On June 6, 1940, although the residents of the streets of London were worried that a new round of war had broken out, the general belief of the residents was that this war would not affect the British mainland, as it had been twenty years earlier.

Mr. Mason, who is in his forties this year, is the director of an appearance company, and now his business has been greatly affected by the war, but he has also had a few days of rare rest, and he has been in the office for a long time, taking advantage of today's good weather to go out for a walk, passing by the newsstand, he also bought a copy of the Daily Herald, feeling tired of walking, he sat in the café on the side of the road, drank fragrant coffee and opened the newspaper he had just bought.

As soon as I opened the newspaper, there was an eye-catching headline on the front page, "Is she a contemporary Joan of Arc, or a traitor who should go to the gallows", as a veteran of the First World War, Mr. Mason was very concerned about the current war, although the news was about the French army, but it still attracted his interest to continue reading.

The news "Is She a Contemporary Joan of Arc or a Traitor Who Should Go to the Gallows" elaborates on how a young female colonel led her reserve forces to resist the attack of German armored forces, how to break through after being besieged, and how to continue fighting after breaking out.

At the end of the news, the journalist wrote: The colonel fought bravely, went to the front line in person, led her troops to hold off the German offensive for at least a week, bought enough time for the retreat of the 340,000 allied troops, although disobeyed the orders of the command. But the order of the Allied Command did not require the female colonel to defend Arras, the core of the order was to delay the German offensive, and the female colonel did it, and did it well, so this newspaper believes that this female colonel should not be sent to court-martials as a traitor, if you also support this newspaper's point of view. Then please call or write to this newspaper to support the female colonel.

"How can this be reasonable!" Mr. Mason, who had finished reading the news, was in no good mood for the day, and he was very sympathetic to the female colonel in the news, and he was extremely angry at the incompetent senior leaders of the coalition forces, and the defeat of the war was caused by Britain and France, and a small colonel could decide the direction of the entire war? Be responsible for the failure of the entire war? Don't think that we ordinary people are easy to deceive!

Mr. Mason hurriedly drank his coffee, bought stationery and envelopes nearby, asked for a pen from the coffee shop, and wrote a long letter of solidarity with great enthusiasm. It was then dropped into the mailbox and sent to the Daily Herald.

Hunter, who was in charge of sending and receiving letters from the Daily Herald, walked up to the editor-in-chief with a large cardboard box, "Mr. Wilson, these are the letters that I just sent, all in solidarity with the female colonel. ”

Editor-in-chief Wilson said happily: "Organize these letters and store them carefully, and when the court session begins on the 11th, we will take these letters to the courtroom together." ”

"Yes!"

Public opinion propaganda, this is one of the plans that Ouyang Yu developed in the London prison with Montgomery and de Gaulle. The British Daily Herald was the predecessor of The Sun, which in turn was known for its penchant for making big news. Therefore, Montgomery found Wilson, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Herald, and provided him with materials for big news, and Wilson, who was worried that there was no big news to dig up, immediately published Ouyang Yu's matter on the front page, and wrote an eye-catching headline by himself.

In the past few days, the Daily Herald's newspaper has been selling out every day, and it has even been reprinted several times in short supply. More and more British people knew about Ouyang Yu's affairs, and the people wrote letters in support of Ouyang Yu, and the same was true in France, where de Gaulle used his connections in France, and several newspapers controlled by the opposition party also reported on Ouyang Yu's affairs. As soon as the news spread, the whole of France boiled.

Petain, who was about to form a cabinet and become the prime minister of France, looked anxiously at the protesters gathered outside the official residence, and the protesters were carrying all kinds of slogans, all of which were in solidarity with Ouyang Yu and condemnation of the French government.

"Let's talk about what we should do now, and do we need to cancel the trial of Colonel Catherine?"

As soon as Pétain's words fell, some of his staff stood up and objected loudly: "Your Excellency Marshal, instead of canceling Colonel Catherine's trial, we should speed up it!"

Petain tapped his pipe and asked, "Why?"

"Your Excellency, do not forget that your agreement with Generals Gammerin and Weygand supported you in coming to power, and that you promised not to hold them accountable for their defeat, if the trial of Colonel Catherine is cancelled, how should you answer when the people ask who is responsible for the defeat of France?"

"It's ....... Petain sat down in silence.

However, there was no dissent among those present, and another staff member also stood up and said: "I think that not only should Colonel Catherine's trial be canceled, but she should also be vigorously commended!"

"Tell me what you think. ”

"First of all, as the newspaper said, a small colonel can't decide the outcome of the whole war, and someone with a higher status needs to be responsible, otherwise even if Colonel Catherine is forcibly tried, the people will not admit it, secondly, I carefully checked Colonel Catherine's record, to be honest, except for a few generals such as General de Gaulle, most of the generals in our army are really inferior to her, the pressure and danger our country is now facing is like the Hundred Years War between England and France, the soldiers are demoralized and have no fighting spirit, if at this time can launch a hero like Joan of Arc, it has a great effect on the uplifting of the hearts of the army and the people, and also has a good positive image of the Cabinet Government that you are about to form, Your Excellency Marshal. ”

"Whew, that's a good point. Pétain nodded affirmatively.

"I'm against it!" is still the same staff member just now, "Colonel Catherine can't let go, according to intelligence, there will be so many newspapers reporting on Colonel Catherine this time, just because De Gaulle is secretly supporting, I think that Colonel Catherine is De Gaulle's person, don't forget that De Gaulle and His Excellency the Marshal are mortal enemies, and many of Marshal Petain's policies De Gaulle is strongly opposed, so we must also oppose what he wants to do!" Even if Colonel Catherine was the reincarnation of Joan of Arc, she would have to be crucifixed and burned again!" )