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Headquarters of the French Committee for Combat.

The Japanese army's attack on India caused a large number of wealthy Indians to flee to Britain, although most of these people were on the road, and the rent of houses in London had already risen by half.

However, all this seems to have little effect on the French.

Already in 1942, the Free French reorganized its supreme governing body into the Militant French Committee.

At the beginning, from De Gaulle's desperate attempt to get on a British plane and call for resistance alone in London, to the retreat of Dunkirk, when the retreating French soldiers came to work, to Vice Admiral Henri Misellier, who collected Marseille's belongings and several merchant ships to serve him, de Gaulle's organization was gradually accepted by the French, and de Gaulle's leadership was formed.

By August 40, the forces of the Free French had reached six thousand men.

The greatest challenge for the French organization was that it was not strong enough, and the two great powers, the United States and Britain, although they respected de Gaulle personally, did not recognize a non-existent state.

Of course, after de Gaulle's army entered the war in the Middle East and North Africa and even in France, their position quickly increased.

In one country, an important political party took the initiative to contact its own organization and called for international attention to France, while also suggesting that Free France send people back to France, establish underground organizations, and establish guerrilla units. This made de Gaulle, and indeed the entire organization, very grateful.

This country is China, and it was Xiaolu who took the initiative to contact him.

Today, de Gaulle has established a special line with Xiaolu, and there is a telegraph exchange every week, and sometimes even every day. Through de Gaulle, Trail published articles on the importance of France in several political magazines in the United States and London.

Because these articles were written from the perspective of those who witnessed the resistance against Japan, they attracted attention in both the United States and Britain, and at the same time, the Chinese also won the favor of the French. The funds of the Free French agencies in the United States, Chongqing and even Yan'an were financed by Xiaolu's appointees.

On his way back from Myanmar and India a few months earlier, Xiaolu sent a telegram to Charles de Gaulle to discuss the problems of Vietnam.

After a dozen telegrams were discussed, de Gaulle promised that if the guerrillas of Xiaolu could help the Free French to expand their influence in Vietnam and Laos and Cambodia, then the Free France would in the future make northern Vietnam and Laos China's sphere of influence, and the premise was that your party would be in power. Xiaolu went one step further and said: Whether my party is in power or not, this area is China's sphere of influence.

De Gaulle believed that Free France had no place now, and that it would always be good to have one more supporter. He did not restore the power of the Indochinese Peninsula, but only by activating all the places where France could operate, could he win over the people and gain a position in front of the United States and Britain.

Today, de Gaulle is highly regarded not only in the Free French organization, but also in France. As long as he agrees, others will agree.

After careful consideration, he finally decided to agree with Lu's approach. That is, he officially renounced the rights to the northern part of the Indochinese Peninsula. Vietnam will emerge after the war with two states, one as a French power and one as a vassal of China.

However, this also meant that China and France began to help each other and gain a higher status in the future after the war.

After sending a telegram of consent, de Gaulle also asked Xiao Lu to ask him to go to the northeast to investigate and absorb experience.

Xiaolu agreed.

Koji immediately sent a telegram proposing a concrete solution to the Indochina Peninsula, that is, the guerrillas under Koji's command infiltrated into Vietnam and Laos and began anti-Japanese activities, and at the same time, helped the representatives of the Free France to contact the French in Vietnam.

In a call-back, Xiaolu said that he was going to arrange for the men of the French Committee of Combat in Chongqing to go to the northeast. In addition, he also welcomed de Gaulle himself to visit China, and asked Stilwell to arrange it, and it would be easy to come.

De Gaulle immediately called back, saying that he took the suggestion seriously.

March 25, 1943. Lang Son, Vietnam.

Yu Le followed Li Wei to Lang Son.

Thitanger was de Gaulle's plenipotentiary in Chongqing, and since Chongqing and the Vichy government had not severed diplomatic relations, the French Committee for Fighting was a semi-official relationship with Chongqing. As early as 1942, the Vichy government established diplomatic relations with Wang Jingwei.

Chongqing needs to sever diplomatic relations with the Vichy government in order to protect their interests in the nationalized and occupied areas, but they are unwilling to sever diplomatic relations directly.

Since 1942, the Free French delegation has been semi-official in Chongqing, led by Lieutenant Colonel Tatitange, Monsieur de Guafal and General Znovy Begov. Because they are not able to come to China's aid, the Chongqing government does not attach much importance to them. Now, having received an order from General de Gaulle, I am very excited to finally do something more.

However, after he arrived in Kunming and arrived in southern Guangxi on a small double-winged Japanese plane, he began to be a little worried. Was it safe to go to Japanese-occupied Indochina?

However, Li Wei asked the translator to tell them not to be afraid, the forests of Vietnam are our friends, the thatch is also our friends, and most importantly, many people are our friends. With the support of the people, do not be afraid. This is guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.

Tidange was curious about these partisans, they had only one guard, one interpreter. The guerrillas actually had a French translator, and they were women, university students, and they were studying in France.

From the ravine on the west side of Zhennan Pass to Vietnam, I walked hard for a day and got on the train. Tidange knows the history that the railway was built by their French.

When he arrived in Lang Son, Li Wei didn't care about the Japanese on the street and led him to a hotel.

The hotel here is much worse than Chongqing, and it is much hotter than Chongqing, so there must be a mosquito net, otherwise the mosquitoes are very bad.

Just after a rest, Li Wei came back and took the group to a restaurant.

It's a Vietnamese restaurant, it's late, and with the Japanese rule, there are not many people eating. There were already two Frenchmen sitting in the restaurant. When the two Frenchmen saw them, their eyes lit up, and they stood up.

Li Wei obviously knew them, and said, "You sit down." Don't be nervous. This is General Tidangre. You see, this is the real Frenchman, he is resisting the German invaders. ”

The translator said that Tidangre was very grateful to Li Wei.

Tidangre said, "I'm glad you dared to come to see me. ”

The three of them began to talk in French. The meal is Vietnamese rice noodles, which are served with a stinky baked sauce that is said to be made with dried shrimp. Tidang was eager to eat, and was determined to understand the current situation here.

The translator kept translating the content of their conversation to Li Wei.

These French in Indochina were in an awkward position.

They belonged to the Vichy government. The Vichy government established diplomatic relations with the Japanese government, and after the Japanese occupied French Indochina, they did not drive these French away, but shed them down, and now French Indochina is a situation of dual control between the Japanese and French Vichy governments.

Of course, they knew that the Japanese were absolute occupiers, and the French were nothing more than vassals. In the past, when managing the French colonies, they were high up lords, officials, policemen, masters. Nowadays, even the natives don't take them seriously.

When they got to the substance, the two Frenchmen hesitated. When Li Wei heard this, he immediately interjected and said, "At present, I will give you two paths, one is to cooperate with a free French general, carry out underground activities, and obey their orders, this is atonement." The second is to oppose them. Because we have a promise to General de Gaulle to protect the safety of General Tidange, therefore, if we choose the second path, we can only sentence you to death, because you are guilty of helping the Japanese. ”

Sweat immediately ran down the faces of the two Frenchmen.