Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

This morning, as soon as Yannick walked into the office, Anne followed him in. "Your Highness, the memorandum you asked me to write a year ago has expired. It's called 'Operation Bernard.'" At that time, His Highness asked her to draft a memorandum, and the operation was codenamed "Operation Bernard." But he only gave her a code name and did not tell her the specific content. He only said to remind him after one year. Now that one year has passed, she is a little worried whether His Highness still remembers this action plan that only has a code name but no content.

"It's been a year so soon." Yannick couldn't help but muttered softly. Although he gradually got used to his new identity over the past year, he still felt a little dazed sometimes, as if he was still the ordinary person before time travel.

After sighing with emotion, Yannick shook his head, stopped thinking about these useless things, and ordered. "Let Reinhard come over."

Soon Reinhard hurried in. "Your Highness, what are your orders?"

Yannick pointed to the sofa and motioned for him to sit down. "The intelligence department has almost everything."

There was a sense of confidence in Reinhard's words. "Yes, Your Highness, Mr. Hans said he is considering early retirement!"

"Yes, I really saw the right person." Yannick took out a document and handed it to him. "This is my blueprint for the country's overall intelligence agency. Take a look at it."

Reinhard took the document respectfully and began to read it carefully. After reading it twice in a row, I sincerely admired it. "Your Highness is wise, this is really a careful blueprint."

Yannick smiled. In fact, this intelligence agency blueprint did not require him to put much thought into it. He could just copy the intelligence agency structure from the original United States. Although I don’t know if there are other covert departments, there are 16 open intelligence organizations in the United States, which are coordinated by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI, also translated as the Office of National Intelligence), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is directly under the command, management and control of the President. .

Among these 16 intelligence organizations, except for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO, which engages in spy satellite reconnaissance), others can be established at any time. Yannick changed the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) into the "Geheime Staats Polizei" (State Secret Police Organization).

Seeing Reinhard putting the documents back on the table, Yannick waved his hand. "Put the documents away. I think your ability should not be limited to a secret intelligence service. In the future, you will be the director of national intelligence. There won't be much time left for you. You have to be prepared."

Reinhard's whole body was as straight as a bamboo pole, and he saluted respectfully. "Thank you for your support, Your Highness. I will work hard and live up to Your Highness's trust."

Remember when you asked him to take over the intelligence work a year ago, you said "I will do my best", right? It seems that he has indeed adapted to intelligence work.

Yannick gave a special warning. "I want the GSP to penetrate into every corner of society and all walks of life to collect and listen to all kinds of information. But remember, without my special instructions, the GSP cannot execute the arrest power. And it's not just Germany. You have to do a good job in reporting it to the whole world. Preparations for European infiltration. In the future, I want every move in Europe to be unable to escape the eyes of the Gestapo."

He knew that Reinhard would do a good job without him having to say anything. Before World War II, an American reporter based in Berlin wrote: "Your son, your father, your wife, your cousin, your friend, your boss, and your secretary may all be Heydrich's The organization’s whistleblower.”

In the play "Woman Under the Gun of the Gestapo", the German Governor-General in Belgium, Hoffmann, was reported by his wife just because he sent a winter coat to his son on the Eastern Front. This is a true portrayal of this period of history.

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"I called you here this time to implement two top-secret plans. The first plan is codenamed 'Operation Andrew'. The content of the plan is to secretly search for and arrest those masters of forgery. Anyone who can forge passports, documents, stamps, cultural relics and other Find all the supplies for me. I want to make counterfeit money in large quantities so that the fake money can be mistaken for the real thing. Even if it is deposited in the British Empire Headquarters, it will not be discovered."

During World War II, Germany printed a large number of realistic counterfeit banknotes to disrupt the markets of allied countries and arbitrage supplies.

The use of counterfeit money as a weapon of war is not new, nor is it a German invention. Using counterfeit banknotes to disrupt the economy of a hostile country is a continuation of war in the monetary field. The history of counterfeit money can be traced back to ancient Greece. Frederick the Great of Prussia produced currency circulated by his rival Poland during the Seven Years' War. Napoleon once approved the printing of counterfeit Austrian and Russian banknotes; during the American Civil War, both the North and the South also widely used fake bills to attack the enemy's financial system.

In fact, during World War II, Britain also established its own counterfeiting team, the "A" technical team, but their work was limited to the production of forged passports, documents, stamps and camouflage supplies, and they never carried out large-scale counterfeiting. Make.

It is not that they had not considered it. In 1940, the head of the British secret service paid a visit to Prime Minister Chamberlain and asked the cabinet about the possibility and desirability of spreading counterfeit Deutsche Marks in enemy territory. Chamberlain concluded that the disparity in strength between the pound and the German mark meant that "if Germany retaliates, we will obviously suffer greater losses than they will."

The British had concerns, but the Germans did not. German criminal police officer Arthur first proposed the idea of ​​making counterfeit banknotes, which was approved by Reinhard. The counterfeit banknote conspiracy of SS Bernhard Kruger was officially launched. This conspiracy was named "Operation Andrew" (Operation Andrew). Often mistakenly called "Operation Bernhard" after the surname of the officer in charge).

A printer rescued late in the war calculated that the entire operation produced approximately £135 million worth of counterfeit notes. While this most likely underestimates the overall value of the counterfeit notes, the news still shocked the world.

In February 1945, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer ordered the withdrawal of all ten-dollar pounds in circulation, and immediately announced to the public that this unprecedented move was not caused by the counterfeit crisis. In early 1946, anti-counterfeiting banknotes with a metal strip across the banknote replaced all other denominations of pounds sterling. People can still recognize these metal security marks on banknotes in use today.

As of January 9, 1951, the Bank of England had collected a total of 1,860,223 counterfeit banknotes of various denominations. By 1959, a total of more than three million banknotes had been collected. Counterfeit notes were burned, but this was not the end of all "Andrew" notes.

After hearing about Yannick's counterfeit money plan, Reinhard responded without hesitation. "I understand, Your Highness."

"The second plan is to establish a secret department and recruit financial talents. These people cannot be from the Junker aristocracy, nor can they be involved with the Jewish people. I want people with absolutely clean identities and loyal to the royal family. The people in this department My duty is to investigate the financiers, entrepreneurs, and businessmen in Germany. Whether they are Junker nobles, Jews, or ordinary entrepreneurs, all from the emperor down will be thoroughly investigated by me! Those who do not do practical things, only rely on speculation, and usury, Dig out all the hoarding moths for me, do you understand?"

He mentioned this matter to William II in advance. William II asked him what happened after he found the evidence of those people? What to do with them?

Yannick's answer is simple. "Ordinary people and Jewish people were arrested directly, their property was confiscated, and all the people were thrown into concentration camps and worked until they died. Those who are powerful can only let them go for the time being, and fatten them up first, and wait for the future. Let’s settle the matter together. But grandpa, you have to warn them not to go too far. If they are too greedy, I don’t mind using extra-legal methods to deal with them.”

William II nodded, this kid was really thoughtful.