It's a bit urgent tonight, there's only one chapter, and I'll make it up tomorrow, sorry!

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Part of the reason why Hitler did not attack France to give the Vichy government a seat was the Toulon fleet...... The French Toulon fleet is a fleet of 80 warships and submarines of various types, including 3 battleships and 7 cruisers, and the performance is quite good. So no matter which side covets it, Hitler is certainly no exception.

The Vichy government was also aware of this, so Pétain and Darlan deliberately trumpeted an order shortly after the surrender of Germany...... As soon as the German army threatened or possibly occupied the port, the navy was supposed to blow up the warship and sink itself in the shortest possible time.

There was clearly an element of intimidation, and the French did not want the Germans to go south, but no one doubted that the French would do so...... The reason was that if these warships fell into the hands of the Germans, it would not do France any good.

Hitler was frightened, or rather, so he didn't dare to do it.

Of course, the port of Toulon was in the southernmost part of France, while the German troops were in the north of France. The Toulon fleet, which had remained neutral and had nothing to do, thought they had enough time to prepare, so they were not much prepared.

To a certain extent, they were right, Germany fought from north to south, and even if it was a march, it would take several days, not to mention preparing to bomb the ships, and these warships would have time to escape one by one.

However, the French fleet had nowhere to escape: Britain was also an enemy of France, and France was always obsessed with the British "ballista plan...... Among them, especially the French Navy, because they were the direct victims, they refused the "rescue" and "containment" of the British, and in the end they could only end themselves in the tragic way of self-sinking.

But this time it's different.

Zemamouche was taken to a makeshift school, where he was escorted by German soldiers, along with dozens of his men.

In this school, there were at least 500 French officers and more than 300 officers and soldiers of the Zoaf regiment, and more importantly, the school was relatively close to the port of Algiers, so it was easy for the rebellious French to rescue them.

The French were so punctual that at one o'clock the next morning several explosions were heard in the city of Algiers, followed by fires in several directions...... These fires were set by Algerians, who were accustomed to following orders from the French army, and of course some of them because their families were coerced at the hands of the French.

Then there was a burst of gunfire, and shouts were everywhere in the darkness, as if a riot had been launched in the whole city.

But if you listen closely, it is easy to tell that the gunfire is mainly concentrated in the north of the city, that is, in the harbor.

"The French have been tricked!" Qin Chuan said.

Colonel Slane raised his glass to Qin Chuan and said, "This is completely expected, second lieutenant!" Of course, the French will not be your opponent, and I can't wait to see the French warships now, and I think General Rommel is looking forward to it as well! ”

Colonel Slein was right, and Rommel, who was in Alexandria, was anxiously walking up and down in front of the telegram, and from time to time he said, "God, this is a fleet, can they really get it?" ”

"It would be great if I could get them!"

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If it weren't for the fact that Rommel needed to preside over the overall situation in Alexandria, he would have flown to Algiers to command with Qin Chuan and others.

The French soon gained the upper hand in the port of Algiers, quickly capturing the school and rescuing hundreds of its officers, including Zemamouche and his men.

In fact, most of the German troops stationed in the port did not know the inside story, but their forces were relatively weak...... In other words, they were actually sacrificed.

Qin Chuan was helpless about this, and sometimes he had to face this situation in war.

Then, as anyone can imagine, the German and Italian troops who had arrived from other directions tried to retake the port, but it was not easy, for the French officers led the soldiers of the Zoaf Corps along the buildings along the streets, and then fought and retreated, and on the other side they took advantage of the time to board the ships.

Loaded one ship after another, a total of thirteen ships and nearly 5,000 people left the port. Most of them, of course, were soldiers of the Zoaf Corps under the command of French officers.

The Germans, on the other hand, could not pursue them because they had no warships, so they could only watch from the shore as these transports and fishing boats left the port.

The French officers even stood triumphantly at the bow of the ship and shouted to the Germans and Italians: "Die, Germans, we will fight back!" ”

"Waiting for us!"

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When Dar Lang learned about this, he hurried a phone call to Colonel Slain...... Although Darlang was under house arrest in his own room, he was able to speak to Colonel Slain with permission.

"Colonel!" Darlan explained: "I didn't know about this beforehand, please believe that this is their spontaneous act and has nothing to do with the French government!" ”

"General!" Colonel Slein replied angrily: "I believe this, but your spontaneous behavior has pushed my limits again and again, if it were my personal thoughts, I would see it as tearing up the armistice, but I know they (the superiors) will not do this, so please do it yourself!" ”

Saying that, Colonel Slane hung up the phone with a "bang", and then asked Qin Chuan: "My performance is very good, right?" ”

"Great, General!" Qin Chuan replied with a smile: "If Dar Lang still has some kind of channel to contact the outside world, then he will also send the wrong message because of this!" ”

This was only just in case, after all, Algiers was not so long ago under the control of the French, and the Germans did not fully control the area.

The defected French fleet sailed at sea for more than thirty hours, and reached the port of Toulon in the afternoon of the next day.

When the fleet sailed into the port of Toulon, the surrounding warships and the French troops in the harbor could not help but let out cheers...... Although this was not a victory for France, it was in need of something exciting at this time, and the success of this 5,000-strong force to escape into the French "asylum" was worth celebrating for them, even if most of them were Zoaf soldiers.

"Welcome!" Claude, the deputy commander of the Toulon fleet, personally greeted Zemamouce in the harbor, and Claude, like the rest of the French, believed that Zemamouche would be a useful pawn in the counterattack against Algeria.

It's just that what these French people don't know is that when they use others as pawns, they themselves are pawns.