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Make France Great Again - Chapter 347

Published at 16th of January 2023 05:54:21 AM


Chapter 347: Loyal General Staff

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Under the concerted efforts of Jerome Bonaparte and St. Arnault, the French General Staff is implementing it at an unprecedented speed, and the results are visible to the naked eye.

Under the screening of the War Department, middle and low-level military commanders fill in the staff of the army, division, brigade, and regiment at a very fast speed to serve as staff officers. The local staff of the army is subject to the dual constraints of the theater commander and the general staff.

The commander of the theater is also subject to the decentralization and constraints of the army staff. The commander who was originally the emperor of the local army had to choose to accept the staff of the army with his nose. The local army is no longer the commander of the local commander. Progress towards relatively democratized power institutions.

Of course, the attributes of the army itself as part of a violent machine remain unchanged.

The only thing that has changed is the army's fault tolerance rate. A single-minded army often causes the pressure of all work to be placed on the army commander.

For a general like Napoleon, a well-spoken army can make his command feel like a duck to water.

However, the vast majority of commanders are not Napoleon, all of their vision and strategic level are roughly the same, and even some of them are idiots.

If the commander of the army is a fool, the entire army will be at risk of destruction.

The role of the troop staff is to help the theater commander avoid risks as much as possible and cooperate with the theater commander to complete the task. If necessary, the chief of staff of the army staff can also quickly control the entire force,

The establishment of the army staff not only strengthened Jerome Bonaparte's control over the local army, but also prevented mass incidents caused by individual missteps. (During the Franco-Prussian War, McMahon did not dare to break through, and Bazin surrendered to the Prussian army, all of which caused devastating disasters to France.)

It really does kill two birds with one stone.

Of course, the more important point is that the army can carry out a new round of job expansion. When middle and low-level military personnel enter the staff, their vacant positions are also filled by lower-level soldiers/military academy personnel. These personnel will become Gerro A loyal fan of Mr. Bonaparte.

Under this set of sand-seeping procedures, the Northern Theater and the Western Theater, which did not obey Jerome Bonaparte very much, also completely stopped secret confrontation and chose to obey Paris' arrangements.

August 1, 1852, under the scorching sun.

All staff members of the five major theaters in the south, south, north, and west gathered in Paris to participate in the triennial theater staff examination under the order of the chief of the general staff, General Saint Arnault. (In July, the Ministry of War issued a rule that staff members should take an exam every three years, with the exception of the first one that went to Paris, the subsequent ones were all within the war zones.)

Nearly 700 new and old staff members arrived in Paris from all over the world and lived in the Rhine Hotel under the reception of Paris public officials.

Since this is a national staff examination, all the trains, accommodation and even meals for the staff going to Paris are borne by the government.

Every staff candidate only needs to test carefully.

From August 1st to 7th, in the week-long test, Jerome Bonaparte found many "talents", he praised them as usual, and called them to Douil alone. Conversation with Limiya.

"Hello! Brigadier General McMahon!"

Inside the Tuileries Palace, Jerome Bonaparte looked at the resolute general in front of him, and he stretched out his hand to invite McMahon to sit down.

McMahon, who did not understand why Jerome Bonaparte called him to the Tuileries Palace alone, was stunned for a few seconds, and then sat at the opposite of Jerome Bonaparte in a salute.

The smiling Jérôme Bonaparte praised: "I have read your profile, you are an excellent soldier!"

"Your Majesty, you are overrated!" McMahon responded to Jerome Bonaparte without being arrogant.

As an army educated in Orthodox ideology, McMahon's ability to deal with Jérôme Bonaparte in this manner was an acknowledgment of the regime of the Second Reich.

The former McMahon almost wanted to leave the army again after Jerome Bonaparte staged a coup.

After a long psychological struggle, McMahon persuaded himself to accept the nascent dynasty and cast his precious vote of approval on whether or not to support the establishment of an empire.

After that, Brigadier General McMahon was assigned by the War Department to return from the colonies to the Pyrenees Military District, which is now a subordinate military district of the Southern Theater, as acting commander.

After the establishment of the General Staff, McMahon, who was influenced by Marshal Saint Arnault, was once again transferred from the acting division commander to the position of the Chief of Staff of the Army, and then came to Paris under the order of the General Staff for the assessment of the staff.

"I hope you can serve France well! Don't let it down, France has expectations for you! The chief of staff is not your end, but your starting point! I hope that when I see you next time, you will give me more Surprise!"

Subsequently, in the study of the Tuileries Palace, Jerome Bonaparte personally brought McMahon a fourth-class medal in recognition of his useful results in the staff examination, and also hinted to him that he could Change course and rely on yourself.

McMahon, who was wearing the Fourth Class Medal, looked at Jerome Bonaparte with excitement and responded forcefully: "I will swear allegiance to the Empire to the death!"

"I will remember what you said!" Jerome Bonaparte showed a meaningful smile at the corner of his mouth. He really wanted to see this "future" President of the Third Republic, protector of the monarchist faction, What kind of future will the guy who is one of the main culprits of the collapse of the two empires go.

After McMahon left, Trosch entered the study.

Compared to McMahon, who met for the first time, Jerome Bonaparte seemed much more easy-going in front of Trosch.

Looking at the general who was drawn out by himself, Jerome Bonaparte revealed a kind smile on the corner of his mouth.

"How does it feel to be the Chief of Staff in the First Division?" Jerome Bonaparte asked in an easy-going tone. Judging from his posture, he didn't mean to treat him as an outsider at all.

After hesitating for a moment, Trosch replied: "It's okay for now!"

After speaking, Jerome Bonaparte opened the cigar in the drawer and threw it to Trosch, half-jokingly: "Smoke it! I heard that you are in the staff, and you can't talk without smoking a cigar!"

Trosch, who took the cigar, didn't understand Jerome Bonaparte. He hurriedly lit the cigar and took a sip, showing an intoxicated look on his face.

Seeing this, Jerome Bonaparte also lit a cigar for himself, and the entire study was enveloped in smoke.

"Your Majesty, I don't think the job of Chief of Staff of the Division is really suitable for me!" Trosch said to Jerome Bonaparte with a bitter face.

"What kind of job do you think is more suitable for you!" Jerome Bonaparte put the cigar on the edge of the glass ashtray and knocked it lightly, and the ash fell into the ashtray.

"You know, I used to work in Algiers...if you can let me lead a regiment...just a regiment..." Trosch cautiously asked Jerome Bonaparte's attitude.

"So, don't you want to be chief of staff in the future?" Jerome Bonaparte asked rhetorically.

Hearing "Chief of the General Staff", Trosch couldn't help but his heart beat faster.

Who in the entire army doesn't want to be the chief of staff?

"Think!" Trosch responded decisively.

"Then you should start with the staff honestly! What I need is not a general who can charge, but also a marshal who can coordinate the work! The former is too much in the French army, while the latter is too little!" M. Bonaparte said with a sigh to Trosch.

The current French army is simply a replica of the Showa Japanese army decades later, and a general who picks up alone is a "Nogi Nogi" who dares to charge into battle.

If you look at them together, the entire French army is like scattered sand without cohesion.

Armies like this were able to win the Crimea and the Franco-Austrian Wars because the Russian and Austrian Empires themselves were worse than the French Empire.

The slightest encounter with a Prussian kingdom that is not very bad, and the French army will soon reveal all its shortcomings.

It is what Jérôme Bonaparte should do to start cultivating military commanding talents like Old Mooch and logistical management talents like Ron.

Up to now, only Niel and St. Arnault's subordinates who have surrendered to Jerome Bonaparte have such abilities.

McMahon, Leboeuf, Bazin, and others are still far behind.

Of course, Trosch also has such potential.

Otherwise, Jérôme Bonaparte would not have used the General Staff as a bait to tempt Trosch to continue his staff post.

"I see! I will definitely live up to your expectations!" Trosch, who felt the monarch's attention, immediately responded to Jerome Bonaparte~www.novelhall.com~ You are also an old man who came with me ! I don't want you to be too far behind, otherwise I really don't know how to promote you! ' Jerome Bonaparte sighed softly, pretending to be annoyed.

"Don't worry, I won't let you down!" Trosch responded firmly again.

"Okay! This is your medal!" Jerome Bonaparte took the box containing the medal from the drawer and handed it to Trosch.

Trochu took the box and hurriedly saluted Jerome Bonaparte. Jerome Bonaparte waved his hand and said to Trochu: "Okay! You go back first!"

Trosch left the Tuileries Palace, riding in a carriage, he couldn't wait to open the box where the medal was placed.

In addition to a fourth-class medal, the box also contained a note worth 50,000 francs.

With the notes, Trosch could go to the Banque de France to exchange francs for the corresponding value.

This is the best reward for allegiance to Jerome Bonaparte.




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