The door of the headquarters opened, and Zhang Chi strode in with a sniper rifle in his hand. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After seeing Darrang, Zhang Chi handed the sniper rifle to the guards beside him, stepped forward and said, "General, we finally met, I'm sorry I had to knock on your door in this way!" ”

"Are you Zhang Chi? The Chinese major general who defeated Rommel? Darlan couldn't believe it, because the Chinese general in front of him was so young, and he was holding a sniper rifle just now, which showed that he was directly involved in the battle.

Even during the war years, there were few generals who could or had the courage to participate directly in the war.

"Yes!" Zhang Chi nodded.

"What a fight, Major General!" Darlang said, "You win! ”

"General......" Zhang Chi was about to speak, but was interrupted by Darlang.

"First of all!" Darlan said: "I want to know, are you representing the United States or the United Kingdom? ”

"No!" Zhang Chi replied: "I only represent ourselves, we are Chinese!" ”

"China?!"

"Yes!"

"Well, it's better than those stupid British donkeys!" Darlang said: "What are you trying to achieve? ”

There is a reason why Darlan hated Britain so much, in fact, not only Darlan, but only few French people of this era did not hate England, and they were even more angry with Britain than the Germans who occupied their land.

The reason is that after Germany broke through France's Maginot Line and forced France to surrender, Britain actually ordered "the capture, control, and even destruction of the French fleet" because it was worried that the warships of the French Navy would eventually be used by Germany.

"Capture and control" means to do everything possible to capture French warships docked in British ports...... Prior to this, Britain and France were allies, and many French warships were docked in British or British colonial ports, and these French warships were soon notified by the British side that they would either surrender or be destroyed.

Even the British did not declare war and launched surprise attacks, such as the French warships anchored in the British military ports of Portsmouth and Plymouth, which were captured without warning.

"Annihilation" refers to the annihilation of all French warships that did not obey British command and could not be captured.

For example, in the Battle of Mearsbiel, the British Navy and Air Force launched an attack on the French Navy at the same time, and a large number of ships of the French Navy, including three battleships, were destroyed, 1,297 French sailors were killed and 341 were wounded.

The British called this plan the "Ballista Plan", and the plan was carried out for eleven days, during which the vast majority of all French fleets outside the mainland were forcibly controlled or destroyed by the British.

It should be said that this incident was a big mistake on the part of the British.

Churchill started from the foreign policy of "only interests between countries", so he took it for granted that if France surrendered, then the French fleet would one day become a puppet of Germany to fight against the British navy, and he could not take this risk, so he chose to strike first.

But history proved that Churchill's fears were unfounded, and when Germany tore up the German-French "Armistice" and occupied all of France in an attempt to capture the remaining French fleet, the French Navy made a move that shocked the world, and they blew up all their ships.

Taking a step back, Churchill did not want to leave the decision in the hands of an enemy, even though that enemy was France, a former ally. But there was no need for him to make it so simple and crude, as if he were afraid that the French would immediately turn their guns on the British.

In fact, the French fleets overseas did not intend to surrender in the first place, all they needed was "dignity", that is, the British could negotiate and consult with them, or use these navies as a basis to support a government-in-exile to continue the war against the Germans.

For example, the Americans did this, and the French West Indies reached an agreement with the United States to voluntarily disarm.

Churchill did not give the French this chance.

What was even more unacceptable to the French was that the Germans, who had defeated them, had allowed the French to retain their navy, while the British, their allies who had fought side by side not long ago, were going to exterminate the French mercilessly.

It can be said that this incident aroused public indignation and became a scar in the history of Britain and France that can never be erased.

As a direct consequence of this, many French people supported the Vichy government and sided with the Germans in the fight against the British.

Therefore, even from the perspective of "only interests between countries", Churchill's so-called "ballista plan" was a failure, and he actually only saw short-term benefits but did not consider long-term interests.

That's why Darlan would say, "I knew the British were stupid for a long time, but I always thought that the Americans were a little smarter than the British......"

If Zhang Chi's answer just now was on behalf of the British, Darlan might not have continued to talk to Zhang Chi at all.

"You know what?" Zhang Chi did not answer Darlan's words, he has always disliked to play cards according to other people's routines, even if he is in front of a famous French admiral.

Zhang Chi walked to the window and opened the curtains, and said to the several bloody corpses below: "General, you have been talking about 'stupidity', but you have never thought about it...... These people died precisely because of your stupidity and stubbornness. ”

"Really?" Darlan couldn't help but laugh: "I don't think so! ”

"You don't think so?" Zhang Chi asked rhetorically: "So, I want to hear the reason why you continue to resist!" Is it because you don't want to work with the British? ”

"No!" Darlan replied: "You seem to have forgotten that the guns of the Germans are still aimed at France!" ”

Dar Lang didn't explain what he said, but Zhang Chi understood.

To put it simply, if French Algeria surrendered to the Allies, then Germany would tear up the Armistice and occupy all of France.

That's how history goes.

But......

"General!" Zhang Chi asked Darlan: "I only want to ask you one question, who do you think will win this war, Germany or the allies?" ”

Darlang thought for a moment and replied, "Of course it's allies!" ”

In fact, there is no need to consider this problem at all, the defeat of the Soviet-German battlefield has greatly damaged the vitality of the German army, coupled with the entry of the United States, an industrial power...... In fact, there is no suspense in the outcome, the question is just how long Germany can hold out.

"In that case!" Zhang Chi continued: "I would like to know, what can you do to make Germany not pull the trigger before dying? That is, how could France, at gunpoint in Germany, be spared? ”

Hearing this, Dar Lang couldn't help but be stunned, he really hadn't thought about this question.