Chapter 633: French Warships
Just as after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, the whole of Germany fell into great grief, and now, when the traitor Petain signed the agreement to lose power and humiliate the country, the entire French people are also in great grief.
During the First World War, Marshal Petain was a hero of France, but now, Petain's reputation is not as loud as it is, and more French people have not yet figured out why France failed and why did it surrender?
In later generations, Petain also became a traitor and a traitor, but no one realized this, Britain, which insisted on the War of Resistance, weakened sharply after World War II, and the Soviet Union, which insisted on the War of Resistance, half of the country was disabled, while France did not suffer much loss.
(There is a sentence in the book review section that is very correct, Qiu Fatzi won World War II and lost the empire.) )
All the buildings in France are in good condition, and what is left to De Gaulle is not a mess, or where did De Gaulle get his capital and the Americans during the Cold War.
For France, surrender was the more beneficial option.
And in a few years, when the people on the French soil felt that their living standards had risen to a higher level, the resistance was no longer so heavy, and the Germans did not act as rulers from above, but really raised the living standards of France and the entire European people to a higher level, especially the workers at the bottom!
At the same time, a great Europe was truly established.
At least for now, the surrender of France is the big news of the past few days.
"If we bravely resist Germany, the whole of Europe will be liberated, and the whole world will be able to walk into the vast sun-drenched wilderness. But if we fail, the whole world, including the United States, including the countries we are familiar with and concerned about, will fall into the abyss of a new dark age. ”
In his speech to Parliament, Churchill made this prediction to the whole country and the whole world, and he hoped that France would not surrender and continue to resist, but at the same time, he also knew that his speech was useless.
For Britain, next, it is necessary to prepare for the war of resistance at home, and the next target of the Germans is Britain!
"Our lobbying in the USSR, failed." Immediately after hearing of the French surrender, Churchill gave a speech in Parliament to raise his spirits and prepare for the German attack, and he returned to the Chancellery, where he received bad news.
Even if it was to abandon India, the Soviet Union would send troops, as long as the Soviet Union did not covet the British colonies in the Middle East, which were more important to Britain.
However, he went with such sincerity, but came back with an embarrassed face.
Aiden reported to Churchill about the Soviet trip.
Originally, it had already gone well, the Soviets agreed to the conditions, and were ready to start an attack on the Brest fortress, and at this time, Finland, which was not long-sighted, actually clashed with the Soviet Union!
Continuing to smoke his cigar, Churchill was silently thinking.
It is obvious that behind this conflict between Finland and the Soviet Union is the Germans playing ghosts, and the whole incident is full of conspiracy!
"We can remind the Soviets that this incident, it may be the Germans behind the operation, let them not be fooled!" Churchill said: "This shows that the Germans are afraid, and as long as the Soviet Union blows its strength, it can go straight to the empty eastern part of Germany!" ”
Churchill quickly reacted, how to turn the current unfavorable situation into his advantage? Of course, continue to agitate the Soviets, don't look at Finland, what is Finland? Fighting Germany is the right way!
Aiden sighed and said: "At that time, I said the same thing, but the Soviets have begun to gather troops to the Finnish border and prepare to fight Finland, they say, it will only take half a month to finish fighting Finland and then fight Germany." ”
Half a month? The Soviets, really think they are as brave as the Germans? Moreover, the border areas between Finland and the USSR are all mountainous, or rather, the whole of Finland is almost a mountainous area, how can the Soviets fight?
Half a month, a lot of things can be changed, for example, the Germans may have finished repairing and are ready to land in Britain across the sea! I also hope that the Soviets in the east can relieve some of the pressure on their own side!
"It seems that the Soviets can't count on it for the time being." Retracting his thoughts, he forgot the cigar in his hand just now, and actually extinguished it, he lit the cigar again, and continued: "The matter of the Soviet Union, put aside for the first time, now, we still mainly deal with the surrender of France, we can't wait any longer, we must tow the French warship back." ”
The British Navy has been crippled, they have long been eyeing the warships of the French Navy, and now, France has surrendered, and the Germans have demanded that France cannot keep its army, so those warships of France are useless, rather than cheapening the Germans, it is better to give them to the British!
Originally, Prime Minister Renault had already agreed to send the French fleet to Britain, but Prime Minister Renault had already resigned!
Churchill and Renault had a good relationship, and Petain, that is, it was always wrong.
"Secretly contacted Petain and asked him to give a secret order to let those warships move to our England." Churchill continued, and then, after a pause, added: "If he doesn't agree, then we will use force, even if it is to rob, and we will snatch those warships back!" ”
"What if you can't get it back?" A general asked.
"Then sink all those warships!" Churchill said: "Even if they are all sunk, they cannot be left to the Germans!" ”
Churchill was determined.
Even if there is even the slightest opportunity, it is necessary to give 100 percent effort, especially the warships in the harbor of the French colony, there is a considerable degree of certainty.
French colonies!
As an old capitalist country, France also caught up with the original Great Voyage, and France was the second largest colonial empire after the British Empire.
At present, France's colonies cover an area of 12,347,000 square kilometers, or 12,898,000 square kilometers, or 8.6 percent of the world's total land area.
Moreover, for geographical reasons, a large part of France's colonies were in Africa. In Algeria, for example, a large number of French warships were docked.
These warships must obey the British Empire!