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The French government decided to retreat to the south, which presented a big problem for the French army! Although Admirals Foch and Pétain vigorously opposed this order, to no avail. In the end, they have no choice but to follow the orders given by the government!

A large number of French troops began to retreat south in formations, and the retreat of the army caused panic among the inhabitants of Paris! These French civilians also began to retreat southward with their families, and the road from Paris to the south of France was full of people. And this movement of the French army was quickly known to the German army who had been paying attention!

On May 29, the Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, General Falkenhayn, gave the order to march to Paris a day in advance. 6 corps, nearly three million German troops launched a fierce attack on Paris from several directions. In order to defeat the French army in one fell swoop, the German army invested almost all its forces, thousands of tanks and armored vehicles, forming three assault arrows, and launched a fierce attack on Paris with the cooperation of infantry. And by this time, only a small half of the French army had evacuated Paris, and the rest were preparing to evacuate! The German offensive took the French by surprise!

Thus, the organized retreat turned into a rout in an instant! A large number of French soldiers scrambled to abandon their positions and fled south! This made it easy for the Germans to break through the French defense line and continue to march towards Paris!

At this time, the French government declared Paris an undefended city, and France would not deploy any military reserves in Paris, and hoped that Paris would not be destroyed in the war! If the Germans dare to destroy Paris, they will be the murderers of human civilization!

This declaration by the French Government. To the surprise of the German government! But. France took the initiative to abandon Paris. This is very satisfying to the German government. The German government immediately declared that Paris is the common cultural wealth of all mankind, and the German army promised not to let a single shell fall into Paris! Of course, the premise is that Paris does not have any armed forces! Otherwise, Germany will not guarantee that Paris will not be destroyed!

After that, the Germans increased the pace of their offensive, and the French resistance became weaker and weaker. There was even a systematic surrender of the French army to the German army. In the beginning, it was a few French troops who surrendered to the Germans. But then it developed into an organized surrender of the French army to the Germans in rows and companies, which accelerated the defeat of the French army!

The other army stationed in Paris, the British Expeditionary Force, immediately retreated west along the Seine as the French withdrew southward. They must evacuate before the Germans encircle Paris, otherwise the more than 500,000 expeditionary force will become prisoners of war for the Germans! Fortunately, when the French army evacuated, they informed the British Expeditionary Force in advance and did not trap them! This enabled the British Expeditionary Force to successfully evacuate Paris! Only, even so. They were also pursued by the German 1st Army! The German 1st Army seemed to have made the British Expeditionary Force its target, and pursued them relentlessly. This made the commander of the British Expeditionary Force, Douglas. Admiral Haig had to send troops to take on the task of breaking off! And these are responsible for the broken troops. Basically none of them were able 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, as the first unit to enter Paris, entered the city from the north of Paris! At this moment, there are still hundreds of thousands of French people in Paris who have not yet had time to flee. The Frenchmen huddled in their homes shivering, looking through the windows at the energetic German soldiers in the streets. In their eyes, there is no hatred or anger, only numbness! In this war, France has already paid too much loss, and the French seem to have become accustomed to defeat!

After the Germans captured Paris, they continued to pursue the French army south! And at this moment, the French army has lost a lot of strength! According to German statistics, they only annihilated less than 50,000 French troops in the Battle of Paris, but they held at least 500,000 French troops in their prisoner of war camps. There were also quite a few French soldiers who took off their uniforms, threw away their weapons, and became deserters! Of course, the French government no longer has the heart and ability to pursue these deserters at this moment!

After the French government withdrew from Paris, it chose Bordeaux in the south as the temporary seat of the government. It was 500 kilometers away from Paris in a straight line, and it would take at least a month for the Germans to capture Paris and then Bordeaux. And this gave 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 the withdrawal from Paris, the French government knew that France had been completely defeated, and no one had any hope for the next war! In such an atmosphere of despair, even the military remained silent about the government's decision to surrender.

"Gentlemen, France has been defeated, and we are no longer in a position to continue the war! Now that the north and north-east of France are in ruins, there is no need for us to leave the whole of France in ruins! Therefore, I decided to negotiate with the Germans and try to end this war! "French President Clement. Armand. Fallier said.

Senior officials of the French government and the top brass of the military expressed their gratitude to Clement. Armand. President Falier's decision was not disputed. They also don't want to go any further. Now that you have lost, you should simply admit defeat, which is quite a sense of breaking the jar.

"Well, Justan. Morality. Your Excellency Minister Selvey, as the plenipotentiary of France, negotiate with the Germans! "Clément. Armand. President Falier appointed directly!

"Yes, Your Excellency, I will do my best to fight for the rights and interests of France!" Foreign Minister Justin. Morality. Servi said. It's just that everyone knows that Minister Selvie is just talking about the scene. What you can't get from the battlefield, you can't get from the negotiating table! This has become a truth! The French ** team could not defeat the German army, and France wanted to use negotiations to ensure the interests of France, which was even more impossible!

When the French government expressed its willingness to negotiate peace, the German government gladly accepted! Originally, according to Kaiser Wilhelm II, he wanted to occupy France directly! However, the German government found that China had already won the Battle of the Siberian Plain. And after that, the squadron will definitely advance to Europe. The rich Eastern European Plain was originally coveted by Germany. If the main forces of the German army continue to be trapped in the European theater, then they will not be able to compete with China for the Eastern European Plain!

Therefore, Kaiser Wilhelm II instructed the German army to start pumping troops into the country while further squeezing the living space of the French army. Prepare to use the convenient railway network to move troops to eastern Germany and then into the Eastern European Plain to seize Russian territory.

In addition, the peace talks between Germany and France were also placed in Berlin. The Luftwaffe dispatched a bomber to Bordeaux to meet the French government's negotiating delegation.

On June 4th, the French Foreign Minister Justan. Morality. The French negotiating delegation led by Servi arrived in Berlin. When they arrived in Berlin, they were invited directly to a hotel chartered by the German government. German Chancellor Holwig came forward to entertain these guests from France! However, the formal negotiations began that evening!

French Foreign Minister Giusten. Morality. Selvi 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 great price for it! Although, Germany has already won, I believe that Germany's losses are not small! In that case, we should end the war as soon as possible and bring the two countries back to a state of peace! I believe that this is very beneficial for our two countries and two peoples! "Justin. Morality. Minister Servi said!

German Chancellor Holwig looked at Justin with a smile. Morality. Selvie's performance didn't say anything, but the disdain in his eyes was very obvious. Morality. Selvi couldn't help but blush a little. The French are obviously defeated, but they still want to save face, and what they say for the sake of peace between the two countries is bullshit! If France had the upper hand now, they wouldn't have said anything like peace!

"Your Excellency Minister Selvi, we don't need to talk about these useless things! His Majesty the Kaiser has only one request, and that is that France must admit defeat and declare its unconditional surrender to us! Prime Minister Holwig said coldly, don't give it to Justan. Morality. Minister Servie has any room for rebuttal!

"What? Unconditional surrender? How can this be? "Justin. Morality. Minister Selvi said with a look of astonishment. He knew that if he surrendered unconditionally, the future of France would be entirely in the hands of the Germans!

"Your Excellency Minister Selvi, does France have a choice now? If you don't agree, then the valiant German army will march until the whole of France is captured! When the time comes, the end of the United States will be an example for France! Prime Minister Holwig threatened!

Eventually, Justan. Morality. Minister Servie had no choice but to contact the French government, which was furious when it learned of the German demands! However, the French army, which had been defeated repeatedly, was no match for the Germans, and they could have won the game! Therefore, the French government, after deliberation, agreed to the German demand!

At 9 a.m. on June 8, France announced its unconditional surrender to Germany! (To be continued......)