern civilization.Although there are German prisoners of war responsible for cleaning up, Chinese officers still participate in the collection of corpses, because they are obliged to send every soldier's relics back to the country.And they were worried that these German prisoners of war would be dishonest and steal the relics of Chinese soldiers.

Everyone walked slowly along the battlefield. Although the German prisoners of war worked very hard, there were too many dead bodies. Even the well-informed French were surprised. The record was still held by the British at the Battle of the Somme, where more than [-] were killed on the first day of fighting.In general, even if there are millions of casualties in a battle, if it is apportioned to every day, it will not be much.So so many corpses deeply shocked the French army. These Chinese were so good at fighting and durable. Even Marshal Pétain couldn't help but praise: "We have always underestimated the bravery of Chinese soldiers. In fact, they are brave. Incomparable."

Dismembered limbs can be seen almost everywhere. In some areas where the fighting was most intense, the corpses of Chinese soldiers and German soldiers were even stacked together. There was even a young Chinese soldier covered in bullet holes whose teeth were still tight after death. He tightly bit the arm of a tall German soldier who was stabbed to death by a bayonet, no matter how the center military officer and the German prisoners in charge of collecting the relics tried to tear it apart.Chief of Staff Zhu Zhixin, who stood aside and said nothing, roared angrily, "Won't you use a knife to cut the bitten piece of that damned German guy?"

At this time, Jiang Baili, the deputy chief of staff who was standing aside, was surprised to find that a tear had slipped from the corner of Commander Bai Chongxi's eyes. He never cared about life, all he pursued was continuous victories, and this time he actually cried. . .

As we walked forward, the desolate and sad atmosphere became more and more intense. When we reached the position where the 61st regiment blocked the German army, Bai Chongxi saw the tearful Zhang Zizhong, and blamed the Shandong man for having his arm injured and his forehead wrapped around a white cloth soaked in blood. Weeping almost choked up: "Commander Bai, our Sixth Division is almost wiped out, and the 61st Regiment of Xue Yue, the Guangdong boy, is almost wiped out."

"Cough, cough, Zhang Zizhong, you fart, you are dead, and your old man Xue Yue and I can't die either." Just less than five meters away from Zhang Zizhong, a person suddenly stood up from the pile of dead people. Is that Cantonese guy Xue Yue?Then three more clients stood up one after another, namely Zhao Yanbin, Ma Wenyuan, and Xia Liqiu.The four of them were exhausted from fighting yesterday, and fell asleep lying on top of the dead people. As a result, the division officer who came to inspect them all regarded them as dead people, and directly reported that the 61st regiment was wiped out, making Zhang Zizhong so sad that he died.

In the end, Bai Chongxi lost his composure to Jiang Baili and Zhu Zhi in this rather comic scene: "Release to Wuhan, and request the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government to award the 61st Regiment the Verdun Heroes. These soldiers are the real heroes... "

The first hero team of the Youth Army was born. . .

In the Standing Committee Building of Tianyuan District, Gu Weijun was stunned by Wang Zhenyu's straightforwardness. He has also worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government for several weeks. Appreciation from this great god?Happiness came so fast that Gu Weijun was stunned on the spot.

What Wang Zhenyu wanted was such an effect. He let go of his hand and reminded: "Everyone sit down, sit down, let's chat casually."

Then Wang Zhenyu asked Gu Weijun about his personal situation and work situation, and then started to get into the topic: "That's right, Brother Shaochuan, Secretary-General Ling Wengtang is here, and I invited you here by name, because I lack diplomatic staff around me now." Talent. I need a diplomatic counterpart, yes, a fellow, you understand?"

When Gu Weijun heard the three words of his own person, he suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart. He glanced at his father-in-law, got up and said, "Thanks to Chairman Wang's respect, Gu naturally has no reason to refuse, but he is afraid that he is ignorant. On the contrary, you have missed the chairman's important business."

Tang Shaoyi also hurriedly followed up and said modestly: "Shaochuan is indeed too young, and I am also afraid that he will miss your important event, Chairman, and that would be unbeautiful."

Wang Zhenyu waved his hand and said: "What I want is Shaochuan's youth, Secretary-General Tang. Speaking of which, I am one year younger than brother Shaochuan. So age is not a problem. The key is talent and heart. Actually, It is said that there are a lot of foreign affairs masters in our country, but I don’t even like you. Do you know why? It’s because they can’t keep up with the development of the times in my opinion.”

Then Wang Zhenyu stood up and said: "The times are different. Although our country has not been unified, in the past few years, especially in the past few years, the economic construction of the twelve provinces in the south that we have completed the unification is booming. Social It has also stabilized a lot, and everyone's income continues to increase. More importantly, our army has just won the battle against the armies of great powers such as France and Germany. This is the key to our national strength. But many of our diplomats do not I have not kept up with this change. Now the great powers have weakened a lot after the European War, and we have continued to expand our influence through the east wind of the war. But this is far from enough. I need to gain more through this war. I want Yes, and it is obviously impossible for the envoy of the Beijing government in France to do this, so Shaochuan, I plan to appoint you as the head of the diplomatic delegation of the Nationalist government, and go to Paris to discuss cooperation with the British and French governments and discuss returns. Of course, I will not let you run there empty-handed. Our European Expeditionary Force can be expanded to a size of 50 people. As for loans, weapons, industrial equipment, and industrial technology, I will fight for it. If the Germans are defeated in the future , I also hope to obtain German arms, military personnel and military technical personnel. This is a huge and critical plan, which is critical to whether the current development momentum of our nation and country can continue. Members of your diplomatic delegation must Draw up as soon as possible, and it will include people who are knowledgeable in various aspects. What you have to do is to achieve what they want...

Chapter 353 Chaos World

Three things that did not appear in history changed the direction of history: the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, the second Battle of Verdun launched by the German army, and the Verdun counterattack launched by Bai Chongxi.

This counterattack had a huge impact on the course of the entire war. Marshal Petain commanded 50 French troops and then invaded the Luxembourg area. They lacked supplies, weapons and solid positions. At the same time, the German troops who were ordered by the Kaiser not to retreat were not polite was defeated by the powerful French army, and a hundred thousand German troops who had just retreated from Verdun were surrounded by the French army in the Luxembourg area and surrendered. Ludendorff had nothing to do about it.And France is boiling again, and now everyone firmly believes that under the command of the invincible Marshal Petain, the French army is about to win the final victory, and France will finally be ashamed.

The Germans immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. On the eastern section of the Western Front, 50 elite German soldiers were wiped out in less than a week.And it will not be so easy to form such a large army. It requires a large number of officers, enough weapons and equipment, and enough training time, and all of this will not be resolved in a short time.In this way, the Western Front is equivalent to being broken through! ! !

At this time, Marshal Pétain rushed back to Paris in person and demanded a full-scale attack. It was at this moment that the German army was defeated.However, Marshal Fuxi once again stubbornly raised objections, and his interests were simple. The current strength of the coalition forces alone could not break through the western section of the Western Front.

Pétain shouted angrily: "Then give me enough troops. If I achieve a comprehensive breakthrough from the eastern section, I don't believe that I will enter the German territory, and the German troops in the western section will still be able to stay there."

Marshal Foch convinced the leaders of Britain and France a long time ago. He said proudly: "This is not possible. Now there is no material to support the operation of 50 troops. And Marshal Pétain, you are not good at attacking. I am very worried about entering Germany. You will bury our French army in your territory."