After three days of organization, the Chinese advisory group was assigned to the Zoaf Corps. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This time, the distribution was very thorough, and the commanders of the entire Zoaf Corps at and above the company level were assigned military advisers, which allowed the Chinese army to penetrate almost every corner of the Zoaf Corps.

Zhang Chi was still a little surprised by this, because not long ago, General Giraud wanted to drive out the forces with the United States, but now he seems to have fully accepted it.

Zhang Chi thought that this might be because General Giraud realized that he had only one way to go, cooperating with the United States.

What Zhang Chi didn't know was that General Giro actually had another intention in doing this: the Zoaf regiment was not actually controlled by General Giro, and it was General Zhu An who really had the command over it, and General Giro's move was actually to use the Chinese advisory group to weaken General Zhu An's military power, so as to achieve a balance between the two and make himself as profitable as possible.

But General Giraud was wrong on this point.

General Giro originally thought that this approach would arouse General Juan's opposition, and then because of the conflict of interest, General Juan would be in the same boat as Zhang Chishi...... If it is analyzed from the perspective of interests, this will indeed be the case, because in doing so, it may eventually empty General Zhu An's command and become a bare-bones commander.

Sometimes, however, not everyone sees things in terms of rights and interests.

General Juan is one of them...... General Juan was a pragmatist, or rather a more long-term visioner than General Giraud, who knew very well that the Zoaf Corps would eventually break away from France no matter what.

This is not only because the French government has promised the Algerians that they will be independent when the war is won...... If Algeria were to become independent, then the Zoaf Corps, as an Algerian force, would of course be out of French control.

Moreover, because General Juan commanded or could be said to control the Zoaf Corps for a long time, he knew very well that the national significance and sense of independence of the Algerian soldiers had become stronger and stronger, and even if France did not have an "independence agreement" with Algeria, France would no longer be able to maintain its status as a colonizer in the future.

Therefore, as the actual commander of the Zoaf Corps, General Juan positioned the Zoaf Corps as follows: it is not a unit of its own, and it is not easy to use them to help him liberate France.

Proceeding from this position, General Zhu An naturally did not care what military power he did or not, what he wanted was that this army could fight, win battles, and drive the Germans out of France.

The arrival of Chinese consultants can clearly help him achieve this goal.

So General Zhu An assigned the Chinese advisers without saying a word, and ordered officers at all levels to cooperate with the work of the Chinese advisers and learn from the Chinese advisers...... However, this was not well executed, mainly because the French officers always looked at the Chinese advisers with a sense of superiority and a critical eye.

"Major General!" General Zhu An warmly welcomed Zhang Chi into his command headquarters and said straight to the point: "Say, how should we start training, I will listen to you!" ”

Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile and said, "General, you are too anxious, our advisors are afraid that they have not all been assigned yet!" ”

General Zhu An laughed and said: "Major General, don't blame me for being anxious, on the one hand, because my motherland is still under the control of the Germans, and on the other hand, I can't wait to see the scene of Zoaf's shame on the battlefield!" ”

Zhang Chi couldn't help but nodded, it should be said that these two points are the hopes of the vast majority of the French...... the "Maginot Line" and the shame of defeat and surrender in more than a month are too heavy for the arrogant French.

"First of all, I have a suggestion."

"Please!"

"Redesign the uniform of the Zoaf Corps!" Zhang Chi said: "Especially the military hat! ”

Zhang Chi has long wanted to say this, and I don't know who designed it, the uniforms of the Zoaf Corps are very exaggerated, to be exact, the uniforms of the French colonial army are a bit exaggerated, they use bright colors to make military caps, and the military caps of the Zoaf Corps are even red, and you can see the target from afar and the head is still the head.

The trousers, on the other hand, are Turkish, with a long crotch, almost no legs, and 32 pleats from the waist, making it very inconvenient to march and fight, especially when doing tactical moves.

This was one of the reasons why the Zoaf Corps suffered heavy losses during the assault on the Marais Line, a uniform that made them easy to target and shoot by the Germans.

"Ugh!" General Zhu An replied with some embarrassment: "That's true, we need a batch of new military uniforms!" ”

Later, Zhang Chi learned that the reason why the French colonial army's military caps used these bright colors was only to make it easy to distinguish: bright red for Algeria, bright yellow for Morocco, and sky blue for Tunisia.

Indeed, it is clear at a glance that one only needs to look at the soldier's hat to know where he is coming from. But the enemy can also spot the target at a glance...... Against the background of desert earthy yellow, these colors are very easy to distinguish.

As for the loose trousers that are difficult to walk, it is in consideration of the customs of the Arabs...... They are accustomed to wearing such pants, which help to dissipate heat in the hot climate of the desert.

These were originally military common sense, and it can even be said that people realized the importance of camouflage and uniforms during World War I, so Zhang Chi sometimes couldn't figure out why the French army had such a "regression".

Thinking about it later, I didn't think it was strange.

The reason is again in the strategic thinking of "complete defense" in France.

For the French, war was nothing more than hiding in the trenches and firing guns, like hiding in the "Maginot Line...... So, does it really matter what color the military hat is? What is the uniform like, does it really need to be considered?

But now it is necessary to think about it, because it turns out that what the Zoaf regiment had to do was not to hide in the fortifications and shoot, as imagined, but to charge the enemy's line with a bayonet.

This shows how terrible a mistake in strategic thinking is, and there is a saying that "a mistake in strategy cannot be remedied by a tactical victory", and this is the mistake made by the French army.

What Zhang Chi has to do is to train this unit, which has grown up under the wrong strategic thinking.

It's a big headache...... If it is good to train new soldiers, the recruits are like a blank sheet of paper in terms of tactical thinking and awareness, while "veterans" such as the Zoaf Corps have many wrong habits that people dare not compliment, and the Chinese advisers have to correct them one by one.