"No......" Darlan spread out the map, a hint of doubt between the frowns of his brow.

"Commander, what's wrong?" His adjutant saw that something was wrong, and took two steps forward and asked.

In fact, the adjutant also felt that it was a bit dangerous for so many British warships to suddenly appear at first, but he thought of the telegram sent by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill himself a few days ago, so he didn't think too much about it.

At this time, Darlan frowned at the map, which made the lieutenant feel that things did seem to be a little strange.

You must know that a large part of the reason why the French Navy willingly followed Darlan to Africa was because of Darlan's obvious military talent.

If we say, Berente is the best general of the contemporary French Army. Then, the first admiral belonging to the French Navy is none other than Darlan.

Darlan hails from a small village in Neck-sur-Garen, France, where his ancestors were sailors, driving small river boats in the town of Poundssac, near Bordeaux.

The Darlang family has always been famous for shipping, so much so that there is a saying in the Nehak area that "the Darlang family commanded Noah's Ark".

Darlan's great-grandfather, who also served on the French Navy "Dreadnought".

However, the ship was sunk by British warships at the Battle of Trafalgar, and the Darlan family became known for being staunch anti-British.

After the Franco-Prussian War, with the fall of the Napoleonic dynasty in France, the French Third Republic was established.

Both Darlan and his father were supporters of the French Third Republic, so Darlan was considered the most radical reformer in the French Navy at the time.

Later, Darlan was able to grow into a famous admiral in French history, thanks to the then French Minister of the Navy, Georges? Legger.

You know, Legge was a close friend of Darlan's father, and after the death of Darlan Sr., Legge became a huge backer of Darlan in the upper echelons of the French Navy.

After World War I, Legge built the powerful French Republic Navy with his own hands. Today, Darlan, who has become the commander-in-chief of the navy, commands this fleet.

The most fascinating thing about Darlan is his ambition and boldness!

The French admiral and the Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini were equally arrogant in referring to the Caribbean and the Mediterranean Sea as "our oceans."

The dispute between these two seas is even more important than the conflict of interests between Italy and France in Nice, Colica, North Africa and other regions.

However, Darlan was clearly more professional than Mussolini.

Over the past decade, he has supplemented his existing naval forces with a large number of commercial purchases of mines, torpedoes, submarines, and fast destroyers.

The navy of the French Third Republic, the fifth strongest in the world, was able to maintain the second largest colony in the world. Among them, it is not unreasonable!

At this moment, Darlan, who had led the French Navy to witness too many ups and downs, once again felt unusually depressed.

This kind of repression, he hasn't had for a long time. The last time he felt this way was when he was a captain in World War I, when he saw Verdun in support of the operation.

Finally, after looking through the topographical map of the waters around Algeria, Darlan was surprised to notice a problem.

"In the vicinity of Port Oran, there were no German submarines at all! The Germans have never been near the seas around Algeria! ”

Darlan's right hand on the map trembled, and he exclaimed with a trembling voice: "The British are not here to deal with the Germans!" ”

In fact, Reinhardt has always avoided Algeria, where Darlan and Berant are stationed. He has done his best not to irritate the two French greats on this land.

Previously, although there were also unsolicited reconnaissance submarines. However, Darlang and the others later found out that it was a submarine sent by Italy, not from the German Navy.

Today, the reason why the British fleet appears here is definitely not an expedition, just to patrol and declare the national prestige and other tasks.

After all, the Royal Navy of the British Empire had already lost face in front of the German High Seas Fleet, and there was nothing to boast about.

The British are mobilizing their fleets now, it must be for pragmatism, for the sake of war!

However, did they come here to help Darlan eliminate the Italian submarine that was snooping nearby?

Apparently not!

As far as the Italians are concerned, there is no need to send a fleet to clean up.

Thinking of this, Dar Langgu didn't have any grace, and immediately pulled his throat, staggered into the radio room, and shouted, "Broadcast immediately, cancel all vacations, and all soldiers return to combat posts." Level 1 Combat Alert, let all captains go to command immediately! ”

In the radio room, two French officers on duty were still talking and laughing and chatting over coffee. Seeing Commander Dar Lang rushing in with an earthy face, they couldn't reflect what was going on for a while.

However, the alarm sounded very quickly.

The officers and men of the French Navy, who had withdrawn from the war, heard the long-lost "woo" piercing siren in the early hours of this morning.

"What's going on? Haven't we already withdrawn from the Second World War? An elderly logistics officer, with a different face, listened to the smell of gunpowder in the air.

Immediately afterward, he saw a large group of men and horses rushing from all directions to the docked warship. Many of them, before they even had time to wash, rushed out of the barracks with sloppy beards.

Could it be that this was a maneuver by General Darlang in order to keep the officers on their guard?

The old logistics officer half-guessed and half-guessed.

However, his speculation was soon overturned by the radio.

"Again, we are surrounded by the British fleet and are at risk of shelling at any moment. Everyone immediately returned to combat posts, and everyone immediately returned to combat posts! This is not a drill, and again, this is not a drill! ”

What the?! Surrounded by the British fleet!

The old military manager was a little confused. Didn't you just say that you had just received a telegram of understanding from the British Prime Minister a few days ago, on June 8?

Commander Darlan was also very moved to say that every year on June 8, the French Navy would hold an event to remember the tolerance of the British.

How...... The British played everyone tricks?

That's what British Prime Minister Winston Churchill personally swore to promise, the dignified British Empire, how can it be so two-faced and turn its face and deny people?!

While the old officer was puzzled, Darlan in the command room was also unwilling to believe what was happening now.

To be honest, the reason why he ordered the first level of alert was not that he accepted the facts immediately.

The series of orders given by Darlan were nothing more than his instincts out of a sense of responsibility and accumulated military qualities. From the bottom of his heart, he still didn't want to believe that Churchill's intentions could be so sinister.

However, the reality is no longer for him to believe!

"Commander, the British ships have begun to drop a large number of mines in our harbor!" The report of a combat staff officer completely revealed the intentions of the British.

They are here for the Darlang fleet!