Chapter 289 Entering Paris

The Eiffel Tower, the landmark building of Paris, has been hung with a black, red and gold tricolor flag that is 50 meters wide and 80 meters long. Not only that, all major buildings in Paris, such as the Paris Opera House, Bastille Square, City Hall, etc., have been hung with the tricolor flag without exception. It is no exaggeration to say that the tricolor flag has been flying in every corner of Paris.

Perhaps the victors of the last war might not have thought that only 20 years later, the same opponents would trample them hard this time. The German Wehrmacht seemed to want to use such a move to show that the current Paris is a Paris that completely belongs to Germany.

Although he disagreed with this approach in his heart, Yannick did not want to spoil the fun of these people, and silently looked at the scenery outside the car window.

Although both are art capitals (Berlin at this time had not experienced the bombing of the original time and space, and many cultural buildings were intact), compared with Berlin, Paris has another kind of beauty. It’s just that when Yannick visited Paris in the original time and space, he found that there were too many immigrants in Paris. In addition, it was a tourist city, so there were naturally many tourists and many small vendors. Under the Eiffel Tower, watching the Paris police drive away small vendors, his impression of Paris was inevitably greatly reduced.

Berlin gave him a much more stable and orderly feeling.

A row of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars appeared on the street, which inevitably caused some people to discuss. For Paris, which had been occupied by the German Wehrmacht two days ago, the appearance of German troops on the street was not surprising. But before, all kinds of military vehicles were driving on the streets of Paris. This kind of luxury business car fleet was the first time. Some people have begun to use their imagination to guess which big shot has come to Paris. However, the windows of these vehicles are all affixed with the latest one-way perspective glass film developed by Germany. Even if the sunshade is not drawn in the car, people outside cannot see who is sitting in the car.

Rommel and Guderian looked at the French on the street outside with some nervousness. Even if these people did not use weapons, even throwing a few stones could be considered disrespectful. Before, they proposed to bring at least a regiment and a few tanks as escorts, but they were all rejected by Yannick.

This is not Serbia, and he is not Archduke Ferdinand. With France's defeat already decided, the only people who will be retaliated against by assassinating German officials are ordinary French people. And the bigger the city, the more they care about this kind of face.

Besides, the French are not suitable for this kind of assassination. If it were in London, let alone a regiment, he would have to send a division to surround the surroundings, to prevent 007 from appearing out of nowhere and shooting him in the head.

After entering the city center, Yannick asked the driver to drive slower and looked at Goebbels across the street. "Dr. Goebbels, what do you see in these French people's eyes?"

"Hatred." Goebbels replied respectfully after observing for a while. "Your Highness, I see hatred. But it's only a very small number, and more of them are silent, indifferent, and indifferent."

Yannick smiled. "Hatred is justified, after all, we are invaders. No country lacks patriots, it's just a difference of more or less." This is not the future Ukraine and Belarus, lining up to welcome the German army. "But do you think they will rise up and resist?" The citizens of Paris in the original time and space were also very panicked at first, thinking that the German army would kill, burn and loot civilians, but none of this happened. Their lives were almost unaffected and they continued to repeat their past lives.

Because for political purposes, the German high-level officials required all German troops stationed in France to conquer France like knights, and strictly prohibited burning, killing and looting France like bandits. Therefore, the French in the occupied areas can still enjoy a life of singing and dancing, drinking and dancing.

The German army did not set up too many defense measures in the occupied city of Paris, and they were very confident in the citizens of Paris.

Goebbels was a little puzzled. "Do you mean that they will accept our rule obediently?"

Yannick nodded. "Not to the point of being obedient, but it's better than the Poles and the British. In the war, people are just spoils of war. We support whoever has good policies and brings a better life. Besides, the original situation was very bad and the government abandoned it. Who would be dissatisfied with us with this mentality? We just occupied the regime, did not massacre the people, and gave the people a better life. In addition, we are of the same origin. From the historical source, they are all descendants of the Frankish Kingdom. This is why I did not agree to set the surrender ceremony in the carriage where the Treaty of Versailles was signed that year." Yannick disdained what the mustache did back then. Maybe this was revenge, revenge for the humiliation imposed on the Germans by the French in 1918, but it was also a slap in the face of the French.

The French are definitely the most arrogant and conceited nation in Europe, and they will not hide this pride, otherwise "Gallic chicken" would not become synonymous with arrogance. Britain and France have long looked down on each other. The French believe that their food, language and art are the best in the world, and of course other aspects cannot be bad.

France has maintained the most complete self-sufficient industrial chain in Europe until later generations. For this reason, it has to spend a lot of government subsidies every year to support some industries that should have been eliminated long ago. This is completely incomprehensible to modern market economists. For example, although it has declined to a regional power, France has always found it difficult to let go of the posture of a global power and actively rushes to the front in various international affairs, including military operations in Libya and Syria. It even regularly lets the useless Charles de Gaulle go out for a cruise to swear its presence in the world.

But the reality is that France has never been the boss of Europe since Napoleon. Before, it followed Britain, balanced Germany on the European continent, and divided interests in the Middle East, Crimea and China. Later, it was quickly surpassed by its rising neighbor Germany. After World War II, France saw the opportunity to dominate Europe again. The United States and Britain opposed excessive sanctions on Germany because they did not want to see France dominate the European continent. France, out of the shame of being destroyed, became the country that sanctioned Germany the most. But decades later, France has become Germany's younger brother in the European Union.

In addition, it also filmed a large number of anti-Japanese war films behind enemy lines (in some low-cost WWII films in Europe, the Germans are like the Japanese army in Hengdian), promoting its important position in WWII. The annual Victory Day parade has also been held for decades, although it surrendered a few weeks ago o (╯□╰) o

In this case, Yannick also generously saved the French people's last face. After all, what he wanted this time was much more than what the mustache wanted, so he didn't care about such a small matter as face. Moreover, the Chinese doctrine of the mean is engraved in his soul. For France, which can be won over, he doesn't want to do things too extreme, which is also conducive to appeasing and assimilating the people in the occupied areas.