Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 32: Eagle landing in Paris (Part 1)
On July 28th, as usual, the bright sunrise hung like a flame in the sky, and it was another sunny day.
The air is still cool with the morning dew. The morning sun passes through the lush sycamore trees beside the street and casts irregular spots on the tidy avenue. The Saina River flows peacefully and quietly, and the gray feral flocks At the beginning of their daily morning transport, the chirping of birds lingered in the air.
It seems that today is the same as usual, and it will be an ordinary and ordinary day.
But in fact, when the first ray of sunlight shines on this city, this day is destined to leave its traces in history. This is an extraordinary day that has been determined by fate.
Today's Paris wakes up much earlier than before. The proud Parisians did not wait lazily for the sun to shine on their warm and comfortable bed before waking up with their sleeping eyes.
Before the sun can radiate its warmth in the future, groups of citizens have appeared in several streets in the center of Paris. They gather in the gardens on both sides of the street and the open-air cafes that opened early. , Greeted each other easily and chatted.
From the humming sound, many of them did not fall asleep at all last night. Everyone talked about the same topic, that is, the German army entering the city.
The news that Paris received the day before yesterday is really hard to describe how the French side felt when they heard the news, and it is hard to sum up with mixed feelings.
The Paris military and political leaders wanted to run up to the Eiffel Tower and yell a few times to express the grievances accumulated during this period. The hateful Germans finally had enough and they were willing to enter the city. Up.
In order to share their happiness with the citizens, the Paris authorities decided to let all the citizens of Paris know the news as soon as possible. Although the process is very complicated, because the Paris radio station has not been fixed yet, the Paris city government mobilized all that can be mobilized The media force even used all the police notifications at the grassroots level to let everyone know the long-awaited news before the evening of the day.
Paris was boiling that night, and many entertainment venues, cafes, bars, dance halls, and even brothels announced that all spending on the night would be 50% off, so the Parisians would carve like a festive night.
It's not that the Parisians forgot their nationality, nor that they wanted to betray their country and seek glory. On the contrary, this feeling of abandonment is really uncomfortable, and their suppressed emotions for two weeks are finally released.
In the past two weeks, they tried various methods to position themselves, but they all failed helplessly.
They once wanted to fight the invading army as a patriot. They wanted to get support from their government, but they disappointed.
The French government has completely abandoned their capital and the citizens of Paris.
Marshal Petain even sent a telegram in the name of the government of the Third French Republic in order to avoid stimulating the German side for the upcoming armistice negotiations. The telegram ordered the citizens of Paris to actively cooperate with the Germans for the future of the French nation, and also severely warned that any resistance during this period would be declared illegal.
What's even more outrageous is that Betain completely cut off the information channels between Paris and the outside world. Even Lieutenant General Danz now doesn't know what the battle situation is outside. Now all he knows about the outside world has to listen to the radio.
And the French government’s radio station is completely unreliable. Apart from a lot of bragging battle reports that idiots know now, they call on the French to exercise restraint and obey government orders and arrangements.
And they seem to have no interest in the current situation in Paris. There is no support or concern for Parisians on the radio. It seems that there is no such city in the world like Paris. This makes Parisians really sad, how can I say This was once the capital of France. In the end, I got a few words about Paris from time to time when I got a German broadcast.
Although the sober Lieutenant General Danz suppressed Petain’s staggering telegram, he did not announce to all the citizens of Paris as ordered in Petain’s telegram. He knew to issue this. The consequences of things may be a mutiny or a national riot.
However, this thing could not be suppressed in the end. Several French officers who were almost stupid by this order stabbed this shameful order, and it was still transmitted in Paris. All over again.
At last, it was okay. Danz underestimated the endurance of the Parisians. The riot did not happen, but the image of the French government was on the verge of bankruptcy in the eyes of Parisians.
But before this wave of turmoil passed, there was news on the streets that the government had pulled away Paris’s municipal reserves of materials and grains during the retreat. As a result, the current reserves in Paris had almost bottomed out, and General Danz was preparing to restore the food ration system.
The Parisians are finally angry. In the eyes of the government, is they like an abandoned pet? Who picks it up and raises it? The Parisians were completely chilled by the current French government.
Then, there was a series of farce under anarchy, and the contending of a hundred schools of thought and the red uprising. The Parisians were very busy during that time.
But when the enthusiasm of those Parisians was exhausted and they returned home exhausted, a sense of helplessness and loss spontaneously emerged.
What the **** are you, French? The government has kicked itself to Germany. German? The blood of proud Gaul is flowing in him. Let alone whether the barbaric invaders have a sense of identity with him, I will not agree with this view even if I ask myself. What's more, the Germans seem to have no interest in Paris. It seems that the Germans don't want this city either. Paris seems to be abandoned by both parties.
The most brilliant and beautiful city in the world, the capital of France, and the brightest jewel in Europe, now sounds like a joke.
It’s not the Middle Ages, and Paris is inland. Without relying on other countries, Paris cannot become a free city that survives and develops on its own, although some people who are stupid about hypoxia and reading have made such demands on the street. Speeches such as announcing the independence of Paris, but people with sound brains scoff at them.
The Parisians now finally feel the mood of Alsace and Lorraine. This feeling of not belonging is indeed very uncomfortable, and it will drive people crazy.
Now that the Germans are finally entering the city, the Parisians always have some loss in their hearts. How could they not have a sadness of saying goodbye to the motherland and the sadness of being abandoned in the big carnival that night.
But now that things are a foregone conclusion, life is still going to go on, so let’s adapt to the life under German management from today.
But, what exactly is the German like? What exactly is this army that smashed half of Europe? The citizens of Paris, with curiosity about this issue, came to the place notified by the city government and waited for Germany. The arrival of people.
At 7:40 in the morning, the Champs-Elysées were already full of Parisian citizens watching the German troops enter the city. The scene was noisy. The citizens talked loudly about the ceremony that was about to begin, and many people still took the road. The coffee bought by the open-air cafe dangling cigarettes and gnawing on the fruits and breakfast brought, various vendors selling snacks and cigarettes shuttled back and forth among the crowd.
It seems that after more than two weeks of siege, the very big nerves of the Parisians have been honed and stronger. Now they seem to be more like visiting a parade of a big circus than to participate in the invader's entrance ceremony.
In order to maintain order, the Paris side mobilized all the police forces. French police officers wearing barrel caps and black uniforms and black shiny equestrian boots patrolled back and forth, sweating profusely, rushing out of the sidewalk and looking forward. The citizens rushed back to the team.
At this moment, the sound of an airplane engine rang out in the sky, and everyone raised their heads and looked into the sky.
doesn’t sound like a big airplane, the engine sound is very crisp and rhythmic, and then the source of the sound appeared in everyone’s eyes for an instant. A "white stork" with an iron cross emblem was in the Champs Elysees. The sky above the street flicked lightly. This light liaison reconnaissance plane flew low and slowly. The citizens of Paris saw a German plane from such a close distance for the first time, and the crowd could not help but feel a commotion.
"Look, she seems to want to land!" A citizen exclaimed.
Indeed, the "white stork" slowly circled in the air, and then slowly lowered its height along the Champs Elysées, looking like it wanted to land on this street.
The narrowest part of the Champs Elysées is 70 meters, and the widest part is 120 meters. It is a veritable "avenue". As long as the pilots pass the test, there is no problem with this kind of light aircraft landing here. Just be careful not to hit the tall plane trees on both sides.
The height of the plane slowly lowered, and the nose slowly flattened. The plane was taxiing close to the center line of the street as if it were towed by a track. A smile had appeared on the pilot’s face. Everyone could see that this would be the first time. A perfect landing.
But an unexpected accident happened at this time. At the moment the plane's wheels touched the ground, a small figure suddenly rushed out of the street less than two hundred meters in front of the plane, and was still running fast toward the center of the street.
Everyone present was stunned by the sudden occurrence. The citizens who saw this scene couldn't help but let out a scream.
No one knows how the kid ran out of the police's nose to the street, and no one knew why the kid did it. The only thing everyone knows now is that a tragedy will happen in front of them.
At this moment, a French policeman who reacted rushed out of the street and rushed towards the child. He wanted to prevent the tragedy from happening, but everyone next to him knew that time was too late.
The plane was speeding toward the child, the engine was still running, and two chopper-sharp propellers were fast approaching the tiny figure. The timid man had closed his eyes and dared not look anymore.
The French policeman had already rushed to the child's side. He saved the child's small body and wanted to turn around and leave, but he also found that it was too late. The fast-rotating propeller of the plane was close in front of him.
The policeman turned and kneeled while holding the child in despair, hoping to use his body to protect the child from injury. Although he knew that his body in front of the propeller of the plane was no different from a piece of paper, He did it subconsciously.
People opened their mouths and stared blankly at the moving and tragic scene in front of them, and they broke out a second burst of exclamation.
But they haven't waited for their screams to end~IndoMTL.com~ Things changed suddenly, and then the screams were masked by louder cheers.
Just when the plane was less than ten meters away from the two people in the middle of the road, with a harsh engine roar, the iron-grey "white stork" suddenly rose from the ground, roaring past and kneeling. Over the head of the moving policeman, the violent hurricane blew off the policeman's cap. The light liaison machine struggled to slide forward for more than ten meters and then hit the ground again.
This time, it was not as cool as it was when it landed. Because the nose of the aircraft was raised too hard, the aircraft had stalled. This time it was more appropriate to use a fall to land.
The lightweight "white stork" now looks like a clumsy albatross on the ground, bouncing crookedly and sliding forward, with a string of metal breaking sounds, a solid landing gear is finally huge when it is dropped The force broke off, and the plane suddenly turned sideways to the ground. With a harsh rubbing sound, the plane turned ninety degrees on the ground and then stopped abruptly.
The people present all stared blankly at the plane with wisps of smoke in front of them, and couldn't say a word of shock.
But as everyone gradually awoke from the thrilling scene just now, first a few quick-responding policemen, followed by a few citizens closest to the scene, and finally almost all the Parisians who were present slumped swiftly. The German military plane on the Champs Elysées rushed past~IndoMTL.com~Book friends are welcome to visit and read. The latest, fastest and hottest serial works are all at ~IndoMTL.com~