The British are still commendable in terms of pragmatism, after all, they are a commercial people, and businessmen always put their interests first. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This may also be said to be the cultural difference between the East and the West.

Because the United States and many European countries also put their interests first.

But the eastern agrarian peoples and nomadic peoples...... Many countries, influenced by Chinese Confucian culture, place more emphasis on dignity than profit.

For example, as an island nation, it can almost be said that defeat is inevitable after losing the naval and air war, so is there any point in continuing to fight?

Many people understand that this is meaningless, that is, there is no benefit in continuing, but Japan is planning to "break the jade of the whole people" and "prefer to die rather than give in".

On the other hand, France, in Europe, decided that the war could not be won after the German army bypassed the "Maginot Line", so it simply surrendered......

This is a very spineless thing for the Orientals, but it also really brings benefits to France...... As a result of the surrender, the country's population and industry were largely undamaged in World War II, and it soon rose to become one of the great powers after World War II.

In the long run, this choice by France cannot be said to be wise.

Therefore, "only talking about interests between countries" should first be the principle of handling affairs between Western countries, and at this time, China is still using the principle of "comrades and brothers", that is, using feelings to handle diplomacy between countries.

Even if it's Zhang Chi who returned to the barracks...... He didn't give up his interests for the sake of dignity.

From the perspective of interests, of course, the Chinese army wanted to cooperate with the British army, but Zhang Chi would rather choose to fall out with Montgomery, even if he returned to Okinawa.

But fate didn't arrange it that way.

Zhang Chi had just returned to the barracks with his front feet, put on his clothes and was about to go to the sea to take a bath...... You must know that this is Port Said, Port Said next to the Mediterranean Sea, and when you walk in the desert, you will naturally have a good impression of the large sea water, which is like a hungry beggar who suddenly sees a pile of steamed buns piled in front of him, although the sea water is salty and cannot be drunk.

As for the dispute with Montgomery just now, Zhang Chi didn't take it to heart, just do what he should do!

At this time, several jeeps stopped at the entrance of the headquarters, and Zhang Chi looked out the window and couldn't help but be stunned, because he saw Montgomery among the people who got out of the car.

Out of politeness, Zhang Chi still dressed up his military uniform and went out to greet him.

Zhang Chi thought to himself, maybe Montgomery had come to tell him that the Chinese army would be able to return to Okinawa tomorrow...... It seems that this trip to North Africa was shorter than expected.

"General Zhang!" Ramsden warmly came up and shook hands with Zhang Chi.

"General Zhang!" Montgomery also reached out.

"General!" Zhang Chi asked, "Are you here to inform us that we can go home?" ”

Montgomery replied, slightly embarrassed, "No, General." I hope you can stay in Africa and continue to fight! ”

This made Zhang Chi a little surprised, and Zhang Chi even couldn't turn a corner.

"General Zhang!" Ramsden was a good man: "General Montgomery's idea was that we should have a unified command, which led to a series of conflicts and misunderstandings......

"Just say it!" Zhang Chi asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

"It's easy!" Montgomery said: "Cooperate and fight the Germans together!" ”

"What about the command?" Zhang Chi asked.

"The Chinese army has freedom of command!" Montgomery replied: "You are an ally of Great Britain, and I sincerely invite you to serve as deputy staff officer of the Eighth Army!" ”

"What about equipment and supplies?" Zhang Chi asked again.

"Free supply!" Montgomery replied.

"In fact......" Ramsden interjected: "General Nimitz called the day before yesterday and asked for US aid to give priority to the Chinese army!" So there is no need for General Zhang to worry about this! ”

"Oh!" I just heard about this Zhang Chi.

However, the United States really has this energy, after all, a considerable part of the supplies and equipment of the British are also provided by the United States.

The reason why it is said here is "quite a part" is because Britain still has its own strategic materials...... Its previous model was to occupy various colonies, such as India, and then rely on the labor of these colonies to produce materials and transport them back to Britain, but now the blockade of Britain by German submarines has led to a shortage of British own supplies, while the battlefields outside such as North Africa can be correspondingly well supplied.

But having said that, Britain did not have as advanced industry in the colonial countries as Britain itself, which is certain, just like the Japanese colonization of Manchukuo, it also maintained a technological advantage, and if the colonies had technological advantages, then the long-term development of the mainland would only be a virtual appearance.

This makes Britain's weapons and equipment relatively backward, for example, the tanks are still "Matilda", "Crusader", "Valentine" and the like, and the slightly more advanced "Grant" are all supported by the United States, not to mention the "Sherman".

Therefore, Zhang Chi also likes American goods, and now that Nimitz has this sentence, Zhang Chi can let go of most of his thoughts.

Montgomery had no choice but to say yes to this.

Because Nimitz had already let out the words: "If the British can't do it, it's okay!" In the future, the equipment and supplies of the Chinese army will be handed over to the United States! ”

Fuck ...... Does it make any difference?

The so-called "handing over the equipment and supplies of the Chinese army to the United States" is not reducing military aid to Britain and switching to the Chinese army?!

Therefore, Montgomery prefers to "prioritize", after all, "priority" is still negotiable.

"General Zhang!" Montgomery asked, "No problem!" ”

"No problem!" Zhang Chi stretched out his hand at this time: "However, I have to wait until I finish taking a shower first!" ”

"Of course!" Ramsden and Montgomery couldn't help but laugh.

When Montgomery returned to the command, he reported the details to Churchill.

At this time, Churchill was relieved, he had always thought that Montgomery's temper might still not be able to get along with the Chinese generals, you must know that he had changed commanders several times in the North African battlefield, and now Britain had no suitable candidate to command the war in North Africa.

If Montgomery couldn't get along with the Chinese generals, what options would Churchill have?

Churchill really didn't know what to decide.

But fortunately, there is no need to think about this headache at this time.

Then Churchill sent a telegram back to Montgomery: "Well done, General! You are good at defense, the Chinese general is good at attacking, and if you two work together, I believe you will be able to defeat Rommel! ”