Father of France

Chapter 22 Jesus' Equal Treatment

"Is the local population problem serious?" Alan grew up in Syria and didn't know much about the situation in France, but he could tell what the propaganda poster meant at a glance.

"It's not serious," Koeman denied vehemently, stating confidently, "There will inevitably be a baby boom after the war, and besides, what right do Germans have to talk about France?"

The problem is simply a matter of when it will manifest; France has had a low birth rate for over a hundred years.

Some of his actions now are aimed at making the baby boom even more intense, although it's unclear whether they will actually work. But he's doing his best and leaving the rest to fate; he can't just do nothing.

As for Germany mocking France on this issue? Among the major European countries, Germany's birth rate was the first to plummet. Because it was on the front line of the Cold War, coupled with a universal conscription system, the survival pressure in West Germany was similar to that in South Korea—invisible and intangible, but the pressure to survive was immense.

Whether West Germany still exists is unknown, leading South Korea to jokingly refer to itself as "Hell North Korea."

But people will make their own choices. Germany's fertility rate fell below 2 in 1970, making it the first major European country to experience such a collapse. By 1990, West Germany had become almost a de facto one-child country.

Koeman couldn't empathize with countries like West Germany and South Korea, since he'd never lived there, but he had similar knowledge in his mind.

"This propaganda poster shows that the Germans have been sowing discord between men and women in France, creating gender antagonism, and contributing to low birth rates to weaken France's defense capabilities." Koeman pointed at the poster as if he had discovered a long-standing conspiracy.

Alan's lips twitched. He could understand each of Koeman's individual words, but when put together, he didn't quite grasp them.

The poster only shows both men and women, but it doesn't seem to contain any content that incites conflict between men and women. "Isn't this too much of a stretch? Even from a judicial perspective, a single picture cannot be used as evidence."

“Every wrongful conviction has irrefutable evidence.” Koeman chuckled, his face full of disdain. “I know better than the Germans themselves that Germans have been wronged, but I believe this country, which is about to be defeated and will inevitably surrender unconditionally, doesn’t care about adding another crime. If they want evidence, we’ll fabricate it for them. The closing report will just be up to us to write.”

Koeman pulled out a copy of today's edition of the World newspaper, which featured a short story that could be summarized in one sentence: "You went to find your white moonlight at the engagement party, what do you regret about me leaving you?"

It's the same familiar feeling: female-oriented short stories appearing in male-oriented newspapers, thanks in large part to his efforts.

Alan saw it too, and was surprised that Koeman really meant what he said. He said he'd feed French men shit, and he meant it. Even now, he still didn't understand Koeman's purpose—was it just to make his word a law? "Is this the kind of garbage you're talking about as evidence?"

"What do you mean by rubbish? If I accept it, then that's evidence. It's evidence of Germany's conscious cultural aggression against France on the issue of men and women."

Koeman replied, enunciating each word clearly, "Adding this promotional image would provide irrefutable evidence, allowing us to conduct a cultural cleansing and eradicate the cancer in the cultural sphere."

Koman did not hide his idea of ​​fabricating a wrongful conviction from his comrades. He had even thought about the fate of those involved, such as devising a Sahara tree-planting project to send them to Africa to transform nature. How meaningful!

Alan offered no comment on whether Koeman's ingenious idea would succeed; aside from sending over the promotional image, he simply informed the youth division of the current progress of their mission.

There are also some current reactions from the French public: of the four regiments of the Youth Division, only the Antioch Regiment was stationed around Paris; the other three were in northern France. It might sound like the Antioch Regiment benefited, but that's not actually the case. Paris is the French capital and a former German base; the French in Paris likely had the most cooperation with Germany.

The workload was no less than that of the brother units that went to northern France, and in some cases even more. The only advantage was that the capital city had excellent infrastructure and a pleasant environment, unlike the brother units that had to endure harsh conditions.

"The vigilante justice is quite severe." After introducing the progress of the brother units, Alan informed Koeman of the retaliatory actions taken by various sectors of society against those who had collaborated with Germany, or those suspected of being French collaborators, after Koeman's liberation.

"Find the person, strip them naked, and shave their head?" Koman frowned slightly. To be honest, he had never seen such a scene before.

“No, that’s considered friendly. We’ve already found quite a few tortured corpses. After investigation, they’ve all been identified as suspects who collaborated with Germany,” Alan said, shaking his head. The situation was more serious than Koeman knew.

"Damn it!" Koeman thought to himself. How could this not be infuriating?
"Let's put that aside for now. Get a few comrades to erect a Lorraine cross at the Eiffel Tower. I'm going to arrest them tomorrow." One thing at a time, Koeman was determined to keep his word. Since he had taken on the rape case, he had to take a stand.

Koman led his company's comrades to the British Indian Brigade's temporary base, which was part of the Royal Air Force's organization. In this respect, the Indians who committed the offense were indeed elites. The air force was originally an aristocratic branch of service, and being able to join the Royal Navy was enough to prove their ability.

It's important to know that during World War II, British aviation technology was absolutely leading, and in no way inferior to that of the United States.

After arriving at the temporary air force base, Koman exchanged pleasantries with the base commander and then directly stated his purpose: to understand the situation. Arrests always begin with understanding the situation.

When the British brought a pilot up, Koeman stared at the man's features and asked in broken English, "Sharma? Singh?"

He learned English in Syria, where a British-established liaison office was set up after the Lebanon campaign.

“It’s me.” Sharmasinger’s heart skipped a beat when he saw Coman and the French soldiers who had come with him, but he calmed down when he remembered that this was a Royal Air Force base.

Koman stepped forward and slapped the Indian pilot hard across the face, causing the Indian to stagger before he began to speak, "I have some things I want to ask you."

Sharmasinger was seeing stars. Although the other person's accent was rather strange, he could understand it, but was this how they learned about the situation?
"Notify the victim to go to the Eiffel Tower." Koeman switched to French to give the order to his subordinates, then waved to the Indian pilot in front of him, "Take him away."

The British tried to stop him, but Coman ignored them, simply asking for more information before stuffing the suspect into a prepared car and driving away.

At this point, he could stop pretending: "If you are successfully identified, I'm prepared to give you the same treatment as Jesus."

At the foot of the Eiffel Tower, a hastily constructed Lorraine cross has been erected, attracting a crowd of onlookers from Paris. Sure enough, people all over the world love a good show, and some were convinced that this was an attempt to punish traitors.

(End of this chapter)