Chapter 406 National Day

July 14th is the National Day of France.

On this day in 1789, the citizens of Paris launched an armed uprising against the Bastille. This event had great symbolic significance and was therefore established as a citizens' holiday.

On both sides of the Champs Elysées in central Paris, crowds surged like a tide. They held red, white and blue tricolor flags in their hands, talking and looking at the other side of the street with expectant eyes.

A few days ago they read the news in the newspaper that Charles would take his 1st Tank Brigade and 105th Infantry Regiment to be inspected by the people of Paris.

This moment ignited the enthusiasm of the French people. People poured into Paris from all directions, hoping to see the style of the elite troops of the Shire.

Residents of the town of Darvaz also came, including Djorka and Camille. They wanted to see Charles fully armed with troops.

"That must be very handsome." Camille's eyes flashed with excitement: "Maybe a girl will like him."

Camille changed her usual plain attire and dressed up specially today. Under a black silk cloak trimmed with fine fur, she put on a long silk skirt with red and white lace. She looked younger. How old is Ciel? If he saw him, he might not be able to recognize him.

Djoka is wearing a black suit, which he bought for fifteen hundred francs and is reluctant to wear.

Although Djoka's income at this time is not the same as before, he still maintains a diligent and frugal living habit.

He often said to himself: "I am not qualified to spend lavishly. These are all earned by Charles."

Therefore, every time he spent money, Djoka felt a faint feeling of guilt.

As he waited, Djoka felt the stares from across the street. Looking up, I saw Grevi and Armand looking over here. Both of them were in suits and top hats, with canes under their arms.

Grevi grabbed his hat and nodded to Djoka, smiling in greeting.

Armand let out a disdainful snort: "You don't have to do this, Grevi. It's his son you want to fight for, not him."

"The fact that he can raise such an outstanding son is enough to win the respect of others." Grevi replied.

A smile appeared on Armand's lips: "Hearing what you said, I suddenly want to have more children."

"No matter how many children you have," Grevi replied, "they will all inherit your romantic nature."

Armand chuckled.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horse hooves hitting the stone road, causing a slight commotion in the crowd.

The French dragoons are marching down the street in small steps. They are dressed in black military uniforms, holding sabers, and wearing red feather helmets. In the first row are three white horses, followed by several leading horses, and a few steps away is the cavalry phalanx. .

The cavalry marched in neat steps, looking well-trained and majestic.

(The picture above shows the French Dragoons. Due to the outstanding performance of the Dragoons during the Napoleonic Wars and the continued tradition, the Dragoons are not only an arm of France, but also a symbol of the nation and strength. Therefore, France has always retained a force of several hundred people. Dragoons were used in military parades and other ceremonies until modern times).

At this time, people would always greet the cavalry, which symbolizes France, with warm cheers, and the cavalry would always accept the honor as a matter of course.

But this time, people were uncharacteristically silent. They seemed to want to leave all the cheers to Ciel and his troops.

However, they soon discovered that there was nothing behind the cavalry, only an open car, slowly advancing behind the cavalry.

The sharp-eyed people recognized Gallieni sitting in the passenger seat of the car, and they whispered:

"What happened? Why wasn't Ciel here?"

"Is the military parade cancelled?"

"We saw no troops, no tanks!"

…

Camille looked around nervously and unconsciously squeezed Djoka's hand.

Djoka comforted him softly: "Don't worry, he will be fine. He should be with the army."

At this time, Gallieni's car stopped in front of the crowd. He stood up, glanced to both sides, and said with pride in his voice:

"Gentlemen and ladies, I'm sorry that Ciel and his troops are not here."

"Because at this moment, the Second Battle of Cambrai has begun!"

"Yes, the reason why Ciel and his troops did not come is because they were attacking the enemy on the battlefield."

"Charles plans to use this method to present the most special military parade to the French people!"

The crowd was stunned for a while, then suddenly burst into cheers.

Many people rushed to Djoka and Camille to shake hands with them, and kept saying:

"Thank you, Charles is the hope of France."

"You have a wonderful son!"

"I really envy you, sir, madam. I'm so happy for you."

…

Djoka and Camille responded with smiles, but the smiles were a little bitter, because it meant that Ciel was on the battlefield again.

On the other side, Grevi's face instantly turned livid after hearing Galieni's words. He glanced warily to both sides, lowered his hat, and whispered to Armand: "Let's go."

As he spoke, he turned around and pushed his way out of the crowd.

Armand was a little confused, but he didn't think much, turned around and followed Grevi.

"What's wrong?" Armand caught up with Grevi.

"The Char took advantage of us," Grevey said.

"What?" Armand looked confused.

"Intelligence." Grevi walked faster and faster: "Don't you understand yet? Charles knew that the intelligence would be spread, and he used us!"

Armand was stunned in place for a moment.

The reason was that Charles' training period for workers was three months.

The training period was three months, which meant that Charles planned to take back the steel plant before then, so there must be a battle plan against the steel plant.

Grevi thought this was a good opportunity, so he passed the intelligence to the Germans.

Now, Charles suddenly launched an attack, not three months but one month, and on National Day, when everyone thought that Charles' troops would be reviewed, they launched an attack in Cambrai!

Did Charles deliberately mislead Grevi and then mislead the Germans through him?

Armand swallowed his saliva, quickly caught up with Grevi, and whispered: "If Charles used us, does it mean that he knew us..."

Before he finished speaking, several men in black surrounded him, with one hand in their pockets, obviously holding a pistol in their clothes.

The leader, a man in a suit and a mustache, came up to them leisurely, took out an ID from his pocket and waved it in front of Grevey:

"Mr. Grevey, Mr. Armand, I'm from the Second Bureau of the General Staff, my name is Dura."

"Please come with me, there are some things I need to verify with you."