The decisive battle against the Third Reich

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

This is actually easy to understand. It is basically the difference between active and passive... When you are forced to study or work, you will move when others urge you to do it, and you will wander off from time to time. You will feel extremely disgusted if the work is not done well.

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

Prior to this, soldiers in the French battalion were forced to join the army. They had to do so in order to maintain their family's business and their families' lives. Of course, there won't be much combat effectiveness in this situation. Everyone is more or less thinking about how to survive a battle to save their lives, or even surrender to the British army.

As for the safety of family members endangering family business, it can indeed threaten them in normal times, but when it comes to life and death, not many people will care about it. For example, Ciel was on the verge of collapse in the tunnel, and the two deserters... They couldn't even take care of themselves and were going crazy, so how could they consider anything else?

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

The less motivated and willing, the easier it is to be eliminated in this test. For example, Charles, if his position is very firm, that is, he wants to win on the side of Germany and then return home triumphantly to win the praise of his family, then he will not As for the crash.

His problem was that he was very conflicted in his heart. He was constantly fighting an ideological struggle between Germany and the Allies, but he was helpless about the current situation before he was finally crushed... In fact, Qin Chuan believed that the situation of most French soldiers at that time was This is true.

Now, knowing that Germany would win and that the "Fighting France" would leave them alone, they finally put aside all their conflicts, all their burdens, and entered a proactive state.

"We have two goals!" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said: "One is Gafsa Airport, where there are supplies transported by the British by air. The other is the bus station, which has been converted into a logistics supply base by them. , all the materials transported by transport ships to Tripoli and then transferred by cars to Gafsa are concentrated here!”

"Then we have to split up!" said Baudouin.

"Yes, you are in charge of the bus station. Is there any problem?" Qin Chuan asked.

"No problem, sir!" Baudoin replied confidently.

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

"Why are you thanking me?" Qin Chuan was a little surprised.

"For everything!" Baudoin replied: "You trained us and took us to the battlefield, guiding us to grow and have survival skills, which prevented us from waiting to die when facing the enemy... We should have known better. They won't let us go!"

"Yes, they even considered the Vichy government traitors!"

"I heard they are going to execute Pétain!"

"Of course they have a share in the assassination of Darlan!"

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Qin Chuan felt a little ashamed when he heard this. Although the "Fighting France" liquidation of the Vichy government was true, and Pétain was indeed sentenced to death (later changed to life imprisonment), but...

"For this mission!" Baudoin continued: "I know that the mission at the bus station is easier to complete, and it is also easier to escape. Lieutenant, you always leave the more difficult and dangerous tasks to yourself!"

Baudouin was right about this.

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

Precisely because the bus station has more supplies and is crowded with people, the French army can easily blend in to perform tasks, and even after completing the task, they can easily escape with the flow of people in the commotion.

But the airport... is an important defensive area, and the only troops stationed there are the US military. It is more dangerous from any perspective.

"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 laughing.

"And!" Qin Chuan continued: "Some of you still have to go to the airport with me!"

"I go!"

"And I!"

"I also want to meet the Americans!"

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Qin Chuan nodded, and now he looked like an army should.

The next day in the tunnel, Qin Chuan assigned detailed tasks and rehearsed them verbally over and over again in the tunnel... The so-called verbal drill meant that it was impossible to conduct a real drill due to conditions, and instead the commanding staff A practice method of giving instructions at a pinch point.

It's obviously not as effective as actual combat drills, but it's still better than getting into a mess.

But this is not a big problem.

The reason is that the French battalion has not completed training in principle at this time, so they are still commanded by "instructors". That is, according to the German army's establishment, the platoon leader of each platoon and the company commander of each company are German soldiers. However, each platoon and each company selected soldiers with outstanding organizational and command abilities as assistants and quasi-commanders, so there was not much difficulty in commanding.

Qinchuan divided the troops into two groups... The French battalion had a total of four companies, each with about 150 people.

So two companies were led by Baudoin, who worked with the baker to infiltrate and attack the bus station, and the other two companies were led by Qin Chuan, who was responsible for the airport together with Werner.

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

Baudoin 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 always thought that this wouldn't work because they didn't believe you could complete this mission, so they wanted to cancel it for a while. What do you think?"

"No!" replied Baudoin: "We will prove Colonel Slaine wrong!"

"Yes!" Another French soldier said: "We will not miss this opportunity. The people in the 'Fighting France', including the British, will know that we are not easy to mess with!"

"Very good!" Qin Chuan nodded and said, "Remember, after putting on this military uniform, you will become the troops of the 'Fighting France'!"

"Yes, sir!" replied Baudoin.

"Good luck!"

"Good luck!"

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The French soldiers blessed each other, and some of them gave written letters to the soldiers staying in the tunnel, saying: "If I can't come back, give this letter to my family and tell them that I tried my best!"

Seeing this scene, Qin Chuan became more confident in this mission.