He didn’t dare to think of leaving the North African Expeditionary Force and retreating alone in Ambois. The French Restoration Army could be said to have grown up with the support of the Xuebing Army and Ouyang Yun. No one in the fighting in France knew the Xuebing Army better than him. However, despite his strength and Ouyang Yun's temper, he did not have the guts to invest all the North African Legion of the Republic of China Army in a desperate move. Ang Bos grew from a colonial army division commander in the former French Indochina Federation to the current leader in the fight against France. The process seems simple, but with Ambois's understanding of the French government's military and political system, if it hadn't been for this damn war, and if it hadn't been for the Chinese standing behind him, he knew that he would never have achieved his current status. He knew very well that today's Everything was hard-won, and Ambois naturally cared more about it. This was why he firmly disagreed with using de Gaulle as the marshal of the North African Army and even personally took risks. On the one hand, he regarded de Gaulle as his biggest opponent on the political road and resolutely did not allow him to get involved in the restoration of the country. On the one hand, it was because he hoped to establish a high prestige with this battle, thereby laying the foundation for himself to become the supreme leader of post-war France. Of course, Ambois was willing to risk his life, and also because he overestimated the cadet army. He thought that looking at the world, the Xuebing Army was already invincible. This misjudgment was naturally related to the Xuebing Army's repeated use of troops to foreign countries and its repeated victory. However, this time, for now, he did not He deeply regretted it. The Chinese people knew that the war was difficult but still had high morale. In his opinion, this was unwise courage. The important task of the country cannot be wasted carelessly." In order to make his retreat feel at ease, he comforted himself, and then called Chu Tiange, euphemistically explaining his position and suggesting withdrawing from the battlefield. In order to persuade Chu Tiange, he even offered Montgomery and Leclerc refused to send troops to support and argued that the two sides facing each other in the North African battlefield were the Allies and the Axis forces. As part of the Allied forces, they did not need to bear the Axis forces alone.
"...If Rommel really invades Egypt, the most anxious people should be the Egyptians. The British have always regarded Egypt as their traditional sphere of influence. General, since Montgomery refuses to cooperate with us, we will give him a difficult problem... "This is the message Ang Bosi replied to Chu Tiange. As soon as the communications staff read this, Chu Tiange spewed out anger from his nostrils and his eyes widened, "Does Ang Bosi have a brain? Does he have any brains? I don’t know that once the German army invades Egypt, the first thing that will threaten us is our supply areas. The Egyptians are not friendly to us. If we continue to be accused of incompetent fighting and penetrate Egypt’s eastern defense line, then we will still have a place in Egypt. "?" He cursed angrily, his heart full of annoyance, and deeply regretted helping Anbos squeeze out de Gaulle.
Yes, originally according to Ouyang Yun's arrangement, the commander of the North African Legion of the French Nationalist Army would be De Gaulle. However, Chu Tiange thought that he and Ang Bos were acquaintances, and both parties had a certain understanding of each other, which would be beneficial to their relationship. Therefore, when Ang Bos revealed that he wanted to lead the army in person, he helped him speak to the Supreme Command. Even though he did not understand De Gaulle at all, Chu Tiange now regretted what he had done. As a No matter how talented a general is in commanding, if he lacks even the most basic courage, then he will definitely not be an excellent commander. Don't you hear that the army is raging and the general is raging in the nest? This is the truth.
The French were unwilling to take over the northern defense line, and the North African Expeditionary Force troops on the northern route could not be withdrawn. In this way, even if they could temporarily hold Highland No. 3, they would only be defeated when the German reserve forces came up. It would be better to escape in embarrassment then. They took the initiative to retreat before the situation worsened, but in this way, the North African Expeditionary Force was defeated in the real sense of the first battle.
In Chongqing, Ouyang Yun received the battle report from Chu Tiange and learned that the North African Expeditionary Force lost more than 5,000 people in the first battle. He was immediately angry. He had just reached a secret agreement with Guderian and needed a victory to consolidate it. China took the initiative in this secret agreement, but the North African Expeditionary Force contributed to a defeat. In this way, losing people in front of Guderian was secondary. What was worrying was that once the senior Germans on that list were If a general has other ideas or even takes a chance, it will be very detrimental to Guderian's work.
The negative impact of the defeat of the North African Expeditionary Force in the first battle is far more than that. Internationally, the Allied North Africa Command headed by Montgomery reiterated the old talk, believing that the defeat of the North African Expeditionary Force caused loopholes in the Allied defense line, and the Chinese government should respond to this took responsibility and took the opportunity to once again propose the unified command of the Allied Forces in North Africa. The Chinese North African Expeditionary Force should be under the leadership of the Allied North Africa Command.
"... Under the unified command of General Montgomery, the Allied North African defense line had already stabilized. However, due to the Chinese North African Expeditionary Force's arbitrary assertions, it directly led to the opening of Egypt's southeastern defense line... We had to appeal to the highest authorities in China, For the sake of world peace, the Chinese government should give up the independent command of the North African Expeditionary Force and let it return to the leadership of the North African Allied Forces Command..."
"...It can be seen that there has never been an invincible army in the world. The Chinese Cadet Army did perform well in the Australian War and the Soviet War, but they have never had experience in desert warfare. This newspaper believes that as one of the host countries of the Allied Forces, , Chinese leaders should show a magnanimous side and place the North African Expeditionary Force under the command of the North African Allied Forces Command..."
Such articles appeared frequently in mainstream newspapers in the United Kingdom and the United States, suddenly making China's diplomatic environment unprecedentedly bad.
Within the coalition government, other parties have always been opposed to sending troops overseas. The defeat of the North African Expeditionary Force just gave them the result of their crusade against the Supreme Command. Some time ago, there were calls for military power and political control under the framework of the coalition government, and some people even took it. In the past, Dai Li spread rumors and slandered Ouyang Yun as a "warlord". They now have more solid reasons to raise this issue.
In this harsh domestic and international political environment, the Supreme Command headed by Ouyang Yun was under considerable pressure, and Chu Tiange's commanding ability was even questioned. Some people even began to attack Ouyang Yun for his nepotism and regard for the country. At home, this was a naked dictatorship, so much so that at a meeting, Song Ziwen, who had always followed Ouyang Yun's lead, suggested: "It seems we have to do something, maybe temporarily recall General Chu Tiange to the country."