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It's not just Jiang Fangzhen who is thinking about how to fight, Yue Peng, who is far away in France, is also thinking about how to use the power in his hands.

Saint-Dicier, 230 kilometres east of Paris, is an ordinary French town on the banks of the Canal de Saône, and 40 kilometres north of it is the site of the Battle of Verdun's Meat Grinder. Like most European cities, there are quite a few Renaissance buildings and castles. The city, which was supposed to be quiet and cozy with no traces of industry, is now filled with icy steel and rumbling explosions.

The geographical location has made this small city a concentration point for materials and support troops in the Battle of Verdun for most of the year, but as the German army did not achieve its goal in the battle and retreated, this small city that had been noisy for nearly a year saw the hope of restoring calm, Chapter 409 Are you going to the front? But the peace that the citizens had been expecting did not last long before an army from the east woke up.

The barracks had been filled with new Chinese soldiers, the farmland outside the city had been requisitioned, and a French-made 155-mm howitzer, 75-mm rapid-fire field gun, and 37-mm infantry guns had just stepped off the production line, standing quietly in the field, and the mountain slope in front of the muzzle was circled by quicklime with several obvious targets. Major Yan Youbing of the 101st Division, who became famous in the First World War of Jiuliancheng, held the Wehrmacht artillery shooting table and led thousands of officers and men of the 706th and 707th ** Artillery Brigades of the First Expeditionary Force to Europe composed of the artillery and reserve artillery of the 101st Division, the 13th and 14th Divisions to conduct adaptive training.

"Ready."

"Target azimuth 55-10, distance 6500, left and right range 248, front and rear range 70! The stepped preset fortifications were hurried six times. ”

In the cold wind, the first batch of heavy artillery companies that had been trained quickly rushed to the gun position, and quickly shook the handle to adjust the muzzle posture according to the parameters given by the officer. In order to simulate actual combat, not only did they use field telephone contacts during the training, but also dispatched a Haidongqing reconnaissance plane/fighter brought from China, and the artillery reconnaissance squad also brought optical measurement Chapter 409 Are you going to the front line? Distance, artillery compass. The gun emplacements were built with improvised fortifications, and each cannon was hung with camouflage nets brought from the country. The ammunition platoon followed closely behind, and the fuses, shells, and kits were grouped. The command center in the back is completely in a state of actual combat, with mules and horses, vehicles, radio stations, and gun position maps and operation sheets covered with tables.

After adjusting his stance, the soldier quickly pulled the bolt and filled it with simulated shells. Bolts, cannons, and shouts came and went, and even if they didn't hear the deafening explosions, everyone looked serious and didn't dare to slack off. It wasn't until the last shot that the loader stuffed live ammunition. Eight 155 heavy guns burst out in unison, and the huge recoil made the gun mount, which weighed several tons, beat violently, and a high mushroom cloud rose almost at the same time six kilometers away, and the rumbling explosion was faintly heard.

After this wave of firing is over, two companies withdraw from their positions. The officers immediately took out the record book to check in detail whether the gauge on each gun was in place, whether the shell landing point was accurate, and those who did not cross the gun squad were relieved, while the soldiers of the gun squad whose own gun position was crossed turned black, which meant that they had to carry out additional training that was enough to make people so tired that they foamed at the mouth.

Yan Youbing and the officers would never sympathize with these guys, even if many of them were still their original comrades-in-arms, they would also be expressionless! Because he knows it all the more. Artillery is the courage of the officers and men of the Western Front Expeditionary Force! It is the most important support for the infantry to survive! Every artillery piece and every artillery squad must be strictly demanded, and only sweating more during training can reduce the casualties of infantry comrades in wartime.

There is no discount on this!

Several legal ** officers sent to contact sat next to them and watched the training with their feet crossed, and also used a small notebook to record something like Yan Youbing, and discussed a few words from time to time. After this wave of training was over, one of the officers pulled the interpreter and walked towards Yan Youbing, and gestured with both hands to the artillery firing table as if he was begging, but how could Yan Youbing give him this, the Wehrmacht artillery firing table is absolutely confidential! These (the fastest updated) firing tables compiled for different types of artillery are the result of all of Yang Qiu's efforts, and there are not only very detailed calculations of fire delivery efficiency, density, damage, and so on. There are also up to a dozen artillery tactics, as well as core secrets such as choosing different shelling methods at large elevation angles and low angles! Even within the Defense Agency, only the regimental commander can get a detailed shooting table, and in order to prevent leaks, many professional symbols are used instead.

Even if the commander-in-chief promised this thing to France, it would have to be exchanged for at least a few heavy artillery brigades!

Yue Penghe didn't bother Yan Youbing and them to train, let alone care about this kind of red-faced dispute, the coordination of the upper echelons does not mean that the lower levels trust each other, so everyone was told to prepare for the most difficult difficulties before leaving.

Seeing that the legal ** officer was deflated and ran away, Yue Peng also continued to go to the infantry battalion to check. Unlike the artillerymen, the French did not seem interested in infantry training. I haven't watched a training session seriously in a long time. Of course, this also has something to do with the deliberate indiscriminate comparison of the troops when they were there. Now that there are no secret agents, training should naturally focus on individual tactics, tactical coordination, and positioning. In order to simulate the actual battle, he was also fully armed, and he also wore a gas mask sent by Britain and France, even if he was tired and sweaty, and he was not allowed to take it off. Artillery can provide support during the charge and suppress enemy fire. But in the face of muddy conditions and dense trench infantry, the infantry still had to rely on themselves, so tactics and coordination were extremely important. Judging from the summary after the Sino-Japanese war, a well-trained unit can reduce casualties by 20% when conducting a surprise war than an untrained or poorly trained equivalent unit.

But this is only the preparation of the soldiers. From the beginning of the journey at home, he and all the officers knew that the previous experience, command skills, and methods should all be forgotten for the time being, and a good army must learn to adapt to the war, not follow the inertia of war; for these officers, command skills and careful planning are the most important, and only the combination of the two is the only guarantee for how far the Chinese expeditionary force can go.

These are like a mountain on his shoulders, and behind the challenges and opportunities are failures and deaths.

The headquarters was set up in the center of the barracks, and Yue Peng and all the officers and men of the command headquarters provided a more comfortable command for the French army in the city did not look at it, and the more this kind of moment, the more the officers needed to share weal and woe with the soldiers. When he and the guards returned to the command post, it was rare to be noisy and noisy inside, and when they walked in, they saw Ke Shao's guy holding a telegram high and looking excited, and the officers who rushed to it laughed and robbed.

"What's wrong? What's the good thing? ”

"Commander!" After Ke Shao saluted everyone, Zhang Xiaozhun immediately smiled and said: "It was sent by the commander-in-chief, saying that Miss Miao gave birth to a big fat boy for him, and also said that Ke Shao's daughter-in-law also gave birth to a boy!" The two happened to be on the same day. ”

"Okay! I remember you're two boys, right? By the way, everyone wrote a joint congratulatory letter to the commander. ”

"Hehe, I actually want a girl, hey! This mother-in-law's stomach is not angry. ”

"You're going to have to be scared! Bring me the good cigarettes from your private collection. Otherwise, I will never let you go today. ”

The officers laughed and pressed Ke Shao on the table and forcibly touched two packs of good cigarettes. But this kind of laughter made Yue Peng even more worried, as the commander of the expeditionary force, he knew very well what kind of war was going to be fought next, and how many of these faces could finally hold out until the end of the war and return to China? Zhang Xiaozhun saw that he had a mind, took out a cigarette and handed it to him and walked to the side: "Worried about the war? Yue Peng didn't hide from him and nodded, the latter came to the Western Front earlier than him, and knew better how difficult this battle was, especially after personally watching the Battle of Verdun for a few months, the cruel way of fighting with human lives was really palpitating.

But now there is no good way to solve this matter, and we must really use the guns and ammunition to draw experience and lessons. So he put aside the pressure and began to study the current situation with Zhang Xiaozhun. After a while, Shi Xiaolou and Qiu Wenbin also got the news and rushed over, and when the four of them pointed and studied the map, Ke Shao, who was the father for the third time, walked in with a French colonel.

"Colonel Granmaison, I'm glad to see you again."

When Yue Peng stretched out his hand, the interpreter of the army immediately translated the original words. In order to ensure that the language barrier in command would not lead to serious incidents, not only did the Wehrmacht hire hundreds of interpreters from the overseas Chinese in France. They also found many translators from overseas Chinese in Britain and the United States, and Britain and France also mobilized many people who knew Chinese to cooperate, and even Zhu Erdian's son was said to have been recruited and rushed here.

"Your Excellency, as an ally, I don't think we should have any secrets from each other, so I would like you to provide us with a copy of the artillery firing table used by your army!" Like all white people, this French colonel, who is already in his forties and whose skin is still whiter than a woman, has an arrogant attitude, and in his eyes these Chinese are just cannon fodder hired for money. Do you need to be respectful of cannon fodder? It's an honor for their shooting watch to be recognized by the French Army, which is the number one in the world!

"Sorry, can't provide it!"

For this kind of arrogant guy, Yue Peng didn't give a good face at all! The head of the French liaison group picked his nose and eyes from the first day of his arrival. How can you see yourself squarely? If you see the tactics of the 33 infantry tomorrow, the tactics of the armored infantry, and the tactics of combining infantry and artillery, do you also have to give hands-on guidance? Are you kidding!

Yue Peng's cold attitude made Colonel Grammeson's face pale, but before he could speak, he threw a stack of lists in front of him, since he was offended, he might as well be ruthless, anyway, this guy's report is not worth reading, so he pointed to the list and roared: "Colonel Granmeson, please understand!" The Plum Blossom Entente states that we are allies. Not a colonial army! So I need a reasonable explanation! Why are there only two of the five heavy artillery brigades attached to it so far? The first batch of Winchester shotguns and ammunition ordered by our country from the United States has arrived in Marseille for seven days, why hasn't it arrived? Seven of our first nine divisions have already arrived. But only 26 tanks arrived! Artillery, ammunition, truck fuel, and supplies are less than half there! There are only 30,000 gas masks, don't you know that if the Germans attack, this will also be on the verge of gas coverage? And cross these wines and cigars off the supply list. I need weapons and ammunition instead of these things! ”

This roar made the officers and guards watching around suddenly feel comfortable, it has been two months since the first batch of stationing, and these French have not given a good face! "Good scolding! Made, I'm here to save you, so it's good if I didn't let you sacrifice your mother! The officer's chirping made Colonel Grammeson's face turn green, and even if the interpreter didn't speak, he knew it was certainly not a good word.

He didn't expect that because he heard that the skills shown in the Chinese artillery training were very good, he wanted to shoot the watch for reference, but it attracted this scolding. Although he had the heart to reciprocate, Yue Peng was a lieutenant general, and he was just a colonel, so if it was really troublesome, there would be no good fruit to eat, so he had to stiffen his neck and say: "Equipment and ammunition need to be provided to the front-line troops, not piled up in the rear to rot!" ”

Even the overseas Chinese translator could hear the implication in this sentence, obviously saying that the Chinese expeditionary force would not make any effort, and when he looked at Yue Peng and secretly wondered how the general would answer, the latter had already coldly thrown out a sentence.

"Tell Fortch and General Petain that we are ready to go!"

Colonel Granmeson, who was still angry just now, was obviously stunned when he heard this, and only after a moment did he come back and said in surprise: "You are going to the front?" ”

"Yes! But not all of them were the first two divisions to complete their training. ”

"Two divisions are fine, it's better than being lazy here! It's time for these yellow-skinned monkeys to see the blood, and let them know that they shouldn't come! Colonel Granmesson didn't reply, glared at Yue Peng viciously and rushed back to the station with a curse to report the big news. After he left, everyone's eyes were all focused on Yue Peng, and Zhang Xiaozhun asked on behalf of everyone: "Zi'an, have you thought about it?" ”

"Figured it out! The commander asked us to come to fight a piece of the sky for the country, not to eat dry food. Yue Peng clenched his fists fiercely, and ordered with a firm gaze: "Each division will transfer an infantry brigade into two divisions, so that Yan Youbing and them are also ready to fight!" Go tell every soldier. ”

"The war of the son of a bitch is about to start!" ……！！！