The Third Reich in Desperation

The venue of the surrender ceremony is set at the exhibition site of Napoleon's former residence, a place with elegant decoration.

Originally, someone suggested that Reinhardt should allow the French to complete the surrender ceremony in the compartment of the Compiègne Forest just like the signing of the "Versailles Peace Treaty" with Germany back then. revenge.

Reinhardt was not Hitler, and he dismissed Hitler's revenge.

Reinhardt has his own plan, otherwise, he would not help the French discover Algeria's huge oil fields.

Not only did he decide to give up the chance of revenge, but on the contrary, he wanted to give the French a decent surrender ceremony.

After all, Reinhardt understands that the French still have a large number of factories, land, ports and other necessary infrastructure in their homeland.

The Third Reich will definitely develop further in France in the future. Just like other countries he annexed before, Reinhardt doesn't want to make matters into a mess.

If you want others to do things for you, you must give your service people some sweetness.

What Reinhardt thinks now is to let the French taste some sweetness, so as to serve Germany well.After all, what he wanted this time was much more than what Hitler wanted, so he was still very magnanimous when it came to such small things like saving face.

Of course, this may also have something to do with Reinhardt himself, a brazen guy who treats face like shit.

When the convoy came under the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Reinhardt temporarily signaled the driver to stop.

Sitting in the back row, Guderian and Rommel were very puzzled.

"What is the Führer doing to stop the car?" Rommel asked Guderian in a low voice, his eyes full of doubts.

"Who knows, let's see." Guderian replied.

At this moment, Reinhardt confused the two idol-level generals who were already very popular.

I saw Reinhardt got off the car and went to the Eiffel Tower, looked up at it affectionately, and stopped for a long time thoughtfully.

A few minutes later, he said slowly, "Guard, bring the camera, I want to take a photo with the Eiffel Tower!"

Guderian and Rommel looked at each other, they would never be able to figure out the head of state's mind......

With a click of the camera, Reinhardt's image was permanently frozen under the Eiffel Tower.

Afterwards, Reinhard got into the car and continued to the former residence of Emperor Napoleon.

Perhaps because of France's defeat, the whole of Paris was dead silent, and there were not many pedestrians and vehicles on the road. Before the war, Paris at this point could be said to be full of traffic, but today Reinhardt's convoy was surprisingly smooth. , and soon came to Napoleon's former residence.

Under the flashing spotlights of countless reporters, Reinhardt, wearing a black SS uniform and sunglasses, got out of the car, entered the former residence of Emperor Napoleon, and appeared in the corridor.

He was holding the armed belt with one hand, wearing a pair of sunglasses, with an invisible smile on his face, and on his arm, a German flag armband embroidered with golden wheat ears on the edge was obviously eye-catching.On his chest are pinned the various commemorative medals and medals he received when he was promoted within the National Defense Forces.

"Führer! Reinhard Heydrich! Long live!"

Standing on the edge of the corridor, guards with white gloves and rifles were saluting.

Amidst the shouts of the guards, Reinhardt slowly walked to the end of the corridor. The French diplomats at the end of the corridor were frightened when they saw the menacing Head of State Reinhardt, but they were helpless. After all, my country is negotiating with Germany as a defeated country.

It is said to be a negotiation, but in fact it is a unilateral condition imposed by Germany.

Four hours later, the two sides finally completed the negotiations. France ceded most of the economically prosperous areas including Paris, and disbanded all the air force and local army, with Germany as the protectorate, and the national defense of France.

In addition, the French government that moved to the south, that is, the Vichy government, had to pay huge war reparations to Germany and pay all the military expenses of the German garrison in northern France.

But the good news is that Reinhardt personally stated that the rights to most of France's colonies belong to Vichy France.Even, Petain's new government can use the upcoming large-scale exploitation of Algerian oil to replace part of the war reparations.

On the basis of this treaty, the French and German governments allowed to retain the entire navy and most of their overseas colonies.But in fact, the French navy has become a puppet of Germany. Their fleet will help Germany guard the Mediterranean route and deal with the British Mediterranean fleet together with Germany and Italy.

At the same time, France was asked to declare its accession to the Iron and Steel Agreement and become a member of the Allies.The pro-German French Marshal Petain became the prime minister of France, announced that he would withdraw from the war against Germany, and worked with Germany to deal with Britain and other members of the anti-Allied powers.

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The preservation of the French navy is already a blessing in misfortune for France. At least they still have a glimmer of hope for their country and overseas colonies through the navy.

On this point, it does not violate the revival philosophy of the Pétain-Vichy government.Because, he has already sent Berrante away!

"Since both parties have reached an agreement, please sign the agreement with the representatives of both parties." After speaking, the diplomat handed the Head of State Reinhardt a pen.

Reinhardt took the pen with a smile, and signed his name crookedly at the bottom of the document.

After many years, he still writes bad handwriting as always.

Afterwards, the diplomat stamped the stamp representing the German government on the document, followed by cheers and applause from a group of German officers and soldiers outside.

Head of State Reinhard smiled and stretched out his hand, and said to the French diplomat who was in charge of signing the peace treaty: "Congratulations, the war is over, and we are all relieved."

Chapter 422 Hope of Revival

"Let's go, Governor Berlante, it's time to leave here." At the airport in Moutiers, Berlante's adjutant reminded lightly.

Because he defeated the invasion of the Italian army and almost counterattacked into Italy, Berente can be said to be the only light of the defeated French army.

The complete victory in the battle against Italy earned Berente himself a great deal of prestige, and at the same time, for the French Army, which was ashamed in front of the German army, it regained face with the Italians.

And the French Marshal Petain who planned all this, in order to protect Berente, the hero of France, passed the cabinet in the last hour before the armistice, and appointed Berente as the governor of Algeria on the grounds of his military exploits against Italy. He sent away his most proud subordinate and student.

"I didn't expect that after we defeated the Italians, what we wanted to go back was not Paris, but a desperate run to the colonies." Looking to the north, Berente sighed with emotion.

He didn't know that his teacher, Pétain, sent himself far away to the French African colony that the Germans could not control for a while in order to protect himself.

It can be said that Petain was very thoughtful.He kept himself, but transferred Berente to Africa to prevent the decline of Berente's reputation because he joined Vichy France.When Berente arrived in Algeria, he was able to defend the newly discovered largest oil field in Africa and protect France's pocketbook.

You must know that the defeated party will inevitably cede land and pay compensation no matter what.After the war, it was not easy for France, which was waiting to be rebuilt, to pay compensation that the Germans were satisfied with.

But it’s different now. During the day today, the Algeria side has been tested. The quality of the oil there is quite high, and the reserves are huge!

As long as the oil fields there are exploited and the oil is directly exchanged for compensation, whether it is Germany or France, they will be very happy.

Go to Algeria, lead the army there, and guard the pockets of France. This is the responsibility that Petain entrusted to Berente!

"I will return!"

Berente turned around and strode into the plane door.

Next, he will take over everything Pétain entrusted to him, and all the wealth that Marshal Pétain can gather.

What he holds in his hand will be the future of France!

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"In the hands of Governor Berente, it is our last strength, the seed of French revival. When our land is occupied by the Germans, when we have to choose to cooperate with the Germans. The power of Governor Berente will make us You can also have the capital to negotiate with the Germans."

The one who spoke was Wey Gang, a famous French general of the previous generation.

He witnessed the defeat of France and the rise of the Third Reich.Today, he will stay with Pétain in mainland France to witness the future together.