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In Paris, several off-road vehicles are driving smoothly on the streets, and the strange shape of the cars makes passers-by on both sides can't help but look twice, but that's all. For people during the war years, anything but life was a luxury, and even the French, who were once romantic, are now much less interested in luxury goods such as perfumes.

"I'm sorry, General Cai, I couldn't get you a grand welcome ceremony..."Sitting beside Cai Yi, an official sent by the French government said apologetically.

"It's nothing..."Cai Yi smiled very gracefully. Extraordinary times, understandable..."Cai Ye said and looked out of the car window, through the window, you can clearly see the scenery on the street. "Speaking of which, this place seems a little more deserted than the last time I visited..."

For Cai Ng, this official is very appreciative, after all, the etiquette and demeanor shown by Cai Que in front of him can be described as impeccable, so his conversation with Cai Que has always been relatively pleasant. "No way, in times of war, you can't compare it with the past...", the official said through gritted teeth. Blame the damn Germans..."

"Don't worry," Cai smiled, and then looked out the window at the deserted street. It won't be long before we can defeat the Germans ...

"yes, it won't be long," he said, and a mysterious smile appeared on the official's face.

Noticing this, Cai Yi's heart moved, and he felt that this was probably related to the content of Yan Shaolai's telegram. However, since they let themselves come here just to sue themselves about this matter, then Cai Ye naturally has no need to be too eager...

Thinking of this, Cai Ye became calm and idle again, and his eyes turned to the car window. Admire the exotic architecture outside.

In Cai's view, Paris is indeed a beautiful city, and it is, at least in this period, as 'old Paris'. Paris is still a beautiful city. Instead of nearly a hundred years later, the city that is so far from imagination that many tourists suffer from the 'Paris syndrome'...

The so-called Paris syndrome is a mental illness that arose in Yan Shao's time. The main patient is Japanese, and the cause is a mental illness caused by the huge difference between the real Paris and what Japanese tourists know about in Paris. Symptoms include nausea, insomnia, convulsions, indescribable fear, low self-esteem, humiliation, and persecution paranoia, and even suicidal tendencies.

In later generations, the Japanese have loved Paris for a long time, but in fact, it is not only the Japanese. Many countries consider Paris to be a romantic and fashionable metropolis. What attracts the Japanese is Parisian elegance, fine French food, and luxury goods such as Louis Vuitton bags. Most of the 28ooo Japanese expatriates in France live in Paris, and millions of Japanese visit Paris every year.

The problem is that a hundred years later, the real Paris is different from what many people imagined. Akira Hasegawa, a Japanese tour guide who has been working as a tour guide in France for 15 years, said: "The tourists I receive are often particularly disappointed in Paris. They thought that Paris should be clean and that Parisians should be polite and friendly. The result is quite the opposite......... What they were looking forward to was old France - full of images like Jean? Gabin and Alain? Someone like Delon. ”

At the same time, the locals in Paris are very unfriendly, and in Japanese stores, the customer is God. In Paris, however, the salespeople largely ignored them. The locals you see on the bus or subway all look grim, and the bag snatchers will also increase the negative feelings of tourists.

Of course, this refers to Paris a hundred years from now, at least in this era Paris is still a beautiful city. And because the gap is too big with imagination, there are suicidal tendencies, which is more or less related to the mental fragility of the Japanese ...

It's just that neither Cai Yi nor the official next to him know. In two years' time, this beautiful city will be threatened by German artillery fire...

'Paris Cannon'

One of the most famous cannons in history, with a range of more than 100 kilometers, could send shells directly to Paris.

But in fact, the caliber of this thing is only 21omm, which can only be considered a large-caliber artillery. And with a system weight of up to 375 tons, the shells that can be projected weigh only more than 12o kilograms, which is not particularly powerful ...

And the impact points are scattered 12o kilometers away, so that aiming is already meaningless, and it is completely a matter of luck. Such weapons can only be used as a deterrent weapon, nothing more ...

Even the more famous 'mostly pulled cannons' later. Although it has a caliber of 8oomm, it can project shells weighing 7 tons, which can be called infinitely powerful. But considering the weight of more than a thousand tons, plus thousands of operators, to be honest. Although it is really shocking to use, it is better to build a few large bombers and equip them with 1o tons of aerial bombs than to build such things―――――― British once built a 1o ton slam bomb in World War II and blew up an elevated railway of the Germans...

Although it is certainly not as powerful as this kind of giant cannon to use, at least it is convenient to use, and it does not require thousands of people to operate, let alone more time to set up the cannon...

There was that time, which was enough for a group of bombers to go back and forth several times.

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After a period of driving, the convoy finally arrived at its destination.

At the stairs of the destination, several military generals and government officials had been waiting for a long time. It's just that compared with the smiling faces of those officials, those generals have a sneering face...

"Alright, Mons...", seeing that his companion still looked sarcastic, the other general standing beside Mons said helplessly. Anyway, these Chinese saved Verdun after all ...

"Without them, Verdun wouldn't be able to hold on...", Mons said disdainfully when he heard his companion's words. In the eyes of many judicial officials, even without Cai Ye and his expeditionary force, Verdun would have been able to hold out until the arrival of reinforcements, so Cai Ye's title of 'Hero of Verdun' is not worthy of the name at all...

Apparently. The general, Mons, had the same attitude.

"Who knows..."Seeing his companion like this, the general was a little helpless. But you have to admit that Verdun was captured by the Germans in one day three outer lines, and if it were not for the timely arrival of those Chinese, I am afraid that the fourth line of defense would have been difficult to hold. And in addition to the Chinese expeditionary force of the Chinese, the closest reinforcements to the fortress also took three days to arrive, and without these Chinese, no one dared to guarantee that Verdun would really be able to hold it..."

Hearing the words of his companion, the general named Mons was a little unhappy, but he couldn't refute it. Because that's exactly what happened.

As if to see that his companion was unhappy, the general continued. "Okay, don't keep a straight face, and besides, isn't this time what you want..."

"That's right—" As if thinking of something, a smile appeared on Mons' face.

As the commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the general of the 6th Army of the Chinese Army. At the same time, he is also known as the 'Hero of Verdun'. Originally, Cai Jie's coming to Paris to participate in the award ceremony should have been done with great fanfare, at least it should be more lively, so that the people could go to both sides of the street to greet them―――――― in terms of Cai's influence in France, there was no need to even mobilize, just tell the time to those people, and the citizens of Paris would run over to greet them.

However, the French government feared that if the Germans found out that Cai and Petain had come to Paris, they would take advantage of their absence to attack. So I didn't do what I said above.

Of course, this is official, because there is some truth, so Cai Ye and Liu Guangyuan and others also accepted it.

But in fact, one of the main reasons for this is the strong opposition of the French side. The French were already very proud, and now let a foreigner come to Paris to receive such an honor, how can those French generals who have long been jealous of it stand it.

Eventually, under the influence of these people, plus some influential people within the French government, what should have been a huge welcome ceremony turned out to be like this.

Although Cai Ye guessed a little. But I didn't pay much attention to it.

As for Petain and Leonard, they are completely harmed by the pond fish―――――― since they didn't even get a welcome ceremony for Cai Yi, it is naturally difficult for Petain and Leonard to get one alone, wouldn't that expose their intentions obviously.

Although the French are reluctant to let Cai Ye be in the limelight, they are not brainless to this point after all. Now the Entente is losing a mess on the Eastern Front. On the Western Front, too, it was at the stage of stalemate, when the help of the Chinese was most needed, and at this time to offend the Chinese, even if you just think about it, you know that this is not a good idea ...

But in the final analysis, for China, whether it is Britain, France or Russia, there is a sense of superiority and contempt, although China's national strength is now much stronger than in the past, and even not inferior to many European powers, but after so many years, the view is not something that can be changed in a short period of time...

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After Cai Ye arrived, the ceremony of awarding the medal was not immediately held.

After all, this kind of thing always needs to be prepared a little more, even in times of war, and it can't be hastily held. However, when it was nightfall, Cai Ye got a special invitation...

When he arrived at his destination, he appeared in the room, not only Petain and Leonard, but even Xia Fei, who was supposed to be in the headquarters...

"General Xia Fei, how can you..."

Seeing that Xia Fei was actually here, Cai Ye was somewhat surprised, after all, it stands to reason that Xia Fei should be in the General Headquarters at this time. Compared with his appearance, there is nothing unusual about the lieutenant generals and major generals in that room...

"I have to come..."Maybe it's because Cai Yi saved Verdun and also saved Xia Fei, so Xia Fei's attitude towards Cai Ye is very good." I'm sure you already know something from the President of your country, for example, that you are invited to Paris not just for the sake of the honour, but for other things..."

"That's right." Cai Yi said slightly. "That's true, but I don't know what it is..."

"Big deal..."Xia Fei sold a pass, and Cai Ye was not in a hurry to ask.

About half a minute later, Xia Fei led the group to a map in the room, on which were drawn some shapes of the Allied and Allied powers on the battlefield on the Western Front, and countless red and blue arrows appeared on the map. Let people see at a glance the shape on the battlefield on the Western Front...

Seeing that Cai Ye focused his attention on the map, Xia Fei said with a smile. "I believe the general also knows that at the moment the shape of the Western Front has froze, and in order to win, we must break through the German defenses. Push the show to the Franco-German border..."

Cai Yi nodded, because of the position, in fact, Cai Ye, like Yan Shao, hopes that this war will be fought as tragically as possible. Because the more weakened the Europeans, the better their chances of rising...

However, due to the nature of a soldier, he still conducted some research. So it's clear. If we want to get out of this situation, we must solve the current impasse...

Otherwise, if it keeps dragging on like this, neither the Entente nor the Central Powers will be able to afford it―――――― of course, this has nothing to do with China. After all, China was only responsible for sending expeditionary forces to Europe to participate in the war, and the flames of war did not burn on China.

Moreover, with Britain and France bearing most of the military expenses of the expeditionary force, the financial pressure on the Commune government was not very great. So for China. On the contrary, the longer this war is fought, the better...

Of course, such a thing should never be said in front of the French...

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Cai Ye is a smart person, and at this point, he has more or less guessed something.

"What does the general mean is that your country is planning a big battle?" After a deep groan, Cai Yi asked softly.

A hint of appreciation flashed in Xia Fei's eyes, he really liked the young general in front of him. Therefore, he bowed slightly. "Yes, we have reached a relatively unanimous opinion with your country and with Great Britain, that is, to start a major battle to break through the German defenses and push the front back to the Franco-German border..."

Saying that, Xia Fei continued. "Inviting the general to come this time, of course, awarding the medal is one of the things, but the most important thing is to take the opportunity to discuss this battle with the general..."

A slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Cai asked with a smile. "Cai and the expeditionary force are mainly responsible for the direction of Verdun, could it be that the general wants to launch a counteroffensive in Verdun?" Cai Ye didn't think that Xia Fei would choose there, he had more or less guessed some of Xia Fei's intentions in his heart.

"Of course not..."Xia Fei shook his head. A slight apology flashed in his eyes. "The purpose of inviting the general this time is to have your expeditionary force join this campaign and attack together with our country and the British allies..."

"Sure enough..."Cai Ye said secretly in his heart.

He had long guessed that the French wanted to transfer the expeditionary force from Verdun, after all, the honor of holding Verdun could not all be handed over to the Chinese. Now that the Chinese have eaten meat, they can't even leave the soup and water to the French, right?

Now it seems. The French were going to take back the soup.

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Now that he has understood, Cai Ye doesn't plan to beat around the bush with Xia Fei and them, and he said straightforwardly. "I wonder who your country intends to appoint as the commander of the Verdun region after the departure of the expeditionary force?" After all, after staying there for a long time, Cai Ye is still more concerned about the problems there. Forget about the rest, in case the French send a second cargo over...

At present, although Verdun's shape is relatively stable, it can't withstand the toss of a second goods.

Seeing that Cai Ye said it so straightforwardly, a trace of shame flashed in Xia Fei's eyes. After all, Verdun was guarded by others, and although it was French territory, it was more or less ......... to take it over like that But this time the shame quickly disappeared from Xia Fei's eyes without a trace.

In fact, there have long been many people in the French government who are dissatisfied with a Chinese being called a 'hero of Verdun', and this time Cai Gong and their departure is not not to solve this problem. Otherwise, even if Xia Fei is the commander-in-chief of the French 6th Army, it will be difficult to withstand this pressure...

"We have decided that General Petain and General Leonard will be in charge of the combat mission of Verdun..."

It's just that when they walked out, the faces of the two were more or less uncomfortable.

After being in Verdun for so long, they have always had a good relationship with Cai Yi, and now that things have become like this, they naturally feel a little uncomfortable.

However, when he heard that the successors were Petain and Leonard, Cai Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

He is still more at ease with Petain and Leonard, after all, he has been fighting together for several months, and he has always been very relieved of the ability of these two people, Leonard's words may be worse, but in Cai Yi's opinion, Petain's ability is absolutely no problem. Now that these two people are in charge, he can rest assured―――――― at least he doesn't have to worry about any second goods coming out and ruining Verdun's good shape...

So after the last bit of worries were removed, Cai Ye walked to the map hanging on the wall and took a closer look, and only after half a ring did he turn his head to look at Xia Fei and the others.

"I don't know where you plan to start the battle, so let me think about it as a breakthrough point......... It can't be the Somme..."

Hearing Cai Ng's words, Xia Fei and the others changed color, if it weren't for Cai Ng's special identity, I'm afraid they would have already done it. However, looking at their expressions, a smile appeared on Cai Ye's face.

After half a ring, ignoring Xia Fei and the others who were looking at each other, Cai Ye turned around and looked back at the map behind him and muttered to himself.

"The Somme..."