Chapter 589 History is written by the victors

Last time, when Lieutenant General Elvis arrived at the Antwerp airport to give Charles a warning, he at least went into the airport to meet Charles.

This time, Lieutenant General Ives left in disgrace without even entering the barracks. He went back to where he came from without even having a cup of hot coffee.

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6th Army Headquarters.

When Charles saw Tijani, he couldn't help but complain: "You don't seem to be here, General."

There was surprise in Tijani's eyes: "But I heard that you were controlled by someone."

Tijani received the news from Paris.

The news of the 6th Army's "hidden rules" was passed on to the top leaders in Paris and then to Wells, who informed Tijani.

Wells meant that Tijani should not act rashly, but Tijani took his troops to Gembloux without saying a word, which led to the scene just now.

Charles spread his hands and asked, "Do you think I am being controlled by someone?"

Tijani looked around and it was indeed not the case. Instead, it was Charles who had a firm control over the entire army.

Charles sighed inwardly. The script should be that there would be some minor conflict between the British and French armies, and then the parliament would come out to act as a peacemaker so that they could have a way out.

Now that Tijanis has made such a fuss, I'm afraid this drama will not end well.

However, Charles still underestimated the thickness of the parliament's face.

While he was wondering how the parliament would put an end to the matter, Clemenceau sent a telegram to Charles on behalf of the French Army Committee:

"We have learned that the British Army hopes to intervene in the affairs of the 6th Army, and we are now actively negotiating with the British side. This matter concerns the dignity of France, and we hope that the general will not compromise!"

"However, since Britain and France are allies of the Allied Powers, the Army Committee also hopes that you can consider the overall situation and avoid conflict with Britain."

"In addition, the Army Committee highly commends your actions in quelling the unrest in the 6th Army!"

When Charles received the telegram, he was stunned for a long time and didn't react.

People who didn't know the situation might think that the British were bullying the French army after reading this telegram, and that in the end the parliamentarians and the government had to step in to coordinate.

Also, is it true that Charles "quelled the unrest"?

Therefore, none of the three sentences are true, they are all superficial, and the last sentence even confuses right and wrong.

Charles said nothing and waved the telegram towards Gan Molin who was a few meters away.

The staff officer understood and immediately took the telegram and delivered it to Gan Molin, who was sitting anxiously.

Gan Molin took the telegram and read it, then smiled bitterly, turned his head and looked at Charles, his eyes full of mockery.

They actually praised Charles for "quelling the unrest"?

Charles shrugged his shoulders, as if to tell Gamelin: This is politics, history is written by the victors, and you can do whatever you want with it after the victory.

Gan Molin had a complicated expression. He stared at Charles without saying anything. After a while, he sighed and sat back in his chair. He knew that he had lost, completely!

What happened next was just as Charles had predicted. Telegrams came one after another:

After discussion and decision by the parliament, Charles was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and awarded the Third Class Legion of Honor Medal.

Officers such as Gan Molin were transferred out of the 6th Army.

The review of the 6th Army was permanently lifted.

The news quickly spread beyond the command center, and the entire army cheered in an instant.

Gamolin walked up to Charles and shook his hand without saying a word. "Congratulations, General, you got what you wanted. But I want to say that this is not what the citizens want, nor is it justice. I mean everything you have done."

Charles understood what this meant. Gamelin wanted to say that Charles had committed a crime and killed some innocent officers on the battlefield.

But Charles didn't think so. He raised his head toward the window, where a group of soldiers were hugging each other in celebration.

Charles asked calmly, "Not what the citizens want?"

Gan Molin was speechless and could only pack up his things with his subordinates and prepare to leave.

Charles ignored them and walked to the window alone to look out at the cheering soldiers.

Charles did kill a group of officers last night, about fifty people, and there must be innocent people among them.

But war is cruel, and struggle is no exception.

If Charles didn't do this, more soldiers would die: being purged, being sent to the battlefield, continuing to die by implementing wrong tactics, and so on.

Whether considering personal interests or military interests, Charles had to do this.

The root cause is actually parliament and shameless politicians.

It was their disregard for national interests, military interests and the lives of citizens that led to all this!

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Gan Molin and his entourage withdrew from the 6th Army that day, leaving only Wei Gang.

This may be what the parliament did intentionally. They were telling Charles: Weygand was not a member of the parliament, he was Foch's right-hand man, placed in the 6th Army to monitor Charles.

The parliament thought that this would intensify the conflict between Charles and Foch, but they did not expect that this was exactly what Charles wanted, and from then on Weygand became a mouthpiece between him and Foch.

Of course, Charles wanted to appear to be rejecting Wei Gang, so he only assigned him an ordinary combat staff officer.

Christian was appointed as deputy commander, as Charles needed an officer who was familiar with armored warfare to serve as his deputy to command the 6th Army.

After taking care of all these, Charles met with Darlan alone in the conference room.

"I think you should return to the navy, Lieutenant. That's where you can really make a difference." Ciel went straight to the point.

"General." Darlan shook his head helplessly: "Many of our sailors have been sent to fight on land because the navy has been almost useless since the Battle of the Dardanelles."

The task of blockading the German Navy was entirely the responsibility of the British Royal Navy, and all the French Navy could do was stay in the port and watch the battle.

"That was in the past," Charles answered.

Darlan looked at Charles doubtfully, and said hesitantly: "But I don't think anything has changed now..."

"Our navy will participate in anti-submarine warfare." Charles interrupted Darlan.

Darlan was surprised and asked half-doubtfully:

"Really?"

"Anti-submarine warfare? Will the British let us participate?"

This was the British Navy's calculation: to avoid the French Navy's involvement as much as possible, so that the French Navy would always be in a state without actual combat experience.

"They had to let us in," Ciel replied, "because some of the equipment was unique to us."

Charles told Darlan about the "echo sounder" and how to install it on the destroyer and conduct anti-submarine training.

Darlan was so shocked that he was speechless. How could such a thing exist in the world? Could it see submarines hidden underwater?

But when you think about it, Charles has invented so many amazing equipment, it doesn't seem strange to have one more.

Charles finally asked Darlan: "I can let you join this anti-submarine force. I wonder if you are interested?"

Darlan's eyes sparkled with excitement: "Of course, General, thank you very much! I would love to join this unit!"

Charles nodded in satisfaction.

If this guy grows up to be a naval marshal one day, he will have even greater say and control!

(End of this chapter)