"Admiral, we are surrounded" Admiral Verrick, commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, was sitting at his headquarters in Paris, watching the optimistic war briefings from the Allied Command.
Suddenly, his chief of staff, Major General Henry Bonnard, hurried into his office and told Admiral Verrick a sensational message.
"What" Admiral Verrick, who was a little sluggish, was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "It was the Germans who attacked" The reports on his desk clearly showed that the Germans were "saving fuel".
Their bombers had not crossed the Franco-German border for several days, and their surface ships had been stuck in Wilhelmshaven.
In addition, there is intelligence that German leader and Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Crown Prince Wilhelm visited Romania on April 8, that is, today, and asked Romanian King Carol II to agree to sell more refined oil products, and Romania also has a certain oil processing capacity to Germany, but who in Europe does not know that the king of Romania, who belongs to the Hohenzollern dynasty, is a staunch pro-British French, and if it were not for the fear of Germany's invasion through Hungary and Transcarpathia, he would not have sold even a drop of oil to Germany.
And after the French bombed the Soviet oil refinery in Batumi, the Romanian king would only get closer to Britain and France Could it be that in such a situation where the supply of oil could not support a protracted war, the Germans would have to take a risk?
"No, not the Germans."
Major General Henry Bonnard's answer relieved Admiral Verrick.
"Who's that," asked Admiral Verrick.
"It's the Bolsheviks" Major General Henry Bonnard's answer startled the Admiral, and Admiral Verrick jerked himself up from his chair.
"What did the Soviet Union declare war on us" Admiral Verrick stamped his foot, "I told Churchill a long time ago that the risk of bombing Batumi was too great, but he just didn't listen" "No," Major General Henri Bonnard shook his head, "the USSR did not declare war, it was the Bolsheviks in France who surrounded our command in France" As he spoke, Major General Bonnard went to the window and pulled the two windows open with force, and then the shouts of the French poured in.
"British, get out" "British, Europe doesn't need you" "Defending the USSR, Against Great Britain" "Peace and not Britain" "Hit the fascist leaders Renault and Gammelin" Admiral Verrick was stunned in the square outside the building where the headquarters was located, which had turned into a sea of red flags at some point, and it seemed that the red flag had already been planted in the city of Paris without Stalin's Red Army.
These red flags were accompanied by countless angry working people of Paris and the French Bolshevik Party, the vanguard of the French working class Although Stalin did not declare war on France, he would not allow the French right-wing bourgeois government to have a good life.
The day after the events in Batumi, the Third International gave instructions to the French Bolshevik Party: oppose Renault and defend the Soviet Union The events in Batumi were characterized as the beginning of a general capitalist offensive against the Soviet Union, and the Third International therefore called on the French working people to immediately and practically fight against the French imperialist bloc and to defend the Soviet Union, the common homeland of the world working class.
The French Bolshevik Party, on the other hand, immediately took action after receiving the instructions, and also united the opposition Popular Front parties to jointly launch a protest against the "Reynolds militarist authorities" and at the same time launched a general strike.
"This, this is ridiculous" Admiral Verrick looked at the crowd of people in the square downstairs and muttered, "We are here to protect France, we are here to protect them, how can they let us go" "Admiral," Major-General Bonnard said, glancing at his commander-in-chief, "I suddenly had a very bad premonition. ” "I have such a hunch," Admiral Verrick shook his head, "when will these French be serious, now it's a world war, if defeated, France will die."
Outside the Palais Martingnon, the French Chancellery, the same scene was the same at the moment, but the number of people was larger and the emotions were more intense, and the voices of protest and the singing of international anthems came and went.
And in the Palais Martingnon, Prime Minister Reynolds, who has just been in office for a few days, has become an ant on a hot pan, not only because there are unknown number of Parisian people who oppose him as a "fascist", but also because the right AI camp of the "Democratic Alliance" to which he belongs has also split.
Several small center-right parties have threatened to withdraw from the Union, and the Democratic Union is not a party, but a coalition of parties, and unlike the current stable two-party coalition government of the Nazi fatherland in Germany, French politics is made up of a bunch of small parties.
So all governments are "coalition governments", very unstable, and as soon as a small party in the ruling coalition, the Popular Front or the Democratic Alliance, withdraws, the government will collapse.
Moreover, unlike other countries with a responsible cabinet system, the French government does not have the power to dissolve the parliament as a check and balance.
As a result, several small parties in a coalition government sometimes become the ancestors of the government And this time, the "ancestor" made a fussy of pure unreasonableness.
They did not want to withdraw because Renault was wrong in bombing the USSR, but because the British released French pigeons and let French planes bomb Batumi alone.
This not only made the left AI in France very dissatisfied, but even the right AI in France was not happy, how could the dignified France let the islanders in England be monkeys, and now France is confused and annoys the Soviet Union, in case the Soviet Union and Germany really form an alliance, the "Maginot Line" It can't bear it "General, what do you say you should do, what do you do now," Paul Renault, who is also defense minister, asked in a loud voice in the conference room about the chief of the general staff of the Ministry of Defense and commander-in-chief of the army, Gan Molin, who is also the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.
"Mr.
Prime Minister," said Ganmalin, as calm as ever, "our bombing campaign in Batumi has been so successful that the largest oil processing center in the Soviet Union has been reduced to a sea of fire.
According to the information we have, they asked the Germans to help process 250,000 tons of crude oil per month, which accounts for 4,050 of Germany's annual oil processing volume, and Britain and France do not know how much Germany produces synthetic fuels, so they overestimate Germany's oil processing capacity.
As a result, the German army has now begun to save fuel, which will greatly weaken the offensive capability of the German army, and there is no danger on all fronts.
Of course, if the Germans were to take a desperate gamble, we would have enough strength to defeat them. ” "Really," Paul Renault's face looked a little better, "but my government is in trouble right now" "Mr.
Prime Minister," said Admiral Gammelin in a calm tone, "I can join forces with General Weygand and General Darrang and a group of army and navy generals to issue a joint statement in firm support for your government."
"This is a military meddling," Paul Renault looked at Gunmaelin.
Gammelin shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "War is also politics, France needs a truly courageous commander-in-chief, in our opinion, this person is you, if those people insist on your resignation, then we will resign en masse, so those who oppose you will have to think twice." ” Paul Renault is the big right AI, and a little further to the right is the "fascist", and the right AI and "fascist" are generally more popular with the army in this era, and I believe that all the French army officers are not willing to let a bunch of white left virgins come to power.
Because in the eyes of these French officers, these "big left AIs" are the culprits who connived at the rise of Germany "Okay" Paul Renault thought for a moment, but nodded.
Because he felt that only he could lead France to win the war.
And, judging by the current situation, the Germans are experiencing difficulties with a lack of fuel, and the situation seems to be very good.
Perhaps France can really sit and win a world war "Good news, leader, the mass protests in Paris, France, were initiated by the French Bolshevik Party" Ludwig von Heinsberg Hersmann told Hitler, who had just run into ashes in Romania, and the dictatorship of Romania, Carol II, told him very clearly: it was impossible for Romania to increase its oil supplies to Germany at present.
"French Bolshevik Party" Hitler asked, "What do they want to do?"
"They wanted to defend the Soviet Union," Hesman replied.
"This was the result of the bombing of Batumi by the French Air Force, and the Third International ordered the French Bolshevik Party to make trouble, not only with demonstrations but also with strikes."
"These Bolshevik parties are a cancer of the nation," said Hitler, in a tone of disgust, "but they can't make it in France, can they?"
"Yes," Hersman smiled, "a group of generals in France made a statement that supported Renault's government.
However, it will still demoralize the French army and will be very beneficial for the offensive we are about to launch."
Today is April 9, 1940, and Operation Scythe will begin in the early hours of tomorrow morning So Hitler, having concluded his trip to Romania and Hungary, which was also an operation to paralyze his opponents, immediately rushed to the General Staff of Tsosen to listen to Hersmann's report on the preparations for the offensive.
"Leader," Hersmann only smiled faintly when he saw Hitler's somewhat nervous face, "this time there will be no difference from the attack last September, the British and French air forces have long been defeated by us, and with overwhelming air superiority, our armored forces will soon pass through the Ardennes Forest."
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