"Admiral, we are surrounded!"

General Verick, commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, was sitting in his command in Paris, watching the optimistic war information sent by the General Command of the Alliance. Suddenly, his chief of staff, Major General Henry Bornard, hurried into his office and told Admiral Verick about a sensational news as soon as he opened his mouth.

"What?" Admiral Verick, who was a little slow to react, was stunned for a moment and asked subconsciously, "Is it the Germans who launched the attack?"

The reports placed on his desk clearly showed that the German army was "fuel-saving". Their bombers had not crossed the French-German border for several consecutive days, and the surface ships were also staying in Wilhelmshaven.

In addition, there is also information that German leader and prime minister Adolf Hitler and Prince William visited Romania on April 8th, today, and asked Romanian King Carol II to agree to sell more refined oil (Romania also has certain oil processing capabilities) to Germany. However, who in Europe doesn't know that the king of Romania, who belonged to the Hohenzollern dynasty, was a staunch pro-English-French faction? If he was not afraid of Germany's invasion through Hungary and Outer Carpathians, he would not even sell a drop of oil to Germany.

After France bombed the Soviet Batumi oil refinery, the Romanian king would only get closer to Britain and France!

Is it possible that the Germans will take risks when such oil supply cannot support a protracted war?

"No, not German."

Major General Henry Pornal's answer made General Verick feel relieved.

"Who is that?" asked Admiral Verick.

"It's the Bolsheviks!"

Major General Henry Pornal's answer shocked the general, and General Verick suddenly stood up from the chair.

"What? The Soviet Union declared war on us!?" Admiral Verick stomped his feet. "I have told Churchill that the risk of bombing Batumi is too great, but he just doesn't listen!"

"No," Major General Henry Bornard shook his head, "The Soviet Union did not declare war, it was the Bolsheviks of France! Supporters of the French Bolshevik Party surrounded our headquarters!"

As he spoke, Major General Bornal walked to the window, opened the two windows hard, and then French shouts surged in.

"British guy, get out!"

"British guys, Europe doesn't need you!"

"Defend the Soviet Union, oppose Britain..."

"Let's have peace, not Britain!"

"Get the fascist leaders Renault and Gan Molin!"

Admiral Verick was standing in the square outside the building where the headquarters was located. There was an ocean of red flags at some point. It seemed that Stalin's Red Army had no need to fight, and the red flag was already planted on the top of Paris.

With these red flags, there were countless angry working people in Paris and the vanguard of the French working class, the French Bolshevik Party!

Although Stalin did not declare war on France, he would not allow the French right-hand bourgeois government to have a good life. Just the day after the Batumi incident, the Third International issued instructions to the French Bolshevik Party: oppose Renault and defend the Soviet Union!

The Batumi incident was characterized as the beginning of the general offensive of international capitalism against the Soviet Union! Therefore, the Third International called on the working people of France to immediately fight against the French imperialist group with practical actions and defend the Soviet Union, the common motherland of the world working class.

After receiving the instructions, the French Bolshevik Party took action immediately and joined forces with the opposition People's Front parties to jointly launch protests against the "Renault militarist authorities" and also launched a general strike.

"This, this is really ridiculous!" Admiral Verick murmured as he looked at the crowds of people in the square downstairs, "We are here to protect France, to protect them. How can they let us get out?"

"General," Major General Bornal glanced at his commander-in-chief, "I suddenly had a very bad premonition."

"I have such a premonition, too!" Admiral Verick shook his head, "When will these French people be more serious? Now it's a world war... If defeated, France will destroy its country!"

...

The same scene is also happening outside the French Prime Minister's Palace, but there are more people and the emotions are even more intense. The sound of protests and the songs of "Internationale" are one after another. In the Martinion Palace, Prime Minister Renault, who had just taken office for a few days, has become an ant on the hot pan. Not only because there are countless Parisian people opposing him as a "fascist", but also because the right-wing camp of the "Democratic League" where he is located has also split.

Several small parties on the center-right line threatened to withdraw from the alliance. The Democratic League is not a party, but a political party alliance. Unlike the current stable Nazi-motherland coalition government in Germany, the French political arena is composed of a bunch of scattered small parties. Therefore, all governments are "united governments" and are very unstable. As long as one small party in the ruling alliance (People's Front or Democratic League) withdraws, the government will collapse. And unlike other countries that implement the responsible cabinet system, the French government does not disband the parliament's checks and balances. Therefore, several small parties in the coalition government sometimes become the ancestors of the government...

This time, the "ancestors" showed their power was purely unreasonable. They were not trying to withdraw because Renault was wrong in bombing the Soviet Union, but because the British released French pigeons and asked French planes to bomb Batumi alone.

This not only made the French leftists very dissatisfied, but even the French rightists were not happy. How could the dignified France let the English islanders play like monkeys? Now France has annoyed the Soviet Union in a confused manner. If the Soviet Union really forms an alliance, it will not be able to withstand the "Magino Line of Defense"!

"General, what do you think of? What should you do now?" Paul Renault, who is also the Minister of Defense, loudly questioned Gan Molin, the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Army (he is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Alliance).

"Mr. Prime Minister," Gan Molin was as calm as ever. "Our bombing in Batumi was very successful. The largest oil processing center in the Soviet Union has turned into a sea of ​​fire. According to the information we have, they asked the Germans to help process 250,000 tons of crude oil every month, which accounts for 40-50% of Germany's annual oil processing capacity (British and France do not know how much synthetic fuel production in Germany is, so they overestimate Germany's oil processing capacity). Therefore, the German team has now begun to save fuel... This will greatly weaken the German team's offensive ability, and there is no danger at all fronts. Of course, if the Germans want to take a gamble, we have enough strength to defeat them."

"Really?" Paul Renault's face looked a little better, "But my government is in trouble now!"

"Mr. Prime Minister," said General Gan Molin calmly, "I can join forces with General Wei Gang and General Dallang to issue a joint statement together with the generals of the Army and Navy to firmly support your government!"

"This is a military interfering in politics!" Paul Reno looked at Gan Molin.

Gan Molin shrugged and smiled and said, "War is also politics. France needs a truly courageous commander. In our opinion, this person is you! If those people insist on you step down, then we will resign collectively! Those who oppose you must think twice before doing so."

Paul Renault is a big right pai, and to the right one is the "fascist". The right pai and the "fascist" are generally supported by the army in this era. I believe that all French officers are unwilling to let a bunch of the White Left Virgins come to power.

Because in the eyes of these legal officials, these "big left-leaning pai" are the culprits who indulge Germany's rise!

"Okay!" Paul Renault thought for a while, but nodded, because he felt that only he could lead France to win this war at the moment.

Moreover, judging from the current situation, the Germans are facing difficulties in lack of fuel, and the situation seems to be very good. Perhaps France can really sit and win a world war...

...

"Leader, good news, the ** protest occurred in Paris, France, and was initiated by the French Bolshevik Party!"

Ludwig von Heinsberg Hessmann told the good news that Hitler, the dictator of Romania, who had just been in disgrace in Romania, clearly told him that Romania cannot increase its oil supply to Germany at present.

"French Bolsheviks?" Hitler asked, "What do they want to do?"

"They want to defend the Soviet Union!" Hessman replied. "This is the result of the French Air Force bombing Batumi... The Third International ordered the French Bolshevik Party to cause trouble, not only marches and protests but also strikes."

"These Bolshevik parties are simply cancers of the country!" Hitler said in disgust, "But they can't become a climate in France, right?"

"Yes," Hessmann smiled, "a group of French generals issued a statement to support Renault's government. However... this will still shake the morale of the French army and will be very beneficial to the attack we are about to launch!"

Today is April 9, 1940, and the "Sick Swipe Operation" will start in the early morning tomorrow!

So after Hitler ended his trip to Romania and Hungary (which was also an action to paralyze the opponent), he immediately rushed to Tsoson's General Staff to listen to Hessmann's report on the offensive preparations.
Chapter completed!