The capture of Sousse means that Tunisia is indeed the most important city, and the city will face the attack of the Italian army.

This also made the attitude of many Tunisian tribes change faster, and the French side naturally did not want to see it.

"Chief Abhin, you can't do this to me."

In Kasselin, on the banks of the Hatai River in central Tunisia, Becas was dragged out by several Haji warriors.

And Chief Abhein, who was shouting from his mouth, was watching him in the company of the crowd. At this time, Becas was not in the limelight, not to mention that he was not dressed now, even his face was swollen purple-red, and there was still blood at the corners of his mouth, and there was no trace of the appearance of a French liaison at all.

"Chief Abhin, for the sake of our friendship for so many years, please let me go."

At this time, Becas knew what he was going to face, so he didn't want to be proud of his last life.

In response to Bekas's plea, Chief Abkhin sneered. "If you are still my friend for the sake of many years of friendship, then you should not cause a rebellion in my tribe. We, the Haji tribe, welcome you back at any time, and we will obey you as long as you can defeat the Italians. But since you are rebelling in my tribe, you do not treat me as a friend but as an enemy, and Allah tells us to give a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye. Take him down and put him to death by stoning. ”

Stoning was the punishment for adultery in the Arab world, and Bekkas's execution was also a dishonorable stoning punishment for Sheikh Abhin because he rebelled against his own tribe and let him die with dishonor.

On the orders of Chief Abhein, the warriors ignored the wailing of the former guest of honor, Mr. Bekas, and dragged him directly to the square. It was already crowded with spectators, people who had lost their families or finances in the rebellion, and who were now looking at the French like dead dogs with hostile eyes.

After placing him in the pit, the two warriors grabbed him by both hands and began to bury him until his neck, at which point only Bekas's head was exposed.

After arranging the French 'friend', Chief Abkhin made an impassioned speech, and then the stirring execution began.

The firing squad consisted of victims who had lost their families, all of whom had a stone weighing more than a pound in their hands and threw it five meters away.

A!

Two pieces!

Stones were thrown at Bekas, and his head was broken by the stones, and he wailed, and the wails subsided as time passed. But the execution did not stop, and when everyone was done, the target of the execution was covered with stones.

French people like Becas who are in contact with indigenous tribes are numerous in Tunisia. In the face of the change in the attitude of the indigenous tribes when they saw the situation not good, some of them succeeded in preventing the change of attitude of the tribes. But this kind is a very small minority, most of them run back in disgrace, and there are many who fail like Bekas.

However, no matter how much the Tunisians continue to pick sides between France and Italy, in reality, the battle to decide Tunisia's belonging has nothing to do with them.

In Tunisia, the French commander, Lieutenant General Achino, was also worried about the situation in Tunisia, or more precisely, about the gains and losses of the city of Tunis.

"Moseley, what telegram did you send it personally?"

"It's Hammamet's telegram."

Faced with Commander Achino's inquiry, Mosley, as chief of staff, gave the answer.

As soon as he heard the telegram from Hammamet, Lieutenant General Achino sat down with the same movements as he had gotten up. "Is it a telegram of defeat?"

Moseley nodded.

"Damn, I knew these Tunisians were unreliable, they shattered like eggs. We have to find a way to let these Tunisians know the consequences of not fighting well. ”

At this time, after hearing the news, Achino finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Commander, what are you going to do?"

Mosley, as chief of staff, of course, knew that these Tunisians were unreliable, and there were countless examples of this in previous battles. As for how to enhance the Tunisian people's desire to fight, the two of them also thought about countless ways, but they were not easy to arrange for various reasons. Now that Commander Achino had an idea, it naturally attracted the inquiry of Major General Moseley.

"There is only one way, that is, to dismantle the 35th Division into a supervisory team and go to the battlefield to enforce military law."

The 35th Division in Achino's mouth was the only French infantry division in his hands, and it was also the role of the Tunisian Army Group in the press. At this time, Achino, who was desperate for the colonial army, decided to break it up and serve as a warlord in various units.

And Moseley, who is the chief of staff, did not show a happy expression after hearing the words of the commander Achino, but asked. "Your Excellency, Commander, have you decided?"

The words of the chief of staff, Achino, of course, understood, this refers to the danger posed by the dismantling of the 35th Division. You must know that the task of the division is to deter other colonial divisions, and it is not too risky to break them up at this time at the stage when the big war is about to start.

"I've thought about it, instead of holding the 35th Division in my hands as a reserve, it's better to let it out to supervise the battle. At least with the Overseers, these natives have to fight for their lives to avoid an ugly defeat for our Tunisian Army Group. ”

Achino said this with a bitter face, can their Tunisian Army Group compare with the Italians' Eighth Army?

Personnel, weapons, materials, intelligence and other aspects, they are too far behind the crown prince's legion opposite. This battle is destined to be a defeat, but how to defeat is learned. There is a big difference between a one-touch defeat and a defeat in a force, which is enough to make the two of them very different.

"This is the only option we have at the moment."

After a moment's thought, Chief of Staff Moseley admitted that Commander Achino was saying that the only way was to do it at the moment.

When the French army was adjusting its deployment in Tunisia, Lieutenant General Grieeri, commander of the 13th Army, who had just captured Hammamet, received a telegram from the headquarters of the group army at his temporary headquarters.

Lieutenant General Grierie, who read the telegram, immediately gave the order.

"Immediately order, now lay out the next battle plan. The 15th Division attacked Gulambaliya, the 36th Division attacked Beni Hayrad, and the 29th Division was in the middle with the rest of the corps. ”

"Yes."

After answering loudly, the communications staff officer immediately prepared to convey the order.

After the communications staff officer had left, Lieutenant General Grilly picked up the telegram again and looked at it. The above telegram was jointly issued by the crown prince and the deputy commander, Lieutenant General Brasso. He was instructed to start fighting on the outskirts of Tunisia as soon as he captured Hammamet.

As for why there is such a hurry, it is not said on telegram. However, as a soldier who has served for half his life, the orders of his superiors must be implemented, especially this kind of brainless order, and it must be implemented without discount.

As for why, it is obvious that this kind of brainless command, without telling you the details, is because you are not qualified enough, which also represents the importance of the task.

As for what is the situation, let the crown prince army speed up?

That's right, it's more important than the Battle of Tunis, which is about to begin.

When the battle is fought, the importance of the Tunisian campaign will be much less. At that time, even if the crown prince is in charge, the importance of the Eighth Army will plummet.

Therefore, it was a wise choice for the Eighth Army to start the battle for Tunis City as soon as possible.

(End of chapter)