1890 King of Southeast Asia

Xu Sunming arrived in the Mediterranean in late July, but just as they were about to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar, their ship was intercepted by the French.

Soon, the news that Gibraltar had discovered mines reached Xu Sunming's ears. It was not difficult to clear the mines, and a channel could be made in half a day, but the French said that Xu Sunming would not continue to take the ship.

After all, the only tool the Germans could use to lay mines was submarines. Since they could lay mines in Gibraltar, it would not be difficult to hit the ship with two torpedoes.

Although there were destroyers escorting, who could guarantee it? The British hoped that the members of the observation group would be sunk by German submarines, which might speed up the progress of China's joining the war.

But the French did not want to take risks. What if China thought that Britain and France did it on purpose? Why did they think so? Someone in France proposed this proposal, but it was rejected in the end for confidentiality reasons.

The French were afraid of being guilty, so they asked Xu Sunming to dock on the south coast of France and then take the train to the north.

The French would not let Xu Sunming go to Gibraltar no matter what, so Xu Sunming had no choice but to accept the French arrangement and land in Marseille.

After landing, Xu Sunming and his party were warmly received by the French, and the banquet lasted for a whole week.

Those members of the observation group who had studied abroad or conducted inspections were fine, at least they could cope with it, but those officers trained by China could not stand the romance of the French.

In the end, they could only stay at home to prevent those unsatisfied French ladies from doing anything unsightly.

Marseille is one of the busiest ports in France. It became even busier after the war began. Colonial troops from India, Morocco, Africa, East India and other places landed here.

Even the Russians landed here. At the request of the French allies, the Tsar agreed to send an expeditionary force to France. At present, the Russian 1st Special Operations Brigade is being formed, and the landing site is also in Marseille.

Marseille has changed from an ordinary port city to a huge barracks.

However, the French obviously did not have much energy to effectively manage this large barracks, and could only maintain order in the core rich area.

Marseille gave Xu Sunming a bad impression, chaos and division.

After nearly ten days of talks with the French in Marseille, they almost reached a cooperation intention, and then Xu Sunming began to officially go north.

After that, he went to the Marne River, where only a group of messy positions were left. He wanted to go to Verdun, but he did not take a suitable train.

The Germans maintained their offensive in Verdun, not only frontal suppression, but also air suppression and small-scale troop infiltration. The route was not safe, and the French did not agree to let him go to the front line.

Finally, he came to the Somme River, and he must see what the battlefield looked like.

Then, he was allowed by the British to visit the front-line headquarters, but was forbidden to move forward.

The front-line headquarters was already very close to the front line. If he went a little further, he would enter the striking range of the German front-line artillery.

If Xu Sunming died in the Somme, the British didn't know what would happen, but it would definitely not be a good thing.

Xu Sunming could only take a step back and proposed to meet a soldier who had experienced combat, preferably an experienced soldier.

"Sergeant Eric, let me introduce you. This is General Rawlinson, the commander of our 4th Army Group, Lieutenant General of the 6th Army."

"This is the head of the Huaxia Empire Officers Delegation, Lieutenant General Xu Sunming, who once studied at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich. This time he came to support our just war."

Colonel Walker, the chief of staff of the division, saw that Eric didn't speak and thought he was scared, so he quickly stepped forward to ease the situation.

"Hello, Sergeant Eric." Seeing this, Xu Sunming walked out of the crowd, saluted Eric, and asked.

Lieutenant General Rawlinson stopped Colonel Walker, who wanted to continue interrupting, with a look.

The situation of the war was very bad, and it could not be hidden from the Chinese. The British did not want to hide it from the Chinese. The Western Front alone was thousands of kilometers long, and tens of millions of people from Britain, France and Germany were fighting. How could it be hidden?

However, Britain believes that China will make the right choice. The Germans have been locked in the ground. They only need to consume slowly and they will always fail.

Just like the Chinese treat the Japanese, the only difference is that the Germans have a richer family background and stronger combat effectiveness, and then what? Nothing.

As long as the Germans cannot break through the British and French defenses and achieve a strategic victory, the Germans can only be at a disadvantage.

The interests are here. Rawlinson does not believe that the Chinese will choose the Germans. The only difference is when the Chinese will join the battle.

If the Chinese want to fight for their interests, they will always have to pay a price. It is impossible to say that they will not pay anything and just take a name to get a lot of benefits, so Rawlinson is not worried at all.

The only ones who are worried are those politicians, especially the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

"Hello, General!" Eric returned the salute, looking a little flustered.

After all, generals generally don't salute him.

"Sergeant Eric, what is your position? How long have you been on the battlefield?"

"General, my position is a squad leader. When the war started, the expeditionary force came to France. I was the first expeditionary force."

"What do you think the battlefield is like?"

"General, please forgive me for not being able to answer this question. The battlefield is very complicated and I don't know how to describe it."

When it came to the second question, Eric got stuck.

He felt that he had a lot of words to say. There were a lot of things to say that Ron, Carl, Tony, and Rick all the dead came in his mind, and he couldn't say anything.

"It doesn't matter, we all know that the form of war is being manifested in a way that has never been seen before. It should be difficult."

"But I believe that heroic soldiers can overcome these difficulties."

Xu Sunming said not only Eric did not believe it, but he didn't even believe himself. None of the entire command room believed.

"General, the war is cruel. It took many people around me, but as you said, we will eventually overcome difficulties and win the victory of war. I am convinced of this."

"I didn't talk nonsense. I have played with the German guys for more than a year. At first, their offensive was very violent, and the response was rapid. I could always break through our line of defense before we and the French reacted."

"Even the first three weeks of the war, everyone believed that Germany was about to win, and France was about to fail."

"But the Germans were not successful. With the help of the empire, the French guarded the line of defense from Paris. The Germans could even see the Eiffel Tower, but they couldn't touch it."

"Now, the Germans have launched a new round of offensive, hoping to make a breakthrough in Versailles, and what we do is not the defense of 1 flavor, but the offense."

"We are here. On the banks of the Somme, we launched an attack on the Germans. Although the results were not very large, we changed from the defense of 1 flavor to an offense. I think this meaning is different."

"General, I believe that we can win, maybe victory will be very difficult, but the victory belongs to the empire after all!"

Eric also learned to speak in a frustrated tone, but his English was mixed with local accents, which sounded strange.

"Where did you find this person?" Rorinsen looked at Eric in surprise and quietly asked Colonel Walker.

Eric's words are not like what those villagers can say. Loringon thought that this was a military school student who was arrested, but he looked older.

"Duan D position, line 10 line of defense, E company." Colonel Walker scratched his head and said honestly.

"Is it really a soldier? When he sent these Chinese people and sent him to the military academy for 1 training, remember not to be run away by others." Rollingon was even more surprised.

"Yes." Colonel Walker nodded gently.

The British officer system has a complete training system. If you want to become a military officer, you must go through the military academy, even if it is a war, unless it is temporary appointment.

It is also necessary to be killed by the officer and temporarily appointed as the post of leader or company leader. This appointment is the position of the position.

Temporary appointment only takes effect in the task, only the position and no military rank, the task is over or the officer arrives, and the appointment will automatically cut off.

And now it is during the war, while the Britain lacks low -level officers, while also lacks non -commissioned officers. The non -commissioned officers were promoted to officers, but it became more difficult.

Of course, it is simple and simple to say, just work hard, and there are more merits. Naturally, someone will recommend you to go to the short -term training of officers.

However, with the current war intensity, the danger of meritorious achievements is extremely great.

"Erik, you are an excellent soldier." Xu Sunming looked at him with a glance, and then there was no more.

He didn't know if Eric was arranged by Loringon 1, but looking at Eric's momentum, it should not be the kind of person who was nesting behind.

Xu Sunming also experienced the battle. What is the soldier who has really been on the battlefield, he can see it with 1 eye.

Eric's plainness is a reaction of the soldiers who have been on the battlefield. They have been used to life and death, and they feel numb to the disappearance of life, but there is actually a blood in their hearts.

It's just that this kind of blood is covered up by other things. Only after the war is over, these things rely on time to slowly disappear.

"I hope that I can turn around in the camp, accompanied by Erik, please rest assured that Jie of Rollingsen, we will not go to the front line." Xu Sunming turned his head to look at Rollingsen.

Rorinsen was whispering with Walker, and he was suddenly named, and he was embarrassed.

"Of course, as long as you think, the rear 1 cut is open for you. Sorry for the front line. According to the practice, the Germans will soon launch an attack. I can't let you go to such a dangerous place."

After speaking, Rolinsen felt a bit wrong, and quickly added the Tao,

"This is not an insult to you. You know, your identity is not just a soldier at this time."

"And I also believe that in the near future, I will fight side by side with you."

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