The decisive battle against the Third Reich - #922 - Chapter 919 Paris

A few days later, the fighting French 2nd Armored Division, led by General Leclerc, arrived on the front line.

From the British perspective, they were also unwilling to have the fruits of the “liberation of Paris” harvested by the “Fighting France” who had made little effort, so they ordered the 2nd Armored Division to stop advancing.

However, Leclerc was very aware of the British tricks and thoughts, and of course he ignored this so-called “order.” He secretly contacted the resistance organizations in Paris, and then led the 2nd Armored Division to Paris without stopping…

At this time, there were only 2,000 security forces and engineers left in Paris. The German army planted explosives on 45 bridges, important factories, public facilities, government offices, and even the Louvre Museum, Eiffel Tower and other places in Paris.

As long as the German commander of the Paris city defense von Choltitz gave the order, Paris would be plunged into a sea of ​​explosions and flames just as Hitler requested.

However, in the end von Choltitz did not order the detonation and chose to surrender.

This allowed the 2nd Armored Division led by Leclerc to occupy Paris effortlessly. If there was any fighting, it was that the German soldiers who did not know that their commander had surrendered still held on to their positions.

“I knew it!” Patton cursed angrily: “I knew there were no German armored divisions in Paris!”

But it was already too late. French people had already poured into the streets to welcome the team that liberated Paris.

The angry Patton immediately ordered the U.S. 4th Infantry Division closest to Paris to march into Paris, but it could only be regarded as a follow-up force.

As a consolation, British radio released news saying that the U.S. 3rd Army led by Patton liberated Paris.

The next day, De Gaull rushed to Paris to meet with the leaders of the resistance organizations and delivered a speech:

“Today, all the people gathered here, all the men and women, you stand in Paris, in your homes.

It is you who rise up to resist and liberate yourself, and use your own hands to liberate yourself. Now, who can help us hide this overwhelming excitement?

No! We do not hide this deep and sacred emotion at all. The meaning of these few minutes is greater than the meaning of our entire life.

Paris! Downtrodden Paris! Paris is ravaged! Bloody Paris! But Paris is liberated! Paris liberated itself, Paris was liberated by its own people, with the help of the French army, with the aid and support of all France, fighting France, only France, true France, eternal France…”

De Gaulle used a method here, which was to indirectly elevate the role of “Fighting France” in the battle to liberate France by praising the French people.

Then the whole of Paris erupted, and the “tide of courage” reached its climax again in the grand military parades and marches that followed.

News soon spread to the 21st Armored Division, which had retreated to southern France.

Colonel Slaine said incredulously: “We

They had blocked the British as much as possible, but they still let de Gaulle enter Paris first! “

This also surprised Qin Chuan. He certainly did not believe that the United States was selflessly allowing the “Fighting France” to pick this fruit. In fact, the United States did not recognize de Gaulle’s government as legitimate until this time.

Therefore, this is probably the fault of the British again.

“That’s fine!” Qin Chuan said, “The subsequent problems will still fall on De Gaulle!”

“What counts for de Gaulle?” Colonel Slain asked.

“Colonel!” Qin Chuan replied: “The contradictions between the guerrillas and resistance organizations, as well as the contradictions between the French who want independence but the British and Americans who want to control France, and everything else…”

Colonel Slain couldn’t help but said “Oh” and nodded in agreement.

As the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility. De Gaulle gained greater power through this method, but the responsibility would also fall on him.

The 21st Armored Division continued to march south. A few days later, they left their equipment to Army Group G in Serriers… As mentioned before, the more efficient transfer between armies is to transfer only personnel but not equipment. , otherwise, transporting tanks between the two places will not only consume a lot of manpower and material resources, but also waste time and transportation capacity.

Here the 21st Armored Division encountered the French regiment which had also retreated to the south.

In fact, I didn’t encounter him, but Annette had been waiting for the 21st Armored Division in Serrières early in the morning.

While Qin Chuan was still in the car, he heard a familiar voice outside: “Hey, is the ‘Legendary Sergeant’ among you?”

Most of the German soldiers did not know the relationship between Annette and Qin Chuan, so they joked: “Hey, French girl, we have a lot of sergeants here, consider us!”

Then the soldiers burst into laughter.

It wasn’t until Colonel Slain recognized Annette and yelled at them that they realized they seemed to be in trouble.

When Qin Chuan jumped out of the car, he saw Annette angrily giving the middle finger to the German soldiers… She was not someone who would be easily bullied, even verbally.

The moment she saw Qin Chuan, Annette immediately seemed to be a different person. She ran into Qin Chuan’s arms with brilliance all over her body, and then kept saying like a machine gun: “You know? I heard He said you would also pass by here. I have been waiting here for two days. I was worried that you would pass by at night, so I didn’t dare to go back at night…”

“Then where do you live?” Qin Chuan asked.

“Oh, my sergeant!” Annette laughed: “I am no longer the lady who needs care. I am a sniper. Have you forgotten?”

“So, you’re camping here?”

“Yes, I brought a tent!”

“Did you wait for your target?”

“Of course!” Annette replied, and then she couldn’t wait to kiss Qin Chuan’s lips.

The cheers and cheers of the German soldiers immediately rang out all around, and Qin Chuan was not surprised by this.

After a long time, Qin Chuan said to Annette: “I brought something for you!”

“What?” Annette couldn’t help but be stunned, and then laughed: “You don’t look like the kind of person who brings gifts!”

“You are wrong, Annette!” Qin Chuan raised his head towards Eberhard, who was not far away and looked embarrassed.

Eberhard understood and immediately asked the communications soldier to make a call.

This scene made Annette more and more confused, because if it was a gift, it should be carried with you or put in the car, but Qin Chuan still wanted to make a phone call.

After a while, a car drove to the side of the road and stopped. After several German soldiers jumped out, a man in civilian clothes followed.

He couldn’t help but be stunned when he saw Annette, and then smiled and said: “Hi Annette, long time no see!”