"It seems like the French really treat us like fools. His Excellency Chief of Staff."

Xu Jun shook his head and handed the telescope in his hand to Eric, the adjutant standing beside him.

"They may think we have not mastered their strength yet. They want to use such small means to confuse us. The French commander on the opposite side is really naive."

Weirle also put down his telescope and replied with a smile.

"That's not the case. He must not know that their liaison officer has fallen into our hands. Okay, let's go to Daogen to have a look."

Xu Jun turned around and walked towards Daogen's front command post. Daogen's command post was still a leisurely scene, and no one expressed any concern about the French attack. The officers were calm and composed, and the orders were passed out in an orderly manner. The staff members took the information fed back from the position and circled the map. The communication officers leisurely stood by the walls of the bunker waiting for the commander to give the task. Half of the officers were holding tea and coffee in their hands, and many were still holding cigarettes in their mouths. The atmosphere here made people feel the tension before the battle.

"Everyone stands up! The Head of State is here!" Seeing Xu Jun suddenly appearing at the door of the command post, the staff officer on duty standing by the door was shocked. He immediately raised his chest, his whole body stretched straight like a javelin, and then he shouted loudly with all his strength. "Wow!" With the sound of a uniform collision of boot heels, everyone stood at the front to greet the door as soon as possible, and the entire command post became silent in an instant.

"Would they be better trained or conditioned reflexes..." Xu Jun was sure that he could only hear a sound of boot heel collision in front of him. Looking at the group of SS officers in front of him with solemn and firm expressions but with a look of fanaticism and respect in their eyes, Xu Jun really didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Hello, my head!" The officers saluted respectfully.

"Hello, gentlemen." Xu Jun raised the marshal's pole and replied with a military salute, "Continue your work."

"As for orders, head of state!" The officers nodded and continued to start their previous work, but the volume of discussions and conversations with each other was significantly lowered.

"Daogen, how is the situation now?" Xu Jun walked to Daogen easily. He asked Daogen with a smile. The staff members who were standing beside Daogen discussing issues with him quickly lowered their heads and retreated aside. "Sir, why are you here? There is also Chief of Staff Weiller. You just need to stay in the headquarters. I will report to you as soon as possible if there is any situation, sir." Daogen replied in a low voice, then he turned to the life adjutant standing aside and frowned and said, "Eric, how can you let the chief come to the dangerous frontier? Can't you persuade him? And General Hans, why don't he accompany the chief?"

"Don't blame him, Daogen. He persuaded him, but I rejected him, haha. Speaking of Hans, he has been sent by me to General Guders to help. He is now the acting commander of the Head of State Guards Armored Battalion. Okay, don't you want to introduce me to the current situation? Colonel Daogen." Xu Jun asked with a smile.

"Of course, no, I mean of course I'm willing, sir. Please come here with me, sir." Daogen took Xu Jun to the observation window of the shelter and pointed to the distant position and said: "From the time when I reported earlier, the French team has launched three small-scale attacks. They have dispatched small batches of armored vehicles and infantry. I haven't seen the opponent's tank yet, but judging from the signs and flags on the opponent's armored vehicles, they belong to the French Sixth Armored Division."

"I also saw that the soldiers did a good job." Xu Jun said, looking at the dozens of still burning armored vehicles in the distance. "We are very clear about this. They want to understand our firepower configuration and strength, so I will not be fooled. So I ordered my troops to only conduct moderate counterattacks. Until now, we have not used our heavy firepower. Those armored vehicles were killed by 37mm anti-tank guns on the position, and we have also destroyed at least hundreds of their infantry. Before you arrived, the French had just dragged the bodies of the soldiers back, and we did not stop it." Daogen reported on the side.

"It's done well, Daogen. I did not read you wrongly. You are indeed an excellent commander." Weirler said with a smile. "Thank you for your praise, Chief of Staff. I haven't commanded the battle for a long time. Fortunately, I have not yet retreated." Daogen blushed.

"And, I have reported to you, and I found that the French on the other side did not seem to be their local troops. My soldiers found that a large part of the charge French soldiers were black, and there were troops with strange hats, which might be French colonial soldiers." Dogan continued.

"So I want to come and see in person. They dragged the body back, maybe just to cover up these things. I finally understand why the French Command abandoned its troops without blinking. It turned out that these troops and soldiers were not native French troops, but were all miscellaneous brands gathered by colonial troops transferred from various colonies. Even if these troops were wiped out, the French would not feel a little distressed. But the Sixth Armored Division... might be a victim thrown out for the more realistic performance. Betton is really a traitor." Xu Jun shook his head and said.

"The French abandoned their troops. What happened, sir." Daogen didn't know what Xu Jun was talking about, and he asked in confusion. "I will explain this to you slowly. You just need to know one thing now. After the French launch a full-scale attack, you must use all your strength to counterattack, kill the opponent's live power as much as possible, and consume the opponent's strength. I can tell you one thing, the opponent will definitely not be able to consume this because they will not have any reinforcements or supplies. When we consume all their existing power, we will attack! Then completely end the war." Xu Jun replied.

"As for orders, sir." Although Daogen still didn't know what Xu Jun meant, orders were orders. As a decree official, he never carried out orders without reservation.

"By the way, how about the firepower of the French? Have they bombarded our positions with heavy artillery? The heavy rain last night destroyed the simple runway, and our artillery school firing planes and reconnaissance planes are unable to take off yet. So if the opponent has heavy firepower, it will be difficult for us to determine their location." Weirle asked on the side.

"No, the French did launch artillery bombardment on our positions, but they were sporadic fire, and they seemed to have small calibers, maybe just light infantry guns. We have been using heavy mortars to harass and fire at the French positions. They did not react to it." Daogen replied.

"Maybe the French did not have enough ammunition, but we should not take it lightly. Maybe this is the French's trick. We still have to prepare the soldiers to resist the sudden artillery attacks of the French at any time." Weirle said with a frown.

"As for the order, sir. I had issued a similar order to the soldiers before this. Due to the heavy rain last night, the soil on the positions is now very soft, which will greatly reduce the power of the shells. Moreover, our positions are also built very strongly, and the soldiers have dug the bunker very deeply. I believe that even if the French launch a sudden artillery attack, it will not cause us much damage." Daogen replied loudly.

"That's great, but you still can't be careless. Every soldier is a precious asset to Germany." Xu Jun said lightly.

"Yes, sir!" Daogen nodded and replied.

"Okay, your work here seems to be very good, I'm very satisfied." Xu Jun turned to Daogen and said, "I'll go to the paratrooper's position with Chief of Staff Weirle. You can continue your work, Colonel Daogen."

"As for orders, sir. Do you want me to send soldiers to escort you here?"

"No need, my guard is outside. Then, goodbye, Colonel."

"Goodbye, my head of state!" Daogen nodded respectfully.

"The Chief of the People's Republic of China is leaving!" The staff officer on duty shouted loudly.

"Gentlemen." Xu Jun raised his marshal's staff to the straight officer standing in the room.

"Your work is very satisfying. For Germany, keep working..."

Before Xu Jun finished speaking, his looking hands, who had been standing outside the command post, suddenly shouted loudly.

"Attention! Bombing!" As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Jun and the officers heard the screams of shells as they slashed through the air, followed by a rumbling explosion sounded in front of the position, and the commanding place was trembling slightly in the explosion.

"It's another sporadic shelling!"

"This time there are only ten shells at most!"

“Let the frontiers report on the losses.”

The officers immediately began to evaluate the shelling of the French.

"This time it's different. It seems to be something above 100 mm." Daogen rushed to the observation port of the shelter and pulled the telescope to look in front of the position.

"It seems that the French began to use their most powerful artillery, which is a 185mm infantry gun with a slow firing rate and a close range, and a heavy and complex old equipment. I encountered this French gun many times in the last war. At that time, the French used this artillery to knock my position into honeycombs and craters everywhere. I remember that it really caused us some losses at that time. I didn't expect that the French were still using it now, but now it seems that they have no more than ten. Oh? The troops behind the French may be gathering, and their messengers were running frequently. Let the soldiers prepare for battle, and the French are going to attack."

Weirle and Xu Jun also returned to the observation window and held up the telescope and looked towards the front position.

"The French have no words to say about their skills. Look at the spread of the craters, are they intentional or that bad?"

Weirle shook his head and looked at the craters scattered at the front of the position. These craters that were still smoking were not only far apart from each other, but also all hit the open space in front of the position, and even the edge of the German position was not enough.

"Note, the second shelling is coming." Daogen shouted loudly. Several more heavy shells landed on the front of the position. This time it was finally much closer than the previous round. Daogen clearly saw a piece of wet mud the size of a motorcycle being pushed into the sky by the explosion shock waves and rolling in the sky for four or five weeks. After accurately smashing into a machine gun bunker. Three machine gunners rolled and crawled out their shooting positions before the mud fell.

"Report that our left and right positions were all bombarded by French teams, but they were bombarded by some light infantry artillery, and no losses have been caused so far." A staff officer reported with a telephone receiver.

"Are you ready for artillery fire before the full attack? But this is a bit weak. How is the loss of our position?" asked Daogen.

"You have seen any casualties from any personnel. They have not hit our position at all." The staff officer replied with a look of relief.

"Sir, the French may now launch a full-scale attack. It is not safe for you to stay here. I ask you to go back to the commander of the Legion, where you can command the operation of the entire defense system. We need your overall command." Daogen said respectfully to Xu Jun.

"I understand, the Chief of Staff and I will return to the headquarters immediately. All of this is left to you, Colonel Daogen. Remember what I said before, if the French really attacked in full swing, then use all your strength to fight back." After Xu Jun said that, he nodded to Daogen, and then led his subordinates out of the command post.
Chapter completed!