Expedition to Europe

Speaking of the "Maginot Line", this is a complete tragedy.

France also had public intellectuals in the 1920s, and those public intellectuals have never stopped mocking the "Maginot Line".

Since the "Maginot Line" project was established, the public intellectuals have started to curse for 20 years, first "the country is so poor that it can't pay salaries, why are you building bunkers".

Then the military was forced to reduce its scale under public pressure, and the public intellectuals began to curse again "You already have thousands of fortresses, so why do you still spend money to support hundreds of thousands of troops".

By the beginning of 1940, the world war had begun, and the clouds of war were looming over Paris. The public intellectuals finally began to worry, and the direction of public opinion suddenly took a big turn "What has the Ministry of National Defense been doing for more than ten years? The Maginot Line is only half built. Can this protect France's security? What about the Daladier Line?"

After France surrendered, the public intellectuals finally started a hysterical carnival "Hahahaha - the Maginot Line is indeed a synonym for useless work".

Well, from ancient times to the present, the faces of public intellectuals are hateful.

Qin Zhiyuan is not a public intellectual, but Qin Zhiyuan is also opposed to the "Maginot Line". The root of the "Maginot Line" comes from the victory of the conservatives. After Foch faded out of the French military, the French military no longer had a mainstay, and Pétain's resume was not enough for Pétain to have a similar reputation as Foch, so the conservatives regained the upper hand.

France was defeated in the Franco-Prussian War that year. In order to seek revenge, the French then regarded the concept of "large-scale offensive" as a classic military thought. But during the First World War, the "large-scale offensive" suffered heavy casualties in front of the German machine guns and artillery, so the French began to examine the pros and cons of the "large-scale offensive". After comprehensive consideration, "uninterrupted linear defense reinforced by fortresses under the cover of field artillery" became the dominant idea.

Later, the French used modern technology to improve it and further developed it, and finally developed this "complete defense" military thought to the pinnacle, so that the French military thought jumped from one extreme to another - from "complete offense" to "complete defense".

The "Maginot Line" is a direct manifestation of "complete defense".

Although Qin Zhiyuan is the honorary commander of the Foreign Legion, he does not interfere in France's internal affairs. On the issue of the "Maginot Line", Qin Zhiyuan is not ready to express his opinion now. Even if he wants to express it, he has to wait until Pierre comes to power. Then the honor of "setting things right" will be completely attributed to Pierre.

Under this premise, Bastien will definitely not get the answer he wants, and finally Bastien left unhappily.

There is a reason for Bastien to leave. Morocco, one of the three North African countries and one of the French colonial models, has a rebellion, and Bastien is going to suppress the rebellion.

Morocco is a country divided by France and Spain, with the north belonging to Spain and the south belonging to France. Before 1921, France and Spain occupied the plains of Morocco, while the vast mountainous areas in the east and south were inhabited by countless Moroccan natives.

In 1921, the Spanish began to attack the Rif Mountains, trying to bring the entire northern Morocco into the territory of Spain.

This was met with resolute resistance from the Moroccans. The Spanish are now indeed on the decline. They were neutral in the world war and did not dare to participate in the hegemony of the European continent. They could only show off their prestige to the indigenous people of Morocco.

But this prestige is not easy to show off. In July of that year, the "natives" of Morocco wiped out 20,000 Spanish invaders in Anwar. In August of the same year, those "natives" forced 3,000 Spanish invaders to surrender near Melilla.

This is really speechless, a standard example of pretending to be awesome but getting killed.

At the beginning of this year, the Rif military and civilians once again crushed the invasion and blockade of 100,000 Spanish troops, almost liberating all the territory of Spanish Morocco.

The defeat of the Spanish aroused the vigilance of France. Just after the defeat of the 100,000 Spanish troops, the French army crossed the Volga River and occupied the Volga Basin, the granary of the Rif.

The Rif army and civilians defeated the sudden attack of the French colonial army and launched a counterattack. With the cooperation of the people in the French-occupied areas, a large area of ​​land was liberated and French bases such as Fez were surrounded.

Last month, the Moroccan chief Krim, who resolutely resisted the Spanish invasion, convened a meeting of the leaders of the 12 major tribes in the Rif region and passed the "National Declaration". Subsequently, the leaders of the 12 major tribes signed a document confirming Krim as the Emir, the supreme ruler of the country, and the Rif Republic was declared established.

Things have become out of control at this point. In order to protect France's interests in Morocco, France and Spain signed a military alliance treaty and mobilized 400,000 troops to besiege the Rif Republic.

This world has never lacked people who like to watch the fun. When France and Spain decided to encircle the Rif Republic, France's colonies in North Africa, Algeria and Libya under British control, were not willing to be left out. The Persians in Algeria and Libya held rallies to support the resistance struggle of the Rif Republic.

The French government is also too "democratic and free". Soldiers on the front line are fighting bloody battles, and workers in France do not work overtime to support the front, but instead go on strike and hold demonstrations to express their support for the Rif Republic.

The French army also performed badly. In Morocco, some French soldiers refused to shoot at the Rif Republic soldiers and even celebrated with the Rif soldiers and civilians.

This world is really crazy——

It was in this context that Bastien went to Morocco. To be honest, Qin Zhiyuan was not optimistic about the results of Bastien's trip.

It's not that Bastien was incapable of destroying the Rif Republic. Bastien had been a soldier for half his life. He might not be able to defeat the Germans, but he could deal with the natives of Morocco. After all, the French were determined this time. The troops sent to Morocco included armored forces and air force units. If this could not destroy the Rif Republic, Bastien could buy a piece of tofu and die.

Qin Zhiyuan was not optimistic about the current situation of France's colonies. Even if Bastien destroyed the Rif Republic smoothly, it did not mean that he could rest easy from then on. If the French government did not change their colonial policy, sooner or later a larger-scale rebellion would break out, and there would be more and more rebellions, which would make the French troops exhausted and finally have to give up the vast colonies.

However, this is a good thing for Lan Fang. What Lan Fang needs now is the market. Only when the French colonial system collapses can Lan Fang obtain a wider market. Therefore, Qin Zhiyuan is not going to remind the French government, even if Pierre comes to power, Qin Zhiyuan is not going to remind him.

Unless Pierre takes the initiative to ask Qin Zhiyuan for help, it certainly means that France will open their colonies to Lan Fang.

While Qin Zhiyuan is taking a leisurely vacation in Corsica, Joshua Jordi is promoting the purity movement of the Republic of Sardinia.

In fact, the Republic of Sardinia has almost unified Sardinia. Except for the southern port city of Cagliari, which is still under the control of the Italians, the rest of Sardinia is controlled by the Republic of Sardinia.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

The reason why Joshua Jordi did not attack Cagliari was to postpone the process of unifying Sardinia. In this way, the future of the Republic of Sardinia is uncertain, and Joshua Jordi can calmly clean up the unstable factors in the Republic of Sardinia.

At this time, it is no longer a "contradiction among the people", but has risen to the level of "contradiction between the enemy and us". As a secret agent, Joshua Jodi will naturally not be merciful. He will knock down those who should be knocked down and eliminate those who should be eliminated to ensure that the Republic of Sardinia can only make one voice.

In this way, those speculators will be in trouble.

Joshua Jodi does not want to kill all the speculators. At the beginning, Joshua Jodi also coerced and lured them. If those speculators voluntarily leave, Joshua Jodi will not only not restrict them, but will also send "Chengyi", which is also a happy ending for everyone.

Only those who are greedy for power and unwilling to let go will be killed by Joshua Jodi.

In fact, there are not many people. In addition to Joshua Jodi, there are eleven senior officials in the Republic of Sardinia. Among them, four people only follow Joshua Jodi's lead. Basically, Joshua Jodi says what he says. Excluding the three centrists, there are only three people who need to be eliminated.

Joshua Jordi was ruthless, and the Lanfang agents were efficient enough. In just half a month, one of the three had a car accident in Chievo, one was arrested and shot by the Italians, and the last was assassinated in his office.

All the blame was thrown to the Italians. The Republic of Sardinia determined that these people died in the assassination of the Italians. Joshua Jordi attended the funeral of the three people and made an impassioned speech at the funeral, calling on all Sardinians to unite and drive the Italians out of Sardinia.

Yes, it was time to fight the Italians for the last time.

The battle was still a bit difficult. Mussolini was unwilling to fail and sent heavy troops to defend Cagliari, the last stronghold. The Republic of Sardinia mobilized nearly 100,000 troops to surround Cagliari, striving to drive the Italians out of Sardinia in the shortest time.

When the last battle broke out, Mussolini once again found the handle of Lanfang interfering in Italy's internal affairs.

There are many artillerymen in the army of the Republic of Sardinia, and their quality is extremely high, even higher than that of the Italian artillerymen.

This is difficult to explain. If it is infantry, it is easy to explain, but skilled artillerymen cannot be trained in a day or two. The Republic of Sardinia actually has such excellent artillerymen, which must have been assisted by someone.

Qin Zhiyuan did not deny it. Even in an interview with a reporter from the Daily News, Qin Zhiyuan said shamelessly: Lan Fang has never interfered in Italy's internal affairs, and Lan Fang also opposes all forms of war, but at the same time Lan Fang also supports all people's spontaneous actions.