The Third Reich in Desperation

Wei Gang was also filled with righteous indignation when he heard this, and immediately asked Petain: "What does the Marshal mean, leave this mess to the British and let them clean it up?"

"Yes, that's it. Only that idiot Renault would want to fight with the British. He doesn't even think about it. The British still have the English Channel, but we no longer have the Maginot Line!" Petain said helplessly. said with a sigh.

Shaking his head, Petain seemed to be asking Weygand, but he also wanted to ask himself: "Reinhardt is really not a simple person. He should have been preparing for war since he took power and had stockpiled a large amount of ammunition. You Do you think he might lose this battle?"

"What does the marshal mean, we have to surrender to Germany?" Wei Gang frowned and said, "In that case, why not leave here with me, the marshal, go to our overseas North African colony, and let other people take the blame. This infamy , It should not be accepted by you, Marshal!"

"Hahaha..." The old marshal laughed, obviously he was relieved a lot after hearing this sentence.

Then, Pétain said with a smile: "But I can't go, this matter is up to me! I would rather be infamous than I must stay, because only I can stabilize the current situation in France. Since the French people are willing Treat me as their hero, then I have to stay and accompany them to face everything."

In every country, there is a group of people worthy of respect.At that time, German President Ebert, bearing the eternal infamy, signed the Treaty of Versailles, which humiliated the country and gave Germany a chance to lick its wounds.Today, the elderly French leader Pétain also silently bears the infamy.

"The revival of France cannot be achieved through military victories." Petain smiled wryly and said with an ugly face: "The armistice is not a punishment for our defeat, but a new beginning. It is our guarantee that France will live forever." A necessary condition of permanence. What is my personal honor for the continuation of France?"

"Marshal..." Wei Gang stepped forward emotionally, wanting to persuade the old hero of France again.

After all, as long as Petain leaves France and goes to overseas colonies, with his reputation, he can fully get the support of the French troops stationed in the colonies.

Wei Gang grabbed Petain's hands and clenched them tightly: "I heard that the British have reorganized the expeditionary force, maybe as long as we persist......"

"No!" Petain interrupted Weygand, shaking his head and said, "We have discussed this topic for a long time just now, and there is no need to argue any further. We have no chance! I am the Field Marshal of France. In this country, no one compares I understand our situation better!"

"Why?" Wei Gang's voice was a little hoarse: "Could it be that we have a chance?"

"This way..." Petain smiled calmly: "It's better than being completely defeated by the German army, and the entire army is wiped out. We no longer have the strength to continue to resist. The continuous failure has made us hit the ground It's the end of the mountain. I don't want to admit defeat, but I know that if I don't admit defeat, the whole of France will be buried with me!"

"Can't you really think about it..." Wei Gang asked: "Even if you don't go to the colonies, you can still lead our army to England, relying on British land, and continue to resist!"

"At the price of the lives of the French people?" Petain said coldly.

Wey Gang opened his mouth, but couldn't utter another word.

With a wry smile, Petain continued to the silent Wei Gang: "Since I promised Renault to be the deputy prime minister, it has been a dead end for me personally. Perhaps, this is also fate for me who once defeated The German army, a mockery of me, the French Marshal."

"It's not your fault!" Weygand hissed.

"It's not my fault," Petain shook his head, and said heavily, "But I have to be responsible for it!"

"I have been carefully reviewing every decision I made, not letting go of any details." Pétain's voice was a little low: "For the past 15 years, I have been holding meetings to discuss every military operation in France and formulate every plan. Battle plan. Leading an uprising of 10 troops of the Rif people of Morocco and spending hundreds of millions of materials to build the Maginot Line..."

"However, I forgot one thing. I forgot, the natural law of the survival of the fittest! As the director of the French Army, the Minister of the Army, and the arbiter of French military thought, I am like a cage, in the While isolating France from external dangers, it also turned the invincible, tenacious and heroic army in the First World War into a waste that only knew how to opportunistically and pinned its courage on the Maginot Line."

"Use more steel, and less blood will be shed..." Petain turned his head, the smile on his face was unspeakably bitter: "This is what I said in Verdun, but my subordinates, my students For example, Lieutenant General Berente and the others have ten thousand different understandings, but no one understands the true meaning of this sentence. This is the mistake I made after using it for 15 years..."

Steel should not only be used to build the Maginot Line, it should be used to make guns and cannons!

"As for Germany, during the years when we built the Maginot Line, a Reinhardt appeared, and there were three famous generals under him!"

"Germany has Guderian, Manstein, and Rommel..." Pétain smiled wryly: "But we only gave birth to one Berente..."

"So, you transferred Berrante to the southern front and let him disengage from the German army, so that in the future, after the Germans took power, the French army can be handed over to him." Wei Gang said painfully: "You gave the credit for defeating Italy to your student Berente, but you alone bear the infamy of surviving and begging for mercy!"

"Yes, Berente is my favorite student. I believe he can deal with the Italians. I believe that the Germans will not hate a French general who defeated Italy. After all, the army he hurt is not the Germans." When satisfied with the smile.

"But you will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history!" Wei Gang's voice was a little trembling: "You will be recorded in history textbooks as a traitor! You will lose all glory and dignity, and lose the title of French hero!"

"It can save France from this war, keep our flesh and blood, and no longer be used by the United Kingdom and the United States as a pawn in their balancing strategy." Petain said seriously: "No matter how big the sacrifice is, It's worth it too!"

Wey Gang was completely silent.He looked at the marshal in front of him, whom he admired so much, and his mind went blank.

Whether in victory or in defeat.Petain is worthy of the title of Hero of France!

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Body 4 Chapter [-] Mussolini's Victory Speech

The 200-kilometer-long front in the Alps was filled with gunpowder and smoke. The 5 divisions of the French army, with Berente's troops as the vanguard, mixed with the 32 divisions of the Italian army and fought each other.The five-way straight-line attack formation formed by the Italian army penetrated deeply into the French defensive position, constantly breaking through in depth.

On the surface, they attacked the French defense line in groups. Every step forward, the French position would be cut open like a knife.They nibbled at the French army's positions step by step, trying to use the method of nibbling step by step to slowly wear down the vital strength of the French army, and took advantage of their strength to nibble away at the French army.

The Italian commander was Admiral Gambara, who held a 32 to 5 force advantage, and he didn't think much about tactics.

The Italian "famous general" who won the Spanish intervention war said to the soldiers: "I have never fought a rich battle like 32 to 5 in my life. You can fight freely. Every division and every regiment should be the main attacker. Losing is my responsibility!"

With the general's words, the soldiers were all happy, and rushed to the French position one by one.

However, bad luck is yet to come. With the attack of the whole army, the entire rear of the Italian army has no defense at all. If the enemy penetrates, the consequences will be disastrous.

The loser who happened to stay behind was the 21st Army of the Italian Army. It can only be said to be garbage among garbage.

"General!" came the report of the guard behind him.Looking back, Gambala saw that the French army had arrived behind the Italian army from nowhere and copied their retreat.

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"In the last world war, we mistakenly joined the camp of the British and the French. But in the end, the shameless betrayal of the British and French caused heavy losses to the powerful Italian army."

Italy, Rome, on the terrace of the Palazzo Venezia.Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini began his carefully prepared victory speech.

"In that war, the great Italy sacrificed a lot, but got too little." Mussolini was a little funny, but he pouted his lips and raised his arms and shouted arrogantly.

"However! Under the leadership of this leader, all walks of life in Italy are striving to become stronger, and our national strength is thriving. Finally, our national strength has been restored and become stronger than ever!"

"Now, the time of reckoning has come, and the great Italian army is fighting against the evil French barbarians, and once again embarks on the great journey of Caesar's conquest of Gaul!"

"We will march with the German and Germanic peoples, with their invincible and ever-victorious armies."

Mussolini took advantage of this.Although he doesn't like to brag about Germany, but at this moment in order to boost morale, he has to say that the German army is invincible, even though it is true.

However, if the allies win, Italy in the same camp can be regarded as winning.

As the saying goes after Mussolini came to power, "Reinhardt's victory is our victory."

Finally, Mussolini shouted excitedly: "Victory belongs to the great Italy and the equally great Italian people!"

"Victory! Victory! Victory......." Amidst countless echoes, Mussolini stepped off the balcony of the Venice Palace.

As he walked back, he joked to Ciano who came forward to greet him: "Look, under my encouragement, the Italian people have finally begun to have courage. In order to shape a great man, even kicking ass To send them to the battlefield, isn't that what I should do?"

"Yes, that's right!" Ciano echoed with a witty smile: "Under the leadership's urging, our army finally launched a large-scale general offensive this morning. It is estimated that there should be results now."

"Hehe," Mussolini, who had begun to be intoxicated in his dream, nodded and smiled, "It seems that I will soon be like the Italian hero Napoleon and rule France."

"Cough cough." A vice admiral who was close to Mussolini couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to cough twice to hide his speechlessness.

After much deliberation, the Lieutenant General decided to remind the Prime Minister: "But the leader...Napoleon is French."