The group of transport planes flew in the air for several hours, and although there was nothing to see outside the window, Zhang Chi could still feel that there were transport planes everywhere around him. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, Zhang Chi couldn't help but admire some of these pilots, knowing that they were flying in the dark, and in order to avoid being fired by German anti-aircraft guns, they had to keep a high position, that is, there was no marker to identify, but they could still reach their destination accurately.

Later, Zhang Chi learned that this was actually not an easy task for the pilot, because more than 20 of the more than 200 transport planes lost their way, and one even flew to the sea...... The Germans had air supremacy in the Mediterranean, and perhaps only the island of Malta could land in the entire Mediterranean, although it was constantly under German bombing.

During this period, Zhang Chi closed his eyes and recalled the airborne plan again, and considered all possible accidents as much as possible and thought about how to deal with them once they occurred.

This is different from Montgomery, who, after making the plan, thought that the tide of the war would go the way he had planned, or that Montgomery thought that as long as the troops could accomplish their goals as he had planned, the tide of the war would inevitably develop this way.

This kind of thinking is a bit wishful thinking, the variables of the battlefield are not something that mortals can calculate accurately, even if it is from modern times.

"General!" Staff Officer Liang handed Zhang Chi a box of canned beef and said, "Let's eat something!" ”

"Hmm!" Although Zhang Chi had no appetite, he still took the can.

This was part of the plan, as it was expected that there would be a long and intense battle after reaching the ground, and in order to maintain strength during the battle, it was necessary to eat two hours before parachuting...... It is not suitable to eat too late, and it is not suitable for strenuous exercise when it is full.

Canned beef is as unpalatable as ever, it should be said that it is not as delicious as when I first came into contact with it, Zhang Chi still remembers the excitement when he was in Burma, the soldiers of the expeditionary force first got this thing, and there were soldiers at that time who sighed: "If you can eat canned beef every day, you will not be wronged in this life!" ”

But now......

Zhang Chi chewed the beef in his mouth fiercely, and then swallowed it with the urge to spit it out, sending it into his stomach like a bayonet into the chest of an enemy.

Zhang Chi looked out the window again, although it was still dark.

However, this is good news, because if the moonlight is bright enough, the German fighters are likely to take to the air to intercept them, although the German pilots suffered a large number of losses in the Soviet-German battlefield and the British mainland and the overall quality of the pilots, but some of them can fly in the moonlight and attack the target.

At this time, Staff Officer Liang handed Zhang Chi a telegram and said: "General, things are not good, the plan in the Algerian direction seems to have been exposed, and Darlang is organizing the purge and review of the Zoaf Corps!" ”

"Oh!" This made Zhang Chi a little surprised, he didn't expect that the matter would be exposed so early.

In fact, the reason why the matter was exposed was also related to the transport fleet of the expeditionary force.

The German radar had long captured this huge group of transport planes in the air, but it was dark at this time, and the fighters fought with the British all day during the day, and they were not suitable for interception in terms of fuel or pilot fatigue.

At first, Rommel did not take these transport planes to heart.

"This should be the British planning to parachute into the air!" Rommel said: "How stupid it is for them to plan to parachute behind our lines and then attack us from the inside and outside! ”

Rommel would use the word "stupid" to describe it because he was able to easily annihilate the airborne troops with his armored forces, and he had even sent an armored regiment to prepare the Italian troops in the rear to cooperate.

But as time passed little by little, the British army never landed in the air, and the transport planes were still flying in the air, Rommel felt that something was wrong...... On second thought, it would be very dangerous for the Airborne Forces to be airborne at night, which means that transport planes may fly until dawn.

Rommel was taken aback by this idea, and he immediately walked to the map, and then, with the average speed of the enemy's transport group, multiplied by the time until dawn, it was easy to get the transport group to fly to Algeria, and even to Algiers, the capital of Algeria, from the direction of the route.

This took Rommel by surprise, and only then did he realize the seriousness of the problem.

If Rommel had contacted Algiers directly, it would not have been a big problem, since General Juan was the commander-in-chief of the French Army in North Africa, and Rommel's speculation would soon be fooled by General Juan or dragged until the expeditionary force landed.

But there was no communication between Rommel and Algiers, so he could only send telegrams to Hitler, who in turn sent directly to Marshal Petain of the Vichy government. Marshal Pétain knew that Darlan was in Algiers, so the first person to contact was Darlan.

As soon as Dar Lang got the telegram, the first thing that came to mind was General Juan and Murphy.

The reason for this is that Darlan knew what General Juan was doing in North Africa, such as expanding the army, training, and establishing supply bases...... It's just that Darlan thinks that this is not a bad thing, after all, "the heart of defense is indispensable", who knows if the Germans will tear up the "Armistice Treaty" and attack the Vichy government, at this time France mainland can almost be said to be an undefended city for Germany, so it is also necessary to maintain a certain army in the French colony.

Therefore, Darlang not only did not oppose General Juan's approach, but secretly supported it.

But the problem is that during the time when Darlang was visiting his son...... General Juan and Murphy have been making excuses to persuade themselves to go back!

If at first Dar Lang only felt a little strange, now in connection with this telegram, Dar Lang quickly understood that they were planning a coup d'état, and even they had made a plan jointly with the Allied side, and at this time the Allied airborne troops were in the sky!

Darlang did not hesitate, and immediately ordered: "Arrest General Juan and Murphy immediately, and bring them to me!" ”

The assistant didn't know what was going on, but as soon as he heard that General Juan and Murphy were going to be arrested, he knew that it was not a trivial matter, so he didn't dare to slack off a little, and passed on the order like a wind.

So not long after, Zhang Chi received another telegram: "The plan has been canceled, General Zhu An has been arrested!" ”