Chapter 84 Internal and External Concerns(2/2)
"Gentlemen, time is tight now. Every minute, the Germans may get more breakthroughs. Let's start now! Accept your mission and rush to the front line to slit the throats of the German devils!"
The mission assigned to the First Division of the Expeditionary Force is very simple - to capture a position that the French army lost in the morning. The fundamental reason why it is simple is that this order has only one simple requirement, which is to let the squadron use human lives for follow-up.
The French attacking force filled in a passage.
Of course, Pétain also emphasized that when the First Division launched an attack, the French army would deploy thousands of artillery pieces to cooperate with their attack. At the same time, there would be three French divisions on the flanks to support their attack to attract Germany.
People's attention, of course. Even an idiot would know what the French need. All they need is a passage, a passage to regain the ground lost in the morning.
And what about the Chinese? They are just their victims!
Looking at Cote du Poivavre on the right bank of the Meuse River on the sand table, there is a nickname there, which is the place of death for men. The bloody battle that took place there was the most cruel. It took the German army five days to conquer it.
The one-kilometer defense line, now, the French want to recapture there, and the role of the Chinese team is... Staring at the sand table, He Sui didn't speak for a long time.
But anyone can see that his face is quite ugly now. Any officer who faces his troops being used as cannon fodder will not look good. And the French generals and officers around him,
This time, they looked at his Chinese counterparts with critical and contemptuous eyes, seeming to tell them that if you don't want to, they can understand. When they made the battle plan, they never thought that the Chinese ** team could
Accomplish this mission...
Amid everyone's contempt, Li Guohui, the chief of staff of the expeditionary force, looked at General Petain and said:
"Let more than 10,000 infantrymen of our division crowd into an attack front of about one kilometer? This is simply a massacre! With such intensive firepower on the battlefield, before we could break through the positions prepared for the Germans, the troops were beaten to a pulp
Come on! Who made this plan? Use the lives of Chinese soldiers to create a passage for the French army? France can afford to die, but the Chinese army cannot afford to die!"
After the words of the Chinese Chief of Staff were translated exactly as they were, the faces of the senior French officers in the war room became increasingly ugly, while Pétain made a serious face:
"...You want to disobey military orders?"
When Li Guohui was about to speak with a sneer on his face, He Sui interrupted him with a wave of his hand. He stared at
Pétain said:
"Your Excellency, Commander, you are responsible for the fire cover. As for how to attack, that is our business! If you want this place, we will knock it down and give it to you. As for your plan..." (To be continued. If you like
Chapter completed!