Chapter 488: The Surrender of France (Part II)

This period of history has not changed much, or the entire French campaign except for the strengthening of the German army and the failure of the Dunkirk retreat to make the German army's military superiority stronger, and there is almost no much difference from history, after Petain's speech, the German attack on the French army was also slowed down, everyone looked at Paris, looked at Petain, and looked at whether he and Hitler would work together to make the war go on, or it would end, of course, everyone understood that the French army could no longer continue to fight. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

On February 7, 1941, less than 40 days before the German attack, Petain walked out of Paris with the cabinet and came to the outside of the city to talk with Hitler, perhaps out of his own vanity, Hitler specially called Jiang Cheng to be a witness to history When Petain signed on behalf of France, it meant that since France was divided into two, 3/5 of the country, including Paris, was occupied by the Germans, and the cost of the occupation forces was borne by France. The south and west (mainly agricultural areas) are free zones, this is mainly because there are still a large number of French troops in the south, Hitler hopes to disarm these people in this way, the agreement requires that the French army should be less than 100,000 troops, and the number of Versailles Treaty is the same, and requires France to fully cooperate with Germany in a series of economic, military, diplomatic and other aspects, this treaty is like a copy of the Treaty of Versailles, the only difference is that because Hitler did not want France to become a paradise for partisans, did not ask France to pay a huge amount of reparations like Versailles, you know, the so-called occupation fee in front of the 11.3 billion pounds in the Treaty of Versailles, that is, about 92,000 tons of gold, is really nothing, you must know that even in Jiang Cheng's era, the United States only has more than 8,000 tons of gold, when the Treaty of Versailles was signed, France signed it with the idea of letting the Germans pay back a thousand years of interest, in comparison, Hitler is really merciful. It also allowed France to have its own navy, which meant that the French navy did not need to surrender to Germany, which was also Hitler's helpless move to keep the French navy in various colonies from surrendering to Britain.

-- In Paris

"Damn Petain and Reival! They are traitors to France, they are our enemies! They are not qualified to be the leaders of France, they have betrayed us! De Gaulle covered his head with a pained expression on his face, and when he heard on the radio that Petain and Reival had gone to see Hitler together, he knew that France was finished.

"My friend, you can't just give up, France still needs you, the people of France still need you!" British General Spears told de Gaulle that he was not only a British general, but also a good friend of de Gaulle, and that he was carrying a special British mission with him at this time.

"Oh, my friend, you can't understand my mood at this moment, it's over, it's all over, my country, my people, and my army...", De Gaulle covered his face and howled in pain.

"Nope! It's not over yet! Hitler did not get the final victory! There must still be people in the French army who want to resist, don't forget, just across from France, there are tens of thousands of French troops who want someone to lead them, and in the colonies outside France, there are countless French people who want to see a hero lead them, de Gaulle, don't you want to be that person? Piesle asked with a smile.

"Leader? Hero? I? De Gaulle was shocked by this idea, you must know that before the war, he was only a colonel, half a month ago, he was promoted to temporary brigadier general, and now, someone actually came to tell him that he could rule the whole of France.... Even a government-in-exile. De Gaulle asked a little unnaturally, "Where do I have this ability, if it is Marshal Petain, it would be suitable, and there are so many generals who are better than me." ”

In fact, when de Gaulle was a student, he was a student officer under Petain, so De Gaulle greatly admired Petain, and it can be said that Petain opened the military road for De Gaulle.

"But they're all surrendering to Hitler now, aren't they?" De Gaulle listened to Piesl's words and fell into deep thought.

"I've made all the arrangements, I'm going to fly back to England soon, you go with me, you and I are friends, if you go to see me off, no one will doubt it, then you can get on the plane with me, as long as you get on the plane, you will soon be in England, and the freedom of the French people will depend on you to fight for it." Piesl said while the iron was hot.

De Gaulle looked at Pisle and nodded slowly, he really did not want to admit that France was defeated, he wanted to go to England, go to England to continue fighting, and no longer in the name of a French general, but in the name of a free French government!

-- Outside Paris

"Host, we found that the British general Piasle had entered de Gaulle's house, and they seemed to have a good conversation, and at first De Gaulle was still crying, but soon he was in high spirits, and he must have been told by Piser to leave France." Chen Nan walked into Jiang Cheng's room and reported to Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng touched his chin and asked, "Check it out, is Pisle going to leave by plane?" ”

Chen Nan nodded and said, "That's right, since there are a large number of British in Paris, according to the agreement between Petain and Hitler, these Englishmen will be free to leave France as the last thing France does for the British allies, so Pissell will leave immediately." ”

"Hmm... Let me think about it again, by the way, where are Goering and Dönitz now? Jiang Cheng asked.

"Dönitz was already on his way to Paris, and so was Goering, and Hitler hoped they could enter Paris together." Chen Nan replied

"Well, that's fine, they come together, a lot of things are good to say, as for de Gaulle.... Do we have French? The kind that can break into him. Jiang Cheng asked.

"Among the people we have recruited are some local French hooligans and gangsters, and many of them are available, but the British have high expectations of de Gaulle, and the people around him will definitely be checked many times, and our people will probably not be able to avoid those in MI6." Chen Nan vetoed Jiang Cheng's idea.

Jiang Cheng sighed and said, "Okay, then forget it, let him leave first, he will come back sooner or later." ”

The next day, de Gaulle boarded the plane under the pretext of sending Pisle and flew out of France, when Petain and others learned, it was too late, de Gaulle flew to London that day, and was ceremoniously received by Churchill, and then with the support of Churchill, de Gaulle issued a declaration of resistance on British radio, asking all the French to take up arms and drive out the German army completely, but unfortunately, there were not too many people to support the response to him, and in the following month, Less than 10,000 people rushed to England from all over the world to join his Free France, and what made De Gaulle feel even more angry and helpless was that of the nearly 30,000 or 40,000 French troops who fled from France to England, less than two or three thousand were willing to join his Free France, and more people demanded that Britain let them go back to France, that they wanted to go home, and for them, they thought that the war was over, and the next thing was the war between England and Germany, not the war between France and Germany.

Naturally, such a wish would not have been agreed to by Churchill and de Gaulle, but that is for another time.

At this time, Churchill was thinking about another problem, and if he did not solve this problem, he would not be able to sleep.

On February 20, 1941, the huge ceremony of entering the city began, Hitler stood on the car, enjoying this moment of history, no one noticed that a person who was planned to appear here had quietly left, Jiang Cheng and Goering laughed while pointing to various buildings in France, discussing French women and works of art from time to time, especially when talking about the artworks looted during this time, Goering only used the unit of train wagons to describe their number, which couldn't help but make Jiang Cheng's eyes red, Jiang Cheng looked at Hitler, he knew that the private transaction with Goering, a high-ranking Nazi official, was more about giving these people some benefits, and the real big deal was to nod the mustache.

At this time, Shacht from the rear also arrived, Shacht's purpose was very simple, that is, to completely digest the industrial capacity of France, the daytime event was over, Jiang Cheng came to Shacht's residence, Shacht greeted him happily and said, "My friend, I am so happy today, I never thought that the war would end so quickly!" ”

Indeed, if Schacht had known in advance that the French campaign would have gone so smoothly for Germany, he would not have been so opposed to Hitler starting the war, after all, the benefits of war were too great.

"Hehe, tell me about it, I'm curious, how much will it make our Mr. Schacht moved?" Jiang Cheng asked.

Schacht shook his head and said, "I'm only talking about heavy industry, I'm afraid you can't believe it, France is also very advanced in the development of tanks, they already have very good tank factories, as for artillery, it is a French specialty, and there are shipyards!" What we lack most in Germany! With skilled workers and shipyards in France, the rate of production of our battleships could almost be doubled, and those steel mills, I tell you, ginger! The empire that got France was already comparable to the Soviet Union in terms of steel production, but it was only a little worse than the United States. ”

Jiang Cheng agreed with Schacht's judgment, according to the estimation of later generations, the United States accounted for as much as 38.7 of the world's industries before World War II, the Soviet Union had 17.6%, the third-ranked Germany was 13.2%, and France had 4.5%, that is to say, after Germany annexed France's industry, it had surpassed the Soviet Union in terms of industrial paper strength, and it far exceeded Britain's 9.2%, which can be said to be coupled with factors such as the German army's good warfare and advanced equipment. It is already an inaccomplishable task for the Soviet Union or Britain to win Germany alone, not to mention that in the eyes of the whole world, the current Soviet Union and Germany are allies, and Poland is a witness to the friendship between the two countries.

"It's really good, but this also has to be done by us to fully tap the power of French industry, although the mill is our Chinese, but I believe you can understand it, right?" Jiang Cheng smiled and said a Chinese word, the so-called grinding foreign workers are actually a word only in the Republic of China period, he originally said that the construction of the surface of the brick wall grinding work, that is, grinders, because the United States at that time in Beijing Construction Union Hospital, the construction quality requirements are high, the Chinese called "foreign workers", workers participating in construction projects called this process "grinding foreign workers". Originally, it was to ensure that a delicate work was mistaken by some laymen as a passive slacking behavior, and in the end the whole meaning became the meaning of negative slacking, although Schacht did not understand the origin of this word, but also learned the meaning of this word in his daily communication with Jiang Cheng, he nodded and said, "Yes, this is what I am most afraid of, if the French do not cooperate, those factories will not only not be able to become the help of the empire, but will become the resistance of the empire." ”

"The Rome Plan?"

"Plan Rome!" "I am ready to carry out our Roman plan throughout France, to throw all the French into our game with a hierarchy, and as long as they get used to the hierarchy, they will forget about the so-called countries and nations for the sake of this hierarchy, and only remember how to increase their ranks, and finally become a part of our new Roman Empire!" ”

From the Czech Republic to Poland, Schacht's Rome plan has been revised many times, due to previous experience, Schacht is very confident in the full realization of the Rome plan in France, Jiang Cheng took a sip of coffee and said with a smile, "By the way, many factories in France are going to be annexed, you have to leave me some soup to drink." ”

Shacht smiled and took out a document from his bag and said, "This is what I left for you, it's all some minerals, I'm sure you'll like it, of course, you still have to pay." ”

Of course, it's a fool not to pay, these mines are rare bonanzas, usually there is nowhere to buy them, and now they all belong to Jiang Cheng's arsenal, Jiang Cheng put it away, raised his glass and toasted Shacht to express his gratitude, and said, "Then I'll thank you." ”

Schacht suddenly asked, "By the way, I saw you talking with Goering today, what about Dönitz?" Shouldn't he have come too? ”

Jiang Cheng blinked his eyes and said, "I revealed a message for him in advance, after he reported to the Führer, he hurriedly took people to the west, and now he should be almost in Toulon, I don't know if the British have cooperated with me?" ”

Shacht looked at Jiang Cheng curiously, and he didn't know what medicine Jiang Cheng was selling in his gourd, but he knew that Dönitz had something to leave, so he didn't ask anymore, but continued to discuss with Jiang Cheng how the Roman plan could be realized in France. (To be continued.) )