Chapter 895： Conflict between the War Department and the General Staff

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In this way, a vigorous military reform triggered by the military plan started from the General Staff and gradually expanded to the whole army.

The General Staff, the Ministry of War, the Algerian Governor's Palace, and the major military regions have been involved in the reform torrent initiated by Chief of the General Staff Niel.

As the Minister of War, Wayan immediately went to the General Staff after receiving the reform policy submitted by the General Staff.

General Wayan, who entered the General Staff, angrily asked the staff officers left behind in the General Staff, where is their Chief of Staff now.

Looking at the ill-mannered staff, he cautiously told Minister Wayan that Chief Niel led a group of new staff to the General Staff to inspect the capital military region (also known as the Seine military region), which may be in the afternoon. to come back.

"In the afternoon, right?" Minister Wayan snorted coldly, and said to the staff officer without concealing his hostility: "When Niel returns, you will tell him immediately! I, Minister of War Wayan wants to talk to him about something!

Please come to the War Department as soon as possible after returning to the General Staff Headquarters!

have you understood? "

"Understood!" The staff officer responded to Wayan in a low voice. At this time, he did not dare to offend Minister Wayan.

"Okay! I'll go back first!" After Minister Wayan finished speaking, he left the General Staff Building without any hesitation.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the French Chief of General Staff Nière and a group of staff members of the General Staff Headquarters returned to the General Staff Headquarters.

The staff officer of the General Staff Department who stayed behind rushed to the front of Chief Niel of the General Staff, and informed Chief Niel of the news that Minister Wayan had arrived at the General Staff.

"What was Minister Wayan's expression on at the time? Angry, dissatisfied, or..." Chief of General Staff Niel asked the staff officer in a casual manner.

"Secretary Wayan was extremely angry after he entered the General Staff! When he spoke, his dissatisfaction with you was revealed in his words!" The staff responded to Chief Niel.

"Okay! I see!" Chief Niel patted the staff officer on the shoulder and said kindly, "Thank you for stopping me this time!"

"Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, Minister Wayan said that you should go to the War Department immediately after returning to the General Staff!" The staff member continued to Niel.

Chief Niel glanced at the "new generation" staff who followed behind him. Each of them was an elite selected from the army of the major military regions and entered the staff headquarters to study. It can be said that they are the seeds of France.

However, at this moment, almost every staff officer's face showed a touch of fear and anxiety.

Niel knew that he couldn't go to the War Department right now.

Otherwise, the prestige of his chief of staff in the hearts of the staff will plummet.

When that time comes, let alone the reform of the entire army, even if the reform of the General Staff is promoted, it will be a dream.

So, Niel responded to the staff with a relaxed expression: "No hurry! I'll take them to a meal!"

After all, Niel led his staff to the cafeteria for dinner.

In the face of Niel who was not at all flustered, the new staff members of the staff headquarters also relaxed.

After the meal was over, the time had come to 6:30 in the morning, and Niel shook hands with these new staff officers one by one.

After saying goodbye to all the staff, Niel ordered the secretary attached to the General Staff to prepare a carriage for him, and he was going to the War Department.

Soon, a carriage stopped in front of the General Staff Building, and Chief Niel rode the carriage towards the War Department in the city center.

After half an hour of running around, the carriage stopped at the gate of the Ministry of War.

Niel, who got off the carriage, looked at the War Department, which was on the same floor as the General Staff Department, with a sullen smile. He knew that after entering the War Department, he would inevitably be "distressed" by the Minister of War, Wayan.

However, as for what Niel reported to Wayan, he would never change course because of Wayan's "difficulties".

When Niel entered the gate of the War Department, the two soldiers guarding the gate hurriedly saluted Niel, the chief of the general staff, and Niel also returned the salute to the soldiers with a grim expression, and asked in a low voice: "Secretary Wayan still Be in there!"

The soldier guarding the gate of the War Department also responded to Niel in a low voice: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, Minister Wayan is still in the office!"

"I see! You've worked hard!" Niel nodded, and then encouraged.

Immediately afterwards, Niel stepped into the gate of the Ministry of War.

When Niel entered the lobby on the first floor of the Ministry of War, the clerks and directors walking on the first floor of the Ministry of War… turned their attention to Niel for the first time.

With a kind smile on Niel's face, he asked everyone present who could take him to Minister Wayan's office.

After a while, the Secretary of State for the War Department appeared before Niel.

The Secretary of State first bowed to Jerome Bonaparte, and then responded to Jerome Bonaparte: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, please come with me!"

Under the leadership of the secretary of state, Niel came to the door of General Wayan's office.

"Dongdongdong!"

Along with three dull knocks on the door, Minister Wayan's slightly hoarse voice came from the other end of the office, "Who?"

"Your Excellency Minister, Your Excellency Chief of General Staff Niel has come!" The Secretary of State solemnly said to Minister Wayan in the room through the crack of the door.

After the room was silent for a while, Minister Wayan's voice came out again, "The door is unlocked, Chief Niel, if you feel that you have a clear conscience, then come in!"

After hearing the response in the room, the Secretary of State made an apologetic expression to General Niel on behalf of Minister Wayan, and then bowed.

Niel shook his head, and then the office secretary of state waved.

The Secretary of State turned to leave, and Niel took the doorknob, took a light breath, and turned the handle to enter the room.

At this moment, Minister Wayan in the room looked blankly at Niel who entered the room, and said with a slightly sarcastic expression, "Chief of the General Staff Niel, I didn't expect you to dare to come in!"

"Minister Wayan, I have a clear conscience, why dare not come in!

"Niel said to Minister Wa with a sullen expression.

"What a clear conscience!" Minister Wayan smiled angrily, clapping his hands and said to Niel in a mocking tone, "I don't understand how the Chief of General Staff Niel has a clear conscience!"

"Minister Wayan, is there any flaw in the military reform document I submitted to you?" Niel asked Minister Wayan in return, "Is every sentence in it a defect in our army!"

General Wayan's expression froze, and after a while, he replied: "The content pointed out in your document is indeed the inadequacy of our army today!"

"Then what guilt do I have to speak of!" Niel said in a loud voice.

"But have you considered Your Majesty!" Minister Wayan reprimanded Niel, "Let's not talk about other reforms, let's take you saying that the cavalry unit will be abolished. Do you know how many cavalry there are in our country? ?"

"86,000 people!" Niel replied without hesitation.

"This is only the number of cavalry units, not including those in charge of the logistics of the cavalry units!

If all these are counted, there are at least 100,000 people.

With a big wave of your hand, you abolished half of the cavalry, and changed the functions of the remaining half of the cavalry!

One to two, our entire cavalry unit, I am afraid that it will be abolished in your hands!

It's not like you don't know what kind of people can enter the cavalry unit!

Aren't you making trouble for His Majesty the Emperor by doing this? ' said Minister Wayan, scolding Nier.

After listening to Minister Wayan's count quietly, Niel smiled and said to Minister Wayan: "Master Wayan, I would like to ask what is the role of the current cavalry unit?"

"Of course it is used as the main force for confrontation!" Wayan responded without hesitation.

"Main force confrontation! Can our cavalry really be able to undertake such a daunting task? Take the Crimean War as an example, you must know about the capabilities of the Cossack cavalry. In addition to the role of intruding on the supply line of the army, is there any other role?" Niel asked Minister Wayan again. UU Reading

Minister Wayan recalled that in the post-war summary after the Crimean War, it was clearly stated that the role of the Cossack cavalry units in normal warfare can be said to be better than nothing.

You must know that those Cossacks were called the White Death during the Napoleonic Wars.

However, on the battlefield of Crimea, the Miner rifle used practical actions to completely let those white death gods know its terrible.

"The failure of the Cossack cavalry does not mean the failure of the French cavalry!" Minister Wayan tried to quibble.

"Come on! Minister Wayan, take out the hardest armor of your cavalry, and I'll shoot it with a Mauser rifle!

We just need to see the final result! "Niel decided to use the most intuitive example to make or break.

"Okay!" Minister Wayan nodded and said to Niel, and then secretly determined in his heart that he must prepare a set of breastplates that Mauser rifles cannot penetrate, so that he would have reason to veto Niel's "kill" Cavalry idea.

(In fact, whether the Mauser rifle penetrated or not, Minister Wayan lost!)

Immediately afterwards, Minister Wayan asked Niel why he wanted to change the existing tactical system. The cluster tactical system currently used by France was obtained through the Crimean War.

Niel told Minister Wayan that they had to change the existing tactical system because of the Mauser rifle.

Because the tactical system they are currently using revolves around the premise of the front-loaded gun.

The breech gun tactical system with a faster rate of fire should no longer be a cluster system.

The French army should choose a tactical system that perfectly exploits the characteristics of the breech gun.

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