Chapter 952 We Should Carry the White Flag!

Along with the sickle and hammer flag, there were huge banners with slogans, stop ethnic cleansing, end the war in Algeria.

Some organizers held loudspeakers and shouted slogans, pointing out that France's current actions were a shame for the birthplace of modern thought. Algeria's men were killed as the basis for stability. It would be better not to win such a victory.

If Alan Wilson were here, he would definitely be pleased with his wife's ability to do things. At critical moments, the woman he shares the same bed with is reliable and has unconditional trust in him, which can be called reliable.

But in the office of the Secretary-General of the NATO Council, he was complaining in front of his former Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs, lamenting that he encountered such a difficult event just after taking office.

"Sir Ismay, I really want to tell the minister to use level four tactics to deal with it." Alan Wilson was full of distress and complained to the powerful NATO Secretary General.

"Thankfully you didn't do this. France is different from other countries after all." Sir Ismay shook his head slightly. The political situation in France happened to be unstable during the handover of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was also worried about Alan Wilson, but luckily Today, the successor was unambiguous and directly visited surrounding countries to clarify Britain's position.

Not to mention how useful it is, but this diligence is very gratifying. After all, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not make the wrong payment.

The old Jazz didn't know that he paid by mistake after all. In such an urgent situation, Alan Wilson also had an in-depth exchange with Hepburn, and he was obviously more concerned about European security.

"I talked with the commander, General Loris, and also communicated about the current situation in France." Sir Ismay did not hide anything, but told everything he knew, especially the trends and attitudes of the French garrison in North Africa. .

Among the more than 800,000 French troops stationed in Algeria, the vast majority of the troops are tasked with protecting the lives and property of French immigrants, keeping main roads and railways open, protecting pedestrians from attacks by the Algerian Liberation Army, and ensuring strategically important Facilities such as oil, ports, power stations, and telegraph and telephone switching equipment were protected from destruction by guerrillas.

Less than 10% of the army, that is, between 60,000 and 80,000 people, actually participated in the battle and carried out the tasks of hunting, searching and destroying the guerrillas.

"It seems that the French army in Algeria believes that the Paris government is holding them back and wants to betray the French army who fought bloody battles. Economic pressure is only a temporary difficulty. As long as France is frugal and austere for one to two years, it will give the French army its full support. The rebels have been successfully suppressed. Not a problem at all.”

Listening to Sir Ismay's grasp of the situation, Alan Wilson's mouth twitched and said, "So that's the case, but then again, if the French citizens tighten their belts, it is really possible to succeed. Then we will be very embarrassed, I I don’t know how to deal with a France that might usurp Britain’s leadership of Europe.”

As a walking figure in the special relationship between Britain and the United States, Alan Wilson kept his distance from France at critical moments, and then said, “The Italians are very dissatisfied with France’s establishment of a closed colonial economy, and according to our observation, a lot of economic aid comes from Italy. What arrived in Algeria, now that we know it, the French must also know it.”

Latin-speaking countries can be described as dissatisfied, especially Italy. Although Italy’s achievements from the colonial era to the last two world wars are not glorious, this country does have a lot of national pride. , I was not convinced by Germany when I was an ally of Germany, and I am not convinced by France now.

"You are right about what you said. The current situation in France is indeed quite embarrassing from our British perspective." Sir Ismay was also very entangled. As for the reason for the entanglement, it was the same as Alan Wilson.

When it comes to the diplomatic work of the two permanent undersecretaries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the office, both of them know in their hearts that Britain has always advocated French independence to solve colonial problems, especially the problem of Algeria.

This is already quite obvious.

It may seem fair for France to independently solve the colonial problem, but in fact it is to buy time for France to solve the problem quickly.

Britain has been extremely benevolent to France, but France has been fighting for so many years and the war has not ended yet. Britain can't keep waving the flag and shouting?

After the war, Britain established a Western European organization under British leadership to achieve its "third force" goal. At the end of the war, Britain realized that in order to survive in the future between the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, it must unite Western Europe and France under the British flag.

Only when Britain becomes the spokesperson of Europe can the United States and the Soviet Union treat it as equals. To this end, Eden of the Conservative Party proposed the idea of ​​establishing the Western Bloc, and Bevin of the Labor Party proposed the idea of ​​a third force.

Originally, Britain would not succeed, but with Alan Wilson here, it finally succeeded in part, and it is still being implemented quite well.

If France had taken care of Algeria earlier, Britain and France could at least breathe a sigh of relief.

But now the war is protracted, and even France is unstable internally because of the war. France has turned from a dependable auxiliary into a time bomb. From the British perspective, this bomb is still very dangerous, because the two countries are separated by a strait.

"The minister is actually communicating with Washington. The United States seems to be inclined to try to solve the problem with economic assistance." Sir Ismay muttered, "Maybe the matter will not be so bad."

"I hope so." Alan Wilson nodded. He didn't know that NATO Commander-in-Chief Air Force General Loris Norstad had already assessed the security situation in France with senior NATO officials. Of course, everything was hidden from the French military. carried out under the circumstances.

It is not difficult to represent something like a combat plan. Even if it is formulated, it may not be implemented.

When Alan Wilson was in Kuala Lumpur, he made several plans to attack Indonesia, and Indonesia is still doing well.

It can only be said that NATO is preparing for the worst outcome in case it is caught off guard when faced with a sudden situation.

"Don't worry, Alan, the entire NATO will not watch anything happen to France." Sir Ismay patted Alan Wilson on the shoulder.

"Of course that's the best." Alan Wilson said with a forced smile. It seemed that he was worried about France, but in fact he was not at all. He was not worried about the French at all. What should they worry about as the obvious European hegemon?

Only countries like the UK that are outside of Europe should be worried, as they may be squeezed out if they are not careful.

In the remembered history, France strengthened Franco-German cooperation and used a framework to draw in European countries, while France acted as the big brother in coordinating and sharing the cake, and finally led the establishment of the European Community and laid the groundwork for the European Union.

Even after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, France was the world's second-largest power, replacing the Soviet Union as the imaginary enemy in the eyes of the United States. Although its glory days lasted for about ten years, its imaginary enemy status was soon replaced by a certain major country.

But no one can deny that ordinary countries are not qualified to show their teeth and claws at France.

After leaving the NATO headquarters, Alan Wilson couldn't bear to stir up trouble, so he asked Radwich to drive to the vicinity of the parade site. He wanted to see up close how the protests in the old revolutionary areas were carried out and whether they were professional. sex.

"If I'm not mistaken, isn't that the flag of the Bourbon dynasty?" Alan Wilson looked at the flags waving in the crowd with wide eyes. This should be a team that firmly supports the war. The antithesis of the march to end the war.

Radwich was about to lament that Alan Wilson had a wide range of knowledge and even recognized the French flag hundreds of years ago, when he heard the allegedly insulting words, "Why don't you bring out the white flag? The Bourbon dynasty once used the white flag as a Flag.”

"Mr. Wilson?" Radwich doesn't understand the special relationship between Britain and France, but is this too much?

"Do you think I'm lying? The Bourbon Dynasty did use a white flag as its national flag." Alan Wilson stated the historical facts seriously, looking very solemn. "As a citizen of a neighboring country, I am very sad to see the loss of French tradition. .”

Radovich is uneducated and doesn't know if his boss is suspected of violating the law. He can only try to protect his boss's safety and listen to what the French have to say.

Unfortunately, neither of them is very good at French, so they can only judge by people's expressions whether they are supported or not.

It looked pretty good. More than an hour later, Alan Wilson arrived at the Woodpecker Pictures headquarters building. After taking off his tired body, he stood by the top floor window and watched the crowd gradually dispersing below.

"The most interesting thing in the world is that many ignorant so-called citizens really think they have the truth." Without looking back, Alan Wilson had already judged from the footsteps that the person who came in was Ingrid Bergman.

Ingrid Bergman received an unsurprising look. She was absolutely outstanding among women in height, but she acted like a little woman and asked in a low voice, "Are you here for the chaos in Paris this time?"

"Otherwise? Although the political situation in France is unstable, the chaos this time has been almost three months since March." Alan Wilson sighed, not forgetting to say by the way, "But I I’m willing to come here, but I still miss you. There’s no point in staying in London all the time.”

"I should have come to see you." Ingrid Bergman lowered her head, still walking over as tall as a man, and offered a kiss with the crowd dispersing not far away as the background.

On the other side of the Mediterranean, in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, a natural extension of French territory, and the headquarters of the French Foreign Legion, a group of generals in military uniforms expressed their opinions and finally reached a consensus. It was not that we could not fight, but that the civilian government had betrayed the French army. Bloody sacrifice. The current impasse must be resolved by replacing a leader who can fully support the war.

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