Between countries, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests, and this sentence, which is regarded as a theistic quote by modern pragmatists, was put forward by an Englishman, and will only be proposed by an Englishman.

In the nineteenth century, diplomacy between European countries was still morally and trustworthy, so they often knew that they were being cheated by their allies, and they could only rush up with their eyes closed, and secretly dig a lot of walls, but there were really not many stabs in the back. Therefore, the only people who put this kind of interest-first remarks on the table, and openly use it as a diplomatic criterion, and turn it into the foundation of the country, are only the barbaric and vulgar British.

For a long time, when the English people were thought of in the concept of European countries, the words barbaric, vulgar, deviant, infidel, fisherman, pirate, and criminal would involuntarily come to mind. Isolated from the periphery of European orthodox civilization, the British Empire exudes Anglo. The fishy smell of the Saxons. Its culture is seen as backward and primitive, and its customs are seen as crude and barbaric.

It is true that the English will never be elegant, and the Anglo-Saxons are bloodthirsty barbarians by heart, which has been imprinted in the depths of their souls, even if they are in a magnificent carriage, with perfume and soap, in a snow-white hard-collared shirt, in a high top hat wrapped in silk, with a pocket watch of pure gold hanging from their waists, and holding a black cane, they are still fierce and cunning carnivores.

The barbarians knew much more about power than their European cousins, and in their eyes only profit was the most important thing, and royal power was only useful in the distribution of benefits. The barbarians were realistic, they formed gangs, intermarried, and built a feudal structure that was even more stubborn than the empires on the European continent. If the royal power is unable to assume the responsibility of distributing the benefits fairly, or intends to encroach on the interests of the feudal lords, then the king is also doomed. On the island of England, every day for the feud of blood and blood revenge overnight. Military power, property and inheritance, from the princes and nobles to the small people in the market, it is not an accident to bury the sticks alive, poisoning the secret arrow is just a piece of cake, and it is even more common to seize wives and plunder children, kill the lord and usurp the throne.

Dynasties and nobles, in a short period of a few decades, or a hundred or more years in length, will change a stubble, and the whole family will die completely at every turn. In the face of interests, all loyalty, morality and the like stand aside, this is the true face of the British barbarian.

Especially after the XVII century. The British royal family rarely has brains, and the kings who have been educated in France have bigger brains than the other, and in the end, the barbarians are really tired of dealing with stupid birds year after year, so they simply chop off the king's head and engage in parliamentary politics, and the feudal lords and rich lords sit in a row to share the fruits.

The rich lords and lords were fed up with the brainless kings imported from France, so they switched to importing from Germany, and the effect was remarkable. Without the teasing elbow with a crown, the barbarians finally ushered in the glorious Victorian era.

The Industrial Revolution finally gave Britain the ability to wrestle head-on with the European powers, and they began to conquer the known world with a thoroughly self-interested and pragmatic worldview. But even if the sun never sets, the empire dominates the world, and the British navy crisscrosses the seas. The lobster soldiers plundered the world, and the grandmothers of Europe planted all over the world, and in the eyes of Europeans, the British were still crude and barbaric.

The British, of course, have no friends. He specializes in pit friends. The British have the talent to repackage the unpopular methods of deception and abduction and use them in front of you, which is really a must-say. From Afghanistan to Turkey, from Spain to the Balkans. The Opium War, the Eight-Nation Alliance, the Boer War, the First World War. After pit Germany, France, France, Russia, Russia, the United States, the British are constantly digging holes to bury their former teammates. This time, they slashed the head of the Frenchman who was struggling to climb out of the pit.

Having said that, this is not the first time that the French have been cut, from ancient history to modern history, France has been taking on the role of being stabbed back and forth by the British back and forth, and every time they remember to eat or not, they lick the wound, throw a sweet date on the opposite side, and immediately have a coat of water, so they are then pitted. Throughout the history of Britain and France, it is found that these two countries have been trying to show what it means to be a couple who love and kill each other from various angles.

In fact, it's normal for countries to go back and forth, but you can't just stare at one country's pit, this time France really wants to turn its face.

This side was only beaten by Germany, the capital was occupied, the army was beaten into a lost dog, the gray uniform was conditioned to reflex the legs and stomachs, the air force was annihilated in groups on the airport lawn, logistics warehouses and bars everywhere, the only French navy that can be used as a backing and support the self-esteem and confidence of the French nation, the last armed force that has almost become the general symbol of the backbone of the nation, you can do it, what enmity and grudge I have with you, it is simply unbearable.

The French have apparently forgotten the nature of the British, who have only eternal interests and no permanent friends, not to mention that they are not friends in the first place, but simply accomplices.

In fact, after the Battle of Dunkirk, the British had already shown signs of preparing to pit France. At that time, Renault almost grovelled and begged Churchill to send air force units to France, even if you don't want to send people, just send planes over, no fighters, bombers are fine, don't you still have hundreds of single-engine bombers there with dust, after all, we are friendly forces. Churchill replied bluntly: "No, no, no way, don't even think about it." ”

The British were ready to defend themselves with all their might, and the French were left with nothing left in Churchill's eyes to consume German national strength and buy time for Britain. From that time onwards, British support to France consisted only of twice-weekly correspondence with envoys and a handful of useless handwritten letters, and apart from a handful of verbal and written encouragement and support, the French never received a pound or a bullet from the British.

What made the French even more depressed was that the stupid Renault actually shipped a batch of gold from the French treasury to Canada as early as the end of '39, intending to use it to buy weapons and planes from the US government. When Petain came to power, the French found that the money had not been used to buy weapons, but had been frozen by the Canadian government and could not be withdrawn.

The first to notice that something was wrong was actually the French Navy itself. At noon on August 17, a group of sailors aboard the battleship Lorraine, stationed in Egypt, met an odd stranger in a bar in Alexandria, and he had to give them a copy of the document. After a few lines of reading a few lines, a few French sailors who spoke rough English immediately decided to hand over the document to the fleet commander. On the file is a crazy plan that is unbelievable. The British Navy prepared to launch a surprise attack on all French naval ships anchored in British-controlled ports, seizing and controlling them before they returned to France and eventually fell into the hands of the Germans.

In addition to the battleship Lorraine, the French fleet was stationed in Alexandria at that time, and the three heavy cruisers Duquena, Tourville, and Suffron, as well as the high-speed notification ship Starfish.

Admiral Godfroy, the commander of the fleet, found it better to believe it, for the document was formal, and the plan seemed to be well-thought-out, with a bunch of signatures from the Admiralty of the Royal Navy, and an official order from the Admiralty attached to it, and even a note signed by Churchill.

Godfroy and Cunningham, the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, were also close friends, and the two often corresponded in private. They also respected each other, and the two commanders often sat together to discuss naval history and tactics, and each expressed appreciation and admiration for the other's professional ability. But this did not mean that he would abandon his duties for this, after all, he was an honorable commander of the French naval fleet, and it was not the tradition of the French navy to surrender without a fight.

At this time, the French navy was not as panicked and undisciplined as it was in history, because at this time Germany and France had not formally signed an armistice agreement, France objectively did not surrender, France and Germany were only in a state of ceasefire, and the relationship between the two sides was still in war.

And because Petain still had a very high popularity and fame among the French at this time. Trusted and respected by ordinary Frenchmen and junior officers and soldiers. The citizens of France had great expectations for Petain, hoping that the hero of the First War, the great marshal, would be able to save France from crisis once again, as he had done in the last war. It is expected that this marshal will be able to rely on his wisdom and ability. Reach an armistice with the young dictator of Germany acceptable to the French and end this bloody and hopeless war.

The French were prepared for a huge price, but they believed that their field marshal would be able to reduce it to a certain standard, for Petain had revealed on several occasions that the German dictator was actually reasonable. I am talking and laughing with the other party, negotiations are going on, and I am doing my best to get better terms for France. Therefore, all the soldiers and civilians must be patient and patient, strictly guard their posts, preserve their strength, and rebuild France under his leadership.

Therefore, at this time, the French Navy still maintained a sound organizational structure and strict discipline, and even maintained a relatively strong morale. Because at this time the French navy was fully staffed, and its strength was not lost, but the strength was somewhat scattered, once assembled, the French navy was enough to fight the German navy, and they believed that their well-trained self could make the German navy suffer a little.

But now, just as France's most difficult moment is about to pass and it is about to face an uncertain future, the British, as allies, are ready to stab the French Navy in the back.

General Godfroy was furious, but he quickly forced himself to calm down, for he had to deal with it as quickly as possible. First of all, if it is not possible to prove the authenticity of this document, the French Navy may react aggressively, which may become a reason for the other side to attack, and even if it publishes this document itself, it will be useless, because he has no way to prove the authenticity of this document, and he cannot explain the source of this document. Of course, he couldn't have asked Cunningham for confirmation, because even if the document was true, Cunningham wouldn't admit it to himself.

In terms of troops, the total number of officers and men of his fleet is only more than 3,100 people, of which except for more than 100 marines, the rest are just ordinary sailors with no infantry combat experience, while Alexandria alone has more than 10,000 British Navy officers and two infantry regiments of the British Army, which completely crush the French Navy in terms of strength.

Although the British Mediterranean Fleet lost all of its battleships, it still had six heavy cruisers and more light cruisers and destroyers, as well as bombers and fighters from the nearby Royal Air Force. The Lorraine is only a 27,000-ton dreadnought, except for a thicker muzzle and thicker armor, it has no resistance at all in the face of air attacks. Although the three heavy cruisers are relatively new, they are all treaty-type heavy cruisers with thin skins and big fillings, and the French Navy is more realistic, saying that thin skins are thin skins, and they will never sell dog meat on the head of a sheep. Not to mention being shot, it will sink if it hits the reef, and there is absolutely no advantage in front of the British cruiser.

Then simply go to sea with all of them, and when the time comes, regardless of whether this document is true or not, you can have room for maneuver, and besides, there is nothing to fight on this side of the Mediterranean, and the big deal is that the fleet will go directly to Toulon, and with this document in hand, Darlang will not find fault with himself, and maybe he will praise himself for being cautious.

But. Godfroy immediately gave up on the idea, not because he didn't want to, but because he really couldn't. Since the French war had stalled, the French fleet received orders to stand by and not be ready to sail. The Lorraine was an old dreadnought, it took a whole day for the boilers to be pressurized and fired, the four cruisers were also at anchor, they were not loaded with enough fuel and supplies at all, and Alexandria was under the management of the British Navy. Supplies and refueling need to go through the personnel of the British naval base, and if this document is true, then it is a complete pipe dream to complete the preparation for the voyage in half a day.

Goldfroy found himself in a very dangerous situation. If the British did launch a surprise attack, the fleet would have neither the power to fight back nor the possibility of escaping, so it could only wait to be killed. Watch as these warships fall into the hands of the British. What worries Godfroy even more is that, judging by the plans of the British, it is clear that France has been regarded as an enemy. This means that the shells of the Lorraine may even fall on French soil.

Godfroy made up his mind that such a thing would not be allowed to happen before his eyes, and that as long as he was the commander of the French detachment in Egypt, he would not let his ships fall into the hands of others. There was only one last way left before Godfroy, and it was the most difficult decision ever made by the commander of a fleet, and for the sake of the honor of the French Navy and the protection of the lives of his officers and men as much as possible, Godfroy made the final choice.

The Fleet Commander summoned all the senior officers and presented them with this document. Facing the agitated French captains, Goldfroy spoke out his thoughts, and he made it clear what was going on with the fleet, and what might happen to the ships. The captains were silent in the face of the commander's pained face, and finally all stood up and saluted the commander of the fleet, showing their respect and obedience.

No one said anything grandiose, and after shaking hands with each other, the officers silently left the flagship's conference room, and Godfroy was pleased to see their firm determination in the backs of these officers, and all of them had made the same decision, the same choice.

At dinner, Godfroy received a request for a meeting with Cunningham, which the commander of the French fleet refused, since he had been sure that the document was genuine, he understood what Cunningham was trying to say, and he feared that he would be swayed by the advice of his old friend, who was an honorable French admiral who had to preserve his honor and the glory of the army.

At 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, a battalion of British Army and Royal Marines quietly approached the moored French ** ship in rowboats. Suddenly, the searchlights on the French ** ship turned on, and the alarm sounded in the sky. The French officers and men of the four battleships wore snow-white military uniforms and quickly lined up on the deck.

The French sailors lowered their lifeboats and then methodically evacuated the battleship. The rowboats and the British Army and Navy officers and sailors on the shore of the harbor watched in amazement.

As the last lifelift left the ship's side, a dull explosion was heard from the hulls of the four warships at the same time, like a volcanic eruption, smoke and dust gushing out of the chimneys of the warships, and the French naval detachment in Egypt sank into the murky waters of Alexandria at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The French naval officers and sailors rowed their life rafts slowly to the pier in Alexandria, and the British Army soldiers on the shore surrounded them, and the French soldiers glared angrily at these soldiers who still called them brothers during the day, but no one said a word to the British.

Cunningham searched among the French naval personnel on the docks, but was unable to find Godfroy. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!)