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Chapter 371: Darlan's Strategy

Later Qin Chuan realized that what Valdo said was true.

This actually has something to do with Germany... Germany occupied northern France, leaving only the Vichy government to be in vain.

But Darlang was not willing to continue like this. He knew that if France wanted to protect itself, it would eventually have to rely on its own armed forces... The wandering between Germany, Britain and the United States would only extend France's time.

However, the armistice agreement restricts the French army from more than 100,000, and this army has many restrictions on weapons and equipment. In addition, the German army is very close to this army, so it is basically impossible to rely on this army to protect themselves.

So Darlang turned his attention to the colonial Algeria.

Algeria has at least several advantages:

First of all, Germany does not attach importance to the colonial army... This is caused by the Germans' bloodline and racial concepts. They believe that only when excellent nations are united can greater strength be erupted, and inferior nations will have a counterproductive effect when mixed with them.

Therefore, the German army did not take the Zoaf Corps into their hearts, which gave Darran an opportunity to take advantage of.

Secondly, Algeria was separated from France by a Mediterranean Sea, when the French Toulon fleet had not been captured by the German army. This terrain was very beneficial to France's defense.

Darlang's plan was that one day when Germany launched an attack from north to south, the French army was of course unable to stop the German steel-like attack.

However, if the Toulon fleet can be used to transfer the French government to Algeria, and then the Toulon fleet can use the Algerian port as a base for maritime defense... it can avoid contact with the German army on land, because as we all know, the German navy has been blocked by Britain and cannot move.

Even if Germany uses the power of the Italian navy to attack Algiers, the French navy will have the power to fight.

So Darlang consciously shifted his focus to Algeria.

The most important thing is to make Algeria a self-sustaining region... Simply put, it is to produce both necessary daily necessities and weapons and equipment, and only in this way can we continue to confront Germany without France.

The production of daily necessities is in the open, which also gave Algeria a perverted prosperity... Before France surrendered, there were actually not so many factories in Algeria, and industry and commerce were not so developed. After France surrendered, due to Darlang's conscious support and transfer, factories in Algeria sprung out like mushrooms after a rain.

Germany had no doubts about this. They thought that France needed more factories to exploit the colonies, namely the Algerians, because of their heavy taxes, so they let it go.

The production of weapons and equipment is dark...Dallang transported the arsenal's equipment from France for sale to arms dealers, which gave them production capacity, and even brought many scientific researchers.

In this way, Algeria does not have the ability to produce equipment on the surface, and the weapons come from two ways: one is to purchase them from arms dealers, and the other is to transport them from France.

But in fact, as long as the war begins, the equipment and production capacity scattered in the hands of arms dealers will be taken back by the government in every minute.

It should be said that Darran's strategy is very correct. The only thing he needs to worry about is that Germany landed in from Libya, its ally, the colony of Italy, and then invaded Algeria from Tunisia... So Darran built a Materre line of defense on the border.

What Dallang did not expect was that his painstaking management had no time to play a role and fell into the hands of the German army in a complete manner, just like the "Magino Line of Defense".

"What equipment can you produce?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Rifles, mortars, howitzers!" said Valdo. "In addition, we can also repair tanks. If you come a little later, we may even have the ability to produce tanks!"

"This is not very useful to us!" Qin Chuan said: "The rifle models are different, and the ammunition produced is also different. Our tanks are also different from yours..."

"Yes!" Vardo replied: "Of course I know this, but you seized the Toulon fleet and we can produce the ammunition needed by the fleet. At the same time, we can also provide you with some parts, and... we also have scientific researchers. As long as you provide drawings, I believe they can produce the rifles or other things you need!"

Qin Chuan's eyes couldn't help but lit up when he heard this.

It is true that some of Germany were transported from Germany to Crete and then from Crete to Algeria's arsenals, but these arsenals were small after all, and the more serious problem was that they did not have enough skilled workers after leaving Crete... Compared with the Greeks, many of the Algerians were illiterate, and it was very difficult to teach them to become qualified workers. This made the output of the German arsenals not large, and even caused several accidents due to the negligence of workers.

However, now Valdo obviously has many workers in his hands that the German army needs.

If these factories can be merged together...especially with scientific researchers from France and Berlin support, then there may be no problem in producing enough equipment and ammunition for the African Legion.

Even if Qin Chuan has established a military-industrial system, if Qin Chuan guides or clicks it, it is possible to produce advanced equipment beyond this era.

"No problem!" Qin Chuan asked, thinking of this, "Then Mr. Waldo, your cooperation conditions are..."

"There are seven major arms dealers distributed in North Africa!" said Valdo. "There are two in Tunisia, two in Morocco, and three in Algeria... I'm just one of them!"

This is also the cleverness of Dallang. He does not put eggs in a cage, so that he can avoid being controlled by an arms dealer and starting prices.

Qin Chuan nodded and said, "Do you want to get the support of the German army to become their leader?"

"Yes!" Valdo nodded.

"Can you ask a question, Mr. Valdo?"

"Of course!" Valdo raised his chin.

"Give me a reason!" Qin Chuan leaned forward and asked seriously: "Why can't we arrest all of you and then take all the equipment for ourselves?"

"You won't do this!" Vardo replied: "Because you lack manpower, because you need to obtain enough supplies as soon as possible, because you are seeking support from local people, including the Algiers government and even France!"
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