Make France Great Again

With the full cooperation of Jérôme Bonaparte and Saint-Arnaud, the French General Staff is implementing the plan at an unprecedented speed, and the results achieved are also visible to the naked eye.

Under the screening of the Ministry of War, middle and low-level military commanders are filled into the army, division, brigade, and regiment staff offices at an extremely fast speed to serve as staff officers. The local staff offices of the army are subject to the dual constraints of the theater commander and the general staff.

The theater commander is also subject to the decentralization and restriction of the army staff. The commander who was originally the emperor of the local army had to choose to accept the army staff with a pinched nose. The local army is no longer the boss of the local commander, but is directed towards Relatively democratic rights institutions are moving forward.

Of course, the nature of the military itself as part of a violent machine remains unchanged.

What has changed is the army's fault tolerance. A one-word army often causes all work pressure to fall on the army commander.

For a general like Napoleon, a well-spoken army could make his command a breeze.

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

Once the army commander is a fool, the entire army will face the risk of destruction.

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

The establishment of the Army Staff Department not only strengthened Jérôme Bonaparte's control over the local army, but also prevented mass incidents caused by individual mistakes. (During the Franco-Prussian War, McMahon did not dare to break through, and Bazin surrendered to the Prussian army. All of these caused devastating disasters to France.)

It can be described as killing 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 department, their vacant positions will also be filled by lower-level soldiers/military school personnel. These personnel will become Gérault A loyal supporter of M. Bonaparte.

Under this sand-seeking process, the Northern Theater Command and the Western Theater Command, which were not very obedient to Jérôme Bonaparte, also completely stopped their secret confrontation and chose to obey Paris' arrangements.

On August 1, 1852, the sun was scorching.

All staff officers from the five theaters of war in the southeast, northwest, and central regions gathered in Paris to participate in the triennial theater staff examination under the order of General Saint-Arnault, Chief of the General Staff. (In July, the War Department issued a stipulation that staff officers must take an examination every three years. Except for the first test that went to Paris, the subsequent ones were within each war zone.)

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

Since this is a national staff examination, the train, accommodation and even food expenses for all staff officers traveling to Paris are fully borne by the government.

Every staff candidate only needs to test carefully.

From August 1st to 7th, during the week-long test, Jérôme Bonaparte discovered many more "talents". He praised them as usual and called them to Tuileries alone. Satomiya had a conversation.

"Hello! Brigadier General McMahon!"

In the Tuileries Palace, Jérôme Bonaparte looked at the resolute-looking general in front of him. He stretched out his hand to invite McMahon to sit down.

McMahon, who didn't understand why Jerome Bonaparte called him to the Tuileries Palace alone, was stunned for a few seconds, then stood at attention and saluted and sat opposite Jerome Bonaparte.

A smiling Jérôme Bonaparte praised: "I have read your information and you are an excellent soldier!"

"Your Majesty, you are exaggerating!" McMahon responded to Jérôme Bonaparte in a neither humble nor condescending manner.

As a soldier who has received an orthodox ideological education, McMahon's ability to deal with Jérôme Bonaparte in this manner can be regarded as recognition of the regime of the Second Empire.

MacMahon once almost wanted to leave the army again after Jérôme Bonaparte launched a coup.

After a long psychological struggle, McMahon convinced himself to accept the new dynasty and cast his precious vote in favor of establishing an empire.

After that, Brigadier General McMahon accepted the dispatch of the War Department and returned from the colonies to the Pyrenees Military District, which is now a military district under the Southern Theater Command to serve as acting division commander.

After the establishment of the General Staff, McMahon, who was influenced by Marshal Saint-Arnaud, was once again transferred from the acting division commander to the position of Chief of Military Staff. Then he came to Paris under the order of the General Staff for the staff assessment.

"I hope you can serve France well! Don't live up to France's expectations of you! Chief of Military Staff is not your end, but your starting point! I hope you will give me more when I see you next time. What a surprise!”

Later, in the study room of the Tuileries Palace, Jérôme Bonaparte personally brought a fourth-class medal to McMahon in recognition of his useful results in the staff examination, and also hinted to him that he could Change your course and turn to yourself.

McMahon, who was wearing a fourth-class medal, looked at Jérôme Bonaparte with excitement and responded sonorously: "I will swear allegiance to the empire to the death!"

"I will remember what you said!" A meaningful smile appeared on Jerome Bonaparte's lips. He really wanted to take a look at the "future" president of the Third Republic, the protector of the monarchists, and the third president of the Third Republic. What kind of future will the guy who was one of the main culprits of the fall of the Second Empire head towards?

After McMahon left, Troshu entered the study.

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

Looking at the general who he single-handedly raised in front of him, Jérôme Bonaparte revealed a friendly smile on his lips.

"How does it feel to stay in the First Division and serve as the Chief of General Staff?" Jerome Bonaparte asked in an easy-going tone. Judging from his posture, he did not mean to treat him as an outsider.

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

After saying that, Jérôme Bonaparte opened the cigar in the drawer and threw it to Trochu, half-jokingly: "Smoke it! I heard that you are in the staff department, and it is useless to talk without smoking a cigar!"

Trochu, who took the cigar, didn't understand Jérôme Bonaparte. He quickly lit the cigar and took a puff, with an intoxicated look on his face.

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

"Your Majesty, I think the job of chief of staff of the division is really not suitable for me!" Trochu said to Jérôme Bonaparte with a grimace.

"What job do you think is more suitable for you?" Jérôme Bonaparte put his cigar on the edge of the glass ashtray and knocked it gently, and a puff of ash fell into the ashtray.

"As you know, I once worked in Algiers... If you can let me lead a regiment... just a regiment..." Trochu carefully asked Jérôme Bonaparte's attitude.

"So, do you not want to be the chief of general staff in the future?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked rhetorically.

Trochu couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster when he heard "Chief of General Staff".

I would like to ask who in the entire army does not want to be the chief of general staff?

"Think!" Trochu responded decisively.

"Then you should honestly start as a staff officer! What I need is not only a general who can charge into battle, but also a marshal who can coordinate the work! There are too many of the former in the French army, but too few of the latter!" Gérault M. Bonaparte sighed and said to Trochu.

The current French army is simply a replica of the Showa Japanese army decades later. If you pick up a single general, they will all be "Nogi Nogi" who dare to charge into battle.

If you put them together, the entire French army is like loose sand without cohesion.

An army like this was able to win the Crimean and Franco-Austrian Wars because the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire themselves were worse than the French Empire.

A brief encounter with a not-so-bad Prussian kingdom would immediately reveal all of the French army's shortcomings.

What Jerome Bonaparte should do is to start cultivating military command talents like Moltke Sr. and logistics management talents like Ron.

As of now, only Niel and Saint-Arnault, who have surrendered to Jérôme Bonaparte, have such ability.

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

Of course, Trochu also has such potential.

Otherwise, Jérôme Bonaparte would not have used the General Staff as a bait to lure Trochu to continue his staff position.

"I know! I will definitely live up to your expectations!" Trochu, who felt the monarch's attention, immediately responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.

"You are also an old man who has followed me here! I don't want you to fall behind too much, otherwise I really don't know how to promote you!" Jerome Bonaparte sighed softly, pretending to be annoyed. The way it looks.

"Please rest assured, look for Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com and I will not let you down!" Trochu responded firmly again.

"Okay! Here is your medal!" Jérôme Bonaparte took out the box containing the medal from the drawer and handed it to Trochu.

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

Trochu left the Tuileries Palace in a carriage and couldn't wait to open the box where the medal was placed.

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

With the note, Trochu could go to the Bank of France to exchange for francs of corresponding value.

This is the best reward for loyalty to Jérôme Bonaparte.

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