Fox of France

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

　　On the second day of Napoleon’s arrival in Paris, Joseph made such a suggestion to Kano 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 people have become very familiar with each other and have become friends who can call each other's names and use the pronoun "you" instead of "you".

"Ah, Joseph, I really envy you." Kano reached out to take the portfolio, and while taking out the files inside, said, "You guy can always have new ideas. I don't I see, just looking at the size of my head, my head is almost a circle bigger than yours, but..."

　　 As he said, Kano looked at the document.

　　 "Well, ‘suggestion on establishing a special simulated enemy army’...Let’s see, I’ll see..." Kano looked down at the document and stopped talking.

　　 Joseph proficiently 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 read the documents in his hand.

　　 "Joseph." Kano said, "The idea is good on the whole, of course, there are still a lot of details to be perfected, but it is very worthwhile to spend money on this matter."

　　 Then he shook a bell on the table, and an orderman walked in.

　　 "Major, what's the matter?" the orderman asked. Because of his outstanding work performance, Kano just got the rank of major a few days ago.

　　 "Ah, Hubert, please help me to ask and see when Mr. Lafayette is available." Cano said.

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

"Joseph, you have a good idea." Kano said, "get a small but elite unit to simulate the enemy army. Let the units 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 rewards and punishments for the troops. At the same time, such training can also allow soldiers to gain some experience in confronting real powerful enemies in advance in a peaceful era. But very precious experience. And we can also experiment with various new tactics through such exercises. This is really a good idea!"

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

"Joseph, there was one thing you said wrong just now." Kano shook his head. "Even if you have money, you shouldn't send all the troops to Africa to fight the barbarians. Because the experience gained from fighting the barbarians is not As far as the building of an army is concerned, there is no positive meaning, or even harm. The experience gained by the army in high-level military exercises is much more important and effective than the experience gained from fighting barbarians. People fighting wars are like playing chess with beginners who don’t even know the rules of passing soldiers. The more you play, the worse your level. During the Seven Years’ War, the troops transferred from Africa That’s why it’s generally not very good..."

　　 In fact, this phenomenon is also very common in later generations, but Joseph didn't know it. At the beginning, the army you saw, Amei, went abroad to fight against terrorism for a few years, and then returned to Owensburg and played with the simulated Red Army. As a result, a brigade was hung up and hit by the "Red Army". Defeated. In the Ermao country, Amei, what you saw as a military adviser with "actual combat experience", when commanding the Ermao army to cross a bridge, in order to guard against roadside bombs or something, the entire brigade was parked at the bridge head and spent more than an hour. The bridge was checked up and down three or four times inside and out. Finally, the brigade waited until the enemy's large-scale coverage bombardment. As a result, the brigade had lost its combat effectiveness before it had time to see the enemy.

　　 Just as Kano was talking, there was a knock on the door.

　　 "Come in." Kano said.

　　 The orderly soldier walked in and said, "Major, the Marquis is okay now. You can find him in his office."

"Thank you, Hubert." Kano stood up, gathered up the stack of papers that Joseph gave him, and said to Joseph, "Joseph, let's go to see His Excellency Lafayette and put your thoughts together. 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 candidate for the commander of this army?" Joseph asked just as they were going out the door.

"No." Kano stopped. "This force is definitely not big at first. I think it would be nice to have one or two hundred people. So his commander can only be a captain...what, Joseph , Do you have any good candidates?"

"That's it, Lazar. Actually, I was not the real proponent of this plan..." Joseph suddenly seemed to be a little twitched, "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. However, he is a bit lofty. He very much hopes that he can become the commander of this team."

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

　　 "Napoleon," Joseph reminded.

"Well, Joseph, you know, Napoleon is still just a second lieutenant. It is a bit difficult to persuade Your Excellency Lafayette to agree to let a second lieutenant command such a team." Cano said, "but his identity is. Not bad. But, Joseph, you also have the rank of lieutenant now...Let’s go, let’s meet with Your Excellency Lafayette and see what he thinks."

　　Joseph knows what Kano said about which status is good. In the eyes of ordinary French people, Corsican nobles are hardly regarded as nobles, and are no different from the decent people of the third class, and may not even be comparable to those decent people. So the parliament will not treat them as nobles at all. On the side of the army, the power of the nobility cannot be ignored. If it is a thorough civilian, like Kano, the council may be satisfied, but the army is not happy. And the Corsican nobles like Napoleon, although their fineness is not good, but they are more or less nobles, they are relatively more acceptable.

　　 Joseph followed Kano to Lafayette’s office.

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

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

　　 "Lazar, do you have a new idea again?" Lafayette said with a smile, touching his glasses from the side and putting on them, "Ah, let me see first..."

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 it to me. It’s really interesting to give me such a surprise attack today."

　　 "General, this proposal 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 me not talk about this idea. Believe that it is not unusual for a brain as smart as you to come up with such an idea~www.novelmtl.com~ But many details in this plan are not for people who are very knowledgeable in combat, and cannot be thought of. Let alone There are so many feasible solutions. Well, Joseph, I think you can command at least one regiment of the French army to fight the British in an upright battle. If it is in North America, you can even command one. Master. You are so humble."

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

　　 "From the perspective of the plan, I think Lieutenant Napoleon is very talented and very promising." Kano added.

　　 "I believe this." Lafayette said, "Just look at his brother. Well, about the commander of this force, do you have anyone?"

"This force doesn't need to be too big at the beginning, two hundred people are enough. Since this idea came from Joseph, the perfection of the idea was realized with the help of Napoleon." Carnot said, "Then let Joseph be responsible This experimental team, let his brother help him. What do you think of this?"

Lafayette raised his eyes, looked at Kano, and hopefully, Joseph, then said: "Then first promote Mr. Joseph Bonaparte's rank to captain, and then let him be responsible for forming this team. Well, you said, what is the name of this unit?"

　　 "This unit specializes in the role of the enemy in the exercise. Our dangerous enemy is the British in red." Kano said, "This unit is simply called the'Red Army'."