Chapter 29: Paris (5)
After the initial commotion, Paris turned out to be surprisingly calm for the next three days.
It seems that the citizens of Paris have come to terms with the fact that they have been abandoned.
Somewhat reluctant, they adapted to the rapidly changing world at an astonishing pace.
This is the Parisian, who is full of the reserve and pride of the big city citizens in their bones, but when the living environment changes, they immediately show an unparalleled sleekness and philistine.
This may also be a survival instinct of the French people, after all, they have been ruled more than once by the barbaric aliens they despise.
What the Germans could not understand was that at the same time that the German ** team began to set up a tight encirclement on the periphery of Paris, life in Paris was restored to the prosperity of the pre-war level overnight.
Since it had declared itself an undefended city, it no longer had to worry about being attacked by the Germans, and since it was about to be occupied and administered by the Germans, there was no reason to restrain itself by wartime standards.
Resentful of being ruthlessly abandoned by its own government, coupled with the reluctance to be reduced from a world-class metropolis to an occupied lander, and a little contempt for the barbaric and rude Germans, Paris began to indulge itself completely.
The lighting control and curfew, which had been in place for more than a month, were lifted, and the citizens of Paris lit the electric lights in all the rooms like children, and the city of Paris was a city that never sleeps that day.
The curfew was lifted, and the city's rich and luxurious nightlife was reawakened.
Bars and restaurants began to open at night after a month's hiatus, the lights in front of nightclubs and theaters began to flicker again, theaters and concert halls resumed performances, and even movie theaters, which only showed some newsreels during this time, began to show feature films that night, although they were only old films, but audiences still flocked to them.
On this night, the citizens of Paris, who had been suffocated for more than a month by the damned war, finally received a complete liberation and satisfaction.
The next morning, the streets of Paris returned to their former tranquility, with the residents commuting to work by tram and metro as they had done every morning, shops and services continuing to open, market vendors still selling their stockpiles, and the hustle and bustle of the scene almost made it impossible to forget that there was war.
The citizens of Paris do their best to keep their pace of life the way it is.
Most of the companies and businesses in Paris have ceased to function, but the employees and workers are still very busy, and they may not even know what they are doing, but if they have work at hand, they will not think about anything else, although they know that everything is empty, but it can give them a sense of psychological security.
The Parisians are waiting for the German team to enter the city, and in the hearts of all Parisian citizens, it is a doomed thing, and now it is only a matter of time.
The citizens who fled back from the city brought the news of the appearance of German troops on the outskirts of Paris, which meant that the Germans had arrived, and perhaps in the next minute German tanks would appear around the corner of the street.
The citizens of Paris waited for this moment with ambivalence, fearful and anticipating the end of this nightmare, at least a large part of them thought that as long as Germany occupied the city, then Paris had nothing to do with the war.
What will happen to Paris in the future is not a question for them, and life will have to go on, even if they have to speak German from tomorrow onwards.
The citizens of Paris concealed their uneasiness with a calm and senseless look, and no one noticed that behind the apparent peace and tranquility of Paris, there were countless dark currents slowly surging.
Three days had passed, but the moment that Parisians had been waiting for had not yet arrived, much to the bewilderment of the shrewd Parisians.
Why didn't the Germans enter the city yet, and why didn't they take the capital as soon as possible and get this rare glory?
What stopped them, or did the Germans have other plans, or did the Germans have some other conspiracy.
The illogical approach of the German team has created countless doubts in the minds of the citizens of Paris, and various rumors have been introduced as the doubts have increased.
After three days of calm, there was a commotion in Paris, and all sorts of inside information sprung up from all over the dark corners, and the Parisians began to get a little impatient with the embarrassing state of affairs.
"The Germans are preparing to go to the city, they are poor, and it takes a long time to make dresses."
It's a stupid speculation, but it's ironic that it's the most truthful of all the gossip on the streets.
"The Germans are making a plan, they are going to take all the Parisians to Germany to work as coolies, otherwise why would they spend so much effort to besiege Paris, in fact, just to prevent any Parisian from escaping."
Very imaginative rumors, and more logical, I really don't know from the brain of that genius.
"The Germans are ready to blow up Paris, they are ready to kill us all, these savage Germans have no humanity, just like they did with Rotterdam, they destroyed the whole city, my relatives there managed to escape with their lives, the Germans burned it and killed millions of people."
This is a naked alarmist, it sounds really scary, but after thinking about it for a while, people feel that this is too absurd, except to scare ignorant women and children, not many people will really believe that the guy who came up with this rumor must have done tabloid work or something.
"The Germans were negotiating with the French government, France had already lost the war, and the French government was trying to use Paris as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Germans, so the Germans did not enter Paris. The government has abandoned us, like all capitalist governments have abandoned us working people for their benefit, we cannot just be traded by them as commodities, we have to unite and fight against these sordid capitalist politicians, for our inducements.
We must take up arms, defend our homeland and dignity, just like the Paris Commune, we must fight those invaders to the end, we will never accept the fascist rule of the German Nazis, and the citizens of Paris, stand up and fight, victory belongs to the people. ”
This one...... This is a naked-naked incitement, and it sounds very familiar, and it might have been more perfect if it could have been chanted a few more times Viva Soviet or Ula.
These were just a few of the gossip and exclusive gossip that were circulating on the streets of Paris at the time, when there were countless rumours of all types, parties, and fancy on the streets of Paris.
The Parisians were at a loss, and for a time there were countless small pulpits on the streets, and in each of them there would be a guy foaming at the mouth hoarsely spreading his most accurate information to the citizens around him and teaching them what to do now.
Countless small organizations, large and small, legal and illegal, of all shapes and sizes, suddenly appeared in front of the citizens of Paris, as if they had jumped out of stone.
They have many fancy names, such as the Black Hawk Lily Iron Cross Alliance, which was formed by the French who supported the German occupation of France and admired the Germanic spirit to save France, and the French Parisian Zilu Federation, which called on Parisians to unite and fight the Germans to the end.
The National Defence Forces of the Third Republic, determined to deal with the German occupiers by violent and destructive means, and the French Pax Pax Party, which called on the population to use peaceful means of non-resistance to preserve the survival of the French nation, were ready to unite the proletariat and toilers of Paris to unite against the capitalist system and the fascist invaders.
There's even a religious doomsday tribunal, and while the townspeople have never figured out what this organization does, they are often seen gathering in the cemetery at night, as if they are doing some kind of ritual.
The ideas advocated by these groups are different, and some of them are contradictory, and when the competition enters a state of white heat, these conflicts inevitably evolve from verbal friction to direct confrontation.
It started with a war of insults, and eventually developed into a skirmish.
At first, the citizens of Paris watched these farces play out with cold eyes, but when something happened to their own interests, the citizens also joined the ranks of the performance, and for a time the city of Paris could be seen everywhere in the procession with slogans and sticks chanting the slogans of their respective organizations.
However, in the end, the activities of these organizations did not affect the order and operation of the city of Paris, and the Parisian inspectors, who had no morale, did not deliberately interfere with anything, at most they stopped some armed fights and arrested some troublemakers who took advantage of the fire to loot.
This chaotic situation worries some Parisians, but most Parisians still have the mentality of watching a white opera, and tolerate this chaos until the day of a large-scale riot.
It was early in the morning of the first Sunday after the German siege of Paris, and most of the citizens of Paris, who had slept at home for a rare sleep, were awakened by the sudden sound of gunfire over the city.
At that time, most people thought that the Germans had entered the city, but they did not understand why the Germans were shooting, and Paris had already given up its resistance.
But at least they're here, and they don't have to wait as fearfully as they did some time ago.
Many people have a sense of relief, and at the same time feel an inexplicable sadness, this day has finally arrived.
But when they cautiously opened the curtains and looked out into the street, they found that things were not at all what they had imagined.
The men who appeared in the streets were not German infantry in gray uniforms, but French soldiers in tawny overcoats and blue Adrian helmets, mixed with some citizens in ordinary coats.
Witnesses were completely confused by what was going on. But when they saw the French soldiers and townspeople holding blood-red flags, and each with blood-red armbands on their sleeves, they immediately understood what was happening.
That's the sign of the Red Iron Alliance, and it seems that these noisy guys have finally started an armed uprising.
The ** riot that Renault had been hanging on his mouth was actually launched in Paris, surrounded by Germans, and I really don't know what was in the brains of those organizers of the uprising.
Not a single Parisian citizen ran out of his house to show any support or support to those who shouted slogans and were full of vigor, whether they were backward in their minds or low in consciousness, and even the idiots could see that the uprising would definitely end in a farce, and everyone stayed quietly at home, drinking tea and waiting for the show to end.
This farce was quickly suppressed as expected by the citizens of Paris, and perhaps the word repression is not the right word.
The organizers of the uprising spent several days inciting soldiers from two battalions of the Paris Army Group to launch an uprising.
Although more than 500 soldiers and more than 100 armed citizens were not very strong, the leaders of the uprising insisted that as long as they raised the red banner, the revolutionary Parisians who had been oppressed for many years would support them.
And as long as they have the support of the three million Parisians, they will be able to win the final victory.
It is a pity that they overestimate the revolutionary nature of the Parisians and underestimate the survival wisdom of the Parisians.
As a result, when they were surrounded by two whole regiments of soldiers who had rushed to the center of Paris, they did not see a single lovely laborer come out to greet them.
The uprising was suppressed mildly, and compared to previous repressions of similar uprisings in history, this crackdown can really be described as mild.
Only three people died from the beginning to the end of the whole farce, which is really unprecedented.
The officers and men who participated in the uprising all laid down their arms at the shouts of their superiors, and those members of the Red Iron Alliance who participated in the uprising wisely chose to surrender, after all, no one wanted to lose their lives in a battle that seemed to be a death for a victory that now seemed very illusory.
The three people who died in this farce were all the core organizers of the uprising, and they chose to commit suicide without hesitation in order to show their firm belief and set an example for future revolutionaries.
In the broadcast studio of the Paris radio station they occupied, where they were supposed to read a message to the citizens of Paris after the success of the uprising, the three core leaders sounded the prepared zha medicine and completely destroyed the last well-equipped broadcast studio in Paris.
The scene was a mess, a blur of flesh and blood everywhere, and the horror of the scene caused all the French soldiers who rushed into the room to vomit, and at the same time, the only channel in Paris to spread the news to the outside world was cut off.
General Dantz was furious about this, and he pointed to the nose of the acting chief of the Inspectorate of Paris and the commander of the army group, General Herring, for a whole hour.
As soon as the bureau chief and the generals, who were scolded by their superiors, went out of the house, they roared and issued orders to their subordinates to ban illegal associations in the whole city.
The sound of the fine report, which had not been heard for a week, sounded again in the sky over the city of Paris, and the Paris Jingcha and the French ** team showed the efficiency they had never been more efficient than they had ever done since putting on this uniform, and in just one night, the large and small organizations in Paris were swept away.
The sudden explosion of the number of prisoners in the prison has led to a series of wars for living space, but this is no longer a concern for the inspectors and officers.
When the Monday sun shone over Paris, the city once again returned to its former calm, and if anything, the citizens of Paris were expecting the Germans to end the siege of the city and to come in and occupy it immediately.
And during this time, the Germans knew nothing about these farces that took place in the city of Paris.
On the twelfth day of the siege of Paris, when the German front-line troops began to build the 47th barbed wire barricade on the outskirts of Paris because they were too bored, the French, who could not bear this situation any longer, finally put aside their reserve and pride and began to take the initiative to seek a dialogue with the German ** team.