Chapter 421: All Liberated
"But what about the British?"
Guderian frowned and asked, although Britain suffered a big loss from the German army at Dunkirk, and the 200,000 expeditionary force was all lost to France, the German army never dared to ignore this "superpower".
After all, Britain is a once invincible empire on which the sun never sets, and it has just suffered the loss of Germany, so how can it not want to come to seek revenge. Therefore, Britain had to be guarded against.
"Britain? Leave it to Rundstead. I owe this infantry general a scepter, and after thinking about it, Britain will have to hand it over to the infantry, after all, it is difficult for tanks and armored units to cross the English Channel to reach the British mainland, and the goal can only be handed over to the infantry to take the British and defend the Atlantic. ”
"After all, the British also basically left their equipment in Dunkirk, and there were only some infantry left on the mainland. Admiral Rundsteadt, he has his own set for infantry combat. Reinhardt waved his hand and motioned for his two cronies to go to the waiting car together.
As he walked, he said, "On the Western European side, just leave it to me and Manstein to deal with it, you can rest assured." ”
"Understood, Führer." Rommel replied together with Guderian.
"That's it, then you two will stay in Paris and walk with me today." Reinhardt walked to the side of the car and, as the guards opened the door for him, continued: "It's true that I don't have much appetite to eat with those Frenchmen, but I still like to eat with my Imperial generals, what do you think?" ”
"Of course, there's a sense of affection for eating with us." Guderian said knowingly.
After all, Guderian was a confidant and confidant who had gone to the Soviet Union with Reinhardt for two years, and belonged to the line of descendants.
With that, the three of them got into the car one after another, and with the long convoy of escorts, they started and drove slowly towards the city of Paris. First of all, they were going to go with the other generals and put an end to the surrender of the French.
The venue of the surrender ceremony was set at the exhibition point of Napoleon's former residence, a very elegantly decorated place.
Originally, it was suggested that Reinhardt should let the French complete the surrender ceremony in the carriage of the Compiègne Forest, as they did in the Treaty of Versailles with Germany, so as to avenge the French for humiliating Germany.
But Reinhardt was not Hitler, and he was dismissive of Hitler's revenge.
Reinhardt had his own plans, otherwise he would not have helped the French discover Algeria's huge oil fields.
Not only did he decide to give up the chance for revenge, but instead, he wanted to give the French a dignified surrender ceremony.
After all, Reinhardt understood that the French still had a lot of factories, land, ports, and other necessary infrastructure on their home soil.
The Third Reich was bound to develop further in France in the future, and as with other countries he had annexed before, Reinhardt did not want to make things go wrong.
If you want others to do things for you, you must give your people some sweetness.
What Reinhardt wanted now was to let the French taste some sweetness, so that they could do a good job for Germany. After all, he asked for a lot more things this time than Hitler, so he was still very generous in such small things as face.
Of course, this may also have something to do with Reinhardt himself, a brazen man who treats face like dung.
When the convoy arrived at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Reinhardt temporarily signaled the driver to stop.
Sitting in the back row, Guderian and Rommel were puzzled.
"What is the Führer parking?" Rommel asked Guderian in a whisper, his eyes full of questions.
"Who knows, let's see." Guderian replied.
At this moment, the two idol-level celebrities who have become very popular are a little confused by Reinhardt.
I saw Reinhardt get out of the car and come to the Eiffel Tower, look up at it affectionately, and stop thoughtfully for a long time.
After a few minutes, he slowly spoke: "Guard, bring the camera, I want to take a picture with the Eiffel Tower!" ”
Guderian and Rommel looked at each other, and they could never guess what the Führer was thinking.......
With the click of the camera, Reinhardt's image is permanently fixed under the Eiffel Tower.
Reinhardt then got into the car and continued his way towards the former residence of Emperor Napoleon.
Perhaps because of the defeat of France, the whole Paris was silent, and there were not many pedestrians and vehicles on the road, if it was placed before the war, Paris at this point could be described as full of traffic, but today Reinhardt's convoy was unexpectedly smooth, and soon came to Napoleon's former residence.
Amid the flashing lights of countless reporters, Reinhardt, dressed in a black SS uniform and wearing sunglasses, stepped out of the car and entered the former residence of the Emperor Napoleon, appearing in the hallway.
He held an armed belt in one hand, hung a pair of sunglasses, and had an incomprehensible smile on his face, and on his arm, a German flag armband with golden ears embroidered on the edge was clearly eye-catching. On his chest, he was pinned with various medals and medals of merit that he had received when he had been promoted within the Wehrmacht.
"Führer! Reinhardt Heydrich! Banzai! ”
Standing at the edge of the hallway, guards with white gloves and rifles saluted.
Under the shouts of the guards, Reinhardt slowly walked to the end of the corridor, and the French diplomats at the end of the corridor were frightened when they saw Reinhardt's approaching Führer, but they were helpless, after all, their country was negotiating with Germany as a defeated country.
It is said to be a negotiation, but in fact it is a unilateral condition put forward by Germany.
Four hours later, the two sides finally concluded negotiations, in which France ceded most of the economically prosperous area, including Paris, and disbanded the entire air force and home army, with Germany as a protectorate and the defense of the French mainland.
In addition, the French government, which had moved to the south, that is, the Vichy government, had to pay huge war reparations to Germany and pay all the military expenses of the German garrison in northern France.
But the good news is that Reinhardt himself said that most of the rights of France's colonies belonged to Vichy France. Pétain's new government was even able to pay part of the war reparations with the imminent massive extraction of Algerian oil.
On the basis of this treaty, the French and German governments allowed the retention of all their navy and most of their overseas colonies. But in fact, the French navy has become a puppet of Germany, and their fleet will help Germany hold the Mediterranean route, and together with Germany and Italy, it will deal with the British Mediterranean fleet.
At the same time, France was asked to declare its accession to the Steel Pact and become a member of the Central Powers. The pro-German French Marshal Pétain became the Prime Minister of France, and announced that he would withdraw from the war against Germany and join Germany in dealing with Britain and other anti-Allied member states.
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The preservation of the French navy was already a blessing in misfortune for France, at least they still had a glimmer of hope for their own country and their overseas colonies through the navy.
In this respect, it is not contrary to the revival ideas of the Petain Vichy government. Because, he has already sent Beronte away!
"Now that both sides have reached an agreement, ask the representatives of both sides to sign the agreement." The diplomat handed Führer Reinhardt a pen.
Reinhardt smiled and took the pen and signed his name crookedly on the bottom of the document.
After many years, he still writes bad words as always.
Afterwards, the diplomat stamped the document on behalf of the German government, followed by cheers and applause from a group of German officers and soldiers outside.
Führer Reinhardt smiled and stretched out his hand and said to the French diplomat next to him who was responsible for signing the peace treaty: "Congratulations, the war is over, we are all free." ”