Chapter 1988 The indecisive Frenchman 1
The Presidential Palace of Paris, France. French President Armand Falier, Prime Minister Alexander Ribo, 6th Army Minister Galieni, French Western Front Commander Foch, Chief of Staff Betten and others gathered together again. The huge rectangular conference table was filled with information collected from various channels, and the content of the information was undoubtedly about the Great London bombing in the UK and the Royal 6th Army Air Force. So far, the Germans bombed the British mainland for 4 days. Just yesterday, the Germans once again launched a large-scale bombing, and the aviation power involved was enough to make the French feel scared!&1t;/p>
"I have imagined the scene of Germans coming to the city of Paris, but I never thought that the Germans could throw 50 tons of bombs into London in one day." Prime Minister Ribo took a deep breath and calmed down his excitement and fear, and said.&1t;/p>
"The continuous attacks of thousands of bombers are indeed terrible. We can only be glad that the Germans chose to attack London instead of Paris. If they chose to throw bombs into Paris, we would not even be as good as the British." Betton sighed and said.&1t;/p>
Betton was the first French senior executive to realize that Germany launched a strategic bombing of the British mainland. After the airport and the British broke up, Betton returned to Paris and began to collect information about Germany's bombing of London. He collected information from German newspapers, leaflets, French ambassador to the UK, and various channels left in the British and British military jurisdictions, and then summarized it and sent it to President Armand's desk. It is precisely because of his efforts that the French senior executives gathered together again to discuss the future situation!&1t;/p>
"Can we understand this way? The Germans have won the war, and they are just using the time before the armistice to show their strength at will? So they fought without any scruples! Even if the losses are heavy, they are willing to do so? The British report claimed that in these four days of battle, they had already killed more than 50 German planes." Prime Minister Ribo asked.&1t;/p>
"There is a problem with the British report." Betton shook his head and said.&1t;/p>
"There will definitely be deviations, but the overall data should be considered close to the facts. Your report also mentioned that the British killed at least 10 aircraft in the first day of the Luftwaffe airstrike against the Luftwaffe. Our people also found or saw the wreckage of at least 80 aircraft in London." Prime Minister Ribo said.&1t;/p>
"The data on the first day is not a problem, basically in line with the facts. But the situation on the first day is not suitable for future use. You all say that the Germans are overdrawing their own strength. In fact, the British are really overdrawing them! According to the information we have obtained in the past few days, the British have lost at least 25o aircraft, and the Germans even claimed that 6o British aircraft were destroyed in the first day of the battle. Even though the Germans exaggerated the results of the war, I feel that the British have lost at least 3o aircraft! Do you know? On the day of the air strike, the British 6 continued to draw more than 20 fighter jets and interceptor squadrons on the Western Front, and in the end, the number of aircraft back to France was only 8o!" Betton said.&1t;/p>
"They may stay in the country for defense missions, after all, the British need to defend against German bombings." Marshal Foch said.&1t;/p>
"Maybe. But according to the news collected by our people in the UK, at least 40 aircraft fell from the air that day, and the British would definitely show their results. If the Germans' war losses are eliminated, the British will be left." Betton said.&1t;/p>
"However, you don't have sufficient evidence, you just made some estimates based on some photos and statistics." Foch said.&1t;/p>
"Okay, everyone, don't get into this issue anymore. We just need to know one thing. On the first day of the air strike in London, England, the British transferred at least 35o aircraft from the French battlefield, and most of them did not come back. Then, in the next three days, at least 2o air squadrons left from France! Now, we don't know how many aircraft the British Air Force still has, but our people can confirm that 7o aircraft left France! Just know this!" Gallieni, the Minister of the 6th Army of France, who had not spoken, finally spoke. His words were full of mania and uneasiness.&1t;/p>
"Two months ago, the British wrote on the list of aviation combat units that there were 55oo aircrafts in total. This number is basically credible. Just 3 days ago, the list of British people gave us said there were 5oo aircrafts. Do you believe it? To be honest, now the British people can have 4oo aircrafts in France, I have to pray to God!"&1t;/p>
"I don't care how many German bombers the British shot. So what if they shoot 5oo German bombers? The Germans can bear this loss, and they are still firmly throwing bombs on the British's heads! The British who cannot withstand the consumption are constantly drawing air teams from the French theater to return to their homeland. In short, the barrier above our heads has become thinner. I guess the number of aircraft left by the British on the Western Front is just above 3ooo!" Gallieni said with pain.&1t;/p>
"In addition, look at the time. The ground battlefield on the Western Front has been calm for more than a month. During these 40 days, the German army and Austro-Hungarian army on the Eastern Front continued to rush from the Eastern Front to the Western Front. They hoarded millions of tons of supplies and more than 40,000 troops. You won't think that they are pretending to be here, right? Such peace will not last long. When the Germans attack, it will be a battle of collapse and earth! The Germans' military strength is two levels higher than the Germans on the Western Front we faced before! Their ground troops will be certain whether they hit us or the British. We can't win." Beden said pessimistically.&1t;/p>
"So, what do you mean is we should surrender directly? Then ask the French to come to Paris, sign the treaty in the Palace of Versailles, and then parade on the Champs Elysees?" Foch said angrily.&1t;/p>
"We have a more decent chance to end the war." Bettan said word by word.&1t;/p>
"If we agree with the Crown Prince's suggestion, we will only be vassals of the Germans in the future! A simple France cannot fight against Germany, and if we betray allies, then no one in this world will trust France! Although the world is big, we do not have a reliable friend!" Foch said. "And, although Ruprecht is of high status and power, he is not the German emperor. Everything he said may not be fulfilled! What if they want to occupy Belgium or even part of French territory? Who can guarantee that he will not break the contract at a critical moment?"&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!