The decisive battle against the Third Reich - Chapter 923

c920 liquidation

It was Antoine who came.

Because he didn’t fully trust Antoine, Qin Chuan always took him with him on the march.

Annette happily stepped forward to hug Antoine. After reacting, she quickly looked at Antoine and asked nervously: “Are you okay, Antoine? They didn’t do anything to you, right?”

“I’m fine, Annette!” Antoine replied, then raised his head towards Qin Chuan and said, “Although I don’t want to say this, but…he saved me again!”

Annette turned her head and glanced at Qin Chuan gratefully, then she was still a little worried and asked Antoine in a low voice: “Have you been arrested? What are they going to do with you?”

“Don’t worry, Annette!” Antoine replied: “Your sergeant convinced me!”

Annette asked in disbelief: “You mean…”

“Yes!” Antoine nodded: “I plan to join you, but just plan!”

“What do you mean?” Annette was a little confused.

“It means…” Qin Chuan added: “Let’s see what will happen to France next, or more precisely, what can be done to make France truly free! Antoine is a person who puts the country first, Annette , you know this!”

Annette nodded, and then said, “I think we should talk to Baudouin!”

At the French regiment headquarters, Qin Chuan met his old subordinates again.

Baudoin sighed when he saw Qin Chuan.

“It seems you were right, Lieutenant Colonel!” Baudoin said: “The situation in France is not what we imagined!”

“What information did you get?” Qin Chuan asked.

Perhaps because the matter had nothing to do with them, Qin Chuan and others did not receive relevant information.

“The day after de Gaulle entered Paris, he convened a meeting with resistance organizations and guerrilla officers!” Baudoin handed Qin Chuan and others a cup of coffee, and then said: “They thought de Gaulle would reward them for their merits. , but the fact is exactly the opposite!”

“What do you mean?” Antoine asked doubtfully.

As a member of the guerrillas, Antoine is of course more concerned about this issue.

“De Gaulle didn’t show up until everyone arrived!” Baudoin said: “De Gaulle didn’t show up until an hour after the agreed meeting time. He asked about the pre-war occupations of the resistance organizations and guerrilla officers. As you know, Some of them were teachers, some were workers, and of course some were soldiers. While everyone was happily discussing their origins, de Gaulle told them… to return to their pre-war posts!”

“Return to the post before the war and continue working?” Antoine looked at Baudouin in disbelief: “No, what you said is not true. If so, why did these officers do everything? They risked The liberation of France has come at the risk of one’s life, and all he got was to return to his pre-war position and continue working, but France has not yet been liberated!”

“DeGaul’s reason was…” Baudoin said: “The Allies and the ‘Fighting France’ will complete the liberation of France. He believed that the French Resistance and guerrillas had done their duty, and now it was time to rebuild France. France More talents are needed to develop all walks of life. The forces of the resistance organizations and guerrillas will be integrated into the army of ‘Fighting France’!”

“This is burning bridges!” Antoine said angrily: “They have finished using the guerrillas and resistance organizations, and then kicked them aside!”

From an emotional point of view, what Antoine said does make sense.

But from a political and military perspective, Qinchuan believed that De Gaulle did the right thing, because only in this way can all the troops be organized into a unified force, without “partying for selfish interests” or even civil war.

To put it simply, it is the French version of “drinking to release the troops”.

“Is this how the resistance organization compromises?” Antoine asked.

“Of course not!” Baudoin replied: “But they have no way, because the British and American troops have controlled the entire Paris! In other words, it is not us who actually control France, but the British and Americans! ”

“Go to hell!” Antoine sat back on his chair angrily.

“What’s worse is not this!” Baudoin continued: “They have begun to liquidate!”

“What settlement?” Antoine asked.

“You know, Antoine!” said Annette, “people like us, I told you so!”

Antoine was stunned for a moment, unable to believe it.

“Don’t doubt it!” Baudoin said: “They imprisoned people who had helped Germany, and took some out on parades and attacked them with eggs, tomatoes, and bags containing feces. Women had their hair cut off and were left naked. , with an inverted swastika painted on his chest, and a sign hanging around his neck that read, ‘I sleep with the Germans’…”

Annette couldn’t help but cursed: “These sons of bitches!”

“Even the shops are not immune!” said Baudouin: “Because they are ‘suppliers of the Krauts’!”

“No, this can’t be true!” Antoine shook his head.

Without saying anything, Baudouin directly pulled out a few newspapers from the file and handed them to Antoine, saying: “This is Le Figaro, which was published not long ago. Take a look!”

If you open a newspaper, the headline is “Arrests and Liquidations”, and the content is about who was arrested, who helped the Germans, etc.

This would be fine if these were only small-scale, but they are not.

Because according to statistics from modern historians, as many as 40,000 people were executed for being collaborators and other crimes throughout France. In addition, about 900,000 people were arrested, of which 125,000 were forced to answer in court about their actions during the occupation. Those who were considered to have committed crimes “incompatible with national identity” were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment, and those who were found to have “damaged the national status” were prohibited from working in government offices.

This is a very ironic thing.

Because if you really want to talk about it, no Frenchman can escape the charges of “incompatible with national identity” and “damaging the national status”.

All of France surrendered, and France even became a factory for Germany to manufacture munitions and supply materials. Those who farmed in the fields and worked in factories… all served the German army, and they had no other choice.

However, when the moment of liberation came, they needed to find some people to vent their suppressed anger and inferiority deep in their hearts, and they needed to cut off the shame of the past, so there was this arrest and liquidation.

“So!” Annette asked, “Antoine, have you made up your mind?”

“Of course!” Antoine nodded dejectedly, “Because we are undoubtedly the targets of liquidation, no matter what we have done!”