Chapter 477 Can Xia Fei fall asleep tonight?

Gallieni was right.

If it was just to remove Joffre from the position of Commander-in-Chief, it could be achieved now. As long as Charles remained silent, the parliament would start voting next.

Although there is still a small group of people who support Joffre, it is obvious that those who oppose Joffre will be the majority, the vast majority.

However.

Ciel didn't want it to end there.

Because Joffre was dismissed from his post, he may still serve as the government's military adviser and be promoted to marshal under Gallieni's advice as in history.

Then, Joffre will angrily seek revenge from Gallieni, and what should happen will happen again.

Charles wants to smash Joffre to pieces, he wants to uncover Joffre's hypocritical mask, tear off his emperor's new clothes, let his ugliness and incompetence be exposed in front of all French citizens, and let him not even have a vase. If you can't be a symbol, of course you can no longer become a "military adviser" and "marshal".

At that time, he had no power to question Gallieni, and he might not even be able to see Gallieni's face.

Standing on the podium, Kanais glanced at Ciel and let out an almost imperceptible "hum". This guy really thought he was God!

The troops in Verdun are retreating, and the command is in the hands of Xiafei, as are the logistics supplies. If you can "achieve better results" in this way, then we have no shame in fighting you anymore!

However, Kanais still showed a magnanimous look:

"No problem, Brigadier."

"I will report this to General Joffre immediately."

"But before that, I want to know, how long will it take for you to achieve the 'better results' you mentioned?"

Kanais was worried that Ciel would delay time. After all, Ciel's military genius was obvious to all. As time goes by, maybe he can really do it?

Charles stretched out a finger.

"One month?" Kanais was overjoyed and agreed without thinking: "No problem, I will report to the commander-in-chief now..."

"No, General." Charles stopped him: "It's not a month, it's a day."

Everyone was shocked, and everyone looked at Ciel in shock.

Just one day?

Did you hear that right?

Like crossing through Antwerp?

But now, Charles is using troops from Verdun, how is that possible?

Everyone thought Ciel must be crazy!

Gallieni smiled softly. What he was thinking was: If Charles could really change the situation of the war in one day, Joffre, the commander-in-chief who had repeatedly failed in battles, would be completely tied to the pillar of shame.

After all, Xiafei sacrificed so many people and tried their best but failed to stabilize his pace, while Charles was able to do it in just one day. This huge contrast will make people clearly realize the gap between Joffre and Shire!

Kanais's face changed. This was simply an insult to Joffre and all his staff. What did this guy think of war?

But Kanais gritted his teeth and said nothing. He glanced at Ciel with a cold look and nodded: "As you wish, Brigadier General. But if you don't do it..."

"I will fully support Jia Fei to continue to serve as commander-in-chief." Charles replied, this is what Jia Fei hopes for most.

…

The order came quickly. Xiafei simply appointed Charles as the commander of the Verdun theater, and handed over the command of the 2nd Army and the 30th Army stationed in Verdun to Charles.

Xiafei also said generously: "The time starts from when Charles arrives at Verdun to take over the defense. If Charles asks for an extension, or rushes to Verdun a few days later, I won't have any objections!"

There was a hint of sarcasm in his words.

Major Jules found Charles immediately after the meeting and reminded him:

"General, you must not think that these two armies have a lot of strength."

"As the troops stationed in the fortress, they originally had a serious shortage of troops, and the artillery was mobilized in large numbers. It would be good if the two armies can have 50,000 people."

"In the past few days, they have suffered a large-scale retreat under the German attack. Their morale is low. We may not be able to organize even 10,000 people..."

Major Jules was a little anxious when he said these words.

He believed that Charles overestimated himself and that Charles did not understand the situation in Verdun at all.

The surrounding councilors all tried to persuade Ciel:

"You should not accept such terms, Brigadier."

"That was a trap set by Joffre, there is no doubt about it."

"We could have driven it out of power, but now we have to wait for the end of Verdun!"

…

The congressmen did not understand what Charles did. In their eyes, this move could even be said to have saved Joffre.

Charles ignored them. He stared at Major Jules and asked: "Major, are you willing to rush to Verdun to fight as my deputy?"

Major Jules was flattered and quickly stepped forward to answer: "Of course, General, it is my honor!"

"Very good!" Charles nodded, stood up and walked out the door.

"General." Major Jules chased him from behind: "You, where are you going?"

"The airport." Charles replied without looking back: "I need to get to Verdun as soon as possible."

"But General." Major Jules said in surprise: "I think you'd better rush to Verdun tomorrow."

"Why?" Charles asked.

"The Germans' main attack will be at night." Major Jules replied: "If we rush now, we may not be ready to withstand the full German attack, and we only have one day..."

Without stopping, Charles led Major Jules to the car waiting at the door and said, "Then have you considered that if we wait until tomorrow, Joffre may set up more difficulties for us?"

Major Jules was speechless and just looked at Charles blankly.

"Our biggest opponents are not the Germans, Major." As the car started to move, Charles raised his head towards Kanais, who still had a proud face at the door of the House of Representatives: "Our biggest opponents are them."

Major Jules understood and nodded slowly:

"Joffre has no time to prepare now. He didn't expect that you would fly to Verdun so soon."

"In addition, he will go to bed on time at night, so we can almost ignore Joffre's obstruction on this day!"

Ciel said "hmm": "You can say that, but I'm not sure whether Xiafei will be able to sleep tonight."

Major Jules laughed: "Yes, he knows you are in Verdun, and he will probably spend the whole night thinking about how to set up obstacles for you."

Then Major Jules's smile froze, and he shook his head helplessly. This was not a kind of irony:

No matter how fierce the German attack was or how urgent the military situation was, Xiafei would go to bed on time. But when Charles goes to Verdun to solve the problem, it frightens him so much that he dares not sleep!

Jules secretly cursed that this bastard system would actually elect such a person to be the commander-in-chief.

But suddenly, Major Jules was not so nervous.

He felt that Ciel could indeed change the situation of the battle and deliver a perfect answer in one day!