"Of course, sir!" Cook was so excited that he changed his title from chief to sir. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi nodded: "I also want to know if you have this ability, such as calculating ballistics, coordinates, and artillery observers, etc.!" ”

"I'm sure we can!" Cook replied: "Of course, we maybe...... Your help will be needed! ”

Kukyi is not lying, there are indeed talents in this area in the Zoaf Corps, and there are quite a few of them.

On the one hand, this is because not all Algerians are uneducated and have no mathematical foundation, as the saying goes, "when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds", and some of them belong to the "aristocracy" and are highly educated, so it is not a problem for them to learn ballistics and the like.

On the other hand, there were tens of thousands of Algerian soldiers serving in the French army as artillerymen, and they had a certain knowledge of artillery, and it was not difficult to find some outstanding people on this base.

Coupled with the guidance and training of the Chinese army, it is not difficult to build an artillery unit at all, and it will not even take long.

But as Cook expected, this plan was undoubtedly opposed by General Giraud, and even General Juan did not agree to do so.

"It's dangerous!" General Juan said: "Major General, you don't know those Algerians, today they are our subordinates, tomorrow they may be our enemies!" ”

"That's a crazy idea!" General Giraud said: "Let them command an artillery corps themselves? What if they don't obey the command? One day they will hit us with shells! ”

Generals Juan and Giraud were right, because historically these Algerians had indeed become enemies of France...... After its victory in World War II, France reneged on its promise not to allow Algeria to become independent, and an eight-year war began.

However......

"What you're talking about may happen!" Zhang Chi said: "But can you not let the Algerians themselves command to prevent these things from happening?" ”

Hearing this, General Ji Luo and General Zhu An couldn't help but be stunned.

Indeed, before that, the transfer of the Zoaf Corps to the independent camp had never stopped, and sometimes even an organized mutiny of a single force.

"What's more, you know it too!" Zhang Chi continued: "There is already a crisis of confidence between the French officers and the Algerian soldiers, and I believe that as the war progresses, this crisis will become more and more obvious and irreconcilable, and will eventually intensify and become out of control. At the same time, because of this crisis, the French army is not combative, because you are guarding each other...... I have never seen a unit in which officers and subordinates can defeat the enemy by guarding each other. I wondered, what do you get by going on like this? Nothing will be gained, you will lose the Zoaf Corps, you will lose the war! ”

General Giraud and General Juan couldn't help but be silent.

No one knows better than them the problems of the French colonial army, and in fact, this is the problem of all colonial armies: the officers have too much power, and absolute power leads to absolute corruption...... These officers tend to be powerful in peacetime, and they cower in war.

And if this is a victory, it is fine, at most the officers take the credit, and if they lose the battle, these officers will pass the fault on their subordinates, which would be strange if there is no contradiction.

These problems will affect combat effectiveness to a large extent, so in the end, as Zhang Chi said, "you can't get anything!" ”

"I think there's a question you need to think about right now!" Zhang Chi said: "Do you want to win the war to liberate France, or do you want to hold on to the Zoaf Corps!" ”

"I think ......," said General Giraud, "why can't we have both?" We commanded the Zoaf Corps to liberate France! ”

Zhang Chi smiled noncommittally, it was not surprising that General Giraud would say such a thing.

"It's good to do that, too!" After thinking for a while, General Juan said: "The independence camp has been worried about whether we have the sincerity to make them independent, and even the soldiers of the Zoaf Corps are skeptical...... They were afraid that we were just using them to defeat the Germans and that after the victory we would forget about the promises! ”

"How can they think that?" General Giraud said: "We represent France!" The promises we have made in the name of France are impossible to overturn! ”

It's an irony...... It turned out that they not only overthrown, but also brutally repressed and massacred Algeria.

At the same time, if General Giraud is really sincere about making Algeria independent, then why can't the Algerians command their own troops?!

"But the Algerians don't think so!" General Juan said: "As the major general said, this seriously affects the combat effectiveness of the Zoaf corps, and if we let them form their own troops...... Although it is only partial, it can convince the Algerians that we have the sincerity to make them independent, and it is conceivable that they will be more motivated to participate in this war! ”

General Juan was noticeably more rational.

This principle is actually very simple, which is somewhat similar to the transformation from a slave society to a feudal society: slaves have no personal freedom, they do not even belong to themselves, they work more diligently to earn more fruits of labor, and the result is nothing...... They all belong to their owners.

As a result, slaves will naturally be slack and unmotivated, and will even secretly destroy farm tools and crops to vent their anger.

But if these slaves are turned into peasants, who work more and work less and get less, then these same people, the same land, can harvest more food because the peasants are more motivated.

For the Zoaf Corps, what the French officers have to do is also to let go and give them more freedom, and then both sides can get more, which is a win-win situation.

It's just that General Giraud doesn't understand this.

"No, I will not allow that!" General Giraud said: "You are simply crazy to believe the Algerians!" Once the command is returned to them, they can even turn their guns on us without hitting the Germans! ”

"General!" General Zhu An advised: "This situation is unlikely to happen, because we are not fully liberalized, only a small part of it!" ”

After a pause, General Zhu An emphasized: "If they don't perform well on the battlefield, we will take back the command!" ”

"Will you be able to get it back then?" General Giraud said, "It's not as easy as you think, I don't agree, unless I'm crazy too!" ”