"I don't think they can play a role in the army!" Zhang Chi said to General Zhu An: "Do you think they can play a supervisory and controlling role in the Zoaf Corps?" No, they can't do anything but stir things up and make things worse! ”

General Zhu An had to admit that Zhang Chi was right. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, the timid and cowardly French officers who had fought the war had long since lost their prestige...... Not all French officers were like this, but the vast majority of French officers in the Zoaf Corps were.

The reason for this is that the Zoaf Corps is a colonial army.

There was a very serious problem in the colonial army, that is, there was a serious inequality of power and freedom between officers and soldiers...... In the case of a purely French army, there is no such problem, because the officers and soldiers are French, and they are equal in men.

But the officers of the Zoaf Corps were French, and the soldiers were Algerians.

The French officers rightfully felt superior to others, while the Algerian soldiers should charge ahead to block their bullets, and the French officers should have the privilege of commanding from the rear.

This was not even an isolated case, as almost all French officers did it.

As the saying goes, environment makes people, even if some of the strong-blooded and brave French were assigned to the Zoaf Corps...... After a while, it will become the kind of person who will only let the Algerian soldiers charge and hide behind themselves.

Therefore, as Zhang Chi said, it is completely meaningless to keep these officers in the reformed armies at this time, and they have long been unable to command anyone, and once there is any "conspiracy" in the Zoaf Corps, it will be these French officers who will be killed first.

After thinking about it, General Juan replied: "I'll give it a try, I mean, after consulting General Giraud on this, I hope he will agree to withdraw the French officers!" ”

"Thank you!" Zhang Chi replied: "I believe that General Ji Luo will make the right choice, otherwise I don't have the confidence to lead them to victory on the battlefield!" ”

Zhang Chi was very confident in this, because at this time, it was for General Ji Luo...... Victory is all that matters.

Things were just as Zhang Chi thought, and General Giro quickly agreed.

General Giraud was originally opposed, and he said to General Juan: "Withdraw the French advisers? This is different from what the Chinese said before! I don't agree with that! ”

"General!" Zhu An persuaded: "The Chinese do allow the existence of French advisers, but the point of the problem is not this, but what we can get by arranging these advisers in these armies!" It would discourage these forces from seeking independence

Is it? Just those idiots? No, they can't stop anything, and because of their presence, the combat effectiveness of the Zoaf Corps is affected, so I think the Chinese Major General is right when he says that we should withdraw them. Whether it's for the Algiers government, or for those poor French officers! ”

When General Zhu An said this, General Giraud also thought about it.

In fact, this truth is not difficult to understand, but General Giraud is relatively narrow-minded and always wants to seize something in power.

Thus, on the orders of General Giraud, the last French officers were withdrawn from the Third Army, which was being reformed (the three reformed armies were organized as the Third Army).

Before leaving, the French officers also made a flag-lowering ceremony, and they lined up to play music, and looked at the French flag belonging to them slowly lowered from the flag bar with some embarrassment...... When they were gone, Kukyi would raise another flag belonging to the Zoaf Corps, although it was also a French flag.

While the French officers drove away, the Algerian soldiers cheered unceremoniously on both sides of the road, and some even raised their guns and shot a shuttle into the air to celebrate, while the French officers looked a little gray and fled.

Seeing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but scold, firing guns into the sky is a bad habit of Algerians, no matter how forbidden it is, you must find out the people who fired the guns after a while, and lock him up for a few days.

In fact, there is no need to "pull off" at all, because those few will come to "turn themselves in" soon after...... They knew they couldn't escape, and they said to the Chinese instructor: "We don't want to either, but as soon as we are happy, we can't help but pull the trigger a few times in the sky!" That's a cause for celebration, isn't it? We finally drove the French away! ”

It's as if they've gained independence, which on the other hand shows how much they want to be independent.

As soon as the French officers left, the atmosphere in the barracks was much more harmonious, but it was really impossible to say "relaxed......

At this time, the Zoaf Corps was fully equipped with American-style weapons.

Of course, these American-style weapons were not produced in the arsenals of Algiers...... The arsenal is still under construction, and it will take some time to mass-produce equipment.

However, because these arsenals have given General Giro confidence, he is relieved to let the Zoaf Corps change its outfit.

This was not a two-and-a-half affair for the Americans, who soon brought in a shipment of munitions from the country, including many brand-new half-track armored vehicles and "Sherman" tanks.

In Eisenhower's words, it is: "The United States does not lack weapons, what the United States lacks is the people who fight the enemy with these weapons, anyone...... As long as he is willing to fight our enemies, we will give them weapons without hesitation! ”

Look, the Americans' style of acting is "grandiose" and "crisp", which is in stark contrast to General Giraud's mud and water.

It was precisely because of these equipment, and at the same time, that he would soon start an offensive on the Italian mainland, so Zhang Chi stepped up the training of the Third Army.

Zhang Chi didn't want the reputation of "reform" to be smashed so quickly.

As a result, the barracks was filled with the sound of passwords and gunfire at the shooting range.

As for the tank...... Because it was the first batch, the Americans only gave thirty for the model.

Thirty tanks could not play any role on the battlefield at all, so Zhang Chi did not plan to form any armored troops, but distributed them evenly among various armies for training...... There are only ten vehicles per army, which is indeed a little less, but as long as there are reasonable arrangements, such as each army taking turns to toss in different time periods, it is barely enough.

In this way, it is possible to first train a group of tank crews in preparation for the future to equip more tanks.

At present, there is at least one advantage of training the Zoaf Corps, that is, Zhang Chi does not have to send the Chinese troops into battle in any more battles...... This can largely avoid casualties in the Chinese army, and at the same time get the benefits that Zhang Chi wants, so why not?