The train whistle whistled as it sped across the wide field, and when you looked out the window, you could see many charred black bomb craters, spoiling the surrounding green summer landscape. In the distance, several groups of soldiers were gradually groping their way to the flanks with demining gears, but most of them were dressed in French khaki uniforms, and against the gray background of the few German troops next to them, it seemed that they were the masters of the place, and they had just captured a group of prisoners.

Little Alice leaned on the side of the car window, looking curiously at the distant scene. For her, everything she saw after entering France was a novelty, and she kept asking her parents about everything she had discovered. Fang Yan was overjoyed and aware of the need to avoid exposing his daughter to the cruelty of war too early, and he portrayed Germany and France as relatives fighting over the ownership of their back garden: the latter had realized his mistake and began to take the initiative to repair the damaged furnishings in the garden, ready to live in peace and no longer cause trouble.

Hearing Fang Yan's words, Sylvia couldn't help but roll her eyes at him. The long-standing grudges between Germany and France are well known throughout Europe, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the bitterness between the two sides. Now Fang Yan actually compared them to relatives, this has to be known by the people, even if Fang Yan is a star hero with countless halos and honors, it is enough for him to drink a pot fiercely. Don't forget, now that only 20 years have passed since that bloody battle, and the families of millions of soldiers who died and were disabled on the Western Front will never let go of that grudge!

Fang Yan smiled when he saw this, and he didn't plan to explain anything. The words just now are not only a fairy tale used to coax his daughter, but also the core concept of Fang Yan's heartfelt words: In the situation that we are about to face the powerful enemy of the United States, it is undoubtedly extremely unwise to promote the hatred between Germany and France. Doing so would do little but satisfy the nationalists' revenge appetites, and would greatly diminish the potential of German-dominated Europe.

In this regard, Hitler's qualities as a statesman are vividly displayed. Although his starting point was not as direct and targeted as Fang Yan's, his strategy was to lay a solid foundation for the Franco-German rapprochement - the armistice agreement reached on June 22 did not place an undue harsh criticism of France, and much of the economic plunder was hidden in the deepest depths of the terms, at least superficially acceptable to the French government and the vast majority of the French people. On this world line, as long as Germany does not suffer a fatal military defeat, Fang Yan is fully confident that with the help of his uncle's political power, France will be completely integrated into the German war machine.

As for similar precedents for such things, the history of Europe for the previous centuries was like the sand of the Ganges. Far from it, just within this century, two hateful and opposing blocs, Britain and France and Britain and Russia, have reached an understanding. In contrast, the hatred between Germany and France will be at the back of the list, not to mention that Germany still has an overwhelming military victory, and France has no subjective intention to choose at all. Of course, there is also the most critical reason for Fang Yan to have such an open-minded concept, that is, he has no relatives who died on the Western Front, and he can look at the situation with the calmest attitude.

Towards noon, the majestic silhouette of Paris finally came into view. At this time, there was no trace of war around the railway, and the meandering Seine River was as white as a jade belt, setting off the green flowers on both sides of the river verdant and beautiful. There was a commotion of cheers from the next car, as if the travelers in the same car were extremely excited to see this art city, and Fang Yan couldn't help but lean against the window and squint his eyes, looking forward to the upcoming journey.

In the past, due to work reasons and ideological barriers, Fang Yan has never come to appreciate the style of the world's third largest metropolis; This trip can be regarded as making up for his personal regrets. When Fang Yan stepped onto the wide and exquisite platform of the station, a different atmosphere of romantic art had already hit his face, and the surrounding rich decorative walls were full of carvings to remind Fang Yan that he had arrived in the capital of the once enemy country.

"Honorable sir, are you visiting Paris with your family? We are Senna Travel Company and offer you everything you could want. As soon as Fang Yan took a few steps, a well-dressed man politely walked up to the side and asked, to Fang Yan's surprise, this man spoke more German than some Germans. Just as she was surprised, Sylvia's eyes lit up and she clapped her hands: "It's you, you received me when I came here on my graduation trip 7 years ago!" Now it seems that there is no need to even make a phone call. ”

Fang Yan turned his head to glance at the other seven or eight passengers who had come out of the first-class carriage, and found that they were all approached by people wearing the same clothes to ask them. The German soldiers on the platform turned a blind eye to these solicitors, as if all this was taken for granted. Fang Yan pondered for a moment, and probably understood the reason for the vision in his heart. This train is Germany's new luxury tourist line, so that the country's rich and powerful can visit the conquered city first. Therefore, it is only natural that the local French will take advantage of the situation to launch related services.

"But is the vitality of the service industry in Paris so tenacious?" Fang Yan's eyes showed brilliance, and he was surprised by the French people's deferential attitude towards the German monarch. Even if the capitalists are mercenary in nature, their attitude towards the Germans should be blunt and repulsive, and the current act of worshipping God is very inconsistent. Fang Yan suddenly became interested, he wanted to take a closer look at what the current situation of this city occupied by the Germans was.

As a rental car drove down the street, a look of surprise gradually appeared in Fang Yan's originally quiet gaze. The city in front of him was completely different from the silence and depression he imagined, but full of life as hot as the current summer sun. Countless citizens are surging back and forth, bringing back and forth the shops of various commercial streets; The old people sit in the shade of the river to kill time, the children skate on the square for fun, and the swimmers do not miss the Seine River swim every summer, and its naked body makes Fang Yan who drives by the side can't help but look away.

The only thing that contradicts this style of painting is the German soldiers that are often seen in the crowds. Their wild grey uniforms were clearly recognizable in the strange crowd, and the French citizens around them consciously avoided them, but the soldiers behaved in the same way as ordinary citizens.

The German soldiers crossed the zebra crossing and lined up for the tram, only with some difficulty when it came to shopping: they had to find a French pamphlet and express their intentions to the shopkeeper with a gesture. If you take off your uniforms, these soldiers are just ordinary foreign tourists. Fang Yan already understood why he was treated without hostility at the station, and as early as June 14, the German soldiers who entered Paris showed their "civility" and "harmlessness" with practical actions.

"I really didn't expect that order in Paris would be restored so quickly......" Fang Yan looked at the surrounding scene in disbelief, his heart full of surprise and joy. The German soldiers were able to follow the rules in the occupied city of Paris, thanks to Hitler's strict orders, and if the army headquarters had hoped for a tooth for tat, Fang Yan would have seen the same harsh slaughter today as the Ruhr area in 1923. If that were the case, the Franco-German rapprochement would always be an empty phrase, and the industrial power on the European continent, second only to Germany, would be extremely weak in the future intercontinental war.

However, Fang Yan was also well aware that Hitler's apparent tolerance of France was only a special case. His starting point was not love and peace at all, but to paralyze the French government and people, to make them abandon their resistance abroad, and to quietly put all their resources and wealth to the quiet use of Germany. For the other conquered countries, Hitler was completely ruthless, and carried out exploitation and plunder with few reservations, even in the form of bone-splitting.

Denmark and Norway are in a slightly better situation, after all, they belong to the "North Germanic High Nation" propagated by the National Socialist Party, and Germany still has to pay attention to food here, at best, it is only using economic means to extract scissors and profits. The Netherlands, on the other hand, had a hard time as Germany's exploitation and control caused the once wealthy country to lose its wealth and become a hard-working tenant overnight.

The fate of Belgium was even more tragic, and its efforts to seize the Ruhr together with France were today punished with the harshest punishment. Not only did Germany have to pay huge occupation fees every day, but at the same time, the factories, banks, and warehouses in the country were also taken over by Germany, and the national wealth was lost like a flood.

The most miserable is Poland. According to Hitler's ethnography, the Poles were only slaves to the Germans, and Franck, who was governor of the Polish occupation zone, faithfully fulfilled this proposition, pushing Poland into the abyss from which it could never be recovered in all respects. All of Poland's capital industries, whether private farms or state industries, were confiscated by Germany, their owners were either shot or thrown into concentration camps, and their families were reduced to slavery, driven to work like cattle and horses. The proletariat in Poland was also destroyed, and the Germans forced them to work for far more time and intensity than any normal person could imagine.

Fang Yan had known about the tragedies in the eastern occupation zone for a long time, but this was a forbidden area that he could not touch at present, and the huge forces from Hitler and the top of the National Socialist Party were enough to disintegrate and destroy Fang Yan in an instant. Only when the power is in his hands and the time is ripe can Fang Yan use his will to change all this. This is also the only option that a sensible politician can do.

It is worth mentioning that the Brom family took advantage of the power of Wart to make unimaginable huge profits in the process of looting Polish assets. If you really want to talk about it, Fang Yan is also a member of the vested interest group.