Seeing Armand's face suddenly turn pale, Su Jin felt an indescribable happiness in his heart, these Gallic chickens even walk with their nostrils facing up on weekdays, and now this appearance is really rare. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, although he thought so in his heart, Su Jin couldn't show it on the surface, so he saw Su Jin frowning and said: "Mr. Armand, General Laborde, now it is obvious that Marshal Petain is determined to make peace with Germany, if the French government announces its surrender, then your fleet will be very embarrassing, do you plan to take this fleet back to France to surrender to the Germans or stay in Asia?" ”

Armand didn't answer this question, and the only one who could really call the shots was the seemingly taciturn Admiral Laborde, so not only Armand, but even Jensen looked at him a little.

In response to everyone's gaze, Laborde said without thinking: "Never, there is no word "surrender" in the dictionary of the French Navy, we are the glorious French Navy, even if we fight to the last man, we will defend the honor of the French Navy!" ”

In the face of Laborde's resolute attitude, Su Jin was not surprised, in another time and space, if there was any unit in France that defended its honor, it was only the French Navy, this army cultivated a true naval soul under the teaching of Admiral Darlan, the soul of the French Navy, and in the face of the threat of the British Royal Navy, they would rather choose to sink themselves than surrender to the British, and now it is naturally no exception.

Su Jin nodded: "General Laborade, your character is worthy of our admiration. But the problem now is that such a large fleet stays in Taizhou, and there are thousands of crew members of the fleet, and the daily food, drink, and maintenance of the fleet are a lot of expenses, and such a huge amount of money cannot be supported by our Third Army alone, I would like to ask General Laborde how do you plan to solve this problem? ”

Hearing this, Laborde's face froze, and this question was also the one he was most worried about. The navy is inherently used to attack, and a navy that only knows how to cower in the harbor is no different from waste, but the navy is also the most expensive type of troops, once it goes to sea, the fuel money alone is a big expense, not to mention the maintenance of warships, etc.

Unlike a pure soldier like Laborade, Armand glared at Su Jin angrily, this guy just received 30 million US dollars from the French government, and now he turned his face and denied people in the blink of an eye, and he still has no conscience.

may have felt that Chief Su's face was too hateful, and even Jensen couldn't stand it, and said on the side: "General Su, during this time, your country has received a total of 90 million US dollars from our US government and the French government, and now it seems that you will not go to France, so should you return this money to its original owner?" ”

Su Jin has always had only one attitude towards anyone who wants to take money out of his pocket, and he saw that his face was cold: "Mr. Jensen, if I'm not mistaken." The original contract clearly stated that if the Third Army could not travel to the contract due to the French government's own reasons, then these opening fees would automatically belong to the Third Army, and now the problem is obvious, the French government is about to surrender, according to the provisions of the contract, this money will naturally belong to our group army, but you let me return the property to its original owner, don't you think this is a blasphemy against the spirit of the contract? ”

It can be said that the essence of Western countries is the spirit of contract, and Westerners think that once the contract is signed, then the agreement is sacrosanct, so Su Jin took out the contract to talk about things, and even Jensen could only scratch his head helplessly, but he didn't want to be so cheap for this cunning guy. He rolled his eyes and said, "In that case, Admiral Laborade, if you are still embarrassed by the removal of your fleet, I think I can send a telegram to the U.S. government explaining your current situation to President Roosevelt, and I think President Roosevelt will understand your difficulties, so that you can lead your fleet to the ports of the United States for temporary refuge, what do you think?" ”

Looking at Jensen, who was talking about everything, Su Jin had to admire the diplomat's mouth, which was obviously a pair of poison, but he said it was a bowl of honey. Su Jin bets that if this fleet arrives in the United States, I am afraid that it will not take a month for this fleet to plant the American flag. In another time, that's how the Yankees and the British treated the French Navy. Roosevelt was a little gentler, and Churchill simply sent warships to surround the French fleet and issued an ultimatum to kill you if you don't surrender.

The proud Gallic China could stand this, and after the last battle, a large number of ships, including 3 battleships, were destroyed, 1,297 French sailors were killed, and 341 were wounded, which also led to the French completely forming a deep enmity with the British. What was even more unacceptable to the French was that the Germans, who had defeated them, had allowed the French to keep their navy, while the British, their allies who had fought side by side a few weeks before, were going to wipe out the French and lose face. This incident provoked public outrage among the French, leading the Pétain government to sever diplomatic relations with Britain. Darlan immediately ordered retaliatory measures and bombed the British base in Gibraltar. Although history has changed now because of the arrival of Su Jin, the attitude of Britain and the United States towards the French Navy will not change.

Seeing a heart-warming expression on Admiral Laborde's face, Su Jin on the side said slowly: "I'm sorry, I'll look up a word." It would be best if the U.S. government could take in this fleet, but I hope that the U.S. government would write a written guarantee that it would not restrict the freedom of the French fleet in any way or co-opt the French fleet in any name. ”

"Hmm!"

Armand and Laborde are not stupid, they were just very excited when they heard that the United States was willing to take them in just now, and when Su Jin said this, they immediately came back to their senses. The Americans are also unprofitable lords, why are they so kind to take in the French fleet, to say that there is no purpose in this, it is a ghost to believe it. Thinking of this, Laborde's eyes became a little meaningful, he looked at Jensen and squeezed out a smile and said, "Mr. Jensen, what General Su said just now I think is quite reasonable, I don't know what you think?" ”

Jensen's face immediately darkened at this moment, Nima really thought that our Americans' money was blown by the wind, and we raised such a fleet of you for nothing, and we had to write a written guarantee that we would not restrict your freedom in any form, do you really think that we Americans are stupid and have a lot of money. (To be continued.) )