Washington.

Churchill hurried into Roosevelt's office with his assistant, shook hands with Roosevelt, and then took the folder from his assistant and put it in front of Roosevelt.

"I think you should look at this, Your Excellency the President!"

"What is this?" Roosevelt said while opening the folder. He was stunned when he opened it.

After turning a few more pages, Roosevelt looked up at Churchill and asked hesitantly: "Poison gas? Where did it happen?"

"Two weeks ago, we took a strange device from the Germans in Algeria!" Churchill handed Roosevelt a few more photos: "Then we found this... an aircraft! It's located in Sarat, Algeria."

Roosevelt couldn't help but feel shocked. If it were in Algeria, it would mean that American soldiers would also be threatened.

"For this reason, we sent an elite unit of 56 people!" Churchill continued: "This unit shot down the aircraft. They originally wanted to get further information from the aircraft... However, only thirteen of them survived, and you have seen the situation!"

Roosevelt leaned against the chair, still unable to believe it.

"Our intelligence unit believes..." Churchill continued: "The Germans have been beaten by us in North Africa and are unable to fight back because of the war on the Eastern Front. In order to reverse the situation, they are likely to invest chemical weapons. No, it should not be said to be 'possible', but 'certain'!"

"We are not sure, Your Excellency Prime Minister!" Roosevelt objected.

"Why?" Churchill asked in confusion: "Aren't these powerful evidence yet? These photos!"

"I have a question!" Roosevelt said: "Let's review this matter clearly... The Germans are conducting test flights on this aircraft, and then you sneaked and shot down the aircraft!"

"Yes!" Churchill nodded.

"So have you considered it a little bit!" Roosevelt asked: "If it were just a test flight experiment, why did they put poison gas on the aircraft?"

Churchill was speechless when asked.

Because it is well known that aircraft are used for experiments, and aircraft in experiments will inevitably have problems of one kind or another. More importantly, no one will put real gas bombs in the experimental aircraft for experiments, because this will cause great danger to themselves.

"They just need to use a simulated bomb of equal weight to avoid these dangers!" Roosevelt asked: "Why don't they do this?"

"I don't know!" Churchill spread his hands: "So it's a new weapon, isn't it? We know nothing about it, but we're sure it can cause such casualties..."

Roosevelt couldn't help but remain silent.

Churchill is right in some ways. Although he cannot explain the doubts raised by Roosevelt, he should "believe it as a poisonous gas bomb than believe it." Otherwise, if the German army is really used on the battlefield, it would be too late to regret it again.

"But, what are we going to do?" Roosevelt asked: "Give the soldiers gas masks?"

Judging from the degree of corrosion in the photos, gas masks obviously can only play a limited role.

"First!" Churchill said: "We should not shift our strategic focus, otherwise the Germans will likely use this weapon to launch a counterattack all the way until they occupy the entire North Africa and even the Suez Canal!"

Roosevelt nodded reluctantly. Although he suspected that Churchill had exaggerated the facts with ulterior motives, as he said before, "I would rather believe it."

"Second!" Churchill continued: "We should be prepared to counterattack!"

"You mean... poison gas?" Roosevelt frowned.

Poison gas warfare was very common in World War I, and both sides were used by the warring parties... Many people thought that banning the use of poison gas was a matter after World War I, but in fact, the Hague Convention had already banned the use before World War I.

But "convention" is just that it is not binding in war, just like other contracts or agreements, it is for tearing it down.

The fundamental reason why it was rarely used during World War II was not because of the "convention", but because both sides of the war had poison gas, and it was easy to release, which could be airborne or cannon fire... This would eventually lead to a lose-lose situation.

So there will be what Churchill called "counterattack".

This is also something Qin Chuan is worried about. If Churchill mistakenly thinks that the German new weapon is a poison gas bomb and uses poison gas bombs to counter it, then the two sides will soon fight into a more cruel war.

Therefore, Qin Chuan needed to use this weapon to prove that it was not what the enemy imagined.

Of course, this is just one of them.

Another reason is that the test flight of the "target aircraft" has exceeded 150 kilometers, which is enough for the African Legion to counter the island of Malta, which is 90 kilometers away from Sicily. (It was originally planned to use Tunisia and Algeria as the launch base, but the incident suddenly had to make some changes)

So the two launchers were erected overnight.

This time, the launch frame was more careful. The whole process was carried out at night. While setting it up, it was covered with tarpaulin to disguise... It is not difficult to install a launch frame in a complex terrain like Sicily. The slope of the launch frame can be disguised as a high ground, and then a layer of canvas is covered and some branches are piled up. Even low-altitude reconnaissance is difficult to see the clues.

"What is it called?" Rommel asked as he looked at a "target machine" that had been assembled.

"No. 1 Revenge Weapon, General!" Conrad replied: "Or called V1"

"Well, an interesting name!" Rommel nodded, and saw Qin Chuan hanging around his neck with a bandage wrapped around his arm next to him, and said, "Captain, a revenge weapon...it is for you!"

The people around couldn't help laughing.

Rommel continued: "Considering your injuries, we won't send you this time to attack the enemy's airport!"

Everyone burst into laughter again.

"Good job, Captain!" Rommel patted Qin Chuan's left shoulder: "I have seen your performance report in Sarat, and it's more than once. It's a wonderful battle, and you're particularly commendable in rescuing Major Hannah regardless of your safety. I think this is enough to make us apply for another medal for you!"

As he said that, Rommel turned his eyes to Hannah on the side and joked: "Of course, if you saved the major for personal reasons, then it should be a different matter!"

The officers couldn't help but make a fuss, and some even said to Qin Chuan in a pun: "Captain, be brave, just like you are on the battlefield!"

"No, this is not the time!" Rommel said: "Now, it is the time for us to see how it is performed!"
Chapter completed!