Since the deal could not be reached, the two sides naturally broke up.

Early the next morning, Anne got out of Xu Zhonglin's arms and shook him: "Admiral, get up, the British and French support ships are coming, you need to go to the port to meet you." ”

Someone confused: "What time is it?" ”

"Half past five."

When Xu Zhonglin came to the port in a daze with Anne in his arms, the minesweepers supported by Britain and France had already arrived. Someone stared at each other, oops, it's all acquaintances!

First of all, the British admiral stepped forward to shake his hand: "Hello Colonel Xu, it is a pleasure to see you again, I have brought greetings from two Georges." ”

"Who's ...... Uh, Major, you're gracious, congratulations on your promotion. "Someone was holding the other's hand, and it was more embarrassing, and this was the Admiralty officer who had been at the side of Admiral George Perry, the commander-in-chief of the Gibraltar fleet. Xu Zhonglin has been with the other party for half a year, but now he is embarrassed to find that he doesn't know the other party's name, the other party was just a captain at the beginning, and now he has become a school officer, which is a qualitative leap, indicating that the other party is already in command of the capital ship. The two Georges are naturally George Perry and Qiao Wuye.

"Sorry, I haven't introduced myself yet, but my name is Abel Atwood."

The other party is so good, Xu Zhonglin naturally wants to be close, and just when the two of them hooked their shoulders and were about to leave, a voice sounded behind them:

"Hey! Xu Zhonglin, you are so rude! ”

This was naturally a representative of France, and an acquaintance, the first place of the joint exchange of the Navy, Miss Carla Jacote...... and her henchman, Benjamin Bernard. It was the unlucky boy Benshamin who spoke. In just over a month, Miss Jacotai became a major, and Benshamin was a lieutenant, which showed that he was already in command of the cruiser.

"Ahaha, I'm sorry, I just woke up, my eyes are not very good, Ben Shaming is really good that you are okay." Xu Zhonglin has no hatred for the original incident, looking at Miss Carla Jakote's face, her performance is fine, only the little follower Benjamin Bernard still looks bitter and sad.

Miss Carla Jakotai stamped her foot: "Hmph! Hypocrisy. "I haven't seen her for more than a month, but Xiao Nizi is still so delicate and smart, but she also has a little more maturity and is more charming.

"Let's go, I'll wash the dust for the three of you."

The girl was very faceless: "No need, we have to hurry up and complete the task and go back." ”

Xu Zhonglin was a little surprised at this time, he received a notice last night that there would be support from Britain and France this morning, and he was already the other party should have just expressed a position and attitude, and he came here just to make a show, but he didn't expect to really go with him. It seems that this time Britain and France are still relatively strong in their support for Italy, and they may have been a little irritated by the small actions of Turkey and Austria-Hungary.

The other party helps, which is naturally welcomed by raising both hands.

There were more than 20 shipwives brought by the three of them, plus the shipwives of Haomait Suke itself, Xu Zhonglin's fleet was mighty, and he swaggered all the way to the gate of Austria-Hungary to start a new day's minelaying mission.

When he arrived at the minefield, he was surprised to find that Lange Walter was there. But today Xu Zhonglin can completely stop him, now that the warships of Britain, France and Italy are all there, there is a kind of you try it again? Therefore, someone did not even send escort fighters, and when he arrived at the ground, he directly buried his head in the field and continued to farm. I can't wait to hang a banner above my head: Come on! It's kind of beating me! You move me to try.

Lange Walter gritted his teeth on the other side – why are you pinching! Made, what about the three watches that were made? I've been waiting all night! At first, he thought that he had misunderstood, maybe it was three o'clock in the middle of the night, and later, he thought it was three days later, but who knew that he saw the other party coming just now, said hello, and didn't even reply.

Xu Zhonglin didn't care what Lao Wa thought, he was now holding a banquet on the deck of the Elena for three friends who had come from afar. Miss Carla Jakote changed into a new dress made by Rena and looked even more beautiful, holding a telescope in one hand and ice cream in the other: "Xu, is that Colonel Walter from Austria-Hungary on the other side?" He looks so fierce! "Only to get up close and personal found that this chick is actually very easy to get along with, and a little novel gadget can get her friendship.

No matter how fierce you are, it's not as fierce as the little henchman around you. Benjamin Bernard's expression made Xu Zhonglin feel if he would swallow his own calcium even with his belt bones.

He really wanted to tell this kid: Look at Mao, Lao Tzu won't treat your sister, why are you so fierce?

But he couldn't, so he had to talk to Able Atwood. It's boring to talk to the British, and someone doesn't want to be a weather forecaster, so he has to talk about the military: "Able, how is it in Algeria?" ”

'It's going well, Italy's defence is actually doing pretty well. We took over and advanced about fifty kilometers and had already knocked out two of them. He is currently working with the French to land from Laayoune and then move all the way east. It is best to follow the edge of the Sahara Desert in both directions, and finally meet the divisions, completely cutting off the connection between the Sahara and the south. Of course, this is only the most ideal idea. We, the Admiralty, thought it would be nice to take half of Algeria, after all, we could not provide much fire support in the depths of the interior, and of course, we in Britain could only get less than a quarter. ”

Someone actually boasted about the noodle army?! It's terrifying, but thinking about the performance of the old rascals in the Boer War, the combat effectiveness of the Lobster Army can only be ......

"You make money even on a quarter of the country, but I remember that Italy has discovered large iron ore mines and oil fields in the northeast, while there seems to be only iron ore in the west."

Abel Atwood shook his head: "In fact, there are phosphate mines, all of which are in the north, and the French Morocco is not bad, there are huge amounts of phosphorus, zinc, cobalt, and manganese mines. But there is no oil. So lately they have been interested in Tunisia. ”

The British really have the talent to fan the flames, and this kind of schadenfreude cannot be hidden.

In this world, because minerals are easy to find, as long as there is an inland area where there is a perch, it is basically a storage place for minerals. So there is no shortage of resources. The exceptions were the French, who occupied the coasts of Somalia and Sudan and had not dug up any other abundant resources except iron. Fortunately, Morocco is very fat, and with local coal, iron, and aluminum, it can barely support them.

But the source of oil has always been a big problem for France, in the original world, Germany's defeat has a lot to do with the lack of oil, in this world, they are not very short of oil, Turkey, Austria-Hungary, Tunisia and Northern Europe can provide them with oil. France, on the other hand, is desperately short of oil.

Miss Carla Jakote overheard their conversation and generously admitted: "Yes, we are short of oil, so we are negotiating with the Italian government recently, you have discovered a lot of oil fields in Libya, and we are planning a resource swap. ”

"Don't you have any interest in Tunisia?" Able apparently heard the wind.

The girl shook her head: "You, Italy, and Germany will not let us succeed, and a France that lacks oil is a good France." Otherwise, you all know that we are short of oil, so why don't you give us the eastern part of Algeria? ”

it! Incisive! Japan lacks everything, and Japan is good only if it is rich in earthquake resources...... Nothing is lacking, only a small Russia is a good Russia...... Carla Jakotay's remarks hit the nail on the head, a neighbor who has a handle in the hands of others is a good neighbor. This way, everyone can sleep peacefully.

Abel Atwood also lamented: "We are also short of oil, although we seem to have more oil fields than you, but the size of the fleet is more than double, and the consumption is greater, so we urgently need the eastern region of Algeria." ”

Xu Zhonglin's mind flashed! It seems that the only thing in Europe now is that it is a big oil dog. There are so many oil fields in Libya that they are all monopolized. If you want to get the oil fields in the Middle East...... Then Britain and France can only kneel on the ground and play with Yidu.

This is by no means a good sign.