At the Drunken Life Bar, Annette raised her glass with a cigarette in the light music and took a sip.

The French are the ones who know the most about romantic pleasures, and the same is true in war, such as the luxury of this bar, which is hardly reminiscent of the fact that it was mainly opened for the French who had surrendered and were in a state of "slavery".

But then again, sometimes that's exactly what you have to enjoy...... Because no one knows if they will be alive tomorrow, or if they will still be theirs tomorrow, why not spend more?

"Is this a date?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Does it make a difference?" Annette put on a cynical look.

"The difference is ......," Qin Chuan replied, "I know if I want to be courteous to you!" ”

"You can try!" Annette laughed, "I wonder if the 'Legendary Sergeant' is as good at dealing with women as he is at dealing with enemies!" ”

Qin Chuan couldn't help laughing, the French woman or Annette's directness made him a little overwhelmed.

"Tell me, what's wrong?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Why don't you think it's a date?" Annette asked.

"Because you just put on lipstick today!" Qin Chuan replied: "If it's a date, I think you should be more serious." But your head is messy and even a little messy, so I think you were probably dragged out of bed by your father and came to me in a hurry! ”

Then Qin Chuan added: "Therefore, this matter is more urgent, and it is completely unexpected by you, and it may have a very bad impact!" ”

The more Qin Chuan said, the more Annette was dumbfounded, and after a long while, she nodded and said, "Lieutenant, I now know why your enemies have been defeated in your hands again and again!" ”

Qin Chuan spread his hands and motioned to Annette to get down to business.

"That's right!" "Just as you always have enemies, so do we, but we call them 'competitors'!" ”

"Uh-huh!" Qin Chuan knew what was going on when he heard this: "They caused trouble for you?" ”

"Yes!" Annette replied: "They are headed by Bertrand, the director of the Chamber of Commerce, a group of businessmen from Vichy, who have some connections in the Vichy government!" ”

"Any questions?" Qin Chuan didn't understand, this is Algiers, with the support of the Germans, what else would Benova and his party have to worry about.

Annette seemed to see through Qin Chuan's thoughts, and she replied, "The problem is ...... They were supported by General Oxter! ”

Qin Chuan's face changed when he heard this, and he asked, "Commander of the 36th Infantry Division?" ”

"Yes!" Annette said, "It seems that there is no unanimity among you! We've been told that General Oxter intends to confiscate our factories and all our wealth, and we may even become prisoners! ”

"It's not going to happen!" Qin Chuan said.

"I hope so!" Annette said, "Otherwise, by the time it happens, it's already too late!" ”

After Qin Chuan returned to the barracks, he reported the matter to Colonel Slane as soon as possible.

Colonel Slain couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "We should go to General Oxter to discuss!" ”

Despite this, Qin Chuan did not have hope for "consultation", because the 36th Infantry Division was urgently transferred from Paris, and in principle, it was still part of Army Group A and did not belong to the Afrika Korps.

Sure enough, when Colonel Slein and Qin Chuan rushed to General Oxter's headquarters and talked about it, General Oxter replied: "Colonel, as you know, Algiers belongs to France, and the affairs of France should be in charge of our affairs, and we have more experience in dealing with the French, don't we?" ”

"But the General!" Colonel Slein said: "Algiers is occupied by the Afrika Korps!" ”

"But Algeria is mainly garrisoned by Army Group A, isn't it?"

General Oxter was right, an infantry division in Morocco, an infantry division in Algiers, and a 200th infantry division in Tunisia were also following suit. And the German units of the Afrika Korps had only one infantry regiment here.

"General!" Colonel Slane said, "You're going to disrupt our whole plan!" ”

"I don't think so!" General Oxter replied.

Then, General Ochster picked up a document from his table, raised it, and continued: "Colonel, you have been so merciful in allowing the Algerians to become independent and to charge only twenty percent of the tax on French merchants...... God, we've been taxing 60 percent. You know? This will cost us a lot of income! And this is when we need supplies and supplies! ”

Qin Chuan and Colonel Slane couldn't help but glance at each other, and both saw disgust in each other's eyes...... The needs of the Eastern Front were just an excuse for General Ochster, who cared more about their own enjoyment.

"General!" Colonel Slein said: "We have orders from General Rommel......"

"Colonel!" General Oxter interrupted Colonel Slein: "We have orders from General William!" ”

General Wilhelm was the commander-in-chief of Army Group A and, like Rommel, was a general.

"General!" Qin Chuan couldn't help but say to General Oxter: "Please think about it seriously!" ”

"Watch your words, Lieutenant!" Major General Oxter stood up with a calm face.

His meaning is obvious, that is, to use the rank of major general to suppress Colonel Slain and Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan couldn't help but shake his head, Major General Oxter didn't understand the situation, he thought it was just a matter of taxes, or a matter of fighting for power in Algiers, he didn't know that doing so would destroy the entire battle plan of the Afrika Korps and even shake the foundation of the Afrika Korps survival...... Therefore, Qin Chuan actually wanted to save Oxter for the sake of acquaintance, but he stupidly refused.

Sure enough, when Colonel Slain reported the incident to Rommel, Rommel simply replied: "Arrest Oxter, you know what to do!" ”

"Yes, General!" Colonel Slane replied.

Then he immediately contacted Major General Safaha of the "Lightning Division" and Zemamuche of the Zoaf Corps, asking them to cooperate with the operation of the First Infantry Corps tonight.

This is another point that Major General Oxter is inadequate...... At this time, although the First Infantry Corps had only one regiment of troops, it could command the "Lightning Division" and even indirectly command the Zoaf Corps, which had more than 100,000 troops, which together was equivalent to a group army group, while Major General Oxter only had one division.