Chapter 807 Saber
If there is any result of this meeting between Charles de Gaulle and General Giro, it is that General Giro announced to everyone that he would agree to relax command of Algerian soldiers as soon as he got off the plane.
But there are three conditions:
The first condition is to relax the command power and tentatively determine the third army. Whether other troops are liberalized is decided by the Algerian government, that is, the French. Algerian officers are not allowed to have any objection.
General Giro was worried that the situation would be out of control after one army was released, and other Algerian soldiers were ready to move.
The second condition is that the Third Army is appointed as the consultant by French officers and has the power of supervision and decision-making.
From this point of view, the structure of the Zoafu Army is still changing the soup and not changing the medicine. It can even be said that if the decision-making power is in the hands of the French military advisers, it will basically not change, but the official position has changed.
However, General Giro soon realized that his restraining system could not play any role, because the so-called "decision-making power" of French military officers would soon be lost in battle... Most French military officers were backward in combat, and they often could not make decisions on the battlefield, so they naturally lost power.
The third condition is that if the Algiers government is not satisfied with this system, it has the right to restore the original system.
This condition is foreshadowing to re-control of the Zoafu Army in the future, because the so-called "satisfaction" or "dissatisfaction" are completely decided by the French. At that time, just find an excuse to pick a spoil... and then you can come up with this treaty to talk about it.
Although these conditions are very harsh, the Zoafu Corps represented by Cooki still agreed without thinking... Cooki and others are not fools. Of course, they knew that even if the conditions are harsh, it would be an improvement towards independence, and it was a big progress.
As for what will happen in the future, let’s worry about it later.
Of course, Cookie thanked Zhang Chi in every way.
"General!" Cookie said: "I don't know how you convinced General Giro, but... thank you very much! Thank you for everything you have won for us... I can't even believe that the French would really do this!"
"Don't take it too seriously!" Zhang Chi replied: "Actually, I can understand your feelings very much. I don't like these French people... Just like they colonize your country, they are also colonizing our country!"
"The French also stole your land?" Cook couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this.
"Of course!" Zhang Chi nodded: "Not only France, but also Britain and the United States..."
Zhang Chi talks about the concessions of Britain, the United States, France and other countries in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
"If the country is weak, it is destined to be bullied by others, right?" Zhang Chi said: "That is why we must be self-reliant!"
"Yes, it's right!" Cookie nodded in emotion.
Although he didn't dare to say too much, at this time he obviously completely regarded Zhang Chi as a comrade-in-arms on the same front.
Soon, the reorganization and training of the Third Army began.
Because he independently controlled the command, Algerian soldiers faced training with another mentality and enthusiasm.
In addition, the Zoafu Corps has a considerable military foundation, and there is no need to worry about supply supply, especially the guidance of Chinese consultants, which makes the training go very smoothly.
The only thing that made Zhang Chi feels a headache is that the soldiers of the Zoafu Corps are not very good at fighting bayonets.
This is a bad habit developed under the "teaching" of the French army. Many French people believe that bayonets had lost their effect on the battlefield during World War II. At that time, it should be a world of tanks, cannons, and aircraft, so they were simply disdainful of the training of stings... Compared to stings, French officials were more interested in teaching soldiers how to build fortifications.
If the troops were fighting according to the French army's strategic thinking, it might not be a problem. It is really useless to add cannons and fight bayonets on the defense line.
But as mentioned before, because the Zoafu Corps has no air force and no tanks, it must choose the Japanese close-fit tactics, and close-fit tactics have very high requirements for hand-to-hand combat. It is precisely because of their good thorn-fighting skills that Japan can enjoy the close-fitting battle.
However, this problem was quickly resolved.
The reason for the solution was by chance. That day, Zhang Chi went to the Third Army's barracks to check the training situation. A group of soldiers from the Zoafu Corps who were resting were surrounding, and cheering one after another...
Out of curiosity, Zhang Chi went up to see what they were doing.
I saw two Zoaf soldiers waving and slashing each other with wooden sticks. They were very skillful in their movements and footwork, and Zhang Chi was a little dazzled.
Zhang Chi couldn't help but ask Cookie in surprise: "What kind of exercise is this?"
"Swordsmanship!" Cookie replied: "They are using wooden sticks as swords!"
"Sword Art?" Zhang Chi looked at Cookie as if he was looking at an alien: "What do you mean is that you usually use sword art as entertainment?"
"Yes!" Cookie nodded: "Isn't this normal? You don't?"
"But you told me that you don't know how to fight bayonets!"
"We really can't fight bayonets!" Cookie replied: "Mastering swordsmanship does not mean that you can fight bayonets, right?"
Zhang Chi almost fainted... The purpose of fighting for bayonets is to fight in close combat. Can't he use swordsmanship if he can't fight with bayonets?
Later, Zhang Chi realized that this was the custom of the Arab nation in this era. The regular one should be to use Arab scimitars. However, many people were too poor to afford decent scimitars. In addition, it was also for the convenience of practice, so they used wooden sticks instead.
In fact, Zhang Chi is also blamed for his ignorance. You should know that the Turkish brigade who once appeared on the battlefield of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea was characterized by each person carrying an Arab scimitar on his waist. These scimitars caused considerable trouble to the volunteers who were good at melee combat in melee combat.
So Zhang Chi did not hesitate at all and immediately suggested that General Giro give each of the Third Army an Arab scimitar.
In response to this, General Giro asked in confusion: "What's the use of a scimitar? Do you still have to use a knife to go to the battlefield now?"
"It will be useful, general!" Zhang Chi said: "Let's wait and see!"
"Okay!" Although General Giro responded so, his face was full of suspicion.
At this time, he even felt that this Chinese major general was a little weird and stupid, but since he had already handed over the third army to him for training, let him go, and this was not a big deal.
So General Giro agreed with a stroke of his pen.
Chapter completed!