"Africa?!" Hou Dasheng paused for a moment. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Benoit nodded and said, "Yes, Africa." There are some things over there that need to be done by special people. Of course, you can go with jackals. But what I'm asking is that you lead the team and you take charge. ”

Hou Dasheng couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, he looked at Benoit and said, "Our head is a giant wolf, you should talk to our head about this matter." It's not appropriate to talk to me. ”

"Nope! It's a good fit. Benoit looked at Hou Dasheng and said softly: "Compared with the giant wolf, I trust you more." Something he doesn't know, you can know. And as the executor of the task, you must also know. I'll tell you before I talk to him. As for how you communicate with him, that's your problem. ”

saw Benoit drink all the wine in the glass, and slowly poured some into his glass again. Then throwing in a block of ice, he slowly stood up and walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling glass window on the side of the desk, looked at the dark manor and said softly: "Hou, do you know the relationship between Africa and France?!" ”

Africa and France, both have an inexplicable relationship. It's not just the colonies, it's the relationship with the overlords. There is too much love and hatred involved. If you really want to write it, it's enough to write a few tome professional history books.

In recorded World War I alone, more than a million African soldiers were forcibly recruited into Europe. In addition, the other porters and logistics workers who were recruited away were as high as more than two million! In World War I, Algeria recruited more than 170,000 soldiers who went to France to participate in the war. Senegal paid more than 140,000 soldiers.

By the end of the war, the French army consisted of 470,000 African soldiers conscripted from the African colonies. At the same time, there is a large number of conscripted laborers. More than 130,000 African laborers were recorded working in French factories at that time.

Not to mention the importance of Africa on the battlefield in modern World War II and the efforts made by Africa in the war. Almost all of them have been deliberately erased. Although, relying on the efforts of the African colonies, France finally did not miss the last train. Embarked on the position of the five permanent members of the United Nations.

At the beginning of World War II, France opted for capitulationism. De Gaulle, who fled with the support of anti-capitulationist forces such as the Cilliaux family, fled to London. However, he sadly discovered that without the support of the army, he could not develop his ideas of Free France.

But at the same time, he noticed a place that many people overlooked: Africa. In 1940, Charles de Gaulle flew from England to Chad at great risk. The plane fell, but de Gaulle miraculously survived. Immediately after surviving, he moved the headquarters of Free France from London to Algiers.

De Gaulle's Free France movement was also a great success thanks to his efforts. By 1943, Chad, Cameroon, Congo ...... and other French colonies, all of which successively announced their secession from the Vichy government of France and the sequence of joining Free France.

At the same time, the main army of the Free French became an army of African descent. At the time, de Gaulle was able to organize less than 10,000 troops in mainland France. There is simply no way to form a combat force. The African colonial armies stationed near the equator were directly joined by the Free French after the establishment of the Free France.

This army, which was almost entirely composed of people of African descent, became the main force of de Gaulle's war against Germany in the following period of 1942~1943. By the end of 1942, as many as 120,000 African soldiers had defected to the Free France. Since then, hundreds of thousands of African soldiers have gradually joined the ranks of the Free France.

By 1944, when Charles de Gaulle had organized the Free French ministries into armies. He found that African-American soldiers had firmly made up more than half of the numbers. And a fact that many histories don't mention, or don't want to mention, is that of the 400,000 troops fighting the Germans on French soil at that time, nearly 300,000 were soldiers of African descent!

"It's a fact that we haven't mentioned, or deliberately ignored...... but Benoit smiled bitterly, "because if we did, France would be extremely embarrassed." It was with the strong support of the colonies that we did not lose our country. ”

For Benoit's words, Hou Dasheng chose to be silent. It is difficult for him to comment on this matter, but it is true that France has behaved extremely clumsy in this matter. This is probably one of the reasons why France's international status was not very high after the war. Although it is also one of the P5.

"Many people think that General de Gaulle wants the colonies to become independent, but in fact he does not want the colonies to become independent. It's helpless. Benoit spread his hand and smiled bitterly at Hou Dasheng: "Why do you think the colonies would support 'Free France' so much at that time?!" It was because General de Gaulle promised to change France's colonial policy. ”

After a pause, Benoit looked at Hou Dasheng and said softly: "Do you think France is an ungrateful country?!" No, we're not. The biggest reason why General de Gaulle was not elected after World War II was that he did not want to have to fulfill his promise to the colonies......"

Hou Dasheng was stunned when he heard this, but he instantly understood: De Gaulle won the strong support of the colonies in World War II because he promised to change the colonial policy. But at that time World War II was over, if he came to power. Then whether to change the colonial policy or not, it will become a question that France and he will have to face.

The way to dodge this question is simple, and that is not to be elected! Yes, this would be a perfect way to avoid the problem of changing colonial policy. No one can say anything about France or De Gaulle's problems because of this, how can he carry out his own policies if he is not elected?!

"But those idiots are really waste who can only toss and not work." Benoit looked at Hou Dasheng helplessly, and sighed: "So, General de Gaulle finally had to go out of the mountain again. He was then responsible for the construction of what is now the French Fifth Republic. ”

Hou Dasheng knows about this history. During that time, France was a mess, and in just a few years from 1947 to 1953, after World War II, France changed thirteen cabinets. During this time, even if De Gaulle had not carried out the policy of colonial reform, there was great chaos in the colonies.

, Morocco, Algeria...... and other former French colonies, there were large-scale armed uprisings one after another. At that time, France was already in flames, and Vietnam had also failed. Almost all of France's overseas territories were in trouble, and the whole of France was exhausted by the continuous fighting. Finances are also being dragged down.

In desperation, de Gaulle had no choice but to go back out of the mountain. When he left the mountain, he had to face the first problem: how to deal with the problems between France and the colonies. But, is France so willing to withdraw from Africa?! This is obviously impossible. The self-esteem of the old imperialism has made them want to maintain control of Africa by all means.

"For someone my age and an educational background like me...... It is necessary to hand over our power in those places and roll up our flags. What a painful mental test it is to close this great history......" were de Gaulle's exact words. He did not want to lose Africa.

He still wants to control all of Africa as a suzerain. However, this seemed so ridiculous in the face of the wave of colonial independence that swept the world at the time. Of course, the unwilling de Gaulle would not have thrown in the towel. He chose a way. In 1958, he made a trip to Africa.

He visited Africa with the "Constitution of the French Fifth Republic", which he had made after several struggles. On the face of it, it seems to give the colonies a choice: independence, or stay within the community of the French Republic.

However, the subtext can be read by anyone: those who stay will receive the aid given by France. Leave, then you won't get anything!

This is the last fragile dignity of France, and de Gaulle tried to make African countries at least appear to be one with France. However, there are also countries that are unwilling to comply with his wishes. Guinea is one such country. Then, when he became independent, it was the beginning of the paralysis of the entire official apparatus.

The French took everything they could, even office phones and stationery. When Guinea was founded, it was faced with almost everything that was desolate.

This kind of killing chickens and monkeys seems to have played a role. In this way, de Gaulle made most of the colonies choose the "French Community". Of course, there are also disobedient ones. For example, the unruly Algeria. When de Gaulle's policies no longer worked. He chose to try to bring the other party to his knees by force.

However, after seven years of war, the number of troops increased to 800,000. But Algeria still did not bring Algeria to its knees. Faced with a collapsing financial economy, de Gaulle had no choice but to retreat. For this, he even faced opposition from those who once supported him. For example, the commander of the French Legion in Algeria, Ma Su.

"It's impossible for us to enter Africa, you probably know about that incident a few years ago......" Benoit said to Hou Dasheng with a somewhat uncomfortable expression, looking a little awkward. How could Hou Dasheng not know that that incident made the whole of France lose face.

It can even be said that this affair will always be with France. This will become a stain on the country that will never be washed away. This is the Rwandan genocide.

In two months, more than 800,000 civilians were killed. Up to 10 per cent of Rwanda's population has disappeared. Global shock! France, on the other hand, is extremely embarrassed in this matter...... (To be continued.) )