Paris, France.

Churchill, who had come from afar, made a special trip to meet with General Gammelin, who was also the commander-in-chief of the French Army and the commander of the British Expeditionary Force.

Today's Gammelin has 123 French infantry divisions with a total of 2.5 million people, 3,250 French tanks, tens of thousands of large-caliber artillery, and won Belgium with 22 infantry divisions.

Plus 10 well-equipped and first-class British elite expeditionary forces. The three-nation alliance of Britain, France and Belgium even had the ability to take the initiative to attack Germany's western defense line.

And Gan Molin, who commanded the armies of the three countries, is about to become a key figure in deciding a big war. For such celebrities, Churchill looked for opportunities several times, and finally waited for the day to meet.

Churchill was greeted by a French major general named Béronte, who made a deep impression on Churchill as soon as they met.

"Hello, Mr. Churchill." Bronte said in English with a breezy face: "Commander Gammelin is having a military meeting, so I hope you can go to his office and wait for a while." ”

Have a meeting? Churchill's face immediately sank.

He, Churchill, is coming to visit him today, will Gammel know about it?

No! The report had already been sent, and Gamalin was absolutely aware of it. In that case, to pick the time of Churchill's visit for a meeting would be to despise the British Empire!

"Commander Gan Molin is such a big shelf!" Churchill snorted coldly and said indignantly: "That's right, General Gammelin has more than 100 French divisions, and he probably can't look down on the 10 divisions that our British kindly provides." ”

Churchill had always been very cautious and cautious, and rarely spoke out of his mouth. But because he had been arguing with Chamberlain about the details of the invasion of Norway lately, he was so distracted that he uttered such remarks that were detrimental to the Allied cooperative relations.

Of course, he is, after all, a rational politician. As soon as he said this, Churchill immediately regretted it.

However, the French major general, who looked a little arrogant, did not investigate Churchill's slip of the tongue, but saluted Churchill quite politely: "Mr. Churchill, our commander is holding a seminar on the strategy and tactics of the defensive war against Germany. The original time was supposed to be over, but the enthusiasm of everyone was very high, so the commander temporarily decided to extend the meeting time. We apologize for the impact this may cause. ”

"You're polite." Churchill had a good impression of the humble French major general, and asked with interest: "As far as I know, most of the French army officers have a natural conceit. This phenomenon is even more pronounced at the general level. This is the first time I have seen such a calm French general as you. ”

"You've won a prize." Belant smiled and responded: "If it had been half a year ago, maybe I would have been arrogant and self-righteous as you said. And this is indeed a common problem of our French officers. ”

"Oh? So why have you changed now? Anyway, being idle is boring, and Churchill followed Belon to his office in Ganmalin, curious to learn about Belonte's past.

Politely guiding Churchill to the second floor where the office was located, Bronte slowed down and walked side by side with Churchill: "Sir, you may not believe it. Two months ago I had the privilege of leading the French officer corps in the war between Poland and Germany. I learned a lot from that battle. One of the most important points is that I understand that I can't be too confident in being a person and doing things. ”

"You took part in the Polish campaign!?" Churchill's eyes widened as he stared directly at the young major-general, no more than 35 years old.

"Yes, not only did I take part in that battle, but I witnessed almost every major mistake of the Polish army." Belante didn't seem to be proud of his experience because of Churchill's reaction, he just quietly told his story.

"Two months ago, I naively thought that the Germans had just taken shit luck and turned over by bad luck. At that time, I looked down on the German army of 100,000 men hastily enlarged, and conceited that it was no match for the enemies of the French army. Bironte's expression was gloomy, as if he recalled an unforgettable and painful past.

"But the facts are clear by now. Not only did the Germans completely annihilate the Polish army in equal numbers of their own, but they also suffered very little losses and took a very short time. In the whole battle, the German army suffered the greatest losses in the 30th Infantry Division. Not to mention how unbelievable it was for the Germans to hold a Polish army group for 72 hours with a division, it is enough to see how strong their command skills are just by the acumen of their commanders who plan and turn crises into fighters. ”

Taking a deep breath, Belante turned his head sideways in response to Churchill's gaze and said, "In the end, the Germans were not even willing to let the Polish army eat the bait. The 30th Infantry Division, which was heavily surrounded, not only did not surrender like most of the Polish troops, but held out until the last moment, and even took advantage of the chaos to launch a counter-assault and captured the Polish army with the remnants of the army. ”

Hearing this, Churchill could no longer remain calm. He knew that the German army fought successfully in the Polish campaign, but he did not expect that the German commanders would fight so brilliantly. In their hands, war has become a profound art, a wonderful performance. It's not a pleasant thing to be an enemy with such an opponent.

Churchill wanted to say something, but before they knew it, they had already reached the door of Gammelin's office.

Berlunte made a gesture to invite Churchill to come in.

"Mr. Churchill," looking at Churchill, who was still unsatisfied, Belante said in a serious tone: "I don't know what the will to fight was on the British expedition, but I can assert that the French soldiers, known as the first army in Europe, decided not to reach the strength of the German army today." Although we now seem to have the upper hand, I still hope that you big men will be more cautious and not underestimate the enemy, let alone the fighting power of the German army. I promise they will be the most cunning and cunning enemies you'll ever see, but also the bravest and most tenacious enemies you'll ever see! ”

The French major general said that his army, which was recognized as the first in Europe, could not compete with Germany! What year is this joke?

Churchill looked at Belon with some tears and laughter. If the French army is not able to match the German army, then the British army should still compete with the German police as Bismarck said back then!

"Why don't you go and tell Gan Malin yourself about this kind of thing." Although Churchill had already stepped into the door of Gammelin's office, he couldn't help but turn around and ask: "You are a French general, and your commander is the commander-in-chief of the Triple Alliance. ”

Bertrand was silent for a long time. Finally, he shook his head: "He won't!" He didn't listen to me. ”

With that, Bronte left two French officers, who also spoke English, to accompany Churchill, closed the office door alone, and left.

From the mouths of the two remaining French officers, Churchill understood. Béronte participated in the First World War as a young man, and was later recruited by Marshal Pétain for his talent, and taught many military theories and ideas.

In the eyes of most French generals, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Béronte was a disciple and pupil of Marshal Petain.

Moreover, Marshal Petain's protégé took the initiative to invite Ying to join the French military corps that went to Poland to guide the war two months ago, and was unanimously recognized by the Polish generals with his excellent military qualities and effective and feasible military advice.

With his intervention, the Polish army actually withstood the onslaught of the Soviet army for almost a month. Moreover, after the Soviet-German joint operation, it still boosted the morale of the Polish army, organized the Polish army to carry out effective large-scale operations, dragged down the main German force, and won sufficient time for the preparations, such as mobilization, transportation, and deployment of the French army.

There is no doubt that this is a general!