Chapter 486 Kick Xia Fei Down

There was silence in the House of Representatives, and the members were uncharacteristically silent.

Everyone was staring at Kanais, or at Ciel. They wanted to find answers from the two of them, and wanted to know who lost and who won.

Kanais was stunned for a moment. Seeing that Charles was so calm and calm, he secretly sighed something bad, but he still pretended to be calm and held his chest high: "I don't think there is anything more to say, Brigadier. The result is already obvious. You failed." Change the situation of the war. I hope you can abide by our previous agreement..."

Charles didn't speak, he sat firmly on the chair and looked at Kanais quietly.

"Really?" Major Jules asked. He stood up, turned to the congressman behind him and announced loudly: "The Brigadier General led us to kill and wound more than 7,000 Germans last night, and his own casualties were only more than 300!"

The MPs were in an uproar, and then suddenly burst into warm applause.

On the battlefield of Verdun before, the French army's casualties had always been greater than those of the German army, and they were much greater.

Especially during the counterattack phase of the French army, casualties were tens of thousands every day, twice, three times or even more than the German army, and the front line made no progress.

As soon as Charles left, more than 7,000 German casualties were incurred at the cost of more than 300 people, which completely changed the situation of the war.

Gallieni nodded happily, the little guy did it, and only he can do it!

Kanais's face changed, but he quickly calmed down:

"The casualty data is not up to you, Major, it needs statistics."

"Besides, it's difficult to have exact data on German casualties."

"Besides, I don't think this has changed the situation of the battle. You have always been defensive..."

Major Jules interrupted Kanais: "No, General, you must not know that we took advantage of the victory and launched a counterattack."

Kanais was speechless, he really didn't know.

"You don't know that we recaptured the fortress of Douaumont," Major Jules continued.

Kanais looked at Major Jules in disbelief, then looked at Charles: "No, this is impossible! This is not true!"

The congressmen talked a lot. It was a fortress, and it was the most important large fortress in the center of Verdun. The Germans used hundreds of thousands of troops and thousands of artillery pieces, and they fought for a whole day even though they were prepared or not. Come down.

Charles took the remaining defeated troops of Verdun and recaptured it in just one night with this absolutely weak force?

Isn't that bragging?

Even Gallieni couldn't believe that this was not possible with human power.

Major Jules continued:

"There is also the Douaumont Line of Defense. We successfully recovered the Douaumont Line of Defense, General."

"It can't be faked because our people are standing on this line of defense, holding this fortress."

Then Major Jules showed the blood stains on his uniform and said proudly:

"This is what was left from the attack on the fortress of Douaumont."

"Now……"

Major Jules took out his pocket watch and looked at it: "Major General Lacoste should have announced the results of the victory to the newspaper. The whole world will receive this exciting news!"

Sure enough, bursts of cheers came from the streets.

The entourage of the deputies hurried in from outside one by one, bringing the latest news from Verdun.

Armand said nothing, he just led the applause.

The congressmen followed suit one after another, and the applause changed from a little to a lot, and the rhythm changed from slow to fast, and soon it became a chorus, which lasted for several minutes.

Gallieni clapped and shook his head slightly, always looking in the direction of Charles. He thought he knew Charles very well, but now it seems that he only understood the surface.

On the podium, Kanais couldn't care less about losing his composure and walked down from the stage in embarrassment, ordering his subordinates to seek confirmation.

His panic and embarrassment made the MPs laugh, and someone shouted at him: "No one would lie about such a thing, unless it was Joffre!"

There was a roar of laughter from the deputies.

Joffre had indeed done such a thing. When the Fortress of Douaumont fell, in order to avoid being censured by the Parliament, he deliberately concealed it on the grounds of "avoiding affecting the morale of the troops."

He had thought that as long as he launched a counterattack and recaptured the fortress of Douaumont, he could treat it as if it had never been lost. Unfortunately, the Fortress of Douaumont was never recovered, and it was only exposed a day later.

(Note: Joffre's concealment of the fall of Fortress Douaumont was based on historical facts)

Armand stood up and walked up to the podium, pretending to be helpless:

"Gentlemen, I didn't want to change the general at the last moment because I don't think it is a good thing."

"I also thought that it was impossible to compare Shire and Joffre. After all, Joffre is three times the size of Shire."

The MPs were amused, knowing that they were making fun of Joffre's obesity.

If you think about it carefully, there are indeed not many French soldiers who are so fat, even the generals.

Armand continued:

"However, Joffre's countless attempts are not worth one attempt by Charles."

"Using the same army, on the same battlefield, it only took Charles less than a day."

"I don't think this can be explained by Shire's intelligence. It only means one thing: our Commander-in-Chief is probably not effective."

Councilors nodded in agreement.

The fact that Charles can easily achieve such a record under so many restrictions can only be explained by Xiafei's incompetence.

"He may even play a negative role because he only orders troops to attack besides eating and sleeping."

Again, the councilors nodded in agreement, which seemed to be what Joffre had done.

"So." Armand emphasized his tone and spoke faster:

"Why do we still have someone like this in the position of commander in chief?"

"Let him lead the troops to death or lead France to defeat?"

"Or will it drag us all into the abyss, stuck in the quagmire of war and unable to extricate ourselves?"

"Is this what we want?!"

Armand's words were so inflammatory that the MPs stood up and shouted:

"No, we don't need this."

"Kick Xiafei down!"

"France does not need such a commander-in-chief!"

…

Kanaisi's face turned pale, and he knew that Joffre was finished.

…

Ragden, the headquarters is as peaceful as usual.

Xiafei had just finished breakfast and was sitting leisurely at his desk, reading the newspaper and drinking coffee.

"General." The staff officer came forward with a frightened report: "They said that our army had recaptured the Douaumont Fortress and the Douaumont Defense Line last night."

Xiafei said "hmm" and his first reaction was that this was good news.

But then he thought about it, and suddenly turned his head to look at the staff officer. After being stunned for a while, he laughed: "Are you kidding me? Recapture the Douaumont Fortress? And the Douaumont Defense Line? They only have more than 7,000 people, and the Germans But there are hundreds of thousands!”

This is impossible. In just one night, are all Germans pigs?

The staff member did not dare to speak for fear that he would get burned.

At this time the phone rang, it was Major General Lacoste.

Xiafei hurriedly put down his coffee cup and picked up the phone. After listening for a while, he was stunned. He sat in a chair in a daze and didn't even notice that the phone fell from his hand.