Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Bai Chongxi took a deep breath. As a native of Guangxi, he still knew more or less what the arrogance of the French was. After all, the legend of Feng Zicai's resistance to the French still existed.So Bai Chongxi didn't like the French, especially the self-righteous old French man like Fuxi, which made him very disgusted.

"Dear Marshal, I don't think I need your comment on whether my soldiers are predators or embroidered legs. The damn Germans on the opposite side will have a deeper feeling than you." Maybe because I have lived in Europe for seven or eight months, Bai Chongxi lost a bit of Chinese euphemism and added a bit of European straightforwardness. He unceremoniously contradicted the annoying old man Fuxi, Chief of the General Staff of the French Army.This frightened Zhu Zhixin, who had just become the chief of staff of the expeditionary army, and hurried to pull Bai Chongxi's clothes, but it was obvious that Bai Chongxi didn't give his chief of staff any face.

"I can even tell you directly that you will be amazed and ashamed by the excellent performance of my soldiers."

The configuration of the expeditionary force is very strange. In theory, according to the latest military committee system, the commanders of each service are appointed and dismissed by orders issued by the Ministry of National Defense.And how to fight the army is not decided by commanders, army commanders, and division commanders. They only have the right to make suggestions and issues. All military action plans are formulated and decided by the staff departments of military command organs at all levels.After the youth army has undergone many reforms, the entire army has become more like a large modern enterprise. The chief of staff is the chief engineer of the enterprise and has the highest power in the use of technology, while the soldiers have become workers and the officers have become foremen. , The head of the regiment and the head of the division became the director of the workshop and the director of the factory.And at the commander level like Bai Chongxi, they become general managers with nothing to do. Their responsibility is to sign a bunch of production plans formulated by professional and technical personnel. It doesn't matter whether they understand it or not.This may be a kind of sadness for the army's No. [-] chief after the nationalization of the army.

But this is obviously not the case in the current expeditionary army. Although Bai Chongxi is the youngest, he is the most powerful. Although a general from a non-directed family like Zhu Zhixin has served as the chief of staff of the expeditionary army, he does not look like a chief of staff. It's a political deal.First, Zhu Zhixin is not good at strategy, and this one is not from a regular professional background.Second, Zhu Zhixin doesn't even have a good command of strategy, because the commander Bai Chongxi is not good at map operations, and he can do all the tasks that a staff officer should do.So Zhu Zhixin's chief of staff turned out to be a decoration, but the role of the staff department would not disappear because of Bai Chongxi's strength. After all, the expeditionary army also used the military regulations of the youth army.Therefore, the Wuhan side thought over and over again, not only to send a professional military staff officer to control the general staff of the expeditionary army, but also to prevent Bai Chongxi's family from dominating.We must also pay attention to the suitability of this candidate to avoid repeated power struggles with Bai Chongxi in the end.

In the end Wang Zhenyu sent three people to Europe Jiang Baili, Zhang Xiaozhun and Guo Songling.Among them, Jiang Baili served as the deputy chief of staff of the Expeditionary Army and the chief of staff of the First Army, Zhang Xiaozhun served as the chief of staff of the Second Army, and Guo Songling served as the chief of staff of the Third Army. The military rank is the same as the division level.

Among the three, Guo Songling was an accident. This person was originally Feng Guozhang's military staff. During the War to Protect the Country, he made strange moves for Feng Guozhang many times. It became a useless move, and Guo Songling, who was still hurt, kept blaming herself for this and had slight self-doubt.After he was captured together with Feng Guozhang and other senior Beiyang generals, Bai Chongxi, who admired him greatly, visited him in the prisoner-of-war camp in Nanjing and told Guo Songling the truth. Lead an army if you have the ability, don't engage in conspiracy and tricks, everyone will practice alone on the battlefield."

Bai Chongxi was said to be in a good mood at the time, but he was not angry. Instead, he smiled and said, "Hehe, conspiracy and espionage are part of the war itself. You didn't lose to conspiracy and espionage. You were on the wrong team and wasted your life for nothing." It's up to you..."

In short, the final result is that after the chairman of the National Government Huang Xing issued an amnesty order against the senior generals of the Beiyang Army, Guo Songling did not choose to return to the north with Feng Guozhang and others, but chose to stay in the south and join the youth army.Feng Guozhang and others also knew that they would no longer have the opportunity to lead troops after returning, so they didn't say anything more, they just encouraged Guo Songling a few words and boarded the ship.

Guo Songling was later signed and recommended by Bai Chongxi to enter the first crash course of Wuhan Continental University, where he studied the staff major.However, after only half a year of study, he was named by Bai Chongxi to work in the General Staff Headquarters of the Expeditionary Army and also served as the Chief of Staff of the Third Army.This can be regarded as the mark of Bai Chongxi's family. Although Guo Songling himself does not think so, everyone still stubbornly judges this way.

Marshal Fuxi apparently did not expect that the young Chinese general in front of him would be so proud and characterful, and he seemed to be quite capable, but he, a stubborn French old man, did not have the habit of bowing his head casually to young people, unless This young man has extraordinary talents.

"Really? I'd be really interested to see you and your lads beat up the bloody Germans instead of being cleaned up by the bloody Germans. Besides, I think you and your It’s better for the young men to obey the unified command of the coalition forces, lest you soon know how cruel the war is.”

Bai Chongxi did not answer immediately, because it was difficult to answer. In fact, not only the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, but also the American European Expeditionary Force under the command of Pershing was spared the same problem, that is, the issue of command authority.I still remember that at the last coalition meeting, the Yankee Pershing, who the British and French politicians and military strategists did not like when planning.In front of British Prime Minister Lloyd George and French Prime Minister Clemenceau, he stated that the U.S. military must have an independent combat direction, and he must independently command the U.S. military in operations.After finishing speaking, he walked away in a huff. As a result, Britain and France had to agree to the US military's independence on the battlefield.

Thinking of this, Bai Chongxi, who is not convinced by anyone, has to admire the foresight of Wang Zhenyu, a handsome man.The commander-in-chief seems to have calculated the calculations of the British and French powers early on, and directly declared that the Chinese European Expeditionary Force must have an independent command and combat direction when negotiating troops, and the coalition forces have the right to issue combat missions to the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, but How to accomplish that is the business of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, and has nothing to do with the coalition forces.

Marshal Fuxi made this request again on such an occasion, which obviously violated this agreement.

Bai Chongxi raised his head and replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Dear Chief of the General Staff, I think I have to emphasize once again that the Chinese European Expeditionary Force Command has the agreement to command all its troops. What we have to face together now is a powerful Germans, any break of promise won't help us beat them. So I hope the agreement remains in place and we'll be friends forever."

Petain saw that the two were about to turn against each other, so he quickly interjected: "All the agreements are still valid. Our chief of staff is also worried about you, and he doesn't want to seize your command power. Please don't misunderstand this point anyway, please firmly believe it. We are brothers and friends standing in the same trenches . . . "

On the way back to Paris, Marshal Fuxi continued to complain: "These Chinese people don't seem to be as reliable as those lazy Yankees. I really don't know how those idiots in the cabinet gave them so many benefits. Give them back their independent command."

Pétain has recently been secretly interviewed by Prime Minister Clemenceau several times, and plans to recommend himself as the commander-in-chief of the French army next month. At this time, Pétain has nothing to do with Foch, a stubborn old man who is completely to the left in terms of military views. Favorable, he choked Fuxi with a direct sentence: "Then let's go back now and take back the command of this army. Can you ensure that the more than 20 Chinese who have been armed will obey the command?" Mutiny, mutiny or something?"

Fuxi was choked on the spot. He suddenly remembered that this group of Chinese expeditionary forces seemed to be different from those Yankees. This army seemed to be not an army of the Chinese central government, but a local army. Strictly speaking, , itself a rebel.Let these damned Chinese rebels and Germans go to work hard, and don't worry about it. . .

Fifteen kilometers away from the headquarters of the Expeditionary Force in the Ardennes area, the Sixth Division, headed by Zhang Zizhong, gave all officers and soldiers a two-day holiday after completing the change of equipment.Although they have only been in France for less than a month, these boys have discovered that the girls here are not only beautiful but also easy to get used to, and a piece of bread can be exchanged for a night of love.

The Expeditionary Army Command seems to have foreseen the emergence of this situation long ago. After all, they are fighting far away from home, and the overly strict military discipline does not apply here. This kind of cover made of natural rubber can prevent soldiers from contracting damn skin diseases when they have sex with French girls, which will lead to a decrease in combat effectiveness.It is said that this was created by Marshal Wang Zhenyu and Nanyang overseas Chinese businessmen, Chen Jiageng, the current Minister of Industry, and it is more than 20 years earlier than the original condom in history.The logistics support work has achieved this step, which is really full of human glory.