Chapter 352
France in May has begun to have a bit of summer. The wind blows from the earth one after another. It feels indescribable comfort when blowing on people, but in Lorraine, it gives people the feeling of blood and unstoppable disgust.
After the joy of victory, it is more about the sadness of the living to the dead. French commander Bettan is really a wonderful person. He knows how difficult the victory of this battle comes from. Just in terms of the combat effectiveness of the Germans, if it were not for the Chinese general Bai Chongxi who broke the rules and suddenly started to fight a broken war, it would be impossible for you to annihilate nearly 400,000 German troops, but you have to spend at least half a year and your own losses of hundreds of thousands of yuan to have this possibility. For example, in the Battle of Verdun last year, the coalition forces suffered 600,000 or 700,000 casualties, and the German troops suffered 500,000 casualties. The war started from May to December, and now, it is only two days. In time, the 360,000 German troops were wiped out, but the price paid by the Chinese was also terrible, with almost 100,000 casualties. And if it weren't for himself, but Fuxi, the final result would probably be about 200,000 captured German troops wiped out the Chinese army and successfully escaped. Although Fuxi advocated offensiveism, in fact, what he was not good at was attack. This was proved in the Battle of the Somme. Fortunately, Bedaun's determination to fight quickly and the attack orders were very detailed. Moreover, the Chinese were indeed tenacious enough to fight, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
The Chinese had already created the greatest miracle since the war began, so after Betten communicated with Colonel Charles de Gaulle, who also made great contributions (the line of fire was raised, and the seal was not changed), he issued a decision to return all prisoners of war and spoils to the Chinese army. In addition to leaving two divisions of French troops to help guard the prisoners of war, the rest of the French army followed him to continue to attack Luxembourg. This time, the Germans were tragic. If other French generals, such as Nevel, would probably not be busy taking advantage of the Germans' weakness at this time, but were busy snatching military achievements and then earning a rank of marshal for himself.
However, despite this, Bai Chongxi simply shook hands with Marshal Beta who admired him very much and didn't say anything. His demeanor at this moment made Marshal Beta even more admired. This is the style of a famous general who is rare.
Marshal Betan naturally did not have to follow the French army to attack Luxembourg. He accompanied Bai Chongxi and others to visit the battlefield that was being cleaned with interest. On this ten-kilometer-long and three-kilometer-wide battlefield, 200,000 young lives were forever stopped. They should have returned to their hometown to get married, have children and be fathers, but the greedy politicians sent them to the battlefield where they fought each other, ruining their extremely young lives and a beautiful future life,.
Although more than ten hours have passed since the end of the battle, the air is still filled with blood and death problems. The hot weather makes the corpse smell quickly and must be buried as soon as possible. The French army used their weapons in their hands to force German prisoners of war to participate in the handling of the corpses, and these German prisoners seem to understand the rules. They deal with these corpses seriously. In history, German prisoners of war were roughly like this. They were extremely tenacious in fighting, but they were extremely docile after surrender. They would never fight to prove how unwilling they were to be captured in order to seek the political workers to forgive themselves. In the eyes of the Germans, surrendering means surrendering, prisoners of war are prisoners of war, and it is right to do what they should do. In World War I, the German prisoners of war were still good professions, at least not in World War II. The tragedy of 100,000 people surrendering to the Soviet Red Army and living to the end of less than 10,000, is actually a country that emphasizes human rights, abuse of prisoners of war is likely to be regarded as a scandal. In countries that do not emphasize human rights, abuse of prisoners of war is not a big deal. Disputes between human rights and sovereignty will arise. We can only say that patriotism has become a fig leaf for political hooligans. A country that even ignores the basic power of people is essentially a tool for small groups to steal interests. There is no need for modern civilization today. Although German prisoners of war are responsible for cleaning up, Chinese officers still participate in collecting corpses because they have the obligation to send the relics of each soldier back to their homeland. They are worried that these German prisoners of war will be honest and steal the relics of Chinese soldiers. This is really a judgment of others by themselves.
Everyone walked slowly along the battlefield. Although German prisoners of war worked very hard, there were too many corpses, so many that even the knowledgeable French people were extremely surprised. After all, before this battle, the record of European casualties was maintained by the British army in the Battle of the Somme. More than 60,000 were killed in the first day of the battle. In general, even if one battle was killed and injured millions, there would be not many deaths or injuries every day. So so many corpses deeply shocked the French army. These Chinese people were so good at fighting and fighting. Even Marshal Beta couldn't help but praise: "We have always underestimated the courage of Chinese soldiers, but in fact they are extremely brave."
The broken limbs and bodies were almost everywhere. In some areas where the battle was most intense, the bodies of Chinese soldiers and the bodies of German soldiers were even stacked together. There was even a young Chinese soldier full of bullet holes. After his death, the teeth of a tall German soldier who was hurt by a bayonet were still tightly bit the arm of a tall German soldier who was hurt by a bayonet. No matter how the Chinese officers and German prisoners of war were responsible for collecting the relics, they couldn't pull them away. Chief of Staff Zhu Zhixin, who stood aside and had not spoken, angrily shouted: "Will you cut the bitten piece of meat of that damn German guy with a knife?"
At this time, Deputy Chief of Staff Jiang Baili, who was standing aside, was surprised to find that a tear fell from the corner of Commander Bai's eyes. This is a huge news. You must know that Bai Chongxi has always been known for his cold blood. He has never taken the lives of his soldiers and subordinates to heart. All he pursues is continuous victory. This time he actually cried,.
The further he walked, the desolate and sad atmosphere became stronger. When he walked to the position where the 61st Regiment blocked the German army, Bai Chongxi saw Zhang Zizhong with tears on his face, and blamed the Shandong man for being snatched his arms, and his forehead was wrapped in a white cloth soaked in blood and cried with almost choking: "Commander Bai, our Sixth Division has almost been completely wiped out, and Guangdong Zai Xue Yue and his 61st Regiment have been wiped out without leaving any one."
"Ahem, Zhang Zizhong, you fart, you die, I can't die either." Just less than five meters away from Zhang Zizhong, a man suddenly stood up from the crowd of dead people. After a closer look, wasn't it the Guangdong man Xue Yue? Then three more clients stood up one after another, namely Zhao Yanbin, Ma Wenyuan, and Xia Liqiu. The four of them were exhausted yesterday and fell asleep on the dead. As a result, the division officers who came to inspect regarded them as dead and directly reported that the 61st Regiment were destroyed, which made Zhang Zizhong feel sad.
This is a comedy scene that finally made Bai Chongxi lose his composure to Jiang Baili and Zhu Zhixin: "I release it to Wuhan and ask the National Government Military Commission to award the title of Verdun Heroes of the 61st Regiment. These soldiers are the real heroes."
The first hero team of the Youth Army was born,.
In the Tianyuan Local Standing Committee Building, Wang Zhenyu's straightforwardness made Gu Weijun stunned. He also worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Government for several weeks. Now, as long as he wants to be promoted, who doesn't want to be appreciated by this great god in Wuhan? Happiness comes too quickly, which makes Gu Weijun stupid on the spot.
Wang Zhenyu wanted such an effect. After letting go of his hand, he reminded: "Everyone sits, everyone sits, let's talk casually."
Then Wang Zhenyu asked Gu Weijun about some personal situation and work situation and began to get into the topic: "That's right, Brother Shaochuan, Secretary-General Ling Weng Tang is here, I'll call you here because I lack diplomatic talents now. I need a diplomatic person. Yes, it's your own person. Do you understand?"
When Gu Weijun heard the words "Old" by his own people, he suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart. After glanced at his father-in-law, he stood up and said, "I thank Chairman Wang for his respect, so Gu naturally had no reason to refuse. He was just afraid that he would be a little ignorant of his knowledge and would miss your major event."
Tang Shaoyi also quickly followed up and said humbly: "Shaochuan is indeed too young, and I am also afraid that he will miss your major event by Chairman, so that will not be beautiful."
Wang Zhenyu waved his hand and said, "What I want is Shaochuan's youth, Secretary-General Tang. To be honest, I am one year younger than Brother Shaochuan, so age is not a problem. The key is to rely on talent and heart. In fact, our country is said to be a lot of Western Affairs, but I don't even look down on you. Do you know why? It's because in my opinion, they can no longer keep up with the development of the times."
Chapter completed!