Chapter 371 Rest (5th Update, Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket)

When Qin Chuan arrived in Algiers, he realized that he was wrong.

The order was what he thought was the most impossible... "Rest"!

"Three days off!" Colonel Slain ordered: "Each person will be given 100 francs as a reward for your performance on the battlefield!"

The soldiers cheered loudly.

If it was a year ago, 100 francs would be a lot of money, because at that time it was exchanged for US dollars at an exchange rate of 5 to 1, and 100 francs was equivalent to 20 US dollars, which is equivalent to 360 US dollars in modern times in terms of purchasing power, which is about 2,000 yuan.

But because of the surrender of France, the people lost confidence in the franc, and the taxation of France by Germany caused the French economy to be depressed, etc., which led to the rapid depreciation of the franc, and it was only worth about one dollar at this time.

However, this was enough for the soldiers to enjoy two seafood dinners while enjoying the sea breeze on the beach.

But after the excitement, the soldiers soon became a little confused.

Things are often like this sometimes. When the battlefield is tense and about to collapse, you think about taking a holiday and rest all day long, but when you really take a holiday to rest, you find that you don’t know what to do or where to go.

Qin Chuan also had this feeling.

Go home?

Not to mention that he was not familiar with his so-called "home", even if he wanted to go back... three days was not enough to go back, unless there was a US military transport plane to take him back.

Go to Algiers to hang out?

Forget it, it's nothing more than drinking, eating and the like, although eating is still very attractive... Just like before, in the battlefield, he had to risk his life to eat a chicken.

However, isn't it a waste to spend three days of vacation on eating?

"Captain!" Colonel Slain said: "Have you thought about how to spend this vacation?"

Before Qin Chuan could answer, Vineet rushed up and invited Qin Chuan's arm and replied: "Yes, Colonel, we have thought about it!"

"Uh-huh!" Colonel Slain showed an envious smile to Qin Chuan, and the soldiers around him also started to make a noise... Vineet was almost announcing their love to everyone.

"Enjoy these three days!" Colonel Slain said in a secretive manner.

After leaving the barracks, Vinete stopped a carriage... This place was a French colony before, and some living habits are more like France, such as the carriage used to carry passengers, which is a four-wheeled carriage of European antique type, but it is simpler because of the backward economy.

Vinete said a place name after getting on the carriage, and gave the driver 500 francs (the largest denomination)... The driver's eyes were full of astonishment, as if he didn't expect that the two soldiers with ragged clothes and dirty like beggars would be so generous. Before this, he thought he was worried about providing free services. After all, this is a common thing in Algiers, especially for white soldiers.

Therefore, the driver took off his hat with a grateful expression and saluted Qin Chuan and Vinete.

"Maybe you shouldn't do this!" Qin Chuan waited until the carriage started to run before he started talking.

"What?"

"I mean what you said in front of the colonel!"

"Oh, why?" Vinete answered casually, and rolled up her sleeves to check. She had begun to count the scars she had made on the battlefield.

"You should know that you are very popular in the army!" Qin Chuan said.

This is the truth. Most of the soldiers in the army are men, hot-blooded men, especially under the pressure of death on the battlefield, especially Vinete is a typical French beauty, especially the French are romantic... So although they know more or less about the relationship between Vinete and Qin Chuan, there are still many soldiers who are courteous to Vinete.

"That's exactly what I hope!" Vinete smiled back: "Besides, you are also very popular in the army... Although there are not many women in the army!"

Qin Chuan was stunned when he heard this, and then he quickly thought of Yulia. Qin Chuan rolled his eyes, feeling that Vinete did this for a purpose.

The carriage stopped in front of Vinete's villa, and the housekeeper looked at Qin Chuan and Vinete who got off the car with a look of astonishment.

It took a long time for the butler to recognize Qin Chuan. He hurriedly came up to him, looking a little flustered: "So you are the lieutenant, no, you are already the captain. Welcome to your arrival. If you inform me in advance, I will let Mr. Benoit..."

Vinette hummed beside her and said in a serious man's voice: "Mr. Jeremy, we are here to search this house. We have reliable information that a murder has occurred here... You have slaughtered at least two chickens, and I can smell the fragrance!"

"Miss...!" Only then did the butler recognize Vinette.

But despite this, the butler's expression of astonishment was no less than seeing a murder.

Indeed, Vinette's current appearance has changed too much compared to the image of a few months ago when she was wearing makeup, a tight long skirt, and holding a small umbrella. It's just that Qin Chuan didn't notice it because he saw Vinette's changes, but now at first glance, even the butler didn't recognize her.

"I fooled you!" Vinette laughed happily, and then ran towards the door.

What surprised Qin Chuan was that he felt that the butler wanted to stop the two from entering the house, but he couldn't find an excuse, so he stood at the door in embarrassment.

"Is there any problem?" Qin Chuan asked, "Are we too presumptuous?"

"No, no, Captain!" The butler replied, "Of course not!"

Then, as if remembering something, he said, "Oh, I'll go and report it!"

"Hmm!" Qin Chuan nodded.

Watching the butler's hurried departure, Qin Chuan couldn't help but wonder, does the lady need to be reported when she returns?

But what else could Benoit do? Qin Chuan shook his head, thinking that this was just the result of not being able to adapt to a peaceful society after staying on the battlefield for a long time... They call this battlefield syndrome.

Walking into the door, he saw Benoit waiting at the door.

"Oh, Vinete, my daughter! I can't recognize you anymore!" Then Benoit rushed to Qin Chuan and said, "Captain, I'm glad you're already a captain. Shouldn't we celebrate this? There's a bottle of champagne in my study!"

But Qin Chuan didn't move. He was sensitive to danger, although he didn't know what the danger was.

Suddenly, the door of the upstairs room opened, and a figure flashed out with a gun in his hand.

Qin Chuan rolled on the ground.

"Bang!" The bullet hit where he was just now.

Qin Chuan did not hesitate, and pulled out the pistol from his waist as quickly as possible to fight back.

"Bang bang!" The figure fell down.

But the next second, Qin Chuan heard Vignette shouting: "No, he is Antoine!"