Battle of the Third Reich

My head of state, about the situation on the French side. . . . "

Kirsten's expression became a little awkward.

"Is there any problem? The information about France in your report is very vague, full of estimates and speculations. The rest is not what we already have, or a lot of meaningless data, I Wonder why this is the case."

Xu Jun still kept the happy expression, holding the chin with one hand and tapping the folder on the knee with the other hand, but in the eyes of Colonel Kirsten this was more like a dangerous signal .

"My head, I can explain all this." Kirsten said eagerly.

"I can't hide the problems that Odin's eyes have in the collection of intelligence in France, and I will not shirk my responsibility for this, my head of state.

What I want to explain to you is that the efficiency and quality of our intelligence collection in France has declined. The main reason behind it is entirely because of the current chaos in France. ""confusion? I don't doubt it at all, and talk about the specific situation, Lieutenant Colonel. "

"You know that the French government has been constantly migrating to the rear some time ago, and our intelligence personnel could hardly keep in touch with the headquarters in that situation, which caused a large amount of intelligence to be delayed.

Although the French government has settled down in Bordeaux, the situation has not improved. Now there is like a stung ant nest, there is chaos everywhere in the city and there is no order at all.

Under such circumstances, the risks borne by our front-line intelligence personnel have skyrocketed. Now every time they pass information to the headquarters, they have to risk their lives.

You must know the horror and chaos that enveloped Paris during the French Revolution. Bordeaux is almost the same as Paris in those days.

Once someone is suspected of being a German spy, his best end is to be executed after being arrested by the French side. I call it the best because in fact the poor man is often torn to pieces by the fanatic mob before the French gendarmes arrive. "

Kirsten stopped and looked at Xu Jun.

The head of empire still sat gracefully on the sofa, holding the exquisite tea cup in one hand, tapping the folder in his lap in one hand, a look of complacency. But Kirsten saw from the frequency with which the head of the head tapped on the folder that the imperial ducái must now imagine the horror scene on the streets of Bordeaux.

"Go on, Lieutenant Colonel. I now understand the harsh environment of the first-line intelligence personnel, and they can continue to work in that situation. I am pleased to have these brave and firm intelligence personnel.

However, this is not enough to explain the previous problems. What are these large-scale speculations and the "for reference only" behind almost every piece of intelligence? Is it impossible for the Intelligence Service to confirm the information they have collected so hard? Is it accurate? Xu Jun raised his head slightly and looked at Kirsten.

"Observe, my head of state. Please listen to me to explain to you. Now there is a scuffle within the French government, the French cabinet is every day, no, in fact it is in a state of dispute every minute. Almost every few hours There will be a new proposal and order, and then those French politicians will spend a few hours to overthrow it.

If it were not for the French cabinet to still have control of the army, and the army commanders still retain their sense of mission, those areas controlled by the French government have long fallen into anarchy. "

"This is a very troublesome problem, Weierle." Xu Jun turned to his chief of staff.

"Yes, my head of state, if the French government demands a truce, we must restore order in those areas in the shortest possible time. I am afraid that the French squad may not be able to maintain the situation, which is also true for our soldiers. It will be a very difficult job." Weierle frowned.

"How about handing it to Küchler, he should be a good candidate."

"I believe in General Küchler's ability, but if he uses his fourth army..."

"As long as he is responsible for stabilizing the regional order, there is no need to mobilize the regular army. I plan to transfer a batch of troops from the garrison to carry out this work. Although they are a little looser than the regular army, it is precisely my choice of Qu Xi The reason for General Lehr. Küchler is one of the generals I know who pays most attention to the military discipline and honor of soldiers. The personal quality of the person in charge is the most important for this job."

"I understand, my head." Weiller nodded and said, "Your choice is indeed the most correct."

"Okay, please continue to report, Colonel Kirsten."

"My head of state, according to the information in our hands, the French government cabinet has been split into four factions.

Petang and Wei Gang, they represent the opinions of most of the French army and the majority of the government. Their attitudes are very clear. They all acknowledge that France has failed and propose that in order to save France, the government must immediately initiate a truce and peace talks with us. .

Our intelligence shows that the Betan faction's argument has been approved by a large number of parliamentarians, who have an advantage in the cabinet.

Renault and Lebrun are another faction. They opposed Betten’s proposal and have been trying to persuade the cabinet to agree to withdraw the government from the French mainland and continue fighting in the North African colony. A considerable number of hard-liners are on their side. Although it is at a disadvantage compared to the Betten faction, the gap is not very large.

The third faction is a politician named Pierre Raval, who united Bordeaux mayor Adrian Magui and a group of former government members to form a loose alliance.

According to the information we have now, this person is very keen on the theory of the National Socialist Party, with great ambitions but very limited intelligence. His current performance seems to be more biased towards the Betan faction, but it is more likely that he wants to take the opportunity to take the place of Betan.

After analysing these situations, we have come to the conclusion that this French has great potential. If we support it, this person can play an inestimable role in the empire’s European strategy. .

Of course, this is only one of our suggestions, whether you adopt it still requires you to make the final decision. "

"Laival..."

Xu Jun glanced at his chin and looked at Weierle, then turned back to Kirsten and said: "For this Raval, he has long been within our attention, this person does have a lot of Use value.

The task of Odin’s Eye is to continue to monitor him. If possible, let our people find an opportunity to test his attitude and establish a connection between him and us. In addition, someone is secretly protected to protect his personal safety. This kind of person is the assassin's preferred target at any time, no matter which side the assassin comes from. "

"Observe, my head, I will make a proper plan as soon as possible."

"Very good, now continue to the previous topic, who is the fourth force you are talking about."

"The fourth force is an alliance of young military officers led by Charles de Gaulle.

Although he lost the support of the upper-level legislators and his elite legionary forces due to the fiasco, he still gathered a group of low-ranking army officers and ordinary soldiers who were not willing to fail.

They are reluctant to accept the fact that France has defeated, and they are ready to fight for the Third French Republic.

But now his faction is on the verge of collapse.

One of the reasons is that his ideas are too radical for the French. After all, there are really not many people who are willing to die in the current situation.

The cold reality presented to them has begun to calm some of these fanatics, and now the power to follow Charles de Gaulle is decreasing.

Another reason is that there is a disagreement within them. Charles de Gaulle’s pro-British tendency has caused dissatisfaction among many officers. They are not willing to accept Charles de Gaulle’s proposal to escape to the UK after the complete defeat of France and continue the battle with the support of the British.

Before resolving this internal disagreement, Charles de Gaulle could hardly exert a substantial influence on the French political situation. Now at most he can only give Renault and Petain some trouble at the cabinet meeting or incite lawmakers to create a little obstacle or something.

According to our analysis of his daily speech and thoughts, as you have said, this person is a very dangerous existence for the empire.

We are now using various means to differentiate the forces around him, trying to weaken his personal influence, and we are also closely monitoring his daily actions.

Just for Charles de Gaulle, the next step we need to take is still the final decision. "

Xu Jun narrowed his eyes slightly, he lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head and said in a deep voice, "For De Gaulle, the eyes of Odin must strengthen his surveillance. If he is found to have attempted to escape from France, he will do so at any cost. Stop, if necessary..."

Xu Jun said that there was a sudden pause here, then shook his head and said: "Forget it, if you can't stop it, let him go. Let your intelligence officer remember to keep close surveillance and don't harm the target. ."

"Yes, my head." Kirsten nodded and answered.

"The next is the key part of the problem, my head of state. Now these four factions are whispering and attacking each other at the cabinet meeting every day. None of the proposals and orders issued can last for a day.

At the beginning, our intelligence personnel could meticulously submit the obtained information to the headquarters, but because these French people changed the direction of the wind too fast, and the orders and proposals were inconsistent to the point of almost absurdity.

This made our intelligence personnel in the French government really embarrassed to report the newly obtained information. All the information about the French government’s policy has become worthless, because even if they risk it, they may send it. After a minute, they had to send another telegram to overturn the previous report, and our intelligence analysts were exhausted by these problems.

Now the staff of the Intelligence Service has reached a consensus. That is, until a certain faction in the French government really holds the power of the government, the information about the policies and orders of the French government is only used as a data reference and cannot be used as evidence. "

Kirsten said there was a helpless look on his face.

"Oh, that's what it is. But now I have a new doubt. Why didn't you write this in this report? Lieutenant Colonel Kirsten."

"Because this report is a general situation report, it is related to the strategic formulation of the headquarters. So we must list the intelligence and data that have been analyzed and can be confirmed. As for how to draw these data and conclusions, and the intelligence collection process is not in place. Within the scope of the report.

All unconfirmed, lack of evidence, and time-limited information cannot be written into the report unless necessary. Even if it is used, we must also mark it as "for reference only" or "only speculation." Kirsten replied respectfully.

"I see. This conversation gave me a deeper understanding of Odin Eye's work and ability. Your explanation is very satisfying to me."

Then Xu Jun turned to smile and said to Weierle: "Weirle, it seems that we have to put some pressure on the French, they still have the energy to quarrel there."

"Yes, my head of state, it is time to wake up the group of French politicians, and we can't stay with them indefinitely."

"How about letting the Air Force bomb Bordeaux?"

"This...it seems too intense, my head of state. In fact, as long as the Army makes a full offensive posture plus a few small tentative attacks, it is enough."

"Okay, let's discuss this issue at the regular meeting in the evening."

Xu Jun lowered his head and continued to look at the thick reptile killer.

"What is the current situation of the French side, you have only a very simple report here."

"My head of state, because the French team now has no secrets for us, let alone the secret intelligence that we need to spy on.

The morale of the French army has disappeared, and their elite troops are now basking in our prisoner of war camp.

A large number of the technical weapons that they carefully preserved also fell into our hands. Our intelligence department discovered 130 new French fighters in the hangar of a French aviation school with the advance team of the army, all of which are the latest models. It has hardly been used, and we have found dozens of them in the same warehouse.

On the one hand, they put those new aircrafts in the hangar to accumulate dust, while on the other side, they let their precious pilots fight those elite models of the old and broken aircraft to fight our elite air force. This is really a confusing question. I really cannot understand the French way of thinking.

But these seizures also reminded us that the French must also have some technical weapons in hand, and there may be a certain number of tanks in addition to aircraft.

However, according to the current situation of the French army, it is too late to do anything. Not to mention that they no longer have a few professionals who can drive cāo as these weapons. Even if they are trained hurriedly, they can only be sent to death in vain. This should be clear to the French.

Moreover, most of their fuel reserves and ammunition reserve bases are already under our control. It is believed that the tanks and aircraft left by the French can only be used as infantry bunkers. "

Kirsten smiled at the corner of her mouth, and she continued after turning the page.

"Our current focus is mainly on the movements of the French Air Force and the Navy. There is definite information indicating that many of them are considering investing in the United Kingdom. We do not rule out the possibility of incitement by British intelligence personnel.

Most of these legal personnel are low-level Air Force officers and ordinary combatants, as well as some ground crews and naval base technicians and sailors. This will definitely have an impact on our next operation against the British. We are considering measures to prevent this This happens. "

"The command headquarters is also very concerned about this, especially the trend of the French navy. The intelligence agency must keep a close watch on the French fleet and can use some special means at critical times.

However, you must obtain my personal approval before taking any action. I have a comprehensive plan for the disposal command of the French Navy, and I don’t want any unforeseen things to happen. "

"Yes, my head." Kirsten nodded and replied.

"My head of state, we have collected very detailed information about the warships that the French navy is staying in the British and British colonial ports.

Among them is a solitary-class battleship and a Brittany-class battleship, one is in Alexandria, Egypt, and the other is in Plymouth. They are now under the close supervision of the British ** team, while they are docked in the British mainland. Four light cruisers and eight destroyers and six submarines are also in danger of being detained by the British. We believe that although the cruisers and destroyers are not strong in firepower and the number is not large, and the two battleships are old and undesirable goods decades ago, we cannot let go of any possible threat. and so. . . . "

"Oh? Wait a minute."

Xu Jun raised his hand to stop Kirsten's back words. He slowly turned the tea cup in his hand and closed his eyes to meditate. Weierle and Kirsten didn't know what was going on, and they held their breaths and looked at the deep-faced imperial ducái.

"Ha ha...."

Xu Jun opened his eyes and smiled: "Without your reminder, I have completely forgotten the existence of those two warships. You have to evaluate the combat effectiveness and threat of these two warships, and then submit a report.

But according to my personal opinion, the two warships are not as threatening to us as the four light cruisers and several submarines. "

"I know, but this requires technical support from the navy. My head of state."

"It seems that I was negligent again. You just pass the information on hand to the navy. Let them analyze it. This was originally the job of the navy staff. After the intelligence collection, it was analyzed for them. The navy is really It's too light." Xu Jun said with a smile.

"When it comes to the navy, I think Marshal Redell is sleeping with a smile now. Never before in the history of the German navy has he held his head up like this.

With the cooperation of the Air Force's long-range bomber and reconnaissance aircraft units, the submarine and destroyer units have achieved remarkable results, while the surface ships have also achieved satisfactory results.

Coupled with our hype in public opinion, Marshal Redell’s reputation is now comparable to that of Admiral Sher. Xu Jun said with a smile.

"In addition, my head of state, the repairs of the three British battleships we captured at the Battle of Duncolk and the heavy cruiser you seized have already been completed, and we will soon be able to join the naval sequence. The addition of these warships will greatly strengthen the strength of the imperial navy.

In addition, the repair work of the injured Prince Eugen, the Scharnhorst, and the Gneisenau was much faster than I expected at the time, and I took this opportunity to carry out enhanced modification according to your requirements. The more powerful Bismarck is also nearing completion. After several other warships are repaired, they can begin official service in sea trials. "Weiler met at the side.

"My Excellency Chief of Staff, you have also forgotten the aircraft carrier Count Zeppelin. I have never known that Your Excellency the Head of State has placed such deep expectations on this aircraft carrier.

Now the Navy’s equipment and technology department is making every effort to revise the drawings according to the request and wishes of the head of state. The domestic and navy’s investment in manpower, materials and capital required to build this aircraft carrier is extremely refreshing, and the speed of construction exceeds my Imagine. According to the current construction progress, I believe she will be officially in service before November.

The navy is now frantically training aircraft carrier professionals, and it is also prideful to pry the corner of the air force of the head of state in the name of the command of the head of state, and select the first batch of naval fighter units from the elite pilots of the air force.

When these warships are all put into the fleet sequence, then the strength of the German navy’s large warships will be above the British navy for the first time in history. The German navy finally has the opportunity to realize its dreams for decades. How could Marshal Redell not be so pleased? If crazy. Kirsten said with a smile.

"You have missed a little bit. Now the navy can be said to be rich. The money allocated to them by the head of state allows them to continue to build their expensive warships. This is what makes Marshal Redell the happiest." Weyler Said with a smile.

"The navy is like an upstart now, and spending money is like running water. In order to repair those wounded warships, they paid five times the salary to recruit workers. I went to the repair site of Prince Eugen to see it. Where more than a hundred people are doing it in full swing, the welding flowers flow like waterfalls.

The hull of the battleship was covered with naval technicians, and most of them were shipbuilders from French shipyards. The technical directors of the navy were not afraid of the destruction of the French. "Kirsten said with a smile.

"The idea of ​​hiring French workers to work overtime and overtime is my proposal, otherwise the Navy will not be able to restore its combat effectiveness in a short period of time. These people have been screened by the naval security department, and they are guaranteed, and they are not doing repair work for important institutions. .

Don't treat the French as enemies, Lieutenant Colonel, as long as you give reasonable rewards, French workers are not less responsible than our German workers.

Moreover, France also has very good shipbuilders, and their ship repair process is also excellent. Xu Jun closed the folder and picked up the teapot to fill the cup with water.

"I understand what you mean, my head, but I think it is still necessary to be cautious enough in this particular situation. I ask you to allow us to deploy a security team at each naval shipyard to ensure the safety of the work. ."

"Yes, your worries also make sense, but let those security personnel pay attention to concealing their identities, and don't cause unnecessary panic to affect normal work."

"Obey, my head."

"The strength of the German navy must continue to be strengthened. This is the strategic decision we have made, otherwise we will not be able to achieve the ultimate strategic goal of the empire.

The number of German naval battleships must reach the minimum required to complete the final goal.

But it is not time for us to start building warships now, so there is only one way to improve the naval strength in a short time, that is, to seize it from the enemy.

Of course this is very difficult and the probability of success is very low, but it is not impossible. At least we have gained several successful experiences. Although it is very helpless, it is the only one for us now. A shortcut.

Of course, this does not mean that we will no longer build warships. For example, the construction of h-class warships will continue, but some technical adjustments are required.

For the development and construction of new submarines, cruisers, destroyers and aircraft carriers will be the main direction of the future development and construction of the German navy, and the submarine and aircraft carrier technology is the center of development, Marshal Redell also agreed with this. "

After finishing these, Xu Jun turned his face and said to Kirsten: "The intelligence department will strengthen the collection of technical information of the world navy and air force in the future. In addition, your report is too boring. These monotonous data and inferences at regular meetings are not persuasive to those generals.

The meeting tonight is very important. As my intelligence supervisor, you are eligible to participate in this meeting. At that time, you should remember to prepare the existing materials of various countries sufficiently. I will need your intelligence support during the meeting. "

"Observe, my head, I will prepare the intelligence information that may be used in the meeting."

Kirsten replied respectfully, and then she seemed to suddenly remember something, rummaging through the pile of documents on the table, and pulled out a document from it.

"I heard you said about submarine technology in front of me. I have the latest information I just got. I think you will be interested in it."

Kirsten stood up and walked to Xu Jun to put the document on the coffee table respectfully.

"Oh, what is that."

Xu Jun put down the cup and picked up the document.

"This is the secret technology of the British submarine. We accidentally obtained a complete submarine active sonar system."

"What? Active sonar?"

Hearing this news, Xu Jun couldn't help but feel refreshed, he quickly picked up the document and read it carefully.

"It's really an unexpected gain by saying. Two days ago, an infantry battalion of the Army's Second Motorized Infantry Division was conducting adaptive training for landing operations by the sea near Le Havre, one of which carried 50 fully armed The landing craft of the soldiers and two officers lost their power during the voyage, as they wrote in the report.

At that time, they drifted more than ten kilometers away from the scheduled route along the current. When they used the radio to call for help and waited for superior rescue, they suddenly found a floating submarine on the nearby sea.

The army officers and soldiers originally thought it was our submarine, so they immediately called for help from that submarine. But no matter what kind of distress signal the army sent out, the other side did not respond.

Only then did the group of officers and men realize that something was wrong, so they paddled the landing craft towards the other side, and when they approached, they realized that it was a British submarine.

I have doubts about this statement in the report. I really don’t know what tools the army officers and soldiers used, and how they stroked the 30-ton landing craft that had lost power.

I personally think that the group of guys obviously lost their way at sea, and the power failure is just a reason they artificially created to retain their face.

Sorry, I'm off topic, my head.

Regardless of the methods used by the officers and men, they docked on the submarine anyway, but no matter how tossed they could not enter the submarine.

Fortunately, before the group of pure infantry began to consider whether to explode the hull with zha medicine, the naval patrol ship that came to rescue them arrived.

As a result, the patrol ship returned to Le Havre with a submarine that was twice her entire size and the army officer.

After naval personnel entered the submarine to investigate, we concluded that a serious chlorine gas leak occurred in that submarine.

How this tragedy happened can no longer be investigated, it may be that the cooling water discharge system in the battery compartment has failed, or it may be a human error.

The only thing that is clear is that those crew members only lasted at most two minutes.

Although they took emergency floating measures, they had no time to open the Tongfeng tube and hatch.

Most of the staff fell into their respective positions, and the staff who worked on shifts went directly to heaven in their dreams. May God forgive these poor people. "

"May God forgive them."

Weierle lowered his head and crossed his chest.

"But because of this poor tragedy, and a group of army soldiers with no sense of direction, we have obtained a complete British t-class ocean-going submarine, including sixteen new mkviii torpedoes and the most critical submarines. Active sonar system, a large number of important charts, a special cipher machine for the British Navy, and a batch of confidential documents including the British Navy’s key sheet and shipping briefing next month."

"Are the British aware of this?"

Xu Jun tried his best to restrain the excitement in his heart, and he still asked indifferently on the surface.

"Absolutely not. The air control in that area is already in our hands, and the incident did not encounter the British reconnaissance plane from beginning to end, and the naval monitoring station did not find any British call for help on the day. It seems that the submarine There was no time to send out a distress signal.

This submarine has been strictly disguised and all relevant personnel have issued a password.

The navy is ready to dismantle it and transport it back to China by land. Our military technology research department will be responsible for researching the secret technology and developing our own products. "

"I'll be relieved then." Xu Jun smiled at Kirsten with approval.

Just then the door of the office was lightly knocked.

"Come in."

Xu Jun said loudly that a captain officer hurried in with a document in hand.

The second lieutenant nodded respectfully to Xu Jun before handing over the documents to Kirsten.

"this is...."

Kirsten ripped open the wax seal on the document and opened the document, then glanced at the lieutenant officer with a sullen face and raised his chin to signal the other party to retreat.

After the officer walked out of the office and closed the door, a deep-faced Kirsten suddenly smiled. She raised her hand gracefully to Xu Jun for a military salute, and then respectfully handed the document to the sceptical Empire. Heads of state.

"Congratulations, my head of state, the French finally couldn't help but demand a truce. You led us to the final victory of this 36-year war. Congratulations, my head of state."

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