Fox of France

Although he intends to squeeze Napoleon, Joseph also knows that Napoleon is not a talent as a staff officer. In this regard, there are still several Josephs behind him and Kano. In fact, it is not impossible for him to do the meticulous staff work and arrange all kinds of small things one by one, but this is not what Napoleon is best at. Joseph also didn't want to bend Napoleon, and trained a good commander into a staff officer. For Napoleon, Joseph actually prepared another way to open it.

On the second day after Napoleon came to Paris, Joseph made such a proposal to Carnot in his office on the second floor of the City Hall.

"Lazar," Joseph took out a portfolio and handed it over, "I suddenly had a new idea about how to train the army. Last night, I came up with an imperfect idea overnight. I hope I can get your comments." During this period of cooperation, the two have become very familiar with each other, and have become friends who can call each other by name and use the pronoun "you" instead of "you".

"Ah, Joseph, I really envy you." Kano reached for the file bag, took out the documents inside, and said, "You guys always have all kinds of new ideas. I don't I understand, just looking at the size of my head, my head is almost a circle bigger than yours, but..."

While speaking, Kano looked at the document.

"Well, the 'suggestion on establishing a dedicated simulated enemy army'... I'll take a look, I'll take a look..." Kano looked down at the document and stopped talking.

Joseph skillfully poured himself a cup of tea, then sat down in front of his desk and started his work.

After a while, when Joseph began to add water to his glass for the second time, Kano finished reading the document in his hand.

"Joseph." Kano said, "This idea looks good on the whole. Of course, there are still many details that need to be improved, but it is very worthwhile to spend money on this matter."

Then he rang a bell on the table, and an orderly entered.

"Major, what's the matter?" the orderly asked. Because of his excellent work performance, Kano had just received the rank of major a few days ago.

"Ah, Hubert, help me to ask when Mr. Lafayette is free." Carnot said.

"Yes, Major." The orderly saluted and walked out.

"Joseph, you have a good idea." Kano said, "Get a small and elite army to simulate the enemy army. Let each army go to conduct confrontation exercises with them. Then the referee department, um, you call it the director department Judging their performance, these judgments can also become one of the basis for rewarding and punishing troops. At the same time, this kind of training can also allow soldiers to gain some experience in confronting real powerful enemies in advance in an era of peace. But it is a very valuable experience. Moreover, we can also experiment with various new tactics and tactics through such exercises. This is really a good idea!"

"It's impossible for us to send all the soldiers to Africa and let them fight those barbarians to gain experience. I think, although the experience gained in this way is not as good as the experience brought by actual combat in Africa, But it's better than nothing," Joseph responded.

"Joseph, you made a mistake just now." Kano shook his head and said, "Even if you have money, you shouldn't send all your troops to Africa to fight those barbarians. Because the experience gained from fighting barbarians is very important As far as the building of an army is concerned, there is no positive meaning, and even only harmful. The experience gained by the army in high-level military exercises is much more important and effective than the experience gained from fighting barbarians. And barbarism Fighting a war is like playing chess with beginners who don’t even know the rules of eating passing pawns. The more you play, the worse your level will be. During the Seven Years War, those troops brought back from Africa The performance is generally not very good and this is the reason..."

In fact, this phenomenon is also very common in later generations, but Joseph didn't know it. At the beginning, sister, the army you saw went abroad to fight the anti-terrorism war for several years, and then returned to Fort Owens to play with the simulated Red Army. As a result, a brigade was hanged up by the "Red Army" company by company. defeated. In Ermao country, Amei, you see a military adviser with "practical combat experience". When commanding the Ermao army to cross a bridge, in order to guard against roadside bombs, the entire brigade was stopped at the bridgehead, and it took more than an hour The bridge was checked up and down three or four times, inside and out. Finally let the brigade wait until the enemy's large-scale coverage bombardment. As a result, the brigade lost its combat effectiveness before it could see the enemy.

While Kano was speaking, there was a knock on the door suddenly.

"Come in," Kano said.

The orderly came in and said, "Major, His Excellency the Marquis is fine now, you can find him in his office."

"Thank you, Hubert." Kano stood up, packed up the stack of documents Joseph gave him, and then said to Joseph, "Joseph, let's go to see Lord Lafayette together and share your thoughts. Talk to him. I think this matter should be carried out as soon as possible."

"Okay, Lazar." Joseph also stood up.

"Oh, by the way, Lazar, do you have any candidates for the commander of this army?" Joseph asked just as the two were about to walk out the door.

"No." Kano stopped in his tracks, "This army must not be big at first. I think it would be good to have one or two hundred people. So his commander can only be a captain officer... What, Joseph , do you have any good candidates?"

"It's like this, Lazar, I'm actually not the one who proposed this plan..." Joseph suddenly seemed to be a little awkward, "Well, the person who proposed this plan is my brother Napoleon...he is a Artillery second lieutenant, I think he is quite talented in the military. But, he is a bit ambitious. He very much hopes that he can become the commander of this team."

"Haha," Kano laughed, "Joseph, this is the first time I've seen you using power for personal gain. Well, your brother, considering your situation, your brother must be very talented. However, you also know, Your brother... oh, what's his name?"

"Napoleon," Joseph reminded.

"Well, Joseph, you know, Napoleon is only a second lieutenant. It is really difficult to convince His Excellency Lafayette to let a second lieutenant command such a team." Carnot said, "But his identity is quite That's right. However, Joseph, you now have the rank of lieutenant...Let's go, let's meet His Excellency Lafayette and see what he thinks."

Joseph knew what Kano meant when he said which identity was good. In the eyes of the average Frenchman, the nobles of Corsica are hardly nobles, no different from the decent people of the third class, and they may not even be comparable to those decent people. Therefore, the parliament will not regard them as nobles at all. On the army side, the power of the nobles cannot be ignored. If it is a thorough civilian, like Kano, the parliament may be satisfied, but the army is not necessarily happy. And a Corsican nobleman like Napoleon, although not good-looking, is more or less a nobleman, and they are relatively more acceptable.

Joseph followed Kano to Lafayette's office.

After entering the office and greeting Lafayette, Kano handed the document directly to Lafayette.

"Your Excellency General," Kano said, "We have a new idea, and we hope to gain your support."

"Lazar, do you have a new idea?" Lafayette said with a smile, while touching the glasses from the side to put them on, "Ah, let me take a look..."

Lafayette looked at it for a while, then raised his head and said, "Very valuable proposal! Very valuable! And very feasible. But Lazar, when we left together yesterday evening, you didn't reveal anything Give me, give me such a sudden attack today, you are really interesting."

"General, this suggestion was submitted to me by Joseph this morning. I just saw it too." Kano explained.

"Is that so?" Lafayette seemed a little surprised, "Joseph, you have always said that you are a layman in military operations. But I see your plan, you are very proficient in these things. Let's not talk about this idea, I I believe that it is not uncommon for a smart mind like you to come up with such an idea. However, many details in this plan are beyond the imagination of people who are not very knowledgeable about combat. Not to mention that they have come up with so many A feasible solution. Well, Joseph, I think you can now command at least a regiment of the French army to fight the British in a serious battle. In North America, you can even command a division. You man Oh, how humble."

"General, it's not that I'm humble. Although during this period of time, I have been trying to understand the relevant knowledge as much as possible and have made some progress, but the details of this plan were not completed by me alone. It was done by my brother Napoleon. He was a second lieutenant in artillery in our army," replied Joseph.

"From the perspective of the plan, I think Second Lieutenant Napoleon is very talented and has a bright future." Kano added on the side.

"I believe this." Lafayette said, "Just look at his brother. Well, do you have any candidates for the commander of this unit?"

"This army doesn't need to be too big at first, two hundred people is enough. Since this idea came from Joseph, and the perfection of the idea was realized with the help of Napoleon." Kano said, "Let Joseph be in charge. This experimental team, just ask his brother to help him. How do you like it?"

Lafayette raised his eyes, looked at Kano, and hopefully at Joseph, and then said: "Then first promote Mr. Joseph Bonaparte to the rank of captain, and then let him be in charge of forming this team. Well, tell me, what is the name of this army?"

"This unit plays the role of the enemy in the exercise, and our dangerous enemy is the British in red." Kano said, "This unit should be called the 'Red Army'."