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Text Chapter 1,241 France is defeated!

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    The French government decided to retreat south, which posed a big problem for the French army!  Although Admiral Foch and Admiral P¨¦tain strongly opposed this order, it was to no avail.  In the end, they can only choose to follow the orders issued by the government!

    A large number of French troops began to retreat southward in an organized manner. The retreat of the army caused panic among the residents of Paris!  These French civilians also began to retreat southward with their families. The road from Paris to southern France was filled with rolling flows of people.  And this movement of the French army was quickly known to the German army who had been paying attention!

    On May 29, General Falkenhayn, the German Chief of Staff, issued an order to march to Paris one day in advance.  Six regiments and nearly three million German troops launched a fierce attack on Paris from several directions.  In order to defeat the French army in one fell swoop, the German army invested almost all its forces. Thousands of tanks and armored vehicles formed three assault arrows. With the cooperation of infantry, they launched a fierce attack on Paris.  At this time, only a small half of the French army had evacuated Paris, and the rest were preparing to evacuate!  The German attack caught the French army by surprise!

    So, the organized retreat instantly turned into a rout!  A large number of French soldiers rushed to abandon their positions and fled south!  This allowed the German army to easily overcome the French defense line and continue to advance towards Paris!

    At this time, the French government declared Paris an undefended city. France will not deploy any military presence in Paris and hopes that Paris will not be destroyed in the war!  If the German army dares to destroy Paris, they will be the murderers of human civilization!

    This declaration by the French government surprised the German government!  However, France took the initiative to abandon Paris, which made the German government very satisfied.  The German government immediately announced that Paris is the common cultural wealth of all mankind, and the German army promised not to let a single artillery shell fall into Paris!  Of course, the prerequisite is that there is no armed force in Paris!  Otherwise, Germany will not guarantee whether Paris will be destroyed!

    After that, the German army accelerated its attack, and the French army's resistance became weaker and weaker.  There was even a phenomenon where the French army surrendered to the German army in an organized manner.  At the beginning, individual French troops surrendered to the Germans, but later it developed into rows and companies of French troops surrendering to the Germans in an organized manner, which accelerated the French army's defeat!

    Another army stationed in Paris, the British Expeditionary Force, immediately retreated westward along the Seine River when the French army evacuated southward.  They must evacuate before the Germans encircle Paris, otherwise, more than 500,000 expeditionary troops will become German prisoners of war!  Fortunately, when the French army evacuated, they informed the British Expeditionary Force in advance and did not trick them!  This enabled the British Expeditionary Force to successfully evacuate Paris!  However, even so, they were pursued by the German 1st Army Corps!  The German 1st Army seemed to regard the British Expeditionary Force as its target and pursued them relentlessly.  This forced the commander of the British Expeditionary Force, General Douglas Haig, to send troops to undertake the post-interruption mission!  And basically none of the troops responsible for the break were able to escape back to the UK!  They were either shot dead by the Germans or captured by the Germans!

    On June 1, the 159th Infantry Division of the German Army entered Paris from the north of Paris as the first unit to enter Paris!  At this moment, there are still hundreds of thousands of French people in Paris who have not yet had time to escape.  These French people huddled in their homes shivering, looking through the windows at the energetic German soldiers on the street.  There was no hatred or anger in their eyes, only numbness!  France has already suffered too many losses in this war, and the French seem to have become accustomed to failure!

    After the German army captured Paris, they continued to pursue the French army southward!  At this moment, the French army has been greatly weakened!  According to German statistics, during the Battle of Paris, they only annihilated less than 50,000 French troops, but they held at least 500,000 French troops in their prisoner-of-war camps.  There were also many French soldiers who took off their uniforms, threw away their weapons, and became deserters!  Of course, the French government no longer has the intention or ability to pursue these deserters!

    After the French government withdrew from Paris, it chose Bordeaux in the south as the temporary residence of the government.  The straight-line distance from Paris reaches 500 kilometers. If the German army wants to capture Paris and then capture Bordeaux, it will take at least a month.  And this gives the French government enough time!  Of course, this time is not the time for France to continue preparing for war, but the time for surrender!

    After withdrawing from Paris, everyone in the French government knew that France had completely failed, and no one had any hope for the next war!  In such an atmosphere of despair, even the military remained silent on the government's decision to surrender.

    "Gentlemen, France has failed, and we no longer have the ability to continue the war! Now the north and northeast of France have become?A ruin, there is no need for us to let the whole of France be reduced to ruins!  Therefore, I decided to negotiate with the Germans and try to end this war!  " French President Cl¨¦ment Armand Fallier said.

    Senior officials of the French government and the military expressed no objection to President Cl¨¦ment Armand Falier's decision.  They also didn't want to continue fighting.  Since we have already lost, we might as well just admit defeat, which is quite a bit like breaking the pot.

    "Then, Your Excellency, Minister Justin de Servi, you will negotiate with the Germans as the plenipotentiary representative of France!" President Cl¨¦ment Armand Fallier directly appointed him!

    "Yes, Your Excellency, I will try my best to fight for the rights and interests of France!" said Foreign Minister Justin de Selvy.  However, everyone knows that Minister Selvi is just talking.  What cannot be obtained from the battlefield, cannot be obtained from the negotiation table!  This has become a truth!  The French army cannot defeat the German army. It is even more impossible for France to guarantee French interests through negotiation!

    When the French government showed its willingness for peace talks, the German government readily accepted it!  Originally, according to Kaiser Wilhelm II's opinion, he wanted to directly occupy France!  However, the German government discovered that China had already won the Siberian Plains War.  And then the Chinese army will definitely advance towards Europe.  The fertile Eastern European plains were originally coveted by Germany.  If the main force of the German army continues to be trapped in the European battlefield, then they will be unable to compete with China for the Eastern European plains!

    Therefore, Kaiser Wilhelm II instructed the German army to start deploying troops to the country while further squeezing the French army's living space.  Prepare to use the convenient railway network to move the army to eastern Germany, and then enter the Eastern European plains to seize Russian territory.

    In addition, the peace talks between Germany and France were also held in Berlin.  The Luftwaffe dispatched a bomber to Bordeaux to meet the negotiating delegation lined up by the French government.

    On June 4, the French negotiating delegation headed by French Foreign Minister Justin de Selvy arrived in Berlin.  After arriving in Berlin, they were directly invited to a hotel chartered by the German government.  German Prime Minister Holweger came forward to entertain these guests from France!  However, formal negotiations began that night!

    French Foreign Minister Justin de Selvy expressed France¡¯s request for peace and said that France is willing to admit defeat and end the war with Germany!

    "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, this war has been going on for two years, and France has paid a huge price for it! Although Germany has won the victory, I believe that Germany's losses are not small! In this case, we should fight as soon as possible  End the war and return the two countries to a state of peace! I believe this will be very beneficial to our two countries and their peoples!" Minister Justin de Servi said!

    German Prime Minister Holweg looked at Justin de Selvi¡¯s performance with a smile and said nothing, but the contempt in his eyes was very obvious, which made Justin de Selvi blush a little.  The French have obviously lost the war, but they still want to save face. They talk about peace between the two countries, which is bullshit!  If France had the upper hand now, they would definitely not talk about peace!

    "Mr. Minister Selvi, we don't need to say these useless things! His Majesty the Kaiser has only one request, that is, France must admit defeat and declare unconditional surrender to us!" Prime Minister Holweg said coldly, not giving  Minister Justin de Servi has no room for rebuttal!

    "What? Unconditional surrender? How is this possible?" Minister Justin de Servi said with a look of astonishment.  He knew that if he surrendered unconditionally, the future of France would be completely in the hands of the Germans!

    "Your Excellency Minister Selvi, does France still have a choice now? If you don't agree, then the heroic German army will keep marching until it captures the entire France! By then, the United States will end up following France's example  !" Prime Minister Holweg threatened!

    In the end, Minister Justin de Servi had no choice but to contact the French government. The French government was also very angry after learning about Germany's request!  However, after repeated defeats, the French army is no longer a match for the German army, and it is entirely possible for them to win!  Therefore, after deliberation, the French government agreed to Germany's request!

    At 9 a.m. on June 8, France announced its unconditional surrender to Germany!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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