Expedition to Europe

Under the double blow of artillery and machine guns, the Germans finally stopped charging, leaving about 1,000 corpses in front of the position.

Compared with the losses of the Germans, the price paid by the French and Chinese soldiers was negligible, with only a dozen killed and dozens injured. Among them, one Chinese soldier was killed and 12 were wounded.

This was the first time that Chinese soldiers had engaged in trench warfare. Because their shooting postures were not proficient enough or they were too selfless during the battle, Chinese soldiers often stood up and fired regardless of the danger, which resulted in so many casualties.

Although the casualties of more than a dozen were not many, considering that the number of Chinese soldiers was only 180, the casualty ratio was already considerable. Including the hand-to-hand fighting in the morning, a total of 5 Chinese soldiers have been killed and 25 wounded, with the casualty ratio approaching 20%.

Fortunately, most of the injuries were minor injuries. Only one was shot in the chest, and one had his hand broken in a hand-to-hand fight, which was more serious. The rest were minor injuries and could continue to fight with a simple bandage.

Even so, Qin Zhiyuan still did not dare to be careless. He called Qin Zhisheng, Liu Zizheng, Chen Kangjian, and Ge Lifu for a short meeting, asking them to comfort the Chinese soldiers, encourage morale, and inspire fighting spirit. At the same time, they also had to summarize experiences and lessons, organize Everyone learns to improve the combat capabilities of the troops.

Qin Zhiyuan already has a plan for the establishment of the Chinese League. Referring to the British and French armies and the foreign corps at this time, Qin Zhiyuan's Chinese regiment had three companies. Liu Zizheng, Chen Kangjian and Greif were each responsible for one. Qin Zhisheng was responsible for logistics, and Mao Shiba was responsible for rescue. As for Zheng Dali, he was Hu Tingfeng is a natural artilleryman, and Hu Tingfeng is a natural scout.

Among the people Qin Zhiyuan was familiar with, the ones who could not find a place to relocate were Gao Hongshi and Huang Fugui. After some consideration, Qin Zhiyuan kept Gao Hongshi as his adjutant, and then assigned Huang Fugui, the former translator, to be in charge of external relations. In this way, although the Chinese group is not full of members, the framework is already full. When people join, they only need to fill in the gaps.

After the distribution, the Chinese regiment had three infantry companies of 50 people and a logistics company of 180 people. After Zheng Dali's persistence, the artillery company also had more than 20 people. Of course, they now have no cannon and can only be used as grenadiers.

"Master Qin, are we now officers?" Chen Kangjian touched the traditional three-stripe collar badge (captain) on his chest, a little unbelievable.

"That's right, let's settle for now. After a while, we will start to make uniform uniforms, and then we will also make unified legion and rank marks. Only then will we be considered serious officers of the Sixth Infantry Regiment." Qin Zhiyuan, who was wearing the five yellow and white stripes, was a little absent-minded. He was thinking about the legion logo and military rank logo.

The French Foreign Legion has its own regimental logo, which is an exploding cannonball. Each subordinate infantry regiment can also have its own regimental logo, but it must be designed based on the legion logo.

"Hey, Mr. Qin, what do these three strips of cloth mean?" Chen Kangjian touched Huang Bu Laji's three strips of cloth and asked why.

"Captain!" Qin Zhiyuan sat on a shell box, holding a small notebook to write and draw. He drew military uniforms and regimental emblems.

"Master Qin..." Chen Kangjian wanted to ask again, but was interrupted by hurried footsteps.

"Sir, General Foch wants to speak to you. He is waiting for you." Charles stood at attention and saluted in a standard posture.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Qin Zhiyuan casually returned the military salute, then put the small notebook into the cross-body document bag. After thinking for a while, he casually hung the document bag around Gao Hongshi's neck next to him, and then followed Xia Zhiyuan. Then go.

After Chen Kangjian waited for Qin Zhiyuan and the others to leave, he couldn't help but begin to imitate Charles's posture of standing at attention and saluting just now. For Chen Kangjian, although he is already a captain, he still has a long way to go to become a real soldier. .

"Hello, this is Qin Zhiyuan, colonel of the Sixth Infantry Regiment of the Foreign Legion..." Qin Zhiyuan picked up the microphone and announced his name.

After these few days of contact with the French, Qin Zhiyuan discovered that it didn't matter whether he put his name or surname in front. As long as the French heard the word "Qin", they would naturally call him "Qin". "China", in this case, Qin Zhiyuan no longer deliberately, just let it be.

"Hello, Mr. Colonel, please wait a moment." A gentle female voice came from the other end of the phone.

Qin Zhiyuan knew that this was the operator or secretary beside Foch. Even though it was Foch who took the initiative to call, Qin Zhiyuan would not be arrogant enough to think that he had the qualifications to make Foch wait.

"Um... Qin, hello, I'm Foch." A slightly deep baritone voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Salute to you, General Foch." Even though he was separated by a phone line, Qin Zhiyuan still knocked his heels and kicked the ground with his heels, trying to make Foch feel his respect.

"Hello, Colonel." It sounded like Foch felt Qin Zhiyuan's respect, and his voice rose slightly: "Here, I formally inform you that your Sixth Infantry Regiment is now under the command of General Michelet of the Tenth Group Army. You must lead your troops to hold on to your defensive line. A French army is approaching you. Before this army arrives, you must hold your position and not let it be handed over to anyone. Do you understand? people."

The word "anyone" has a rich meaning. Thinking of the British reinforcements that Bastian handed over when he withdrew, Qin Zhiyuan understood the meaning of this sentence.

"Yes, General! I understand my mission. I will ensure the safety of the position until the French reinforcements arrive. Before that, no one will get the position." Qin Zhiyuan answered in a sonorous and powerful voice.

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"Very good, Colonel, if you complete this mission, you may set a record, the fastest record of becoming a general. Of course, your deeds of rescuing 135 soldiers in the rear have been recorded. What is certain is that you have a medal you deserve. If you complete this mission, I can promise you that you will get a second one, and it will be a very important one." In order to ensure that Qin Zhiyuan can fight to the death for loyalty, Foch has also invested a lot of money, not only promising a future of a general, but also the honor of two medals.

"Yes, General! I promise to complete the mission." Qin Zhiyuan thought for a moment and added the slogan of the Foreign Legion: "Courage and discipline!"

"Very good, Colonel, I look forward to your performance. After completing this battle, I will wait for you in Yamin with General Michelet, and I will personally award you the medal at that time." Foch was so satisfied that his voice became a little hearty.

Ferdinand Foch, the current commander-in-chief of the Northern Army Group, is a very lucky guy. Before the war began, Foch was promoted from the commander of the 13th Division to the commander of the Second Army, and then served as the commander of the Ninth Army Group, the commander of the Northern Army Group, the chief of staff of the French Army, the adviser of the British and French coalition forces, the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces, and after the war, he was awarded the title of "Marshal" by France, Britain and Poland at the same time.

This is the halo of the protagonist.