Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

Before World War I, Europeans preferred to immigrate to the United States.

This is a helpless choice. Europeans actually don't like the United States. This can be clearly seen from the attitude of the French towards Americans.

But where can we go if we don’t immigrate to the United States? Asia is too far away, Africa is too backward, and America is a new continent full of opportunities. Everyone wants to try their luck.

Until southern Africa emerged.

The performance of the Southern African Expeditionary Force in World War I was so outstanding that Europeans also had a new understanding of the wealth of Southern Africa. Southern Africa has transformed from a remote country into a paradise for immigrants as much as the United States. The emergence of Saint Roch

The icing on the cake, always reminding Europeans that there are better choices besides the United States.

Bierce's meaning is also very clear. The United States seems to need a display window similar to Saint Roch, so that people can better understand the United States.

Eisenhower was very interested in the proposal and sent a telegram to Washington to inquire about the possibility.

Washington is busy with elections and has no time to ask the French for enclaves.

De Gaulle is not in the mood to deal with these things. He is very busy every day. It is much more difficult to govern a country like France than Free France.

In Free France, De Gaulle controlled the sky with one hand, and all orders would be implemented to the letter. De Gaulle fully enjoyed the happiness brought by power.

After regaining Paris, de Gaulle finally realized what constraints were, which made him think about leaving.

"If a united and efficient government cannot be established, I would rather resign than join them in the same deeds -" De Gaulle only dared to tell his secretary Claude Modric privately.

Personal image takes a huge hit.

In France in 1944, the situation was very bad. Industrial production was only one-third compared with 1938, coal production dropped by 50%, grain production dropped by half, and prices soared six times compared to last year.

In order to reduce expenses, de Gaulle transferred some Free French Army troops back to North Africa, but this was far from enough. De Gaulle also wanted some members of the Resistance to retire and return home. This decision aroused strong opposition from the Resistance.

At the time of the Normandy landings, there were 300,000 resistance troops in France.

By October, the number of French resistance forces exceeded 700,000.

Before the war, France only had a total of 700,000 national defense troops. You can imagine how big the current 700,000 troops are. I don’t know how many of them have hurriedly joined the resistance in the past two months. There is no doubt that they want to sneak into the resistance and gain benefits.

, and those resistance leaders who completely ignored France’s financial capacity in order to expand their own strength actually accepted them all.

Everyone knows that within two years, or even next year, France will hold a general election.

At that time, every vote will be important. With the votes of these resistance forces and their families, many resistance leaders can at least sneak into the local parliament.

So at this time, de Gaulle retired the Resistance Army, which was equivalent to sending out a lot of people's cakes.

The current situation of the interim government is not stable either.

Reynard, de Gaulle's close comrade-in-arms in North Africa, has quickly grown into de Gaulle's main opponent.

On the other side, the French Labor Party is watching with eager eyes. Fortunately, the members of the Labor Party are still busy in liquidation and have not launched a frontal attack on De Gaulle for the time being.

Otherwise, just by Pétain and de Gaulle pardoning each other, a lot of fuss would be made.

The liquidation work had already begun after the recapture of Paris. Many ministers of the Vichy government were found in prison or in country villas, and were either executed on the spot or executed after trial. In short, they could not escape death.

They were lucky. During the German occupation, about 20,000 women who had special relationships with the Germans were paraded through the streets. Their heads were shaved, their clothes were stripped to the waist, and their bodies were covered with tar.

Being humiliated and beaten by people.

Even worse were the special workers who had close contact with the Germans. Many of them were beaten to death, and even their families did not dare to speak for them.

The most likely scenario for France now is to establish a multi-party coalition government like Italy.

And this was absolutely unacceptable to de Gaulle.

"It is difficult to unite the French people." Claude was more euphemistic. In fact, it was not difficult, but simply impossible.

"Why do they always fail to understand that only if we unite together can we restore a strong France, otherwise we can only become a second-rate country." De Gaulle lamented that for the sake of France's strength, De Gaulle would do anything.

In the past two months, de Gaulle finally understood the feelings of Reno and Pétain.

There is definitely no hope for a country where everyone only cares about their own interests and never considers others.

Although he complained privately, de Gaulle arrived at the Parliament Building on time during working hours, ready to start today's work.

When he walked into the parliament building, de Gaulle was in a slightly irritable mood.

In the past two months, the parliament has been like a vegetable market. Every day there are quarrels every time there is a meeting. Sometimes it is just for the sake of opposition, and no one cares about the real work.

Winter has come, and it has begun to snow in northern France. This winter is colder than in previous years. There are still millions of homeless French people who can only live in tents. This winter will be very difficult for them.

At least the members of Parliament will not go hungry, and they will have a warm stove at night.

The guards on duty saluted de Gaulle. They were the most loyal group to de Gaulle.

De Gaulle's gesture in return was a little perfunctory, and Claude reported in a low voice next to De Gaulle: "——Today, the Prime Minister will submit his package plan. The news I just received is that the Prime Minister has secured a loan of 100 million rand from Southern Africa.

This 100 million rand will be used to subsidize poor families and purchase food, cotton clothes, etc. from southern Africa."

De Gaulle was expressionless. Leonard's relationship with southern Africa was obviously better than his own. Why did Leonard have a sister who was the finance minister in southern Africa?

"Mr. Felix came back from Russia. He also brought back a large amount of food and supplies. Many of the supplies were actually aided to Russia by southern Africa and the United States -" Claude continued to report.

De Gaulle took a deep breath, both of these have a background.

"Mr. Pidour went to Marseille and will not attend today's meeting. The leader of the resistance army has a meeting in Marseille these days." Claude's information is very well-informed.

As with the recent political situation in Paris, the atmosphere in the Parliament building was a bit tense, with everyone in a hurry and little interaction with each other.

Arriving at the door of the parliament hall, de Gaulle took a deep breath, straightened his collar, and raised his hand to open the door.

The loud noise was mixed with the pungent smell of tobacco and a faint smell of alcohol.

Damn it, forget it about smoking in the parliament hall. Who brought the wine to the parliament hall? Do you want to order some food for you?

"Disarmament, disarmament. The war is not over yet. Dismantle all the troops. Are you going to rely on a fat guy like you to protect Paris?"

"If we don't disarmament, we won't need the Germans. Our finances will be ruined by our army. Where were you when I was fighting a bloody battle with the Germans in North Africa? Were you in some woman's crotch?"

Two congressmen were arguing fiercely at the door, and obscene words were pouring out, but no one paid attention to them because others were also arguing.

Leonard did not argue, but sat on the seat closest to the podium and closed his eyes to meditate.

Felix Guin was whispering to several familiar members of Congress. He was wearing a bearskin coat that attracted attention. It seemed that he had gained a lot in Russia.

When de Gaulle entered the venue, the noise finally subsided. Several people were applauding. They all supported de Gaulle and were affectionately called "Gaullists" by the newspapers.

"Gentlemen, please be quiet -" Vincent Auriol, the president of the Constituent Assembly who presided over the meeting, maintained order, but even after the hammer broke, few people paid attention to him.

De Gaulle came and sat down opposite Leonard.

Leonard took out the pocket watch on his chest to check the time, and slowly stood up.

The quarrel immediately became much quieter.

Then it got smaller and smaller, and the venue finally returned to silence.

"Thank you for your support, distinguished gentlemen of the Congress -" Vincent Auriol showed his humor at the right time.

Vincent Auriol was a famous politician who worked as a lawyer and ran a newspaper. He was elected as a member of Parliament in 1914 and served as Minister of State in the Provisional Government.

Vincent Auriol was known for his ability to mediate conflicts and had good relations with the Gaullists, the Resistance, and the Comintern.

The meeting got down to business as soon as it started. Leonard submitted his package for parliamentary discussion, and the part about disarmament attracted particular attention.

Not long ago, Leonard had just topped up his pension for veterans of World War I, which greatly boosted his reputation. Now, Leonard has actually attacked the army again. Some people attributed Leonard's behavior to a personality conflict.

"We now have 500,000 troops and 700,000 militiamen. In addition, we have millions of government employees, national military police, and staff who need financial support. These expenditures overwhelm us, and we must use our limited resources.

Funds should be used where they are most urgently needed to achieve the greatest impact—" Leonard's report had just begun when he was interrupted by doubts from the side.

"The troops have retired, who will protect France?"

"This is a good question. I only want to retire some of the soldiers, not all of them. We don't need a national defense force with a scale of millions. Facts have proved that if there are 100,000 people, it will be enough to protect the border." Leonard was beaten.

Don’t get angry even if it’s interrupted, explain patiently.

"Is one hundred thousand men enough to fill the Maginot Line?"

Doubts continued.

"When the war ends and peace comes, do we still need the Maginot Line?" Leonard countered by general.

"Even if there are no Germans, there are still Russians!"

Some congressmen reminded Leonard to face up to the Russian threat.

"Russia has never been a threat to us. We burned Moscow, but the Russians did not burn Paris-"

This time Leonard did not need to explain. Several Labor MPs jumped out to fight back.

Labor MPs can sit back and watch the Free French and the Resistance fight, and don't talk about Russia, which will excite them more than killing their parents.

"So you think the Russians won't take revenge?"

"Gentlemen, please be quiet -" Vincent Auriol tried to maintain order.

Still no one paid attention to him.

Leonard hasn't finished reading his report yet.

Seeing the noisy scene in front of them, several congressmen had already begun to take off their clothes, roll up their sleeves and get ready to fight.

"Shut up!" Leonard was furious and Luck yelled.

The venue suddenly fell silent.

The congressmen could ignore Vincent Auriol, but they had to give Renard face.

Renard is not only the prime minister of the provisional government, but also the richest man in France.

There will be no consequences for offending Vincent Auriol.

Offending Leonard will have extremely serious consequences.

Last month, a member of Parliament who publicly criticized Renard's pre-war transfer of property was hacked to death on the lawn in front of his home with an axe.

The Paris police investigation concluded it was a robbery.

This conclusion is not convincing.

But the Paris police soon caught the murderer, who also admitted the fact of robbery and murder.

But this has sounded the alarm for lawmakers.

Leonard doesn't know how many such dead soldiers he has in his hands.

"For two whole months, we have been meeting every day, but we haven't solved even a single thing -" Leonard was very disappointed, pointing to the huge floor-to-ceiling window with a pitiful expression: "-There are countless hungry people outside waiting for our help.

, they had no dinner, no warm house, not even a heart-warming comfort. Our country and city suffered heavy losses, 80% of the houses in Cherbourg were destroyed, Caen was razed to the ground, we have about

Five thousand towns have been severely damaged, and many people will die from hunger and cold this winter——"

Leonard really wanted to expel all these insensitive congressmen.

It's a pity that he can't do it. Even if another group of people come, it will be almost the same.

"I agree with the Prime Minister's suggestion. Our most important task now is disaster relief so that all French people can survive this winter safely." De Gaulle finally spoke.

Both the president and the prime minister said this, and the tone was set.

At the end of the meeting, de Gaulle and Reynard walked out of the parliament hall side by side.

For a moment, de Gaulle really felt like he was back in Algiers.

"Thank you for speaking up." Leonard expressed his gratitude to De Gaulle. He did not expect that De Gaulle would be so supportive.

If it were Leonard, it would be nice if he didn't fan the flames.

"You're welcome, we are all for France." De Gaulle was indeed angry at Leonard's betrayal, but he would not bring personal grudges into work.

"I hope you don't mind-" Leonard frowned and said word by word: "-your character is too tough. During the war, France needs a tough leader. In peacetime, France needs balance.

, compensation, or even temporary concessions.”

Compared with de Gaulle, Leonard is a qualified politician, and de Gaulle still needs to learn.

"You are wrong, Lei. What France needs is independence and freedom, independence without any influence, and freedom within the rules. Balance, compensation, and concessions will only lead to mediocrity, and France has never been a mediocre country."

De Gaulle is not inexperienced, he is just not suitable for today's France.