Because General Giro had very limited influence on Algeria, the airborne plan once reached a dead end. At this time, even hundreds of C47s used by the United States to support this plan had landed at Port Said Airport in batches.

While Montgomery, Ramsden and others were anxious, General Giro remained calm, as if all this had nothing to do with him, sitting in the command center drinking coffee while reading the newspaper.

At this time, a news from the United States excited everyone.

It was a telegram from the United States, and the telegram was short, with only one line of words: "We are in contact with General Juan, the chief military officer of France, North Africa!"

"General Juan?" After hearing the news, General Giro couldn't help but exclaim: "He is the commander-in-chief of the French Army in North Africa! How did you contact him?"

But no one answered him, and everyone regarded General Giro as an invisible person. It was obvious that if General Giro could be contacted and obtained his support, General Giro would completely lose his value and become a decoration... In fact, General Giro could have left at this time, but Montgomery didn't want the old general to lose all his face.

General Giro made himself bored, then sat at his desk and flipped out the newspaper.

As for how the United States contacted General Juan, it was because the United States was different from Britain. Britain supported the exiled Charles de Gaulle government, while the United States supported the Vichy government that surrendered to Germany.

Therefore, the United States maintained diplomatic relations with the Vichy administration.

Maintaining diplomatic relations will inevitably lead to diplomats contacting them. Robert Murphy, the political representative of the United States in North Africa, happened to have a good relationship with General Juan.

When Murphy was dating General Zhu An, he vaguely learned from his words that General Zhu An was a man who was "in Cao's camp and in the heart of Han", so he volunteered to convince General Zhu An.

It should be said that this approach is very dangerous, because if you are accidentally arrested by Zhu An for espionage.

But luckily, Murphy guessed it right.

In fact, General Juan's plan in Africa was to "train African troops to participate in future operations against the Axis powers."

With the efforts of General Juan, France's troops in Africa were actually far more than 100,000. It had a total of 5 mobile divisions (including 3 divisions in Algeria and 2 divisions in Morocco) and 1 light mechanized brigade, with a total of 200,000 people.

Moreover, these troops are fully equipped and have secret logistics bases in the Tunisian mountainous areas, and the battlefield preparations are also good.

So soon the good news spread to the command center of the Eighth Army: "General Zhu An is willing to cooperate with the Allies!"

The command center immediately burst into cheers. With the cooperation of General Zhu An, the implementation of this plan can be said to be effortless. All the Allies had to do was to airborne Algeria to receive the troops and then eliminate a small number of pro-German forces.

However, just as everyone was preparing to make the next plan, an accident happened.

The second person of the Vichy French government appeared in Algeria... The second person is Dallang, the deputy head of the Vichy government and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. His commander is even above General Juan.

"Damn!" Montgomery couldn't help but curse: "What's this guy doing in Algeria? When will he go back?"

Montgomery knew some of the French government of Vichy. He knew that the admiral named Dallang was a real power figure in France and was also the heir of the Betton Division. His appearance was obviously extremely unfavorable to the capture of the Algerian regime. If he was not careful, General Juan and others would be arrested and even the entire pro-Alliance forces would be uprooted.

"General!" Ramsden then took a telegram and said, "Dallang went to Algeria to visit his son!"

"Visit his son?" Montgomery couldn't help but wonder.

"Yes!" Ramsden handed the telegram to Montgomery: "His son suddenly suffered from polio and was hospitalized in Algeria, and it is foreseeable that... he will not return to France in the short term!"

This sudden change shocked Montgomery. Everything was going very smoothly, but unexpectedly, Cheng Yaojin came out halfway!

Then Montgomery turned his gaze to Zhang Chi and said, "If this is the case, we may be able to suspend the attack on the German army and wait until everything is ready or Dallang returns to France before implementing the plan!"

What Montgomery said makes sense, because with the Algerian plan, the attack on Rommel's African Legion is no longer important. As long as the Algerian uprising is successful, the Allied forces will have an additional 200,000 troops out of thin air, and these troops are also prepared to provide sufficient supplies. The most important thing is to be in the rear of Rommel. By then, Rommel's African army will not be able to withstand the attacks of the Commonwealth Army and the Zoafu Army.

So Montgomery also realized that it seems that it is not in a hurry now.

but……

Zhang Chi shook her head and said, "It depends on how many people in Algeria know about this plan!"

Montgomery soon understood and immediately asked Ramsden to send a telegram to inquire.

The reply received made Montgomery frown: General Juan had contacted his confidants to prepare and knew that there were at least hundreds of people in Algeria.

"Hundreds of people know!" Zhang Chi said: "You know, a considerable number of French people are still hesitating, that is, they don't know whether to support the Allies or the Germans. After a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that one or two of these hundreds of people will have a complaint, then..."

Montgomery nodded and said, "At that time, I'm afraid that before we can take action, these French officers from the pro-Alliance will be cleared!"

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "So we have no choice but to take a chance, and the faster the better!"

Montgomery nodded and said, "So, how about tomorrow?"

"It should be tomorrow night!" Zhang Chi corrected: "It's around 1 a.m. tomorrow night, so when we arrive at the landing site, it's just dawn!"

Montgomery couldn't help but blush. He was an army general and didn't know much about air delivery, especially American equipment.

But it is correct to think about it. If the transport plane is delivered during the day, it is probably easy to be intercepted by German fighter jets and suffer heavy losses. After all, they have to fly over the German defense line and the entire Libya, and it is much easier to fly at night.
Chapter completed!