Chapter 525 The 'Fish' Project

Churchill left the Prime Minister's Office with an almost ashen face. He knew that from the perspective of the French, it was no problem for them to make such a choice. After all, the French have always been arrogant. The transfer of the army to England, leaving the French territory to the Germans to ravage, would certainly be even more unacceptable.

Since the French didn't plan to save these troops, they could only rely on themselves. Churchill had a dark face. After leaving the Prime Minister's Office, he immediately took a plane and returned to London. He endured the torture of physical disabilities and entered a crazy job. , save the troops still on the European continent!

Churchill is gone, and a conference that will decide the fate of France is over.

Coming out of the conference room, Finance Minister Lucien Ramolet was worried. He got into his carriage and soon came to a secret manor outside Paris.

Here, he met his friend again, Pi-Fournier, president of the Bank of France. At this time, the two of them didn't have the heart to chat and went straight to the point.

"How is our gold preparation?" asked Lucien.

"According to your instructions, we have now quickly and secretly transferred all the gold to the coastal ports of Toulon, Brest, and Leville East. Now, we are waiting for the order."

Fournier swallowed and said: "All, a total of 2,226 tons, of which the gold in the port of Brest is the most, with 1,465 tons of gold."

Now, other banks and vaults in France are empty, including the Banque de France in Paris. All the gold has been secretly transferred to these three ports, ready to be shipped at any time!

These golds can be said to be the wealth that France has accumulated over the years! It has been stockpiled since before the colonial period, and only now has these precious treasures.

There are even those from the pirate era.

From these three ports, the gold would be sent secretly to the colonies of Canada, the United States, and France, ready to be sent back later, when the country recovered.

When the country is about to collapse, it is understandable to carry away the gold of one's own country. Any political party or country will choose to do this. Is it left to the Germans?

In fact, not only the French, but even the United Kingdom, at the most critical time, planned to transport the gold in their hands to the United States.

Although at the meeting, Wei Gang vowed to stick to the line of defense, but as long as you think about it with your head, you can know that the demise of France is just around the corner, and they can't stop the terrifying German army from invading!

Lucian gritted his teeth and said, "Now, there is no longer any delay. From this evening, the second step of the 'Fish' plan will be officially launched! The navy has already contacted."

This is more than 2,000 tons of gold, and it is not so easy to transport it. Historically, it took France about a month to transport this batch of gold, and it took more than a dozen warships to transport this batch of gold. Shipped all.

Now, it is May 18. From the perspective of the war situation, don't have any illusions, and start the second step of the "Fish" plan immediately.

The first step is to evacuate all the gold from various places to these three ports, and the second step is to transport the gold out through warships!

Start the second step of the plan now!

Brest, a suburb, a secret estate.

From the outside, this is an old manor. Outside the manor, there are large fields of grapes. At this time, clusters of grapes are hanging on the vines. It is already the harvest season. Many grapes are Fuchsia, mouth-watering.

"Long, rumbling." At this moment, the roar of the engine broke the tranquility of the night sky, and trucks were driving on the country roads. In front of these trucks, the Ford logo was quite conspicuous.

This is a very interesting thing.

At the beginning, Ford Motor set up a factory in Germany and produced Ford 10-ton trucks for both military and civilian use.

As soon as it was put on the market, it was well received and quickly occupied the market, not only in the United States, Germany, but also successfully sold to other countries in Europe.

Renault was hurt. Originally, in France, Renault was the flagship product, but when the Ford truck came out, Renault immediately became scum.

The biggest problem is the engine, the 230-horsepower diesel engine is quite powerful and fuel-efficient! You know, in this day and age, diesel is much cheaper than gasoline.

It is a pity that the domestic factories in Germany do not sell them for export. Now, the cars produced in the German factories are all provided to Germany. You must know that Germany now has sufficient funds, and as much as it produces, it will be sold domestically.

Therefore, this batch of cars imported from France was transported across the ocean from the Ford factory in the United States. Although it cost a lot of money, it is still worth it.

It takes not only money, but also connections, to be able to order this kind of car.

The Renault car factory has been thinking about the pain and is also developing a diesel engine. Unfortunately, there is no result yet. At this time, the Renault factory has long regretted it. If you know that research and development is a waste of time, simply copy this car.

It's just that these exported cars are all rear-wheel drive, not all-wheel drive. Even so, the high-horsepower diesel engine and its unique roar make many people very proud.

This is the best truck in France!

Of course, at this time, the people sitting in the car were not so excited.

They were wearing navy uniforms, and the cars were all painted with the navy blue paint of the navy. These convoys were sent by the navy.

Very common, after all this is the port, Navy cars, everywhere.

When the convoy approached the manor, they heard the sound of pulling the gun bolt in front of them. Suddenly, a dozen soldiers rushed out from the grape field in front. Behind them, under the cover of grape leaves, there were even soldiers. A few small-caliber artillery pieces!

"Password, run, the old world is behind you!" In the front car, a naval officer stretched out his head and shouted to the outside. In order to avoid suspicion, he only hung the rank of a second lieutenant. In fact, he was a second lieutenant. Major General!

Major General Pique looked at the other party and handed him a note with the stamp of the Bank of France and the Ministry of Finance on it.

The other party checked it carefully before withdrawing.

The car continued to drive until it stopped inside the manor. At this time, Favre Jolly, the chief teller of the Bank of France, was anxiously waiting for their arrival.

"Why so slow?" he asked impatiently.