1890 King of Southeast Asia

Europeans have a high repetition rate of names, including celebrities, because their names are almost fixed.

Whether it is the Latin language or the Germanic language, there are fixed words for the first and last names. For example, the crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was called Ferdinand, and their ally, the Bulgarian Tsar, was also called Ferdinand.

Today we will meet the third Ferdinand.

Ferdinand Foch, at this time, was just a little-known French general. After the outbreak of the war, he was ordered to form the Ninth Army.

Originally, the Ninth Army was just a new force formed by the reserve according to the mobilization order, and it was not taken seriously. Even if it was formed, it was likely to serve as a reserve and logistics team.

Joffre's original plan for the Ninth Army was to exist as an occupation force. To put it bluntly, the main force on the front line had to advance, and there were not enough troops left to maintain the occupation, so the Ninth Army went to maintain public order.

According to convention, the troops used to maintain order in the occupied areas generally belong to the second-line army, and this is the case with the Ninth Army.

However, in the fourth week of the war, the situation changed dramatically.

The French army was defeated on all fronts. Although they were retreating in an organized manner, these withdrawn troops had to be deployed to new fronts immediately.

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For example, the Second Army, which had just retreated, had not yet gained a firm foothold and had not been supplied, and immediately had to go to the north line to organize defense.

For a while, Paris was extremely empty, and the Ninth Army, which was originally unpopular and stationed in the suburbs of Paris, became popular.

For example, now, the commander of the Ninth Army, Ferdinand Foch, received an order from the commander-in-chief Joffre to set up a training ground.

Although Foch didn't understand why there was still an exercise at this time, he also knew the situation and didn't ask about it. Instead, he started to set it up obediently.

"Marshal, the venue has been set up, 2,400 targets, placed in an offensive formation." Foch was busy all afternoon. Fortunately, the Ninth Army was newly built and had enough targets, so he didn't waste time looking for them everywhere.

"Are the machine gunners you were asked to prepare ready?" Joffre looked at the document by himself, which was the machine gun tactics Liang Wen had given him.

"They are ready and on standby outside. They are all the best machine gunners in our army." Foch said, stepping aside slightly.

"Let them arrange the machine guns in this way." Joffre glanced up, nodded slightly, and threw out a piece of paper.

There were some patterns scribbled on the paper. Foch could probably understand at a glance that it was a rough sketch of the position.

What puzzled him was that this position was completely different from their current position.

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At present, the field position they built was probably a breastwork, built with soil, bricks, wood and other usable things, and it was almost straight.

But the position that Joffre drew on the paper was crooked, not only concave as a whole, but also with countless staggered positions in the details.

The machine guns were concentrated on both sides, and there were only four on the inner side of the convex sides.

"I understand. I'll arrange it right away." Even though he didn't understand, Foch didn't ask any more questions.

Obeying orders is a principle that an officer must understand.

What do you mean the superior's order is wrong? What if the superior knows it, but must do it?

Have you seen the assembly? Many people in the sacrificed company were killed. From the overall perspective, their sacrifice was necessary to attract the enemy and facilitate the main force to mobilize or retreat.

But from their personal perspective, it was different.

They all fought all the way through the Anti-Japanese War. They finally climbed out of the sea of ​​blood and corpses. Facing an absolutely irresistible enemy, the superiors withdrew the surrounding friendly troops and left them to die. Is it fair?

The reason why battlefield disobedience is not tolerated is that such behavior is very likely to disrupt the overall layout, and then lead to the failure of the battle or even the war.

For example, during the three major battles, the bald man's troops were not weak, but the various military leaders below did not listen to the command and conserved their strength, resulting in the disconnection of the troops.

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Bang bang bang bang...

Twenty machine guns fired at the same time, and the sound came from all directions, which was very harsh.

But when these sounds reached Xiafei's ears, he felt for the first time that the sound of machine guns was so pleasant.

Five minutes, just five minutes, the smoke produced by the rapid firing of machine guns has become visible to the naked eye, and the crooked targets in the training ground tell of their achievements.

"Marshal! This..." Foch looked at the training ground in surprise.

Twenty heavy machine guns were deployed on the two-kilometer-long position, and opposite them were more than two thousand human-shaped targets, distributed in an area three kilometers long and five hundred meters wide.

The layout of the targets was basically based on the offensive formation, with companies as units, and dispersed.

The advantage of this is that while forming a local force advantage, the overall force is dispersed, which can disperse the firepower of the defenders and reduce the difficulty of attack.

It is not difficult to defend. If Foch is given a thousand people and both sides are equipped with equal equipment, he is confident that he can hold on for a week, but it is not certain how much casualties can be caused.

"It's done. A total of 1,863 targets were hit, of which more than 370 were torn to pieces."

"Marshal, the era of attack is over?" Foch said in a mysterious tone while holding the final result.

On the battlefield, the enemy is definitely not like a target, people will hide, but so what?

This is just a five -minute battle. How many people do you have to kill if you play all day?

"This is just an infantry weapon. The cannon can easily solve it. You are the commander of the group army. Don't show such emotions." Xia Fei looked at Fuyu dissatisfied.

"Yes!" Fuyu stood straight.

"The importance of machine guns is greater than we think. The target is made of wood and paper. A bullet is hit, not to hit the branches, and it will not fall down."

"At least one thousand targets fell on the shooting field, indicating that at least half of them had more than one bullet."

"This is just a twenty -tall machine gun, it is really terrifying lethality ..." Xia Fei looked at the stack of files and looked at Dongfang again.

"No matter what you want, as long as you don't threaten France, I will stand on you." Xia Fei looked at the distance.

In that direction, less than two hundred kilometers, the Germans were striding forward and approaching Paris quickly.

And farther, to thousands of kilometers away, the country that had not participated in the war sent him this vital tactic, and had not had to pay.

friendship? Who believes and unlucky this thing.

"Pei Dinan, all the machine guns in the warehouse are handed over to your group army, arranging the position in this way."

"You have two days, setting up the position along the Marian River, as long as you can find it, the machine gunner will all belong to the Ninth Army."

"My requirement is one. Two days, in the east of Paris, a defense that can block the Germans is related to the victory of war."

Xia Fei looked at Fuyu.

"Marshal, only our group army? Most of our group army are recruits, and there are no advantages in the number ..." Fuming's claws.

Yes, this is a good opportunity to face, but coexisting with opportunities is risks.

Once the Ninth Army failed to keep it, from his blessing, until the soldiers of the Ninth Army, they would become sinners of the country.

This is what he can't afford.

"So, who can I use?" Xia Fei was silent and said.

Fuyu opened his mouth and stunned where he opened his mouth.

It wasn't until he heard this that he knew that the form had been eroded.

Xia Fei, the highest commander of the French army, has to use the second -line troops for key battles.

"Marshal, the Germans will not pass through the line of defense of the Ninth Army, unless the Ninth Army has disappeared." After a while, Fuyu talked straight and said firmly.

"Don't worry too much, just keep for forty -eight hours, the Fifth and Sixth Army can free up and launch an attack on the wing of the Germans."

"There are British, forty -eight hours, and climbing should be climbed over." Xia Fei saw this comfort.

He did not want the Ninth Army to send it to death. This is the nearest army he can command. It ’s really finished. Who will defend Paris?

That's right, Xia Fei has prepared for the lane war in Paris. At this time, the French people also had the courage to fight a guard in Paris.

Especially the goal is the time of the Germans.

The father and grandfather of these two generations of French people happened to be the generation of humiliation in the Pugs War war. Hate Germany's thoughts and kept pouring them in their brains since childhood.

Just like in history, our grandfather and grandfather mentioned the Japanese, especially the soldiers.

"This document comes from Nanhua. The level of confidentiality is a top secret. You go down to see yourself. Except for you and your group army chief of staff, the rest are not allowed to contact."

"This is the tactical manual that I can use immediately, including how to build new positions, how to arrange machine guns, how to cooperate with shooting, etc."

"I have sent it to print. Tonight, there will be 2,000 copies to your group army. Hurry up, we don't have much time."

Xia Fei deliberately annotated the original white version of the file, and gave Fuyu a small book, which was part of the information he organized.

"South China? South China Empire? The emerging country of the Far East?" Fuyu took the document in surprise.

Nanfa has a good relationship, but in terms of specific contact, there are not many people who have contact. Fuyu has been in an embarrassing situation that is not invisible and has never been in contact with Nanhua.

Of course, his car is also made of South China. As a soldier, he chose not a car, but a "off -road car".

The car is great -this is one of his few impressions.

"It is them. We have a twenty years of alliance with the South China Empire. He is our traditional allies."

"They are fighting with the Japanese now. In the past few years, South China has paid more attention to development and ignored military construction, so they have trouble."

"This document is their confidential documents. The French do not speak like the British. If the file is leaked, it is a blasphemy for the glory of France."

Xia Fei nodded gently.