Chapter 99:
April 23, 1940
Paris, the ‘City of Light,’ capital of France – French Army Headquarters The French Army High Command was in an almost festive mood over the military gains made by the Hawk Legion on the Italian Front.
"De Gaulle, that troublemaking brat, he really did something!"
The fact that the German military, which had until now seemed like an invincible army, had suffered its first, and utterly devastating, defeat at the hands of a French volunteer unit, greatly encouraged the French Army's High Command.
"Ahem. Ahem."
However, when Minister of Defense Pétain cleared his throat uncomfortably, the general who had praised de Gaulle flinched slightly.
Pétain had once cherished de Gaulle, who had been his subordinate, but that same de Gaulle was an ungrateful bastard who had brazenly edited Pétain's manuscript without permission and published it under his own name.
"O-Of course, isn't this a victory we achieved because our tanks and doctrine are advanced, haha!"
In reality, such a result was because the German military had to break through prepared defensive positions and the Alps, but luck had it that even the Air Force couldn't sortie due to weather conditions, and the most advantageous environment was created for the French tanks, which just had to wait and destroy the enemy coming down the road.