10:30 a.m., Paris.

At the Elysée Palace in Paris, the official residence of the French president, Henri Philippe Petain did not go to sleep.

Rather, they were constantly receiving information about the Channel Islands that the Germans were attacking from all the ports and strips near France near the English Channel.

In fact, this ferocious battle can be heard clearly by all the French people who are close to the English Channel, especially the Scud missiles launched by the German army, as well as the Tomahawk cruise missile bombardment, and the sound of large-scale air raids and explosions one after another, which is as shocking as the earth shaking the mountains.

Therefore, many French people and the media are paying attention to this matter, especially the French residents in the vicinity of Normandy, who are praying to God that this battle will end soon.

The French residents and fishermen in the northwestern part of the Cotentin Peninsula in France, at the entrance to the Bay of Saint-Malo, were also terrified and panicked, and some French residents even chose to move to the interior of France to escape the war for the sake of their own lives.

"How's the battle going on the Channel Islands now? Did our spies detect credible intelligence? ”

When Henri Philippe Petain, head of state of the Vichy regime in Vichy France, had read most of the reports in his hands, he anxiously addressed Chancellor Pierre Reival beside him.

Because Admiral Darlan, the second leading figure of the Vichy regime, was killed in Algeria on 24 December 1942 by a 20-year-old young man who was part of the resistance, Fernand Bonny, the current Chancellor Pierre Reival is one of Petain's most powerful men.

"We haven't gotten much useful information yet, but we have received some valuable information from the Germans; I heard that they are about to occupy the entire Channel Islands! ”

"And once they occupy the four major islands of the Channel Islands, namely Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark, they will continue to occupy the Isle of Wight, the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wessan.

"In short, we must fully occupy all the islands along the English Channel, and then possibly deploy airfields and missile launch bases on these islands to attack the British mainland!"

"And a powerful aircraft carrier fleet will be dispatched to be stationed in the English Channel at any time to threaten the British, so that they will not be able to concentrate on opening up a second battlefield in Europe!"

Looking at President Petain, who was even more worried and anxious than himself, Chancellor Pierre Reival did not hide much to tell all the information that his subordinates had received from those German troops.

"Will the Germans launch a landing operation on the British mainland this time and capture Britain?"

After hearing this, Petain was silent for a while, and immediately asked what he was most concerned about.

"I don't know about this yet!"

"But what we know now is that the Royal Aircraft Carrier Fleet and aviation units dispatched by Churchill were temporarily intercepted for a period of time by the German submarine forces, aviation units, and deployed mine areas, and so far, no British reinforcements have reached the Channel Islands to support the operation!"

"But even if the British aircraft carrier fleet rushes to fight there now, I'm afraid it's too late!"

"Now we use intelligence officers disguised as fishing boats, and we have seen a large number of German fleets in the English Channel, besieging the Channel Islands, whether it is Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark, all of which are ships assisting in the shelling!"

"I think the Channel Islands will soon fall, but I don't know what will happen to the British troops who are engaged in defensive operations there, especially under such ferocious missile bombardment and air raids by the German army, I don't know how many officers and soldiers will survive!"

To Petain's main concern, Prime Minister Pierre Reival replied with a non-answerable answer.

Because he is now standing on a ship cooperating with the German army, if the German army is defeated, then his fate will not be much better, and he will definitely be sentenced to death for treason by the Paris High Court of Justice as in the original historical time and space.

Of course, Petain's defeat ended in the same bad, as he was sentenced to death for collaborating with the enemy, confiscated all his property, declared himself "the scum of the nation", and finally died in the prison of Yae Island in the Bay of Biscay in the Atlantic Ocean.

So when they heard that the Germans were attacking the English Channel like a bamboo, they concentrated all their attention and energies on the prologue of a battle that would change the fate of all Europe.

Of course, in their hearts, they still hope that the German army can defeat the British army, end this World War II, and be able to obtain more French autonomy rights as soon as possible, so that France can return to its pre-war territory and independence.

"Then should we send troops to support those German troops now?"

"Or sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight? Profit from the fish? ”

Then Petain also said the most difficult question in his heart.

"It depends! Even if we send troops over now, it will only hurt our vitality, and after being defeated by the Germans, our troops will fully recover their fate, especially De Gaulle, who still has a lot of overseas troops! ”

Prime Minister Pierre Reival shook his head and said in disagreement.

"Then let's make a show to Hitler!"

Petain continued.

"Then let's send a small fleet, or give the Germans some military material support!"

"Anyway, now the Germans have taken a lot of wealth and food from our people! So it's not that bad! ”

Prime Minister Pierre Reival proposed.

"I feel good about your proposal, so I'll give Hitler a call and see what his decision is!"

Pétain thought for a moment, then decided.