Chapter 357 Airport

"Yes, of course!" Qin Chuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The British lieutenant and Qin Chuan lit cigarettes for each other, tightened the rifles on their backs, and said: "We will win this war soon, won't we? The Germans have been beaten by us and are unable to resist!"

"Maybe!" Qin Chuan replied: "Maybe they are waiting for a chance to counterattack!"

"I don't think they have a chance to counterattack!" The lieutenant retorted: "They have no way to deal with our 'Sherman' tanks!"

A British soldier interrupted: "I don't think so, lieutenant. I heard that our attack on the road was not smooth. We stayed in the desert for too long and didn't know how to fight in the mountains of Tunisia!"

"It's not that we don't know how to fight!" Another British soldier said: "It's that tanks are not suitable for fighting on this terrain!"

"Besides, they have the 'legendary sergeant'!" This made everyone who understood English The German and French soldiers were startled, and everyone habitually looked towards Qin Chuan.

"What?" Seeing the soldiers' reaction, the British sergeant who said this asked curiously: "What's the situation? Did I say something wrong?"

"No, you didn't say anything wrong!" Qin Chuan replied: "One person can't change anything, right?"

"That may be true!" The British lieutenant shook his head and said: "But it doesn't apply to the 'legendary sergeant'. He always gives us surprises at critical moments, such as Tobruk!"

"And Matruh, Alexander!"

"Hey, don't forget that he also seized an entire fleet from the stupid French!" As soon as he said this, the British lieutenant remembered that Qin Chuan's team was all French, so he hurriedly said: "Sorry, Lieutenant, I mean the Vichy government..."

"It doesn't matter, lieutenant!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Hey, you guys say!" The British sergeant threw his cigarette butt to the side of the road and asked: "What kind of surprise will the 'legendary sergeant' give us this time?"

"Who knows?" The British lieutenant laughed.

"You can ask him!" Qin Chuan said, "I think he would be happy to tell you!"

The British soldiers all laughed.

The British lieutenant patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder and said, "You are very humorous, Lieutenant, I find that I have fallen in love with you!"

The soldiers laughed again, Werner and others and even the French soldiers couldn't help laughing, but their smiles had different meanings.

With the company of these British people, this journey can be said to be thrilling and safe.

It is thrilling because the French battalion may be discovered at any time.

It is safe because no one doubts the identity of the French battalion when they are talking and laughing with them.

When arriving in Gafsa, Qin Chuan separated from the group of British soldiers. The British army wanted to enter the city, while Qin Chuan and others' destination was the airport outside the city.

After the British army walked away, Werner couldn't help laughing: "Lieutenant, if they knew that they were talking to the 'legendary sergeant' just now, I wonder what their reaction would be!"

"I think they will be scared!" Alfredo said: "Oh, the 'legendary sergeant' who captured the entire fleet and defeated us repeatedly is right in front of us..."

"What are you talking about? What 'legendary sergeant'?" At this time, a voice from the team stunned everyone.

It turned out that there were two British soldiers in the team. They did not separate from the French battalion because they were going to the airport.

Because it was dark and everyone's uniforms were the same, the soldiers did not notice this.

"Hello!" Qin Chuan replied: "My name is Frick, which is what you call the 'legendary sergeant'!"

"God!" The British soldier shouted and immediately touched the rifle on his shoulder, but it was too late...

Several French soldiers rushed over, some grabbed their hands, some covered their mouths, and several people pulled out bayonets and stabbed them into the chest of the British soldiers fiercely.

Qin Chuan couldn't help but frowned at the situation. These French soldiers were obviously not professional enough, otherwise only two or three people would be enough to do this. Moreover, they were not sharp enough. They had to stab the other side with a bayonet several times before they could move. Everyone was covered in blood.

But it was understandable for new soldiers, and it was normal to have some blood on the battlefield, so Qin Chuan didn't say anything.

Several people hurriedly carried the body to the side of the road and covered it with weeds, and the team continued to walk towards the airport.

"Everyone!" Qin Chuan ordered: "Pay attention to your words and deeds, understand?"

"Yes, sir!" The soldiers answered in a low voice.

Werner added: "Sorry, sir!"

Qin Chuan nodded, indicating that he didn't need to say anything more.

When the team was still a few miles away from the airport, Qin Chuan asked the soldiers to stop and rest for a while... This was a pre-war rest, and it was also to give Baudouin's team more time. Their goal was the bus station in the city, which was farther away.

In addition, Qin Chuan also needed to send scouts to conduct reconnaissance and make some preparations.

After eating half a piece of bread and drinking a few sips of water, seeing that the time was almost up, Qin Chuan waved his hand and the soldiers set out on the march again.

At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, the team appeared in front of the Gafsa Airport checkpoint on time.

Although it was late at night, the airport was brightly lit, and rows of cars were shuttling back and forth between the road on the other side and the airport... Needless to say, these cars were carrying wounded soldiers from the front line, and taking away the ammunition and supplies needed by the front line.

So, it is easy to find a warehouse for storing ammunition and supplies. Just follow these cars.

The group walked straight to the airport checkpoint without stopping.

"Hey!" Two American soldiers stopped the team and asked, "Which unit are you from? What are you doing here?"

Daniel came up and answered in French English, "We are from the French Second Infantry Regiment. We are ordered to take a plane to Alexandria!"

This is a common thing in the air force base. The reason is that the transport planes are transporting supplies to the front line in batches. When they return, they are often empty, so some small troops will take the plane back.

"French!" The American soldier obviously lacked some battlefield knowledge: "Didn't the French surrender?"

"Come on, Sergeant!" Daniel said, "You have heard of Charles de Gaulle!"

"Oh, yes!" The American soldier nodded.

"We are his team, 'Fighting France', understand? 'Fighting France'!"

"Okay!" The American soldier complained, "There are too many foreigners in the British team, you wait here!"

The American soldier went to the phone booth to ask his superiors.

But of course, his phone line had been cut by the scout, so it was impossible to get through.