The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"You don't trust us?" Colonel Slaine couldn't help but look at General Shreve in confusion.

"No, no, of course I trust you!" General Shreve replied, but his wandering eyes betrayed him.

At Shreev's invitation, the three of them walked into the headquarters. Immediately, an orderly poured them each a cup of black tea.

Qin Chuan took a sip, and it was so sweet that his throat felt a little itchy... This is a habit of Egyptians drinking tea. They would add two-thirds of sugar to the container, and then pour boiled tea water to make it full. It melts and contains so much sugar that it feels sticky when you put it in your mouth.

Colonel Slaine must have tasted the taste of this black tea, so he simply left the teacup in front of him.

"So!" Colonel Slain asked, "What was that talk about trust just now?"

"I think we'd better make things clear, General Shreve!" Qin Chuan said: "You refuse the training of the German instructors not because it is too intense, but because you don't believe in the German army, right?"

"Why do you think so?" General Shreve asked.

"Because you are a smart man!" Qin Chuan said: "You don't want Egypt to escape British colonization and fall into the hands of the Germans. In that case, Egypt will never be independent!"

Colonel Slain couldn't help but stood up after hearing this, and said angrily: "General Shreve, our cooperation should be based on mutual trust. Everything we have done in Egypt has proven that the German army I don’t think you have any reason to doubt us!”

"Because of the Suez Canal!" General Shreve replied.

"What?" Colonel Slain didn't understand.

From this we can see that Colonel Slaine does not have much political acumen. This may be related to the fact that he is just a colonel. Although Colonel Slaine has more and stronger troops than General Shreve, as a colonel What needs to be considered is that fighting is even limited to the tactical level.

"We all know the importance of the Suez Canal!" General Shreve calmly took a sip of black tea, licked his mouth, and then continued: "Tell me, Colonel, if you drive away the British, you will abandon the Suez Canal and Leave it to us completely?"

Colonel Slain couldn't help but be stunned. This matter was not something he could decide. At the same time, he knew that General Shreve was right. If Germany occupied the Suez Canal, it would certainly not be stupid enough to hand it over to the Egyptians.

"I am very grateful for everything you have done in Egypt!" General Shreve said: "As we have seen, you distributed the materials in the warehouse to the people, returned the wealth stolen by the Italians to the Egyptian people, and returned Build irrigation facilities for Egypt's poor and teach them to farm... God will bless you."

General Shreve paused and continued: "However, the British will not give up the Suez Canal, and neither will you. And this is not the independence that the Egyptians want... Such independence has been given to us by the British, so I must wonder, don't you think so, Lieutenant?"

General Shreev turned his attention to Qin Chuan again.

Qin Chuan had to admit that he underestimated the Egyptian guerrillas. The vision and wisdom of General Shreev in front of him could be said to be beyond his imagination. He was completely different from the Egyptians who could be deceived by just opening warehouses and releasing grain.

"You do have reason to doubt, General!" After thinking about it, Qin Chuan replied: "But what are you doing now? You hope to get as many benefits as possible from us, such as weapons, ammunition and supply?"

"You're right!" General Shreve admitted frankly.

"But have you ever thought about it!" Qin Chuan said: "With these, can you save Egypt from the British? No, you are too weak to fight against the British!"

"You are right!" General Shreve replied: "But we will be strong one day!"

"Is it powerful enough to drive the British out of Egypt?" Qin Chuan said with a smile: "General, you have an opportunity right in front of you!"

"Help you defeat the British?" General Shreve replied: "I just said..."

"No!" Qin Chuan said, "Although I do want you to help us, it's not to help us defeat the British!"

"Is there any difference?" General Shreve asked doubtfully.

"Of course there is a difference!" Qin Chuan replied: "Let's put it this way, one is strong and the other is weak. They are robbing food. Seeing that the weaker tiger is about to be defeated, and you want to take it from them. Food, what would you choose?”

General Shreev was stunned upon hearing this, and then nodded slightly.

"You are right, Second Lieutenant!" General Shreve said: "I must try my best to help that weak tiger, so that I may face a dying weak tiger in the future!"

"Of course!" Qin Chuan spread his hands and said, "I think you can see that we are the weak tigers!"

Qinchuan has never been so proud of the weak German army as he is now.

After thinking about it, General Shreve nodded and said, "I know what to do!"

"What we need is comprehensive and unquestionable cooperation!" Qin Chuan said: "Otherwise we will not be able to stop the British from attacking in the future, and this will not be good for you!"

"Of course!" General Shreve nodded.

"If one day!" Qin Chuan said, "If we gain the upper hand in this war, the general can call on your army to help the British!"

General Shreve said nothing, not knowing whether he admitted this or gave up hope that the German army would gain the upper hand in this war.

As a result, the guerrillas changed from being wary to fully cooperating with the German army.

"Then..." Colonel Slaine glanced at Qin Chuan appreciatively, and then asked General Shreev: "Now, should you let our instructors start training!"

"No, Colonel!" General Shreve replied.

"Are there any unresolved problems?" Colonel Slain was already a little impatient. He didn't like General Shreve "taking advantage" of the German army in this way.

But in fact, as the saying goes, "countries only care about interests." It is normal for countries to "take advantage" of each other if they have common interests.

"No problem, Colonel!" General Shreve replied: "It's just that your training is not suitable for us!"

"For example..." Colonel Slaine didn't believe it.

"For example, we fight more in the streets, and they are irregular battles!" General Shreve said: "But what you teach is combat skills in the trenches, and we don't need these!"

Only then did Colonel Slain realize that what he had done before was in vain.