As the largest wharf in the Port of London, Corey Don is more than 300 meters wide enough to accommodate the world's largest ship, the Queen Mary with a displacement of 81,000 tons. However, since Britain entered the war mobilization, the British Admiralty has carried out a new round of expansion and integration of some small piers around Corey Don Pier, so that the total width of the renovated Corey Don Pier has reached a terrifying 500 meters.

Of course, the Admiralty widened the width of the Colrydon Pier to 500 meters, not because the British intended to build a ship with a length of more than 500 meters (which could not be built with current technology), but for the outfitting of the second ship of the George V-class battleships, the Prince of Wales, and the third ship, the Duke of York.

In fact, it was a helpless move for Britain to move the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, which had just been launched, out of the shipyard and to the dockside for outfitting.

Since the fall of the Royal Navy, the German High Seas Fleet has no enemy in the entire Atlantic, and although Lyon restricted the movement of large surface ships of the German Navy on the size of a fleet because of the intention of saving fuel, the German Navy would still come to the British coastline under the cover of the air force in the form of a single battleship or a single heavy cruiser, and a few rounds of artillery would run, especially in cities like Portsmouth with naval shipyards.

Therefore, in order to protect the two George V-class battleships that had been launched but had not yet completed their outfitting and combat effectiveness, the British Admiralty towed them to the heavily protected port of London for the rest of the operation, and at the same time the vacated space could also be used to build new warships. For example, the second ship "Victory", the third ship "Fearful" and the fourth ship "Indomitable", which have completed the hull construction of the Brilliant-class captain with thin skin, were directly towed by tugboats to the US Naval Base San Diego in California on the west coast of the United States for subsequent construction.

Therefore, when Renault and Charles de Gaulle walked to the Corrydon pier, the two 227-meter-long battleships were completely displayed in front of them.

"De Gaulle, have you ever wondered what to do when this damned war is over?" Renault asked De Gaulle, who was beside him, as he walked on the dock with his hands behind his back.

"Me?" De Gaulle pondered for a moment, then replied, "When the Germans are driven away, I think I will return to the Army and continue to lead the troops, or I may remain in the Ministry of Defense to continue my service." It depends on the arrangements of the General Staff...... What about you? What do you want to do when the battle is over? ”

"Hehe, I think I'll quit everything and go back to my hometown and plant some olive trees – I think the olive trees I planted will definitely make the best olive oil in all of France!" Renault let out a hearty laugh rarely, but he thought of something, and quickly put away his smile and sighed, "Alas, but I don't think I have this chance, the Germans won't let me ......"

"Mr. Prime Minister, do we really have to surrender? We also have an army of millions! De Gaulle said excitedly, "I think if the war continues, the tide of the war will definitely turn around!" ”

"Do you think I want to surrender?" Renault stopped, looked at the battleship Prince of Wales who was hoisting a secondary gun, and smiled lightly, "Charles de Gaulle, you have a very keen military sense, but you don't have enough political sense - at least not now - you need to know that although I am the prime minister, France implements a parliamentary cabinet system, and the supreme power is still in the hands of the cabinet, so when the main faction in the cabinet is in the majority, don't say that I am just a prime minister, Even if I were president, it wouldn't change the fact that France was going to surrender......"

"They betrayed our country?!" De Gaulle gritted his teeth.

"You can't say that." Renault raised his feet and continued to walk forward, "You are a soldier, you must know better than me about the current situation, although we still have a million troops, but the German army has more than 3 million, and this does not include their Army Group F in Poland and Army Group G that intelligence shows is being formed in Bremen - God, the number of German Army Group is too many for me to count on both hands - in this case, there is no point in continuing this war on our own soil except to destroy the foundations of our France." ”

Speaking of this, Renault paused before continuing: "However, I will not let France surrender in my hands!" ”

"Prime Minister, you, what do you mean by that?" De Gaulle was puzzled.

"When I return, I will announce my resignation and hand over the position of Prime Minister to Petain!" Renault said firmly.

"Then I'll quit my job!" De Gaulle said indignantly, "If you want me to be a dog for the Germans, I can't do it!" ”

"No, you can't do it!" Renault suddenly reached out and grabbed de Gaulle's shoulder, "I want you to continue to fight, and continue to fight after the surrender of our French Third Republic!" We still have North Africa, we still have many colonies, although the republic has surrendered, we in France will not surrender, believe me, when the day when the United States really enters the war, we in France will have hope of recovering the country! ”

"If the colonies really still obey us...... I assure you! De Gaulle listened to Renault's words, and his eyes couldn't help but be full of war, "I promise you!" I will fight the German invaders in North Africa, in India, in the South Pacific, wherever I can! I assure you! The flag of France will one day return to Paris! ”

Renault looked at de Gaulle's determined appearance, smiled with satisfaction while leaving two lines of tears, and nodded again and again: "Very good!" Very good! You have to remember that we are descendants of Napoleon, and only others have surrendered to us in France! ”

After saying that, he wiped his tears and staggered in the direction he came, only then did he look like an old man in his 60s.

After picking up Renault and Charles de Gaulle, the car sped towards the airport, where the plane arranged by the British for the French delegation was already waiting.

Different from the bomber that Renault and others flew on, the special plane arranged by the British for them was a specially designed passenger plane, which not only flew fast enough, but also ensured sufficient comfort in the facilities inside.

After the plane took off, the British Air Force sent 10 Spitfires to escort it as usual, and it was not until the French Air Force fighters took over the escort mission that the British Spitfires returned to London.

On 12 June, Prime Minister Paul Reynaud, who had just returned to France from England, announced his resignation and was replaced by Henri Philippe Pétain, the father of World War I.

On 13 June, the Government announced that all French troops had withdrawn from Paris and that Paris had become an undefended city in accordance with the Hague International Convention.