"Crystal Palace" is a bar in Alexandria, and like any other bar, it has a bar, wine, Indian waiters, and ...... I don't know why the British always like to use Indians as waiters, and some British officers even have to take a few Indian guards or servants with them wherever they go, perhaps because the Indian caste system is based on white people as high-caste nobles, which will make Indians very obedient to the orders of whites, that is, British. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In addition, there is a dancer on the stage who is intoxicated with the music and singing jazz music, which makes this bar even more classy...... Alexandria is a famous port after all, and although it has been war-torn repeatedly, its coastal and proximity to the Suez Canal means that it will never have to worry about a lack of supplies and a flow of customers.

"Drink something?" Page asked.

"Bloody Mary!" Zhang Chi replied without thinking about it.

I don't know if it's because of the soldier's occupational disease, Zhang Chi doesn't like unknown things, which will make Zhang Chi feel insecure.

"Me too!" Henry replied.

Page gave Henry a strange look, "I remember you said you hated smelling tomatoes in your wine!" ”

"The taste changes, doesn't it?" Henry replied.

"Okay!" Paige said to the Indian waiter, "Three cups of Bloody Mary!" ”

"General!" After getting the wine, Henry raised his glass to Zhang Chi and said, "I'm ready to go to the battlefield, so I want to hear your opinion!" ”

"That depends on what kind of unit you are!" Zhang Chi said.

"1st Panzer Division!"

"Oh, 1st Panzer Division?" Zhang Chi's mind soon appeared with the arrogant eyes of Major General William.

"Any questions?"

"No, no!" Zhang Chi replied: "But with all due respect, the biggest problem of the British armored division is that it is too slow!" ”

Henry nodded and said, "Yes, I agree!" ”

Paige, who was drinking, raised his hand when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Speaking of the slowness of the British armored division, I have a personal experience!" ”

"Oh!" Zhang Chi said: "Do you want to talk about Maherama's personal experience? Although it was a British armored division that time, it used American tanks! ”

"No!" Page glared at Zhang Chi: "You underestimate me too much, although I'm just a reporter, I can tell which are British tanks and which are American!" ”

"Well, I'm not stubble!"

"That was two years ago!" "In July, I don't remember very well," Page said. The Germans were retreating, and I was joined by reporters from several newspapers and television stations, and we arrived a little late, and the Manchester Guardian reporters wanted to interview the fighters on the front, so we went as far as we could. And guess what happened? ”

"What happened?" Henry asked.

"Suddenly we found that there were no British soldiers around!" "We even saw the Italians from afar!" Paige said. ”

Zhang Chi and Henry couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing.

"It's not true!" Henry said, "You are actually running ahead of the British army?" War correspondents are all faster than the British army! ”

"I swear it's true!" "The Italian artillery frightened us, so we stopped," Page said. It took ten minutes for the British army to catch up. One of the captains, knowing that we were war correspondents, said to us......"

As he spoke, Paige pretended to be a man's hoarse voice: "Hey, you don't have to work so hard!" ”

Page then explained in an innocent manner: "I swear, we don't fight at all!" It's that the British army was too slow, and it's no wonder to us! ”

Page's words drew laughter from Zhang Chi and Henry again.

Page is not exaggerating at all, because the British infantry tanks only travel at a speed of more than a dozen kilometers per hour, and there will be constant breakdowns on the road, while the war correspondent is in a car, and it is really possible to walk ahead of the British army if he is not careful.

On the other hand, Zhang Chi felt that Henry was a little different, because as a British army officer, he could be so unscrupulous and even laugh at the shortcomings of the British army, which was at least different from those officers who wanted to save face.

What Zhang Chi didn't know was that there are conservatives and radicals in any country, and most of the officers who want to save face and not allow others to point out their shortcomings are conservatives, while Henry, the younger generation of officers, is quite a few radicals.

In fact, this part of the people is not suitable to use the word "radical", but they know that there must be something wrong with the system and tactics of the British army, especially the army, otherwise there would not be such a large force and such a large equipment advantage as it is now, but Rommel's Afrika Korps is helpless.

"Then ......" After laughing for a while, Henry looked at Zhang Chi and said, "General, I heard that you personally fought with the enemy with a bayonet in the Battle of Alexandria, right?" It's really admirable! ”

"What?" Hearing this, Paige's eyes widened, and he looked at Henry with an incredulous expression, and then turned his gaze to Zhang Chi.

"Please, sister!" Henry was incredulous: "You're a journalist...... You don't even know? ”

"I was waiting to pick you up in Port Said!" Page retorted, and then turned to Zhang Chi: "What he said is true?" ”

"Is there something wrong?" Zhang Chi asked rhetorically: "I'm a soldier!" ”

"God! But you're a commander, and I don't think a commander needs ......."

"That's the combat habits of the British, not the Chinese!"

Page had no choice but to spread his hands helplessly.

"Yes!" Henry answered: "Page, soldiers are inevitably like this. In fact, I think it was precisely the general's approach that changed the tide of the war......"

Page couldn't help but be frightened when he heard this, and then asked Zhang Chi: "Does this mean that you would have lost this battle?" I thought you guys won easily! ”

Henry soon realizes that he is getting darker and darker.

"Sort of!" Zhang Chi replied.

Zhang Chi knew that the reason why Page didn't know about this was because of the British army's blockade on intelligence.

This was mainly due to the fact that Zhang Chi used the innovative "Golan trench" in this battle, and the fact that African civilians and even the army were full of spies from the German and Italian armies, and the British army was unwilling to let too many people know the details too early.

So Page, like any other civilian, only knew that in the battle of Alexandria, the Chinese army had won a great victory and drove out the Germans.

Seeing that Page's face was a little wrong, Zhang Chi suggested: "It's better for us not to talk about this topic!" ”

"Yes!" Henry said, "I absolutely agree! ”

As he spoke, Henry raised his glass: "To this damn war!" ”

"To this damn war!"

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