Chapter 162: Borrowing a Knife to Kill

The news of victory reached the Paris City Defense Command, but there was no cheering, and the headquarters' reaction seemed very flat.

It was Lieutenant Colonel Fernand who answered the phone. He looked up at Gallieni, who was standing in front of a map a few meters away and looking at the current situation: "General, the Germans surrendered, and we successfully recaptured La Faux!"

Lieutenant Colonel Fernand's voice was calm, and the others just nodded quietly after hearing it, as if they had known that there would be such a result, and they were not surprised at all.

Gallieni just said "hmm", and his eyes were always fixed on the map.

This is indeed the case. The City Defense Command is different from the Joffre Command, which knows nothing.

The City Defense Command has been in control of every dynamic on the front line from beginning to end, whether it is on the ground or in the air, everything is under control.

They watched Charles's steady and orderly progress, and every step was surprising, but every step was reasonable.

This is not like a battle, but a process of uncovering layers of packaging, each layer is so amazing that there is no suspense before the mystery is revealed. Everyone knows that victory is a matter of time.

Gallieni gently inserted a tricolor flag representing France in the position of Lafox, and asked Charles who was yawning beside him: "Did you not sleep well last night?"

"Yes!" Charles complained: "I don't know when a group of wild cats came to my home, and they always make strange noises at night."

Everyone couldn't help laughing. Just now they thought that Charles couldn't sleep because he was nervous about preparing for the big battle today, but it turned out to be because of wild cats!

Could the wild cats put more pressure on Charles than Lafox?

But maybe it is true that winning a battle may just be a game for Charles.

Gallieni didn't say anything. He returned to his desk, took a box from the drawer and waved it at Charles: "Reward for this victory, Lieutenant!"

Charles excitedly stepped forward to take it, but was disappointed when he opened it: "The Royal Crown Medal? This was originally mine!"

"Yes!" Gallieni nodded: "But it was given to you by me! Are you not satisfied? I can return it to Albert I for you, just say you refused!"

Charles rolled his eyes. The old guy was really a stingy person. He was very good at borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha.

At this time, cheers came from outside the headquarters, and someone shouted Charles' name over and over again.

It turned out that the people of Paris heard the news of the victory. They knew that Charles was here, and they gathered downstairs spontaneously to celebrate for Charles.

……

At Armand's Brad Manor, Grevy and Francis and others gathered here when they heard that Charles' troops launched an attack.

But they didn't expect that Charles had won before the "conspiracy" was over.

"Smart guy!" Armand kept a smile on his face, and did not hide the admiration in his eyes: "He actually deceived all of us."

Armand glanced at Grevi, meaning that this also included Grevi.

Grevi was the one who provided intelligence to German intelligence personnel, but of course, Grevi would do it perfectly, and no one would think of him.

Grevi said nothing, as if it had nothing to do with him and drank wine by himself.

"What should we do?" Francis was a little confused: "If this goes on, our tanks will be finished!"

"What can we do?" Grevi asked back.

Everyone was silent. It was too late to do anything now. Charles had revealed the answer, and the CA-1 tank seemed to have come to an end.

Armand smiled lightly, with self-mockery in his tone: "Perhaps, we shouldn't have sent him to the army in the first place, which seems to have made him successful!"

Grevi also regretted it a little.

But who would have thought that Charles had such military talent and would shine so brightly after joining the army!

At that time, everyone thought that it was Francis who saved Paris!

Grevy looked at Francis, who was sitting opposite him and was already in a state of panic, and sighed with ridicule.

Francis seemed to remember something. He raised his head and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes: "In addition, do you know who else appeared in Charles' tractor factory to help him command the troops?"

Francis glanced at everyone present: "It was Estiny, our tank designer!"

Grevy's face was surprised. He sat up straight and leaned forward, and asked expressionlessly: "Are you sure?"

"Yes, of course!" Francis replied: "Estiny rarely shows up. We only know Brownie. Later I learned that Estiny was also among them. He seemed to be valued by Charles!"

In fact, it was not that Estiny rarely showed up, but that Francis's spies at the Charles Tractor Factory did not know Estiny and did not take it seriously until one day when they accidentally mentioned the artillery colonel, and the two sides compared and found that it was him.

"Interesting!" Armand smiled softly: "It seems that Colonel Estiny has betrayed us! Then..."

Armand did not continue, but everyone knew what he wanted to say. Grevi's plan to compete with Charles in tanks, is it completely bankrupt now?

Grevi nodded lightly and admitted it.

He realized very early that he might not be able to compete with Charles in this regard. That was Charles's strong point. He was a genius!

This is helpless, but this is the fact. They invested money, made efforts and placed high hopes on tanks, but in the end they were defeated by a genius's idea, easily. And they lost completely!

However, Grevi did not intend to surrender. He thought about it for a while and said thoughtfully: "We seem to have made a mistake in one thing!"

"What?" Armand asked, a smile on his lips, just a little? Isn’t it a case of losing everything?

Grevi replied: "When we faced Schneider, we thought it was the most powerful. We thought we should form an alliance with Ciel!"

Armand said "Oh" and nodded: "Actually, Ciel is the most powerful, but we don't know!"

"Yes!" Grevey said: "Schneider didn't know either, so that's why the current situation happened!"

"So what?" Armand asked, "Do we seek to join forces with Schneider?"

This is almost impossible. Schneider is a leftist and a big capitalist. If we join forces with him, there seems to be no need for the right wing to exist, and the right wing will not agree!

"Of course not!" Grevi turned his attention to Francis: "But Schneider may be interested in the tractor production line and technology!"

Francis' eyes lit up and he nodded in agreement.

Schneider's tank uses an electric engine, and he may need to switch to a conventional engine. The purchase of Holt Tractor's production lines and technology will enable him to quickly transform.

Armand understood after hearing Grevi's words that he was using Francis to reach a certain degree of alliance with Schneider.

More importantly, it would allow Schaer to target Schneider. Grevey will continue to sow discord between the two when necessary.

Kill with a borrowed knife, use Schneider to deal with Ciel, what a good idea!