Chapter 970: Fruits of Victory

On this day, the heads of state of the European Union gathered at the Berlin Palace.

Yannick secretly met with the Spanish head of state Arias and his entourage.

"Your Highness!" Seeing Yannick, Arias and his entourage all saluted in a standard military salute, their eyes reddened with excitement.

"Everyone, thank you for your hard work." Yannick stepped forward and shook hands with them one by one, saying sincerely. "It is because of your selfless dedication and dedicated heroes that the empire has today's glory. Your names may not be known to anyone, but your achievements will last forever. On behalf of the empire and the millions of people of the empire, I thank you for everything you have done for the empire."

Arias' eyes were filled with tears. "Please rest assured, Your Highness, we will fight for the empire all our lives!"

Others shouted in unison. "Swear to fight for the empire all our lives!"

Then Yannick personally awarded medals to each of them, encouraged them again, and went to the banquet hall.

The spacious and bright banquet hall was full of laughter and joy, and everyone's face was filled with bright smiles.

"Your Highness is here!" There was a rough shout outside the door, and the noisy banquet hall suddenly quieted down. Everyone's eyes were focused on Yannick who walked into the banquet hall. They all smiled and greeted him enthusiastically. However, they did not rush in. They lined up in a subtle order. The first one was the Prime Minister of Vichy France, Pétain.

Yannick took a glass of champagne and greeted him with a smile. "Long time no see, Prime Minister, you are still so strong!"

Pétain laughed. "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness Yannick, but this old bone is almost useless."

"I think you can live to be at least a hundred years old." This is Yannick's true words. Pétain is a pretty good puppet. Yannick really hopes he can live to be a hundred years old.

In 1945 in the original time and space, the French Provisional Government arrested Pétain and the court sentenced him to death. However, General Charles de Gaulle, the leader of the French Provisional Government at the time, pardoned him.

On the one hand, de Gaulle took into consideration Pétain’s advanced age of 89 years old and that he was also a veteran hero of World War I and had made contributions to France; on the other hand, there was also a personal friendship involved, because Marshal Pétain had been General de Gaulle’s mentor at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in France, and de Gaulle always emphasized that the person he admired most in military affairs was Pétain, so there was a strong personal friendship involved.

In the end, Pétain was sentenced to life imprisonment, and all his positions, titles, and rank of lieutenant general, except for the French Marshal, were stripped of their titles. He was sent to L’Isle-Dieu Island, not far from the Atlantic coast of western France, to serve his sentence. He died of illness on the island in 1951 at the age of 95.

If he remembered correctly, the average life expectancy of humans during this period was only about 50 years old. Pétain lived two lifetimes of others, which was considered quite long-lived.

However, Pétain's life in this time and space is quite comfortable. He can get 10 million euros (50 million francs) and 100,000 barrels of crude oil every day (Chapter 293). Although he has to give away most of it, he can count money until his hands cramp; maybe he can live a few more years.

Interestingly, in the original time and space, Charles de Gaulle pardoned Pétain, but this time Yannick wanted to try Charles de Gaulle, but Pétain did not come forward to plead for him. I don't know if he was worried about angering Yannick or really hated Charles de Gaulle. If Pétain really asked for mercy, Yannick would gladly agree, and he was willing to give this face. After all, by now, the result of Charles de Gaulle's trial has no influence. Even if he is released, it will not cause any waves.

The next one is the Italian Prime Minister, who is also a puppet supported by Germany, and there is nothing to say about him. Silvia, who was already the Queen of Italy, was going to come in person, but after learning that the people gathered here were all middle-aged and elderly men, she gave up the idea and said that she would come to visit him in two days.

Next came British Prime Minister Clement, Romanian Crown Prince Mihaly, Finnish President Cayander, Hungarian Regent Admiral Horthy and others.

After greeting everyone one by one, Yannick nodded to Anne who was standing beside him.

Anne walked out of the banquet hall quickly, and soon several waiters came in with a huge cake and came to the center of the banquet hall. Seeing that this cake was ingeniously made into the shape of the Soviet territory, everyone smiled knowingly.

Yannick picked up the knife and fork and the small plate and greeted. "Come on, everyone, don't be polite, come and try it, everyone has a share, everyone has a share."

Everyone followed suit and picked up the knife and fork and the small plate, cut the cake, put it in their mouths, and the aroma of cream filled their entire mouths.

"It tastes really good."

Half of the huge cake was eaten, and Yannick said after the waiter took the rest of the cake away. "Everyone, it's time for dinner."

As soon as he finished speaking, another group of waiters came in pushing a huge map.

The banquet hall was quiet again. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the Soviet territory in the center of the map. Although they tried their best to hide it, Yannick still saw greed in most people's eyes. But this is also the nature of human nature. If you really have no desires, you are simply a saint, or a living dead.

Yannick coughed lightly, focused everyone's attention on himself, and said loudly. "Everyone, after countless hardships, we finally defeated the Soviet Union and completely won the victory on the European battlefield. Since we have won, we must reap the fruits of victory. I will reward you according to your merits as much as possible, but if anyone is dissatisfied, you can raise it on the spot. If there are any problems, we will discuss and solve them together. But if anyone has an opinion in his heart and wants to make a small move after leaving here, don't blame me for being rude."

Prime Minister Pétain said. "We believe that His Highness Yannick can make a reasonable distribution." Seeing everyone nodding, Yannick took a marker and drew a circle on the east side of Finland. "This is for Finland. President Kayander, are you satisfied?"

At this time, Finland's land area is more than 300,000 square kilometers, and the area drawn by Yannick is nearly 300,000 square kilometers, and even the Kola Peninsula is included. The Kola Peninsula is a peninsula located in the Murmansk Oblast in the far north of Russia. It is to the north of the Barents Sea and to the southeast of the White Sea, close to Finland. The island has Russia's ice-free port of Murmansk, which is the main seaport on the peninsula. During the Soviet era, Murmansk was an important submarine production center, and later it was still the headquarters of the Russian Northern Fleet.

The land area of ​​his country doubled in an instant, and President Kayander was naturally very satisfied. "Very satisfied, thank you, Your Highness Yannik."