"The promise can be changed. Churchill also promised to help France at all costs - how did he keep those planes in the country? He also proudly claimed that he had resisted the pressure from the French after the Battle of Britain..." Bettan was furious when he thought of this. "Also, after the Royal Navy fired fire on our warships, after the British seized our colonies in the Middle East, in Madagascar, and in Central Africa, this promise no longer exists. "France can be deceived, but it cannot be deceived again and again. That is an insult to my IQ."

Dallang also echoed and scolded: "It's true, the British are so bad. Sometimes I thank the Bismarck for the time being. He sank the Hood in one fell swoop and avenge our Britannia."

"Do you know why I gave up and continued to fight in 1940? Because I want to retain some vitality for France. The result of our fight to the end in the last war was that northern France turned into ruins, and then a generation of young men was lost. Almost every French family had relatives in the war. After the war, France's birth rate and population declined a lot, and it has not recovered until now." Betton suddenly showed an excited expression, "France must not lose these 20,000 young men. Except for a small number of married people, many of them are unmarried young people. The current demographic statistics of France are typical of more women and fewer men, especially in the young people. If it lasts too long, it will affect the reproduction of the entire French nation, and even if it is married, what should I do? My husband is not by my side, one year, two years, five years, and eight years? With the national characteristics of France, do you think French women can stand it?"

Dallang was speechless: This is true. In just two years, France and Germany have seen too many French women join the arms of the Germans. Compared with French men, Germans may not be so romantic, but Germans are very stern and do everything with decisiveness, which is more in line with the image of a tough guy. `In difficult and difficult days of war, people feel more secure than a lazy literary youth. As for national feelings, this thing will change, because France was defeated in the summer of 194o.

If they go too fast, they surrender quickly. Except for prisoners, the rest of the people suffered little losses, unless someone in their family died. Otherwise, everyone's hatred for the Germans was not that strong - otherwise, Charles de Gaulle, not Marshal Betton, was more supported by the people. Not to mention, Paris was much better under the management of the Germans than when France managed it itself, because the Germans were rigid and merciless. Those hooligans, thieves, gangsters, and underworlds who were scattered on the streets and repeatedly swept away were almost extinct under the heavy blows of the Germans.

"Of course, France still has some population in the colonies. But you don't want to watch the Sun King. Napoleon's descendants become a group of black Africa in the future, right? Or take a step back, the next generation's reproduction can no longer rely on us, right?"

Marshal Betton was satirizing the behavior of raising lovers in a state of being drunk and dreaming and unscrupulous in the top government. Dallang blushed, and it seemed that he could also be included in this range. However, he knew very well that although the French were tolerant of lovers, they could find lovers on a small scale, but on a large scale the whole society would be in chaos.

"Darlang, I will give you a piece of advice. I don't easily say this to others, but you are the exception. You are my optimistic about the future French leader..."

"marshal……"

"From the current situation, this war will take many years to fight. We will not stop until one side is exhausted. France is by no means a simple revenge or cooperation - that is too shallow. We must strive to preserve the vitality of the nation to restore it. Whether Germany or Britain and the United States win, this victory has nothing to do with France. The French must never join this kind of battle. We must seize the opportunity of war to recover silently. The French can do what the Germans can do after the Versailles Contract.

.`"Petain was very excited. He said quickly and urgently. "The Armistice Agreement seems to feel angry and humiliated from the perspective of you and I as political leaders, but isn't it a relief for the people? In the past two years, their normal life has not been disturbed much. Isn't it a happiness for them to live a more stable life than in the war? If we can expand this happiness and benefit more French people, what does it matter if we need to be crushed to pieces?"

"Your Excellency, I..." Dallang was almost shaken in his heart, but he still plucked up the courage to ask, "What kind of attitude does General De La Boulder have on this?"

Admiral de Labord is the commander of the French High Seas Fleet. He has a fleet of 5 cruisers and 13 destroyers, including the flagship battleship Strasbourg. His personal relationship and work relationship with Dallang is well known. Dallang was afraid that he would use it as a weapon to attack him after he agreed to this condition.

Betton sighed: "What else can he do? He can't control the high seas fleet anymore. The intelligence officers in the fleet told me that the officers and sailors secretly obtained a large amount of fuel by destroying the oil gauge and forging reports. Now these ships are filled with about half of the fuel. If the conditions are right, they will flee to North Africa. If that means we break the armistice agreement first, and will be furiously revenge by the Germans. The fleet left with patted its butt, but the French people will pay the price for it - we are currently unarmed."

Dallang lowered his head sadly: "How did this happen?"

"You have to know that almost all other senior officials, including Laivar, agree to reaching this compromise with Germany. If you oppose it from the navy, I can understand your feelings, but it is not good for you. If you want to take charge of the entire France in the future, you cannot confront these majority. In addition..." Betton sighed, "The people are not as far-sighted as you think, and will not take into account the future. They are more greedy for immediate interests. If they know that you opposed Germany's early repatriation of prisoners in order to retain a fleet without practical significance and hinder the reunion of their loved ones, they will hate you to the core."

Darlang lowered his head and said nothing, and this sentence hit his weakness: Marshal Betan seemed to have limited time to continue his rule, and there were few reserve candidates who could take over this highest position, except for him, Ravar, and he was obviously pro-Germany. Ravar, who has always vigorously advocated France-German cooperation, would obviously be favored by the German side. If he offended the entire high-level and the overall French people because of these unusable warships, I believe that no one would agree to his position as the highest-ranking government in the future.

"If it is for the long-term interests of the French people...I..." Dallang struggled to squeeze out a sentence from his teeth, "I can agree to implement such a plan, but North African warships cannot be included."

"That's of course, I'm not that stupid." Beden patted his shoulder, "I won't let you die in vain. After the new defense division is formed, I'm going to put the main forces and armored divisions in North Africa to defend our colonies-they will all be under your command."

"Yuan, good news, good news, your strategy has been successful, and the French have agreed to accept our conditions." Ribin Troop, who was full of spring breeze, walked into Hoffman's office proudly and said in an extremely exaggerated tone, "The French impatiently hope that the prisoners will go back. In order to avoid opposition from the enemies at home and abroad, they urged us to handle the handover of warships as soon as possible."

"Very good." Hoffman waved his fists happily, "it finally succeeded."

"Dear Marshal, I'm sorry to inform you..." Hoffman grimaced and continued to say to the microphone, "You need to go on a mission to go to the Port of Toulon, France to receive all the local French warships. Yes, you heard it right, today is not April Fool's Day, everything I said is true."

"Oh my God...Long live Yuan!" Only Redel's excited shouts and the sound of his chair falling over came from the receiver.

On January 26, the French High Seas Fleet commanded by Admiral De Labord, and the French Third Military Region Fleet controlled by Lieutenant General Andre Matthews slowly lowered the French national flags of red, white and blue, including the battleship Dunkirk, Strasbourg, the old battleship Provence, the Ocean and the former dreadnought Condorce, the seaplane mothership Commander, the heavy cruiser Colbert, the Algiers, the Diplek, the light cruiser Marseille, Jean-de-Vieira, etc., a total of 5 battleships (regardless of new and old), 8 cruisers, 29 destroyers and torpedo boats, 16 submarines, 7 communications ships, 3 reconnaissance ships, etc., were handed over to the German Navy.

To avoid stimulating the national feelings of the French, all German naval soldiers, including Marshal Raidel, did not raise their flags when receiving them, nor did they make loud noises and music, but instead saluted the slowly descending French flag. Then, these warships (except for some inmovable) slowly drove out of the Port of Toulon with the assistance of pilots to head towards the Italian naval base, where they will undergo comprehensive inspection, modification and maintenance, and will be unified in the merged German-Italy Mediterranean Combined Fleet.

Looking at the slowly sailing fleet, Louis Desten, the former sailor of Strasbourg, burst into tears. His captain comforted him: "Don't worry, we will build more and better warships in the future, and they will not sacrifice in vain. Large tracts of territory including Paris have been recovered, hundreds of thousands of French families have reunited, and they have died as much as possible..."

In January 1942, the fourth largest in the world and the second European navy came to an end, and they witnessed the end of an era.

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Chapter completed!