Expedition to Europe

About a month ago, that is, after Huang Li and his team boarded the ship, a wave of "exposing" the Foreign Legion was set off in the Republic of China.

First, someone listed the Foreign Legion's achievements in Europe in the newspaper, focusing on how popular and valued the Foreign Legion was in France.

One of the most direct manifestations was that the Allied Commander-in-Chief Ferdinand Foch even married his daughter to Qin Zhiyuan.

At this time, public opinion could not see the direction, which successfully aroused the interest of the Chinese people in the Foreign Legion and felt proud of the achievements of the Foreign Legion.

But then, things began to develop in a bad direction.

Someone disclosed in the newspaper that the Foreign Legion, including the commander Qin Zhiyuan, had collectively joined the French nationality. They were no longer people of the Republic of China, but standard French people, so they were valued by the Allies.

Naturally, there were also people who defended the Foreign Legion, and then a big debate was triggered.

At that time, the President of the Republic of China had not yet been born, and no one realized what kind of damage this debate would cause to the image of the Foreign Legion.

Maybe some people are aware of it, but for some reasons, no one pointed it out, and no one stopped it, so that this trend has intensified.

About half a month ago, a domestic newspaper broke a shocking news that all the families of the senior generals of the Foreign Legion have immigrated overseas. They have a huge base in Corsica. At the same time, they also conquered Lan Fang with cruel means and massacred at least 10 million local people there!

Ten million, many people have no concept of this number, so someone immediately "popularized science": According to the statistics of the Beiyang government in 1913, the population of Beijing was about 730,000, so the number of local people massacred by the Foreign Legion in Lan Fang was equivalent to nearly 14 Beijing cities.

And this 10 million miles includes the local Chinese in Lan Fang, who were also massacred indiscriminately. Now, in addition to the families of the Foreign Legion, the people living on the land of Lan Fang are foreigners with red eyebrows and green eyes.

This is a subversion of the image of the Foreign Legion, and many people find it unbelievable.

Then another group of "insiders" came out and swore that they had witnessed a very serious massacre at Lan Fang's place.

So far, although the "exposing" of the Foreign Legion has reached a climax, many people are still unwilling to believe it, even if there are "insiders" who jump out, they are unwilling to believe it.

If there really was an indiscriminate massacre, how did you escape?

At the end of December, a piece of news once again grabbed the front page headlines of all newspapers: the "Saint George" ocean-going freighter from France sank a Republic of China passenger ship in the Yangtze River Basin, causing a tragedy in which 387 people died.

This news ignited the public opinion that was already in anger. As early as April, the "Jiangkuan" passenger ship was sank, causing more than 700 people to drown, and it almost caused a serious conflict between the people and the military and police.

Although the "Jiang Kuan" passenger ship was sunk by a warship and had nothing to do with foreign ships; although the "St. George" was hired by the British and had nothing to do with France, after analysis by some people with a keen eye, the "St. George" incident and the Foreign Legion were somehow linked together.

Immediately afterwards, more "shady" things about the Foreign Legion were revealed.

Not only the senior generals of the Foreign Legion, but also many families of ordinary soldiers of the Foreign Legion have immigrated. They took away a large number of young children of the Republic of China. These children were trafficked to various parts of China and Europe, and their lives were miserable.

Many soldiers in the Foreign Legion have married French women in France. They want to mess up our bloodline and China.

Ordinary people in Europe have no good feelings towards the Foreign Legion. They grit their teeth when they mention the Foreign Legion. In Algeria in North Africa, people even launched a petition demanding the withdrawal of the Foreign Legion from Algeria.

The Foreign Legion suffered a high rate of casualties in Europe. When they won, they massacred prisoners of war, doing things that were "unacceptable to heaven and humanity". When they lost, they looted and acted recklessly. The French government could not bear it, so it expelled the Foreign Legion. The Foreign Legion was called an invincible army, but in fact it was a black sheep. If it returned to the Republic of China, it would definitely be worse than the current warlords.

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Before Huang Li and his team landed, all kinds of slander against the Foreign Legion reached a climax.

The people are actually very easy to be deceived, and they do not have the ability to distinguish most things. Especially the Chinese, because of the serious traditional "official-oriented" thinking, the people's worship of "power" is deeply rooted in their bones, and many people even choose to believe those "true and false" news without thinking.

The students who believed in these newspapers without doubt, or were the most deceived, were the students.

The students of the Republic of China received some higher education and had the idea of ​​"opening their eyes to see the world", but they did not have the ability to distinguish right from wrong. The extreme disappointment with the Republic of China turned into extreme worship of foreigners, but the root cause was extreme inferiority.

Many students were skeptical about the achievements of the Foreign Legion. It was because they had a certain understanding of the objective world, but it was not sufficient, so they understood how difficult it was to achieve those results.

If some people with ulterior motives incited them, many students would inevitably think, "If it were me, I could do better."

People of letters look down on each other, and they only have a superficial understanding...

This is actually the most dangerous state.

But the students did not understand the harm of this state, so when some people with ulterior motives incited them, a large-scale march of tens of thousands of people was promoted.

In Huang Li and Wu Qing's imagination, when they arrived at Tianjin Port, they should be greeted by flowers and beauties.

Half of Huang Li and Wu Qing's vision came true. Half of them were indeed beauties, but the other half were not flowers but rotten cabbage.

Huang Li had been at sea during this period, and he didn't know that they had become street rats in the Republic of China. In addition, according to the customary thinking of soldiers, there would be no danger anyway, so Huang Li decided to see what kind of excitement the crowd was like.

In front of the port area, tens of thousands of people gathered, not just students, but also workers, businessmen, ordinary people, even local gangsters in Tianjin watching the excitement, and some hired special purpose persons.

They carried slogans such as "Foreign Legions Go Back to Foreign Countries," "The Republic of China is the Republic of the Chinese," and "Down with the traitorous warlord Qin Zhiyuan." They shouted loud slogans from time to time, trying to attack the defense line formed by the police.

Tianjin has the largest concession in the Republic of China. Due to the opposition of foreigners, the police in Tianjin are not equipped with guns. Today, in order not to intensify the conflict, they did not even wear batons or command knives. They could only form a thin line of defense in vain to guard against the impact of the marchers.

Near the entrance of the port area, there was also a platoon of French soldiers. They were originally led by the French Ambassador to China Pan Xunna to greet the foreign legion. However, they were blocked by the marchers and could not enter the port area. .

The police in the Republic of China could not be equipped with guns, but the French soldiers in the Republic of China could be equipped with guns. Under the threat of bright bayonets, these French soldiers and the marchers were in peace, but Pan Xunna's expression was a bit complicated. He saw The glances towards the marchers were mocking, but the glances towards the port area from time to time were full of worry.

Amidst the loud slogans, Huang Li led the foreign legion out of the port area.

The neatly dressed foreign legionnaires are majestic. They are strong and full of energy. They don’t have colorful military uniforms, they don’t have the appearance of arrogant ruffians, and they don’t have slanted arms or crotchless looks when they stand. They have no fear or fear when facing the huge crowds. Angry, he looked at the people who came to protest so calmly, as if he had nothing to do with them.

This is completely different from the military in the traditional sense.

The soldiers of the Foreign Legion all carried rifles with bayonets on their backs. Although this obviously violated the regulations of foreigners in Tianjin, no one of those foreigners who always talked about the law dared to stop them.

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The Chinese people gathered in front of the port area were silent for a moment when they saw the Foreign Legion appearing. They had heard about the Foreign Legion for a long time, and they had been discussing the Foreign Legion every day during this time. However, when the Foreign Legion appeared in front of the people, the people were still surprised. Inexplicable.

This, is this our army?

Is this still our army? !

If it weren't for the familiar Chinese faces, the familiar black hair and black eyes, the Chinese who came to protest would not believe that this was the Foreign Legion.

Huang Li and the others were also shocked when they saw the situation in front of the port area.

In Tianjin's port area, almost all the buildings are Western-style buildings, with very few traditional Chinese cornices and brackets. Being among them, Huang Li and the others suddenly felt like they were still in France.

Huang Li and others boarded the ship from Weihaiwei. Most of them had almost never been to Tianjin, so Tianjin was unfamiliar to them. If it weren't for the fact that the protesters were all familiar with black hair and black eyes, and their slogans There were square Chinese characters on them. Huang Li and the others couldn't believe it. Is this the Republic of China?

Fortunately, few of Huang Li and the others are literate, so they can't quite understand the meaning of those slogans, otherwise Huang Li might have exploded now.

When they were in France, Huang Li and the others had seen the parades in France and how the French military and police dealt with them. They caught those who deserved and beat those who deserved. They showed no mercy even to old people and women. Huang Li once thought the same. , but when he actually faced these familiar Chinese faces, Huang Li was surprised to find that his heart was trembling. If there was a conflict, could he really do it?

Huang Li didn't know the answer.

"Sir, it is not appropriate for you to come forward now, please stay calm." The senior officials of the Tianjin Port Authority are all foreigners. When they saw the foreign legion coming out, a foreigner hurried up to greet them and said in blunt Chinese.

"Ha, we have never been afraid even when facing the Germans. Now that we have finally returned to our own country, should we back down?" Huang Li retorted in proficient French.

"These are different concepts. Treating citizens and treating enemies are different." The official also tried to persuade.

"Needless to say, I want to see something." Huang Li didn't believe in evil.

The foreign legion was killing all over Europe, and Huang Li and the others almost never suffered a loss. Even if they suffered a loss, they could regain their position with greater victory. Therefore, it is very special to use "arrogant and powerful generals" to describe the soldiers of the foreign legion. appropriate.

The soldiers of the Foreign Legion are indeed proficient in combat, but as soldiers, they do not have enough experience in civil affairs. Their continuous victories have made them so confident that they are unwilling to obey the commands of foreigners.

You must know that on the European battlefield, French troops must obey the command of the Foreign Legion in how and to what extent they fight.

Seeing that he could not be persuaded, the foreigner shrugged his shoulders, stepped aside and said no more.

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, it's been a hard journey." Pan Xun appeared in time with a cheerful face.

"Fortunately, there is enough Bordeaux red wine." Huang Li greeted the man skillfully. Although he didn't know the name of the person in front of him, he felt a sense of familiarity with French in this familiar yet unfamiliar environment.

"French dogs, go back to France!" Someone in the crowd shouted.

Huang Li and all the foreign legion soldiers suddenly changed their expressions.

Huang Li and his men didn't know many words, but they could understand Chinese.

Insulting the army?

They really don't know how to live or die!