Isle of Man, Douglas.

The forces of De Gaulle, located here, are already completely in chaos at the moment.

Just this morning, Prime Minister Gott, who followed George VI, announced that his British government no longer recognized the legitimacy of the Free French regime of Charles de Gaulle, that is, no government in the world was willing to recognize the legitimacy of the Free France.

A government that is not recognized by the whole world can no longer be considered a government in the final analysis. At best, it can only be regarded as a rebel group, nothing more.

In this case, a man in a suit anxiously persuaded de Gaulle: "General, the whole Isle of Man has received a large number of leaflets of persuasion to surrender ordered by General Weygand this morning. The situation is very serious, or we ......."

"Flyers? What a flyer! De Gaulle rudely interrupted his subordinate and squinted his eyes and snorted.

In fact, he could see that these government officials of the so-called Free France, who had followed him to move their capital to the Isle of Man, had long been thinking of surrendering, but he absolutely could not agree with this idea.

There may be a way for others to surrender, but if he Charles de Gaulle surrenders, then what awaits him will only be a dead end. The Vichy government could have publicly pronounced its death sentence.

"They said on the leaflet that the French do not fight the French. Let's turn away from darkness and ......turn to light," the man in the suit said something unpleasant again.

Abandon the darkness and turn to the light, who is the darkness and who is the light?

Isn't this a clear statement that he wants his officers and soldiers to defect to the Vichy government of Petain, leaving him as the leader de Gaulle?

"Damn it! This is the treacherous ploy of Petain's puppet government, who want to separate us and break our will to resist! De Gaulle, of course, did not recognize this logic, and immediately became furious: "Inform my guard company and let them collect the enemy's leaflets, and at the same time arrest the rumor-mongers!" ”

He continued to wave his fists and shouted loudly: "No surrender, we must resist to the end." Let the three legions be strictly defended, and drive all the enemies who try to land back into the Irish Sea! We have sea water to rely on, and it will not be easy for the enemy to land! ”

It's just that, after listening to de Gaulle's encouragement, the man in the suit was not the slightest bit excited, but more pessimistic.

Irish River? At that time, the British had hundreds of thousands of troops, relying on the English Channel to fortify, and the British had a large Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. But in the end, he was not beaten in disgrace, so he had to surrender.

Although he wanted to say 10,000 words of complaining in his heart, the man still followed de Gaulle's instructions on the surface: "Okay, General. I'll arrange for the government to work with your company of guards to collect the enemy's leaflets. ”

"Yes, that's good." Seeing that the other party was very knowledgeable, de Gaulle's mood also changed slightly, and even promised: "As long as you can handle this matter well, I will promote you to the foreign minister of the French government in the future!" ”

Hearing de Gaulle's promise, the man smiled more bitterly. Not to mention the Minister of Foreign Affairs, even if he is appointed Minister of Defense, even if he is appointed as Prime Minister, what is the point of a high-ranking official who is about to destroy the regime?

"Alright, let's go." After De Gaulle made the promise of "high-ranking officials", he waved his hand and began to think about his more important things.

Immediately, before the future "Foreign Minister of Free France" could walk out of the office door, de Gaulle, who was sitting in a chair, grabbed the phone impatiently: "Hey, I'm de Gaulle." Give me the commander of the three major corps, and I will arrange a combat mission! ”

The commanders of the three major corps in De Gaulle's mouth were actually only about one reinforced battalion in size to command. After all, the Free French army now stationed on the Isle of Man consisted of only the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Army Corps, as well as an Alpine Army detachment, and De Gaulle's Guard Company.

This amount of strength was not enough to stuff the teeth of the Vichy French army of General Wei Gang. If it weren't for the fact that across the Irish River, such an exiled army would have been wiped out by the Triple Alliance that invaded the British mainland.

Then, after a few hurried remarks by de Gaulle, which were similar to tightening the coastal defenses, being vigilant against enemy landings, and strictly guarding against the laxity of the will of the officers and men, he promised the best regimental commander that he would be promoted to the future Minister of Defense of the French Government.

Then, having nothing more to say, de Gaulle hung up the phone and began to stare at the whole map of the Isle of Man hanging in his office.

His three regiments, which were only reinforced battalions, were compactly arranged along the eastern side of the Isle of Man. After all, the British government on the island of Ireland to the west had surrendered, but it was not enough to do such a thankless task as attacking Free France.

What really needed to be guarded against was the Allied army on the island of Great Britain to the east.

To the west of the Isle of Man, there are three key cities: Castleton, Ramsey, and the capital city of Douglas. Each of the three strategically important towns has an average of one corps. Douglas, the capital, also had a separate guard company of Charles de Gaulle, as well as a reserve called the Alpine Army Detachment.

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This amount of strength was not enough to stuff the teeth of the Vichy French army of General Wei Gang. If it weren't for the fact that across the Irish River, such an exiled army would have been wiped out by the Triple Alliance that invaded the British mainland.

Then, after a few hurried remarks by de Gaulle, which were similar to tightening the coastal defenses, being vigilant against enemy landings, and strictly guarding against the laxity of the will of the officers and men, he promised the best regimental commander that he would be promoted to the future Minister of Defense of the French Government.

Then, having nothing more to say, de Gaulle hung up the phone and began to stare at the whole map of the Isle of Man hanging in his office.

His three regiments, which were only reinforced battalions, were compactly arranged along the eastern side of the Isle of Man. After all, the British government on the island of Ireland to the west had surrendered, but it was not enough to do such a thankless task as attacking Free France.

What really needed to be guarded against was the Allied army on the island of Great Britain to the east.

To the west of the Isle of Man, there are three key cities: Castleton, Ramsey, and the capital city of Douglas. Each of the three strategically important towns has an average of one corps. Douglas, the capital, also had a separate guard company of Charles de Gaulle, as well as a reserve called the Alpine Army Detachment.