Expedition to Europe

After Qin Zhiyuan walked out of Foch's office, Michelet walked to Foch's desk and sat down. He took a sip of coffee and shook his head: "What a lucky guy. How old is he? 20 years old? Knight of the Grand Cross, Oh My God!"

"He is indeed lucky, luckier than all of us. When I was his age, I had just graduated from the technical college and was working hard to enter the artillery school. Look at him, he is now a colonel, a Grand Cross Winner, really..." Foch shook his head and returned to his desk to sit down, with his elbows on the table and his fingers touching each other to form a pyramid, which fully demonstrated that he was a person with a strong desire to control.

"His troops are somewhat out of specification. He just received six 75mm artillery pieces from Capi some time ago. I am going to punish the quartermaster." Although troubles within the army are inevitable, Michelet is ready to scare the monkeys this time.

"It's not necessary. Let him get what he wants and see what he can do." Foch was very optimistic about Qin Zhiyuan. Perhaps this was the reason why he advocated awarding Qin Zhiyuan the Grand Cross: "You know, now we need Army, need a lot of troops, need more troops to defeat Germany Chinese, defend France. We are not British and do not have the manpower support that India has. In the Far East, the Chinese do not dare to send troops due to pressure from the Germans, but can only send workers. Therefore, give Qin the greatest freedom. Let’s see if he’s worthy of his name.”

"Just the labor under him? I don't think it plays a decisive role. Compared with the French who have received more education, the Chinese are a group of illiterate and barbaric people. I think that they can learn to use rifles as a blessing to them." " Michelet is very prejudiced against Easterners, which also represents the mainstream consciousness in France.

"No, no, no, your intelligence has fallen behind. Take a look at this." Foch picked up a document from the table and placed it in front of Michelet. After Michelet opened it, Foch continued to introduce: "This is Card Lieutenant Dinard sent a progress report. Lieutenant Dinard and several officers are helping the Sixth Regiment conduct training. You should notice that it only took a week for the Chinese to become proficient in operating heavy machine guns. Shooting, and can disassemble weapons for maintenance, and their shooters have excellent physical strength and can more Well-controlled machine guns shoot at distant targets. As for their artillery, look at Dinar's summary. The Chinese are naturally sensitive to numbers. It only took a week for their artillery to start contacting rangefinders. Under the same conditions, their progress is twice that of the French artillery, and a 75mm field gun weighs close to 1,200 kilograms. If it is the French, it takes 20 people to move it, while for the Chinese, they only need 10 people or less. If they can do that, they are natural soldiers.”

"Uh..." Michelet turned over the document in his hand and read it several times. He even looked at the last signature of the document for a long time before shaking his head in disbelief: "It's unbelievable. The shooting results of their riflemen are... Able to achieve good standards, even quite a few people can achieve Their physical fitness is astonishing. Their performance in the 5,000-meter run is comparable to that of the French army, and their short-distance sprint performance is even better. Moreover, Lieutenant Dinar said in this report that he believed that the Chinese did not use Do your best. Seeing this document makes me more and more interested in the Chinese people.”

Michelet picked up the coffee on the table and felt it was already cold, so he called his secretary for another cup.

"Yes, you should be interested. I have a hunch that Qin will play an increasingly important role. Maybe Qin will create a miracle." Foch said with a smile, with a sly look on his face.

"Yes, I heard that in Kapi, many people call him 'angel'. It seems that he is very popular." Michelet is a little stout, his face is a little bloated, and he is a little bald. He hates Qin Zhiyuan's A person who is more handsome than him.

"Your news is delayed again. Mr. Ryder Auerbach has gone to the Vatican a few days ago, probably to report this matter. There are rumors now that Mr. 'Angel' may be awarded the Grand Cross of the Knights Hospitaller." "As the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army Group, Foch is indeed better informed than Michelet, the commander of the Tenth Army.

"What does Your Excellency the Pope want to do? Restoring the glory of the three knights? Now is not the Middle Ages, so it is no longer possible." Michelet shook his head and sighed. As a Catholic, Michelet felt sorry for the three knights.

"You don't understand, even if the glory of the three major knights cannot be restored, it is still very important to consolidate the orthodox status." Foch said, as if what he said had nothing to do with him.

Christianity, in a broad sense, anyone who believes in Jesus is Christianity. Christianity is divided into many schools, such as Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, Protestantism, etc. In a narrow sense, Christianity refers to Protestantism, which is a sect that emerged after the "religious localization" movement in European countries. Although these sects all believe in Jesus, they are very competitive with each other. For example, in "Qin" in another time and space, the Christianity within the Qin State is not recognized by the Vatican. Of course, the Christianity in the Qin State does not recognize the Vatican's suzerainty. .

Just stay confused.

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As soon as he walked out of Foch's office, Qin Zhiyuan saw Gao Hongshi and Huang Fugui waiting in the corridor. As soon as the two of them saw Qin Zhiyuan, they took a deep breath and came towards him.

Qin Zhiyuan signaled them not to talk too much, and then asked the beautiful secretary who was leading the way: "I want to visit Colonel Bruno Garcia. Can you tell me where he works?"

"Of course, Colonel." The secretary smiled like a flower. This was not a deliberate seduction. French women are always full of charm.

"Thank you very much." Qin Zhiyuan, who wore the rank of colonel and the Grand Cross ribbon, had enough capital to be cool.

This is the headquarters of the Northern Army Group. There are many people coming and going in a hurry. Seeing Qin Zhiyuan wearing a ribbon, it is inevitable that some people will look at him more, with envy, admiration, ridicule, contempt, and all kinds of eyes. This made Qin Zhiyuan, who was used to walking in the dark, feel very uncomfortable.

"You can take it off." Perhaps seeing Qin Zhiyuan's discomfort, the secretary reminded softly.

"Thank you very much." Qin Zhiyuan thanked again, and then put away the ribbons and medals on his body and put them in the box. Compared with the previous courtesy, this time the thanks were more sincere.

"What do you want to see Mr. Bruno for?" Perhaps seeing Qin Zhiyuan's goodwill, the secretary asked one more question.

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This is already breaking the rules. In the position of secretary, the most important thing is to watch more and talk less. Of course, it is wartime now, and the requirements are not so strict. Foch himself has more than a dozen secretaries, and there will always be a few who make up the numbers.

"Confirm our uniforms. You know, the current military uniforms are really well-fitting on your beautiful ladies. They are both beautiful and generous, fully showing the graceful figure and upright temperament of women. But when I wear them, I feel like a chicken." After staying in France for a long time, it is inevitable to be infected with the problem of being slick.

In France, describing a man as a "chicken" is really not an insult. The national symbol of their country is the chicken, and its status is almost the same as that of the national bird.