Chapter 151 Intelligence from Party Struggles

Operations Department of the Paris City Defense Command.

Gallieni asked someone to hang an enlarged map of La Fox on the north wall, right next to his desk. The map marked every trench and troop deployment detected in detail.

Gallieni stood in front of the map and said to Charles with a heavy heart: "These are all obtained by our warriors with their lives and blood!"

Charles replied: "Actually, you can get this information by airplane!"

Gallieni rolled his eyes at Charles, as if to say, you are disrespecting Xiafei by saying this, and everything he has done will be in vain!

However, Gallieni did not say anything. He pointed at the map with his pointing stick and analyzed: "Judging from previous battles, the middle line of defense is the most difficult to break through. There is a highland more than 100 meters above sea level. The German troops on it are facing I have a commanding advantage, and a large amount of barbed wire has been laid in front of the defense line, and there may be an artillery regiment behind the high ground! "

Speaking of this, Gallieni put away his instruction stick and said thoughtfully: "So, I am considering a question, whether we should attack from the flank..."

"No, I think we should attack from the middle!" Charles rejected this plan: "The German artillery has a range of 12 kilometers. No matter whether our army attacks from the flanks or from the front, we have to face its blow. And the frontal terrain The flat flanks are rugged, and if the tanks attack from the flanks, they will be hit by more artillery fire on the road!”

"That makes sense!" Gallieni nodded, pointed his stick toward the German artillery position, and asked: "You mean, quickly break through from the front and penetrate the enemy's artillery position?"

"Yes, that's what I think!" Charles nodded: "As long as the enemy's artillery positions are destroyed, the follow-up attack will be able to recapture the La Fox area in one fell swoop!"

…

Two hours later, Shire's battle plan was placed on the table of Khalil's headquarters.

Khalil was a little strange. He asked his staff officer Wolf: "This is France's top secret. Only Galieni may know it. Why was it learned by our intelligence agents so quickly? Are you sure this is true?"

Khalil suspected that this was information "fabricated" by intelligence agents in order to claim credit.

Staff Officer Wolfe smiled confidently: "No doubt, Colonel, this is indeed true, the intelligence source is very reliable!"

Seeing that Khalil still didn't believe it, Wolfe leaned forward and lowered his voice and said, "This is information provided by a certain party in France!"

Khalil understood instantly that it was a party dispute within France.

To put it simply, if the group represented by Gallieni and Charles won, it would be detrimental to a certain party, so a certain party used its own connections to obtain intelligence from within and then secretly transferred it to German intelligence agents.

Khalil laughed and cursed sarcastically: "Stupid French people, they always put internal fighting first!"

"Otherwise why would they call them France?" Wolfe replied with a smile.

"So!" Khalil asked again: "Do we even know how many tanks and troops the Shire has?"

"Of course!" Wolfe nodded: "Even including Charles' attack time!"

Although Galieni built a railway directly to the tractor factory in the Shire, a certain party in France had spies inside the tractor factory. They could easily know what or how much was loaded onto the train every day.

Khalil nodded: "If that's the case, it would be much easier to handle!"

At this time, the signalman came forward excitedly and reported: "Colonel, General Waldeck agreed to our application. He decided to transfer the artillery regiments in the Andrusi and Tamon areas to our army's command, and the artillery shells will be supplied first!"

A burst of cheers immediately erupted in the headquarters. Originally there were only two artillery battalions in the La Forks area, but now two artillery regiments have been directly strengthened. Not to mention the Shire tanks, even ten Shires are not enough to blast them!

…

In the House of Representatives of the Palais de Bourbon in France, Gallieni once again stood on the stage to accept questions from members of the House of Representatives.

Since the last time he satirized the members of the House of Representatives, Gallieni had already prepared to ignore these members. They have nothing but stupidity and greed, and Gallieni does not want to see their faces.

However……

Parliamentarians will decide based on this inquiry whether to send Charles and his tanks to the battlefield to replace Joffre.

Gallieni had to accept it.

"General Galieni!" A congressman stood up and asked in a high and beautiful falsetto: "Do you really think that a 17-year-old kid, a lieutenant who has never been to a military school and has never experienced war, has enough Do we have the ability and experience to command the French army to fight the Germans? We even want to use him to replace Joffre, who has 44 years of military experience. He has great military achievements and is still the commander-in-chief of France!”

Gallieni simply replied: "Sorry, what did you say? I didn't hear it clearly!"

The congressmen were stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.

Everyone knew in their hearts that Gallieni was giving the questioner a hard blow in a clever way:

The one who achieved great success in battle was the 17-year-old Charles, who had never attended a military academy.

Joffre's commendable military exploits include, first, the Battle of Senegal more than ten years ago, which suppressed the resistance of the locals. The French army faced the indigenous people armed with wooden sticks, bamboo arrows and shotguns.

The other was the victory in the Battle of the Marne that was widely publicized by the media, and the main contributors to this battle were Gallieni and Charles.

The congressman did not continue to ask any more questions. He sat back down in his seat with an embarrassed look on his face.

Another councilor stood up, and Gallieni recognized him. Steed from the Saint-Etienne Arsenal, and Gallieni knew that he had always held a grudge against him because of the machine gun.

Gallieni "hummed" in his heart. This guy was probably asking some unfounded suspicions!

Unexpectedly, Steed asked in a friendly voice: "General Galieni, I just want to know one thing. What Charles said to the media is that CA-1 and 'Saint Chamoun' have obvious flaws. Do you think it’s true?”

As soon as the words came out, he was booed by the surrounding lawmakers.

Gallieni was surprised. This question was beneficial to Gallieni. When did Steed change his gender? Or are you just confused?

"It's true!" Gallieni stepped forward and replied: "Facts also prove that what Charles said is right. The problems of CA-1 and 'Saint Chamoun' are obvious to all. They blindly pile up artillery and machine guns without considering the actual situation on the battlefield. , the result is..."

Before he finished speaking, he was immediately met with opposition:

"That's not a problem with the tanks, they don't know how to use them without experience!"

"It's the soldiers who won't cooperate!"

"This has something to do with the Germans using new rifle ammunition. Charles's tanks will also fail!"

…

Schneider owner James Shiran stood up and said:

"Gentlemen, why don't we try and let Charles command the 'Saint Chamoun' tank to attack the enemy? Isn't this more likely to win than a tank with only a machine gun?"

Gallieni cursed in his heart: Shameless, you can say anything for profit!