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Chapter 1748 May Storm (First update, please subscribe)
Every day after coming to the study, Li Yian would open the daily intelligence briefing.

This is how every day begins.

It has been like this for many years and nothing has changed in all these years.

The Daily Brief is compiled by the Investigation Department and records information about the world situation and important intelligence over the past 24 hours.

The briefing only contains the third, most critical sentence, which contains the most content.

Once again today France occupied a large amount of space in the briefing.

The storm began in January when the Nanterre College in Paris demanded that the girls' dormitories be opened.

The storm in Paris intensified, and on May 6, a massive demonstration was held as scheduled. Soon, students and police clashed. Tear gas was used for the first time in the Latin Quarter, and roadblocks were built on the Boulevard Saint-Germain.

The students pushed down barricades and threw paving stones at the police to force them back, while the police responded with high-pressure water hoses and sticks. In addition to not losing in vain, the police also managed to hit them with six sticks per second.

Inside the police station, they beat up the arrested students and threw them into prison.

The spark of the old revolutionary base burned vigorously. Almost immediately, the representative office in Paris would report current affairs to Chang'an every day and inform Chang'an of everything that happened in Paris.

While the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was keeping an eye on Paris, the intelligence department was also collecting intelligence from all sides. After all, according to the intelligence, the KGB was involved.

This does not require evidence, but is an ironclad fact. It would be abnormal if the KGB did not take action on such a matter.

"…it spread to every corner of France. Although there were only about 3.5 million workers organized by trade unions, 10 million of them joined the strike, and a wave of factory occupations began throughout France.

…workers occupied Sud-Aviation in Nantes, as did the Renault plant in Cleon, and later those in Flins, Le Mans and Boulogne-Billancourt. Workers attacked other factories across France, as well as Paris public transport, République Paris and the state railway company SNCF. Newspapers were not published. On 5 May, the mines stopped working, as did public transport in Paris and other major cities. Next came the national railways, followed by air transport, shipyards, gas and electricity workers, the postal service and the cross-Channel ferries…”

After flipping through the contents of the briefing, Li Yian couldn't help but twitch his mouth:

“…the workers took control of the petrol supply to the city, refusing entry to any tanker trucks not authorised by the strike committee. Pickets were set up at petrol pumps, ensuring that petrol was only issued to doctors. Contact was made with peasant organisations in the surrounding areas, and food supplies were arranged at prices fixed by the workers and peasants.

为了防止暴利，商店必须在橱窗里张贴一份公告，注明：“本店经批准开业”。“本店经批准开业。其价格长期受工会监督”。公告贴纸上有总工会丶工联和“工人力量”工会的签名。一升牛奶卖了50分钱，而平常的价格是80分钱。一公斤土豆从70分钱降到12分钱；一公斤胡萝卜从80分钱降到50分钱……”

After seeing how carefully they monitored prices, Li Yian couldn't help but sigh:

"It really is an old district... full of experience in struggle!"

If it wasn't an old district, how would we know how to control prices?
It can definitely be said that he is experienced in struggle.

Students, teachers, professionals, farmers, scientists, football players, and even dancers from the Belgrade Dance Troupe were drawn into the struggle, and a frenzy of occupation swept across France, even taking over churches.

Now, the whole of France is in a state of paralysis.

"The unrest continues in Paris, with workers and students enduring tear gas and baton attacks. In one night, 795 people were arrested and 456 injured. A police chief was killed in Lyon after being hit by a truck."

Although there is a special messenger, Jia Wentao came here today to report to you in person.

"The situation in Paris and even in France as a whole was deteriorating. Faced with the growing wave of resistance, Charles de Gaulle was forced to cut short his state visit to Romania and hurried back to France.

But his return did not change the situation in France. According to information from all sides, the French top brass is now completely lost, panicked and demoralized. According to the US ambassador, de Gaulle told him: "We are all finished. The Communists will take power in a few days."

The balance of power has now shifted massively in favour of the working class. Power is in their hands. There is a very real possibility that de Gaulle will be crushed and the French political system will be fundamentally changed.”

Looking at His Excellency, Jia Wentao thought for a moment and said:

"Of course, de Gaulle still has the option of sending in the army to restore order, as the Times editorial posed a key question: "Can de Gaulle use the army?"

After a brief pause, Jia Wentao added:
"This may be his only option now!"

Listening to Jia Wentao's report, Li Yian thought for a moment, then shook his head and said:
"The military wasn't his only option."

Looking at the analysis in the report that mentioned that Charles de Gaulle might mobilize the army to restore order, Li Yian said:

"He should have other options."

Why are you so sure?
Because although the May Storm in history was vigorous, it only left behind a movie called "The Dreamers". "Although the students in Paris were full of great principles, such as song titles, this and that, and even wanted to turn France into another Soviet Union, in fact, their behavior was just a collective release of adolescent rebellious emotions.

Young people are rebellious and often like to go against the teachings of their elders. If you don't let me do something, I will do it: the elders said that the Soviet Union was bad, but I thought the Soviet system was better than France; the elders said that people should not be dissolute and decadent, but I wanted to be promiscuous; the elders said that young people should dress well and look handsome, but I wanted to imitate rock singers with long hair and tattoos all over my body..."

Thinking of the spirit of French goddess Eva Green's dedication to art in "The Dreamers", Li Yian shook his head and said:
"So, no matter how fanatical they are now, in the end, it will just be a farce! There is no need for the army at all to solve it."

The reason why Li Yian was so sure was not just because of the movie. At that time, he was only focused on watching Eva Green and no one cared about anything else.

But whether it is related or not, France is still the same France, the free and indulgent old district, just the "old district".

Sometimes, things develop unexpectedly.
On May 5, Charles de Gaulle was originally scheduled to hold a cabinet meeting, but suddenly announced the cancellation. Then he left the Elysee Palace by helicopter - because this was the only means of transportation to leave Paris.

Charles de Gaulle left Paris and his whereabouts are unknown!

This news was made public at the first possible moment, and almost all European TV stations were broadcasting this news. The Soviet radio and television stations, which had been fanning the flames before, also fell silent.

Everyone is watching, waiting to see what will happen next.

The news of Charles de Gaulle's escape from Paris immediately caused a sensation throughout France.

Did Charles de Gaulle flee amid the people's protests like the presidents of some other countries?
Students and workers began to cheer for victory, and leaders of the opposition parties expressed their willingness to organize a provisional government.

However, what they didn't know was that de Gaulle did not flee to France as he did during World War II. Instead, he took a helicopter to another place, Baden-Baden, Germany, where he needed to make sure that the French army was loyal to him. So, de Gaulle went there to meet General Massu, the commander of the French army in Germany.

General Massu assured de Gaulle that the French army was absolutely loyal to him.

After receiving this guarantee, de Gaulle unexpectedly returned to Paris when the opposition parties were planning the arrangement of a provisional government. He delivered a speech, announcing the dissolution of parliament and early elections.

After de Gaulle's speech, his ruling coalition also organized hundreds of thousands of people to take to the streets to show their support for him.

At this point, the endless unrest had been going on for a month.

Although the students in Paris were still full of energy, the adults in France gradually understood what was going on. They began to hate riots and longed for order. Fewer and fewer people took to the streets, and various organizations began to disband automatically.

On June 6, France began a referendum. In this vote, Charles de Gaulle's ruling coalition won three-quarters of the seats in parliament.

This result shows that the French people still support Charles de Gaulle and law and order.

In this way, the situation was completely reversed!

After learning the result, Li Yian was silent for a while, then said:

"Well, France's May Storm is over!"

The reason for making this judgment is that neither the students nor the opposition party can compete with the strong public opinion and can only retreat wisely.

If they didn't know what was going on, de Gaulle could take action against them with the support of the people.

"Yes, sir, as soon as the results were announced, people began to leave the streets. Order is being restored in France, and society will soon return to calm."

Jia Wentao looked at you, and once again thought of your previous judgment, and said:

"Sir, even de Gaulle himself had no confidence at the time. Why did you conclude that he would take other measures and would definitely win?"

Looking at Jia Wentao, Li Yian said:
"The silent majority. Oftentimes, a large number of people on the streets does not mean they are supported. There is also a silent majority who will use other means to make their voices heard. Therefore, Charles de Gaulle chose another way that seemed a bit risky, but in fact would definitely win. After all, the French had long been fed up with the turmoil of more than a month. Compared with those young people, they prefer order and calm.

At this time, de Gaulle gave him order and peace! That would end everything! "

Sometimes things are so simple. A seemingly vigorous wave just ends like that.

Then Li Yian looked at the calendar again. It was June now, and in two months, it would be the Czech Republic's turn.

This year...is really an eventful one!

(End of this chapter)