"Crystal Palace" is a bar in Alexandria. Like other bars, there are bars, fine wines, and Indian waiters... For some reason, the British always like to use Indians as waiters. Some British officers even take a few Indian guards or servants wherever they go. Perhaps because the caste system in India regards white people as high caste aristocrats, this will make Indians obey the orders of white people, that is, British people.

In addition, there is a dancer on the stage who sings jazz intoxicatedly with the music, which makes the bar look more classy... After all, Alexandria is a famous port. Although it has been repeatedly war-torn, its coastal and not far from the Suez Canal makes it never have to worry about lack of supplies and mobile guests.

"What to drink?" asked Page.

"Bloody Mary!" Zhang Chi answered without thinking.

I don’t know if it’s because of the occupational disease of soldiers. Zhang Chi doesn’t like unknown things, which will make Zhang Chi insecure.

"So too!" Henry replied.

Page glanced at Henry with a strange look: "I remember you said you hate to smell tomatoes in wine!"

"The taste will change, will it?" Henry replied.

"Okay!" Page said to the Indian waiter: "Three cups of bloody Mary!"

"General!" After getting the drink, Henry raised his glass to Zhang Chi from afar and said, "I'm ready to go to the battlefield, so I want to hear your opinions!"

"It depends on what unit you are!" Zhang Chi said.

"First Armored Division!"

"Oh, the First Armored Division?" Major General William's arrogant look soon appeared in Zhang Chi's mind.

"Is there any problem?"

"No, no!" Zhang Chi replied: "But IMHO, the biggest problem with the British Armored Division is that it is too slow!"

Henry nodded and said, "Yes, I agree!"

Peppa, who was drinking, raised his hand when he heard this and rushed to say, "When talking about the British Armored Division's slowness, I have a personal experience!"

"Oh!" Zhang Chi said: "Are you going to talk about Mahelama's personal experience? Although he was a British armored division that time, he used American tanks!"

"No!" Page glared at Zhang Chi: "You underestimate me too much. Although I am just a reporter, I can tell which are British tanks and which are American tanks!"

"Okay, I won't fight!"

"That big sigh was two years ago!" Page said: "It's July, I don't remember it very clearly. The Germans were retreating at that time, and there were reporters from several newspapers and TV stations with me. We came a little late. The reporter from the Manchester Guardian wanted to interview the soldiers on the front line, so we tried our best to move forward. As a result, what happened?"

"What happened?" Henry asked.

"We suddenly found that there were no British soldiers around us!" Page said: "We even saw the Italians from afar!"

Zhang Chi and Henry were stunned, and then they couldn't help laughing.

"This is not true!" Henry said: "You actually ran in front of the British army? The speed of war correspondents is faster than that of the British army!"

"I swear it's true!" Page said: "The Italian cannon frightened us, so we stopped. It took ten minutes before the British army caught up. One of the captains knew that we were war correspondents, and he said to us..."

As he said that, Page pretended to be a man's hoarse voice: "Hey, you don't have to work so hard!"

Then Page explained innocently: "I swear, we are not fighting at all! But the British army is too slow, so we are no wonder!"

Page's words once again caused a burst of laughter from Zhang Chi and Henry.

What Page said is not an exaggeration, because the British infantry tanks are only a dozen kilometers per hour and there will be constant failures on the road, while the war correspondents are riding in cars, and they may be walking in front of the British army by accident.

On the other hand, Zhang Chi felt that Henry was a little different because as a British officer, he could do so without any scruples and even ridicule the shortcomings of the British army. This was at least different from those officers who were desperate for face.

What Zhang Chi didn't know was that any country had conservatives and radicals, and the officers who wanted to save face and did not allow others to point out their shortcomings were mostly conservatives, while a considerable number of officers like Henry and the younger generation were radicals.

In fact, this group of people is not suitable for the word "radical". They just know that there must be problems with the system and tactics of the British army, especially the army. Otherwise, there would be no way for such a huge army and such a large equipment advantage to Rommel's African Legion.

"Then..." Henry looked at Zhang Chi for a while and said, "General, I heard that you personally held a bayonet to fight against the enemy in the Battle of Alexandria, right? It's really admirable!"

"What?" Hearing this, Page couldn't help but widen his eyes, looked at Henry with an incredible expression, and then turned his gaze to Zhang Chi.

"Please, sister!" Henry was a little unbelievable: "You are a reporter... you don't know?"

"I was waiting to pick you up at Port Said at that time!" Page retorted, then turned to Zhang Chi: "What he said is true?"

"Is there anything wrong?" Zhang Chi asked back: "I am a soldier!"

"God! But you are a commander, I don't think the commander needs it..."

"That's the British's combat habit, not the Chinese!"

Page had no choice but to spread his hands helplessly.

"Yes!" Henry continued: "Page, soldiers are bound to do this. In fact, I think it is precisely the general's approach that changed the situation..."

Page couldn't help but look frightened when he heard this, and then asked Zhang Chi: "This means, you will lose this battle? I thought you won easily!"

Henry soon realized that he was getting darker and darker.

"That's right!" Zhang Chi replied.

Zhang Chi knew that the reason why Page didn't know this was because of the British army's intelligence blockade.

This is mainly because Zhang Chi used the innovative "Golan Trench" in this battle, and in addition, African civilians and even the army were filled with spies from German and Italian troops, the British army was unwilling to let too many people know the details too early.

So Peppa just knew that the Chinese army won a huge victory in Alexandria in a battle with the Chinese army to drive away the Germans.

Seeing that Page's face was a little wrong, Zhang Chi suggested: "We'd better not talk about this topic!"

"Yes!" said Henry: "I absolutely agree!"

Henry raised his cup as he said: "To this damn war!"

"Respect this damn war!"
Chapter completed!