The French Headquarters, Xia Fei is in his office, discussing the forthcoming offensive with several staff officers in front of the map, making notes as they talked.
"We need artillery." Xia Fei pointed his pencil towards the enemy direction: "105MM howitzers."
"But General." A staff officer raised his head in confusion: "We discussed this before, that specialized artillery units cannot have prolonged preparatory bombardment when attacking..."
"You fool!" Xia Fei interrupted the staff officer mercilessly: "It's to prevent the enemy from having time to organize their artillery to target our tanks. The 105MM howitzer is needed to suppress enemy artillery, something the 75 cannon cannot do."
"Yes, General." The staff officer hurriedly responded.
Xia Fei glanced at the staff officer with dissatisfaction. It was because the command was filled with such fools that he had to take the risk of embarrassment by borrowing strategies and tactics from Shire.
