The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The next day, Qin Chuan rushed back to Frankfurt smoothly.

After returning to the Security Bureau, Colonel Koch immediately took Qin Chuan to the lounge nearby, looked out the window nervously, and then lowered his voice and said, "The plan failed, these hateful Czechs!"

"Did it fail?" Qin Chuan asked.

Colonel Koch handed over a document and said: "This is intelligence from Prague!"

Qin Chuan opened it and saw the medical report about Heydrich: "The left chest was lacerated in the paravertebral area of ​​the eighth to tenth thoracic vertebrae, and the wound was about 10 centimeters. The blood flow continued, and the diagnosis was left traumatic pneumothorax. ; Hemilateral septal laceration; Spleen and pancreas laceration possible! ”

"They performed the operation!" Colonel Koch continued: "Originally he refused because he did not believe the Czech doctors, until they found Professor Holbaum, a German doctor in Prague. This guy is a professor at the German University of Surgery. Chairman, they found a large piece of grenade fragment embedded in the spleen and performed a splenectomy, which was said to have been successful."

Colonel Koch sometimes refers to "him" and sometimes "them", which is a bit confusing... This is because Colonel Koch dare not call people by their names, but in fact, even if he doesn't call people by their names, anyone who hears this can guess what they are referring to. It's Heydrich.

Qin Chuan casually handed back the medical report in his hand.

"You don't look nervous?" Colonel Koch looked at Qin Chuan with some confusion.

"Why are you nervous?" Qin Chuan asked.

"God!" Colonel Koch said, "They just wounded him, if he..."

At this point Colonel Koch will say no more.

But Qin Chuan had already understood the meaning of Colonel Koch's words...Who was Heydrich? If he could recover, he would definitely mobilize the Gestapo for a full-scale counterattack.

Although Colonel Koch and Qinchuan did almost everything, the problem is that the assassination occurred just after the conflict between Heydrich and Qinchuan, and the biggest beneficiaries were Qinchuan and Colonel Koch... to be precise, it should be Himmler .

Heydrich knew very well that this matter was related to Qin Chuan and others.

But Heydrich couldn't tell.

The reason is simple. It all stemmed from Heydrich's attempt to prevent Qinchuan from making counterfeit banknotes. This plan was even approved and supported by Hitler. Once it was exposed, even Heydrich was confused.

"The next step will be up to the national leaders!" Qin Chuan said.

"What do you mean?" Colonel Koch asked.

"You know!" Qin Chuan said.

Colonel Koch nodded slightly as if he understood something.

At this time, Himmler was still in the Chancellery in Berlin, and Hitler was furious in the Chancellor's Conference Room: "Head of the State Security Service, he is responsible for the security of the Reich... He traveled without an escort! Even though he was traveling with two crappy Czech guerrillas, The team members were seriously injured during the assassination. This is a shame for the empire and a serious dereliction of duty. We must not only investigate the murderers, but also hold these escorts accountable!"

But in fact, this has nothing to do with the German escorts. The reason is because of Heydrich's pride or arrogance... Heydrich wanted to strengthen his people-friendly image and show how well he governed Bohemia. , they never carry bodyguards with them when they go on inspection tours and often ride in convertibles. Even though one of his right-hand men, SS Brigade Captain Walter Starek, was assassinated by Czech guerrillas two months ago, it did not make him change this habit.

"I'm going to make them pay for this!" Hitler said angrily, waving his hands: "Let them arrest 10,000 Czechs and execute all political prisoners in prison immediately. A reward of 1 million marks is offered for the capture of suspects. Anyone found to have assisted the attackers He and his family will all be shot!"

This order was not implemented in the end because Hermann Frank, who was temporarily in charge of the affairs of the Bohemian Protectorate, raised objections...

After Germany conquered European countries, it often reused local Germans.

On the one hand, the reason is that Hitler's racism believed that Germans are inherently better than other nations, and that Germans should unite and stand on the same front to fight the enemy.

On the other hand, the local Germans are more down-to-earth... they know the local language, grew up locally, have local connections, etc., so it is easier for the locals to use them to rule.

Frank was a German from the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. His position in Bohemia was Secretary of State and commander of the SS and police.

After receiving Hitler's order, he reported to the Führer: "Your Excellency, all the evidence we obtained during the investigation proves that this is British involvement. The British purpose is to intensify the conflict between us and the Protectorate. If such harsh measures are taken, it will play into the British hands and cause more problems in the country. This is definitely not what we want to see!”

After the telegram, evidence of British involvement in the assassination and the confessions of the prisoners were also displayed in detail.

Then Hitler realized that the British were using the Czech government-in-exile to sow discord, and finally withdrew the order and chose other actions.

Of course Himmler was not concerned with these issues, and he remained silent on these matters.

Because he has been thinking about a question in his mind: Is this incident related to the "legendary sergeant"?

If it didn't matter, I had just pushed the "Legendary Sergeant" to confront Heydrich, and then something happened to Heydrich... Could it be too much of a coincidence?

If it matters, are the methods of this "legendary sergeant" too harsh?

Himmler wasn't even mentally prepared, but the outcome was decided... You know, it was Heydrich.

Himmler was originally worried that there would be some clues that would point to the Security Bureau or the "Legendary Sergeant", but after Bohemia concluded that the manipulator behind the scenes was the British, Himmler was relieved... If it was the "Legendary Sergeant" "It was done cleanly and without leaving any traces.

Therefore, Himmler dared to take the next step.

"Your Excellency the Führer!" Himmler said: "I think the most important thing for us right now is to take Heydrich back from the hands of death!"

"What do you think?" Hitler asked.

"I recommend someone to you!" Himmler said: "My friend and personal physician, Karl Gobhardt, chief surgeon at the Hohenlitzen Medical Institution, professor of surgery at the University of Berlin, SS Chief surgeon of the medical department, I think we should send a more trustworthy and professional medical team to Bohemia!”