The French government decided to retreat south, which posed a big problem for the French army! Although General Foch and General Pétain strongly opposed this order, it was to no avail. In the end, they could only choose to follow the order issued by the government.
Order!
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 and their families. They were everywhere on the road from Paris to southern France.
The flow of people was rolling. 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 General Staff, issued an order to march toward Paris one day in advance. Six legions and nearly three million German troops launched a fierce attack on Paris from several directions. In order to defeat the French in one fell swoop
Army, the German army invested almost all its troops,
Thousands of tanks and armored vehicles formed three assault arrows and launched a fierce attack on Paris with the cooperation of infantry. At this time, only a small half of the French army had evacuated Paris, and the rest were preparing to evacuate! The German offensive
, caught the French army by surprise!
As a result, 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 march towards Paris!
At this time, the French government declared Paris an undefended city. France would not deploy any military presence in Paris and hoped that Paris would not be destroyed in the war! If the German army dared to destroy Paris, they would 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 it go.
A cannonball fell 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 resistance of the French army became weaker and weaker. There was even a phenomenon of the French army surrendering to the German army. At the beginning, individual French troops surrendered to the German army, but later
It developed into rows and companies of French troops surrendering to the Germans in an organized manner, which accelerated the defeat of the French army!
Another army stationed in Paris, the British Expeditionary Force, immediately retreated westward along the Seine River when the French army withdrew southward. They had to evacuate before the Germans surrounded Paris, otherwise, more than half a million of the expeditionary force would be
They will become prisoners of war of the Germans! Fortunately, when the French army evacuated, they informed the British Expeditionary Force in advance and did not deceive them! This allowed the British Expeditionary Force to successfully evacuate Paris! However, even if
In this way, they were also pursued by the German 1st Army Corps! The German 1st Army Corps seemed to regard the British Expeditionary Force as its own target and pursued them relentlessly. This made the British Expeditionary Force Commander Douglas Haig
Troops would have to be dispatched to carry out the task of breaking the rear! And these troops responsible for breaking the rear basically failed to escape back to the UK! They were either killed 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 were still hundreds of thousands of French people in Paris who had not had time to escape. These French people were screaming.
Shivering and huddled up in his own home, looking through
The windows looked at the energetic German soldiers on the street. In their eyes, there was no hatred or anger, but only numbness! In this war, France had already paid too many losses, and the French were not satisfied with the defeat.
, seems to have become accustomed to it!
After the German army captured Paris, they continued to pursue the French army southward! At this moment, the French army was greatly weakened! According to German statistics, in this battle of Paris, they only annihilated less than 50,000 French troops.
But there are at least half a million French soldiers detained in their prisoner-of-war camps. Many French soldiers have taken off their uniforms, thrown away their weapons, and become deserters! Of course, the French government has no intention or ability to pursue the case at this moment.
These deserters!
After the French government withdrew from Paris, it chose Bordeaux in the south as the government's temporary base. The straight-line distance from Paris is 500 kilometers. If the German army wanted to capture Paris and then capture Bordeaux, it would take at least a month.
.And this also 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. No one had any hope for the next war! In such a desperate atmosphere, even the military remained firm about the government's decision to surrender.
fell silent.
"Gentlemen, France has failed. We no longer have the ability to continue the war! Now the north and northeast of France have become ruins. There is no need for us to let the whole of France be reduced to ruins! Therefore, I decided,
Talk to the Germans and strive to end this war!" French President Clément Armand Fallier said.
Senior officials of the French government and the military did not express any objection to President Clément Armand Farier's decision. They also did not want to continue the fight. Since they had already lost, they might as well simply
To admit defeat is quite a bit like breaking a jar and breaking it.
"Then, Your Excellency, Minister Justin de Servi, you will negotiate with the Germans as the plenipotentiary representative of France!" President Clément 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 Selvey. However, everyone knows that Minister Selvey is just talking on the spot. It cannot be seen from the battlefield.
What is obtained on the battlefield cannot be obtained from the negotiation table! This has become a truth! The French army cannot defeat the German army, and 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 view, he wanted to directly occupy France! However, the German government discovered that China had already obtained the victory in the Siberian Plain War.
Victory. 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 dispatching troops to the country while further squeezing the living space of the French army. He planned to use the convenient railway network to move the army to eastern Germany, and then enter the Eastern European plains to seize Russia's territory.
territory.
In addition, the peace talks between Germany and France were also held in Berlin. The German Air Force dispatched a bomber to Bordeaux to meet the negotiating delegation arranged by the French government.
On June 4, the French negotiating delegation headed by French Foreign Minister Justin de Selva arrived in Berlin. After arriving in Berlin, they were directly invited to a hotel chartered by the German government. From Germany
Prime Minister Holweg 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 was 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 Hollweg looked at Justin de Selvey's performance with a smile and said nothing, but the disdain in his eyes was very obvious, making Justin de Selvey blush a little. France
The people have obviously lost the war, but they still want to save face and talk about peace between the two countries, which is bullshit! If France has the upper hand now, then they will definitely not talk about peace or anything like that!
"Mr. Minister Selvi, we don't need to talk about 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! At that time, the fate of the United States will be France's example
!" Prime Minister Hollweg threatened!
In the end, Minister Justin de Servi had to contact the French government. After learning about Germany's request, the French government was also very angry! However, after repeated defeats, the French army was no longer a match for the German army.
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 novel will be better and updated faster!)