Chapter Eighty-Eight: A Bunch of Pessimists
Thank you for the dazzle fish, the night, the bleak yca, and a big bowl for a generous reward!
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"We can't and can't do without the necessary food distributions in the occupied territories." Hans. Feng. The expression on Seckert's face was very complicated, with anger and helplessness, and he said with a little distraction in his eyes: "We need to make the necessary preparations......
The people present were except Hans. Feng. In addition to Seckert, there are the Bavarian Crown Prince ~ Rich, and there are several others who are not from the Ministry of the Air Force, they are Crown Prince Wilhelm, Wah ~ Te ~ Er. Feng. Brauchitsch, Franz. Feng. Papen, Kurt. Feng. Schleicher...... And so on nearly a dozen people.
Li Qi had the impression that those present were basically important figures in the Weimar Republic after the defeat of the Second German Reich.
Hans. Feng. Needless to say, Seckert was the rest of the people who were either important figures in the party or important generals of the Wehrmacht. It's not easy for them to appear here together now.
"It was already being done before, but as we won the victories of Verdun and the Somme, occupied Paris and forced the French government to relocate the capital to Bordeaux...... "Kurt. Feng. Schleicher, who looked like a mild-looking man, was frowning at this time and said, "We didn't expect Britain to behave like that." ”
Britain is really too poisonous, and France is also enough and useless. The British bombardment of the major cities of France continued, even when the Luftwaffe was strengthened, and the British Air Force continued to bomb even at a terrible cost.
Too many cities were bombed, causing great panic among the French population in the German-occupied areas, who fled the cities and began to run into the countryside and the wilderness. Because there are so many French people fleeing the cities that it is impossible to calculate accurately. However, according to a rough count in Germany, more than 1.2 million French people have left the city, and many more are joining the ranks of those fleeing the city.
In addition to the bombs, the British Air Force also carried out a "leaflet offensive", in which they printed extremely incendiary articles and illustrations, emphasizing that everything was the fault of the Germans, that the suffering was brought about by the German occupation, and calling on ordinary French people to stand up against the German occupation.
In contrast, the German propaganda apparatus behaved extremely poorly, with a sluggish response and a stiff propaganda approach. This bombing by the British was supposed to be an excellent opportunity for the French to hate Britain from the bottom of their hearts and divert the hatred brought about by the German occupation, but the German propaganda apparatus was nothing more than a wine bag and a rice bag.
Of course, not all French people are idiots who will easily believe the propaganda of British leaflets, radio, etc., they know very well how shameless the bombing of the British Air Force is, but as long as someone hates the Second German Reich more, then Churchill still achieves his goal.
The unfolding refugee influx in the north and northwest of France was undoubtedly fatal for the Second German Reich, with many French fleeing the cities flooding the countryside, and every road was clogged with civilian cars, carriages, and pedestrians, and the transportation of some supplies was halted.
Some of the campaigns that were supposed to be launched in April 1917 were forced to carry out the necessary delays because of the difficulty of transporting supplies.
To make matters worse, the Second German Reich itself had a difficult rationing system, and now it increased the burden on the occupied territories, making the already panting old cow of the Second German Reich even more overwhelmed.
Litch knew that around 1917 there were already a group of people preparing for possible defeat, which was a political, military, economic, and people's livelihood almost all-encompassing preparation, so that after the defeat of the Second German Reich, Germany would still survive and possibly rise again.
Yes, there were people who were preparing for the defeat of the Second German Reich, but Litchie knew very well that almost everything was in fact useless, because anyone who was preparing underestimated that the Entente powers would be so harsh that they would squeeze and insult Germany after the victory.
"So, Major Richie is the person in charge of aviation?" Franz. Feng. Papen looked like a very good old man, and he was looking at someone curiously.
Crown Prince William nodded: "Yes, Major Richie will be the head of aviation." In fact......" he sighed, before adding: "I think he should take on more responsibility, not only because he has a far superior eye on aviation, but also in other areas. ”
Richie opened his mouth, he wanted to say something humbly, but he didn't. He doesn't need to be modest, this is not the Tian~ Dynasty, it is a pragmatic-based white society, there is as much ability as there is, there is more ability plus the support of heavyweights, then it should be better developed, humility will only make people lose the stage that they could have gained.
Hans. Feng. Setek nodded and chimed in, "Yes." ”
Others looked at each other without leaving a trace, and they would take one look at Richie and then have another lively discussion.
Richie has been observing Wa~Er~Te. Feng. Brauchitsch was surprised to find that this guy, who had never dealt with it much, also looked approving. He soon understood that any personal grievances seemed insignificant in deciding the fate of the nation, for they had spoken of the need to unite anyone who could be united.
"The French government has been engaged in a heated quarrel lately." Franz. Feng. Papen gave a little introduction, and then said: "The British think they can fool everyone and think that France will swallow their anger, but there are obviously hard-nosed French senators." ”
Franz. Feng. Papen is talking about Paul. Dume, but Paul. Dume is Corsican, not French.
Paul. When Dume returned to Bordeaux, he publicized what he had seen, saying in strong terms that Churchill was a villain, that the fat man was an executioner without any humanity or morality. In addition, he advocated that the French government must act to provide the necessary assistance to the French people who are suffering.
The French government was drawn into a quarrel, and naturally divided into two factions, one of which thought that it should be swallowed, because the British were really doing it for the sake of winning the war; On the other hand, there was a call for the right response, not daring to directly admit defeat, but making it clear that even if necessary cooperation was made, it would be to assist those who had suffered as a result of the bombing.
"So, France can fight, or even use this as an opportunity, to start a truce with France?"
"Yes, as long as France is willing to admit defeat and pay the price it must pay."