Since there was no other choice, General Zhu An had to agree to Zhang Chi's training plan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, it can be seen that General Zhu An is still a little disappointed in this. To be precise, this is because General Juan has too high expectations for the Zoaf Corps, and he hopes that they can liberate France, especially to give France an international position, but now for practical reasons, he can only lower the level of the army, so it is inevitable that he will be a little disappointed.

Later, General Zhu An realized that his loss was completely unnecessary, because the Zoaf Corps was somewhat similar to the Japanese army in some ways, such as their strong endurance and adaptability, and they also dared to fight and kill...... These may be related to the difficult living environment in the desert area, and the hardship and tiredness on the battlefield are nothing to them, because they have not suffered such hardships and tiredness in ordinary times.

The Chinese advisers who served as advisers in the Zoaf Corps once complained to Zhang Chi that they often saw the wounded soldiers of the Zoaf Corps treating their wounds by themselves, and some of them even had broken hands and feet, and they bandaged them with clothes or rags that they could find nearby.

What is even more unimaginable to the Chinese advisers is that they seem to take all this lightly.

This is actually understandable, it should be said that the Chinese soldiers at this time were similar, and those who grew up in a difficult environment were generally not as cowardly and timid as those who were pampered...... It can also be said that pampered people cherish their lives more: there is still a good life waiting for them to enjoy, and of course they are reluctant to die.

With these foundations, the rest of the things are easy to do, and the next training is nothing more than to take the right steps over and over again to cultivate their sense of cooperation and obedience, and the subjects of marksmanship are just going down...... The French army was already trained, and this was not something that could be refined overnight, especially if you wanted to become a sharpshooter, you had to have a mathematical foundation and be able to calculate offsets, which was very difficult for Algerian soldiers who had barely attended school.

More importantly, Zhang Chi believes that this is not very important to the Zoaf soldiers: the Zoaf Corps only has infantry and artillery, so if it wants to play a greater role on the battlefield, it can only choose to fight at night like the Japanese army...... Only in night combat can the enemy's advantages in tanks and fighters be weakened as much as possible, especially in this era when most fighters and tanks have no night combat capabilities.

Since it is a night battle, the target is either invisible, and if it is seen, it is likely to be in front of you...... Such a fight has less to do with marksmanship, but more with firepower, luck and reaction speed.

But there is one thing that Zhang Chi will never let go, that is, the infantry and artillery coordination of the Zoaf Corps.

As mentioned before, under the guidance of the strategic idea of "absolute defense", the French army may not have much other equipment, but there are a lot of artillery, and the performance is quite good...... For example, the M1929 type 155 plus howitzer has a range of 17 kilometers, while the range of similar artillery in Germany and the United States is only about 15 kilometers, and there are others such as M1927 and M1932.

This seems to be normal, "absolute defense", defense must have artillery, just like in World War I, fighting is almost synonymous with artillery warfare, and every day is artillery bombardment.

And the range of artillery is again very important for artillery battles...... Because this meant that their artillery had the advantage of "I can hit you and you can't hit me" for the enemy's artillery, France basically did two things after the First World War, one was to dig trenches, that is, the Maginot Line, and the other was to produce artillery.

If there is a third thing, it is to combine artillery and the Maginot Line.

This is definitely an advantage for the Zoaf Corps, especially if there is to be a night battle, this artillery and artillery battle is essential.

In this regard, Zhang Chi's approach is to train artillery personnel of the Zoaf Corps, with an emphasis on artillery observers...... Artillery observers are equivalent to the eyes of artillerymen, and whether they are qualified or not directly determines the effectiveness of bombing.

The previous approach of the French army was simple, they directly used French soldiers as artillery observers.

This seemed to be possible, and there were no communication problems, since the officers of the artillery unit were also French, and the Algerian soldiers were only responsible for firing the shells as ordered.

But there are still many problems.

"To be honest, we don't trust the French!" Cook said to Zhang Chi.

A native of Algeria, Kukyi served in the French army as a staff officer of the Third Army of the Zoaf Corps...... In order to be able to firmly control the military power in the hands of the French army, the main posts were all held by the French, and the Algerians only held the deputy positions to facilitate the transmission of orders.

Cook said as he gestured: "You see, our soldiers are charging towards the position in front, and our artillery is behind them...... The artillerymen didn't know where the shells would go, they all told us by the French, and we fired on their orders, but what if the shells hit our own heads? ”

Zhang Chi couldn't help but nodded.

This is not a fabrication made up by Cookey, but it happened in the attack on the Marais line...... On a high ground eleven kilometers from the coastline, Algerian soldiers rushed to the high ground to engage the Germans in fierce hand-to-hand combat, and when the Algerian soldiers were about to retreat, the sound of artillery rang out, and the shells blew up the Germans and Algerians who were fighting on the high ground.

Later, I listened to the explanation of the French that it was the artillery observers who made a mistake in the data, and those artillery observers were not even punished but were commended.

Anyone who understands knows that the French did this on purpose, and the French officers did not care about the lives of the Algerians, and they would not hesitate to kill the Germans at the same time as the Algerian soldiers.

The short-sightedness of the French officers can also be seen in this aspect: they only look out for immediate interests, but not for the longer term...... They did not know that the "crisis of confidence" that arose within the army was far more terrible than that of the Germans.

Not to mention the rest, although the Algerian soldiers at this time were forced to cooperate with the French army, they did not dare to let go of the charge, because they feared that such a thing would happen again.

"What if I let you have your own artillery?" Zhang Chi said.

Cook couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then smiled half-sadly and half-happily: "This is impossible, the French will not agree!" ”

"I'll take care of the French side!" Zhang Chi said: "You only need to answer me, can you!" ”