With the will and motivation to fight, the morale of the French battalion suddenly changed.

It's actually easy to understand, it's pretty much the difference between active and passive...... When I am forced to study or work, I will move when I am urged by others, and I will desert from time to time, and I am extremely disgusted if I don't do my job well.

If you take the initiative to study and work, that is, you are willing to be interested in learning and working, then you will devote yourself to it, not only do it well, but also do it very happily and do not even feel tired.

Prior to this, the soldiers of the French battalion were forced to join the army, and they had to do so in order to maintain the family business and the lives of their families. In this case, of course, there will not be much combat effectiveness, and everyone will more or less think about how to survive a battle to save their lives, or even surrender to the British army.

As for the safety of their families and the family business, it can indeed threaten them in normal times, but when it comes to life and death, not many people will care about this. For example, the Charles, who was on the verge of collapse in the tunnel, and the two deserters...... They are going crazy if they can't even take care of themselves, so how can they think about anything else?

This can be said to be a challenge to human nature, but it can also be said to be an extreme test of their ability to endure.

And the more unmotivated and unwilling he is, the easier it is to be eliminated in such a test, such as Charles, if he is very firm in his position, that is, to win on the side of Germany and then return home triumphantly to receive the praise of his family, then he will not collapse.

His problem was that he was very conflicted in his heart, vacillating between Germany and the Allies, constantly engaged in ideological struggle, but was helpless against the status quo and was finally crushed...... In fact, Qin Chuan believed that this was the case with most French soldiers at that time.

Now, knowing that Germany would win and that "fighting France" would not spare them, they had finally let go of all their contradictions, all their burdens, and had entered a state of initiative.

"Our goals are twofold!" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said, "One is Gafsa Airport, where the supplies are airlifted by the British. The other is the bus station, which has been converted into a logistics supply base, where all the supplies transported by transport ship to Tripoli and then by car to Gafsa are concentrated! ”

"Then we're going to split up!" Baudouin said.

"Yes, you're in charge of the bus station, is there a problem?" Qin Chuan asked.

"No problem, sir!" Baudouin replied confidently.

After a pause, Baudouin added, "Thank you, sir!" ”

"Why thank me?" Qin Chuan was a little surprised.

"For all!" Baudouin replied: "You have trained us to take us into battle, and you have guided us to grow up with the skills to survive, so that we will not die in the face of the enemy...... We should have known they wouldn't let us go! ”

"Yes, they even considered the Vichy government a traitor!"

"I heard they were going to put Petain to death!"

"Of course, the assassination of Darlan also has their share!"

……

Qin Chuan was a little ashamed to hear this, although the liquidation of the Vichy government by "Fighting France" was real, and Petain was indeed sentenced to death (later changed to life imprisonment), but ......

"And for this mission!" Baudouin continued: "I know that the task at the bus station is easier to complete and at the same time easier to escape. Lieutenant, you always keep the more difficult and dangerous ones to yourself! ”

Baudouin was right in that.

On the surface, the bus station has more supplies and therefore a heavier task, but this is not the case.

Because the bus station is more material and the personnel are complicated, the French army can easily mix in to carry out tasks, and even after completing the mission, it can easily escape with the flow of people in the great riots.

But the airport ...... It was a fortified place, and the only troops stationed there were American troops, which was more dangerous from any point of view.

"No, I'm not thinking about you!" Qin Chuan said: "I just want to meet the Americans and see what they are capable of!" ”

The French soldiers couldn't help but laugh.

"And!" Qin Chuan continued: "There is still a part of me who has to go to the airport with me!" ”

"I'll go!"

"And me!"

"I want to meet the Americans, too!"

……

Qin Chuan nodded, this is what an army should look like.

The next day in the tunnel, Qin Chuan assigned the detailed tasks and conducted oral exercises over and over again in the tunnel...... The so-called verbal drill is a drill method in which the commander cannot carry out a real drill because of the constraints of the conditions, and the commander is instead able to pinch the point and issue instructions.

It's obviously not as effective as a real combat exercise, but it's still better than a mess.

But that's not a big deal.

The reason is that the French battalion has not yet completed its training in principle at this time, so it is still the "instructors" who command them, that is, according to the German army's establishment, the platoon commander of each platoon and the company commander of each company are German soldiers. It's just that each platoon and company has selected soldiers with outstanding organizational and command skills as assistants and quasi-commanders, so there is not much difficulty in commanding.

Qin Chuan divided his troops into two groups...... The French battalion consisted of four companies, each of which numbered about 150 men.

So two companies were led by Baudouin, who cooperated with the baker to infiltrate the bus station, and the other two companies were led by Qin Chuan, who was in charge of the airport with Werner.

Then, Qin Chuan asked people to dig out boxes of British equipment from the warehouse, including military uniforms...... These were prepared before the pit was blocked. Of course, the French soldiers had no idea what was in the box at all.

Baudouin asked Qin Chuan, "Lieutenant, we have been planning to do this for a long time, right?" ”

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied: "It's just that Colonel Slain has always thought that this will not work, because they don't believe that you can complete this task, so they wanted to cancel it for a while, what do you think?" ”

"No!" Baudouin replied: "We will prove Colonel Slain wrong!" ”

"Yes!" Another French soldier said: "We will not let go of this opportunity, the people who 'fight France', including the British, will know that we are not easy to mess with!" ”

"Good!" Qin Chuan nodded and confessed: "Remember, after wearing this military uniform, you are the troops of the 'Battle France'!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Baudouin replied.

"Good luck!"

"Good luck!"

……

The French soldiers blessed each other, and some of them handed the written letters to the soldiers who remained in the tunnels, saying: "If I can't come back, give this letter to my family and tell them that I did my best!" ”

Looking at this scene, Qin Chuan became even more confident in this mission.