C3022 Banquet showdown (1/2)

Before the guards camp left, they had brought along the gift from Xiao Letian. Everyone knew that the supplies in Mace City were extremely scarce, even Ba Zan himself could only eat dry bread that was quickly becoming moldy.

The Chinese paid attention to courtesies and courtesies. Before leaving, they prepared many wooden boxes and gifts.

”Marshal, let's have some food and wine, a case of whisky, two boxes of Bordeaux wine, five boxes of baguettes, three boxes of sausages and ham …”

”There are also 10 boxes of Chinese military rations, canned food, compressed biscuits, candy, chocolate...”

”Enough... Prepare a feast in the afternoon, gather all the officers of the regimental rank and above for a banquet … This matter is too big, and I cannot act alone! ”

The moment he entered the city, he suddenly saw from the corner of his eyes that not far away, four French soldiers were running wildly on the street. Two rats had already been scared to the point of running for their lives.

”Capture Mouse... Catch these two rats... ”Sun-dried meat …”

Excited soldiers encircled the two rats, using empty ammunition box s to capture them. At that moment, the faces of the soldiers who had successfully hunted them were brimming with happiness.

Ba Zan's tears fell all of a sudden. Give them some food... ”This damned war …”

Old Charlie's company felt like they were in a dream today. There was a wooden box full of Magic Rod Bread in front of them.

”Fresh bread! It must have just been baked this morning... God, there are sausages and ham! ”

The soldiers were as happy as if it were Christmas. They cut the bread into thick pieces, then filled the sausages with ham to make a simple sandwich, eating big pieces until they choked their throats.

Old Charlie's heart was finally at ease. ”My intuition can't be wrong … This damned war... At least the Mace City's damned war is going to end soon! ”

In the train station's reconstructed headquarters, the orderlies and civil servants busied themselves. The hundreds of years old Ming Dynasty porcelain that had been left behind since the medieval era was brought out and placed onto the table the delicacies brought in from outside the city.

The strong liquor was opened one by one. They were all over fifty years old. The only regret was that they didn't have ice cubes. However, it was a rare experience for an officer who hadn't tasted anything in a long time.

The military officers who had arrived early were gathered in groups of twos and threes, enjoying the sausages, ham, bread, and wine on their plates. Indeed, the fatigue they had felt over the past month had been alleviated by this wine.

Things that were abnormal were demons. These officers had tired faces, but they didn't know what was waiting for them. Although they had enjoyed the delicacies, they still had grave expressions on their faces.

”Marshal, have you cleaned up the last part of the storehouse?” Do I have to break out of the city and engage in a bloody battle? ”

”That's not too realistic. Didn't the intelligence indicate that the enemies have already reached Paris and the Orleans? Then the south of Mace City will no longer have a main force, where can you go to break out of this encirclement? ”

”Wait, have you heard? Someone saw the people from outside the city discussing yesterday … ”

”Shh …” ”Be quiet, be quiet, be quiet …”

The one hundred and seventy thousand strong army, just the leader alone was more than thirteen hundred people. Adding on the higher ranked commanders, teachers, and other military officers, this time, Marshal Ba Zan was holding a grand banquet that was more than one hundred and fifty people.

A banquet of such a scale was nothing in normal days. In Paris, there were large banquets with more than 500 people, and when Ba Zan held a hunting picnic, it was when there were more than 800 people present.

However, it was during the war, and gathering all the regimental officers together was already a very dangerous thing to do.

If the enemy took advantage of this banquet to launch an attack, it would cause a short period of command chaos!

No one knew what the marshal was up to. Everyone was anxious until the senior commanders of the army were gathered together at four in the afternoon. The hall of the train station was filled with the hubbub of voices.

At that moment, a troop of soldiers from the guard battalion came running in from outside the door. They were armed and lined up in two lines. Silence! ”

All the officers put down the dining plates and wine in their hands, organized themselves to face the main entrance respectfully, just then, Ba Zan and a few generals walked into the hall dressed in brand-new military uniforms, the place was filled with respectful greetings.