"You don't trust us?" Colonel Slain couldn't help but look at General Shreif in confusion.

"No, no, of course I trust you!" General Shreif replied, but his wandering eyes betrayed him.

At Shreif's invitation, the three walked into the headquarters. Immediately, the orderly poured a cup of black tea for each of them.

Qin Chuan took a sip, so sweet that his throat was a little itchy...... This is a habit of the Egyptians to drink tea, they would add two-thirds of the sugar to the container, and then pour the boiling tea to dissolve it so much that it feels sticky in the mouth.

Colonel Slane must have tasted this black tea, so he simply didn't move the teacup in front of him.

"So!" Colonel Slane asked, "What's going on on with the topic of trust just now?" ”

"I think we'd better get it straight, General Shreif!" Qin Chuan said: "You refused the training of German instructors not because the intensity was too high, but because you didn't believe in the German army, right? ”

"Why do you think that?" General Shreif asked rhetorically.

"Because you're a smart man!" Qin Chuan said: "You don't want Egypt to escape British colonization and fall into the hands of the Germans, in that case, Egypt will never be able to become independent!" ”

Colonel Slein couldn't help but stand up when he heard this, and said angrily: "General Shreif, our cooperation should be based on mutual trust, everything we have done in Egypt has proven the credibility of the German army, I don't think you have any reason to be suspicious of us!" ”

"Because of the Suez Canal!" General Schreif replied.

"What?" Colonel Slain didn't get it.

From this point, it can be seen that Colonel Slane does not have much political acumen, which may have something to do with the fact that he is only a colonel, although Colonel Slein has more troops and stronger than General Shreif, but as a colonel, he only needs to think about fighting a war and even limited to the tactical level.

"We all know the importance of the Suez Canal!" General Shreif took a sip of black tea very calmly, licked his mouth, and then continued: "Tell me, Colonel, if you drive out the British, will you abandon the Suez Canal and give it to us completely?" ”

Colonel Slein couldn't help but be stunned, this matter was not up to him, and at the same time he knew in his heart that General Shreif was right, if Germany occupied the Suez Canal, of course it would not be stupid enough to hand it over to the Egyptians.

"I am grateful for all that you have done in Egypt!" "As we have seen," said General Shreif, "you distributed the goods in the warehouses to the people, returned to the Egyptian people the wealth that the Italians had stolen, and built irrigation facilities for the poor Egyptians and taught them to farm...... Allah will bless you. ”

After a pause, General Shreif continued: "But the British will not give up the Suez Canal, and neither will you. And this is not the independence that the Egyptians wanted...... Such independent Britons have already given us, so I must doubt, do you say yes, ensign? ”

General Shreif set his sights on Qin Chuan again.

Qin Chuan had to admit that he underestimated the Egyptian guerrillas, and the foresight and wisdom of General Shreif in front of him could be said to be beyond his imagination, and he was completely different from those Egyptians who could be deceived by just opening a warehouse and releasing grain.

"You do have reason to be suspicious, General!" After thinking about it, Qin Chuan replied, "But what are you doing now?" Would you like to get as much out of us as possible, such as weapons, ammo, and supplies? ”

"You're right!" General Shreif admitted it calmly.

"But have you ever thought about it!" Qin Chuan said: "If you get this, can you save Egypt from the British?" No, you are too weak to confront the British! ”

"You're right!" General Shreif replied, "But we will be strong one day!" ”

"Strong enough to drive the British out of Egypt?" Qin Chuan smiled: "General, you have an opportunity in front of you!" ”

"Help you defeat the British?" General Shreif replied, "I just said ......"

"No!" Qin Chuan said: "Although I do want you to help us, it is not to help us defeat the British!" ”

"Does it make a difference?" General Shreif asked, confused.

"Of course there is a difference!" Qin Chuan replied: "Let's put it this way, two tigers, one strong and one weak, they are snatching food, seeing that the weak tiger is about to be defeated, and you want to take food from them, what will you choose?" ”

Hearing this, General Shreif couldn't help but be stunned, and then nodded slightly.

"You're right, second lieutenant!" General Shreif said, "I must do my best to help that weak tiger, so that I may face a weak tiger in the future!" ”

"Of course!" Qin Chuan spread his hands and said, "I think you can see that we are the weak tiger!" ”

Qin Chuan has never been so proud of the weakness of the German army as he is now.

After thinking about it, General Shreif nodded and said, "I know what to do!" ”

"What we need is a full-fledged, unquestionable cooperation!" Qin Chuan said: "Otherwise, we will not be able to stop the British from launching an attack in the future, and this will not be good for you!" ”

"Of course!" General Shreif nodded.

"If one day!" Qin Chuan said: "We have the upper hand in this war, and the general can call on your army to help the British!" ”

General Schreif did not speak, and it is not known whether he admitted this or was not hopeful that the Germans would gain the upper hand in this war.

As a result, the partisans changed from being wary to fully cooperating with the German army.

"Then ......" Colonel Slane glanced at Qin Chuan appreciatively, and then asked General Shreif: "Now, should you let our instructors start training!" ”

"No, Colonel!" General Schreif replied.

"Are there any unanswered questions?" Colonel Slein was already a little impatient, and he did not like General Shreif to "use" the Germans in this way.

But in fact, as the saying goes, "countries only talk about interests", and "utilization" between countries with common interests is the norm between countries.

"No problem, Colonel!" General Shreif replied, "It's just that your training is not for us!" ”

"For example......" Colonel Slane was a little unconvinced.

"For example, we are more street fighting, and it is irregular fighting!" General Shreif said, "And you are teaching you the skills of fighting in the trenches, and we don't need that!" ”

Colonel Slain realized that what he had done was useless.