Rommel was busy retreating, Hitler was busy drooling over the Toulon fleet, and British and American warplanes were busy seizing air supremacy and bombing the lines of communication of the German and Italian armies......

Algiers is also busy, except that they are busy arguing and negotiating. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The reason is of American origin.

At the same time as Roosevelt sent his aviation units to Africa, he also issued a paper appointment and brought a man.

By appointment, a provisional French administration was established in French North Africa, with Darlan as High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy; Giro as Commander-in-Chief of the Ground and Air Forces; Zhu An served as the commander of the Eastern Region; Noguet was appointed Commander of the Western Region and Governor of French Morocco.

(Note: Noguet was the commander of the former French Colonial Army in Morocco)

Obviously, the United States wants to reach into the French North African government, or it can be said to cultivate a pro-American French government-in-exile.

This one is because the letter of appointment was issued by Roosevelt...... The President of the United States never had the power to appoint French generals.

The other is that General Giraud is inserted here.

It is well known that General Giraud played little role in this campaign, and he was able to be appointed commander-in-chief of the ground and air forces...... Solely because he is a puppet of the United States.

Imagine that, at least for this reason, Algiers had only an army and an air force, and this letter of appointment gave all the troops to General Giraud, and Darlan, although he was the commander-in-chief of the navy, did not even have a single warship in his hands...... The French warships are still in the port of Toulon, and it is unknown whether or how much they can be rescued.

Of course, the British side was very unhappy about this, because the appointment of the United States was clearly aimed at the British-backed government of Charles de Gaulle in exile, that is, in Algiers there would be another "French government", and even this "French government" would be much stronger than the government of de Gaulle.

But Britain had nothing to do about it, because at this time, the success or failure of the war in Africa could almost be said to be entirely dependent on the air assistance of the United States, in fact, not only that, but the whole of Britain was struggling to support it with the assistance of the United States, so Churchill could only swallow this breath in his stomach.

"I need command of the entire Army and Air Force!" General Giraud said that he held the letter of appointment in his hand as if he were holding a sword of Shang Fang.

Darlan just smiled and asked rhetorically: "General Giraud, I think you seem to be mistaken, we are French officers, and the appointment letter of the Americans means nothing to us!" ”

Darlan certainly wouldn't allow that to happen, and that would be no different from surrendering to the United States.

"Really?" General Giro said eloquently: "General, you must know that it is the American fighters flying over the Mediterranean Sea now, they are the ones who cut off the logistics supply lines of the German and Italian troops, and they even play a decisive role in this war, how can you say that this is meaningless?!" ”

It is clear that General Giraud is trying to use American influence to put pressure on Darlan.

Dar Lang was not such a good person to deal with, he didn't even look at General Giraud, and replied disdainfully while flipping through the documents in his hand: "This is very good, General Giraud, if you can, can you ask those Americans to stop?" Let them go back to the Pacific! ”

Dar Lang said this in two ways, one is that General Giraud does not have the kind of influence to influence the decision-making of the United States. The other is that the United States will participate in the war here is actually for the benefit of the United States, that is, it is a kind of mutual benefit, and there is no such thing as no one helping anyone.

"How can you say that!" General Giraud waved his arms angrily: "General, don't you know that the Germans are invading France?" We need the help of the Americans to keep France from enslavement......"

"General!" Zhang Chi couldn't help but interject: "What we are doing now is to keep France from enslavement, and you are in front of us!" Otherwise, we're talking about how to rescue the Toulon fleet instead of arguing about command here, isn't it? ”

Darlang looked at Zhang Chi in surprise, with some gratitude in his eyes.

Darlang knew that the Chinese army was also very close to the United States, and even he knew that the Chinese army was armed by the United States, so he thought that Zhang Chi would speak from the position of General Giraud, but this was not the case.

General Giraud was also stunned, he didn't expect Zhang Chi to side with Darlang.

"Major General, take a step to speak!" With that, General Giro pulled Zhang Chi aside.

"Major General!" General Giraud said: "I thought we were on one side! ”

"Of course!" Zhang Chi replied.

"But ......"

"General Giraud!" Zhang Chi replied: "You should know General Darlang better than I do, do you think he will give you the command of the army and air force because of an appointment?" ”

"No, but I think it's because of an opportunity, because the United States ......"

Zhang Chi shook his head and replied: "The most important interest of the United States in the eyes is not who has the command, but to defeat the Afrika Korps and save the Toulon fleet, and if you become an obstacle in the middle...... You know! ”

Zhang Chi's words couldn't help but scare General Giro into a cold sweat, he only thought about using the power of the United States to increase his value and influence in the army, but he didn't think of the stakes.

"So!" Zhang Chi said: "I think you know what to do!" ”

"Yes!" General Giraud nodded and replied, "Of course! ”

It was soon agreed between Dar Lang and Giraud that General Giraud could be the commander-in-chief of the ground and air forces, but only in name, and the actual command was still under Dar Lang's orders to Juan and Nogai.

Afterwards, General Zhu An found Zhang Chi, and he asked curiously: "General, how did you convince General Ji Luo?" ”

"It's easy!" Zhang Chi replied: "I just let him see his position clearly!" ”

General Zhu An nodded: "This is indeed a good way!" And it's fitting from you, thank you! ”

General Zhu An is a soldier, he admires a practical person like Zhang Chi, and to a certain extent, General Zhu An was rescued by Zhang Chi, so he got very close to Zhang Chi.

"Actually, you can ignore Giraud's, can you?" Zhang Chi said.

"It's not that simple!" Juan replied: "General Giraud was the commander of the French Seventh and Ninth Armies, and he has a certain influence in both the French and French African colonial armies, and more importantly, General Darlan does not want to provoke the United States too much, understand?" ”

Zhang Chi nodded, Darlang is playing balance again, that is, using the United States to counterbalance the British pressure on Darlang's government.