A few days later, the French Algiers government held a funeral for Darlang for the Roman Catholic ceremony. Senior British, American and French officials, including Montgomery and Eisenhower, attended the funeral. Then the British, American and French armies fired their guns and saw them off and paid their highest respect.

As an admiral, Darlang's body was buried at a naval base facing the sea.

After the funeral Eisenhower found Zhang Chi.

"I'm glad to meet you, Major General!" said Eisenhower. "I've heard of your name very early, but I can't meet you until now."

"So too, general!" Zhang Chi replied.

As he said that, Zhang Chi looked at the old general who would become the US president in the future. He looked haggard, his eyes were covered with blood, and it seemed that he had not slept for several nights.

Eisenhower handed Zhang Chi a cigarette and said, "Washington is very satisfied with your performance. In fact, he is very satisfied. No one expected to airborne Algiers to rebel against Fazoafu's Corps. Do you know? This can almost be said to be a turning point in the African battlefield. Some people even think that this is a killing two birds with one stone... On the one hand, Rommel's African Corps was attacked from both sides, thus determining the outcome of the African Battle. On the other hand, it forces France, which has always remained neutral, to stand on the side of the Allied forces. I don't know what others think, I think the latter is more meaningful! If you do well, keep working hard, I believe..."

"General!" Zhang Chi interrupted Eisenhower and said, "I was about to tell you that I plan to take my troops back to Okinawa!"

Zhang Chi is a return to advance, so he can bargain with the United States.

"What?" Eisenhower was stunned.

"No, you can't do this!" Eisenhower said: "You need it here!"

"I don't think I need me here!" Zhang Chi replied: "What else can I do here? I have assisted the British army in Africa as required by General Halsey, right? I don't think there is any meaning of the Chinese team staying here, or I don't understand why the Chinese team is fighting. You know, my country still has many territories in the hands of the Japanese, and my soldiers all hope to go back and fight for their own country!"

"I know!" Eisenhower replied: "Yes, the Chinese battlefield is of course very important, but you have blocked Japan and cut off their ties with overseas corps, right? The Japanese will only become more and more vulnerable..."

"It's true!" Zhang Chi said: "But the Japanese are different from the Germans and Italians. You know that they hold on until the last moment, even if everyone dies in battle, they will be willing to do so. This is where we are troubled. We still have a lot of wars to fight in China, but we are wasting time and life here..."

"No, no..." Eisenhower patted Zhang Chi on the shoulder: "Of course you won't waste your life. We will take into account China's interests, such as... you fight here, and we train the Chinese Air Force and Navy in Okinawa, and even help you establish an industrial system in Okinawa, right?"

"I don't think this is the United States helping us!" Zhang Chi replied.

"Why?" Eisenhower spread his hands.

Zhang Chi didn't believe Eisenhower would not understand, he was just pretending to be confused.

"If it is the United States who is helping us!" Zhang Chi replied: "Then why not say that China is helping the United States? Chinese soldiers are helping the United States blockade of Japan and have reduced Japan's combat effectiveness by a certain level. At the same time, the established industrial system has also solved the supply problem for thousands of American soldiers and saved a lot of manpower and material resources for the United States..."

"So, this is a win-win situation, isn't it?"

"It's indeed a win-win situation!" Zhang Chi replied: "It's beneficial to the United States and China, but since it's mutual help, the United States has no reason to ask the Chinese team for battlefields that have nothing to do with China, such as Africa, right? We haven't even solved our own family's affairs!"

Eisenhower couldn't help laughing.

"Right, Major General!" Eisenhower nodded: "So, I want to know... how can you stay and fight? The United States needs you here!"

"Why?" Zhang Chi asked: "We are not important, aren't we? I mean... we only have more than 10,000 people in one division, and American soldiers can do what we do here!"

This sentence is not false, because Zhang Chi knows one thing that if everything the Chinese Expeditionary Force does here is not "irreplaceable", then Zhang Chi will not have bargaining chips with the United States, because the United States can send a force to replace the Expeditionary Force at any time.

"No, you don't understand!" Eisenhower shook his head: "When General Halsey suggested sending you to Africa to fight, to be honest, I didn't agree, because the desert terrain is completely different from the Pacific terrain and climate. I don't believe you can create miracles here. But obviously, I was wrong, you did create miracles!"

After pausing, Eisenhower continued: "If it were just that, then we might not need you in Africa, because the African battle has ended and you can retire successfully. But before you knew it, you are carrying a more important task on your shoulders, but you just don't know it yet!"

"What task?" Zhang Chi asked.

Eisenhower did not answer directly, saying: "Dallang can be said to be the most indisputable leader in Algiers. If he were alive, then the Algiers regime might have stabilized. But... the situation has changed now, do you understand?"

Hearing this, Zhang Chi vaguely understood.

Darlang was assassinated, so who will lead the Algiers regime?

General Giro, Drabbed, or General Juan?

Zhang Chi only thought of these people, and from this we can see that Zhang Chi is still a little bit politically tender. He did not expect that the exile government in Britain, De Gaulle, also hoped to lead this considerable force. At the same time, the UK also tried its best to promote this because the Charles de Gaulle regime was supported by the British.

But the United States does not want this. They want to be led by General Giro, but they also find that General Giro is a little unreliable...

In short, this involves many political intrigues.

"I don't think this has anything to do with the Chinese troops!" Zhang Chi said.
Chapter completed!