Battle of the Third Reich

Some people say that Raval is an extreme pacifist, and he is willing to do anything to avoid war, even if he is well aware that it will damage the interests of his motherland. Others say he is a **** who likes to vote for superiors. Compared to his political skills, this person is more adept at speculating.

He was a socialist, and Laval never denied this. He once served as a representative of the French Socialist Party and participated in the parliamentary elections in the Seine district of Paris and won a high number of votes. However, no matter how the Socialists at that time opposed it, in the end Still unable to stop the outbreak of the First World War, Leval's brother, Jean, was killed on the front line in the first month after the outbreak of the war.

Laival was once avidly involved in the left-wing revolution, surrounded by a large number of socialists and anarchists. He was a very good lawyer, often providing legal assistance to the laborers, and even personally went to court for them. Defend.

French high-level leaders also noticed this active socialist, and the dignitaries began to scramble to win him over. During that period, Laval's political status rose rapidly, and soon became a rising star in the political arena.

After the war, the French Socialist Party split. Some radical left-wing party members established France under the influence of the October Revolution. The rest of the Socialist Party members turned to a more moderate workers’ union.

At this time, Laval has become a qualified French politician. In order to get the support of the high-level government, he spared no effort to part ways with his former comrades and betrayed his previous beliefs. But he still considers himself a socialist. He ran as an independent candidate and won a seat in the National Assembly.

Since then, Laval has been out of control, served as a government minister of public works, then a minister of justice, then returned to the Seine district as a parliament, and then served as minister of labor. In just three years, Laval’s property Explosive growth, he colluded with a group of private financiers and investors, unscrupulously used the power in his hands to fill his own pockets. As an excellent lawyer, he has some ways to erase the traces, even insiders can not get him. His personal property soon surpassed 40 million francs, which was a considerable asset at the time.

Before the outbreak of the European War, he still spared no effort to declare war against France. After the outbreak of the war, he began to vigorously encourage and support Betan to come to power in order to stop the war with Germany.

He is a strong supporter of appeasement, and he has even agreed time and time again to cede territory to Italy in exchange for Italy and France's "harmony." After Petain came to power, Germany and France soon signed a truce agreement, which made Laival overjoyed that the Germans were still willing to form an alliance with France, which means that there may be no war between Germany and France.

At the same time, what he did not expect was that Germany actually offered the olive branch to the new French prime minister, saying that if Beitang is no longer suitable for the post of head of state, and he intends to take a step towards this throne, Germany will then Will provide him with comprehensive support. The meaning is very clear, as long as he is willing to cooperate with Germany, Germany will support him as president of France, Laval can not refuse this temptation, the Germans have obtained a firm collaborator.

At this time, Petain's position in France is very stable, but after all, he is an 84-year-old man with extremely limited energy. At the same time, Petain lacks experience in governing the country, so a lot of work is handed over to Laval. In fact, most of the internal affairs are controlled by the prime minister. But who wouldn’t want to go any further? Laival looks forward to becoming a true national leader, not a vassal of the elderly President.

This time he was commissioned by Petain to go to Rome to attend Mussolini's funeral. As Xu Jun had previously speculated, this was just a guise. The main purpose was to come and meet the German head of state.

Therefore, when the German yuan was called out, Laival and his party had just entered the Imperial Hotel near the Quirinale Palace, and had no time to wash and rest. The French Prime Minister hurriedly came to see him.

Reival, accompanied by Dougan and Ribbentrop, walked into the richly decorated parlor and found that the German Head of State and Attlee were already waiting in the hall. Seeing the French Prime Minister entering the door, Xu Jun took the initiative to send greetings to the other party.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Prime Minister." Xu Jun smiled and stepped forward.

"Good afternoon, Your Excellency the Head of State." Reival held Xu Jun's hand tightly.

"This is Mr. Attlee, you should know it." Xu Jun introduced.

"Of course, good afternoon, regardless of your Excellency, Minister." Reival reached out.

"Good afternoon, I haven't seen you for a long time. It looks like you have a good look, Your Excellency." Attlee shook hands with Laval.

"Please sit down, Your Excellency the Prime Minister." Xu Jun extended his left hand and invited the other party to sit down.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, Head of State." Laival sits on the sofa opposite Attlee's.

"The road is going well."

"Very smooth and quite a pleasant journey." Laval squeezed the beard on his upper lip and replied with a smile.

"Is there a good coffee here, do I need a cup?" Xu Jun picked up the coffee pot on the coffee table.

"That's great, I need this now." Laival replied.

"Mr. Attlee likes to drink this too. I did not expect to be able to drink such high-quality coffee here."

"After all, this is the royal palace, and His Majesty Emmanuel III will not treat him badly, Your Excellency," Attlee joked.

"Yeah, when I see him tomorrow, I will thank him for him." Xu Jun nodded and said.

"Tomorrow you are going to the Vatican? Your Excellency the Head of State." Reivar picked up the sugar bowl and tweezers and put sugar cubes in the cup.

"When the mourning ceremony is over, I don't have much time, and I will leave Rome the day after tomorrow." Xu Jun picked up half a cigar from the ashtray.

"I have heard about the assassination of Field Marshal Blumberg when I came here, which is really terrible." Of course, Raval understands that Xu Jun did not invite him to drink coffee. What happened in the Far East.

"Your news lags behind, and the Japanese army then armedly invaded the public concession." Attlee said with a coffee cup.

"Has this happened? When did it happen?"

"About four hours ago." Xu Jun finished taking a cigar.

"What exactly is going on?"

"I don't know yet, and we are all waiting for a detailed report." Xu Jun shrugged.

"How is the French concession?" Of course Laval must first be concerned about the French concession.

"There is no definite news, and there should not be too many questions." The German head of state replied.

"So what does France need to do?" Laval is very smart, and he asks questions directly.

"My Excellency Attlee and I just had a discussion. We have a preliminary plan." Xu Jun raised his hand to signal to Ribbentrop, and the deputy foreign minister hurriedly handed over the sugar bowl in front of him.

"The two previous armed conflicts in French Indochina have fully exposed Japan’s ambitions for Southeast Asian colonies. With their current situation, if they cannot completely conquer China in a short period of time, there is a great chance that they will eventually lose this. The best result of the war was a tie, and the front was restored to the situation before 1938." Xu Jun put a cube of sugar in his cup.

"This is equivalent to consuming so much manpower and resources in vain, and a full two years, but finally got nothing, but owed a large amount of debt at home and abroad." It is worthy of being a lawyer, seeing the problem and seeing the nail.

"So the Japanese high level will not allow this kind of thing to happen, and will carry this war to the end at all costs." Attlee interjected.

"You are right, Your Excellency." Raval agreed.

"I don't want to talk about this right now. I have a plan with Adelie and I am going to teach the Japanese a lesson." Xu Jun said.

"Do you mean that Germany is going to use force in Asia?" Laival hesitated.

"No, no, just use economic means to force Japan to recognize our interest in the Asian region. Let their minds stunned by war regain their consciousness. During this time, they have gone too far, and it is necessary to give them some warnings. "" Xu Jun said with a wave of his hand.

"So why not try it diplomatically first?" Raval asked.

"You mean protest and negotiation? This is useless. The Japanese will throw out one or two scapegoats, pay a sum of money, and then after a week, they will start to reappear." Aideli replied.

"I understand, I don't have any personal opinion on this, I just need to tell me what France should do." Seeing the German head's face looked a little strange, Raval took the shot without hesitation.

"Very good, Prime Minister Raval, I am very happy to reach a consensus with you. Now we can start to discuss specific details. First, we will convene a meeting of European countries, and the meeting place will be temporarily set in Paris." Xu Jun supported his desk and made his suggestions.

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