Expedition to Europe

Just when Lanfang was preparing to attack the British, France was already in chaos.

From the perspective of France, if Germany joined Lafang, France had sufficient reasons to join Britain, but the reality was that after France declared war on Germany, France was immediately shrouded in a sense of defeat, and there was a lot of grief.

The First World War caused too much damage to France. Before the World War, Germany had a total population of 60 million, Britain had 50 million, and France had only 40 million. A hundred years ago, this number was reversed. Before the French Revolution, there were 28.6 million people, which even exceeded Russia and was nearly three times the population of Britain, which was only about 10 million at the time. At that time, Germany had not even been unified, and there was no accurate data at all.

Since the outbreak of the French Revolution, the population of France has only increased by 50% in the entire 125 years, which is almost the same as negative growth compared with other European countries with population explosions.

France is not without negative growth. In the First World War, France lost 1.24 million people, which is only the number of casualties. There were more people disabled due to injuries. After the World War, the French economy has been in a long-term slump. Even though France has been working hard to increase its population since the Descharnelle era, and even accepted a large number of Persians and blacks, since 1920, France's population has always been negative.

Among them, Lanfang's continuous poaching is one reason, so the French have very complicated feelings about Lanfang.

On the one hand, the performance of the Lanfang army in the last World War impressed the French. In Paris, Capy, Reims, and Châlons-en-Champagne, there are still cemeteries of Foreign Legion soldiers for people to pay tribute. Although the French always say that those military exploits are the achievements of the French Foreign Legion in their introductions, in fact, all French people know that this so-called "Foreign Legion" refers to the Lanfang people, and only the Lanfang people. Except for the few troops formed mainly by the Lanfang people, the other troops of the Foreign Legion have even been disbanded, and there is no record to speak of.

On the other hand, the rise of Lan Fang inevitably affected the interests of France. Lan Fang's continuous immigration, continuous expansion, and even the endless emergence of new things made the French feel envious and jealous. Ordinary French people could not imagine why a country that had to rely on France to exist a few years ago could surpass France in national strength in just a few years.

It's not surprising. The French always do this kind of thing. In order to cause trouble for the British, the French supported the independence of the United States. As a result, the United States became the world's leader, and France became a vassal of the United States. It is still the same now. Generally speaking, France is a typical example of harming others and not benefiting itself.

If the ordinary French people's understanding of Lan Fang is still at the level of "doubt", then for the French elites, the threat of Lan Fang is becoming greater and greater. Cam Ranh Bay is the best evidence. To be honest, the French do not want to see Cam Ranh Bay getting better and better, which is equivalent to proving the incompetence of the French government.

When some people with ulterior motives instigated these envy, jealousy and hatred, the relationship between Lan Fang and France took a sharp turn for the worse. First, the alliance was dissolved, and then they were about to go to war.

Perhaps it was not until this moment that the French realized the seriousness of the problem.

In fact, in the First World War, France was the bridgehead against Germany. Because of the English Channel and the lack of strength of the German fleet, the war was limited to the French side of the European continent and had little impact on Britain across the sea. Now it seems that history will repeat itself again, and this time France will face not only Germany, its old rival, but also Lan Fang, its old friend.

This reality makes many French people feel desperate. Since Gaston Doumergue declared war on Germany, France has been filled with a strong fear of war and pessimism and disappointment. All French people are unwilling to serve the country. Many active soldiers even took off their uniforms and left the barracks to express their opposition to Gaston Doumergue with practical actions.

What is incredible is that although France declared war on Germany, it did not declare war on Lanfang. In France today, companies with strong Lanfang backgrounds, including the "KFC" chain, "Union Oil", and "LLL" company, are still operating. Even the "Daily News", Lanfang's propaganda machine, is still publishing newspapers. This not only makes the French laugh and cry, but also makes the British doubt the extent of France's involvement.

After Gaston Doumergue declared war on Germany, the "Daily News" organized a social survey. The support rate of the new French President Gaston Doumergue has dropped from 55% when he first took office to less than 10% at present. There are even voices in the French Parliament calling for the impeachment of Gaston Doumergue.

There are large mass rallies every day on the streets of Paris. They march in front of the presidential palace of the Elysee Palace, demanding that the government withdraw its decision to declare war on Germany and that Gaston Doumergue step down. In the mansions of Paris dignitaries, every day is still a feast for the eyes and the banquet schedule is full, but all the participants frown and whisper in a low voice. An uneasy atmosphere is spreading. In Capy, Châlons-en-Champagne, and Reims, where Lanfang soldiers once fought, many French people spontaneously organized themselves to form volunteer troops to go to Sardinia to help Lanfang people kick the Italians hard. As for the companies controlled by large groups such as the Dutch consortium and the Paris Bank consortium, they are busy raising the prices of goods, hoarding military supplies, and making a fortune in the national disaster by driving up prices.

For them, it doesn't matter who comes to power. Even if the Germans break through Paris, the Germans still have to rely on them, the local snakes, to maintain their rule.

It seems that French society is facing division.

Just when Paris was in chaos, Bastien came to Corsica, the headquarters of the Foreign Legion.

Although Bastien resigned as Minister of War, he did not resign from the Foreign Legion, so Bastien is still the commander-in-chief of the Foreign Legion. Since Qin Zhiyuan's time, Corsica has been the headquarters of the Foreign Legion, so Bastien's return to Corsica is equivalent to returning home.

After Bastien took over the Foreign Legion, the headquarters of the Foreign Legion was relocated to Sidi Bel Abbas in Algeria. On Corsica, Thunder Bluff, which used to be the headquarters of the Foreign Legion, has now become the headquarters of the "Umbrella" company.

Bastien came to Corsica to find Gabriel, the general manager of the "Umbrella" company.

Before Qin Zhiyuan returned to Lanfang, Gabriel had always been Qin Zhiyuan's driver. He was able to stay in this position for more than three years. Gabriel was Qin Zhiyuan's absolute confidant, and his meaning to Qin Zhiyuan was almost the same as Gao Hongshi.

After Qin Zhiyuan returned to Lanfang, Gabriel did not follow Qin Zhiyuan to Lanfang, but stayed in Corsica. Qin Zhiyuan did not treat Gabriel badly. Gabriel's family now lives in Corsica, and Gabriel's wife is even a councilor of Leiting City.

Unlike the French Foreign Legion, the "Umbrella" company with a strong Lanfang background is still dominated by Orientals, and most of them are Annanese. These Annanese do not have Lanfang nationality and are from French colonies, so they are not too sensitive.

Although it is just a company, the scale of "Umbrella" is now very large. This military company is similar to a mercenary company in the general sense. The company has nearly 10,000 employees and its business is spread all over the world.

The Corsica government is also the service target of the "Umbrella" company. As a local government with extremely high autonomy, the French government did not deploy troops on Corsica. When Qin Zhiyuan was still the commander of the Foreign Legion, the defense of Corsica was the responsibility of the Foreign Legion. After Qin Zhiyuan stepped down, the French government wanted to deploy an army in Corsica, but was strongly opposed by the Corsican government, and the matter eventually came to nothing.

At present, the defense of Corsica is the responsibility of the "Umbrella" company. Of course, there is also a purely Corsican force on Corsica. This force is nominally controlled by the French military, but does not accept the dispatch of the French military.

When Bastien got off the plane, the atmosphere at the Thunder City Airport was completely different from when Qin Zhiyuan came to Thunder City.

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There were no flowers or red carpets at the airport, no welcoming crowds, and no military bands. What greeted Bastien were the anti-aircraft artillery positions that were on high alert, the airport guards armed with live ammunition, and the vague hatred in their eyes.

Since Gaston Doumergue declared war on Germany, Corsica has been mobilized. At present, Corsica has become a large military camp, but the object of their hatred is probably not Lan Fang and Germany, but more likely France.

More than half of the current population on Corsica is Chinese and German, and the pure French are less than half. It is hard to believe that this is still French territory.

After France declared war on Germany, the Corsican government unilaterally terminated airport flights between Paris and Marseille. Although the Corsican government did not comment on the French government's declaration of war, almost everyone knew that the Corsicans would never stand on the side of France this time.

At least the French government should not expect to get any supplies of materials and personnel from Corsica.

Corsica does have resources, especially in medical care, which is the best in Europe.

After Lanfang declared war on Italy, Corsica organized a medical team of 1,200 people to volunteer to go to Sardinia to support Lanfang in its war against Italy. The Corsican government said that this was just a personal act, but it is obvious that no one believes this explanation.

Corsica is no longer French Corsica.