"Mr. Ambassador, do you want our warships?" Petain asked.

The British ambassador nodded, fooling the other party to go to the British port, do you need to say?

"Well, a fifty million pound boat, we can sell it as long as you pay the cash." Pétain said.

Anyway, according to the agreement, France could not have an army, but at that time it was not said what about the navy. Specific discussions require follow-up negotiations.

In this case, it is also possible to consider selling, after all, the new Pétain government is quite short of funds.

Hearing this, the British ambassador's face suddenly changed, where is there money in the current Britain! Just because of the collapse of the British Expeditionary Force on European soil, the amount of pensions that the government needs to pay is an astronomical amount!

The defensive war on the British mainland also requires a lot of investment, and now, every pound is extremely important, how can it be used to buy a broken ship in France!

Moreover, the French are also asking for a sky-high price, you know, a battleship George V, is only more than 30 million pounds, and the French are absolutely unaffordable for the British.

"I'm sorry, Marshal Pétain, but in the original discussion with Prime Minister Reynaud, your warship needs to be driven to our port at once, and there is no additional agreement." This was stated by the British ambassador.

"Renault, that traitor!" Petain's words immediately changed: "Does he want to sell France to England?" Thankfully, his plot didn't succeed! ”

The famous traitor is now scolding Renault as a traitor, and the British ambassador is very angry, but now, he has nothing to say to impress the other party.

Obviously, this kind of communication will not play any role.

Watching the departure of the British ambassador, Petain said to his men: "Order those warships in British harbors to return to our station at once. ”

France, having already surrendered, at this time, handed over all the warships to the British? There is no doubt that this would have made the Germans quite angry, and what good would it do Petain?

Petain would not have done that.

In fact, in the agreement signed with Germany, France could not retain the army, which specifically referred to the army and air force, and in terms of the navy, Germany did not immediately issue a handover order, and even, there is news that Ciric is considering letting the French navy continue to exist and maintain a good balance of power in the Mediterranean.

Petain refused to fulfill Prime Minister Renault's promise to hand over the French warship to the British, and when the news reached London, Churchill snuffed out his cigar and calmly said: "In that case, let's go with another plan!" I ordered, and the Ballista operation was fully launched. ”

Port of Toulon, French naval base.

Admiral Darlang stood on the dock of the base, looking at the warships on the pier, and his heart could not be calm.

The French Navy, the fourth largest in the world, is mainly concentrated in several ports such as Toulon, Algiers, Port Oran, and Casablanca.

At this time, they still have combat effectiveness, but their position is quite awkward.

Before they could make a move, they had no enemies and no allies, and the question of what to do haunted the French navy as well as Admiral Darlan.

Admiral Darlan was in charge of transporting gold, and although a large number of them were lost, hundreds of tons of gold were successfully transshipped to the French African colonies.

Admiral Darlan almost lost his life in the last operation, but in the night, he finally escaped, and returned to the port of Toulon.

At this time, the French Navy was still under his control, but France was no longer the same France.

As the soul of the French Navy, Admiral Darlan has always considered the departure of the French Navy.

Every morning, he looked at the flag of the French Navy fluttering on the mast of a warship, silently distracted.

The military, not interfering in politics, and Darlan, only hope that the French Navy will still exist. Now, what choice can he have?

"General, it's not good!" At this moment, a voice hurriedly came: "All our warships stranded on the British mainland have been detained by the British!" ”

The voice reached Darlan's ears and entered his brain, and in an instant, it made Darlang angry.

British, it's too much! Those warships, they are French!

Ballista operations were carried out mainly in three areas, the first and at the same time the best to be carried out, of course, the French warships that stayed in the British military port!

Port Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

It was just dawn, and a faint mist enveloped the entire port.

On a French dreadnought-class battleship, the sailors had just risen, and on the deck, several sailors were facing the sea, brushing their teeth.

They have already received an order, and in a few days, they will pull anchor and set sail to return to France, and the reaction of many people to this order is indifference.

France, having surrendered to Germany, but after all, it is their hometown, and their casual faces cannot hide their hesitation, where will they go in the future?

"What's that?" A sailor, brushing his teeth, looked up and looked at the dock in front of him, a convoy was rushing up to the pier, and the other party was so fast that it seemed to be about to fall into the sea before it stopped the car.

Are these British people crazy? Just as he laughed in his heart, he was about to continue brushing his teeth, but he heard hurried footsteps.

These British soldiers, armed with rifles, rushed quickly towards their battleship!

At this time, the French warship was defenseless, and the British soldiers rushed up.

"Raise your hands, don't move!" The British soldier shouted loudly as he came up.

The sailor is stupid, what's the situation? He was still foaming in his mouth, he was still holding a toothbrush in his hand, he was already being pointed at his body, and then, he could only raise his hand helplessly.

A large number of British soldiers rushed onto the French battleship and quickly controlled the sailors, without any resistance, and the French warship was controlled by the British.

The captain was also controlled, and when he figured out what was going on, he couldn't help but be angry.

"This is an insult to our French Navy!" The captain shouted loudly, "British, you guys are too much! ”

Historically, there have been contradictions between the British Navy and the French Navy, and in recent years, the navies of the two countries have resumed normal relations, but the sudden attack on the French Navy by Britain has finally stimulated this contradiction again.

For the French Navy, the British, even more odious than the Germans!

None of the Germans were going to take over them, and the British couldn't wait to do it first, who thought about the feelings of the French Navy!

At this time, of course, no one cared about the feelings of the French Navy, and Churchill received information to his satisfaction that the French Navy on the British mainland, the French warships in the military ports of Portsmouth and Plymouth, were all disarmed and taken over by the British Navy!

In an instant, the British Navy stopped running around, and finally there were decent warships!