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General Zhu An had a knowing expression, then nodded, and said, "If you can do what you said, it will give us the ability to produce American-style equipment...... Believe me, the Algiers government is willing to cooperate with China! ”

Zhang Chi expressed satisfaction with General Zhu An's answer.

In fact, this is one of the reasons why Zhang Chi spared no effort to train the Zoaf Corps and even fight for its independence...... Zhang Chi knows very well that the most important thing in this era, including the future era, is energy, and it can be said that whoever controls energy will control the lifeblood of the world economy, especially when Okinawa and Northeast China are still undergoing large-scale industrialization, and the process of industrialization is so fast, so fast that it is even a little beyond Zhang Chi's imagination......

Yesterday when I talked to Liu Zhenguo about the domestic industry, Zhang Chi learned that domestic factories have sprung up one by one, and there are many private handicraft workshops, which are almost impossible to count.

But it's not surprising that there was technical support from the United States, and then there were a lot of orders from the United States, the British Commonwealth, and now the French colonies during the war...... If the factory in Okinawa can't do it, it will naturally radiate to other areas.

Then it will drive a large number of industries, such as workers should have dormitories, workers should eat, workers should live and consume...... So it's not just a matter of the military industry or the production of munitions, it's about the industry, agriculture and services of the whole region.

With the rapid development of industry, the demand for energy will naturally rise in a straight line.

To be honest, Zhang Chi at this time thought about directly exploiting the Daqing Oilfield in the Northeast...... If this oil field is exploited, it will make a lot of money, and the expeditionary force will not need to import oil from other countries at all, and even export oil.

But Zhang Chi didn't dare to act rashly about this, after all, Japan had not really been beaten down, and if he knew that there was such a big oil field in Northeast China, it would not be a good thing for the expeditionary force to make a desperate bet...... I'm guilty of it!

The other is because the energy issue is related to national defense and security.

To put it simply, it is important to take into account at all times that in the event of a state of war, the energy channel will be blocked by the enemy...... Therefore, there should be two principles in the energy strategy, one is to open up as many energy channels as possible, and this one can still go through that one. The other is to use foreign energy as much as possible, domestic energy is used as a reserve, even if the external energy channel is blocked during the war, the domestic oil fields can still be supported.

Zhang Chi takes these aspects into account, so if he can import from abroad, he will first import from abroad.

In order to ensure the sustainable import of energy from abroad, the expeditionary force must have its own force in Africa, and this force is, of course, the relationship between the expeditionary force and Algeria...... The French are unreliable, and in a few years they themselves will not even be able to stand in Africa.

After bidding farewell to General Juan and returning to the headquarters, Zhang Chi immediately called Eisenhower, even though it was already twelve o'clock in the evening.

"Major General!" Eisenhower on the other end of the phone yawned and said with some dissatisfaction: "I hope you are going to talk about an emergency!" ”

"Of course, General!" Zhang Chi replied: "It's a problem with the equipment of the Zoaf Corps!" ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Eisenhower immediately became interested: "Do you want to tell me that the Zoaf Corps is planning to use American-style equipment?" ”

For the reasons mentioned earlier, Eisenhower had been suggesting that General Giraud equip the Zoaf Corps with American-style equipment, but General Giraud politely refused.

"You can say so!" Zhang Chi replied: "It took me a lot of effort to let them go, but they have one condition!" ”

"Great, Major General! Well done! Eisenhower replied: "No matter what the conditions, as long as we can do it, we will not be stingy!" ”

Of course, after using American-style equipment, the Zoaf Corps was basically controlled by the US military.

"They want to have the ability to produce these equipment, and they want to cooperate with China by name!" Zhang Chi replied.

"Cooperation with China?" Eisenhower was not clear about the situation in China, so he was confused.

"Yes!" Zhang Chi explained: "We have the ability to produce American-style equipment, and Okinawa is producing weapons for MacArthur's troops!" ”

"Oh!" Eisenhower suddenly realized, and then he frowned, and then replied: "Major General, we may not be able to agree to this condition...... It's too harsh, so what more do we have in it? ”

Eisenhower may be right when he said that if the French army could produce these equipment on its own, then it would not be controlled by the US military, and the benefits of this were even taken by the Chinese, and the United States could almost be said to be excluded from them.

Eisenhower even wondered if it was Zhang Chi colluding with the French to deceive the Americans.

"I'm surprised by that, General!" Zhang Chi replied: "But I think General Zhu An is politically motivated, and they don't want to continue to be said to be a puppet of the United States, so they will propose to cooperate with us!" ”

Hearing this, Eisenhower couldn't help but nod his head, this is indeed very possible, because the "fighting France" and the "Algiers government" are now attacking each other, and both sides want to show their independence and autonomy in front of the French people.

"On the other hand......" Zhang Chi said, "I don't think you should refuse." First of all, this could quickly increase the combat effectiveness of the Zoaf Corps, which would be beneficial for the future operations of the Allies, as well as for the Algiers-backed government of the United States. ”

"That's true!" Eisenhower did not object.

"Secondly!" Zhang Chi continued: "Once they use American-style equipment...... Then there are many problems such as the combat system and upgrading and improvement, so it is inseparable from the United States, isn't it? ”

Eisenhower nodded again, but he was silent on the phone.

"What's more important is ......," Zhang Chi finally said, "Don't you want the Algerians to have the ability to produce American-style equipment?" ”

That's the point, the Americans also want Algeria to be independent and not a French colony, so one day if Algeria has the weapons and equipment to fight France...... That's in the interests of the United States.

So Eisenhower replied, "That's right, Major General." But I'll have to discuss this with Washington, and we'll tell you the results after we've discussed it! ”

"Of course!" Zhang Chi replied.

However, Zhang Chi believes that Washington will definitely agree, because the production of these light weapons is not high-tech, and France is even capable of copying them if necessary, and there is no need for the United States to hold on to it like this.