Chapter 1772 The strange appearance of France in Shanghai
On June 18, the front page titles of major newspapers in Shanghai were all French Marshal Betton delivered a radio speech to the whole of France, announcing France's surrender to Germany:
The French army will stop fighting from today, and he will lead the French government to seek a ceasefire agreement with Germany.
The news is explosive.
In 1918, when the European War ended, France, as the victorious country, was immersed in the joy of victory in World War I.
The three soldiers were awarded the title of French Marshal for their great achievements in the First World War.
They are Joseph Joffre, Ferdinand Foch and Philippe Pétain.
In order to commemorate and commend the merits of the three French marshals, the French Concession in Shanghai, far east, also named the French Concession Betton District, Fuxi District and Xiafei District respectively after the three, and with Betton Road, Futian Road
Xilu and Xiafeilu are the three famous main roads of the French Concession in Shanghai.
Now, Marshal Betan, a symbol of France, announced that the French French army had officially stopped fighting in an all-out manner and sought to reach a ceasefire agreement with Germany.
Not to mention the domestic reaction of the distant European First Army Power, this is like a sunny day for the French Concession in Shanghai, especially for the French Concession, and for everyone who understands the personal impact of this international situation on the French Concession.
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Pete has been drunk and confused these two days.
A little more sober, he cursed Marshal Betton and said that the French Marshal in his 80s whom he had admired was Wang Baihai of France and a traitor, and everyone was punished.
The French newspaper "The Far East Gaul" in the French Concession reported in detail the "insider" of France's announcement of surrender.
Just six days before France announced that it would give up its resistance, British Prime Minister Churchill visited Paris to meet with Marshal Betton, who hoped that Betton could promise France to continue fighting.
Churchill asked Betten to order the French army to insist on guerrilla warfare in France to delay the German offensive, thereby gaining time for Britain to convince the United States to join the battle.
However, Betan firmly rejected Churchill's request.
In the words of the "Gallics in the Far East", the French marshal had extremely distrustful of the British in his bones. Betton believed that Britain's move was just to sacrifice France's interests and save himself at the cost of destroying France.
Marshal Betan believed that France should sign a ceasefire agreement with Germany immediately, and every extra second would mean that more innocent French soldiers would lose their lives on the battlefield.
Marshal Betan was very dissatisfied with the government's panic and hesitation. He suggested to Prime Minister Renault that France should start preparing for a unilateral peace with Germany.
As the French army retreated step by step, the government evacuated Paris and fled to Bordeaux, and the voices of support for Pedro were growing louder and louder in the government of the Third French Republic.
Three days ago, French Prime Minister Renault resigned because he refused to surrender. Betton became the French Prime Minister. He immediately started to discuss peace affairs and delivered a national radio speech the next day, announcing that the French army would stop all resistance.
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Interestingly, this report by The Gallics in the Far East actually agreed with Prime Minister Betton's decision to announce that France gave up resistance and surrender to Germany.
In the words of the reporter Bechna of this report:
France had already lost, just like the Second French Empire in 1870. Because the government and the people were weak and incompetent, they lost their fighting spirit and could not compete with Germany at all.
France should surrender as early as possible, as the Third Republic did in 1870.
Any continued struggle is to sell French interests and is to use the flesh and blood of the French people to buy time for the British.
After this report came out, it caused quite a response within the French Concession. Some French people even publicly expressed their support for Beden's decision to announce his surrender
In the words of a French police officer in the French Concession Police Office, surrender is not the end of the world. France has an excellent tradition of surrender, and France has not surrendered to the Germans. Surrender has a future. Continuing to resist will only be cannon fodder for the hateful British.
After the article "The Gaulians of the Far East" came out, more arguments similar to those that agreed with France's surrender appeared in the foreign newspapers in Shanghai.
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Quinn, the editor of Le Francisco, which was previously unknown, made clear:
"The German mustache is actually another German emperor William II selected by the people. Although it is very shameful to Germany's surrender, it is not a crisis of national destruction for France."
"As the saying goes, staying with the green mountains is not afraid of burning firewood, it is unacceptable to fight for the British to win over French blood."
No mistakes, one song, one post, one content, one reading!
"The Europa mainland is French, German, and not British."
Not only that, Mr. Quinn also believes that the German mustache theory is not annoying on the surface.
The beard is against red, this is right. Compared with the Germans, the redism in France is a major disaster for France. French redism was the remnant of the Paris Commune back then, and cooperation with the Germans completely exterminated the Paris Commune
, is reasonable and acceptable.
In addition, the editor-in-chief Quinn also believes that the weak republic government has caused France to lose its former bloodline and was finally defeated by Germany. The Germans emphasized that France can dominate Europa again under the influence and re-arming of the Germans.
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Surprisingly, the arguments of Mr. Quinn from "Free France" in three consecutive articles have won the recognition and support of many French expatriates in the French Concession.
What surprised Cheng Qianfan was particularly that the French expatriates in the French Concession were frightened after the fall of Paris. Especially after the news that the Japanese were about to occupy the French Concession, the French expatriates were rushing to transfer their assets and flee Shanghai.
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However, when the news came from the distant French mainland that the national hero Marshal Pedton announced the surrender of France, the restlessness in the French Concession seemed to have disappeared a lot.
The famous Mr. Quinn publicly stated that the Japanese had dared to provoke the French concession authorities before because the Japanese believed that France was weak and could be bullied. Now it was different. France surrendered. Once the Germans accepted France's surrender.
Then, the French Concession naturally gained protection from the Germans, and the Japanese would never dare to offend the Germans.
Some French expatriates began to publicly hang French flags and German military flags on the balcony. Some French expatriates waved German tax flags and showed them to the Japanese soldiers across the bridge with their might. The provocateurs shouted, "Come here."
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