Chapter 411: Entering the City

"Have you heard? I heard that the German army will enter Paris today. "A Parisian newspaper reporter was discussing in his office with his colleagues, who worked at the Paris newspaper and published the news of their country's army defeat every day, and they were also extremely disappointed with the French army.

"My God, how can it be so fast? Will they be in Paris today? Another newspaper editor, pale with fright, stared at his colleagues and imagined his future.

Because the French government, in order to make France full of resistance to the German army, has been hyping up the evil deeds of the German army through newspapers and other media. Therefore, the influence of the French people on Germany has always remained at a very bad level.

"These Germans are demons who kill people without blinking." One editor said: "Didn't an official from the last government come to our newspaper and ask us to report on the murder of the Germans in Dunkirk without blinking? I wonder how they will destroy our Parisian people when they enter Paris? ”

"Who's to say it isn't, I have to go back home and hide." The other chimed in.

A female reporter retorted: "Why, I saw German soldiers when I was reporting from the war in Dunkirk, and they all seemed to be very friendly, and there were many handsome young men among them." They smiled at me as I passed them. Could it be that this is all a lie made up by the army and the government! ”

His companion shrugged his shoulders and replied, "But I really don't believe this statement, although the Germans are hateful, but the soldiers are not wrong, and the devil named Reinhardt must be blamed, and the soldiers just obey orders." ”

The citizens of Paris, who had not seen the German army as it really was, and could only rely on newspaper reports to get the news, were not so lucky.

All of them were silent in fear, believing that the Germans were as horrific and ruthless as the government and the newspapers reported.

The townspeople discussed: "I heard that they would rape women and children, rob food and money, and arrest all the men, and put the powerful ones in labor camps, and the old, weak, sick and disabled would be thrown into the wilderness to feed the dogs." ”

Not far away, a fat French merchant was asking his men, "Have you inquired clearly?" Are these rumors true or false? I decided whether I wanted to leave Paris today or not. ”

Farther away, there were all sorts of questions and answers. The early withdrawal of the government and the army made the people who remained in the city panic all day long.

On the morning of that day, however, the German vanguard had in fact entered Paris, but the German troops did not stay long, for their mission was only to reconnoitre.

They came in search of the main force of the French army, and when they saw that there was not a single soldier in Paris, the capital of France, they naturally left.

The German panzers roared through the edge of the city in tanks, looked at the closed Parisian buildings, and continued south in search of the French troops.

And Paris, the capital of France, did not even have French troops to resist here, and the German army did not understand the reason for this at all.

And while these frightened French citizens were commenting in horror imagining the German invaders, the soldiers of the German reconnaissance unit, whose faces were covered with dust and had not bathed for a week, were also commenting on their opponents.

However, their comment was not fearful, but mocking: "What a shame this group of French people is, they fled without even firing a single shot in the capital." ”

"yes!" The commander of the reconnaissance unit nodded, and then said: "You can't blame them, they are also out of protection of their capital from harm, I think if they dare to resist in Paris, then our air force will drop 3,000 bombs on them, and their capital will be in ruins." Then you won't be able to find Paris. Because, the city will disappear from the map forever. ”

The commander smiled: "That's fine. Do you want us to clean up the ruins of Paris, or do you want us to wipe out the French in the field without a single soldier? I think if it were me, I would prefer the latter. ”

Before the arrival of the Great War, because of the French government's rendering, the French citizens were very hated and afraid of the German army, so they fled about a third, and more than 1 million French citizens fled before the German troops moved south to approach Paris.

And now even those who did not flee were all inside the house and did not dare to come out, so the streets of Paris looked so empty.

But who would have thought that just a few days ago, the fleeing citizens and the French troops were still crowded on the roads, and they mingled with each other to make the traffic of the whole Paris region congested.

And it was precisely because of these crowds of people crowded on the roads that the Luftwaffe was given the best target. These huddled crowds were a living target for German bombers, and Catherine ordered the Luftwaffe to coordinate thousands of sorties of bombers, inflicting heavy casualties on the civilian population and the French troops retreating south.

After the German reconnaissance team discovered that Paris was already an empty city, and the French army had fled south, the Germans immediately decided to march into Paris with a large force.

The sound of tanks and tractor truck engines resounded through Paris, and the real German troops finally showed their true colors in front of the citizens of Paris and the officials left behind.

A newspaper reporter stood on the street, looking in horror at these German soldiers who had been described as demons by the local newspapers in Paris, and a strange thought came to his mind: "Actually, the Germans really don't look like demons, but on the contrary, they are just children, children only about 20 years old, they still have childlike smiles on their faces, they are also people, not so-called demons." ”

The first troops to enter Paris, France, were the only German cavalry troops, they all rode tall horses, the sound of horses' hooves on the ground humming, even miles away can be heard clearly, these German cavalry try to make the horses step in line, on the road of Paris, in order to make the people of Paris feel the strength of the German troops.

The cavalry was followed by the infantry division, and they walked behind the cavalry with resolute and deep eyes, and although they did not have the tall and handsome horses of the cavalry, they were equally sonorous and powerful.

And their tactical vests are hung with grenades and map packs and other small bits and pieces, which make people look at it with a professional feeling.

Behind them, they all carried guns of different lengths, and the butts of the rifles collided with their belts under their neat steps, making a frame sound, which was more like a march for the German soldiers, and made them stride forward.

These soldiers from Germany did not squint, some rode through the city on horses, some walked through the city at neat steps, and some roared past in armored vehicles or tractor-trucks, but their number was somewhat staggering, and they seemed to be tens of thousands.