The Rise of the Third Reich

The Lorraine Red Cross tricolor flag of Free France is still flying high over the small town of Saint-Pierre, the capital of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Islands. Facing the strong North Atlantic sea breeze, it flutters wildly, demonstrating the unyielding spirit of France. Free spirit.

Unlike the malicious suspicions of British (Canadian) Vice Admiral Fraser, Charles de Gaulle and his Free French fighters never thought of surrendering to the Germans who dominated Europe. Because in their view, the French Fourth Republic, which is now prosperous following Germany (there is no Vichy France now, the France led by Pétain is called the Fourth Republic) has completely lost its dignity and soul, and has betrayed the French nation. , became a follower of German-led Pan-Aryanism.

In the end, when pan-Aryanism develops, the Aryan national identity will inevitably replace the original French national identity, causing the French nation to be annihilated in the long river of history!

After losing its French national identity, France will undoubtedly become a historical noun and be completely integrated into the so-called United States of Europe. In this way, the French nation and country will be completely destroyed.

Such a miserable prospect is naturally intolerable to French patriots like Charles de Gaulle. Although Charles de Gaulle himself was not opposed to the establishment of the European Community and the integration of France and Germany, what he and his comrades imagined was not a Pan-Aryan Europe, but a Europe where all nations lived in freedom, equality, and fraternity. Together, and with French as its main official language, the European Community…

In addition to opposing the Fourth Republic on the issue of French dominance or German dominance, there is another important reason why the fighters of Free France firmly stand on the side of the free world - this reason is Saint-Pierre and Miquelon The islands have been blocked by the Americans with tens of thousands of magnetic mines, anchor mines and shipwrecks. All ports, including the smallest fishing ports, are unusable, and every beach where ships can land or dock is equipped with various obstacles, mines, and landmines.

The entire St. Pierre and Miquelon Islands can only maintain contact with the outside world by air transport, and the communication between various islands can only be by air. The supplies needed by the 65,000 freedom fighters on the island, the 42,000 family members and civilian personnel of the Free French Movement, and the 6,000 French residents were also provided through airdrops. On average, Americans have to drop 200 tons of supplies on the St. Pierre and Miquelon Islands every day to ensure the survival of 113,000 French people.

Moreover, the Americans also control the amount of reserves of daily necessities on the islands through supply transportation. Now as long as there is no airdrop for a week, the 113,000 French people on the islands will starve!

And before Germany clears the mines around the St. Pierre and Miquelon Islands and salvages the sunken ships locked in the harbor, it has no spare capacity to ensure the supply of 113,000 Frenchmen... A transportation volume of 200 tons per day requires sixty or seventy Fokker 42s. Conveyor transport. If these transport volumes are used to support landing troops, at least two heavy armored divisions can sustain high-intensity operations for a day.

In addition, the large military airport built by the United States near the small town of St. Pierre was also destroyed in the name of expansion two months ago. However, the expansion was not completed for two months. The construction site is still full of potholes, and even the Americans left behind The construction machinery on the island was also completely destroyed due to sabotage by "German agents".

In other words, even if the Germans take the St. Pierre and Miquelon Islands with the supply of 113,000 French people, they will not be able to deploy Me264 and Me262T on the islands in the short term, which makes St. Pierre and Miquelon The value of the Clone Islands has dropped significantly.

However, on the morning of April 25, 1945, General Charles de Gaulle, Chairman of the French National Liberation Committee, and Henri Giraud, Director of the Free French Armed Forces, issued an order to implement wartime martial law, declaring that the Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Islands were Soon we will be attacked by Nazi and Fascist armies (Nazi refers to the German army and Fascist refers to the French army)!

After the order was issued, the two of them and other members of the French National Liberation Committee living in St. Pierre City all left St. Pierre City with their families and entered the "" "Fortress Liberty" - This fortress is a smaller version of the Churchill Naval Fortress, but it is not too small. It occupies almost one-third of the land area of ​​St. Pierre Island, but it does not deploy security guns with a caliber exceeding 240mm. There are also no armored turrets. The strongest firepower used by "Freedom Fortress" is the American M1 240mm cannon.

And near the Point Point of Newfoundland (which is the apex of a peninsula with relatively flat terrain and a beach that can be landed on) facing the "Fortress of Liberty" across more than 20 kilometers of sea, There was a coastal defense fortress named "Fort Pershing" that was similar in size to "Churchill Naval Fortress". This fortress has up to 4 twin-mounted 406mm armored turrets - 8 powerful 406mm cannons that can not only block the nearby ocean, but also cover the entire St. Pierre and Miquelon Islands!

When de Gaulle and Giraud were riding in a Renault car produced in France before the war, they drove into the entrance of the "Fortress of Liberty", Henry Giraud sighed softly: "Charles, I think this is where we will be buried." Land, right?”

"Burial place?" De Gaulle smiled bitterly, "Maybe? If they really captured Newfoundland, St. Pierre and Miquelon Islands would not be spared."

"Do you think the Germans will attack Newfoundland first?" Henry Giraud asked.

De Gaulle nodded, smiled and said: "Yes, if they really want to invade North America from eastern Canada, seizing Newfoundland is necessary and the only correct direction... As for St. Pierre and Miquelon It’s not like the Germans don’t know the situation on the islands, so there’s no use in seizing them.”

"What? The Germans know about the situation on the St. Pierre and Miquelon Islands?" Henri Giraud was stunned.

The Germans should not know that St. Pierre and Miquelon has always been under the strict control of the Free French Movement!

"Of course," de Gaulle sighed and turned to look at his assistant, "They have spies...many, many spies! It's impossible to prevent them! So St. Pierre and Miquelon are not their targets, and we still have victory. and opportunities for revival.”

"A chance of victory?" Henri Giraud was almost amused by de Gaulle's unfounded confidence. What chance does France have now? Even if the German attack on North America fails, their rule in Europe can probably be maintained, right?

"Yes!" De Gaulle nodded, "France still has a chance to win and revive. Maybe we can't defeat the ferocious Germans on the battlefield, but as long as we can arouse people's love for French culture, spirit and free thought, France will There must be a day when we break away from the United States of Europe and regain our greatness!”

At this time, the car had stopped at the end of the internal passage of the bunker. Dozens of veterans in their thirties and forties, who vaguely remembered the glory of France in the past, stood in front of the two heavy open doors and looked towards de Gaulle who got out of the car. and Ji Luo performed military salutes.

With the help of dim lighting, de Gaulle saw tears on the faces of every veteran.

De Gaulle did not walk into the door immediately, but stood in front of the veterans who had just cried, and said loudly to them: "Soldiers, don't shed tears, don't cry, because France just encountered difficulties, it has not perished, and it cannot be perished.

As long as the fire of freedom in our hearts and the hearts of tens of millions of French people is not extinguished, France will surely get rid of the European Community ruled by Germany in the future and become a great country again! So please wipe away your tears and remember the French spirit of liberty, equality and fraternity!

Long live free France! Long live the indomitable French! "

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Just when de Gaulle shouted the slogan "Long live the indomitable French", hundreds of French officers and soldiers were flying to Newfoundland in a Fokker 42 long-range transport aircraft assembled in a French factory and belonging to the French Air Force Transport Command. .

These Fokker 42 long-range transport aircraft were part of the 508 Fokker 42 aircraft used in Operation Columbus. Most of the planes were carrying weapons, ammunition and various supplies to be airdropped to Newfoundland, and some of the planes were equipped with fully armed German paratroopers!

Forced to serve in the French Air Force transport aircraft unit, Sergeant François Mitterrand served as a machine gunner and cabin crew member. On the French Air Force transport aircraft No. 903, there was a murderous German paratrooper platoon. The platoon leader of this paratrooper platoon is a Nazi murderer that Sergeant Mitterrand hates from the bottom of his heart - it can be seen from the knight's iron cross hanging around his neck! As an Air Force sergeant major, to be able to wear the Knight's Iron Cross and search for the devil must be a devil whose hands are stained with the blood of liberal and communist fighters! Probably also killed many Frenchmen...

Sergeant Mitterrand sat in the cabin and glared at the gloomy and scary German devil for a while. Until the other party noticed him and cast a cold look, he quickly lowered his head and pretended to look at his watch.

It is now North American Eastern Time, and it is past 11 o'clock in the morning on April 25, 1945. According to the orders from above, in ten minutes, these damn Germans will jump out of the good plane.

Mitterrand thought: American bullets will kill these invaders! There may be free French warriors on Newfoundland. They are real heroes and will definitely kill all these hateful Germans.