--London

"Africa! We must get Africa! Churchill looked at the map and said, "Italy is an ally of Germany, they have a large number of colonies in Africa, and now because we have attacked the French navy, the French colonies in North Africa have also declared their support for Petain to break with us, if we lose Africa completely, the supplies of our colonies will not be able to reach our British mainland, and we will basically lose half of the war!" ”

The British Chief of the General Staff, John Deere, pointed to the map and said, "My sir, I have to tell you that just yesterday we received information that Italy was preparing to attack our Kenya, Sudan and Somalia. Especially after the news of the failure of our navy to attack the French navy spread www.biquge.info the Italian army accelerated its preparations. ”

Churchill's heart ached at the thought of the defeat of the navy, for which he was bombarded by the newspapers and public opinion, knowing that since he took office, the British army had not won a single victory.

Italy, Churchill thought about this country and the dictatorial head of the same as Hitler, and couldn't help but take a puff of his cigar and said, "That architect is also a madman, but he is a timid madman, this is the case when he fought France, what he wants most is to reproduce the Roman Empire of the past, but are the Italians of the past still the Romans of the past?" Hehe.... I think we can teach these Italians a lesson in Africa. And... I remember that our intelligence showed that there seemed to be a large oil field in the Italian colonies. ”

Although the oil fields of Germany and Italy in Africa have been blocked to the greatest extent, some information has been passed out one after another for so long, especially in this era, radar has not yet been popularized, British spies insist on taking planes to conduct high-altitude reconnaissance, although the specific location has not been found, but those ships and convoys transporting oil have been found many times, and the approximate area has been guessed.

"Who's the commander there?" Churchill asked.

"It's the one-eyed general, General Wavell." Deere said that this Wavell is a World War I veteran, lost a left eye in World War I, known as the one-eyed general, he was born in a military family, his grandfather and father were generals, at this time in Egypt as the commander-in-chief of the British Command in the Middle East, with 50,000 British troops in his hands, in fact, at this time Britain was only weak in its own defenses, if the global army combined, the strength is not small.

"Oh.... I remembered that I had asked him to send six battalions back to his homeland last week, and that was what he refused. Churchill remembered what had upset him and said, "Well, since he said that he would have enough troops to defend Africa, then tell him that the Italians were coming soon, and that he should also carry out his duties and responsibilities." ”

-- Paris

Hitler was very excited about the victory of the German submarine over the British fleet, and he immediately asked Dönitz to come to Paris with Petain and Darlan to celebrate, and even called Jiang Cheng, who provided reliable information, to celebrate this rare victory. "Oh, dear ginger, thanks to you, we have taught the British a good lesson!" When Dönitz saw Jiang Cheng, he immediately stepped forward and hugged him, Petain and Darlan and others were puzzled when they saw that Dönitz was so enthusiastic about a yellow-skinned Chinese, but Petain saw something from the badge worn by Jiang Cheng, the rank represented by that badge is rare even in the German army, and this Chinese has a very high status in Germany.

"My Führer, congratulations on another great victory." Jiang Cheng nodded to Dönitz and said a few words, then raised his glass to Hitler.

Hitler laughed excitedly, "The despicable and shameless Englishmen wish to hurt our French friends in such a way, and this is absolutely not allowed, dear Marshal Pétain and Marshal Darlan, rest assured, Goering has promised me that as soon as the weather improves, we will use bombers to avenge the innocent deaths of the French soldiers!" ”

Well, the Germans beat the British to avenge the French, and this logic made Jiang Cheng feel a little confused.

Darlan is now 100% Anglophobic, you must know that even if France and Germany sign an armistice, it will only represent France's withdrawal from the war, not that France will declare war with Britain, why should Britain directly attack France, as for the Free France of Charles de Gaulle-hehe, no organization recognized by any country other than Britain can also represent France? Darlan immediately said, "Führer Hitler, I have ordered French naval planes to surprise Britain, this is because I have not received the news that Germany will also bomb Britain, since our enemies are the same, then I hope that we can form a joint air force together to retaliate against Britain, I hope it will be the British docks and shipyards." ”

As he spoke, Darlan looked at Petain, who had not communicated with Petain before saying this, and he looked at Petain in the hope that Petain would support him.

He didn't know that Petain was transforming very quickly at this time, and he was actually a traitor... Or such a thing as a traitor is like going out to sell, at first maybe for various reasons, and there will be some resistance in my heart, but slowly I will let go, I want to open, and finally I will even pull others to do it, Petain is in the process of slowly letting go at this time, so he immediately said, "Our French army still has two or three hundred planes, if the Germans are willing to return some of them, we can form an air force of five hundred planes to participate in the war." ”

Since he has joined the German camp, he still hopes that Germany can have the last laugh in this war, if the British are allowed to fight back, others don't know if they will be unlucky, and he Petain will definitely be hung up and beaten.

Hitler laughed in his heart, but reason told him that he could not let go of the shackles of France so quickly, and he said, "The French army has just gone through the war, and the people miss their families, so let them go home first, you just need to send some representatives with us." ”

After Hitler and Petain and others finished speaking, they came to Dönitz and Jiang Cheng, who were chatting, and said to Dönitz, "Very good, you did a good job, when I heard the news, I opened the door without wearing shoes to confirm the news, your submarine force really surprised me." ”

Dönitz stood straight and said, "My Führer, if I can have three hundred submarines, then I can let half of the British ships go out and not come back, and if I can have five hundred, I can make Britain a dead land." ”

In fact, from the point of view of economic accounts, submarines are really extremely cost-effective, a battleship is often extremely expensive, for example, the battleship Bismarck costs 196.8 million marks, and a submarine costs less than 10 million marks, that is, a battleship can be exchanged for nearly 20 submarines, and the loss of the British army alone can be exchanged for nearly 100 submarines, and the real loss of the German army is only a dozen, which is really not worth mentioning.

But Hitler did not think so, in his eyes submarines were no way out, and if he could, he would certainly like to have a dozen battleships instead of hundreds. He understood that Dönitz was implying that the navy's funds should continue to tilt towards submarines in the future, so he changed the subject and said, "By the way, I heard that Jiang you want to buy some warships?" ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, my Führer, you should also know the situation in the Eastern Battlefield, the Japanese army was once again defeated by our army, but the victory is still far away, but the war will eventually end, we hope that when the war is over, we can build our navy in the shortest possible time, there are many warships in the French army damaged this time, I hope to buy them and repair them, and then use them as our training ships, of course, the price will definitely satisfy you." ”

Hitler thought for a moment and said, "These are French battleships, I have no reason and authority to decide where they belong, you can talk to Darlan and Petain, but I hope this matter will not affect the strength of the French navy and the friendship between you and me, well, I don't need heavy cruisers yet, right?" ”

What this means is that small ships such as destroyers, frigates, and even light cruisers are fine, but heavy cruisers and battle cruisers or battleships are not to be thought of. There is also a reason why Hitler is willing to give up some of the ships, after all, Jiang Cheng has provided too much technology and intelligence, and he is also willing to pay real money, and although Germany has benefited a lot in this war, it has spent a lot of resources and funds, and it does need some supplements.

Jiang Cheng raised his glass and said, "That's natural, Germany's interests are paramount, please rest assured, I will definitely give a suitable price." ”

In fact, what Jiang Cheng really wants is not only those broken ships, what he wants more is the French aircraft carrier.

France does have an aircraft carrier, that is the aircraft carrier Béarne, which has been in service for more than ten years, he was rebuilt on the basis of an unfinished Normandy-class battleship, which has the characteristics of a British aircraft carrier, with a huge chimney and superstructure in one part of the starboard middle and forward part of the ship, and three lifts between the flight deck and the hangar. Because it is the foundation of the battleship, the defense is very strong, but at this time, the ship is not in mainland France, but with the Joan of Arc and the Belden carrying more than 500 tons of gold to Canada, in Jiang Cheng's heart, winning these three ships is the key, and the gold on the ship alone will be doubled.

In fact, it is not only this one, the French army was also preparing to build two aircraft carriers in the thirties, but then Darlan thought that France did not need aircraft carriers, so they did not build them, indeed, according to later developments, France's enemy was Germany, the real war was land warfare, and aircraft carriers did not have much need.

After the banquet, Jiang Cheng and Dönitz took Darlan to their residence and let them taste the green tea they brought from China.

Darlang took a sip, and the old French officer nodded and smiled: "Jiang, I heard that you are a Chinese, I originally didn't believe it, but now I believe it, such tea is not something that can be grown in India." ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "If you like it, I can send you some, what do you think of my proposal?" ”

Darlang sighed, "Do I still have the right to refuse?" ”

Jiang Cheng and Dönitz smiled and said, "Of course there is, but you should know that since Britain has attacked the French navy, and many French navies have surrendered without a fight, do you think our Führer will be at ease with you?" Although I will not do anything now for the sake of the stability of France as a whole, it is only a matter of time before the French army is weakened, but I would like to ask, what will your soldiers do besides being soldiers? ”

Dar Lang suddenly remembered the news reports he had seen in the past, after World War I, a large number of soldiers were discharged, as a defeated country of Germany, needless to say, how miserable those soldiers were, those veterans were not even enough for a few days of food under such inflation, otherwise Hitler would not have responded to his speech, not only Europe, but even the so-called richest country, the United States, did not get there well, on May 29, 1932, about 20,000 veterans and their wives and children arrived in Washington one after another, gathered near the Capitol. They built improvised tents out of old wooden planks they had collected and named them "Hoover Village" after the president at the time. Veterans waited in the villages of such camps, hoping that the U.S. government would give them the severance pay, knowing that after the end of World War I, the U.S. government was going to postpone their severity to 1945, 20 years later, for cost reasons -- well, they must not have expected that there would be a group of World War II veterans who would ask for a severance pay.

In short, these veterans were very pitiful at that time, and there were no financial resources, and finally the proposal to receive retirement benefits in advance was rejected, but the US government said that it was willing to give certain subsidies and tickets for demonstrators to go home, although thousands of people were evacuated, but there were still nearly 20,000 people stranded to continue the demonstration, at this time there happened to be a clash between the military and police, more than a dozen people were injured, and Hoover asked MacArthur to send troops to block the scene and clean it up.

MacArthur mobilized six light tanks to garrison the street crossing, with machine guns mounted on top of the tanks; With bayonets mounted and 4 companies of cavalry unsheathed, the 4th company of infantry marched to Pennsylvania Street, the capital's central street, to block the demonstrators and quickly drive the veterans out of the federal territory. When the army reached the Anacostia River, Hoover twice sent orders to stop the army from going across the river to clear the demonstrators' camps.

In his way, MacArthur expressed the principle of governing the army without the orders of foreign kings. "I'm too busy to have time to meet guests, and people who pretend to deliver the president's order don't want to disturb me," he said. MacArthur commanded troops across the river to surround the demonstrators' camp, ordered all demonstrators to leave within a time limit, and then set fire to the camp. As for the casualties... Where can there be big casualties in such a thing as the great America? Only two people were accidentally trampled to death, and all the other casualties were fake! Fake!! Yes, that's it, the repression with minimal casualties is over, at least that's what MacArthur later said. It is worth mentioning that the man who led the cavalry in the charge with sabers and battle flags was called George Patton. (To be continued.) )