The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"Uh-huh!" Qin Chuan handed Derwig a cigarette and lit it, then took out a pound with a face value of 10 pounds from the document and placed it on the table, slowly pushing it to Derwig. Said: "I don't think I need to remind you, you have no other choice!"

"I know, Captain!" Derwig picked up the pound, flicked it in his hand, and said, "Look at this. Its pattern was specially commissioned and is a masterpiece of watermark craftsmanship. Cross-shaped linen paper The ground is dense and difficult to forge using a multi-layer superposition process. What is more important is the numerical code on it...it is carefully calculated and not randomly or sequentially numbered. In short, the pound is simply a work of art, almost indescribable. People can copy it!”

Qinchuan knew what Derwig said. This was mainly because the currency of pound sterling was circulated in most countries in the world... The sun never sets on the empire. British colonies all use pounds sterling, and they also use pounds sterling for trade with Britain. , so it circulates around the world almost like the U.S. dollar does in modern times.

Therefore, the pound must have a sophisticated manufacturing process and an effective anti-counterfeiting design, otherwise it may affect the pound's international dominance and ultimately cause the pound to lose its credibility and make the UK fall from the status of the world's most powerful country ahead of time. altar.

"Captain!" Seeing Qinchuan's silence, Derwig added: "If I could do it, there would be no need to wait until now. I would use this to get myself out of trouble!"

"I believe you!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Then..." Derwig spread his hands.

"Maybe you can't do it alone!" Qin Chuan said: "But have you ever thought about it, if we mobilize the talents you need to collaborate, such as the best carving experts and papermaking technology experts, do you think we can succeed? ?”

Hearing this, Derwig's eyes couldn't help but light up.

Derwig really didn't expect this. This was mainly because the fewer people who knew about counterfeiting, the better, so subconsciously he would not seek cooperation with others but complete it independently.

But now the situation is different. Now he has the backing of the Frankfurt Security Bureau, which means that Derwig can safely find people to cooperate with him, and even these people are better than Derwig because of their specialization in the art.

After thinking for a while, Derwig replied: "I also need mathematicians, and more than one!"

Qin Chuan nodded: "Use them to analyze the coding rules?"

"Yes!" Derwig nodded.

"You will get everything you want!" Qin Chuan said, then raised his head to the guards on both sides, and they took off the shackles of Derwig.

"They will arrange a room for you and plenty of food!" Qin Chuan said, "Of course, these are all based on your being useful!"

Derwig nodded and stood up. After walking a few steps, he turned back and said, "Thank you, Captain!"

"You don't need to thank me!" Qin Chuan replied: "You deserve this!"

"No matter what, I still want to thank you!"

Qin Chuan understood what Derwig meant. Derwig knew that she was not the only choice. There were many people who knew how to make counterfeit coins. The reason why Qin Chuan chose Derwig... was entirely because she was the fiancée of his comrade in arms.

From this perspective, Derwig did have reasons to thank Qinchuan.

After walking out of the interrogation room, Colonel Koch nodded to Qin Chuan. He heard the whole process in another room. Derwig also gained Colonel Koch's trust... The reason why Colonel Koch trusted Derwig was simple. , she did not hide the difficulty of making pounds, and even expressed her inability to do so at the beginning. Under such circumstances, her acceptance in the end showed that she had a certain degree of confidence.

But later Qin Chuan thought about it and realized that Derwig seemed to behave like this intentionally. His purpose was to win the trust of those who were observing secretly... From this point of view, Derwig's psychological tactic was a complete victory.

Then things unfolded quickly. Colonel Koch used his influence to transfer several sculptors and mathematicians from the University of Frankfurt, and also recruited several papermaking experts and related equipment and materials from the paper mill.

Of course, these people are under strict control and are actually under house arrest in the laboratory like prisoners... This is necessary, otherwise once the news is leaked, the British side is likely to implement countermeasures in advance, such as The efforts of Qinchuan and Koch were in vain by means such as issuing new banknotes.

But things were not always smooth sailing.

A few days later, Colonel Koch nervously told Qin Chuan: "Captain, we are being targeted by the 'State Secret Police' (Gestapo)!"

"Why?" Qin Chuan asked pretending to be confused, "Didn't you report it to your superiors?"

"Of course I reported it to my superiors!" Koch said, "But it was because I reported it that I got into trouble!"

Qin Chuan pretended to be puzzled.

In fact, Qin Chuan knew the reason. As mentioned before, although Himmler and Heydrich were both important officers of the Gestapo... Himmler was the head of the Gestapo, and Heydrich was second only to Himmler in the empire. Director General of Security.

But in fact, the two men were secretly competing. As mentioned before, Heydrich was plotting to replace Himmler.

As a result, secret police like the "Gestapo" became a tool for internal fighting, as Heydrich did before.

"It's a bit complicated to say!" Colonel Koch carefully lifted some curtains and said, "Some things are better for you not to know. If I knew that what we did would attract the 'secret police', I would rather bury them all in the coffin!"

"But now is not the time to talk about this!" Qin Chuan said.

"Yes!" Colonel Koch nodded, then walked back and forth in the hall.

Qin Chuan knew what Koch was worried about. There is a saying that "there is no shortage of excuses to accuse someone of a crime", not to mention that Koch, as the director of the Frankfurt Security Bureau, could not have clean subordinates. This might cause Koch to be involved in the fight between Himmler and Heydrich and be affected.

On the other hand, this forced Koch to choose between Himmler and Heydrich, but no matter which side he chose, he would offend the other side, and no matter which side Koch, the director, could not afford to offend.

This can also be said to be a kind of sadness for Germany. When the country was surrounded by foreign enemies and was in crisis, it was still fighting openly and secretly inside.

"If it were me!" Qin Chuan said, "I would choose Himmler!"

Colonel Koch was stunned, then raised his head and asked, "Why?"

"No reason!" Qin Chuan replied, "Because he is the chief of the German police, the highest official of the Security Bureau!"