Chapter 336: Secret Conversation (I)

There are a number of empty rooms in the Chancellery, whose purpose is unknown, and most of them are just two chairs or a small table against the wall, sometimes with decorative flowers or modern sculptures with Nazi symbols.

Speer designed the building with a lot of decorative and modernist elements, striving to give a visual impression of solemnity and oppression, but at the same time creating a lot of wasted space.

Xu Jun has always tried to make some changes in this ceremonial building, erasing the imprint of Hitler's existence, while leaving his own personal imprint.

However, the grand and complex structural layout of the entire Prime Minister's Office made it impossible for Xu Jun to make too many changes to the building itself, so he chose to make some fuss about the functions of some rooms.

Originally a waiting room that was far more decorative than practical, the reception room turned out to be a hidden living room for meeting secret guests after the Führer's "Chancellery Space Reuse Campaign".

The last secret conversation between Dogen, Werle, and Count Kuhnberg took place in this reception room.

"Great banquet, Your Excellency." Reival stood up from the couch and stretched out his right hand to Xu Jun.

"It is a pleasure to satisfy you, Mr. Prime Minister." Xu Jun shook Reival's hand, then turned to the French admiral, who was standing behind the prime minister.

"You still look so spirited, Your Excellency Admiral." The German Führer said with a smile.

"You too, Your Excellency, the Führer." Commander of the High Seas Fleet of the French Navy, Jean. Morality. Admiral Laporte struggled to squeeze a smile out of his poker face while giving a French military salute to the German Führer.

"My pleasure, Your Excellency." Viscount Wood bowed gracefully, and then stretched out his right hand to Xu Jun.

"Welcome, Your Excellency the Viscount." Xu Jun held the other party's hand, his eyes quickly swept over the other party's left sleeve hanging by his side, and the wooden prosthetic hand was wearing black leather gloves, which did not look very abrupt.

After greeting each other, the guests and hosts sat down, and the waiters in white dresses served drinks and snacks.

"You have limited time, Viscount Wood, please give us an update on the progress of the work so far." The Reich Führer sharpened the match and lit the cigar in his hand.

"The salvage work is now 70 percent complete, and the progress is still very smooth, we are searching underwater for the bodies of missing French officers and soldiers, and we plan to complete the search in the eastern area of the port by the end of the month." Viscount Wood cleared his throat, then picked up a document on the table and began to speak.

It has been almost half a year since the end of the European War, and the grievances between Britain and France that were formed in the war are still entangled.

At that time, in order to support this "ally", the British Empire did almost everything it could, sending a powerful expeditionary force to Europe.

At that time, even the most brainy London tabloid reporters would not have imagined that the expeditionary force would be completely wiped out in the European theater, because even if the combat effectiveness of the British Imperial Army was a little more water, but there was still the most powerful and invincible French army in Europe, and even if the war developed badly, at most it would be a repeat of the last big war.

After the Battle of Dunkirk, the British Expeditionary Force was not only sent to a prisoner of war camp, but also killed the main force of the home fleet, and the war was out of the control of Britain and France.

When the Channel was completely blocked by the Germans, some of the remnants of the expeditionary force stranded in mainland France fought side by side with the local French defenders.

Because of the previous domestic terrorist propaganda about the German army, and the foreign environment in which the language barrier was not understood, the British were more tenacious than the French army in the war.

The Battle of Dunkirk was the demarcation line, and the total number of British Army officers and soldiers who died in France after that was about 4,000, and these soldiers were buried together with their French comrades.

The French are also grateful for the sacrifices of these warriors who died for France, and they are rediscovering the graves of these unknown soldiers, finding relics that can prove their identity, and finally finding their families in England.

However, although the French are positive, the actual work efficiency is very impressive, and the results that can be confirmed so far are only more than 200 people. But for these grief-stricken families, belated news is much better than a notice of disappearance, not to mention the fact that the exact burial place of the deceased is a great comfort to the family.

The British Army has been actively cooperating with the French in this regard, and at the same time, a large number of British prisoners of war and stragglers are stranded in France, and the resettlement and disposal of these people also need to be taken care of by the French side.

During the war, many officers and men of the British Royal Air Force spilled blood in the French blue sky, and the largest number of them were bomber crews.

It is difficult to say that they fought to defend France, they were indeed attacking German military targets, but at the same time they attacked some towns and villages in the German-occupied areas almost indiscriminately, killing and wounding many innocent French civilians.

The course of history here changed, and some of the British pilots who parachuted or made forced landings in German-occupied areas were spontaneously searched and arrested by French civilians, and some were even lynched in retaliation, and many of them were finally beaten and dying when they were finally delivered to the Germans.

After the war, the relevant personnel of the British Royal Air Force were liquidated by the French side, and at the same time, the French also rescued many British pilots who fell into the French-controlled area, and these people were well cared for, because the French still thought that the content broadcast on the radio was just German false propaganda.

As for the British fighter pilots, they rarely had the opportunity to cross the median line of the Channel, so there was little chance of being "entertained" by French civilians.

Historically, there have been many French pilots who fled to England, but this is not happening today. The French Air Force suffered heavy losses in the war, but miraculously retained most of its vital strength, because while the Army units were desperately resisting, the French pilots had few chances to fight the Luftwaffe head-on. The French planes were either destroyed at the airfields, or they were so old and dilapidated that they could not be combated, or they were placed in various depots waiting to be assigned by their superiors.

Some of the good planes were transferred to the French colonies in Africa by Renault's orders, and he planned to lead the government to the colonies to continue the war once the whole mainland fell, but Renault was soon ousted by Petain, so when the armistice was signed, these planes were immediately called back.

Some of these aircraft were also seconded by Germany to participate in the British air battle. Fortunately, not a single French-made military aircraft entered British airspace or was shot down by the British, otherwise the two sides would have been unable to settle the account after the war.

At present, the biggest disagreement and contradiction between the two militaries is the issue of the navy.

Although Churchill's "Ballista Operation" was not as large as in history, its destructive power was not small at all.

The losses of the French Navy on that night, both in terms of ship equipment and personnel, far exceeded the number of losses lost in the battles with Germany for several months.

Historically, the French Navy received no warning, so that the British Royal Navy encountered only very weak resistance during the operation, and all the French warships docked on the British mainland fell intact into the control of the Royal Navy.

But this time, because of an apostle of God, Admiral Godfroy of the French Mediterranean Fleet learned of the sneak attack in advance, but unfortunately he only had time to warn his superiors in Toulon, and finally sank into Alexandria with his own fleet in the most tragic way.

Admiral Godfroy did not die in vain, and it was because of his advance warning that the French fleet in Portsmouth Harbour was ready for battle in time, although the result was still completely annihilated, but it also inflicted heavy losses on the British Royal Navy, and preserved the last bit of honor of the French Navy.

Six elite British light cruisers and three destroyers suffered so much damage in the chaotic battle in the harbor that night that they were unable to take part in the ensuing Battle of the English Channel.

Although it cannot be said that this directly led to the defeat of the British Home Fleet in this naval battle, if the Royal Navy had six more light cruisers in the lineup at that time, it is really unclear who will die in this naval battle. It may be said that these French naval officers and men who died in Portsmouth avenged themselves by the hands of the Germans.

Of course, the French Navy will not see it this way, they only remember one thing in their minds now, Britain and France were still in a state of alliance when the French Navy was attacked, and France was stabbed in the back by a friend, so this account must be properly settled.

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