Hess calmly swept Li Ming's eyes with his deep gaze, and then nodded slightly, "The French have fallen at our feet, the British have done their greatest duty as allies, there is no need for Germany and Britain to continue a senseless war!" In the long run, we and Britain are not as much of a threat to each other as the other! ”

"Russia?" Li Ming said the name without thinking.

This time Hess did not make a clear statement, but his next words made Li Ming feel embarrassed: "If you can, General, I would like to see the German and British fleets maintain rational judgment in future naval operations, and the blood of soldiers on both sides should not be shed like this!" ”

In today's view, Hess's "hope" is really a bit naïve to Li Ming, and with the restoration of the "Shajhorst" and the commissioning of the "Bismarck", another sortie of the German Navy has long been planned. Since the beginning of the last war, the collision and friction between the British and German fleets has always been fierce and gripping, and in such a life-and-death moment, any mercy can lead to catastrophic consequences. As a fleet commander, Li Ming would not allow himself to "show mercy" to the enemy under any circumstances.

The scorching sun shone silently on a piece of artificially carved granite in a forest clearing: "On November 11, 1918, the German Empire, proud of its crimes, surrendered on its knees - defeated by the free people it sought to enslave." ”

Now, 21 years and more than 7 months have passed since the above date, a group of high-ranking officers in gray uniforms and noble temperament have come to this monument, and standing in front of them is a small man wearing the uniform of the old Sixth Army, it is this person who led the Prussian soldiers who failed from the front line to pick up the guns in their hands and defeat the former victory in just over forty days, and now history will repeat itself here, but the identities of the two sides have just been reversed.

The short but historic text on the monument evokes a vengeful rage in the Germans, who were undoubtedly about to win, especially on the face of the little man in the lead. All the humiliations and sorrows of the past were completely relieved in this moment, and they were replaced by the honor of victory. After a moment of silence, he departed with a haughty expression, and then inspected his majestic guard of honour in front of the famous "Foch Train。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。

The French delegation had not yet arrived, and the German staff were still sitting in the final preparations, and the German generals who had followed Hitler here were either savoring these "relics" or talking in small voices.

"The problem of the French fleet is really tricky, because they have not been beaten at all, and if they are so asked to surrender to us, it will most likely push them to the British!"

Edwin, dressed in a black SS uniform, was in extra good spirits today, but when it came to the French Navy. His expression was obviously a little more helpless. As we all know, the strength of the French fleet is above that of Germany and Italy, and as the countdown to the surrender of France begins, the fate of this fleet is enough to affect the pattern of future wars, but the relative status of the French navy is different from that of other European countries. Nowadays, the British, the Germans and even the Italians, all sides want it and fear it falling into the arms of the enemy. Hitler made a more secure suggestion - to detain it in situ or sink it by artillery。。。。。。。。。。。

Li Ming, apparently calmly accepting this reality now, said: "From the German side. This is probably the best option right now! Once the French question is properly resolved. I think we should take a longer view. And not just that strait! ”

In a natural reaction, Edwin joined him in glancing north, in the direction of the English Channel.

"The Greeks are clearly on the side of the British, and it will not cost us too much to attack this country across Yugoslavia, ** one more army group, the Bulgarians will rationally turn to our side, and I am sure that Turkey will make its choice again in this situation. Next up is the Suez Canal, an important passage in the Middle East and the Mediterranean, which is rich in oil. The British army will have no place in North Africa! ”

Li Ming feels that he is like a tireless veteran politician in recent times, deepening the impression of others on his own view through constant lobbying, in order to gain more people's support. He must have said this to Edwin more than once, but in a different way.

"Heinault, I'm behind you on this issue!" Edwin made his position straightforward, but he continued: "But the biggest problem now is the order of the enemies in the mind of the Yuan - Russia first, and then Britain!" The Führer's established strategy was to end the fighting on the Western Front through peace talks and then go all out to the east! ”

Li Ming glanced at the German dollar more than twenty meters away, and was carefully looking at the "Foch Train". "I think maybe that's a strategy he had already set up years ago!"

"I'm afraid it's hard for anyone to change this!" Edwin should and to. "Especially if the Italians don't want us to get involved in the war in the Mediterranean!"

The generals of the Supreme Command seem to have become accustomed to attacking their strategic plans on the grounds of Italians, so Zhang Hainuo is now a little angry when he hears this word, Italy has just entered the war. But one will soon see how rotten and incompetent the country is militarily.

At this time, the sound of car horns was heard on the road leading to this clearing, and the Germans and the specially invited chroniclers who had come to witness this historical moment turned their eyes in that direction, and in a few moments, several black cars stopped next to another statue a few hundred meters away from the clearing, which was also erected by the French after the last war - on the statue stood the weak eagle symbolizing the Hohenzollern dynasty, with a sharp sword stuck in it. But by this time the German soldiers had covered the top half of the sculpture with a German flag.

Under the guidance of the German officer, the French delegates stepped out of the car one by one, and judging by their pace and posture, they were depressed and with great reluctance. The little Frenchman in the lead was wearing the uniform of the French 6th Army, which was known as the world's first 6th Army not long ago, although it was clean and tidy, but it no longer had even a little momentum, and the same poor performance of the French Air Force made their Air Force Chief of Staff also hang his head, and the admiral who did not show any performance lost face.

Now the battle was won, the German Yuan Adolf. Hitler was already sitting in the famous carriage that belonged to the victorious seat, which was also the place where Allied Commander Foch once sit. The French delegates, who were languishing but still maintaining their basic modesty and composure, passed through the vast open space under the watchful eyes of the Germans and the Germans and the neutrals, including the Americans, and finally boarded the carriage that had made them proud.

Despite the limited space in the carriage, in order to be able to witness one of the most glorious moments in German history, in addition to the commander of the three armed forces and the main German negotiator Keitel, the other German generals who followed Hitler entered the carriage not far behind. Once the French were seated, Keitel began to read to them the preamble to the terms of the armistice, written by Hitler himself, which was a little lengthy, the most striking feature of which was the forgiveness of defeat in the words - the tolerance of the German Führer, who praised the French for being defeated after many "bloody and heroic battles". Germany did not intend to humiliate such a valiant enemy on the terms of the armistice or in the course of negotiations, and its only demand was to "prevent another war between Germany and France......

These rhetoric contrasted sharply with the causticism of the French on the previous monument, but how the French delegates would have felt when they saw the details of the armistice terms proposed by Germany was another matter.

After about 10 minutes of reading out the preamble to the terms of the armistice, Hitler got up and left the carriage with his entourage - he soon set off for Paris to admire his "spoils", leaving only Kate

Negotiate with the French here, but leave room for the French to bargain, because they have lost the battle outright.

Negotiating without suspense is unattractive. The German engineering troops and communications corps worked brilliantly. They were connected to the telephone between Compiègne and Bordeaux for the French delegates to communicate with them, which were naturally monitored. The German delegation, led by Keitel, knew very well that the French had every card in their hands, so it was only 27 hours later that they agreed to sign their respective names on the armistice, but this agreement would not take effect until France and Italy signed a similar armistice.

Under the Franco-German armistice, three-fifths of French territory, including Paris, was occupied by Germany, and military restrictions and the fate of extradition to Germany in 1918 were imposed on them - most of them were required to be disarmed under German and Italian supervision and then shelved in their home ports, and a few could remain in African ports to protect France's colonies from falling into the hands of other countries. Moreover, the French** apparently underestimated the determination and ability of the British to continue resisting, and they agreed that the captured 150 French troops would remain in the hands of the Germans until the contract was signed, but this was probably not something that would end in a few weeks.

The day after the armistice was signed between Germany and France, the British Navy's largest battle cruiser, HMS Hood, quietly left the port of Portsmouth in southern England, along with the USS Glory, which could carry 24 to 28 combat aircraft. The German fleet, lurking near Portsmouth, was not the first to see the situation. Later in the day, though. The German submarine No. 53 Surprise National Flotilla, which was operating west of the English Channel, did not dare to attack the -53 Captain because of the distance and the strong escort force of the opposing side. Instead, he telegraphed to the submarine command and cautiously followed behind. Despite losing its target after dark, the German Naval Staff made a rough inference based on the crucial fact that the enemy was heading south** that the British fleet was most likely to be sent to Gibraltar to reinforce the H Fleet.

The news was quickly transmitted to the naval commander Raeder in Paris through the naval staff, and as a member of the German high-level visiting group, Li Ming, who was also in Paris, was able to read this information for the first time, and he remembered very clearly the "Ballista Operation" launched by the British Navy in World War II. The brutality of the operation was that two groups of soldiers who had not long ago been on the same front had to fight each other, and the strategic and political implications of it were very far-reaching - the national pride of the French was greatly damaged, and they became even more hostile to the British and later adopted a hostile attitude in the Allied counteroffensive. The battle also showed the mentality of the French navy, which hated the Germans and Italians and refused to surrender to them, and did not bother to accept the leadership of the British. The German Führer's judgment on this question was very accurate, and the Italian dictatorship, who had originally wanted to pay attention to the French fleet, finally abandoned this attempt at the persuasion of Hitler.