Chapter 637 Operation "Ballista"

"Mr. Ambassador, do you want our warship?" Pétain asked.

The British ambassador nodded and fooled the other party to go to the British port, needless to say?

"Well, a 50 million pound ship, as long as you pay cash, we can sell it." Petain said.

Anyway, according to the agreement, France cannot have an army, but at the time, it didn't say how the navy was. Specific discussions require follow-up negotiations.

In this case, selling it can also be considered. After all, the newly appointed Petain government is quite short of funds.

Hearing this, the expression of the British ambassador changed immediately. In the current UK, where is there any money! Just because of the annihilation of the British Expeditionary Force in mainland Europe, the pension that the government needs to pay is an astronomical figure!

The defense of the British mainland also requires a lot of investment. Now, every pound is extremely important, how can it be used to buy the broken ships of France!

Moreover, the French are also asking prices all over the sky. You must know that a battleship HMS George V is only more than 30 million pounds. The price of the French is absolutely unaffordable for the United Kingdom.

"I'm sorry, Marshal Pétain. During the discussion with Prime Minister Renault, your warships need to be moved to our port immediately, and there is no additional agreement." The British ambassador said.

"That traitor from Renault!" Petain's words changed immediately: "Does he want to sell France to England? Fortunately, his conspiracy did not succeed!"

The famous traitor is now calling Renault a traitor. The British ambassador is very angry, but now, he has nothing to impress the other party.

Obviously, this kind of communication will not play any role.

Watching the British ambassador leave, Pétain said to his men: "Order those warships in the British port to return to our station immediately."

France has surrendered. At this time, hand over all the warships to the UK? No doubt this will make the Germans quite angry, what good is it for Petain?

Petain wouldn't do that.

In fact, in the agreement signed with Germany, France cannot retain the army, which refers specifically to the army and the air force. In the navy, Germany did not immediately issue a handover order. Even, there are reports that Cyric is considering to let France The navy continues to exist, maintaining the balance of power in the Mediterranean.

Petain refused to fulfill Prime Minister Renault's promise and handed over the French warship to Britain. When the news reached London, Churchill snuffed out his cigar and said calmly: "If this is the case, then act according to another set of plans. I ordered the ballista operation to be fully activated."

Port of Toulon, French naval base.

Admiral Darlan stood on the pier of the base and looked at the warships on the pier. He could not calm down all the time.

The French Navy, the fourth largest navy in the world, is mainly concentrated in several ports such as Toulon, Algiers, Oran and Casablanca.

At this time, they still have fighting power, but their status is quite embarrassing.

Before they could use their fists, they had no enemies or allies, and the question of where to go troubled the French navy, as well as Admiral Darlan.

At the beginning, Admiral Darlan was in charge of the transportation of gold. Although a large amount of gold was lost, hundreds of tons of gold were still successfully transported out to the French colonies in Africa.

In the last operation, Admiral Darlan almost lost his life. Finally, taking advantage of the night, he finally escaped and returned to the port of Toulon.

At this time, the French Navy was still under his control, but France was no longer that France.

As the soul of the French navy, Admiral Darlan has been considering where to stay in the French navy.

Every morning, he looked at the flag of the French navy flying on the mast of the warship, silently fascinated.

Soldiers do not interfere in politics, while Darlan only hopes that the French navy can still exist. Now, what choice does he have?

"General, it's not good!" At this moment, a voice came hurriedly: "Our warships stranded in the British mainland have all been detained by the British!"

This voice entered Darlan's ears and entered his brain, and instantly made Darlan angry.

British, too much! Those warships are French!

Ballista operations are mainly carried out in three areas. The first to be carried out is also the best to carry out, of course, the French warships staying in the British naval port!

Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

It was just dawn, and a faint mist enveloped the entire port.

On a French dreadnought-class warship, the sailors have just woken up. On the deck, several sailors are facing the sea and are brushing their teeth.

They have already received an order, and in a few days, they will pull anchor and set sail and return to France. Many people's reaction to this order is indifferent.

France has already surrendered to Germany, but after all, it is their hometown, and their indifferent faces cannot hide their hesitation. Where will they go in the future?

"What is that?" While brushing his teeth, a sailor raised his head and looked at the pier in front of him. A convoy was rushing to the pier. The speed of the other party was quite fast, and it seemed that he was about to fall into the sea water. Just when the car stopped.

Are these British people crazy? Just as he was laughing in his heart, he was about to continue brushing his teeth when he heard hurried footsteps.

These British soldiers, armed with rifles, rushed towards the battleship of their side quickly!

At this time, the French warship was unprepared, and the British soldiers rushed up.

"Raise your hands and don't move!" the British soldier shouted loudly as he came up.

Sailor is stupid, what's the situation? With foam still in his mouth, and a toothbrush in his hand, he was already pointed at his body with a gun, and then he could only helplessly raise his hand.

A large number of British soldiers rushed onto the French warship and quickly controlled the sailors. Without any resistance, the French warship was controlled by the British.

The captain was also under control, and when he wanted to understand what was going on, he couldn't help but get angry.

"This is an insult to our French Navy!" the captain shouted loudly: "Brits, you are going too far!"

Historically, the British navy and the French navy have had contradictions. In recent years, the navies of the two countries have restored normal relations. However, the United Kingdom suddenly attacked the French navy, and finally, this contradiction has been stimulated again.

For the French Navy, the British are more abominable than the Germans!

The Germans didn't come to take over them, so the British couldn't wait to do it first, who thought about the feelings of the French navy!

At this time, of course, no one cared about the feelings of the French navy. Churchill received the information with satisfaction that the French navy in the British mainland and the French warships in Portsmouth and Plymouth naval ports were all disarmed and taken over by the British navy!

In an instant, the British navy stopped running around, and finally had a decent warship!