It is clear that it has entered autumn, but the weather does not look like it is going to cool down, and it is also said that it has entered the dry season, but the rain in the sky is still intermittent.

For nearly a month, the expatriates in French Indochina have had a very good life, accompanied by a large number of French troops, as well as fashionable European luxuries and countless supplies.

France was indeed worthy of being the first class power in Europe at that time, and when the political factors that led to internal friction in the country were eliminated because of the war, this former European hegemon was finally able to exert its true strength without constraints.

The French nation does have its profound heritage, although most of the time it is more funny, but it cannot be denied that they have also experienced the most glorious historical period. Once upon a time, French politicians were raining down on famous generals, and the aristocracy of all Europe was learning French with their noses closed, and even the most hated enemies had to learn the elaborate manners of the Palace of Versailles.

Since the Franco-Prussian War, France has begun to decline rapidly, and with the fall of every old hegemon, there will inevitably be the rise of another new empire, which is the natural law of historical development, and the French, although not very convinced, can only accept this fact gloomily.

When Petain's position gradually stabilized, some French people believed that the French Third Republic had come to an end, although the president was old, but who could guarantee that he would not be corrupted and tempted by power, and whether there would be a French Third Reich in French history? It's really hard to say.

Not to mention, there are really French experts who have studied this question deliberately, and the answer is a bit surprising, with Petain's current civilian approval rating and control and influence over the army, it seems that if he wants to establish himself as emperor, it seems that no force in France can stop him.

It seems that only the German Führer could stop Petain from doing so, which is a joke that is hard to laugh at, and it is a foreign dictator who defends the French Republic.

Several left-wing newspapers in France rushed to publish the study with the obvious aim of doing so, and as they had hoped, it caused quite a stir in society.

Contrary to the original intention of the editors to publish the report, many French people admit that France must change something, and that the idea of changing to an empire sounds like a good idea, and maybe some of France's lost glory can be regained.

At last Petain was still in his mind, and he jumped out to argue at the first time, claiming that he had never meant to change the form of government, and that he was the president of the French Republic now and in the future, and would never become the emperor of France.

Petain's speech was timely, and immediately dissipated a political turmoil that was brewing, and the people became more fond of their president, who was the true great man of France, without the slightest selfish distraction, and willing to fight for the cause of the republic for the rest of his life. The old president has said that to this point, what more can you ask of him.

Petain knew that his enemies were secretly making a move, and although it was not clear which faction it was, it was clear that the other party knew something inside, and there must have been people from within the government involved. This trick really poked at his soft underbelly, Petain has more and more power in his hands, and is slowly moving closer to a dictator, if he continues like this, the difference between him and the emperor may be only a golden crown.

Before Petain can find the hidden enemies and deal with them, he must find a way to buy himself some time, and the best way to do this is to use other events to divert the attention of the people at home.

Italy was a good subject, but the German Führer didn't know why, and was like a mad dog in Italy, and Petain didn't want to miss a good soup and lose a piece of meat himself.

He chose French Indochina, which was a nice place to agree with Germany, and even better because it was so far away from France that anything that happened there was hard to verify, so there was plenty of room for the media at his disposal to let his imagination run wild.

As a result, the French media began to hype up the appalling "Oriental Threat Theory", which is simply a modern revised version of the "**** Theory" of the year, although there is no explicit point out which country it refers to, but obviously no one will think about it on China.

French Indochina was given by the French press such gorgeous titles as "the sacred territory of France in the East", "the overseas province not included in the establishment", "the most brilliant pearl of France's many treasures", and those "dull, vile, greedy, evil, and shameless" Oriental dwarfs actually tried to get their hands on this treasure, and took advantage of the war between France and Germany to fall into the ground, trying to threaten France with force and give up the sovereignty of the Republic on that land. This is simply the most direct affront and humiliation to the national dignity of the French Republic.

The time has come for the maggots to realize that France is powerful and that their dignity is sacrosanct. Otherwise, the French gentlemen have no face to call themselves heroes in front of other European women.

The French had little idea of French Indochina before, and some knew only a little about it, and in fact gave the French a map of the world, and nine of them were not ugly.

They only know that the place is far, far away from France, and it is not very clear how it was obtained, but it probably seems that it was taken from the Chinese.

As for those remarks about the Japanese, none of the French expressed doubts, didn't they see that the greedy dwarves were still invading China?

The Japanese politicians may have been carried away by their victory in China, or they may have been blinded by the fact that France had lost the European war and had lost the ability to support its colonies.

For the first time after the end of the war, the French Army carried out a general mobilization, and selected 20,000 well-trained officers and soldiers from the second batch of released prisoners of war to form eight new colonial infantry regiments, which was honestly the limit of the current financial situation of the Pétain government, after all, the establishment of the native army to the upgrading of weapons and equipment, from the resumption of production in factories and mines to the reconstruction of towns and cities in post-war areas, all these problems cost a lot of money.

The French War Office rearmed the men with French weapons returned by Germany, and then stuffed them into the Normandy, which had been converted into troop carriers, and under the escort of a cruiser and four destroyers, the super-cruise ship sailed all the way to the east at twenty-five knots.

When the sprawling top-of-the-line tanker crossed the Singapore Strait into the South China Sea, the media in the Asian colonies were so alarmed that the day she arrived in Saigon, the docks were filled with newspaper reporters and celebrities who had come to witness the spectacle, and the national pride of the local French diaspora almost exploded.

The ship was not only filled with well-trained French troops, but also a team of French government investigators sent by the French parliament to investigate what the "former colonial governors" called "treason". Previously, many politicians in China demanded that the death sentence be pronounced for this "traitor" who had betrayed the trust of the state, abused the power given to him by the parliament, and tarnished the sacred honor of the French Republic.

Petain was unable to defend the poor scapegoat for his own reasons, but he had to find a way to silence the general lest he say anything unfavorable to the government.

Although His Excellency felt that he had nothing to do with the other side, since it was an appointment from the previous government, Pétain was well aware that there could be no luck in such matters, so from all points of view, Admiral Catroux was destined to lose his life in the far East.

The 20,000 highly trained troops, all of them had a good potato cut. The War Office was extremely generous in the distribution of equipment, and each person received two overseas allowances in addition to the ordinary military salary.

These men were armed almost to the teeth, the logistics and ammunition were very abundant, and all the officers and soldiers knew that they were going to defend the colony, but only as a deterrent, and if the Japanese were still intellectually sound, they should retreat into their nests and hide.

At this time, no one believed that war would really break out, so the morale of the French officers and soldiers was very high, and when it came to the Japanese, they all geared up, claiming to give the Japanese monkeys a little taste.

These were not colonial expatriate infantry that had been trained only like home, but regular armies that served as the main force of the nation's defense. In the face of this group of tigers and wolves from France, the people of French Indochina expressed great welcome.

PS: Today's situation is better, thank you for your support, code a chapter, a little late, I hope you understand.

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Thank you. (To be continued.) )