When the fighting resumed the next day, the Germans were in some trouble.

The artillery units were indeed in place, but because they had no coordinates, their attack did not seem as powerful, at least not as great as it had been on the first day.

The dense fog continued to appear, which had the effect of obstructing the view, which had little effect on the soldiers of Flequers, who were able to find the direction of the enemy by following the corpses dropped by their companions yesterday. At the same time, because of the overnight supply, both Bing and Demawitz had enough troops to consume.

But the impact was great for the Gough Fifth Army, which had just crossed the Somme, who could not see the position of the Germans and could not defend effectively.

The most critical problem was that although Goff crossed the Somme, he did not blow up the bridge over the river, and the Germans continued to attack almost unhindered.

Goff used every means he could think of to maintain the defensive line, including ordering the gendarmes to form a court-martials squad to execute the fleeing soldiers.

However, the British were already frightened by the German bombardment yesterday, and they did not want to resist, they just wanted to run back, and it seemed that they wanted to swim across the English Channel and run back to England.

So yesterday's scene was repeated, and Hurtier's soldiers continued to advance at a rapid pace, depending on how fast the German soldiers could run.

While the battle for Flequers was raging, and the British and German armies on both sides of the Somme were competing to see who could run faster, there was no fighting in the Reims area.

This made Qin Zhiyuan feel emotional, and he talked to his new wife Julie on the phone, and then Shi Shiran went to breakfast.

"Any news new?" Qin Zhiyuan, who was only wearing a shirt, came to the dining table and sat down and asked Pierre, who was feasting.

"Not really." Pierre swallowed the food in his mouth with difficulty, and replied a little vaguely.

Qin Zhiyuan shook his head and sighed, every time Misha prepares breakfast, Pierre is always this virtue.

Pierre's pursuit of Mischa has no effect, and it seems that Pierre is dead or playing a trick to get away with it. Mischa didn't say anything, and his attitude towards Pierre was no different from before, no matter what Pierre did, it seemed that Mischa was only ready to maintain a working relationship with Pierre.

"Liu Zizheng, where did they go?" Qin Zhiyuan maintained the habit of the Chinese and liked to talk about things at the dinner table.

Pierre still couldn't get used to it, he couldn't keep not answering Qin Zhiyuan's words, so he simply put down the knife and fork in his hand, ready to answer all Qin Zhiyuan's questions before continuing: "Liu's progress is normal, he was in Lasini an hour ago, about 50 kilometers away from Yaluo, and he can definitely arrive before noon." The tank units are slower, they loaded all the tanks on the train until 12 o'clock last night, and now they should be near Susongwa, where they have to change trains before they can go to Yayang, and they should be able to arrive today. ”

The railway from Reims to Sussonva is a less standard narrow-gauge railway, and the Susonva to Yamao is a standard broad-gauge railway, which is caused by the different order of construction, and will definitely be unified in the future, but now the French do not care about replacing the narrow gauge with standard steel rails.

"Is there a reply from the War Department?" Qin Zhiyuan picked up the napkin and stuffed it into his collar and thanked Mixia for sending the rice porridge.

Mi Xia is still Qin Zhiyuan's life secretary, and after Qin Zhiyuan got married, Mi Xia could have applied for a transfer, but Mi Xia didn't do that, and Qin Zhiyuan didn't mean to transfer Mi Xia.

Qin Zhiyuan was used to Mixia by his side.

"It's been sent, and the War Department's reply is that they are communicating, and it is estimated that there will be no results in a short time, but Louis has transferred three divisions from Auxerre and Sanz to serve as our reserves, as if they are the troops of the Tenth Army." Communicating with the War Office is one of Pierre's responsibilities.

For example, the second generation of officials like Pierre also had to charge at the front line in the world war, without any exceptions. Maybe in peacetime, they will be taken care of because of their deep background, but in war, this kind of care is gone, or because of the exemplary role, they have to pay more sacrifices than ordinary people.

Just yesterday in Arras, a fighter plane piloted by Ludendorff's second adopted son was shot down over French territory, and his adopted son was thus ruined in a strange land in a foreign land.

This is the pain that war inflicts on people, and no one is exempt from it.

"Tell the War Department, don't let them transfer the troops of the Tenth Army, I don't need a disgruntled army, send a telegram to Corsica, let them send the reserves over immediately, and if there are no training subjects to complete, then go to Reims to continue the training." Qin Zhiyuan was decisive.

The Tenth Army had just withdrawn to the rear to enjoy the holiday, and their leisure time was not over yet, if they were brought back to the battlefield at this time, then they would definitely have resentment, and Qin Zhiyuan didn't want to command such a force.

Qin Zhiyuan sent a report to the War Department because he wanted to transfer some US troops up, and after such a long period of training, the US troops have completed all the training subjects, and they may not have experience, but they do not lack courage, which is the basic quality of an excellent army.

Perhaps knowing that the Germans were about to launch a large-scale offensive, the United States began to send troops to France at a much faster rate from March, and there were three ports along the French coast for the transfer of American soldiers and their belongings who had been trained from the United States, and these soldiers were basically able to fight, and they arrived in France at the end of March at a rate of 5,000 men a day, and this rate would continue for two months.

For a faster transfer of troops, the Americans wanted to get a part of the French railways. The French did not want to give the Americans this right, but due to the growing tension on the front, Paris was forced to agree on the condition that the United States would provide France with 300 locomotives.

"Okay, I'll go later." Pierre nodded repeatedly, then munched.

After breakfast, Qin Zhiyuan was going to the front line to inspect as usual, and the place he was going to today was the area where the two Senegalese divisions were responsible for defending near Champagne Sallon.

These two divisions are numbered as the 11th Division and the 15th Division in the Foreign Legion, which are said to be Senegalese divisions, but in fact, some of them are from Guinea and Central Africa, Congo and other places, which can be regarded as two mixed divisions.

It doesn't matter, anyway, in the eyes of the Chinese or the French, the little blacks all look similar, and it is estimated that they look the same when they look at the Chinese or the French.

Champagne Salon is about 50 kilometers away from Reims, and Qin Zhiyuan, who took a car, arrived smoothly before noon.

In Qin Zhiyuan's convoy, there are many special vehicles such as command vehicles, communication vehicles, and dining cars, so Qin Zhiyuan dares to leave the headquarters, otherwise, Qin Zhiyuan will leave his post without permission if he leaves the headquarters and goes to the front line.

Now it is different, the progress of science and technology is that everyone can find Qin Zhiyuan at any time, and they will not be mistaken because of this.

In Champagne Chalon, Alex and Jerome were waiting for Qin Zhiyuan, and they didn't dare to snub this famous Far Eastern overlord, plus Foch's reasons, it could be said that they were courteous.

"How's the little ones doing?" Qin Zhiyuan wanted to hear what others had to say about this unit trained by Chinese instructors.

"Unbelievable!" Alex's expression was exaggerated, and his face was full of surprise and praise: "I only heard that the little blacks are undisciplined, they can't even learn to shoot, but now it seems obvious that this is not the case, they are well-trained, disciplined, have endless energy, and at the same time have good personal skills, and their physical fitness is even better." ”

The little blacks are indeed distinctive, and they may not be able to do the work that requires precision, but they are no strangers to combat.

Africans should actually be regarded as a hunting people, they hardly farm, they do not breed, they just watch the sky to eat, if they are lucky they eat meat for several days in a row, and if they are unlucky, they are hungry for several days in a row.

Such a way of life is certainly not new to war, and after a short period of training, it may not reach the level of an elite army, but it is still competent to act as cannon fodder.

Don't dislike the ugly word "cannon fodder", before that, the British and French had been serving as cannon fodder for several years, and in the face of war, no one was noble or not.

"It's good, they're still a little loose and even a little silly at times, but most of the time they can concentrate, and when they do, they're good soldiers, especially when compared to the French troops who have now lost their sharpness." Jerome added.

"How's the obedience and execution?" After last year's mutiny, Qin Zhiyuan paid more attention to discipline.

In fact, this is a taboo topic in the current French army, and almost everyone is silent about last year's "mutiny". Qin Zhiyuan doesn't want to escape, Qin Zhiyuan has always believed that if you want to prevent something, the best way to deal with it is not to ignore it, but to be vigilant at all times.

Alex and Jerome clearly don't think so, and the two of them look at each other, and Alex gives the answer.

"The obedience is not bad, except for a little noisy during the day, the rest of the time does not need to be strictly restricted. As for execution, because they have not yet entered a state of war, it is impossible to evaluate their performance on the battlefield, just in terms of digging trenches, it is very good, fast and good. Alex gave a positive review.

"The management of these little blacks can't be relaxed, they must be strictly restrained, otherwise, they will make a little mess for you every minute." Qin Zhiyuan didn't have much hope for the discipline of the little blacks.

"Okay, we'll take care of that." Alex has a good attitude.

This is actually not the first time Qin Zhiyuan has reminded Alex and Jerome, Qin Zhiyuan has reminded them since their first day in office.

Qin Zhiyuan faintly felt that something was wrong, its size didn't seem to have much effect, although Alex and Jerome agreed, they didn't really pay attention to it, this might cause serious consequences one day.

(To be continued.) )