Chapter 151: The Departure of an Era, Goodbye, Daladier
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Place de la Bastille, Paris, France.
This is the site of the Bastille, where the trial of the century is taking place, and the eyes of the world are focused here.
Daladier was tied and sat in front of the iconic bronze pillar of the square, surrounded by a sea of people, and in front of the solemn judge.
When the clock struck twelve, the judge stood up and struck the gavel to signal silence, and then he began his speech through a loudspeaker: "Today, we are gathered here to openly try this man who has provoked disputes, brought us enormous and senseless casualties, and forced us to sign many sinners who have betrayed the interests of the Fatherland!" Before the trial began, you had the right to defend yourself, Monsieur Daladier, as a sinner in the whole of France, because it was a human-centered society and there was no longer the Bastille. ”
Daladier had nothing to defend himself, this battle was indeed provoked by himself, and if he did it again, he would still attack without hesitation, and he felt sad that he had become a scapegoat and let go of a group of cowards.
But those people have now become heroes in the fight against their "dictatorship", and even if they say it, I'm afraid no one will believe it, Daladier thought with a wry smile, it is really sad that he once led the whole of France to glory, and now he ended up in front of the ruins of the Bastille.
"Don't you have anything to say? Do you give up this right to yourself? The judge asked.
"Yes!" Daladier looked up, "I just want to say that I did something wrong. ”
"Shh~" Everyone at the scene looked disdainful and booed.
"I was wrong, I shouldn't have sent only that little force to attack Germany, I should have used all the forces of France! I should take out all the cowards behind me! Hahaha! Daladier laughed maniacally.
The scene suddenly fell silent, all the boos disappeared, and the people looked at the crazy Daladier in disbelief.
"MD, this madman!" "God, how could I have voted for this psychotic in the first place?" "This devil is thinking of sending more soldiers to invade Germany?" "He is completely unrepentant!"
Gradually, curses appeared in the crowd, then louder and louder, and finally converged into one sentence: "Devil! Go to hell! ”
Seeing that the scene was a little out of control, the judge hurriedly struck the hammer hard, and regretted making the move of letting Daladier speak.
"Quiet! Be quiet! The gavel in the judge's hand was about to break, and only then could he control the scene, "Since everyone thinks that you should go to hell, then I don't need to present any more human and physical evidence, after all, the eyes of the masses are bright." ”
Daladier looked at the judge sarcastically, like a clown.
He understood that the judge's sudden rush to convict him was probably due to the fear of the cowards.
"Now I pronounce my verdict, Edward Daladier, guilty of crimes against humanity! Guilty of treason! Guilty of breaching peace! …… Guilty of war crimes! Sentenced, hanged, executed immediately! ”
As the judge's verdict ended, the audience erupted in cheers, and everyone applauded the verdict.
The gallows, which had been prepared early in the morning, was pushed up, and Daladier, the man who led France to become the number one army in the world, was tied up by his own men.
There are no other words to describe Daladier's mood at this time except helplessness and pathos.
He looked up one last time at the country he loved, then bit down on a capsule hidden behind his teeth.
Inside the capsule was highly toxic potassium cyanide, which was ridiculously given to him by a spy sent by his sworn enemy, Lyon, as a final gift. But compared to being hanged, this thing does retain the last dignity.
"He's poisoned! He's poisoned! These were the last words Daladier heard before he plunged into darkness.
A few hours later, an emergency meeting of the French Cabinet was held.
"He wasn't hanged, but he was dead." Lebrun smiled and said to his colleagues in the room, "If he's dead, we'll be safe." ”
"Haha, it's thanks to Mr. Lebrun for coming up with the good idea to get Daladier to take the blame." One cabinet member complimented, "If it weren't for this idea, we wouldn't have been able to protect our black hats and even our heads!" ”
"It's a joke, it's a joke." "If we can save all of us with just one death," Lebrun said, "why let all of us die together?" ”
"Mr. Lebrun is really powerful, and in that case, I propose that Mr. Lebrun take Daladier's place until the next cabinet election, right?" One member suggested.
"I agree!" "That's how it should be!" As soon as this proposal was made, everyone agreed to it.
"Thank you so much for your appreciation." Lebrun smiled, "Then I will be reluctant to do it, it is better to be respectful!" ”
"Where, there!" "The presidency should have been inhabited by those who have the ability." The cabinet meeting was "happy", as if without Daladier, the cabinet was more harmonious.
"Then let's start the next agenda at this meeting." Lebrun, who had just become president, immediately took out the presidency, "Let's discuss and discuss, how to deal with Germany!" ”
As soon as this question was raised, all the cabinet members who had just been able to speak could not speak, and the strong combat effectiveness of the German army was deeply engraved in their hearts and lingered.
After a long silence, one of the members said tremblingly: "I think...... I don't think we can easily engage the Germans in the field, we should use the Maginot Line we built to put them at a disadvantage against the fortress groups! ”
"Well said!" A crowd of people applauded, with a "hero-like look" expression on their faces.
"Well, I propose to allocate another sum of money to the Maginot Line, and continue to strengthen and improve it, we must do it, even if the Germans get all their explosives on the Maginot Line, they will not be able to blow up our fortress group!" Lebrun said impassionedly.
"Okay, I'm for it!" The crowd applauded again, after all, apart from continuing to strengthen the Maginot Line, they had no good way to deal with the Germans.
In this way, Lebrun's first decision as president of France was to allocate another 500 million francs to the Maginot Line to continue to strengthen and improve the largest fortress group in human history.
Gestapo headquarters in Berlin, Germany.
"General Heydrich, the latest information from the French side!" The Gestapo, who was in charge of gathering French intelligence, hurriedly handed it to Heydrich with a thick document.
"Former French President Daladier died of poisoning, and Lebrun took over as president."
"The French Air Force has placed a new order for 1000 D.520 fighters."
"The French Congress allocated 500 million francs to strengthen the Maginot Line."
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"A famous married female star in France cheated on so-and-so."
……
Heydrich flipped through the information one by one, and it took Heydrich half an hour to read the thick stack of documents, this information covered all aspects of France, and many things that the French themselves did not know were brought in by German spies, which illustrated the horror of the Gestapo from the side.
For example, the French female star cheated on so-and-so, except for the parties, I'm afraid only the Gestapo knows.
"This piece of information is not low, and the Führer should be interested." Heydrich quickly sorted out some important information that the Führer should know, and then set off for the presidential palace to meet Lyon. For mobile phone users, please browse M. Reading for a better reading experience.