The emergence of the French-occupied zone was something that Britain vigorously promoted, and the war has not officially ended. And the United States, which is currently the most powerful, is not mentally prepared like the world hegemon of the future.

It is still in the stage of being in the dark about how much interest it will occupy from the whole world next, and even Alan Wilson can guess whether the United States is preparing the spearhead for the British Empire, the former world hegemon, or aiming at the Soviet Union, which is taking advantage of a great victory. It's hard to talk about.

In the case that Britain and France still have a large number of colonies, it is very normal for such hesitation to occur within the decision-making circles of the United States. After all, no one can see the world in a few decades, and policy-making is a step-by-step approach.

This is also the reason why Churchill vigorously raised the status of France, and even urged France to enter the United Nations as a permanent member. If you want to say that you are very optimistic about de Gaulle, neither Britain nor the United States has this mind, but as I said before, if you are not optimistic about de Gaulle, no one will be able to suppress the French Communist Party.

With nearly one million members and a wide range of members in all corners of society, the French Communist Party is the undisputed largest party. Together with their family and friends, they are a huge force in France, which has a population of just over 40 million.

As a representative of France, what he first began to negotiate with Alan Wilson was the expected division of the French-occupied zone and when it would be possible to enter the occupied zone.

"Pierre, we must restore Germany to a certain post-war order, right? Otherwise, it's useless to go in. For now, what we need to do and the United States is to keep the occupied territories running at a basic level. Alan Wilson crossed his fingers and told his difficulty, "Why don't we go over and go in and go in, and the soldiers go in and graze?" It will take time for the military to restore order, even if the prime minister and President Roosevelt can't. ”

"Well, when you were still at sea, President Roosevelt had already died of illness, and now the president of the United States is Truman." Ivour, who was beside Alan Wilson, coughed softly and reminded in a whisper.

"It's the same thing." Alan Wilson proved with practical actions that as long as he didn't feel embarrassed, it was someone else who was embarrassed, he was still at sea and didn't go to London, and he didn't know how normal it was for the United States to change presidents.

The French representative on the other side of the table did not pay attention to the movement here, but communicated with each other, obviously there were other problems, and after a while, Pierre Le Mans carefully communicated, "In addition to the question of the timing of the march into the French-occupied area, we have one more thing, which is also a very loud voice within the current government, and if this matter can obtain the support of the British, France will be grateful." ”

"Pierre, please speak." Ivor glanced at Alan Wilson and addressed the Frenchman across the table in a voice of encouragement.

"On the question of the Saar Protectorate, there is a loud voice in the government that Germany should be completely destroyed in order to completely destroy the potential for war in the future, and this is the opinion of the majority of the people. Britain is on our side in the matter of the French occupation zone, and I believe that our allies will not refuse this matter. Pierre Le Mans said, staring closely at the reaction of the other side.

Alan Wilson glanced at each other, the topic was unexpected, he didn't know where the Sal Protector was, Ivor beckoned someone to bring in a map, and the British representative here found the place that the other party was talking about.

At the end of World War II, France's attitude towards Germany was exactly the same as it was at the end of World War I, simply put: Germany must die! The main concern of France's post-war punishment of Germany was the disposition of the Saar and Ruhr regions of Germany. Moreover, he was strongly opposed to the establishment of a new German central government.

If we can find a suitable template from history, it will also happen to be the state before the reunification of Germany. The Holy Roman Empire was in the best interests of the French.

The Saarland district is located on the Franco-German border, next to the famous Alsace Lorraine. This place is very small, less than 2,500 square kilometers, but it has a population of nearly one million, and more importantly, it has nearly 10 billion tons of coal reserves and an annual output of 10 million tons.

Even France is ready to say that when France was strong in history, the Holy Roman Empire, the predecessor of Germany, suffered greatly from it, and the Saarland was occupied by France many times, and the rhetoric of occupying the Saarland has been since ancient times......

"Well, Monsieur Pierre." Alan Wilson's mind turned sharply, and he quickly organized his language, "As we all know, although Britain and France have not always appeared as allies, but in the past hundred years, we have dealt with many threats of war together, from the Far East to the Crimea, not to mention the last two world wars, so I don't want to say anything more about the relationship between the two countries." It's just that the issue of the Saarland is beyond my current competence, and we who are stationed abroad have to submit our French opinion to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then wait for a reply, which is a necessary process. ”

"As Allen said, it's all necessary." "And the problem can be said to be very complicated, the main obstacle at the moment is not London, London and Paris have a friendship cemented in blood, but we don't know what Americans mean. According to the negotiations at the Yalta Conference, the partition occupation, including Bavaria in southern Germany and the German-French border, was under the control of the American army, and we could not do anything to help the places that were now under the control of the American army. ”

"At the end of the day, it's probably a matter of communicating more with the Americans." Alan Wilson finally made a concluding remark, meaning that it was useless to tell us that it was useless, that the Saar area was currently under occupation by American soldiers.

The U.S. military, not the British, was responsible for the occupation of the Saarland, and political incitement in the area was strictly prohibited. On the other hand, the position of France among the Allies after World War II was far inferior to that of France among the Allies at the end of World War I.

Even Britain's current efforts to prove to the United States and the Soviet Union that France was worthy of the status of a victorious power have had little success.

Of course, the matter was not completely incomprehensible, the other party just wanted to ask for the understanding of the British, Alan Wilson said, "It depends on whether General de Gaulle can win over the Saarland in the establishment of the French occupation zone." ”

"I see." Pierre Le Mans nodded, the French occupation zone was divided into the British occupation zone and the American occupation zone, and the British asked France to fight for it in this process, and divide the local area into the French occupation zone when the French occupation area was divided.

Alan Wilson and Ivor were also happy to blame the problem on the Americans, and the province was hated by the Germans.