The decisive battle against the Third Reich

U-827 is a Type VIIC/41 submarine.

This kind of submarine is slightly improved from the VIIC type submarine. The main reason is that the hull is made of thicker and stronger materials so that it can dive to deeper depths. However, because the inner parts of the boat are made of lighter materials and are more durable, According to reasonable planning, the total weight of the submarine has not increased but is slightly lighter than the VIIC type, so the speed and range are basically unchanged.

The captain, Captain Brecht, had just laid down in the captain's cabin when the correspondent handed a telegram to Captain Brecht.

Captain Brecht glanced at the contents of the telegram, then turned over and sat up.

It originally thought this was an ordinary attack order... telling them where to run and wait for the target to appear. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a reconnaissance mission.

As we all know, the reconnaissance mission seems simple and only requires sending a few crew members to the shore to take a look. However, in fact, such a mission is not at all easier than the attack mission, and can even be said to be more dangerous.

The reason is that submarines can hit and run when performing attack missions, and the attack location is still in an area suitable for submarines to submerge or operate.

But the reconnaissance mission... first of all, it has to be close to the enemy's coast, which is often full of enemy destroyers. Secondly, the sailors have to be recovered after releasing the sailors to complete the reconnaissance mission, and during this period, it means that the submarine must always stay not far from the coastline. These All are difficult and dangerous for submarines.

However, an order is an order.

After thinking about it, Captain Brecht ordered: "Inform Sergeant Weiss to come to my place!"

"yes!"

Sergeant Weiss soon appeared in front of Captain Brecht... The captain's cabin is usually in the middle of the submarine, and the crew at both ends can find the captain in the shortest time.

Captain Brecht pointed to the map and said concisely: "Two kilometers south of Edinburgh, reconnaissance mission, carried out after dark!"

"Yes, sir!" Sergeant Weiss replied, hesitating for a moment and then asked: "If we are discovered, how will we get back?"

This is the most difficult... The reconnaissance mission itself is not difficult. You only need to rush to the designated location and report the reconnaissance results to the submarine via radio. The difficulty is that if it is discovered, it is almost impossible for the reconnaissance team to return to the submarine, because that will bring fatal danger to the entire submarine.

"If you are discovered!" Captain Brecht replied: "You do not need to return, surrender!"

Sergeant Weiss was stunned for a moment, and then quickly realized that this might be his last mission, but he still stood up and saluted and responded: "Yes, sir!"

The result was exactly as Captain Brecht and Staff Sergeant Weiss had predicted. Although they completed the reconnaissance mission, they were unable to return to the submarine because they were discovered by the enemy... Even when the British soldiers realized that their prisoners were German As a submarine force, five destroyers were immediately dispatched to search nearby.

These are not the key points, because no one will care about a six-person reconnaissance team being killed on the battlefield. Three people were killed and two were captured. Another one jumped into the sea with a radio on his back and disappeared... These are too ordinary for the battlefield. , so ordinary that when people hear this casualty number, they think it is not worth mentioning at all.

The point is, this reconnaissance team successfully arrived at the designated location, where the German listening unit heard that there should be a military base... but it was an empty area with nothing but forests and weeds.

The reconnaissance team reported this information via radio to the submarine, which in turn reported the information to naval command, and then the information was passed to the Western Front Command.

"Great!" Rommel couldn't help shouting when he got the information: "I knew it, I knew it... This was a lie. The guy was deceived. It was him who was fooled, the guy who had never been in a tank! "

As he spoke, Rommel raised the telegram in his hand towards Qinchuan and said, "Well done, Lieutenant Colonel, we won!"

Then he kicked aside the listening materials next to him and said to Colonel Schuster: "You can throw them all into the trash can, because none of them are true!"

Then, Rommel led Qin Chuan and Colonel Slain to the second floor in a hurry, where Rundstedt's office was in the middle.

Extraordinarily, Rundstedt and several staff officers were actually there, and he was discussing something with several staff officers.

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief!" Rommel walked in triumphantly and said, "Based on your intelligence, you believe that the Allied 4th Army is gathering in Edinburgh, Scotland, preparing to launch an attack on Norway, right?"

Rundstedt immediately felt that the visitor was evil, but he calmly replied: "Yes, is there any problem?"

"I think you should take a look at this!" Rommel handed over the telegram.

While Rundstedt was staring at the telegram, Rommel couldn't wait to say: "We happened to have a submarine near Edinburgh, so I asked them to go to this so-called 4th Army base to conduct reconnaissance, until they found out What? Nothing! Yes, everyone... nothing, this 4th Army does not exist at all, or it only exists in your monitoring!"

When several officers looked at each other and gathered to read the telegram in Rundstedt's hand, Rommel continued: "Obviously, the British know that our reconnaissance planes cannot reach Scotland, and warships cannot break through their coastal defenses, and even spies cannot There are no conditions to arrive, so there is not even a fake military base. There is only a deserted place, no troops, no military camps, no tanks or landing craft, just weeds and stones! "

After a moment of silence, Rundstedt threw the telegram aside and said, "Marshal Rommel, what do you want to explain?"

"What do I want to explain?" Rommel looked at Rundstedt in surprise: "I proved that this was a scam, didn't I?"

"Indeed!" Rondstedt replied: "But you seem to have forgotten what the focus of our argument is. You think the Allies will not attack Calais. This has nothing to do with the 4th Army!"

"We know that the British deceived us with radio!" Rommel said: "They faked the 4th Army. Of course they can also use the same method to fake the 1st Army..."

"Marshal Rommel!" Rundstedt interrupted Longshan and Rommel: "At least one thing you are right about is that you proved that the 4th Army was fake, and I appreciate that. But... the 1st The army group is within our reconnaissance range, and our pilots have seen their military bases, including tanks, cars and warships. Are you telling me that all this is false? "