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The logic is simple: the greater combat effectiveness of the Zoaf corps means that the Algiers government can gain more prestige in future wars, or it can also be interpreted as the popular desire of the French citizens, so that General Giraud has a greater hope of defeating de Gaulle and seizing power.

From this point of view, the fate of General Giraud is also linked to the Zoaf Corps.

Zhang Chi just smiled at this, what General Giro didn't know was ...... These arsenals may have made General Giraud great, but at the same time, they would have hurt France.

Of course, this is a matter for the future, and a person as short-sighted as General Giraud would not have thought of it that far.

One thing is certain, and the impressive victory of the Zoaf Corps in the Battle of Sicily is gradually being felt.

Most directly, there are many voices in France that support the Algiers government...... In the past, there was almost one-sided support for de Gaulle, and even many people openly denounced the Algiers government under De Gaulle's very incendiary speeches, such as the French diaspora who rushed to Algiers and shouted outside General Giraud's office:

"For the sake of France, you should be incorporated into 'Fighting France'!"

"What we want is to liberate France and return to our homeland as soon as possible!"

"You must not ignore the interests of the country for the sake of your own selfishness!"

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Of course, it cannot be ruled out that this may have been a trick by de Gaulle, or at least it was instigated by the people he sent in order to create a momentum and atmosphere.

General Giraud and others were very depressed in this atmosphere, and they were even helpless against such "demonstrations".

Let them alone, the entire Algiers government staff will work under their shouts, and this shouting and shouting sometimes becomes a psychological suggestion, and finally many officers of the Algiers government naturally associate "merger into the de Gaulle government" with "national interests", as if the Algiers government is naturally going to be merged into the de Gaulle government, and if they do not do so, they will "disregard the national interests for their own selfishness", they did not think that the de Gaulle government would not be merged into the Algiers government, It is also "for the sake of one's own selfishness without regard for the interests of the country".

It's a bit like modern advertising.

Advertisements don't need to be creative or exquisite, they just need to shout boring lines over and over again, and tirelessly insert dozens of times a day for fatigue bombardment. This is the most effective, although the audience is annoyed to see it, but when choosing the same product in the supermarket, they will still choose the advertised thing without thinking...... Fatigue bombardment has embedded it deep in people's subconscious.

General Giraud had tried to disperse them or even arrest them, but this was also clearly inappropriate.

For the first time, even the previous Vichy government was able to allow the people to demonstrate, and if the current Algiers government still practiced violence, it would definitely cause a strong backlash from French public opinion, and then Yu Yan Yu Lie would be out of control.

Second, if this is done, it is conceivable that this is exactly what de Gaulle wanted. De Gaulle would then take advantage of this to make a big splash, and then set off a wave of denunciations to force General Giraud to comply.

So all the French officials of the Algiers government, including General Giraud, were very embarrassed by this, and the question could not even be explained.

Of course, there were also those who thought of treating others the way they were, that is, sending some people to the office of "Fighting France" to shout slogans, and General Giraud did just that...... But the results are predictable.

You must know that most of the French at this time were on the side of de Gaulle, sent to shout the slogan "Fight France...... As soon as the people around heard this, they looked at them with unbelievable expressions, and then a group of people surrounded them to reason with them, and even some of them did something, so these "spies" with heavy responsibilities quickly fled back in disgrace.

This seemingly unsolvable conundrum took a turn for the better after the Battle of Sicily...... On the day that a division of the Zoaf Corps penetrated and successfully occupied Palermo, many French expatriates gathered outside the Algiers government to cheer:

"Well done, Zoaf Corps!"

"You have achieved a great victory!"

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General Giraud also seized the opportunity to take to the streets and addressed the diaspora in a very close manner: "All your compatriots who love France, believe in us...... We are completely different from the Vichy government, as we have proven with facts, and we will prove to you that we are capable of liberating France, giving France freedom and honour, and that each of us will return to his homeland with honor! ”

The populace soon cheered, they wanted a victory too badly, or rather, a decent victory, and General Giraud was satisfied, while the government of Charles de Gaulle on the other side remained inactive...... In fact, the forces of the "Battle France" were defeated by the German Panzer Division while fighting with the British army.

So soon those who shouted slogans lost the market.

Soon things began to turn around, and when someone again shouted opposition slogans in front of the Algiers government, enthusiastic and impulsive French youths surrounded him and questioned:

"Didn't you see what the outcome of the Battle of Sicily was? Why should the government of Algiers be incorporated into 'Fighting France' and not the other way around? ”

"That's right, don't you think it's ridiculous to have a victorious army obey the command of a defeated army?"

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The two sides argued endlessly, and finally developed into a group fight...... Don't underestimate these hot-blooded young people in France, they are a group of people who are eager to regain their dignity under the shame of France's defeat, so they are extremely impulsive. When Zhang Chi was against Algiers, things were at an impasse because of Darlan, and after the news was released, these French-blooded young men even went to surround Darlan's headquarters with pistols and knives......

Their aim was to force Darlan to join the Allies, but pistols and knives clearly did not help.

At this time, although public opinion has not yet shifted to the point of completely tilting towards the Algiersian Government, it is clear that there has been a turnaround.

Then General Giraud suddenly realized that his fate seemed to be decided by the Chinese major general: without this Chinese major general leading the Zoaf corps to victory after victory on the battlefield, he would have gained nothing.